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Nobel Prize Winners 2014
The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between Kailash Satyarthi andMalala Yousafzai "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education". Satyarthi is a Hindu from India, the...
61st National Film Awards
The 61st National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals of India presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2013 in the Indian cinema. The ceremony was held on May 3, 2014. Swarna Kamal (Golden...
56th Grammy Award Winners List
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards were held on January 26, 2014, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show was broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT and was hosted for the third time by LL Cool J. The show was moved to January to avoid competing with the 2014 Winter Olympics...
BAFTA Awards 2014 Winners list
The 67th British Academy Film Awards more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 16 February 2014 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2013, as part of the 2013-14 film awards season. Presented by the British Academy...
Padma Bhushan Award 2014
The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. It is conferred by the President of India at a...
Film Fare Award 2014 Winners list
The Filmfare Award for Best Actor is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi(Bollywood) films, to recognise a male actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1953. Sl No. Category Winner...
ENBA Awards 2013 Winners list
'ENBA Awards' also known as exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards are given for best talent in news television in India. Exchange4media formulated these awards in 2008 with the objective of recognizing the best in Television news, to reward broadcasters and industry...
71st annual Golden Globes Awards – 2014
The 71st Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and American television of 2013, was broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on January 12, 2014, by NBC, as part of the 2013-14 film awards season. The ceremony was produced by...
87th Academy Awards Oscars 2015 Winners
The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2014 and took place on February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST....
BAFTA Awards 2015 Winners List
The 68th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTAs, were held on 8 February 2015 at the Royal Opera House in London, to honour the best British and international contributions to film in 2014. Presented by the British Academy of Film and...
Padma Vibhushan Award 2015
The Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award in the Republic of India. It consists of a medal and a citation and is awarded by the President of India. It was established on 2 January 1954. It ranks behind theBharat Ratna and comes before the Padma Bhushan...
Padma Bhushan Award 2015
The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and thePadma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. It is conferred by the President of India at a...
Padma Shri Award 2015
Padma Shri (also Padmashree) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Awarded by the Government of India, it is announced every year on India's Republic Day. S No. Name of the...
List of Important National International Days Dates
The following is a list of notable observed commemorative days used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something. Month Date Observed As January 1-Jan Global Family Day 9-Jan NRI...
Some Important Companies with Full Names
Company Name Full Name/Derived From 3M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company A&P Atlantic & Pacific Adidas Adolf (Adi) Dassler Alcoa Aluminum Company of America AMC Theatres American Multi-Cinema AMD Advanced Micro Devices AMKOR AMericanKORea Amoco...
Most Important Portals and their Founders
A portal helps to browse on a particular subject, hence the subject of a portal should be broad so that it presents a diversified content. The portal subject area should have enough interest and articles to sustain a portal, including enough quality content articles...
Important Computer Devices and Inventors
Computer Devices and Their Inventors: Computer Knowledge section holds its importance and is considered as the easiest section for candidates who put little efforts on this section from the first day of their preparation. Device Name Inventor Compact Disk or CD James...
Different Scientific words and their Meaning
While studying nature, scientists often encounter or create new material or immaterial objects and concepts and are compelled to name them. Most of those names are known only to professionals. However, due to popularization of science, they gradually become part of...
TIME Person of the Year since 1927
Person of the Year (called Man of the Year until 1999) is an annual issue of the United States news magazine Time that features and profiles a person, group, idea or object that "for better or for worse...has done the most to influence the events of the year". Year...
Man Booker Prize for Fiction Winners
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Booker-McConnell Prize and commonly known simply as the Booker Prize) is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in theEnglish language, and published in the UK. The winner of the...
Templeton Prize Winners
The Templeton Prize is an annual award presented by the Templeton Foundation. Established in 1972, it is awarded to a living person who, in the estimation of the judges, "has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through...
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace Disarmament and Development Winners
The Indira Gandhi Prize or the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize or the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is the prestigious award accorded annually by India to individuals or organizations in recognition of creative efforts toward promoting...
India s All-Time Olympic Medalists Individual Category
India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a lone athlete (Norman Pritchard) winning two medals- both silver- in athletics. The nation first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920, and has participated in every Summer Games since then. India...
Dronacharya Award Winners since 1985
Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India for excellence in sports coaching. The award comprises a bronze statuette of Dronacharya, a scroll of honour and a cash component of Rs.300,000. The award was...
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Winners since 1991
The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (RGKR) is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports, given by theMinistry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India. The words "Khel Ratna" literally mean "sports gem" in Hindi. The award is named after the late Rajiv...
Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award Winners
Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award (English: Rajiv Gandhi National Communal Harmony Award) is anIndian award given for outstanding contribution towards promotion of communal harmony, national integration and peace. The award was instituted by All India Congress...
Gujar Mal Modi Award for Science Technology Winners
Rai Bahadur Gujarmal Modi (9 August 1902 – 22 January 1976) was a renowned industrialist and philanthropist, who co-established the Modi Group of companies and the industrial city of Modinagar in 1933, along with his brother Kedar Nath Modi. A sugar mill in Modinagar...
National Film Award for Best Feature Film
The National Award for Best Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by theDirectorate of Film Festivals, India, and was constituted in the year 1954. This is one of the Golden Lotus Awards (Swarna Kamal) given among National Film Awards. It...
Dada Saheb Phalke Award Winners
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema. It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The recipient is honoured for...
Jnanpith Award Winners
The Jnanpith Award (also spelled as Gyanpeeth Award) is a literary award in India. Along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country. The award was instituted in 1961. Any Indian citizen who writes in any...
List of Ashok Chakra Awardees since 2009
The Ashoka Chakra (alternative spelling: Ashok Chakra) is India's highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. It is the peace time equivalent of the Param Vir Chakra, and is awarded for the...
List of Bharat Ratna recipients
Bharat Ratna (Hindi: भारत रत्न, Hindi pronunciation: Jewel of India) is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred "in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order", without...
Amendment List of the Indian Constitution V
Amendment No. Amendments Enforced since Objectives 72 Amend article 332. 5-Dec-92 Provide reservation to Scheduled Tribes in Tripura State Legislative Assembly 73 Insert part 9. 24-Apr-93 Statutory provisions for Panchyat Raj as third level of administration in...
Amendment List of the Indian Constitution IV
Amendment No. Amendments Enforced since Objectives 56 Insert article 371I. 30-May-87 Transition provision to enable formation of state of Goa 57 Amend article 332. 21-Sep-87 Provide reservation to Scheduled Tribes in Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Arunachal...
Amendment List of the Indian Constitution III
Amendment No. Amendments Enforced since Objectives 37 Amend articles 239A and 240. 3-May-75 Formation of Arunachal Pradesh legislative assembly 38 Amend articles 123, 213, 239B, 352, 356, 359 and 360. 1-Aug-75 Enhances the powers of President and Governors to pass...
Amendment List of the Indian Constitution II
Amendment of the Constitution of India is the process of making changes to the nation's fundamental law or supreme law. The procedure of amendment in the constitution is laid down in Part XX (Article 368) of the Constitution of India. This procedure ensures the...
Amendment List of the Indian Constitution I
As of December 2014, there have been 99 amendments to the Constitution of India since it was first enacted in 1950. There are two types of amendments to the constitution which are governed by article 368. The first type includes amendments that can be effected by...
Top Crop Producing States in India and Countries
India is top producer country of many crops. The major crops in India can be divided into four categories viz. Food grains (Rice, Wheat, Maize, Millets and Pulses), Cash Crops (Cotton, Jute, Sugarcane, Tobacco, and Oilseeds), Plantation Crops (Tea, Coffee, Coconut...
Five Year Plans in India
Since 1947, the Indian economy has been premised on the concept of planning. This has been carried through the Five-Year Plans, developed, executed, and monitored by the Planning Commission. With the Prime Minister as the ex-officio Chairman, the commission has a...
Crops and Largest producer state in India
Production (and consumption) of agricultural commodities has a diverse geographical distribution. Along with climate and corresponding types of vegetation,economy of a nation also very much influence the amount of production. Crop Largest Producer state Bamboos Assam...