Nobel Prize Winners from India

>Nobel Prize Winners from India – The Indian Nobel Laureates Nobel Prize winners from India are with due respect enlisted below, these are great people from India who showed the world the untapped potential India has, even though it may not have facilities and luxuries at par with the likes of USA,Britain and other big social economies but the talent, hard work and skill here is unfathomed . AMARTYA SEN (b-1933) : Prof. Amartya Sen is the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics for the year 1998, becoming the first Asian to have been honored with the award. The Santiniketan-born economist who is a pioneer in Welfare Economics has to his credit several books and papers on aspects of welfare and development. An economist...

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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2010

> Name the Nine scientists who were chosen for the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2010 for their achievement in the field of science and technology? Biological Sciences: 1. Sanjeev Galande of National Centre for Cell Science, Pune (Presently at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune) 2. Shubha Tole of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. 3. Dr.Swapan K Pati: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, 4. Dr.Sandeep Verma, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Physical Sciences: 5. Dr Umesh Vasudeo Wagmare: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 6. Dr Kalobaran Maiti: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. Engineering Sciences: 7. Dr.G K Ananthasuresh, Indian Institute...

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Winners of 57th National Film Awards

>Winners of 57th National Film Awards: National Film Awards-2010 which is presented to the best of Indian Cinema released during the year 2009 was announced on 15th September-2010 Amitabh Bachchan won the award for Best Actor for his outstanding performance in the film “Paa”. This is his third national award. Actress Anannya Chatterjee won the best actress award for her role in the Bengali film “Abohoman”. Malayalam film “Kutty Srank” directed by Shaji. N.Karun won 6 awards. The full list of the Winners at the 57th National Film Awards is given below. Best Actor – Amitabh Bachchan (Paa) Best Actress – Ananya Chatterjee (Abohoman) Best Director – Rituparno Ghosh (Abohoman) Best Film – Kutty Srank (Malayalam) Best Popular...

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CURRENT AFFAIRS SEPTEMBER -2010

> 1.Which Indian won four gold medals in Commonwealth Games 2010 ? - Shooter Gagan Narang 2.who is Man of the Series between India – Australia cricket Series recently held in India ? - Sachin Tendulkar (403) runs in 2 test match. 3. Former Argentine football star and the last surviving player from the first World Cup in 1930, died recently at the age of 100? Francisco Varallo. 4. Name of the new book written by famous Physicist Stephen Hawking in which he says that God did not create the universe, because gravity means it would have happened on its own? The Grand Design. 5. French scientists recently revealed the secret behind the “best free kick” ever in international football which resulted in a stunning goal against France in 1997. The free kick was taken by a Brazilian...

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CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST – 2010

> 1. Which Indian Cricketer was conferred with the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) honorary rank of group captain on 3rd September 2010 ? - Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar Group Captain of Indian Air Force: One More RecordSachin Tendulkar is also the first sportsperson who was conferred a Indian Air Force (IAF) Honorary Group Captain. Sachin Tendulkar is also the first individual to receive the Indian Air Force (IAF) Honorary Group Captain from a non-aviation background. Sachin Tendulkar Group Captain of Indian Air Force has achieved this without any military or aviation background. This is also a unique feet by Sachin Tendulkar Group Captain of Indian Air Force. However, in 2008, Kapil Dev was conferred with the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the Territorial...

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CURRENT AFFAIRS JULY - 2010

>1. Who was crowned Miss Universe 2010? - Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete (22) 2. who become the sixth Indian batsman to score 7000 Test runs ? - Virender Sehwag became the sixth Indian batsman to score 7000 Test runs during his unbeaten knock of 97 on third and final Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo. 3. who won Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratan award ? -Saina Nehwal, who climbed to No. 2 in world rankings recently following three major title wins in Chennai, Singapore and Indonesia, was the popular choice for the Khel Ratna Award. 4. who has been appointed the chairperson to head the committee that has been constituted to select the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dhyanchand awards apart from Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar for 2010. - P.T. Usha 5. Who Becomes the first Indian...

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CURRENT AFFAIRS JUNE – 2010

>1. Who designed new symbol of Indian Rupee ? Bombay IIT post-graduate Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam(Native of TAMIL NADU). Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam is the designer of the Indian rupee symbol. He is an assistant professor at IIT Guwahati. His design was selected from among five short listed symbols. Udaya Kumar explained that the design is based on the Indian tricolour. D.Udaya Kumar was born on 10 October 1978 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Age: 31 in 2010 Alma mater: IDC, IIT Bombay (PhD) IDC, IIT Bombay (MDes) Anna University (B.Arch.) Occupation: Assistant professor, IIT Guwahati Known for: The designer of Indian rupee symbol (2010)2. Who is honored with Top Photography award 2010 ? Karnataka Forest officer M N Jayakumar honored with Top photography award by the UNESCO-affiliated...

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