Friday, 19 June 2015

Awards and Honours


  • Anurradha Prasad - Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award (Journalism and Social Services)
  • C.N.R. Rao - the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star Award (Japan's highest civilian award)
  • Charlie Hebdo (French satirical magazine) - 2015 PEN Freedom of Expression Courage award
  • Dr. Siva Mandjiny - UNC Board of Governors 2015 Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Gurnimrat ‘Nimmy’ Sidhu - University of Oxford Inspirational Teacher Award
  • Harkeert Singh Saini - Top Civilian Supervisor of the Year (Texas)
  • Lance Naik Nand Ram, Raju Joseph - UN’s Dag Hammarskjold Medal
  • Laszlo Krasznahorkai - Man Booker International Prize 2015
  • Manabi Bandopadhyay - 1st third gender principal in India
  • Masaan (Indian Film) - FIPRESCI Award at 68th Cannes film festival
  • Nadia district (West Bengal) - 2015 United Nations Public Service Award
  • Neel Mukherjee (The Lives of Others) - UK's Encore Award 2015
  • Punjab -World No Tobacco Day Award 2015
  • Shashi Kapoor - Dada Saheb Phalke award 2015
  • Sivanadane Mandjiny - UNC Board of Governors 2015 Award
  • Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL) - Dun and Bradstreet Corporate Award



Tuesday, 16 June 2015

New Appoinments


  • Achal Kumar Jyoti - Election Commissioner
  • Akhil Amar - Member, National Council on Humanities (US)
  • Anindo Majumdar - CMD, Delhi Finance Corporation
  • Arun Jha - Secretary, Tribal Affairs
  • Arun shrivastava - MD & CEO, Syndicate bank
  • Arvind Saxena - Member, UPSC (first RAWofficer)
  • Deepak Iyer - CMD, Bharti AXA General Insurance
  • Dr Syed Ahmed - Governor,Manipur
  • Draupadi Murmu - 1st Woman Governor of Jharkhand.
  • G Mohan Kumar - Secretary, Ministry of Defence (MoD)
  • George Yeo - Chancellor, Nalanda University
  • GS Reddy - Scientific Adviser, Defence minister
  • Harbhajan Kaur Dheer - 1st Asian woman elected mayor, Ealing Council in London
  • J Jayalalithaa - Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu
  • J P Nadda - President, 68thWorld Health Assembly
  • J P Rajkhowa - Governor, Arunachal Pradesh
  • Justice Cyriac Joseph - Head, NHRC (National Human Rights Commission)
  • KV Kamath - President, New Development Bank (BRICS Bank)
  • MJ Joseph - Controller General of Accounts (CGA)
  • Manoj Mishra - CMD, National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL)
  • Mhairi Black - Britain's youngest member of parliament
  • Mukesh Khanna - Chairperson, CFSI
  • Navneet RajanWasan - DG, BPR&D
  • Nirbhay Sharma - Governor,Mizoram
  • Parvinder Singh Batth - Mayor of Britain’s Wokingham Borough Council (1st Sikh)
  • Pawan Goenka - Honorary Ambassador, Korea
  • Pradeep Kumar Sinha - Cabinet Secretary
  • Ranjit Singh Baxi - Head, Bureau of International Recycling
  • S Chandra Das - Singapore's non-Resident High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
  • Sanjita Pradhan - US President's Advisory Commission(AAPIS)
  • Satish Reddy - Chairman, National Safety Council (NSC).
  • Selvin Christopher - Chief, DRDO
  • SS Ahluwalia - Chairman, JPC on Land Acquisition Amendment Bill 2015
  • Sunil D’Souza - MD,Whirlpool India
  • Surender Singh - Director General, CISF
  • Tathagata Roy - Governor, Tripura
  • V Shanmuganathan - Governor,Meghalaya
  • Veena Jain - (DG) of News, Doordarshan
  • Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wodeyar - Head, Mysuru royal family

Saturday, 13 June 2015

Venues forthcoming sports

VENUES OF FORTHCOMING SPORTS TOURNAMENTS
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2016 Olympics - Rio de Genero (Brazil)
2020 Olympics - Tokyo (Japan)
2016 Summer Paralympics - Rio de Genero (Brazil)
2018 FIFA World Cup - Russia
2022 World Cup Football - Qatar
2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast (Australia)
2016 Euro Cup Football - France
2016 ICC World Twenty20 - India
2019 World Cup Cricket - England
2016 T-20 World Cup Cricket - India
2023 World Cup Cricket - India


Wednesday, 10 June 2015

Books and Author

BOOKS AND AUTHORS
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[1] The Substance and the Shadow --------- Uday Tara Nayar, a former journalist.
[2] Warrior State -------- T V Paul
[3] Blood Feud --------- Edward Klein
[4] A Bad Character --------- Deepti Kapoor.
[5] The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous ------- Khuswant Singh
[6] Train To Pakistan ------- Khuswant Singh
[7] An Uncertain Glory - India and its Contradictions --------- Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen.
[8] A Brush with Life ------ Satish Gujral
[9] A Bend in the river -------- V.S. Naipaul
[10] God of Small things ------- Arundhati Rai
[11] Inheritance of Loss ------- Kiran Desai.
[12] Joseph Anton -------- Sulman Rushdie (Autobiography)
[13] “Khushwantnama-The Lessons of My Life “ -------- Khushwant singh
[14] Lajja ------ Taslima Nasrim.
[15] My Unforgettable Memories ------- Mamata Banerjee
[16] My Years with Rajiv and Sonia --------- R.D.Pradhan
[17] ModiNomics - Inclusive Economics, Inclusive Governance ----- -- Sameer Kochhar.
[18] Crusader or Conspirator -------- PC Parakh
[19] The Accidental Prime Minister -The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh --- Dr. Sanjaya Baru
[20] Lal Bahadur Shastri - Lessons in Leadership -------- Pavan Choudary
[21] Rationalised Roman for Kashmiri -------- Dr. R L Bhat
[22] Narendra Modi: A Political Biography -------- Andy Marino.
[23] Public Issues Before Parliament ------- Vijay Darda
[24] The Political Economy of Energy and Growth --------- Sh.Najeeb Jung
[25] India at Risk -------- Jaswant Singh.
[26] “Unbreakable” -------- An Autobiography Mary Kom
[27] The Luminaries --------- Eleanor Catton
[28] Walking With Giants ----------- Ramachandran.
[29] "I am Malala" ------- Christina Lamb.
[30] The Da Vinci Code ------- Dan Brown


Sunday, 7 June 2015

Rank in India

Ranks of India in 2015
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1.GLOBAL PEACE INDEX -143
2.CHOICE OF FDI-143
3.EASE OF DOING BUSSINESS -142
4.ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDEX -155
5.WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX -136
6.ECONOMIC FREEDOM INDEX – 128
7.HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX -135
8.GENDER INEQUALITY INDEX – 129
9.GENDER GAP INDEX -114
10.WOMENS REPRESENTATION IN PARLIAMENT -111
11.WORLD PROSPERITY INDEX – 106
12.SOCIAL PROGRESSIVE INDEX -101
13.HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX – 100
14.GLOBAL INFORMATION INDEX (WEF) – 89
15.CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX -85