Bharat Ratna Awardees

>1. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi (2008)
2. Kumari Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar (2001)
3. Ustad Bismillah Khan (2001)
4. Prof. Amartya Sen (1999)
5. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi (1999)
6. Loknayak Jayprakash Narayan (1999)
7. Pandit Ravi Shankar (1999)
8. Shri Chidambaram Subramaniam (1998)
9. Smt. Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (1998)
10. Shri (Dr.) Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (1997)
11. Smt. Aruna Asaf Ali (1997)
12. Shri Gulzari Lal Nanda (1997)
13. Shri Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata (1992)
14. Shri Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1992)
15. Shri Satyajit Ray (1992)
16. Shri Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (1991)
17. Shri Rajiv Gandhi (1991)
18. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1991)
19. Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedakr (1990)
20. Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1990)
21. Shri Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran (1988)
22. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987)
23. Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1983)
24. Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) (1980)
25. Shri Kumaraswamy Kamraj (1976)
26. Shri Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1975)
27. Smt. Indira Gandhi (1971)
28. Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri (1966)
29. Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane (1963)
30. Dr. Zakir Hussain (1963)
31. Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1962)
32. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy (1961)
33. Shri Purushottam Das Tandon (1961)
34. Dr. Dhonde Keshav Karve (1958)
35. Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant (1957)
36. Dr. Bhagwan Das (1955)
37. Shri Jawaharlal Nehru (1955)
38. Dr. Mokshagundam Vivesvaraya (1955)
39. Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (1954)
40. Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1954)
41. Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1954)

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Noble Prize Winners List

List of Noble Prize Winners of India

This is the complete and unique list of Noble Prize Winners of Indian State with their field of Winning and year of awarding The Great Noble Prize

Rabindranath Tagore won Noble prize in 1913 in the field of Literature. He was also the first Asian to get the Noble prize.

C. V. Raman was awarded Nobel Prize in 1930 in the field of Physics.

Har Gobind Khorana was awarded Nobel Prize in 1968 in the field of Medicine. He was US citizen of Indian origin.

Mother Teresa was awarded Nobel Prize in 1979 in the field of Nobel Peace Prize. He was Indian citizen of Albanian origin.

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was awarded Nobel Prize in 1983in the field of Physics. He was US citizen of Indian origin.

Amartya Sen was awarded Nobel Prize in 1998 in the field of Economics.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was awarded Nobel Prize in 2009 in the field of Chemistry. He was US citizen of Indian origin.

All Noble Prize Winners List
YEAR, CATEGORY, LAUREATES
2010, Physics, Andre Geim
2010, Physics, Konstantin Novoselov
2010, Chemistry, Richard F. Heck
2010, Chemistry, Ei-ichi Negishi
2010, Chemistry, Akira Suzuki
2010, Medicine, Robert G. Edwards
2010, Literature, Mario Vargas Llosa
2010, Peace, Liu Xiaobo
2010, Economics, Peter A. Diamond
2010, Economics, Dale T. Mortensen
2010, Economics, Christopher A. Pissarides
2009, Chemistry, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
2009, Chemistry, Thomas A. Steitz
2009, Chemistry, Ada E. Yonath
2009, Economics, Elinor Ostrom
2009, Economics, Oliver E. Williamson
2009, Literature, Herta Müller
2009, Medicine, Elizabeth H. Blackburn
2009, Medicine, Carol W. Greider
2009, Medicine, Jack W. Szostak
2009, Peace, Barack Obama
2009, Physics, Willard S. Boyle
2009, Physics, Charles K. Kao
2009, Physics, George E. Smith
2008, Chemistry, Martin Chalfie
2008, Chemistry, Osamu Shimomura
2008, Chemistry, Roger Y. Tsien
2008, Economics, Paul Krugman
2008, Literature, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
2008, Medicine, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
2008, Medicine, Luc Montagnier
2008, Medicine, Harald zur Hausen
2008, Peace, Martti Ahtisaari
2008, Physics, Makoto Kobayashi
2008, Physics, Toshihide Maskawa
2008, Physics, Yoichiro Nambu
2007, Chemistry, Gerhard Ertl
2007, Economics, Leonid Hurwicz
2007, Economics, Eric S. Maskin
2007, Economics, Roger B. Myerson
2007, Literature, Doris Lessing
2007, Medicine, Mario R. Capecchi
2007, Medicine, Sir Martin J. Evans
2007, Medicine, Oliver Smithies
2007, Peace, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
2007, Peace, Al Gore
2007, Physics, Albert Fert
2007, Physics, Peter Grünberg
2006, Chemistry, Roger D. Kornberg
2006, Economics, Edmund S. Phelps
2006, Literature, Orhan Pamuk
2006, Medicine, Andrew Z. Fire
2006, Medicine, Craig C. Mello
2006, Peace, Grameen Bank
2006, Peace, Muhammad Yunus
2006, Physics, John C. Mather
2006, Physics, George F. Smoot
2005, Chemistry, Yves Chauvin
2005, Chemistry, Robert H. Grubbs
2005, Chemistry, Richard R. Schrock
2005, Economics, Robert J. Aumann
2005, Economics, Thomas C. Schelling
2005, Literature, Harold Pinter
2005, Medicine, Barry J. Marshall
2005, Medicine, J. Robin Warren
2005, Peace, International Atomic Energy Agency
2005, Peace, Mohamed ElBaradei
2005, Physics, Roy J. Glauber
2005, Physics, John L. Hall
2005, Physics, Theodor W. Hänsch
2004, Chemistry, Aaron Ciechanover
2004, Chemistry, Avram Hershko
2004, Chemistry, Irwin Rose
2004, Economics, Finn E. Kydland
2004, Economics, Edward C. Prescott
2004, Literature, Elfriede Jelinek
2004, Medicine, Richard Axel
2004, Medicine, Linda B. Buck
2004, Peace, Wangari Maathai
2004, Physics, David J. Gross
2004, Physics, H. David Politzer
2004, Physics, Frank Wilczek
2003, Chemistry, Peter Agre
2003, Chemistry, Roderick MacKinnon
2003, Economics, Robert F. Engle III
2003, Economics, Clive W.J. Granger
2003, Literature, J. M. Coetzee
2003, Medicine, Paul C. Lauterbur
2003, Medicine, Sir Peter Mansfield
2003, Peace, Shirin Ebadi
2003, Physics, Alexei A. Abrikosov
2003, Physics, Vitaly L. Ginzburg
2003, Physics, Anthony J. Leggett
2002, Chemistry, John B. Fenn
2002, Chemistry, Koichi Tanaka
2002, Chemistry, Kurt Wüthrich
2002, Economics, Daniel Kahneman
2002, Economics, Vernon L. Smith
2002, Literature, Imre Kertész
2002, Medicine, Sydney Brenner
2002, Medicine, H. Robert Horvitz
2002, Medicine, John E. Sulston
2002, Peace, Jimmy Carter
2002, Physics, Raymond Davis Jr.
2002, Physics, Riccardo Giacconi
2002, Physics, Masatoshi Koshiba
2001, Chemistry, William S. Knowles
2001, Chemistry, Ryoji Noyori
2001, Chemistry, K. Barry Sharpless
2001, Economics, George A. Akerlof
2001, Economics, A. Michael Spence
2001, Economics, Joseph E. Stiglitz
2001, Literature, V. S. Naipaul
2001, Medicine, Leland H. Hartwell
2001, Medicine, Tim Hunt
2001, Medicine, Sir Paul Nurse
2001, Peace, United Nations
2001, Peace, Kofi Annan
2001, Physics, Eric A. Cornell
2001, Physics, Wolfgang Ketterle
2001, Physics, Carl E. Wieman
2000, Chemistry, Alan Heeger
2000, Chemistry, Alan G. MacDiarmid
2000, Chemistry, Hideki Shirakawa
2000, Economics, James J. Heckman
2000, Economics, Daniel L. McFadden
2000, Literature, Gao Xingjian
2000, Medicine, Arvid Carlsson
2000, Medicine, Paul Greengard
2000, Medicine, Eric R. Kandel
2000, Peace, Kim Dae-jung
2000, Physics, Zhores I. Alferov
2000, Physics, Jack S. Kilby
2000, Physics, Herbert Kroemer
1999, Chemistry, Ahmed Zewail
1999, Economics, Robert A. Mundell
1999, Literature, Günter Grass
1999, Medicine, Günter Blobel
1999, Peace, Médecins Sans Frontières
1999, Physics, Gerardus ‘t Hooft
1999, Physics, Martinus J.G. Veltman
1998, Chemistry, Walter Kohn
1998, Chemistry, John Pople
1998, Economics, Amartya Sen
1998, Literature, José Saramago
1998, Medicine, Robert F. Furchgott
1998, Medicine, Louis J. Ignarro
1998, Medicine, Ferid Murad
1998, Peace, John Hume
1998, Peace, David Trimble
1998, Physics, Robert B. Laughlin
1998, Physics, Horst L. Störmer
1998, Physics, Daniel C. Tsui
1997, Chemistry, Paul D. Boyer
1997, Chemistry, Jens C. Skou
1997, Chemistry, John E. Walker
1997, Economics, Robert C. Merton
1997, Economics, Myron S. Scholes
1997, Literature, Dario Fo
1997, Medicine, Stanley B. Prusiner
1997, Peace, International Campaign to Ban Landmines
1997, Peace, Jody Williams
1997, Physics, Steven Chu
1997, Physics, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
1997, Physics, William D. Phillips
1996, Chemistry, Robert F. Curl Jr.
1996, Chemistry, Sir Harold Kroto
1996, Chemistry, Richard E. Smalley
1996, Economics, James A. Mirrlees
1996, Economics, William Vickrey
1996, Literature, Wislawa Szymborska
1996, Medicine, Peter C. Doherty
1996, Medicine, Rolf M. Zinkernagel
1996, Peace, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
1996, Peace, José Ramos-Horta
1996, Physics, David M. Lee
1996, Physics, Douglas D. Osheroff
1996, Physics, Robert C. Richardson
1995, Chemistry, Paul J. Crutzen
1995, Chemistry, Mario J. Molina
1995, Chemistry, F. Sherwood Rowland
1995, Economics, Robert E. Lucas Jr.
1995, Literature, Seamus Heaney
1995, Medicine, Edward B. Lewis
1995, Medicine, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
1995, Medicine, Eric F. Wieschaus
1995, Peace, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
1995, Peace, Joseph Rotblat
1995, Physics, Martin L. Perl
1995, Physics, Frederick Reines
1994, Chemistry, George A. Olah
1994, Economics, John C. Harsanyi
1994, Economics, John F. Nash Jr.
1994, Economics, Reinhard Selten
1994, Literature, Kenzaburo Oe
1994, Medicine, Alfred G. Gilman
1994, Medicine, Martin Rodbell
1994, Peace, Yasser Arafat
1994, Peace, Shimon Peres
1994, Peace, Yitzhak Rabin
1994, Physics, Bertram N. Brockhouse
1994, Physics, Clifford G. Shull
1993, Chemistry, Kary B. Mullis
1993, Chemistry, Michael Smith
1993, Economics, Robert W. Fogel
1993, Economics, Douglass C. North
1993, Literature, Toni Morrison
1993, Medicine, Richard J. Roberts
1993, Medicine, Phillip A. Sharp
1993, Peace, F.W. de Klerk
1993, Peace, Nelson Mandela
1993, Physics, Russell A. Hulse
1993, Physics, Joseph H. Taylor Jr.
1992, Chemistry, Rudolph A. Marcus
1992, Economics, Gary S. Becker
1992, Literature, Derek Walcott
1992, Medicine, Edmond H. Fischer
1992, Medicine, Edwin G. Krebs
1992, Peace, Rigoberta Menchú Tum
1992, Physics, Georges Charpak
1991, Chemistry, Richard R. Ernst
1991, Economics, Ronald H. Coase
1991, Literature, Nadine Gordimer
1991, Medicine, Erwin Neher
1991, Medicine, Bert Sakmann
1991, Peace, Aung San Suu Kyi
1991, Physics, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
1990, Chemistry, Elias James Corey
1990, Economics, Harry M. Markowitz
1990, Economics, Merton H. Miller
1990, Economics, William F. Sharpe
1990, Literature, Octavio Paz
1990, Medicine, Joseph E. Murray
1990, Medicine, E. Donnall Thomas
1990, Peace, Mikhail Gorbachev
1990, Physics, Jerome I. Friedman
1990, Physics, Henry W. Kendall
1990, Physics, Richard E. Taylor
1989, Chemistry, Sidney Altman
1989, Chemistry, Thomas R. Cech
1989, Economics, Trygve Haavelmo
1989, Literature, Camilo José Cela
1989, Medicine, J. Michael Bishop
1989, Medicine, Harold E. Varmus
1989, Peace, The 14th Dalai Lama
1989, Physics, Hans G. Dehmelt
1989, Physics, Wolfgang Paul
1989, Physics, Norman F. Ramsey
1988, Chemistry, Johann Deisenhofer
1988, Chemistry, Robert Huber
1988, Chemistry, Hartmut Michel
1988, Economics, Maurice Allais
1988, Literature, Naguib Mahfouz
1988, Medicine, Sir James W. Black
1988, Medicine, Gertrude B. Elion
1988, Medicine, George H. Hitchings
1988, Peace, United Nations Peacekeeping Forces
1988, Physics, Leon M. Lederman
1988, Physics, Melvin Schwartz
1988, Physics, Jack Steinberger
1987, Chemistry, Donald J. Cram
1987, Chemistry, Jean-Marie Lehn
1987, Chemistry, Charles J. Pedersen
1987, Economics, Robert M. Solow
1987, Literature, Joseph Brodsky
1987, Medicine, Susumu Tonegawa
1987, Peace, Oscar Arias Sánchez
1987, Physics, J. Georg Bednorz
1987, Physics, K. Alex Müller
1986, Chemistry, Dudley R. Herschbach
1986, Chemistry, Yuan T. Lee
1986, Chemistry, John C. Polanyi
1986, Economics, James M. Buchanan Jr.
1986, Literature, Wole Soyinka
1986, Medicine, Stanley Cohen
1986, Medicine, Rita Levi-Montalcini
1986, Peace, Elie Wiesel
1986, Physics, Gerd Binnig
1986, Physics, Heinrich Rohrer
1986, Physics, Ernst Ruska
1985, Chemistry, Herbert A. Hauptman
1985, Chemistry, Jerome Karle
1985, Economics, Franco Modigliani
1985, Literature, Claude Simon
1985, Medicine, Michael S. Brown
1985, Medicine, Joseph L. Goldstein
1985, Peace, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
1985, Physics, Klaus von Klitzing
1984, Chemistry, Bruce Merrifield
1984, Economics, Richard Stone
1984, Literature, Jaroslav Seifert
1984, Medicine, Niels K. Jerne
1984, Medicine, Georges J.F. Köhler
1984, Medicine, César Milstein
1984, Peace, Desmond Tutu
1984, Physics, Carlo Rubbia
1984, Physics, Simon van der Meer
1983, Chemistry, Henry Taube
1983, Economics, Gerard Debreu
1983, Literature, William Golding
1983, Medicine, Barbara McClintock
1983, Peace, Lech Walesa
1983, Physics, Subramanyan Chandrasekhar
1983, Physics, William A. Fowler
1982, Chemistry, Aaron Klug
1982, Economics, George J. Stigler
1982, Literature, Gabriel García Márquez
1982, Medicine, Sune K. Bergström
1982, Medicine, Bengt I. Samuelsson
1982, Medicine, John R. Vane
1982, Peace, Alfonso García Robles
1982, Peace, Alva Myrdal
1982, Physics, Kenneth G. Wilson
1981, Chemistry, Kenichi Fukui
1981, Chemistry, Roald Hoffmann
1981, Economics, James Tobin
1981, Literature, Elias Canetti
1981, Medicine, David H. Hubel
1981, Medicine, Roger W. Sperry
1981, Medicine, Torsten N. Wiesel
1981, Peace, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1981, Physics, Nicolaas Bloembergen
1981, Physics, Arthur L. Schawlow
1981, Physics, Kai M. Siegbahn
1980, Chemistry, Paul Berg
1980, Chemistry, Walter Gilbert
1980, Chemistry, Frederick Sanger
1980, Economics, Lawrence R. Klein
1980, Literature, Czeslaw Milosz
1980, Medicine, Baruj Benacerraf
1980, Medicine, Jean Dausset
1980, Medicine, George D. Snell
1980, Peace, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
1980, Physics, James Cronin
1980, Physics, Val Fitch
1979, Chemistry, Herbert C. Brown
1979, Chemistry, Georg Wittig
1979, Economics, Sir Arthur Lewis
1979, Economics, Theodore W. Schultz
1979, Literature, Odysseus Elytis
1979, Medicine, Allan M. Cormack
1979, Medicine, Godfrey N. Hounsfield
1979, Peace, Mother Teresa
1979, Physics, Sheldon Glashow
1979, Physics, Abdus Salam
1979, Physics, Steven Weinberg
1978, Chemistry, Peter Mitchell
1978, Economics, Herbert A. Simon
1978, Literature, Isaac Bashevis Singer
1978, Medicine, Werner Arber
1978, Medicine, Daniel Nathans
1978, Medicine, Hamilton O. Smith
1978, Peace, Anwar al-Sadat
1978, Peace, Menachem Begin
1978, Physics, Pyotr Kapitsa
1978, Physics, Arno Penzias
1978, Physics, Robert Woodrow Wilson
1977, Chemistry, Ilya Prigogine
1977, Economics, James E. Meade
1977, Economics, Bertil Ohlin
1977, Literature, Vicente Aleixandre
1977, Medicine, Roger Guillemin
1977, Medicine, Andrew V. Schally
1977, Medicine, Rosalyn Yalow
1977, Peace, Amnesty International
1977, Physics, Philip W. Anderson
1977, Physics, Sir Nevill F. Mott
1977, Physics, John H. van Vleck
1976, Chemistry, William Lipscomb
1976, Economics, Milton Friedman
1976, Literature, Saul Bellow
1976, Medicine, Baruch S. Blumberg
1976, Medicine, D. Carleton Gajdusek
1976, Peace, Mairead Corrigan
1976, Peace, Betty Williams
1976, Physics, Burton Richter
1976, Physics, Samuel C.C. Ting
1975, Chemistry, John Cornforth
1975, Chemistry, Vladimir Prelog
1975, Economics, Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich
1975, Economics, Tjalling C. Koopmans
1975, Literature, Eugenio Montale
1975, Medicine, David Baltimore
1975, Medicine, Renato Dulbecco
1975, Medicine, Howard M. Temin
1975, Peace, Andrei Sakharov
1975, Physics, Aage N. Bohr
1975, Physics, Ben R. Mottelson
1975, Physics, James Rainwater
1974, Chemistry, Paul J. Flory
1974, Economics, Gunnar Myrdal
1974, Economics, Friedrich August von Hayek
1974, Literature, Eyvind Johnson
1974, Literature, Harry Martinson
1974, Medicine, Albert Claude
1974, Medicine, Christian de Duve
1974, Medicine, George E. Palade
1974, Peace, Seán MacBride
1974, Peace, Eisaku Sato
1974, Physics, Antony Hewish
1974, Physics, Martin Ryle
1973, Chemistry, Ernst Otto Fischer
1973, Chemistry, Geoffrey Wilkinson
1973, Economics, Wassily Leontief
1973, Literature, Patrick White
1973, Medicine, Konrad Lorenz
1973, Medicine, Nikolaas Tinbergen
1973, Medicine, Karl von Frisch
1973, Peace, Le Duc Tho
1973, Peace, Henry Kissinger
1973, Physics, Leo Esaki
1973, Physics, Ivar Giaever
1973, Physics, Brian D. Josephson
1972, Chemistry, Christian Anfinsen
1972, Chemistry, Stanford Moore
1972, Chemistry, William H. Stein
1972, Economics, Kenneth J. Arrow
1972, Economics, John R. Hicks
1972, Literature, Heinrich Böll
1972, Medicine, Gerald M. Edelman
1972, Medicine, Rodney R. Porter
1972, Peace, No Prize was Awarded
1972, Physics, John Bardeen
1972, Physics, Leon N. Cooper
1972, Physics, Robert Schrieffer
1971, Chemistry, Gerhard Herzberg
1971, Economics, Simon Kuznets
1971, Literature, Pablo Neruda
1971, Medicine, Earl W. Sutherland Jr.
1971, Peace, Willy Brandt
1971, Physics, Dennis Gabor
1970, Chemistry, Luis Leloir
1970, Economics, Paul A. Samuelson
1970, Literature, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
1970, Medicine, Julius Axelrod
1970, Medicine, Sir Bernard Katz
1970, Medicine, Ulf von Euler
1970, Peace, Norman Borlaug
1970, Physics, Hannes Alfvén
1970, Physics, Louis Néel
1969, Chemistry, Derek Barton
1969, Chemistry, Odd Hassel
1969, Economics, Ragnar Frisch
1969, Economics, Jan Tinbergen
1969, Literature, Samuel Beckett
1969, Medicine, Max Delbrück
1969, Medicine, Alfred D. Hershey
1969, Medicine, Salvador E. Luria
1969, Peace, International Labour Organization
1969, Physics, Murray Gell-Mann
1968, Chemistry, Lars Onsager
1968, Literature, Yasunari Kawabata
1968, Medicine, Robert W. Holley
1968, Medicine, H. Gobind Khorana
1968, Medicine, Marshall W. Nirenberg
1968, Peace, René Cassin
1968, Physics, Luis Alvarez
1967, Chemistry, Manfred Eigen
1967, Chemistry, Ronald G.W. Norrish
1967, Chemistry, George Porter
1967, Literature, Miguel Angel Asturias
1967, Medicine, Ragnar Granit
1967, Medicine, Haldan K. Hartline
1967, Medicine, George Wald
1967, Peace, No Prize was Awarded
1967, Physics, Hans Bethe
1966, Chemistry, Robert S. Mulliken
1966, Literature, Shmuel Agnon
1966, Literature, Nelly Sachs
1966, Medicine, Charles B. Huggins
1966, Medicine, Peyton Rous
1966, Peace, No Prize was Awarded
1966, Physics, Alfred Kastler
1965, Chemistry, Robert B. Woodward
1965, Literature, Mikhail Sholokhov
1965, Medicine, François Jacob
1965, Medicine, André Lwoff
1965, Medicine, Jacques Monod
1965, Peace, United Nations Children’s Fund
1965, Physics, Richard P. Feynman
1965, Physics, Julian Schwinger
1965, Physics, Sin-Itiro Tomonaga
1964, Chemistry, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
1964, Literature, Jean-Paul Sartre
1964, Medicine, Konrad Bloch
1964, Medicine, Feodor Lynen
1964, Peace, Martin Luther King Jr.
1964, Physics, Nicolay G. Basov
1964, Physics, Aleksandr M. Prokhorov
1964, Physics, Charles H. Townes
1963, Chemistry, Giulio Natta
1963, Chemistry, Karl Ziegler
1963, Literature, Giorgos Seferis
1963, Medicine, Sir John Eccles
1963, Medicine, Alan L. Hodgkin
1963, Medicine, Andrew F. Huxley
1963, Peace, International Committee of the Red Cross
1963, Peace, League of Red Cross Societies
1963, Physics, Maria Goeppert-Mayer
1963, Physics, J. Hans D. Jensen
1963, Physics, Eugene Wigner
1962, Chemistry, John C. Kendrew
1962, Chemistry, Max F. Perutz
1962, Literature, John Steinbeck
1962, Medicine, Francis Crick
1962, Medicine, James Watson
1962, Medicine, Maurice Wilkins
1962, Peace, Linus Pauling
1962, Physics, Lev Landau
1961, Chemistry, Melvin Calvin
1961, Literature, Ivo Andric
1961, Medicine, Georg von Békésy
1961, Peace, Dag Hammarskjöld
1961, Physics, Robert Hofstadter
1961, Physics, Rudolf Mössbauer
1960, Chemistry, Willard F. Libby
1960, Literature, Saint-John Perse
1960, Medicine, Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet
1960, Medicine, Peter Medawar
1960, Peace, Albert Lutuli
1960, Physics, Donald A. Glaser
1959, Chemistry, Jaroslav Heyrovsky
1959, Literature, Salvatore Quasimodo
1959, Medicine, Arthur Kornberg
1959, Medicine, Severo Ochoa
1959, Peace, Philip Noel-Baker
1959, Physics, Owen Chamberlain
1959, Physics, Emilio Segrè
1958, Chemistry, Frederick Sanger
1958, Literature, Boris Pasternak
1958, Medicine, George Beadle
1958, Medicine, Joshua Lederberg
1958, Medicine, Edward Tatum
1958, Peace, Georges Pire
1958, Physics, Pavel A. Cherenkov
1958, Physics, Il´ja M. Frank
1958, Physics, Igor Y. Tamm
1957, Chemistry, Lord Todd
1957, Literature, Albert Camus
1957, Medicine, Daniel Bovet
1957, Peace, Lester Bowles Pearson
1957, Physics, Tsung-Dao Lee
1957, Physics, Chen Ning Yang
1956, Chemistry, Sir Cyril Hinshelwood
1956, Chemistry, Nikolay Semenov
1956, Literature, Juan Ramón Jiménez
1956, Medicine, André F. Cournand
1956, Medicine, Werner Forssmann
1956, Medicine, Dickinson W. Richards
1956, Peace, No Prize was Awarded
1956, Physics, John Bardeen
1956, Physics, Walter H. Brattain
1956, Physics, William B. Shockley
1955, Chemistry, Vincent du Vigneaud
1955, Literature, Halldór Laxness
1955, Medicine, Hugo Theorell
1955, Peace, No Prize was Awarded
1955, Physics, Polykarp Kusch
1955, Physics, Willis E. Lamb
1954, Chemistry, Linus Pauling
1954, Literature, Ernest Hemingway
1954, Medicine, John F. Enders
1954, Medicine, Frederick C. Robbins
1954, Medicine, Thomas H. Weller
1954, Peace, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
1954, Physics, Max Born
1954, Physics, Walther Bothe
1953, Chemistry, Hermann Staudinger
1953, Literature, Winston Churchill
1953, Medicine, Hans Krebs
1953, Medicine, Fritz Lipmann
1953, Peace, George C. Marshall
1953, Physics, Frits Zernike
1952, Chemistry, Archer J.P. Martin
1952, Chemistry, Richard L.M. Synge
1952, Literature, François Mauriac
1952, Medicine, Selman A. Waksman
1952, Peace, Albert Schweitzer
1952, Physics, Felix Bloch
1952, Physics, E. M. Purcell
1951, Chemistry, Edwin M. McMillan
1951, Chemistry, Glenn T. Seaborg
1951, Literature, Pär Lagerkvist
1951, Medicine, Max Theiler
1951, Peace, Léon Jouhaux
1951, Physics, John Cockcroft
1951, Physics, Ernest T.S. Walton
1950, Chemistry, Kurt Alder
1950, Chemistry, Otto Diels
1950, Literature, Bertrand Russell
1950, Medicine, Philip S. Hench
1950, Medicine, Edward C. Kendall
1950, Medicine, Tadeus Reichstein
1950, Peace, Ralph Bunche
1950, Physics, Cecil Powell

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The Complete List Of IIFA 2018 Winners

IIFA 2018 have been just declared in Toronto and My Name Is Khan (directed by Karan Johar) and Dabangg bagged the top honors at the star-studded ceremony. Anushka Sharma was the surprise winner in the best actress award category as she was sidelined in the other major awards. Here goes the complete list of winners.

Main Awards

* Best Actor – Shahrukh Khan – My Name Is Khan
* Best Actress – Anushka Sharma – Band Baaja Baaraat
* Best Supporting Actor – Arjun Rampal – Raajneeti
* Best Supporting Actress – Prachi Desai – Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
* Best Comic Role – Ritesh Deshmukh – House Full
* Best Negative Role – Sonu Sood – Dabangg
* Best Director – Karan Johar – My Name Is Khan
* Best Film – Dabangg
* Best Story – Shibani Bhattija – My Name Is Khan
* Best Lyrics – Niranjan Iyengar – My Name Is Khan
* Best Playback Singer Male – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Dabangg
* Best Playback Singer Female – Mamta Sharma – Dabangg
* Best Music Director – Sajid – Wajid – Dabangg

IIFA 2011 Technical Awards Winners:

* Best Costume Designing – Niharika Khan – Band Baaja Baaraat
* Best Action – S. Vijayan – Dabangg
* Best Makeup – Banu (For Rajnikant) – Robot
* Best Background Score – Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy – My Name Is Khan
* Best Song Recording – Vijay Dayal and Ainvayi Ainvayi – Band Baaja Baaraat
* Best Choreography Award – Farah Khan – Munni Badnam for Dabangg
* Best Editing – Namrata Rao – Band Baaja Baaraat
* Best Sound Recording – Pritam Das – Love, Sex Aur Dhokha
* Best Dialogue – Vishal Bharadwaj – Ishqiya
* Best Sound Re-recording – Leslie Fernandes – Dabangg
* Best Screenplay – Abhinav Kashyap , Dileep Shukla – Dabangg
* Best Cinematography – Sudeep Chatterjee – Guzaarish
* Best Art Direction – Sabu Cyril – Robot
* Best Special Effects -Indian Artists – Robot

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58th Filmfare Awards South Winners List

58th Idea Filmfare Awards 2017 Winners List

58th Filmfare Awards (South) 2011 was held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Madhapur on 2nd July 2011.

58th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011 Winners List Telugu :

Best Film	Vedam
Best Actor	Allu Arjun (Vedam)
Best Actress	Anushka Shetty (Vedam)
Best Director	Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi (Vedam)
Best Supporting Actor	Saikumar (Prasthanam)
Best Supporting Actress	Abhinaya (Shambo Shiva Shambo)
Best Music Director	A.R.Rahman (Ye Maya Chesave)
Best Male Playback Singer	Ramesh Vinayagam & Karunya – Sada Shiva Sanyasi
Best Female Playback Singer	Geetha Madhuri (Magallu- Golimaar)
Best Lyricist	Ramajogaiah Sastri- Sada Shiva Sanyasi

58th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011 Winners List Tamil :

Best Film	Mynaa
Best Actor	Vikram (Raavanan)
Best Actress	Anjali (Angadi Theru)
Best Director	Vasanthabalan (Angadi Theru)
Best Supporting Actor	Prathiban (Aayirathil Oruvan)
Best Supporting Actress	Saranya Ponvannan (Thenmerku Paruvakaatru)
Best Music Director	A.R.Rahman (Vinnaithandi Varuvaayaa)
Best Male Playback Singer	Karthik – Usure Poguthey
Best Female Playback Singer	Shreya Ghoshal (Un Perai Sollum)
Best Lyricist	Thamarai- Mannipaya

58th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011 Winners List Malayalam :

Best Film	Pranchiyettan & the Saint
Best Actor	Mammotty (Pranchiyettan & the Saint)
Best Actress	Mamta MohanDas (Kadha Thudarunnu)
Best Director	Ranjith (Pranchiyettan & the Saint)
Best Supporting Actor	Biju Menon (Marykkundoru kunjaadu)
Best Supporting Actress	Urvashi (Mummy & Me)
Best Music Director	Gopi Sundar (Anwar)
Best Male Playback Singer	Hariharan – Aaro padun
Best Female Playback Singer	Shraya Ghoshal (kizhakk Pookkum)
Best Lyricist	Rafeeque- kizhakk Pookkum

58th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011 Winners List Kannada :

Best Film	Jackie
Best Actor	Shivraj Kumar (Thamassu)
Best Actress	Radhika Pandit (Krishnan Love Story)
Best Director	Girish Kasaravalli (Kanasemba Kudhreyaneri)
Best Supporting Actor	Avinash (Aptharakshaka)
Best Supporting Actress	Umashree (Krishnan Love Story)
Best Music Director	V.Harikrishna (Jackie)
Best Male Playback Singer	S.P.Balasubrahmanyam – Gharane
Best Female Playback Singer	Sunitha Gopraj (O Priyathama)
Best Lyricist	Kaviraj- Gharane

Other 58th Idea Filmfare South Awards :
Lifetime Achievement Award Male : Chiranjeevi
Lifetime Achievement Award Female : Jayasudha
Best Male Debutant :Rana Daggubati
Best Female Debutant : Samantha
Best Choreographer Tamil : Baba Bhaskar
Best Choreographer Telugu : Raju Sundaram
Best Cinematographer Tamil : R.Rathnavelu-Enthiran
Best Cinematographer Telugu : Manoj Paramahamsa-Ye Maaya Chesave
Best Costume Design Tamil : Manish Malhotra -Enthiran
Best Production Design Tamil : Sabu Cyril – Enthiran

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The Nobel Organizations

The Nobel Organizations

The Nobel Prize is surrounded by several organisations and institutions with different tasks related to the prize.

The Nobel Foundation

The Nobel Prize is financed by the Nobel Foundation, a private institution established in 1900 based on the will of Alfred Nobel.

The Nobel Prize Awarding Institutions

The process of selecting the Nobel Laureates is exclusively handled by the Nobel Prize awarding institutions.

The Royal Swedish Academy (Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Prize in Economic Sciences)
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)
The Swedish Academy (Nobel Prize in Literature)
The Norwegian Nobel Committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament (Nobel Peace Prize)

The Nobel Foundation Rights Association

To meet the demands of a constantly growing global audience when it comes to information of high quality, regarding the Nobel Laureates and their achievements, via a number of platforms, the Nobel Foundation Rights Association was established in 1999. This non-profit association has an overall function as the umbrella organisation for the following four units:

Nobel Web AB

Nobel Web manages Nobelprize.org with the mission of global dissemination of information about the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Laureates with the aim to uphold the position and status of the Nobel Prize.

Nobel Media AB

Nobel Media manages and develops media rights connected with the Nobel Prize, in the areas of TV and web production, distribution, publishing and events to reach a global audience.

Nobel Museum AB

The Nobel Museum illustrates a century of creativity through the Nobel Prize and the achievements of the Nobel Laureates. The Nobel Museum is located in the Old Town in Stockholm, Sweden.

Nobel Peace Center Foundation

The Nobel Peace Center is an institution aimed at presenting the Nobel Peace Prize and the work of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. The Nobel Peace Center is located at Rådhusplassen in Oslo, Norway.

Financing of Informational Activities

The companies Nobel Web AB, Nobel Museum AB, Nobel Media AB in Stockholm as well as the Nobel Peace Center Foundation in Oslo are all externally financed, e.g. via subsidies from state or local governments, corporate sponsors, educational organisations and philanthropic entities.

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Current affairs January 2017

1. Now which is the tallest Building in the world?

Answer:- Burj tower (828 m) Dubai.
Burj Khalifa formerly known as Burj Dubai is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. Total cost for the Burj Khalifa project was about US$1.5 billion.
Height:
Antenna or spire: 828m (2,717 ft).
Floor Count: 160 habitable floors plus 46 maintenance levels in the spire and 2 parking levels in the basement.
Floor area: 464,511 m2 (5,000,000 sq ft)
2. Name the Indian who was awarded “honoris causa” by the University of Talca, in Chile ?
Answer:- MS Swaminathan
3. Hollywood blockbuster “Avatar” becomes the fastest movie ever to rake in $1 billion, faster than any other movie in the history. Who is the director of this blockbuster movie?

Answer:- James Cameron
4. Who has been declared as the worst-behaved player to play for the Australia in the last 20 years by The Sunday Telegraph?
Answer:-Ricky Ponting
5. Isaac Schwartz, famous Russian personality who has expired at the age of 86 was associated with?
Answer:-Music
6. Who has been awarded “IBN Indian of the Year Award” in New Delhi recently?
Answer:- Saina Nehwal
7. Which country has resumed wolf hunting after a gap of 45 years?
Answer:- Sweden
8. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of the I-League?
Answer:- Mr.Sunando Dhar
All India Football Federation officially declared that Mr.Sunando Dhar has been appointed as the new CEO of the I-League and he will join from the month of January.
9. Who has been appointed as “Director-Media to the Prime Minister of India” recently ?
Answer:- Binoy Job

10. Who was named as the Player of the Decade by Goal.com?

Answer:- Bhaichung Bhutia

11. Which country won the seventh World Team Chess Championship held at the Merinos Congress Centre in Bursa, Turkey from January 3rd till 14th, 2010?

Answer:- Russia.
Russia won gold, USA won Silver and India got the Bronze medal.
12. One of the most successful R&B(Rhythm and Blue) singers of the 1970s and ’80s, passed away recently at the age of 59 after a battle with colon cancer?

Teddy Pendergrass

The five-time Grammy-nominated singer had chart-topping hits in three different decades with 1978’s “Close the Door,” 1988’s “Joy” and 1991’s “It Should’ve Been You,” plus well-known songs like “Love TKO,” “Two Hearts” with Stephanie Mills and “Hold Me,” a duet with Whitney Houston that featured on Houston’s 1985 debut album.
13. Which car has selected as the Car of the Year at ICICI Bank-CNBC-TV18 Overdrive Awards 2010?

Tata Nano.
14. Who has been appointed as one of 13 faith advisers by U.K. Communities Secretary John Denham?
Arjan Vekaria, president of the Hindu Forum of Britain.
He has been involved in voluntary work with the Hindu Community in the UK for over 35 years. Born in Uganda, Arjan spent part of his childhood in India before migrating to the UK in the 1970s.

15. British hostage who has been released alive after more than two-and-a-half years in captivity in Iraq by Islamic Shia Resistance, a terrorist organization?

Peter Moore
He was an IT consultant from Lincoln, who was captured in Baghdad in May 2007. Four bodyguards were seized with Mr. Moore. Three were shot dead; the fourth is also thought to have been killed.
16. South Korean steel major which has got final clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests recently for acquiring forest land in Orissa for its $12 billion steel plant project?
POSCO
POSCO signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Orissa in June 2005 for the 12 million-tone-capacity steel plant to be built in three phases by 2016, with production scheduled to begin by the end of 2011 at the completion of the first phase.

17. The well known Indian expatriate businessman from Abu Dhabi who has purchased the entire 100th floor of Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest tower?

B R Shetty. He is the founder and managing director of the New Medical Centre (NMC) group of hospitals.
18. The country which officially removed a 22 year old entry ban on foreigners living with HIV/Aids recently?
United States of America (USA).
The change came following a US decision in November, removing HIV infection from the definition of communicable disease of public health significance.
19. Which country recently issued an orange alert for heavy fog and snowstorm?
China.

20. The 97th Indian Science Congress is held at?

University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, from January 3 to 7, 2010. This is the first time that the Indian Science Congress is being held at Thiruvananthapuram.
21. Legendary Wildlife conservationist and author who passed away on 1 January 2010, at his home ‘Tiger Haven’ in the vicinity of the famous Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh at the age of 92.?
Billy Arjan Singh
Singh, regarded as the godfather of the “Save the Tiger” campaign in India was instrumental in establishing the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in 1988.He was decorated with several national and international awards including Padma Shri in 1995 and Padma Bhusan in 2006 and J Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Award. The Uttar Pradesh government had also conferred the Yash Bharti award on him.
22. Who has been named as chairman of International Pepper Community (IPC) for 2009 – 2010?
V.J. Kurian, Chairman of Spices Board, Ministry of Commerce of the Government of India took over from Mr. Odilson Luiz Ribeiro e Silva as Chairman of IPC at the 37th Session of IPC on 3rd December 2009.
23. The alleged drug lord who was arrested by Mexican police, two weeks after his even more powerful brother was killed in a shootout with troops?
Carlos Beltran Leyva
Two weeks ago, his brother Arturo, reputed chief of the Beltran Leyva cartel, was killed in a shootout with Mexican marines in the central city of Cuernavaca.
24. Who has won Sri Lanka’s first post-war national presidential election defeating former army chief Sarath Fonseka with 57.9% of the popular vote, according to the country’s elections commissioner?
Mahinda Rajapakse
He has won Sri Lanka’s first election since Tamil Tiger rebels were defeated after 25 years of civil war and this is his second term in office.
25. On January 28 2010, an International Conference on Afghanistan was held where members of the international community discussed the further progress on the Petersburg agreement from 2001 on the democratization of Afghanistan after the ousting of the Taliban regime. Where was that conference held?
Lancaster House in London.
The one-day conference, hosted by the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the Afghan government, meant to chart a new course for the future of Afghanistan and brought together foreign ministers and senior representatives from more than 70 countries and international organizations.
26. Which company has been named the ‘Technology Pioneer-2010′ by the World Economic Forum for developing solar-powered mobile phone base stations, becoming the first Indian telecom infrastructure firm to win the laurel?
Vihaan Networks Ltd (VNL), a Shyam Group company.

27. Which team won their sixth Federation Cup title with a 3-0 triumph over Lajong via penalties in an evenly contested final?

East Bengal.
28. Who is appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kerala?

Ramachandran Thekkedath.

He is presently working in the Technology Commercialisation office of the University of Utah at Salt Lake city in the US.

29. Winners of “Man of the match award” in the Tri nation ODI series (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh).

Ist ODI held at Dhaka between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on Jan 4, 2010: Tilakaratne Dilshan (104 runs). Lanka beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets.
2nd ODI held at Dhaka between India and Sri Lanka on Jan 5, 2010: Thilan Samaraweera, (105 not out off 106 balls). Lanka won the match by 5 wickets.
3rd ODI held at Dhaka between India and Bangladesh on Jan 7, 2010: M.S.Dhoni, (101 not out off 107 balls). India won the match by 6 wickets.
4th ODI held at Dhaka between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on Jan 8, 2010: Upul Tharanga, ((118 not out)). Lanka won the match by 9 wickets.
5th ODI held at Dhaka between India and Sri Lanka on Jan 10, 2010: Zaheer Khan, (3wickets for 38 runs). India won the match by 8 wickets.
6th ODI held at Dhaka between India and Bangladesh on Jan 11, 2010: Virat Kohli, (102 not out off 95 balls). India won the match by 6 wickets.
7th ODI(Final of the Tri Nation series) held at Dhaka between India and Sri Lanka on Jan 13, 2010: Nuvan Kulasekhara, (4 wickets for 48 runs). Sri Lanka won the match by 4 wickets.
30. Who won the man of the series award in the Tri nation Tournament (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh) held in Dhaka, Bangladesh?
Kumar Sangakkara
31. Name of the new party formed by the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh on his birthday(05-01-2010)?
Jan Kranti Party

32. Who became the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole?

Reena Kaushal.
She made the historic ski-run as part of an eight-woman Commonwealth team that crossed a 900 km Antarctic ice trek to reach the South Pole to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Commonwealth.

33. Who won the man of the match award in the second test between Australia and Pakistan played at the Sidney Cricket Ground?

Michael Hussey (Australia). Australia won by 36 runs.
34. India’s first ‘Eclipse Cruise’ which left from Kochi port, with about 750 ‘astro tourists’ to view the longest annular solar eclipse of the third millennium from Male in Maldives on January 15. Which cruise ship is used for this eclipse cruise?
MV Aquamarine.
MV Aquamarine is a cruise ship owned and operated by Louis Cruise Lines is the fifth largest cruise operator in the world and the first international cruise line to operate from India.A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship’s amenities are part of the experience.

35. Delhi Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna recently gave the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the go-ahead to prosecute a former Congress M.P in murder and communal rioting cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh carnage. Name of that Former parliamentarian?

Sajjan Kumar
He is accused of instigating mobs that went on the rampage killing Sikhs across Delhi in 1984 in the wake of the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
36. A 103 feet high Christmas star designed by Kerala based firm has been adjudged the “world’s largest Christmas ornamental star” by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Name of that firm?
‘Apple A Day’ properties.
37. The scientist of Indian origin who has been given Canada’s highest civilian award – the Order of Canada recently?
Shrawan Kumar
He was honoured for his three decades of pioneering research on workplace injury and the spine at the University of Alberta.
38. Who won the men’s and women’s title in the 74th Senior National Badminton Championship at Karmavir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Complex in Guwahati?
Chetan Anand(Men’s title)
Trupti Murgunde(women’s title)
Men’s doubles title was won by Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas while the pair of Ashwini Ponnapa and Jwala Gutta bagged the women’s doubles.
39. Which High court of India will uphold its bench order that includes the office of the Chief Justice of India within the scope of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and requires judges to declare their assets?
The Delhi High Court
40. Name of the only official survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, died on 6th January in Nagasaki, Japan at the age of 93?
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
41. Who has been appointed as Finance Minister of Japan, replacing Hirohisa Fujii who will step down for health related reasons?

Naoto Kan. He is the deputy prime minister of Japan.
42. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake triggered landslides and a tsunami that struck a country on January 4, 2010, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless. Name of that country?
Solomon Islands.
Solomon Islands is a country in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands.
43. Scientists of which country are developing an electronic device (e-dog) that will sniff out explosives like RDX which remain undetected by existing security equipments?
India.
44. PRAVASI BHARATIYA SAMMAN AWARDEES (PBSA)-2010
1 Mr. Mohinder Singh Bhullar Brunei( Darussalam)
2 Mr. Yanktesh Permal Reddy (Fiji)
3 Mr. Ryuko Hira (Japan)
4 (Mrs) Dr. Ruby Umesh Pawankar (Japan)
5 Mr. Suresh Kumar Virmani (Oman)
6 Mr. Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan (South Africa)
7 Dr. Tholisiah Perumal Naidoo (South Africa)
8 Dr. Rajni Kanabar (Tanzania)
9 Mr. Deepak Mittal (Thailand)
10 Dr. Lenny Krishendath Saith (Trinidad & Tobago)
11 Dr. Azad Moopen (U.A.E)
12 Mr. Mani Lal Bhaumik (U.S.A)
13.Mr. Ashok Kumar Mago (U.S.A)
14 Mr. Upendra J. Chivukula (U.S.A)
The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman is an award constituted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in conjunction with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, to honor exceptional and meritorious contribution in their chosen field/profession. The award is given by the President of India.
45. Who has been nominated as the Chairman from India of Asian Print Congress?
R.Suresh. He is the Chief Executive of S.T.Reddiar&Sons.
46. Which country limited United States military presence in their country recently?
Yemen.
Yemen warns US military intervention, however welcomes U.S. and foreign troops for training, intelligence and logistical support.
47. Which Russian Website suggested a Conspiracy theory for YSR’s Death which involving Ambani brothers?
http://exiledonline.com.
The Russian website is a magazine which is run by Mark Ames, a journalist and a writer, Ames published an article titled ‘Enemy of Larry Summers Ex-boss Dies in Mysterious Helicopter Crash’. The article, which was published on December 31, 2009, unveils a conspiracy against YSR engineered by the loyal partners of Ambani brothers.
48. Which country recently formulated a strict new law under which women who wear full-length veils (burqa) in public places will have to pay a fine of over 750 Euro?
France.
Muslim women who wear the full Islamic veil in France will face a possible 750 euros fine, according to a draft bill unveiled by the leader of the parliamentary majority.
49. Who have been selected for Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak for their “conspicuous courage in saving life under circumstances of very great danger to the life of the rescuer”?
Rukhsana Kosser
Narender Kaushik (posthumously)
Rukhsana, a Jammu girl who braved the bullets of Lashkar-e-Taiba militants and killed one of them to save her family.
Narender Kaushik, a resident of Delhi who died while saving people trapped in a fire on March 13 last year.
Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to a person for meritorious act of human nature in saving the life of a person. The award is given in three categories – Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak.
Names of the seven persons who won the Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak Award:
Syed Areef Sujauddin (Andhra Pradesh) (posthumously)
Umman Antony (Kerala) (posthumously)
Rajan Kamble (Maharashtra)( posthumously)
Mushtaq Ahmed and Ajaz Ahmed (Jammu and Kashmir)
Karambir Singh Kang (Maharashtra)
Prachi Santosh Sen (Madhya Pradesh)
Jeevan Raksha Padak award is given to 44 persons.
50. Who won the Brisbane International Tennis title beating Justine Henin in the final?
Kim Clijsters
51. Which country has become the world’s third-largest economy, surpassing Germany and closing rapidly on Japan, according to government and World Bank figures?
China
52. Who has been appointed as the new bowling coach of India?
Eric Simons, former South African fast bowler.
53. Recipients of the 16th Annual Star Screen Awards : The film “3 Idiots won 8 awards and film “Paa” won five awards.
Best Actor: Amitabh Bachchan (Paa)
Best Actress: Vidya Balan (Paa)
Best Director: Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots)
Best Music Director – A R Rahman ( Delhi 6 )
Best Film: 3 Idiots
Lifetime Achievement Award: Javed Akhtar
Best Screenplay – Abhijat Joshi, Raju Hirani (3 Idiots)
Best Story – Imtiaz Ali ( Love Aaj Kal)
Best Dialogues – AbhijatJoshi, Raju hirani (3 Idiots)
Best Lyricist – Irshad Kamil For Choor Bazari ( Love Aaj Kal)
Best Playback Singer ( Female ) – Kavita Seth For Ore Manva ( Wake up Sid )
Best Playback Singer (Male ) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan For Aaj Din Chaya ( Love Aaj Kal)
Best Cinematographer – Rajiv Ravi ( Dev D)
Best Choreographer – Bosco Ceaser (3 Idiots)
Best Entertainer of the year: Katrina Kaif
Best Editing Results – Raju Hirani (3 Idiots)
Best Special Effects – Aladin
Best Action – Vijayan (Wanted )
Best Child Artist – Pratik Katari ( Paa)
Best Cast- Luck By Chance
Best Jodi of the decade: Shahrukh Khan and Kajol
Ramnath Goenka memorial award: Nandita Das for ‘Firaaq’
Most Promising Newcomer (Female) Mahi Gill (Dev D)
Most Promising Newcomer (Male): Omi Vaidya (Aka Silencer) ( 3 Idiots )
Most Promising Debutante Director: Nandita Das (Firaaq)
Best Supporting Actress: Arundhati Nag (Paa)
Best Supporting Actor: Rishi Kapoor (Love Aaj Kal)
Star plus jodi award: Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan
Best Actor in a negative role:Boman Irani (3 Idiots)
Best Actress Most Popular Category- Kareena Kapoor ( 3 Idiots )
Best Actor for Most Popular Category: Shahid Kapoor (Kaminey)
Best Actor in a comic role: Omi Vaidya (3 Idiots)
54. Which player won the ATP Chennai Open titles with his first-ever win over Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland in the final?
Marin Cilic of Croatia.
The second-seeded Cilic became the first player after Spanish veteran Carlos Moya’s victories in 2004 and 2005 to win back-to-back crowns in South Asia’s only ATP event.
55. Who won Qatar Open Tennis title beating Rafael Nadal of Spain in the final held in Doha?
Nikolay Davydenko(Russia)
He defeated Rafael Nadal of Spain 0-6, 7-6 (8) and 6-4 to win the Qatar Open tennis tournament.
56. Who has been selected for this year’s Prof. S. Guptan Nair Puraskaram. an award which is instituted for exceptional teachers who make significant contributions to the cultural scene?
B. Hridayakumari
57. Name of the leading Iranian nuclear scientist, who has been killed in a bomb blast in Tehran?
Massoud Ali-Mohammadi
58. The French film maker who was one of the main figures of the post-war New Wave cinema movement passed away recently in Paris at the age of 89?
Eric Rohmer
He was the director of the critically acclaimed “Tales of Four Seasons” His main works include the cycle of films Six Moral Tales. The third, My Night at Maud’s, released in 1969, brought him international recognition.
59. Name of Indian-origin man and his two accomplices who have been given long jail sentences for their involvement in a 33 million pounds drug deal which is considered to be UK’s largest ever heroin seizure.?
Harminder Chana, 32, was sentenced to 17 years,
Abdul Rob, 30, was sentenced to 23 years
Atif Khan, 34, was sentenced to 15 and half years.
60. Which country has successfully intercepted a missile defense system, in a test of its advanced air defense capabilities?
China
61. Who won the Man of the series award in the Commonwealth Bank ODI cricket series between Australia and Pakistan?
Ryan Harris (Australia)
62. Which country’s military forces decided to protect the banks in earth quake-hit Haiti?
India
Para-military Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel have been guarding banks and other vital centres in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, to prevent looting, besides providing security to Indians in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake.
63. Scientist, whose groundbreaking work untangling fundamental genetic processes earned him a Nobel Prize, died at the age of 82?

Marshall Nirenberg.
64. Name of the Indian-origin Australian researcher who has been named western Australia’s Australian of the Year?
Professor Ralph Martins. He has been conducting research on Alzheimer’s disease.
65. Indo-Canadian who was appointed vice president of the University of Toronto, Canada’s biggest university?
Hargurdeep Saini
66. The Afghan government recently banned the key ingredient of roadside bombs that have emerged as the deadliest weapon used by Taliban fighters against NATO troops in Afghanistan. Name of that fertilizer chemical?
Ammonium Nitrate
67. Which Caribbean country has been hit by a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010, killing about 200,000 people?
Haiti.
68. Only batsman in world cricket who scored 7000 ODI runs with a strike rate of over 100?
Virender Sehwag.
Sehwag, the seventh Indian to reach 7000 ODI runs, is the only batsman in world cricket to achieve the milestone with a strike rate of over 100.
69. Who has been chosen as the “ESPN Cricinfo Player of the Decade for the 2000s” by a 38-strong panel of experts, including current and former players?
Ricky Ponting, captain of Australia
70. Which state has won the Ranji Trophy for a record 39th time by beating Karnataka in a nail-biter of a final at Mysore?
Mumbai.
The hosts Karnataka were chasing a target of 338 for a win, but were bowled out for 331 to give Mumbai a six-run victory on the fourth day of the game.
71. Australia has recently condemned as “deeply offensive” an Indian newspaper cartoon depicting the police as members of the racist Ku Klux Klan over their investigations into the murder of a young Indian man in Australia. Which newspaper published that cartoon?
Mail Today, Delhi based news paper.
cartoon appeared in the 5 January edition of Delhi’s Mail Today
72. Which country took over the mantle of the world’s top merchandise exporter from Germany in 2009, according to the latest figures, aided by a global economic crisis that has taken a greater toll on other trading powers?
China
73. Which Central Minister’s recent remarks on Pandit Nehru’s foreign policy became controversial?
Shashi Tharoor.
He said that while Nehru’s foreign policy had taken India to a new level in the international arena, he agreed with criticism that it amounted to a “moralistic running commentary on other countries’ behaviour. Later he blamed the media for his “misreported” remarks on the former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s foreign policy.
74. The century’s longest solar eclipse, having totality duration of 11 minutes, 8 seconds (visible in India for 10 minutes, 24 seconds) occurred on which day of January?
15th January, 2010.
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between the Sun and the Earth, producing a shadow on the Earth’s surface where the Sun is completely or partially obscured.
75. Who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 for his outstanding contributions and achievements in Banking Sector during the Bharat Samman – Pravasi Awards?
Mr. R. Seetharaman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Doha Bank.
76. Who unveiled the Coca-Cola FIFA World Cup Football Trophy 2010 at a glittering function in Kolkata, making Kolkata the only Indian city to showcase the prized trophy?
Lothar Matthaus, German football legend.
The trophy made of 18-carat gold- 36.8 cm high tall and weighing 6,175 grams.
77. Who is appointed as the new Captain of Kings XI Punjab for IPL 2010?
Kumar Sangakkara. The Sri Lankan player replaces Yuvraj Singh who had led the team for the last two seasons
78. Who won the Sydney Medibank International Tennis Women’s Title defeating Serena Williams 6-3, 6-2 in the final?
Elena Dementieva
79. Who won the Sydney Medibank International Tennis men’s Title defeating Richard Gasquet in the final?
Marcos Baghdatis
80. Ex-Soldier of China who was elected as governor of Tibet by the regional parliament recently?
Padma Choling
Choling, a Tibetan who served in the People’s Liberation Army from 1969 to 1986 has replaced Qiangba Puncog, whose resignation was endorsed by the regional People’s Congress.
81. Who has resigned as president of Hockey India due to the allegations made against him during the recent hockey crisis?
A.K. Mattoo
82. FBI had recently used the photo of a Spanish leader for a digitally-altered image showing how Osama Bin Laden might look. Name of that Spanish leader?
Gaspar Llamazares

A photo of Bin Laden from 1998 (left) was digitally altered using elements from an image of Gaspar Llamazares (right)
He rejected the United States’ apology for the FBI’s using a photo of him to create a poster showing what Osama bin Laden might look like today.
83. The Turk, who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981, was released from prison recently after more than 29 years behind bars and proclaimed that he was a messenger of God and that the world would end in this century. Name of that Turkish man?
Mehmet Ali Agca
84. The top military chief of al-Qaida in Yemen who was killed by Yemeni warplanes near a desert village bordering Saudi Arabia?
Qassim al-Raimi.
He is considered the No. 3 leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
85. The Argentina player who reached the 100-goal mark for Barcelona?
Lionel Messi. The Argentina ace, who is still only 22, achieved the landmark in just 188 games for the Catalan club.
86. Who is appointed as the Governor of Maharashtra?
K. Sankaranarayanan
87. India Government has decided to withdraw the “deemed” status of how many universities in the country?
44
Centre told the Supreme Court that it has decided to withdraw the deemed status to 44 universities in the country alleging these were being run as family fiefdoms rather than on academic considerations.
88. The winners of the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards,
BEST DRAMA: Avatar
DIRECTOR: James Cameron – Avatar
ACTOR (DRAMA): Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
ACTRESS (DRAMA): Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY: The Hangover
ACTOR (MUSICAL OR COMEDY): Robert Downey, Jr. – Sherlock Holmes
ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY): Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: The White Ribbon
ANIMATED FILM: Up
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo’Nique – Precious
SCREENPLAY: Up in the Air
ORIGINAL SCORE: Michael Giacchino – Up
ORIGINAL SONG: “The Weary Kind” – Crazy Heart
CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Martin Scorsese
89. Who is the new president of Hockey India?
Vidya Stokes
90. Who won the man of the match award in the third test between Australia and Pakistan played at Bellerive Oval, Hobart?
Ricky Ponting (Australia). Australia won by 231 runs.
91. Who won the man of the series award in the three test series between Australia and Pakistan held in Australia?
Shane Watson
Australia won the 3-match series 3-0
92. National Security Adviser who has been appointed Governor of West Bengal?
M.K. Narayanan
93. Which playback singer won the Swaralaya-Kairali Yesudas award ?
Sujatha. The award includes a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, a citation and a statuette designed by Kanayi Kunhiraman.
Malayalam Music director M.K Arjunan has been selected for the lifetime achievement award for his contribution in the field of music
94. Name of the eco-friendly vehicle launched by Maruti Suzuki India Ltd during the auto Expo 2010 held in Delhi?
Eeco
95. Veteran Communist leader whose unbroken 23-year stewardship of West Bengal’s Left Front government made him the longest reigning chief minister of an Indian state died recently after a prolonged illness?
Jyoti Basu
96. Who won the Man of the Match award in the fourth test match between South Africa and England held in Johannesburg?
Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn
South Africa won the fourth test by an innings and 74 runs and leveled the series 1-1.
97. Who won the Man of the series award in the four test match series between South Africa and England held in South Africa?
South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher and England off-spinner Graeme Swann shared the man of the series award.
98. Who was elected president of Chile, after a runoff election against former president Eduardo Frei?

Sebastian Pinera
99. Name of the software developed by the students of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras which won a business plan competition in New York?
‘XEstor’
The software uses algorithms to store various battery parameters and interfaces with the grid to control the amount of energy supplied and stored in the network. Midhun Saleem, Kaushik Anand, Ashish Dattani, Sriram Kalyanaraman and Vinay Shankar B.K. shared the $20,000 prize.
100. Name of the former Chinese Supreme Court judge who was sentenced to life in prison recently following his conviction for embezzlement and receiving more than half a million dollars in bribes?
Huang Songyou
101. Name of Asia’s biggest air carrier, which has filed for bankruptcy protection recently, in one of Japan’s biggest corporate failures?
Japan Airlines Corp.

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