Sarod =Ali Akbar Khan, Allaudin Khan, Amjad Ali Khan, Buddhadev Dasgupta, Bahadur Khan, Sharan Rani, Zarin S. Sharma
Tabla= Alla Rakha Khan, Kishan Maharaj, Nikhil Ghosh, Zakir Hussain
Violin= Baluswamy Dikshitar, Gajanan Rao Joshi, Lalgudi G. Jayaraman, M. S. Gopala krishnan, Mysore T. Chowdiah, T. N. Krishnan
Shehnai =Bismillah Khan
Sitar= Nikhil Banerjee, Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan, Hara Shankar Bhattacharya
Flute= Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Pannalal Ghose, T. R. Mahalingam
Veena =K. R. Kumaraswamy lyer, Doraiswami lyengar
OSCARs:
2010 Best Picture The Hurt Locker
2011 Best Picture The King's Speech
2010 Best Actor Jeff Bridges
2011 Best Actor Colin Firth
2010 Best Director Kathryn Bigelow
2011 Best Director Tom Hooper
2010 Best Actress Sandra Bullock
2011 Best Actress Natalie Portman
2010 Best Foreign Film The secret in their eyes (Argentina)
2011 Best Foreign Film In a better world (Denmark)
2010 Original Screenplay Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker)
2011 Original Screenplay David Seidler (The King's Speech)
Ab Olympics...Olympic Ring And Representing Continents
Actually these ring doesn't represent any single continent, According to IOC (International Olympic committee) these rings represents union of the five continents. ( Reference wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_the... )
The five rings colorwise represent....
blue = Europe
yellow= Asia
black = Africa
green = Australia
red = America
who is the father of Modern Olympics ?
answer: Baron Pierre de Coubertin (these rings are also designed by Pierre de Coubertin)
Who is the creator of Olympic motto "Swifter, Higher, Stronger" ?
answer: Henri Didon
* When did India first participated in Olympics ?
Answer: 1900 (Paris Olympics)
* When did India Officially participated in Olympics ?
Answer: 1920
* Who is the First Indian to win an individual Olympic medal after independence ?
Answer: K.D Yadav (1952, Helsinki)
* Who is the First Indian woman to reach Semifinal in Olympics ?
Answer: Shiny Wilson
* Who is the First Indian woman to reach Final in Olympics ?
Answer: P.T Usha
* Who is the First Indian woman to win a Medal in Olympics ?
Answer: Karnam Malleswari (Bronze, 2000 Sydney)
The G20, which includes both developed and emerging economies, closely reflects two current trends that are transforming international relations:
1) the increasing influence of emerging economies on political and economic affairs and
2) the need to find innovative forms of cooperation to meet new global challenges that require collective responses.
The G20 includes 19 countries and The European Union:
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Argentina
France
Italy
Australia
Germany
Mexico
Turkey
Brazil
Russia
India
China
South Africa
Japan
Indonesia
Saudi Arabia
Republic of Korea
The European Union
The Group of Eight (G8) is a forum for the governments of eight of the world's largest economies. (It excludes, however, two of the actual eight largest economies by nominal GDP: China, 2nd, and Brazil, 6th). The forum originated with a 1975 summit hosted by France that brought together representatives of six governments: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, thus leading to the name Group of Six or G6. The summit became known as the Group of Seven or G7 the following year with the addition of Canada. In 1997, Russia was added to group which then became known as the G8. The European Union is represented within the G8 but cannot host or chair summits.
The most recent G8 meeting was the 38th G8 summit.
In short...members of G8 are..
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
UK
USA
Canada
Russia
Leader of the Euro Crises Nations...(A constant question type nowadays)
Countries with Presidents
Russia=Vladimir Putin
Greece=Karolos Papoulias
PortugalAníbal Cavaco Silva
France=François Hollande(after Nicolas Sarkozy after 15 may 2012)
Ireland=Michael D. Higgins
Iceland=Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
Latvia=Andris Bērziņš
Ukraine=Viktor Yanukovych
Countries with Prime Ministers
Belgium=Elio Di Rupo
United Kingdom=David Cameron
Spain=Mariano Rajoy
Hungary=Viktor Orbán
Nobel Prize..some random facts from my books...
Nobel First awarded in 1901, five years after Alfred Nobel's death.
Sixth subject, economics, added in 1969.
Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994) was an American chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1954 and the Nobel Peace Prize for 1962. He is the only individual to receive two unshared Nobel awards.
John Bardeen (1908 – 1991) was an American physicist and electrical engineer, the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 and again in 1972
Lawrence Bragg was 25 years old when he was awarded the Nobel Prize. Bragg is not only the youngest Physics Laureate, he is also the youngest Nobel Laureate in any Nobel Prize area.
PIGS Nations
PIGS is an acronym that refers to the economies of Portugal, Greece, Spain, and either or both Ireland and Italy. The economies of United Kingdom (as Great Britain)and Iceland are also included in variants.
First coined in the mid-1990s, the term originally referred to the southern European economies of Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Spain. During the European sovereign-debt crisis in 2009, the term was popularised as a label for heavily-indebted economies, perceived as having been the impetus for the crisis. In this sense, the term sometimes included Ireland in place of Italy, or both in the acronym PIIGS.
Some news and economic organisations have limited or banned use of the term because of criticism regarding perceived offensive connotations.The term has been used since at least the mid-1990s[11] as an epithet referring to Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain noted for similar economic environments. The term became popularized by the wider media during the European sovereign debt crisis, including alternatives such as Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain (PIGS) and Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain (PIIGS).
Italy was initially excluded from PIGS, in the debt crisis sense of the acronym, because the crisis had yet to spread to Italy at the time.
The term was denounced as pejorative by the Portuguese Finance Minister in 2008 and, some organisations, notably the Financial Times (FT) and Barclays Capital, have restricted or banned the term. Some members of the international economic press continue to use the pejorative term.
Variants:
With the onset of the European sovereign debt crisis in 2009, several variations appeared. When rendered as PIIGS some commentators added the additional I to include Ireland, or the I, which originally referred to Italy, was used for Ireland. Other forms in use were GIPS,, GIPSI, GIIPS and a three-i variant PIIIGS, where the third I represents Iceland.Another variant, PIIGGS, included the United Kingdom (Great Britain).
Madam Marie Curie--Nobel Prize in 1903 and 1911...one in physics and one in chemistry
Punchlines of Famous Companies Punchlines
L&T; - We Make the Things that Make India Proud
LG - Digitally Yours
Sify - Making the Internet work for you
Voltas - ACs with IQ
Alcatel - Architect of an Internat World
Cathy Pacific Airlines - The Heart of Asia
MS Office 97 - Work Less, Do More
Hyundai - Drive Your Way
Canon - Delighting You Always
Philips - Sense & Simplicity
The Economic Times - The Power of Knowledge
Cell One - The One for Everyone
Cantabill - International Clothing
Business World - Play the Game
Dolphin - The Affordable Network Service
SBI - With You all the Way
Amway - Better Ideas-Better Life
Omega - The Sign of Excellance
Jaguar - Dont Dream it, Drive it
Honda - The Power of Dreams
MTNL - Transparency makes us Different
SOTC - You Look the World, We Look After You
ABN AMRO - Making More Possible
Business Today - For managing Tomarrow
Nokia - Connecting People
Wipro - Applying Thought
Air France - Making the Sky the best place on Earth
Air Lufthansa - There's no Better Way to Fly
Toyota - Touch the Perfection
Jet Airways - The Joy of Flying
ITC - Enduring Value
IFFCO TOKIO - The Life You Desire
Microsoft - Your Potential, Your Passion
Epson - Exceed Your Vision
Park Avenue - Play the Lead
British Airways - The World is Waiting
DIGJAM - Dressing the World
Chevrolet - For a Special Journey called Life
CNN - Be the First to Know
MICO-BOSCH - The Power of We
Sun Microsystem - The Network is the Computer
TATA Indicom - Business Without Limits
Amkette - When Reliability Matters
Dell - Easy to Buy, Easy to Own
Motorola - Intelligence Everywhere
ICICI Bank - KV kamath - Hum Hai Na
Compaq - Ban jaaye baat
Hyundai Santro - The complete family car
IBM ThinkPad----- " I think, therefore IBM"----
Adidas ------ " Forever Sport"-----
American Express ---- "Don't leave home without it"
Birla Mutual Fund ----- "The name inspires Trust" -----
kingfisher - vijay mallaya - king of good times
TCS --- S ramadorai --- Beyond the obvious
Wipro---Azim Premji-----Applying thought
Infosys---Nandan M. Nilekani-----Driven by intellect,powered by values
1. FORD – Built for the Road Ahead
2. GM – Only GM.
3. DAIMLER CHRYSLER – The Future of Automobile
4. BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine
5. AUDI – Vorsprung Durch Technik
6. TOYOTA - Touch The Perfection
7. HYUNDAI - Drive Your Way
9. HONDA - The Power of Dreams
10. SKODA – Obsessed with Quality since 1897.
11. VOLKSWAGEN - Drivers wanted
12. FIAT - Driven by Passion. FIAT
13. JAGUAR - Born to Perform
14. LEXUS – The Pursuit of Perfection
15. TATA MOTORS – Even More Car per Car
1. Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion
2. Windows XP - Do More with Less
3. HP - Invent ; Everything is Possible
4. Computer Associates - The software that powers the E Business
5. CSC - Experience. Results.
6. Accenture - High Performance. Delivered
7. IBM - ON DEMAND
8. LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.
9. Apple Macintosh - Think Different.
10. TCS - Beyond the Obvious
11. Infosys - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values; Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability
12. WIPRO - Applying Thought
13. EMC - Where Information Lives.
14. Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.
15. Have You Met Life Today - Metropolitan Life Insurance Company or Metlife.
2. The Power on your side - Allianz Group
3. Growing and Protecting your wealth - Prudential Insurance Company
4.We know Money - AIG or American International Group Insurance Company
5.Trust thy name is ------- (The fill in the blank itself is the name of the organization) - LIC
6. Be Life Confident - AXA UK
7. You are in good hands - Allstate Insurance Company
8. Your Partner for life - Max NewYork Life Insurance
9. Positively Different. - Standard Insurance Company Limited.
2. Macromedia - What the web can be.
3. 1. India's International Bank -- Bank of Baroda
2. Good People to Bank with -- Union Bank of India
3. Higher Standards -- Bank of America
4. You and Us -- UBS
5. The Citi Never Sleeps -- CITIGROUP or CITIBANK
6. Where Vision Gets Built -- Lehman Brothers
7. The World's Local Bank -- HSBC
8. A Passion to Perform -- Deutsche Bank
9. Making More Possible -- ABN AMRO Bank
4. 1. The Magazine of the Corporate World - BUSINESS INDIA
2. For Managing Tomorrow - BUSINESS TODAY
3. Intelligent Computing - CHIP
4. Your Technology Navigator - DIGIT
5. Play the Game - BUSINESS WORLD
6. Journalism of Courage - The Indian EXPRESS
7. The Power of Knowledge - THE ECONOMIC TIMES
8. The Name India trusts for News - HINDUSTAN TIMES
9. Read a Bestseller everyday - THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
5. MRF - Tyres with Muscle
CEAT - Born Tough
EBAY - The World's Online Market Place
AMAZON.COM - Earth's Biggest BookStore
TIMESJOBS.COM - If you have a reason, we have the job
BLOGGER.COM - Push Button Publishing
Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion
Windows XP - Do More with Less
HP-Invent - Everything is Possible
Accenture - High Performance. Delivered
IBM - ON DEMAND
LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.
Apple Macintosh - Think Different.
TCS - Beyond the Obvious
Infosys - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values; Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability
WIPRO - Applying Thought
Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.
Macromedia - What the web can be.
FORD – Built for the Road Ahead
GM – Only GM.
BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine
TOYOTA - Touch The Perfection
HYUNDAI - Drive Your Way
HONDA - The Power of Dreams
SKODA – Obsessed with Quality since 1897.
VOLKSWAGEN - Drivers wanted
FIAT - Driven by Passion. FIAT
TATA MOTORS – Even More Car per Car
IBM - I think, therefore IBM.
Dell - Easy as DELL.
Intel - Intel inside.
LEE - The jeans that built America
Master card - There are some things money can't buy. For everything else there's MASTERCARD.
Kotak - Think Investments. Think Kotak.
Sun Microsystems - The Network is the Computer
Ernst and Young - Quality in Everything we Do
Barclays - Fluent in Finance; Its our business to know your business
Standard Chartered Bank - Your Right Partner
CNBC - Profit from it
AT&T; - The World's Networking Company
Monster.com - Never Settle
Jet Airways - The Joy of Flying
Lufthansa - There's no better to fly
British airways - The Way to Fly.
Air Canada - A breath of Fresh Air
Sahara - Emotionally yours.
Malaysian Airlines - Going Beyond Expectations
Kingfisher Airlines - Fly the good times
Exxon Mobil - Taking on the World’s Toughest Energy Challenges
Chevron Corporation - Human Energy
Reliance industries Limited - Growth is Life
British Petroleum - Beyond Petroleum
ONGC - Making Tomorrow Brighter
IOCL - Bringing Energy to Life
BPCL - Pure for Sure
IBP - Pure bhi. Poora bhi
GAIL - Gas and Beyond
Essar corp - A positive a++itude
Speed - High Performance Petrol
Servo - 100 % Performance. Everytime.
NDTV Profit - News you can Use.
Toyota Innova - All you Desire.
Star Sports - We know your game
1. L&T; - We Make the Things that Make India Proud
2. LG - Digitally Yours
3. Sify - Making the Internet work for you
4. Voltas - ACs with IQ
5. Alcatel - Architect of an Internat World
6. Cathy Pacific Airlines - The Heart of Asia
7. MS Office 97 - Work Less, Do More
8. Hyundai - Drive Your Way
9. Canon - Delighting You Always
10. Philips - Sense & Simplicity
11. The Economic Times - The Power of Knowledge
12. Cell One - The One for Everyone
13. Cantabill - International Clothing
14. Business World - Play the Game
15. Dolphin - The Affordable Network Service
16. SBI - With You all the Way
17. Amway - Better Ideas-Better Life
18. Omega - The Sign of Excellance
19. Jaguar - Dont Dream it, Drive it
20. Honda - The Power of Dreams
21. MTNL - Transparency makes us Different
22. SOTC - You Look the World, We Look After You
23. ABN AMRO - Making More Possible
24. Business Today - For managing Tomarrow
25. Nokia - Connecting People
26. Wipro - Applying Thought
27. Air France - Making the Sky the best place on Earth
28. Air Lufthansa - There's no Better Way to Fly
29. Toyota - Touch the Perfection
30. Jet Airways - The Joy of Flying
31. ITC - Enduring Value
32. IFFCO TOKIO - The Life You Desire
33. Microsoft - Your Potential, Your Passion
34. Epson - Exceed Your Vision
35. Park Avenue - Play the Lead
36. British Airways - The World is Waiting
37. DIGJAM - Dressing the World
38. Chevrolet - For a Special Journey called Life
39. CNN - Be the First to Know
40. MICO-BOSCH - The Power of We
41. Sun Microsystem - The Network is the Computer
42. TATA Indicom - Business Without Limits
43. Amkette - When Reliability Matters
44. Dell - Easy to Buy, Easy to Own
45. Motorola - Intelligence Everywhere
6. . Like. No. Other. - SONY
2. Everyone's Invited or Its hard to Imagine - SAMSUNG
3. Life's Good - LG
4. The Indian Multinational - VIDEOCON
5. Born in Japan Entertaining The World - SANSUI
6. Inspired Living - HAIER
7. Sense and Simplicity - PHILLIPS
8. The Perfect Experience - JVC
9. Choose Freedom - TOSHIBA
AMAZON.COM - Earth’s Biggest BookStore
TIMESJOBS.COM - If you have a reason, we have the job -
BLOGGER.COM - Push Button Publishing
MRF - Tyres with Muscle
CEAT - Born Tough
EBAY - The World’s Online Market Place
Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion
Windows XP - Do More with Less
HP-Invent - Everything is [...]
1. Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion
2. Windows XP - Do More with Less
3. HP - Invent ; Everything is Possible
4. Computer Associates - The software that powers the E Business
5. CSC - Experience. Results.
6. Accenture - High Performance. Delivered
7. IBM - ON DEMAND
8. LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.
9. Apple Macintosh - Think Different.
10. TCS - Beyond the Obvious
11. Infosys - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values;
Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability
12. WIPRO - Applying Thought
13. EMC - Where Information Lives.
14. Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.
15. Macromedia - What the web can be.
Olympics INDIA
Bronze NEHWAL Saina 2012 London Badminton Women's Single
Bronze DUTT Yogeshwar 2012 London Wrestling Men's 60kg Freestyle
Bronze HMANGTE Chungneijang Mery Kom 2012 London Boxing Women's Fly (51kg)
Bronze NARANG Gagan 2012 London Shooting Men's 10m Air Rifle
Silver KUMAR Vijay 2012 London Shooting Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
Silver Sushil Kumar 2012 London Wrestling Men's 66kg Freestyle
Silver HOSANAGARA NAGARAJEGOWDA Girisha 2012 Paraolympics Athletics Men's High Jump - F42
Latest who’s who in India and World
Jim Yong Kim —President, World Bank.
Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili —Vice-President, Africa World Bank.
Christine Lagarde (France) —Managing-Director, IMF.
Ban Ki-Moon —General -Secretary, UNO.
Haruhiko Kuroda —President, Asian Development Bank.
Prema Cariappa —Chairperson, Central Social Welfare Board.
Nimish C. Tolia —President, Hindustan Chamber of Commerce.
Vijai L. Kelkar —Chairman, 13th Finance Commission
Amartya Sen —Human Development Advisor, UNDP.
A. K. Upadhyay —Chairman, National Highway Authority of India.
K. J. Udeshi —First Lady Deputy Governor of RBI.
Ashok Kumar Lahiri —Executive Director in ADB
P. L. Punia —Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes
U. K. Sinha —Chairman, SEBI.
S. K. Goel —Chairman, Central Board of Excise and Custom (CBEC).
Laxman Das —Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
S. P. Gaur —Chairman, Island Waterways Authority of India.
Sanjeev Batra —Chairman and Managing Director, Mineral and Metals Trading
Corporation (MMTC).
Montek Singh Ahluwalia — Deputy Chairman, Indian Planning Commission.
V. P. Agrawal —Chairman, Indian Airports Authority (IAA).
P. V. Narsimgham —President, Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI).
Arvind Virmani —Executive-Director in World Bank (from India)
Siddharth Tiwari —Secretary IMF.
V. P. Baligar —Chairman and M.D., HUDCO.
Herman Van Rompuy —President, European Union
Pascal Lamy —Director-General, WTO.
K. M. Chandra Shekhar —Indian Ambassador to WTO.
Dr. D. Subbarao —Governor RBI.
Nagesh Alai —President, Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI).
J. Harinarayan —Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
Arup Rai Chaudhary —Chairman and CMD National Thermal Power Corporation
Sushma Nath —First Indian Lady Finance Secretary.
Satyanand Mishra —Chief Information Commissioner.
Ms. Shanta Sinha —Chairman, National Child Rights Commission.
B. C. Tripathi —Chairman, GAIL.
S. Roy Choudhury —Chairman and CMD, HPCL.
A. B. L. Srivastava —CMD, National Hydro Power Corporation.
Vinay Mittal —Chairman, Railway Board
S. Narasing Rao — Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Coal India Ltd.
Sushil Muhnot —Chairman, SIDBI.
Prakash Bakshi —CMD, NABARD.
N. P. Patel —Chairman, IFFCO (Indian Farmer’s Fertilizer Cooperative Ltd.)
Yogesh Agrawal —Chairman PFRDA
Rajendra Pawar —Chairman, NASSCOM (2011-12).
Lalit K. Panwar —CMD, Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)
Sriraj Hussain —CMD, Food Corporation of India
Chandra Shekhar Verma —Chairman, SAIL
Mamta Sharma — Chairperson, National Women Commission.
C. Rangrajan —Chairman, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Committee.
D. K. Mehrotra —Chairman, LIC.
Yogesh Lohia — Chairman, General Insurance Company.
N. S. R. Chandra Prasad —CMD, National Insurance Company.
G. Srinivasan —Chairman, United India Insurance Company.
M. Ramadoss —Chairman, Oriental Insurance Company.
R. K. Upadhyay —Chairman and CMD Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
R. V. Verma —Chairman, Asia Pacific Union for Housing Finance.
Reeta Menon —CMD, India Trade Promotion Organisation.
M. Rafeeq Ahmed —President, Federation of Indian Exporters Organisation (FIEO).
Mangoo Singh —MD, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
Srivardhan Goyanka — President, Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 2011-12.
Hari S. Bharatia —Chairman, C.I.I.
Arvind Pradhan —Director-General, Indian Merchant Chamber (IMC)
Rajesh Lilothia —Chairman, SC/ST Welfare Board.
Pramod Dev —President Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
Aditya Puri —MD, HDFC.
Raj Kumar Dhoot —President, ASSOCHAM
Rahul Khullar —Chairman, TRAI
R. V. Kanoria —President, FICCI
Rajeev Kumar —General-Secretary, FICCI.
Jacques Diouf —Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
S. Krishnan —Chairman, Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulation Board.
Sandid Somany —President, PHDCCI
Nandan Nilekani —Chairman Unique Identification Authority of India.
M. D. Malya — President, Indian Banks Association.
Rohit Nandan —Chairman and Managing-Director, Air India Ltd.
Pratip Chowdhary —CMD, State Bank Group.
Ajit Parsayat —Chairman, Competition Appellate Tribunal.
Ashok Chawla —Chairman, Competition Commission of India (CCI).
Dr. Bijendra Singh — Chairman, National Agricultural Federation Cooperative Marketing
(NAFED).
Governors
StateGovernor
Andhra Pradesh Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan
Arunachal Pradesh General (Rtd.) J.J. Singh
Assam Shri Janaki Ballav Pattanaik
Bihar Shri Devanand Konwar
Chhattisgarh Shri Shekhar Dutt
Goa Dr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu
Gujarat Dr. Kamla Beniwal
Haryana Shri Jagannath Pahadia
Himachal Pradesh Smt. Urmila Singh
Jammu and Kashmir Shri N. N. Vohra
Jharkhand Shri M.O.H Farook
Karnataka Shri H.R. Bhardwaj
Kerala Shri R.S. Gavai
Madhya Pradesh Shri Rameshwar Thakur
Maharashtra Shri Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
Manipur Shri Gurbachan Jagat
Meghalaya Shri Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary
Mizoram Lt. Gen. (Retd.) M.M. Lakhera, PVSM,AVSM,VSM
Nagaland Shri. Nikhil Kumar
Orissa Shri Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
Punjab Shri Shivraj Patil
Rajasthan Shri Shivraj Patil, Governor of Punjab
Sikkim Shri Balmiki Prasad Singh
Tamil Nadu Shri Surjit Singh Barnala
Tripura Shri Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil
Uttar Pradesh Shri B.L. Joshi
Uttarakhand Smt. Margaret Alva
West Bengal Shri M.K. Narayanan
olympics mein apart from India 2-3 baat ki imp hai
1)1st medal was won by a chinese shooter
2)This is the first olympics in the history of mankind in which men and women participated in each and every event.
3)Women Boxing was added for the first time.
4)Most expensive olympics
5)For the first time in modern hisrory Russia was not in top-3 of medal table..it was on no-4
GK buzz 1
Which Asian currency takes its name from Spanish word for: “Royal”?Riyal
Who among these has created: Dilbert?Scott Adams
With which controversial Internet entity would you associate: Kim Dotcom
Mega Upload. Com
Which of these projects was codenamed: Emeral Sea?Google+
When the Election commissioners are counting votes, they sometimes refere to some votes as “D” votes, what do these “D” votes mean?Doubtful vote
With whom would you associate mountaineering?Bachendri Pal
The citizens of which country are protesting as – Indignados, due to the bad state of economy there?Spain
What among these was created by Prof. Klaus Schwaab by the money he received from the Dan David PriZe?World Social Forum
Who among these would you associate with the sedition cartoons?Aseem Trivedi
“The Man who made Elephant Dance”, is the audio book version of who’s autobiography?
Veghese Kurien
Which of these tech entrepreneurs gave the slogan: Stay Hungry Stay foolish
Steve Jobs
Antony Jenkins is associated with which of these banks?Barclays
Which of these cricketers has signed a contract of 200 Cr. Rs. With Rhiti Sports?Mahendra singh Dhoni
Which of these agencies has bought 51% Stake in Taproot an Indian agency?
Dentsu
Which Company has recently tied up with the National Association of the Blind to employ blind people in their call centers?Vodafone
Attendees of which conference are called: Sherpas?G-20
DVORAK is a type of:
Keyboard pattern
Who among these is on the Pakistani currency note?
Mohd. Ali Jinnah
The G-20 Conference was held at ___ in June 2012
Mexico
What to do we mean by HIBOR?
Hong Kong Inter bank offer rate
Which of the following act completed 5- years in 2012?
1)Income Tax (*Ans*2)Customs act 3)Right to Education 4)Right to information
The sculpture called: Orbit, designed by Anish Kapoor is at Olympic park, which co. does the structure belong to?Arcelor Mittal
“I too had a dream” is the Autobiography of which eminent personality?Verghese Kurien
Which of the artists created the Campbell Soup’s Cans?
Andy Warhol
yaah...de will focus on latest buisness events like
1)wto related news
2)awards india/international
3)mergers and acquisitions
4)important buisness chnages..like ceo steppin down n all
Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia retired
Altamas Kabir sworn-in as 39th Chief Justice of India
Dalmia Cement Bharat acquired Meghalaya based Adhunik Cement (560 Crore)
India successfully launched its Heaviest Satellite GSAT-10 (on board Ariane-5 rocket from European spaceport in French Guiana)
India's first National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra died
Jaideep Sarkar appointed as the new envoy to Israel
Mars Curiosity Rover found the evidence of waist-deep flowing stream on the Planet
Former Navy Chief Nirmal Verma appointed as Indian envoy to Canada
Election Commission prohibited use of animals in Election Campaigns
Sandeep Patil appointed as the Chief for BCCI Senior Selection Committee
Justice Murugesan became the new chief Justice of Delhi Court
Sundar Rajan appointed as Executive Director of Ashok Leyland
Professor Banwarilal Sharma, the mathematician and a Gandhian activist died
Daimler India launched 3 BharatBenz Trucks
Cairn Energy sold 8 percent stake in Cairn India -- net realization of about US Dollar 910 million
Waheeda Rehman to receive Lifetime Achievement Award during 14th Mumbai Film Festival
R Lakshmipathy elected as chairman of the Press Trust of India
CVC instructed CBI to expand the scope of investigation on Coalgate (private firms in between 1993 to 2004)
China included Liaoning as its first Aircraft Carrier
Hadia Tajik, a 29-year-old women of Pakistani origin was appointed as Norwegian Cultural Minister
Double Trap Shooter, Ronjan Sodhi won Silver at ISSF World Cup
Mary com became the brand ambassador of Super Fight League (SPL)
Ramesh Abhishek on 24 September 2012 was appointed to be the Chairman of Forward Markets Commission (FMC)
Union government on 24 September 2012, hiked Dearness Allowance (DA) by 7%
Aishwarya Rai appointed as International Goodwill Ambassador
World peace day was celebrated worldwide on 21 September 2012
C.P. Joshi appointed as the new Railway Minister
CEO of Automobile companies
Company - CEO
1.Nissan-Carlos Ghosn
2.Lamborghini- Stephan Winkelmann (President)
3.BMW(Bayerische Motoren Werke )- Norbert Reithofer
4.Aston Martin- Dr. Ulrich Bez
5.Ferrari- Amedeo Felisa
6.Ford Motor Company- Alan Mulally
7.Harley Davidson- James Ziemer
8.Toyota Motor Corporation- Akio Toyoda
9Volkswagen- Martin Winterkorn (Chairman)
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Some famous Companies and their CEO's
I am also attaching a file of the same so you can download it for future reference.
1.Apple- Tim Cook
2.Nokia Corporation- Stephen Elop
3.Microsoft- Steve Ballmer
4.Toshiba- Norio Sasaki
5.Siemens A.G.- Peter Loscher
6.Google- Lawrence "Larry" Page
7.Accenture- Pierre Nanterme
8.ACE Limited- Evan G. Greenberg
9.Aditya Birla Group- Kumar Birla (Chairman)
10.Amazon.com- Jeff Bezos
11.AOL Inc.- Tim Armstrong
12.Barclays- Anthony Jenkins
13.Burger King- John Chidsey
14.Citigroup- Micheal Corbet
15.Coca-Cola- Muhtar Kent
16.Cognizant Technology Solutions- Francisco D'Souza
17.Dell Inc - Michael Dell
18.DLF Universal- Kushal Pal Singh
19.Domino's Pizza- J.Patrick Doyle
20.eBay - John Donahoe
21.Ericsson- Hans Vestberg
22.FedEx- Frederick W. Smith
23.GlaxoSmithKline - Andrew Witty
24.Goldman Sachs- Lloyd Blankfein
25.Harley Davidson- James Ziemer
26.HCL Technologies- Vineet Nayar
27.HSBC- Stuart Gulliver
28.IBM- Virginia M. Rometty
29.IKEA- Mikael Ohlsson
30.Infosys Technologies Limited- S.D. Shibulal
31.Intel- Paul Otellini
32.ITC Limited- Y C Deveshwar
33.JP Morgan Chase- James Dimon
34.Larsen & Toubro Limited- A M Naik
35.McDonald's- Jack Greenberg
36.Nike- Mark Parker
37.iGATE Patni- Phaneesh Murthy
38.PepsiCo- Indra Nooyi
39.Pizza Hut- David C. Novak
40.Procter & Gamble(P&G- Robert A. McDonald
41.Reliance Industries Limited- Mukesh Ambani(Chairman & MD)
42.Tata Consultancy Services- N Chandrasekaran
43.Twitter-**** Costolo (lol)
44.Viacom- Philippe P. Dauman
45.Vodafone- Vittorio Colao
46.The Walt Disney Company- Robert Iger
47.Wal-Mart- Mike Duke
48.Warner Bros.- Barry Meyer
49.Adidas- Herbert Hainer
50.PUMA SE- Franz Koch
51.Allianz- Michael Diekmann
52.Nestle- Paul Bulcke
53.ABB- Joe Hogan
54.Hindustan Unilever Limited- Nitin Paranjpe
55. Adobe Systems- Shantanu Narayen
PS. If you find any mistake then please let me know.
PPS. If you want to add something then also let me know.
Will come up with slogans and HQ's very soon
Hey guys! Here are some taglines. I dunno if they have been posted before but anyways here they are. Don't think we need to go beyond these
1 AKAI Land Of Rising Technology
2 ACCENTURE Innovation Delivered
3 AIR DECCAN Simplifly
4 AIR INDIA Moving India Forward
5 AIR SAHARA Emotionally Yours
6 AIRTEL EXPRESS Express Yourself
7 ALLEN SOLLY Friday Dressing
8 ALLIANZ INSURANCE The Power On Your Side
9 APPLE COMPUTERS Think Different
10 BAJAJ AUTO Inspiring Confidence
11 BAJAJ PULSAR Born In A Gym, Not In A Studio
12 BAJAJ SPIRIT The College Bike
13 BLUE STAR May Your Theatre Always Be House Full
14 BLUESTARAC Breathe Easy
15 BOURNVITA Balanced Nutrition.Great Taste
16 BROOKE BOND Cheers Your Senses
17 BSNL Connecting India
18 BUSINESS STANDARD When You're Sure
19 BUSINESSWORLD Magazine Of The New Economy
20 C A That Manages E-Business
21 CHOLAMANDALAM INSURANCE Enter A Better Life
22 CITIBANK The City Never Sleeps
23 CLUB MAHINDRA HOLIDAYS Holidays For A Lifetime
24 CROCODILE Tough Guys, Dress Easy
25 CROMPTON GREAVES Everyday Solutions
26 D’DMAS Art Of Beauty
27 DHL We Move The World
28 DHL We Make Importing Smooth
29 DOORDARSHAN Satyam Sivam Sundaram
30 ELECTROLUX India Makes Life A Little Easier
31 ENERGIZER Keep Going
32 ESSAR STEEL 24 Carat Steel
33 FED-EX The World On Time
34 FORD MONDEO Redefined Aggression
35 FORD MOTORS Built For The Road Ahead
36 GODREJ LOCKS Peace Of Mind.Guaranteed
37 GRAVIERA SUITINGS The Man Of Substance
38 GUCCI Quality Is Remembered Long After The Price Is Forgotten
39 HAIER Inspired Living
40 HARLEY-DAVIDSON If You Don't Have To Answer To Anyone, What Would You Do
41 HARROD'S RETAILER, London ENTER A DIFFERENT WORLD
42 HERO HONDA CBZ Motorcycling Unplugged
43 HERO HONDA PASSION Born In A Studio, Not In A Factory
44 HINDUSTAN TIMES Let There Be Light
45 HITACHI Inspire The Next
46 HONDA THE The Power Of Dreams
47 HSBC World's Local Bank
48 HUGHES SOFTWARE Think Skywards
49 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Play A Bigger Game
50 HYUNDAI'S NEW AD Drive Your Way
51 JOBSAHEAD.COM Fill In Your Ambition
52 JOHNNIE WALKER WHISKEY Keep Walking
53 KINGFISHER AIRLINES Fly The Good Times
54 KODAK You Press The Button And We Do The Rest
55 LACOSTE Because What You Are
56 LG Expand Your Life
57 LG AC Breathe Healthy
58 LUFTHANSA There Is No Better Way To Fly
59 MARUTI SUZUKI Count On Us
60 NIKON At The Heart Of The Image
61 NOKIA Connecting People
62 OBC Where Every Individual Is Committed
63 OCM Be Somebody
64 ONIDA Neighbor’s Envy, Owner’s Pride
65 PAGALGUY.COM Insanely Different
66 PAI INTERNATIONAL A World Of Home Appliances
67 PANTALOONS Where India Shops
68 PARRYWARE Sparkling Clean Glamour Rooms
69 PARX (RAYMOND’S PRODUCT) Catch Up With Life
70 POWER (FUEL WITH ENERGYBOOSTERS FROM HPCL) Unleash The Power Within
71 PROFESSIONAL TUTORIALS Success Simplified
72 PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK The Name You Can Bank Upon
73 RAYMOND The Complete Man
74 REID AND TAYLOR Bond With The Best
75 SAMSONITE Because You Earned Your Wings
76 SBI With You -All The Way
77 SINGAPORE AIRLINES A Great Way To Fly
78 SPICE JET Flying For Everyone
79 TALLY Power Of Simplicity
80 TATA Improving The Quality Of Life
81 TATA Empowering People
82 TATA INDICA Spoil Yourself
83 TATA INDICOM Talk As You Pay, Pay As You Talk-
84 THAI AIRWAYS Smooth As Silk
85 TIMES OF INDIA Let Truth Prevail
86 TOYOTA Touch The Perfection
87 TRUMP (MTNL) The Easy Way To Stay In Touch
88 UNION BANK OF INDIA Good People To Bank With
89 VIRGINIA SLIM CIGARETTES You've Come A Long Way Baby
90 VOLKSWAGEN Think Small
91 Walmart: Save money, live better
92 Wipro: Applying thought
93 Yamaha: change the roules
94 Zenith: MNC price, Indian quality
95 Vodafone: How are you
96 Visa: enjoying life's opportunities
97 skoda auto: Simply Clever
98 Siemens: Be inspired
99 Shopper's stop: Shopping and beyond
100 Sony: like no other
101 samsung: Everyone's is invited
102 Rolls Royce: Trusted to deliver excellence
103: Apolo tyres: Unstoppable
104: Bank of Baroda: India's International Bank
105: BBC: Putting News First
106: Canera Bank: Together We Can
107: Central Bank of India: Customized Banking Innovations
108: CNN: Worldwide leader in news
109: Cognizant Tech: Passion for Making a Difference
110: Deutsche Bank: Passion to Perform
111: Daikin: Complete Silence
112: Du Pont: The Miracle of Science
113: e-Bay: Come to Think of It
114: Emirates: Keep Discovering
115: Escorts: New Ideas, New En-devours
116: General Electric: Imagination at Work
117: General Motors: We are Professional Grade/We will succeed
118: Google: Don't be Evil
119: Goldman Sachs: Our Work Enables Growth
120: HBO: It's not TV, It's HBO
121: HCL: Technology that touches lives
122: HP: Invent
123: IBM: On Demand Business
124: ICICI: Safer, Simpler, Smarter
125: IDBI: Not Just For the Big Boys
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