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MS Swaminathan – head of newly created chair for sustainable development in IGNOU
MS Swaminathan – President of voluntary health services
Environment and agriculture book by MS Swaminathan and KK chadda


NOBEL PRIZE FOR MATHEMATICS:FIELDS MEDAL..last year it was given to 3 persons(one person refused to take)...Andrei Okounkov (Russia)Terence Tao(Australia)Wendelin Werner(France)the guy hu declined it, was Grigori Perelman(Russia) who solved Poincare Conjecture,one of the most difficult problems of the century...

women Nobel Laureates =33, men Nobel Laureates= 735 total 787.....

2 times nobel laureatesJ. Bardeen Physics 1956Physics 1972M. Curie Physics 1903Chemistry 1911L. Pauling Chemistry 1954Peace 1962 (only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes )F. Sanger Chemistry 1958Chemistry 1980


Rolex enterprise award 06 – given by rolex – chanda shroff(a crafts teacher from india who is a voluntary manager of SHRUJAN a charitable trust) was nominated
Kabir samman instituted by GOI(1990)- for acts of physical and moral courage given to Ram babu singh chauhan(2006)
Vyas samman for literary works-premanand sri vasthava (2006) – “kavitha ka arthat”
Alternative noble - are the right livelihood awards
Kiran Desai (born 3 September 1971)
- Her novel The Inheritance of Loss won the 2006 Man Booker Prize.[1] She is the daughter of the noted author Anita Desai. her first book, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard .she was the third indian to get the prize.
Kiran Desai won the Betty Trask Award for her first book "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard"(published in 1998),a prize given by the Society of Authors for the best new novels by citizens of the Commonwealth of Nations under the age of 35
List of Indian Novelists who won the Bookers PrizeSalman Rushdie -1981- Midnight's Children (It also won the Booker of Bookers Prize in 1993)Arundathi Roy -1997- The God of Small ThingsVS Naipaul -1971- In a Free State (not an Indian but ofIndian ethnicity)The Inheritance of Loss-2006-Kiran Desai

Dylan Thomas Award – World wide literary award instituted in 2006 of 60000 pounds
The first reciepent of this is Rachel Trezise for her novel “Fresh apples“
The award is restricted to writers under 30 yrs
Borlaugh Medallian award instituted in 2006 – given by world food oprg to honor humanitarian effects across the globe. First reciepent is Thaniland's previous king Bhumipal
2006 Sastra ramanujan prize to Prof. Terencs Tao from US
Nishan e Pak – Hu Jintuao
Business man of the year – forbes asia –nandan nilekani
Deshkottama award – CNR Rao – given by viswabharathi univ
Indian year of 2007 by CNN IBN – Dr manmohan Singh
Jawahar lal Nehru award for intellectual understanding – Vangari Mathai –kenya 2005 and to
Lula Di Silva – brazil 2006
Specialty coffee association of US – sustainability award to Indian coffee estate by Poabs state of kerala
Plant genome saviour awards – introduced by rural ministry for agri – these are presented to tribal men and woman for their contri to genetic resources, conservation and enhancement
Amartya sen received K.S Sanjeevi endowment lecture gold medal by voluntary health services
Businessman of the year -06- lakshmi mittal
First national award on e –excellence .it is given to teachers who had gone beyond their duty to implement siksha india program .Aren given to Reshma katuria and K Ahulwalia(punjab), desh pande (mah)

Kalidas samman :
Sonal mansingh (kathak n odissi),Shanthi dave (painting),Puttaraja gavai (music),Vimalatha (theatre)
National communal harmonry award –given to institute for socialistic education from delhi

What is Saraswati Samman ...who got this for 2006?A: Saraswati Samman - For outstanding Literary work(Poetry and Prose)...Monetary Award : 5lakhs ...Instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. Work(for which the award is meant) should have been published in the past ten years in an Indian Language acc. to the Constitution. Panel includes former Award winners and Scholars
Jagannath Prasad Das (Orissa)-Parikrama - 2006
1991 - Harivanshrai 'Bachchan' for his autobiography in four volumes (UP)
Ramakanta Rath (orissa) - Sri Radha- 1992
1993 - Vijay Tendulkar
1994 - Harbhajan Singh
1995 - Balamani Amma for poetry collection Nivedyam
1996 - Shamsur Rahman Faruqi for She`r-e Shor-Angez
1997 - Manubhai Pancholi
1998 - Sankar Ghosh
1999 - Indira Parthasarathy
Manoj Das (Orissa) - Amruta Phala - 2000
2001 - Dalip Kaur Tiwana for her novel Katha Kaho Urvashi
2002 - Mahesh Elkunchwar for his play Yugant
2003 - Govind Chandra Pande for his collection of 163 Sanskrit poems entitled Bhagirathi
2004 - Sunil Gangopadhyay for his novel Pratham Alo
2005 - K. Ayyappa Panicker for his collection of poems Ayyappa Panikarude Kritikal


Complete list of the Awardees Bharat Ratna
S.No Name Birth / death Awarded Notes State(If Indian) else Country
1. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1888–1975 1954 Former President, Philosopher. Tamil Nadu
2. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari 1878–1972 1954 Former Governor-General, Freedom Fighter. Tamil Nadu
3. Dr C.V. Raman 1888–1970 1954 Nobel-prize winning Physicist Tamil Nadu
4. Dr Bhagwan Das 1869–1958 1955 Philosopher, Freedom Fighter Uttar Pradesh
5. Dr Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya 1861–1962 1955 Engineer Karnataka
6. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 1889–1964 1955 Former Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter, Author. Uttar Pradesh
7. Govind Ballabh Pant 1887–1961 1957 Freedom Fighter, Home Minister Uttar Pradesh
8. Dr Dhondo Keshav Karve 1858–1962 1958 Maharashtra
9. Dr B. C. Roy 1882–1962 1961 Scientist West Bengal
10. Purushottam Das Tandon 1882–1962 1961 Freedom Fighter, Educationalist. Uttar Pradesh 11. Dr Rajendra Prasad 1884–1963 1962 Former President, Freedom Fighter, Jurist Bihar
12. Dr Zakir Hussain 1897–1969 1963 Former President, Scholar. Andhra Pradesh
13. Dr Pandurang Vaman Kane 1880–1972 1963 Maharashtra
14. Lal Bahadur Shastri 1904–1966 1966 Posthumous, Former Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter Uttar Pradesh
15. Indira Gandhi 1917–1984 1971 Former Prime Minister Uttar Pradesh
16. V.V. Giri 1894–1980 1975 Former President, Trade Unionist. Andhra Pradesh
17. K. Kamraj 1903–1975 1976 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu
18. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) 1910–1997 1980 Naturalized Indian citizen, Nobel Laureate (Peace, 1979). West Bengal
19. Acharya Vinoba Bhave 1895–1982 1983 Posthumous, Social Reformer, Freedom Figher. Maharashtra
20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 1890–1988 1987 First non-citizen, Freedom Fighter. Pakistan
21. Dr M.G. Ramachandran 1917–1987 1988 Posthumous, Chief Minister-Tamil Nadu, Actor. Kerala
22. Dr Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar 1891–1956 1990 Posthumous, Architect-Indian Constitution, Leader of Dalits Maharashtra Feb 16
23. Nelson Mandela b. 1918 1990 Second non-citizen and first non-Indian, Leader of Anti-Apartheid movement. South Africa
24. Rajiv Gandhi 1944–1991 1991 Posthumous, Former Prime Minister New Delhi
25. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 1875–1950 1991 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, First Home Minister of India. Gujarat
26. Morarji Desai 1896–1995 1991 Former Prime Minister, Freedom Fighter. Gujarat
27. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 1888–1958 1992 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Educator. West Bengal
28. J.R.D. Tata 1904–1993 1992 Industrialist and philanthropist. Maharashtra
29. Satyajit Ray 1922–1992 1992 Legendary Indian Film Director West Bengal
30. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose 1897–1945(?) 1992 Freedom fighter, Founder of Indian National Army. West Bengal
31. Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam b. 1931 1997 President of India, Scientist. Tamil Nadu
32. Gulzarilal Nanda 1898–1998 1997 Freedom Fighter, former Prime Minister. Punjab
33. Aruna Asaf Ali 1908–1996 1997 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter. West Bengal
34. Dr M.S. Subbulakshmi 1916–2004 1998 Classical singer. Tamil Nadu
35. C Subramaniam 1910–2000 1998 Freedom Fighter, Minister of Agriculture. Tamil Nadu
36. Jayaprakash Narayan 1902–1979 1998 Posthumous, Freedom Fighter, Social Reformer. Uttar Pradesh
37. Pandit Ravi Shankar b. 1920 1999 Classical sitar player. Uttar Pradesh
38. Dr Amartya Sen b. 1933 1999 Nobel Laureate (Economics, 1998). West Bengal
39. Gopinath Bordoloi 1890–1950 1999 Posthumous, freedom fighter Assam
40. Lata Mangeshkar b. 1929 2001 Play back singer. Maharashtra
41. Ustad Bismillah Khan 1916-2006 2001 Shehnai (classical instrument) player. Uttar Pradesh Last 3 Years It Is Not Given To Anybody.

Yes. Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan ) N Moraraji Desai (Form. PM) Has Received Nishan e Pak from India.


Which Padma award winner has created a controversy saying that giving Padma awards is unconstitutional?A: - Sukumar Azhikode

Amartya Sen's books – “Capabilities, Freedom and Equality” and “Identity and violence: the illusion of destiny”
VP Singh's book – “Manjil se jyada safar”
Jaswanth Singh's book– “A call for honor in service of emergent india"
“Strategic consequences of India's economic performances” book by Sanjay Baru – media advisor to PM
“Vision Unlimited: the outstanding legacy of MA Chidambaram” – Muttiah
John wright's book - "indian summers"
"Gaddar kyon" – biography of Nawaz Sheriff
"In the line of fire" – auto biography of Musharaf
"Friends not master" – auto biography of Ayub khan
"Lifting the covers" book by Glunn turner
Gunter Gross's books – “the peeling the onion” and the “tin drum"
"Order of british empire" - roshan seth, supriya banerjee and jagmohan puri
"Cheruab of the Mist" – by ajay and viday bedi
"The last dance of saras" – global broadcast news of india
"Mark twain for american humor" – neil simon
"My days" – R.K Narayana(birth centenary 9th oct)
salman Rushdie –"midnight children"
arundhati roy- "god of small things"
Joseph stilgitz – "Globalization and its discontents" 2002 and "Making globalization work" 2007
"Arundhati roy critical perspectives" by Murari Prasad
"The trail of Tony Blair" – Alsttair Beaton
The guardian – first news ombudsman – Ian Mayes his works are
"Journalism – right and wrong" "Only correct: the best of corrections and clarifications" and "More corrections and clarifications"
“Shantaram” - greg Roberts
“Next” – micheal Crichton
“World is flat” – Thomas friedman
“the last mughal” – William darlympyle
Other books of this guy - White Mughals, The Age of Kali, Begums Thugs And Englishmens
“In spite of gods ” – edward Luci
“the kite runner” –khaled Hussaini
Charlie Hebdo – the French weekly that was sued for publishing cartoons of prophet mamood
Russian news agency- ria novostibiography of V.K BIRLA – one day at a time –P.K BIRLA
First newspaper of the world - post and domestic newspaper of Spain has now opted to publish exclusively on internet. The paper was founded by Queen Christina.
Iranna - Islamic republic news agency which is a state run news agency

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (June 26, 1997) (titled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States)
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (July 2, 1998)
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (September 8, 1999)
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (July 8, 2000)
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (June 21, 2003)
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (July 16, 2005)
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (July 21, 2007(Scheduled))

New Love meetings – First film shot on cellular pone. – by Marcello Maencrini.
World Trade center – a film by oliver stone
Green Oscars – also called wild screen panda awards – they are given in the honour of wild life films projecting the ecological diversity
2 out of 5 are given projects from India
Asian film festival – pune
Jahnua barua –director- maine ghandi ko nahi mara –received Kodak vision award
Old Baber – film directed by Hasi Chaolu of China won the best film award and golden peacock award at 37th IIFI goa
A short life – A south Korean film by Ankung Lee got the most promising director and silver peacock award.
Night at the museum and the superman returns of Mumbai studios are among the shortlisted movies for US academy awards.
Ravindra upadhay documentary maker
from which country the film WATER had been selected for the oscars under forgein films category........?A: Canada

10th south asian games – Colombo
2016 summer Olympics – Tokyo
15th Asian games – Doha Slogan: "The Games of Your Life"
Orry – Mascot of the Doha Asian games
44 countries participated. Doha nicknamed spports capital of the middle east and the pearl of the gulf
Jaspal rana is chosen as the best sports person of the asian games
The Logo of 33rd at guwahati National Games is Rang Ghar ,an amphitheatre in the town of Sivasagar.
The Mascot is RONGMON ,the amazing Rhino
world cup cricket mascot resembles an orange raccoon-like creature named as MELLO
New teams in World cup cricket - Bermuda, Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands, Kenya and Canada.
Kenya and others are added in the new teams list by ICC
Olympics – slogan - One World, One Dream
The "Dancing Beijing" emblem, depicting a Chineseseal inscribed with the character "Jing" (fromthe name of the host city)in theform of a dancing figure
Mascot of the Olympics - Fuwa consists of five members: Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini. The five mascots incorporate fish, giant panda, fire, Tibetan antelope, and swallow designs respectively, and each also represents one of the five Olympic Rings. When the five names are put together, they form a pun on the phrase 北京欢迎你 (Bìijîng huânyíng nǐ) which means "Beijing welcomes you".[6]

Unforgettable blackness – a biography of jack Johnson written jeoffrey walt.
Jack Jackson was the first black world heavy weight champion

Military world games will be held in India – Hyderabad Mascot – Bravo organized by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The Games have been held since 1995


1st Military World Games 1995 Rome, Italy
2nd Military World Games 1999 Zagreb, Croatia
3rd Military World Games 2003 Catania, Italy
4th Military World Games 2007 Hyderabad, India

Spirit of cricket award – England
Sochi of Russia-winter olmpics -2014
7th international childrens festival of performing art held in new delhi
Teasures of ancient india – an exhibition of ind in beijing
Herat – sivarathri is popularly known by this name in JK
Chandra lekha – bharatanatyam (died)
Guru govind kutty – kathakali maestro (died)