List of New Trains Introduced in Rail Budget 2012-13

Saturday, March 17, 2012

As part of the Rail Budget 2012-13, Union Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi announced 75 new express trains, 21 new Passenger Services, 9 DEMU and 8 MEMU services.

Moreover run of 39 trains will be extended, besides an increase in frequency of 23 trains.

List of New Express Trains
1. Kamakhya-Lokmanya Tilak (T) AC Express (Weekly) via Katihar, Mughalsarai, Itarsi
2. Secunderabad-Shalimar AC Express (Weekly) via Vijayawada
3. Bandra (T)-Bhuj AC Express (Tri-Weekly)
4. Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Udhampur AC Express (Tri-Weekly) via Ambala, Jalandhar
5. Coimbatore-Bikaner AC Express (Weekly) via,Roha,Vasai Road,Ahmedabad,Jodhpur
6. Kakinada-Secunderabad AC Express (Tri-weekly)
7. Yesvantpur-Kochuveli AC Express ( Weekly)
8. Chennai-Bangalore AC Double-decker Express (Daily)
9. Habibganj-Indore AC Double-decker Express (Daily)
10. Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Shatabdi Express (6 days a week) via Malda Town
11. Kamakhya-Tezpur Intercity Express (Daily)
12. Tiruchchirappalli-Tirunelveli Intercity Express (Daily) via Madurai,Virudunagar
13. Jabalpur-Singrauli Intercity Express (Daily) via New Katni Jn.
14. Bidar-Secunderabad Intercity Express (6 days a week)
15. Kanpur-Allahabad Intercity Express (Daily)

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59th National Film Awards Winners List

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The Complete list of awards is as follows:

Best feature film: Shared by Deool (Marathi) and Byari(Kannada)
Best Actor: Girish Kulkarni for ‘Deool’
Best Actress: Vidya Balan for 'The Dirty Picture'
Best film critic: Manoj P Pujari
Best Children's Film: Chillar Party
Best Hindi Film: 'I AM' directed by Onir
Special Jury Award: Anjan Dutta

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Popular Indian Acronyms and Abbreviations A-Z

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

A
A.A.F. – Auxiliary Air Force
A.A.O.U. – Asian Association of Open Universities
A.C.D. – Asian Co-operation Dialogue
A.D.B. – Asian Development Bank
A.D.S. – Air Defence Ship
A.E.C. – Atomic Energy Commission
A.H.Q. – Air Head Quarters; Army Head Quarters
A.I.C.C. – All India Congress Committee
A.I.D.S. – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
A.I.R. – Annual Information Report
A.J.T. – Advanced Jet Trainer
A.N.C. – African National Council
A.P.E.C. Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation
A.P.E.D.A. – Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
A.R.C. – Administrative Reforms Commission; Asset Reconstruction Corporation (of India)
A.S.E.A.N. – Association of South East Asian Nations
A.S.I. – Archaeological Survey of India
A.U. – African Union
A.V.E.S. – Acute Viral Encephalitic Syndrome
B
B.A.R.C. – Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
B.C.G. – Bacillus Calmette Guerin (Anti-T.B. vaccine)
BIMSTEC – Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Corporation
B.S.N.L. – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
B.O.A.C. – British Overseas Airways Corporation
B.R.E.A.D. – Basic Research Education and Development Society
B.V.R. – Beyond Visual Range


C
C.A.B.E. – Central Advisory Board of Education
C.A.C.C.I. – Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce & Industry
C.M.P. – Common Minimum Programme
C.A.D.P. – Command Area Development Programme
C.A.S. – Conditional Access System
C.C.I. – Cricket Club of India
C.D.M.A. – Code Division Multiple Access
C.H.O.G.M. – Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
C.I.A. – Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.A.)
C.N.G. – Compressed Natural Gas
C.N.L.U. – Chanakya National Law University
C.N.P.C. – China National Petroleum Corporation
C.S.I.R. – Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
C.S.T.O. – Collective Security Treaty Organisation
D
D.A.E. – Department of Atomic Energy
D.D.T. – Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloro-ethane
D.I.A.S. – Direct Internet Access System
D.M.R.C. – Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
D.O.A.R.T. – Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting Technology
D.P.P. – Dabhol Power Project
D.Litt. – Doctor of Literature
D.V.C. – Damodar Valley Corporation
E
E.A.S. – East Asia Summit
E.C.I.L. – Electronics Corporation of India Limited
E.D.C.I.L. – Educational Consultants India Ltd.
E.D.I. – Educational Development Index
EDUSAT – Education Satellite
E.E.C. – Eurasian Economic Community; European Economic Community
E.E.T. – Exempt, Exempt, Taxable
E.P.I.C. – Elector’s Photo Identity Card
E.S.C.A.P. – Economic & Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (This is the new name of ECAFE)
FF.D.I. – Foreign Direct Investment
F.E.M.A. – Foreign Exchange Management Act.
F.I.C.A. – Federation of International Cricketer’s Association
F.T.A. – Free Trade Agreement
G
G.A.T.T. – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
G.D.P. – Gross Domestic Product
G.I.C. – General Insurance Corporation (of India)
G.I.S.T. – Global Institute of Science and Technology
G.N.P. – Gross National Product
G.U.A.M. – Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova
HH.D.F.C. – Housing Development Finance Corporation
H.U.D.C.O. – Housing and Urban Development Corporation
I
I.A.A.I. – International Airport Authority of India
I.B.S.A. – India, Brazil, South Africa
I.C.R.I.E.R. – Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
I.C.S.I.D. – International Centre for Settlement of Industrial Disputes
I.C.R.C. – International Committee of the Red Cross
I.C.S.S.R. – Indian Council of Scientific and Social Research
I.D.P.L. – Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited
I.F.P.R.I. – International Food Policy Research Institute (Located in Washington)
I.F.W.J. – Indian Federation of Working Journalists
I.C.A.R. – Indian Council of Agricultural Research
I.D.A. – International Development Association
I.G.C.A.R. – Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
I.G.M.D.P. – Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme
I.G.N.C.A. – Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
I.I.F.A. – International Indian Film Academy
I.M.D.T. – Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983
I.M.F. – International Monetary Fund
I.M.O. – Instant Money Order
I.N.S. – Indian News Paper Society
INSDOC – Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre
I.N.T.U.C. – Indian National Trade Union Congress
I.N.T.A.C.H. – Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
I.N.X.F.A.C. – Indian Naval Extra-Fast Attact Craft
I.S.I. – Inter Services Intelligence (Pakistan)
I.S.T. – Indian Standards Time
I.S.R.O. – Indian Space Research Organisation
I.S.S.P. – Indian Scientific Satellite Project
I.T.E.R. – International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
I.T.E.S. – Information Technology Enabled Services
I.U.C.N. – International Union for Conservation of Nature
I.U.P.E.P. – Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme
J
J.V.P. – Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
LL.I.B.O.R. – London Inter Bank Offered Rate
M
M.A.I. – Multilateral Agreement on Investment
M.C.C. – Marylebone Cricket Club
M.D.M.A. – Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency
M.F.A.L.A. – Marginal Farmers and Agricultural Labourers Agency
M.N.N.A. – Major Non-NATO Alley
M.R.T.P.C. – Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission
N
N.A.D.T. – National Authority on Drugs and Therapeutics
N.A.R.I. – National AIDS Research Institute
NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
N.B.R.A. – National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority
N.C.H.R.H. – National Council for Human Resource in Health.
N.C.A. – National Cricket Academy
N.E.A. – National Environment Authority
N.E.G.P. National E-governance Plan
N.I.F. – National Innovative Foundation
N.I.S.M. – National Institute of Securities Market
N.L.L.M. – National Legal Literacy Mission
N.M.C.C. – National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council
N.M.I.T.L.I. – New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative
N.P.T. – Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
N.R.C. – Nuclear Regulatory Commission
N.R.E.G.A. – National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
N.R.H.M. – National Rural Health Mission
N.R.I. – Non-Resident Indians
N.R.S.A. – National Remote Sensing Agency
N.S.C.N. – National Social Council of Nagaland
N.U.E.P.A. – National University of Educational Planning and Administration
O
O.I.C. – Overseas Indian Citizenship
O.I.G.S. – On Indian Government Service
OIL – Oil India Limited
O.N.G.C. – Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
P
P.A.C. – Public Accounts Committee; Professional Aptitude Council
P.A.N. – Permanent Account Number
P.E.S.O. – Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO is the changed name of Department of Explosives).
P.E.T.A. – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
P.F.R.D.A. – Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
P.H.D.C.C.I. – Progress, Harmony and Development Chambers of Commerce and Industry
P.I.L. – Public Interest Litigation
P.N.R. – Passenger Numerical Record
P.O.S.C.O. – Pohang Steel Company
P.O.T.A. – Prevention of Terrorism Act
P.T.C. – Power Trading Corporation
Q
Q.I.P. – Qualified Institutional Placement
RR.A.F. – Rapid Action Force
R.S.V.P. – Repondez sil vous Plait (Fr.) reply, if you please
R.T.R.A. – Rail Tariff Regulatory Authority
SSAIL – Steel Authority of India Limited
SAPTA – South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement
S.C.O. – Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
S.C.R.A.M.J.E.T. – Supersonic Combustion Ramjet
S.E.W.A. – Self-Employed Women’s Association
S.G.R.Y. – Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojana
S.G.S.Y. – Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
S.M.S. – Short Message Service; Subscriber Management System
SNIPES – Society for the National Institutes of Physical Education and Sports
S.W.A.P.O. – South-West African People’s Organization
TTELCO – Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company
T.E.R.C. – Trade and Economic Relations Committee
T.E.R.L.S. – Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
T.R.A. – Tea Research Association
T.R.A.I. – Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
TWAS – Third World Academy of Sciences
UU.D.C. – University Development Commission
U.N.C.L.O.S. – UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
U.N.C.T.A.D. – United Nations Conference of Trade and Development
U.G.C. – University Grants Commission
U.N.E.S.C.O. – United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
U.N.F.C.C.C. – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
U.N.I.C.E.F. – United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
U.N.I.F.I.L. – United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
U.P.A. – United Progressive Alliance
VV.B.A.L. – Value Based Advanced Licencing
V.D.I.S. – Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme
V.S.S.C. – Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
V.A.T. – Value Added Tax
WW.C.C.B. – Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
W.C.A.R. – World Conference Against Racism
W.E.F. – World Environment Forum
W.G.I.G. – Working Group on Internet Governance
W.F.C. – World Food Council
W.I.P.O. – World Intellectual Property Organisation
W.L.L.–M. – Mobile Wireless in Local Loop
W.S.I.S. – World Summit on Information Society
W.T.O. – World Trade Organisation
W.W.F. – World Wild Life Fund; War Wounded Foundation
YY.M.C.A. – Young Men’s Christian Association
Y.W.C.A. – Young Women’s Christian Association
ZZ.S. – Zoological Society

Competition Success Review, December 2011 Quiz

1. Here is a picture of the newly elected Prime Minister of Nepal. Can you identify?
(A) Baburam Bhattarai(B) Madhav Nepal
(C) B.K. Gacchedar
(D) Chhatra M. Gurung

2. This is a picture of the new Chief Minister of Karnataka. Can you identify?
(A) N. Kiran Reddy
(B) H.O. Kumaraswami
(C) D.V. Sadananda Gowda(D) Santosh Hegde

3. Here is the winner of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel RatnaAward for 2010-11. Can you identify?
(A) Gagan Narang(B) Samaresh Jung
(C) Ronjan Sodhi
(D) Sanjiv Rajput

4. She is the first woman to scale all 8,000m peaks without artificial oxygen. Can you identify?
(A) Oh Eun-sun
(B) Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner(C) Bachendri Pal
(D) Camilla Reyner


5. Which was the birthplace of Guru Nanak?
(A) Gurdaspur
(B) Amritsar
(C) Lahore
(D) Talwandi
6. Who was the author of “Unto This Last?”
(A) Boris Yeltsin
(B) John Ruskin(C) Alexander Pushkin
(D) Ruskin Bond

7. Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary is in–
(A) Kerala
(B) Karnataka
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Andhra Pradesh

8. Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of–
(A) lndustrialisation
(B) Economic independence
(C) Economic growth
(D) Moral purity

9. The tropical grassland is called–
(A) Pampas
(B) Llanos
(C) Savannah (D) Veld

10. Buddha means–
(A) Enlightened one
(8) Religious preacher
(C) Genius
(D) Powerful

11. Which mineral is the ore of aluminium?
(A) Bauxite
(B) Haematite
(C) Magnetite
(D) Siderite

12. The administrative capital of Malaysia is–
(A) Seremban
(B) Putrajaya
(C) Taiping
(D) Ipoh

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Monday, November 07, 2011

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How to Detect Hidden Camera in Trial Room?

In front of the trial room take your mobile and make sure that mobile can make calls........
Then enter into the trail room, take your mobile and make a call.....
If u can't make a call......!!!!
There is a hidden camera......
This is due to the interference of fiber optic cable during the signal transfer......

Please forward this to your friends to educate this issue to the
public......To prevent our innocent ladies from HIDDEN CAMERA...........

Pinhole Cameras in Changing Rooms of Big Bazaar, Shoppers Stop?

A few days ago, I received this text message:
Please don't use Trial room of BIG BAZAAR there are pinhole cameras to make MMS of young girls.
So, please forward to all girls. Also forward to all boys who have sisters and girlfriends.

Don't be shy in forwarding this message. Because its about protecting the integrity of all girls & ladies.

HOW TO DETECT A 2-WAY MIRROR?

When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc., How many of you know for sure that the seemingly ordinary mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, or actually a 2-way mirror I.e., they can see you, but you can't see them. There have been many cases of people installing 2-way mirrors in female changing rooms or bathroom or bedrooms.

It is very difficult to positively identify the surface by just looking at it. So, how do we determine with any amount of certainty what type of Mirror we are looking at?

CONDUCT THIS SIMPLE TEST:

Place the tip of your fingernail against the reflective surface and if there is a GAP between your fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a GENUINE mirror.

However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image of your nail, then BEWARE, IT IS A 2-WAY MIRROR! (There may be someone seeing you from the other side). So remember, every time you see a mirror, do the "fingernail test." It doesn't cost you anything. It is simple to do.

This is a really good thing to do. The reason there is a gap on a real mirror, is because the silver is on the back of the mirror UNDER the glass.

Whereas with a two-way mirror, the silver is on the surface. Keep it in mind! Make sure and check every time you enter in hotel rooms.

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Important Institutions and its Headquarters in india

Education
● Commission of Scientific and Technical Words Terminology—New Delhi
● Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages—Hyderabad
● Institute of National Sanskrit—New Delhi
● National Sanskrit Vidyapeeth—Tirupati
● Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit Vidyapeeth—New Delhi
● Rashtriya Bal Bhavan—New Delhi
● Institute of Central Indian Language—Mysore
● Indian Council of Higher Research—Shimla
● Indian Institute of Social Sciences and Research—New Delhi
● Council of Indian Philosophy Research—New Delhi and Lucknow
● Indian Institute of Science—Bengaluru
● Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management—Gwalior
● Central Hindi Institute—Agra
Environmental Institutes
● Arid Zone Research Institute—Jodhpur
● Central Pollution Control Board—Delhi
● Central Museum Authority—New Delhi


● Rehabilitation Institute of Social Forestry and Ecology—Allahabad
● G. B. Pant Himdoya Environment and Development Institute—Almora
● Himalayan Forest Research Centre—Shimla
● Indian Forest Research and Education Council—Dehradun
● Institute of Indian Forest Management—Bhopal
● Institute of Indian Plywood Industry and Research—Bengaluru
● Institute of Forest Genetic Tree Breeding—Coimbatore
● Forest Productive Centre—Ranchi
● Institute of Forest Research and Human Resource Development—Chindwara
● Institute of Rainforest—Jorhat
● Institute of Lumbering Science and Technology—Bengaluru
● Institute of National Science & Technology—Faridabad
● Indian Botanical Survey—Kolkata
● Indian Anthropology Survey—Kolkata
● Indian Forest Survey—Jorhat
● Tropical Institute—Jabalpur
Defence Institutes
● Air Force Academy—Hyderabad
● Air Force Technical College—Bengaluru
● College of Military Engineering—Pune
● Defence Management Institute—Sikandrabad
● Defence Services Staff College—Wellington
● Directorate General N.C.C.—New Delhi
● Electrical and Mechanical Engineering School—Baroda
● Hindustan Aeronatic Limited—Bengaluru
● Indian Air Force Training Centre—Chennai
● Indian Military Academy—Dehradun
● Institute of Armament Technology—Pune
● Military College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering—Sikandrabad
● Directorate of National Cadet Core—New Delhi
● National Defence Academy—Kharagwasala
● Naval College of Engineering—Lonavala
● Officers Training Academy—Chennai
Art and Culture
● Institute of National Museum History for Art Conservation and Science Museum—New Delhi
● Allahabad Museum—Allahabad
● Asiatic Society—Kolkata
● Indian Anthropology Survey—Kolkata
● Indian National Archives—New Delhi
● Central Buddh Education Institute—Leh
● Central High Tibetean Educational Institute—Varanasi
● Central Secretariat Library (1981)—New Delhi
● Cultural Institute and Training Centre (1979)—New Delhi
● Delhi Public Library—New Delhi
● Gandhian Recollection and Philosophy Recollection—New Delhi
● Institute of Indian Diamond—Surat
● Indian Museum—Kolkata
● Indira Gandhi National Art Centre—New Delhi
● Indira Gandhi National Human Museum—Bhopal
● Jawahar Lal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy (1954)—Imphal
● Kala Chitra Foundation—Chennai
● Khudabaksh Oriental Public Library—Patna
● Lalit Kala Academy (1954)—New Delhi
● Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Asian Studies Institute—Kolkata
● National Drama Vidyalaya (1959)—New Delhi
● National Science Museum Parishad—Kolkata
● National Modern Art Technique (1954)—Kolkata
● National Library (1948)—Kolkata
● National Museum—New Delhi
● National Research Laboratory for Conservation of Cultural Heritage—Lucknow
● National School of Drama—New Delhi
● Nav-Nalanda Mahabihar—Bihar
● Nehru Memorial Museum and Library—New Delhi
● Raja Rammohan Rai Library Foundation—Kolkata
● Ram Krishan Mission Sanskrit Institute (1938)—Kolkata
● Rampur Raja Library—Rampur
● Sahitya Academy (1954)—New Delhi
● Salarjanj Museum—Hyderabad
● Sangeet Natak Academy—New Delhi
● Victoria Memorial Hall—Kolkata
Food and Civil Supply
● Indian Standard Bureau—Delhi
● Indian Examination House—Kolkata
Health and Family Welfare
● Central Health Education Bureau—New Delhi
● National Medical Science Academy—New Delhi
● National Ayurvedic Institute—Jaipur
● National Siddh Institute—Chennai
● National Yunani Institute—Bengaluru
● Morarji Desai National Yog Institute—New Delhi
● National Natural Medical Institute—Pune
● National Homeopathic Institute—Kolkata
● National Ayurvedic Vidyapeeth—New Delhi
● Hindustan Organic Chemicals Ltd.—Rasoyni (Maharashtra)
Industries
● South India Textile Research Association—Coimbatore
● North India Cloth Research Institute—Ghaziabad
● Silk and Art Silk Mills Research Association—Mumbai
● Indian Jute Industry Research Association—Kolkata
● Wool Research Institute—Thane
● National Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd.—Trombay
● Pesticide Technology Institute—Gurgaon
● Hindustan Antibiotic Ltd.—Pimpri, Pune
● Plastic Engineering and Technology Institute—(Sepate) Chennai
● Indian Bureau of Mines—Nagpur
● National Aluminium Co. Ltd.—Orissa
● Hindustan Zinc Ltd.—Udaipur
Law and Justice
● National Justice Academy—Bhopal
● Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel National Police Academy—Hyderabad
● Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narain National Crime and Justice Institute—New Delhi
Labour
● Labour Bureau Institute—Chandigarh and Shimla
● V. V. Giri National Labour Institute—Noida (U. P.)
● Central Labour Board—Nagpur
● Director General of Mines Security—Dhanbad
● Central Education Media Institute—Chennai
● Institute of Central government Training and Research—Kolkata
Mass Communication● Publication Deptt.—New Delhi
● Film Department—Mumbai
● National Film Archieves—Pune
● Indian Committee of Children Film—Mumbai
● Directorate of Publications and Visual Publicity—Delhi
● Directorate of Regional Publicity—New Delhi
● Testimony Board of Central Movie—Mumbai
● Institute of Indian Film and Television—Pune
● Satyajeet Ray Film and Television Institute— Kolkata
Institute of Science and Technology
● Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science—Kolkata
● Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology—Pune
● Indian Astro-physics Institute—Bengaluru
● Jawahar Lal Nehru Developed Scientific Research Centre—Bengaluru
● Indian Institute of Geomagnetism—Mumbai
● Indian Science Academy—Bengaluru
● Indian National Science Academy—New Delhi
● Indian Science Congress Association—Kolkata
● Indian National Engineering Academy—New Delhi
● Indian National Oceanic Information Service Centre—Hyderabad
● Indian Oceanic Technical Institute—Chennai
● National Antarctic and Ocean Research Centre—Goa
● National Biological Science Centre—Bengaluru
● National Institute of Reservation—New Delhi
● Centre of National Cell Science—Pune
● Centre of National Mental Research—Manesar
● National Plant-Genome Research Centre—New Delhi
● National Earthquake Science Data Centre—New Delhi
● Indian Science Academy—Allahabad
● Survey Training Institute—Hyderabad (with the help of U.N.D.P.)
● Bose Institute—Kolkata
● Agarkar Research Institute—Pune
● Sri Chitra Triunal Medical Science and Technical Institute—Tiruvananthapuram
● Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology—Dehradun
● N. N. Bose National Fundamental Science Centre—Kolkata
● Birbal Sahani Institute of Paleo-botany—Lucknow
● Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council—New Delhi
● Science Expansion (Vigyan Prasar)—New Delhi
● Liquid Crystal Research Institute—Bengaluru
● Aryabhatta Research Observatory—Nainital
● Director of Atomic Mineral Investigation and Research—Hyderabad
● Indian Uranium Corporation Ltd.—Jaduguda
● Heavy Water Board—Mumbai
● Nuclear Fuel Campus—Hyderabad
● Bhabha Atomic Research Centre—Mumbai
● Shri Ram Institute of Chemical Research—New Delhi
● Institute for Plasma Research (I. P. R.)—Ahmedabad
● Harish Chand Research Institute—Chennai
● Physics Institute—Bhubaneshwar
● Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre—Kolkata
● Deptt. of Atomic Energy—Mumbai
● Project Directorate, Integrated Coastal and Sea Coast Management—Chennai
● Sea-biotic Resources and Ecology Centre—Cochin
● Hindustan Zinc Limited—Udaipur
● D. N. A. Finger Print and Centre—Hyderabad
● Biotic Resources and Continuous Development Centre—Imphal
● Life Science Institute—Bhubaneshwar
● Physical Research Laboratory—Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
● S. V. National Technical Institute—Surat
● Saha Nuclear Physics Institute—Kolkata (W. Bengal)
● Cosmic Rays Research Institute—Gauribidanow
● Shri Ram Chennai Research Institute—New Delhi
● Tata Institute of Fundamental Research—Mumbai
● Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology—Kocchi
● Institute of Mathematical Science—Chennai
● Institute of Physics—Bhubaneshwar
● National Biology Centre—Bengaluru
● Uranium Corporation of India Ltd.—Jaduguda (Jharkhand)
● Vishveshraiya National Technical Institute—Nagpur
Transport
● Diesel Locomotive Works—Varanasi
● Chitranjan Locomotive Works—Chitranjan
● Rail Coach Factory—Kapurthala
● Integral Coach Factory—Perambur, Kapurthala
● Rail Wheel Factory—Bengaluru
● Marine Engineering and Research Institute—Kolkata
● Marine Engineering and Research Institute—Mumbai
● Lal Bahadur Shastri Coastal Research and Higher Study Institute—Mumbai
● Indian Inland Waterways Authority—Noida
● Maritime Training Institute Powai—Mumbai
● Hindustan Shipyard Limited—Visakhapatnam
● Central Inland Water Transport Corporation—Kolkata
● Civil Aviation Security Bureau—Delhi
● National Aviation Management and Research Institute—Delhi
● Fire Training Centre—New Delhi
● Fire Service Training School—Narainpur (Kolkata)
● Indira Gandhi National Flying Academy—Furshatganj (U. P.)
● Indian Tourism and Travel Management Institute—Gwalior
● National Water Sporting Institute—Goa
Water Resources
● Central Soil and Material Research Centre—New Delhi
● Central Water and Electric Research Centre—Kharagwasala (Pune)
● National Project Construction Corporation Ltd.—New Delhi
● National Hydrology Institute—Roorkee (Uttarakhand)
Welfare
● National Blind Institute—Dehradun
● National Orthopedic Disabled Institute—Kolkata
● Aliyawarjung National Hard of Hearing Institute—Mumbai
● National Mental Disabled Institute—Sikandrabad
● National Rehabilitation Training and Research Institute—Cuttack
● Physically Disabled Institute—New Delhi
● Multi-disabled Strengthen Institute—Chennai
● National Public Cooperation and Child Development Institute—New Delhi
Youth Work and Play● Rajeev Gandhi National Youth Development Institute—Perambur
● Laxmibai National Physical Education Institute (1957)—Gwalior
Energy● National Thermal Power Corporation—New Delhi
● Electric Finance Corporation Ltd.—New Delhi
Communication
● Telecommunication Engineering Centre—New Delhi
● National Telecommunication Finance and Management Academy—Hyderabad
● High Level Telecommunication Training Centre—Ghaziabad
● Advance Level Telecommunication Training Centre—Ghaziabad
● Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Telecommunication Training Institute—Jabalpur

National Sports Awards winners for year 2011 in india

Monday, September 05, 2011

Winners are as follows:
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna : Mr. Gagan Narang - Shooting

Dronacharya Awards :
Mr. I. Venkateshwara Rao - Boxing
Mr. Devender Kumar Rathore - Gymnastics
Mr. Ramphal - Wrestling
Dr. Kuntal Roy - Athletics * (Life time achievement)
Mr. Rajinder Singh - Hockey * (Life time achievement)

Dhyan Chand Awards : Mr. Shabbir Ali - Football
Mr. Sushil Kohli - Swimming
Mr. Rajkumar - Wrestling


Arjuna Awards :
Mr. Rahul Banerjee - Archery
Ms. Preeja Sreedharan - Athletics
Mr. Vikas Gowda - Athletics
Ms. Jwala Gutta - Badminton
Mr. M. Suranjoy Singh - Boxing
Mr. Zaheer Khan - Cricket
Mr. Sunil Chhetri - Football
Mr. Ashish Kumar - Gymnastics
Mr. Rajpal Singh - Hockey (Men)
Mr. Rakesh Kumar - Kabaddi (Men)
Ms. Tejeswini Bai V. - Kabaddi (Women)
Ms. Tejaswini Ravindra Sawant - Shooting
Mr. Veerdhawal Vikram Khade - Swimming
Mr. Somdev Kishore Devvarman - Tennis
Mr. Sanjay Kumar - Volleyball
Mr. Ravinder Singh - Wrestling
Mr. Naib S Katulu Ravikumar - Weightlifting
Ms. Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi - Wushu
Mr. Prasantha Karamakar - Swimming - Paralympics

List of Dronacharya Award Winners in INDIA.

Dronacharya Awards in India

The Dronacharya Award, instituted in 1985, honours eminent Coaches who have successfully trained sportspersons or teams and enabled them to achieve outstanding results in international completions. The Awardee is given a statuette of Guru Dronacharya, a scroll of honour, ceremonial dress and a cash prize of Rs. 5.00 lakhs.

Sports Awardees for "Dronacharya Award"

Archery 2007 : Mr. Sanjeeva Kumar Singh

Athletics 1985 : Shri O.M. Nambiar
1994 : Md. Ilyas Babar
1995 : Shri Karan Singh
1997 : Shri Joginder Singh Saini
1998 : Shri Bahadur Singh
1998 : Shri Hargobind Singh Sandhu
1999 : Shri Kenneth Owen Bosen
2002 : Ms. Renu Kohli
2002 : Shri Jaswant singh
2003 : Sh. Robert Bobby George
2006 : Shri R. D. Singh
2011 : Dr. Kuntal Roy

Badminton 2000 : Shri S. M. Arif
2009 : Shri Pullela Gopichand

Billiards and Snooker 1996 : Shri Wilson Jones
2001 : Shri Michael Joseph Ferrera
2004 : Arvind Savur

Boxing 1985 : Shri Om Prakash Bhardwaj
1998 : Shri G.S. Snadhu
1999 : Late. Capt. Hawa Singh
2003 : Sh. Anoop Kumar
2005 : Hony. Captain M. Venu
2006 : Shri Damodaran Chandralal
2007 : Mr. Jagdish Singh
2009 : Shri. Jaydev Singh Bisht
2011 : Mr. I. Venkateshwara Rao


Chess 1986 : Shri. Raghunandan Vasant Gokhale
2006 : Shri Koneru Ashok
2006 : Shri Pentala Harikrishna

Cricket
1986 : Shri Desh Prem Azad
1987 : Shri Gurcharan Singh
1990 : Shri Ramakant Achrekar
2004 : Sunita Sharma

Gymnastics
2011 : Devender Kumar Rathore

Football 1990 : Syed Naeemuddin

Hockey
2000 : Shri Grudial Singh Bhangu
2002 : Shri M. K. Kaushik
2003 : Sh. Rajinder Singh
2009 : Shri Baldev Singh
2011 : Mr Rajinder Singh

Kabaddi 2002 : Shri E. Prasad Rao
2005 : Shri Balwan Singh

Kho Kho
2000 : Shri Phadke Gopal Purshottam

Powerlifting 2000 : Shri Bhupender Dhawan

Rowing 2005 : Shri Ismail Baig

Shooting
2001 : Prof. Sunny Thomas

Squash 2004 : Cyrus Poncha

Volleyball 1990 : Shri A. Ramana Rao
1995 : Shri M. Shyam Sunder Rao
2007 : Mr. G. E. Sridharan

Weightlifting 1996 : Sh. Pal singh Sandhu
1999 : Shri Ajay Kumar Sirohi
2000 : Smt. Hansa Sharma

Wrestling
1985 : Shri Bhalachandra Bhaskar Bhagat
1987 : Shri Guru Hanuman
2003 : Sh. Sukhchain Singh Cheema
2005 : Shri Maha Singh Rao
2007 : Mr. Jagminder Singh
2009 : Shri Satpal
2011 : Mr. Ramphal

Yachting
2002 : Cdr. H. D. Motivala

Latest Current AFFAffairs 100 MCQs Soleved Questions

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

1. Which one of the following companies became the first major online retailer to offer cloud-based media storage and streaming to unlimited web or Android devices with a free basic plan?
a. Amazon
b. Roamans
c. LL BeAN
d. vita Coast
Answer: (a)

2. State-owned carrier Air India announced on 29 March 2011 that it completed the first milestone of its modernisation process with the migration of Air India and Indian Airlines to SITA's Horizon Passenger Service System (PSS). When did Air India sign contract with SITA for the same?
a. January 2011
b. March 2010
c. October 2009
d. April 2010
Answer: (d)

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Chronology: Indian National Movement General Knowledge

1857	First War of Indian Independence
1858	British crown takes over the Indian Government, End of East India Company Rule
1861	Birth of Rabindra Nath Tagore

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Indian Polity MCQ's General Knowledge Questions and Answers

1.Total number of members in a Legislative Council should not exceed that of a Legislative Assembly ?
(a) 40182
(b) 40181
(c) 40212
(d) 40180
Answer: 40181


2. For those Union Territories, which have no Legislative Councils of their own, laws are passed by
(a) Parliament
(b) Appointed Administrator
(c) Union Ministry
(d) President
Answer: Parliament

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General Awareness GK reasoning For AFCAT Armed Forces entrance test Airforce Solved Question Paper

Sunday, July 10, 2011

General Awareness GK reasoning For AFCAT - Armed Forces entrance test Airforce Gk for job exams

1. Haier, which is a major home appliances company, is a company from

A. North Korea

B. South Korea

C. China

D. Japan

Ans.C

2. Which football player was named 2004 FIFA World Footballer of the year?

A. Zinedine Zidane

B. Thierry Henry

C. Ronaldinho

D. A. Shevchenko

Ans.C

3. Which part of Maharashtra is demanding for a separate statehood?

A. Rayalseemai

B. Vidharbha

C. Konkan

D. Satpura

Ans.B

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GK For AFCAT Air Force Common Admission Test Solved Question Paper

Solved GK for AFCAT Air Force jobs

1. Out of the following which centre is making use of enriched Uranium?

(a) Tarapur Nuclear Energy Centre

(b) Kalpakkam Nuclear Energy Centre

(c) Narora Nuclear Energy Centre

(d) Ravat Bhata Nuclear Energy Centre

Ans. (a)

2. Shobha Gurtu is a—

(a) Padmashree

(b) Padmavibbushan

(c) Padmabhushan

(d) Phalke Award Winner

Ans. (a)

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AFCAT Air Force Common Admission Test 2011 GK, current affairs model paper: part 1

Based on previous year exam pattern here are some questions for AFCAT 2011 exam.

1. The Vice-President of India is also the.

1 Speaker of Lok Sabha 2. Chairman of Rayya sabha (3) Head of the State (4) Head of the Government

2. Cabinet Mission came to India in...

(1) 1946  (2) 1945  (3) 1942  (4}I940

3. Buddhism made an important impact by allowing two sections of society into its fold. They were...

(l) Merchants and Priests (2) Moneylenders and Slaves (3) Warriors and Traders (4) Women and Sudras

4. In which year Muslim League was founded...

(1) 1900  (2) 1905  (3) 1906  (4) 1902

5. Who introduced the Persian Festival of  Nauroz

(1) Alauddin Khalji (2) lltutmish (3) Finn TUghlaq (4) Balban

6. The language used to write source materials in ancient time was

(1) Sanskrit (2) Pali  (3) Braluni  (4) Kharosthi

7. India's trade with the Roman Empire came to an end with the invasion of Rome

(1) Arabs  (2) Hungarians  (3) Hunas  (4) Turks

8. Author of 'Ain-i-Akbari'

(1) Abul Fazl (2) AI Biruni (3) Ferlshta (4) Amir Khusm

9. The famous revolutionary song 'Sarfaroshi ki. tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai .. : was composed by

(1) Bhagat Singh (2) Khudiram Bose (3) Chandrasekhar Azad (4) Ramprasad Bismil

10. The first Viceroy of India was

(1) Lord Canning  (2) Lord Hardinge (3) Lord Dalhousie (4) Lord Elgin

11. Gir' forests are famous for

1. Lions 2. tigers 3. Wild boars 4. elephants

12. The surface temperature of the sun is estimated as

(1) 6000 °C (2) 12000 °C (3) 18000 °C (4)24000 °C

13. Which one of the following planets has no moon?

(1) Mars  (2) Neptune 3. Mercury  (4) Pluto

Answers: 1.2, 2.1, 3. 4, 4. 3, 5.4, 6. 1, 7. 3, 8. 1, 9. 4, 10. 1, 11. 1, 12.1, 13. 3

Some Important Latest GK Questions and Answers about India

Saturday, July 09, 2011

Q.  Longest River in India? 

A.  Ganga

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Q.  Largest Mosque in India? 

A.  Jama Masjid (Delhi)

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Q.  Largest Dam in India? 

A.  Hirakud (Orissa)

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Q.  Most Populous City in India?

A.  Mumbai

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Q.  Most Populated State in India? 

A.  Uttar Pradesh

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Q.  Most Literate State in India in India? 

A.  Kerala

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Q.  Longest Tunnel in India? 

A.  Jawahar Tunnel (J&K)

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NASA: Mother Nature may delay final shuttle launch

Friday, July 08, 2011

Mother Nature seems to be working against NASA launching its final space shuttle mission on schedule tomorrow.

The space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its final voyage on Friday at 11:26 a.m. Eastern time. This won't just be the last mission for Atlantis. It also will be the final mission of the space shuttle program, which is being retired after 30 years.

The problem may be the weather.

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First look: Google+ lets you hang with a small (or large) circle of friends

Google's Google+ social networking service, now out in a limited release, isn't the Facebook killer that Google no doubt hopes it will be. However, it's an innovative platform that takes a new approach to social networking by putting you in control of how you share with people. It also includes a number of intriguing features, such as one that makes it easy to ferret out content that interests you and share it with others.

Those who were put off by Google's previous failures in social networking, including Buzz and Wave, will be surprised at the usefulness and simplicity of Google+. It's a worthy enough product that you'd do well to sign up as soon as it's widely available.
The anti-Facebook

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Facebook fires back at Google+ challenge

A little more than a week after Google unveiled its own social network, Facebook responded today with upgrades to its site, in an attempt to curb growing enthusiasm for the Google+ project.

After teasing last week that today's announcement was going to be "awesome," Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg took the wraps off a partnership with Skype that brings video chat to the social network. The news was accompanied by the unveiling of a new group chat feature for the site.

The announcement seems to take a swing directly at Google+, which has a feature called "Hangouts" that supports online group conference calls. Facebook's response to that is to work with Skype for its own group call feature.

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Total lunar eclipse of the century today on 15th june 2011

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The longest and darkest total lunar eclipse of the century will occur on Wednesday, giving sky enthusiasts all over the country an opportunity to witness the event. An unusually long lunar eclipse with the Moon immersed deeply inside the umbral (darker) shadow of the Earth will occur on Wednesday, N
ehru Planetarium director N Rathnasree said.

"The total phase of this lunar eclipse will last 100 minutes. The last eclipse to exceed this duration was in July 2000," she said.

The next such eclipse will only take place in 2141.

The total lunar eclipse will begin at 00:52:30 IST and end at 02:32:42 IST. While the partial eclipse will begin at 23:52:56 IST and end at 03:32:15 IST.

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Venkatesh Prasad: Man who brought Internet inside Ford vehicles

At Ford, the second biggest carmaker in the US, Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad is called the 'what's next guy'. It's a nickname he acquired as a founding member of Ford's nextgeneration research team responsible for creating a smart phone and Internet-like experience inside cars.

Prasad has patented over 16 solutions that help the driver do things like search out a friend's location in real time, listen to Internet radio, browse through favourite music and even get alerts on diabetes and obesity.

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