Awards in 2009

1)     59^th Miss World 2009 Kaiane Aldorino from Gibraltar was named the new Miss World at Johannesberg, South Africa.First runner-up was Miss Mexico, Perla Beltran Acosta. Second runner-up was South Africa’s Tatum, Keshwar. Miss India Pooja Chopra received Beauty with a Purpose title for her service to welfare of girl children. Priyanka Chopra was one of the Judges during the contest.

2)     Scientist Yash Pal and Project Director of Chandrayaan-1 M. Annadurai have been selected for H.K. Firodia awards for 2009. Professor Yashpal has been chosen for his contribution in the field of education and communication technology whereas M. Annadurai will get the honour for his role in the moon mission.

3)     The Golden Peacock Award was won by Taiwanese film I Can’t Live without You. The Silver Peacock award along with a Rs.15 lakh (Rs.1.5 million) cash prize for the best director, went to Ounie Leconte for her French-South Korean film 'A Brand New Life'.

4)     On the eve of Asian Film Festival, Amitabh Bachan received Asian Film Cultural Award.

5)     India Today journalist Shyamlal Yadav was conferred with 1st NDTV National RTI (Right To Information) award. He applied more than 17000 RTI applications.

6)     Twitter has been named the popular English word of 2009 by Global Language Monitor, USA. Among the 15 words selected for voting, Obama and H1N1 stood at 2nd and 3rd place respectively and Cartel was placed last.

7)     Pakistan’s Nazim Sethi, Friday Times, Daily Times Editor in Chief was conferred with Golden Pen of Freedom award..

8)     CNN IBN Indian of the Year 2009 award was conferred on A R Rahman. The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar.

9)     CSIR Director, Scientist Samir Brhmachari was selected for Nayudamma award 2010. This award will be given by RMK Engineering College, Chennai and Nayudamma Centre for Development Alternatives, Nellore.

10)Chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises Sunil Mittal was conferred the 10th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil for his contribution to Public Administration and Academic Management.

11)Renowned sarod player Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and bharatanatyam dancer Geeta Chandran were selected for the prestigious Saraswati Puraskar for their contribution to the world of art and the society.

12)Ratan Tata received the ‘Order of Merit of Italian Republic’ award from Claudio Scajola, Minister of Economic Development, Italy.

13)N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief of Hindu, has been chosen for the K.R. Narayanan Award 2009 for his outstanding contribution to journalism in India.

14)Veerappa Moily received Moorti Devi award-21 for his Sri Ramayan Mahanveshana.

15)Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, who now leads the Unique Identification Database Authority of the nation, has become the first Indian to be honoured with the Legend in Leadership Award of Yale University.

16)Mr.Lavanam of Atheist Centre, Vijayawada has bagged theJamnalal Bajaj Award -2009 for his contribution in the field of constructive work.

17)Amitab Bachan was awarded Life time achievement award in Mumbai Film Festival.

18)Renowned educationist Prof Yashpal and Prof Trinh Xuan Thuan from Vietnam have been declared joint winners of UNESCO-Kalinga Prize for 2009 for popularisation of science.

19)Indian Council of Agricultural Research scientist Pramod Kumar Aggarwal, who has done pioneering work on the intricate relationship between agriculture, climate and the environment, and enhanced understanding of the probable impact of climate change on agriculture, has won the 2009 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize. He shares the prize money with Carlos Clemente Cerri from Brazil, who has examined the impact of land use changes on climate.

20)Cancer-stricken actor Lisa Ray is among seven Indo-Canadians who are conferred with Canada’s ‘Voice Achievers Award for 2009’ for their outstanding contributions to the film industry, trade, medicine, literature and sports. She has been honoured for her performance in Deepa Mehta’s film Water. The other winners were: Gopal Bhatnagar (cardiac surgery); M.G. Vassanji (arts); Meenu Sikand (social work); Raja Panjwani (sports) and Kuldip Rai Sahi and Asha Luthra for business.

21)Lata Mangeshkar has been conferred France’s highest civilian award, the Insignia of ‘Officier de la Legion d’Honneur’ (Officer of the Legion of Honour). This award was also received by Satya Jitrey and Amitabh Bachan. 

22)Brazil’s Larissa Ramos was crowned Miss Earth title held in Philippines. Miss Fire was won by Miss Spain Alejandra Echevarri, Miss Water by Miss Venezuela Jessica Barboza and Miss Air by Miss Philippines Sandra Seifert.

23)German film The Crocodiles has won the Golden Elephant award in international category. In Asia Panorama section, Chinese movie Two Men’s Class Room has won the Golden Elephant award. Best Director was given to Harard Hamrel for the film A witch in our family in international category and Pandiraj won the award in Asia Panorama category for the film Kids.

24)Chief Justice of Singapore, Chan Sek Keong and Judge, International Court of Justice, Justice Awn S. Al-Khasawneh were conferred with 2009 International Jurists Awards. 2009 National Law Day Awards were conferred on Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Competition Appellate Tribunal chairman Arijit Pasayat, Solicitor General Subramaniam and Lawyer K Viswanath. 

25)Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2009 for her contribution to the promotion of democracy and pluralism. 

26)ISRO chairman Radhakrishnan received Nayudamma award at AP science congress conducted in Tirupati by SV University and AP Academy of Sciences.

27)APGENCO (Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited) received National Power Award for the year 2009.

28)GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) has bagged the Center for Asia Pacific Aviation’s (CAPA) newly instituted award in the category, “Best Airport Environmental Performance of the Year”.

29)Rajiv Sadbhavana awards were conferred on Care Hospitals Chairman Somaraju and Bihar Goovernor Devanand Kanwar.

30)A R Rehman was conferred with World sound track Academy award in Belgium for Jaiho song in Slumdog Millionaire.

31)Two Indian NGOs — Mumbai-based “Prerana” and“Sense International India”, Ahmedabad — are to get $100,000 each under “Stars Impact” awards (UK) for their work among disabled and poor children.

32)Shahrukh Khan conferred honorary Black belt in Taekwondo by the Korean government. The actor was also appointed the Honorary Ambassador of Korea (Culture and Tourism) in India.

33)Tamil Nadu’s Agricultural Scientist Subramanyam was conferred with MS Swaminathan award.

34)The Right Livelihood Awards David Suzuki (Honorary Award, Canada) for his lifetime advocacy of the socially responsible use of science, and for his massive contribution to raising awareness about the perils of climate change and building public support for policies to address it".
René Ngongo (Democratic Republic of Congo) is honoured "for his courage in confronting the forces that are destroying the Congo's rainforests and building political support for their conservation and sustainable use".
Alyn Ware (New Zealand) is recognised "for his effective and creative advocacy and initiatives over two decades to further peace education and to rid the world of nuclear weapons".
Catherine Hamlin (Ethiopia) is awarded "for her fifty years dedicated to treating obstetric fistula patients, thereby restoring the health, hope and dignity of thousands of Africa's poorest women". 

35)Arunachal Pradesh Governor and former Army Chief, General J.J. Singh, Law Commission Chairman Justice A. R. Lakshmanan, actor and MP Jayaprada and former cricketer and MP Mohammad Azharuddin. These awards were started in 1977 by Shiromani Institute.

36)Dr. Nageswar Reddy, Director of Asian Institute of Gastroenterology has been conferred with Endoscopist award by American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

37)Tata Motors Chairman, Mr Ratan Tata, has been named the winner of The Economist’s eighth ‘Business Process Innovation Award’. The British news weekly has selected Mr Tata for the development of the world’s cheapest car, the Tata Nano.

38)Ninety-year-old playback legend Manna Dey is being honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award, the highest honour in Indian cinema.

39)Kathrin Bringman, the Professor from Germany was conferred with Sastra Ramanujam Award for the year 2009 for his work in Mathematics.

40)Indian-American Human rights activist Mallika Dutt has won the American Courage Award for her human rights work in India and the United States. Ms. Dutt presently heads “breakthrough: building human rights culture” an international human rights organization which spreads the message of social justice through popular media.

41)Noted journalist, writer and human rights activist Balraj Puri has been nominated for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration.

42)The Centre announced a bravery award for 22-year-old Rukhsana, who killed a top LeT militant in Jammu and Kashmir.

Note : Awards in October, November, December 2009 . Source : Sakshi.

Latest Current Affairs - 2009(PTR)

Judges of Supreme Court:

Government has decided to elevate five Chief justices of five states as Supreme Court judges.

The Five Chief Justices are

i)A K Patnaik(Madhya Pradesh)

ii)T S Thakur(Punjab & Haryana)

iii)K S Radhakrishnan(Gujarat)

iv)Surinder Singh Nijjar(Calcutta)

v)P D Dinakaran(Karnataka)

But Karnataka Chief Justice has been put on hold because Dinakaran's name has figured in the disproportionate assets case and he has been accused of amassing wealth and grabbing land.

So the remaining four Judges had taken oath on Nov 17^th 2009. This takes the judges tally to 26(1+25) against the formal strength of 31 judges.

World’s Largest Economies:

1) US   2) Japan   3) China   4) Germany   5) France   6) UK 7) Italy   8) Brazil   9) Russia 10) Spain 11) Canada 12) India.

Recently China has surpassed Germany to become the third largest economy in the world.

India is the Second fastest growing Economy in the World.

India will be the third largest economy in the world after China and United States by 2050, a US-based internationally recognized foreign-policy think tank.

Asia’s Largest Economies:

1. Japan   2. China   3. India   4. South Korea

INS Arihant:

India’s first indigenously built Nuclear-capable Submarine launched on July 26^th 2009 in Vishakhapatnam (AP) with a cost of $2.9 billions.

India is the sixth country in the world to possess N-submarine capability after US, Russia, France, UK and China.

India has two more indigenous nuclear submarines under construction and they are slated to be inducted in 2015.

India is acquiring another N-capable submarine, the Akula class “Nerpa” from Russia.

Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 31

1. The world’s first Satellite dedicated to monitoring green house gas emissions was launched by which country?

a)India   b)US   c)China   d)Japan   e)Russia

2. Abidine Ben Ali was re-elected as the president of which of the following country?

a)Taiwan   b)Sudan   c)Peru   d)Tunisia   e)Palestine

3. Which of the following is first bank in India to offer Internet Banking service?

a)SBI   b)PNB   c)ICICI Bank  d)Federal Bank   e)Canara Bank

4. The country with highest population density?

a)India   b)Pakistan   c)China   d)US   e)none of these

5. ‘QUARK-2009’ is a ____________?

a)India-Russia joint Naval exercise

b)India’s ambitious project to Mars

c)China-Russia joint Naval exercise

d)exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy

e)none

6. Vaclav Klaus was in news recently. He is the President of which of the following countries?

a)Sweden   b)Poland   c)Czech Republic   d)Denmark   e)Ireland

7. The Golden Horse awards are equivalent to Oscars of which country?

a)South Korea   b)Russia   c)China   d)Japan   e)Malaysia

8. Recently which country tested the ‘Hsiungfeng 2E’ missile?

a)Syria  b)North Korea   c)Canada   d)Israel   e)Taiwan

9. Justice Leila Seth was the first woman to become Chief Justice of which high court?

a)Tamilnadu   b)Delhi   c)Uttar Pradesh   d)Karnataka   e)none

10. Who has been nominated for the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award for the year 2009?

a)O P Bhatt   b)Sunil Mittal   c)Ajim Premji   d)Lakshmi Mittal   e)Ratan Tata

11. Samprupa, the world’s first cloned buffalo calf, was cloned by scientist from which of the following countries?

a)China   b)US   c)India   d)UAE   e)Canada

12. In India how many states are in Special Category, in which they get higher share of Union government’s resource allocation?

a)7    b)9    c)10    d)11    e)12

13. Trading in which of the following futures restarted on NCDEX and MCX on 21^st May 2009?

a)Sugar   b)Jute   c)Turmeric   d)Soya   e)Wheat

14. FIFA has suspended which country’s football association?

a)Fiji   b)Iraq   c)Sudan   d)Kenya   e)none

15. Who penned the book ‘A Brief History of Time’?

a)Stephen Hawking   b)Sonia Gandhi   c)Amartya Sen  d)J G Ballard   e)Abdul Kalam

16. The fifth edition of the Indo-Nippon Golf Cup 2010 will be held at _________?

a)Shillong    b)Delhi   c)Ahmedabad   d)Delhi   e)Hyderabad

17. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India?

a)HSBC   b)Standard Chartered   c)Barclays   d)Yes Bank   e)All are foreign Banks

18. Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is located in which of the following states?

a)Karnataka   b)Maharashtra    c)Tamilnadu   d)Rajasthan   e)none of these

19. The Official & Permanent Venue of IFFA?

a)Delhi   b)Chennai   c)Mumbai    d)Goa   e)Kolkatta

20. Arvind Jhadav is related to ____?

a)Jet Airways   b)Air India   c)Paramount Airways    d)Kingfisher Airlines   e)none

Note:
Answer for 5th question:The Annual National Level Technical festival of BITS Pilani.
Answer for 9th question: Himachal Pradesh.

SBI Clerical General Awareness questions 12 - 2009

Source:Sakshi

Quiz on General Awareness 26

1. How many Public Sector Banks are there in India excluding the associates of SBI?

a)18   b)19   c)20   d)21   e)27

2. Recently which bank has announced a special home loan scheme with interest rate of 8%?

a)ICICI Bank   b)Canara Bank   c)Yes Bank   d)Andhra Bank   e)Axis Bank

3. Mutual Funds are regulated by __________ in India?

a)RBI   b)SEBI   c)Mutual Funds Authority   d)AMFI   e)Finance Commission


4. Which of the following pairs is not true?

a)HDFC - Aditya puri

b)TVS - Venu Srinivasan

c)Bharti Airtel – Lakshmi Mittal

d)Apple – Steve Jobs

e)Microsoft – Steve Balmer

5. China has offered a ____ billion (100 Crores) of preferential loans to Africa?

a)$1   b)$5   c)$8   d)$10   e)$15

6. Recently which country decided to impose a 2% tax on all foreign exchange inflows?

a)India    b)Brazil   c)China    d)US   e)none

7. Who penned the book ‘Straight from the Heart’ ?

a)Kapil  Dev   b)Ravi Shastri   c)Sunil Gavaskar   d)Sachin Tendulkar   e)Mohinder Amarnath

8.’ Double Fault’ is the term used in which of the following sport?

a)Football   b)Badminton   c)Golf   d)Hockey   e)Tennis

9. Ram Pradhan Committee is associated to which of the following?

a)Menace of Ragging   b)Mumbai Attacks   c)FDI   d)Women Reservation   e)School system in India

10. India has been ranked at what position in ‘Man-Women equality’ released by WEF?

a)2^nd   b)134^th    c)1^st    d)34^th   e)114^th

11. Who among the following received the Sahara Indian Sports Award 2008-09 ?

a)M S Dhoni   b)Gautam Gambhir   c)Abhinav Bhindra   d)Pankaj Advani   e)Saina Nehwal

12. C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2008-09 has been awarded to________?

a)Mohinder Amarnath   b)Kapil Dev   c)Sunil Gavaskar   d)Gundappa Vishwanath   e)Ravi Shastri

13. India’s export for the year 2008-09 _________?

a)$115 billion   b)$120 billion   c)$185 billion   d)$200 billion   e)$225 billion

14. Sachin Tendulkar created history by making __________ runs in ODI cricket match?

a)15000   b)16000   c)17000   d)18000   e)12000

15. Which of the following rates are not fixed by RBI?

a)SLR   b)PLR   c)CRR   d)Repo rate   e)Bank rate

16. Which of the following pairing is not true?

a)Kapil Sibal – D Purandeshwari

b)S M Krishna – Shashi Tharoor

c)Chidambaram – Ajay Maken

d)Pranab Mukherjee – Pratik Patel

e)A K Antony – Pallam Raju

17. Who won the Asia Cup women’s Hockey Tournament held in Bangkok?

a)China   b)India   c)South Korea   d)Pakistan   e)Thailand

18. With which country India have decided to boost their cooperation in the energy sector as they agreed to complete a key cross-border transmission line by May 2012 ?

a)Bangladesh   b)Pakistan   c)Nepal   d)China   e)Myanmar

19. Who is Mr. India 2009?

a)Pravesh Rana   b)Malkaj Singh   c)Shankhar Rana   d)Sandeep Kumar  e)Nitin Kumar

20. Who is the author of the book ‘Universe in a Single Atom’?

a)Pervez Musharaff   b)Aung San Suu Kyi   c)Barack Obama  d)Mohamed ElBaradei  e)Dalai Lama

Note: 

1) With associates of SBI total no. of PSB's in India is 26(19+SBI+SBI associates(6)).
3)AMFI(Association of mutual funds in India)
4)Sunil Mittal CEO of Bharti Airtel.
11)Mary Kom & Abhinav Bhindra are the receipents of Sahara Indian Sports Award 2008-09.
16)Ministry of State for Finance : Namo Narain Meena.
17)China won by defeating India.

Quiz on General Awareness 23

1. Government is holding 100% stake in which of the following Banks?

a)Vijaya Bank   b)Bank of India   c)Indian Bank   d)United Bank of India   e)Punjab & Sind Bank

2. The XX Commonwealth Games will be held at _________ ?

a)India, 2010   b)France, 2012   c)London, 2012   d)Scotland,2014   e)Vancouver, 2014

3. How many Crores are allocated for Indira Awas Yojana(IAY) in the Union Budget 09-10?

a)2,057   b)8,883   c)2,112   d)3,472   e)6,656

4. Which of the following are the two countries that Barack Obama scrapped the missile-defense shield favored by George W.Bush to protect Europe from Iranian missiles?

a)Poland, Czech Republic

b)Netherlands, Sweden

c)Austria, Spain

d)Czech Republic, Sweden

e)Poland, Spain

5. Who has been selected as ‘Umpire of the Year’ in ICC-Awards 2009?

a)Steve Buckner   b)Rudy Koertzen    c)Aleem Dar   d)Simon Taufel   e)none

6. For Which film ‘Uma Shree’ has been selected as Best Actress in 55^th National Film Awards-2009?

a)Kanchivaram    b)Gulabi Talkies   c)Gandhi My Father   d)Dharm   e)none

7. Which country will introduce a carbon tax to slash its green house gas emission?

a)India   b)Russia    c)China    d)Denmark   e)France

8. Many times we read the term ‘ECB’ in financial newspapers.What is the full form of ECB ?

a)Essential Commercial Borrowings

b)Essential Credit Borrowings

c)Essential Credit Business

d)External Commercial Borrowings

e)External Credit Business

9. Which Organization has sold 403.3 tonnes of gold for $13 billion to boost its lending capacity particularly to poor countries?

a)World Bank   b)Asian Development Bank   c)UNESCO    d)IMF   e)none

10.A/c to new Chairman of ISRO K.Radhakrishna, India would launch a manned moon mission in _______ ?

a)2013   b)2011    c)2012   d)2020   e)2015

11. How many billion US dollars are given to Pakistan as a military aid by US?

a)2.3    b)1.5   b)7.5   d)5.0   e)none

12. Which of the following is not a Himalayan state?

a)Arunachal Pradesh   b)Uttarakhand  c)Sikkim   d)Himachal Pradesh  e)none

13. Which country is hosting the BRIC Summit in 2010?

a)Brazil   b)Russia   c)India   d)China   e)none of these

14. Suez Canal is located in which of the following country ?

a)China   b)South Africa   c)Sudan  d)Egypt   e)Russia

15. POSCO is one of the largest Steel maker belongs to which of the following countries?

a)Russia   b)South Korea   c)Japan   d)China   e)France

16. Recently US has decided to deploy _________ more troops in Afghanistan?

a)21,000   b)8,000   c)13,000   d)11,000   e)5,000

17. Government has decided to increase its stake by 10% in Nationalized banks, which of the following bank does not come under this discussion?

a) Dena Bank   b)Bank of Baroda   c)Andhra Bank   d)Oriental Bank of Commerce  e)none

18. World Health Day is observed on?

a)April 7^th   b)March 15^th   c)March 7^th   d)April  18^th   e)March  3^rd

19. NTPC-BHEL power projects private limited, a 50:50 joint venture would set up the first power equipment manufacturing plant with an outlay of Rs.6,000 crore at Mannavaram, it is situated in which of the following state?

a)Uttar Pradesh   b)Gujarat   c)Andhra Pradesh   d)Karnataka   e)Maharashtra

20. Who is the Chairperson of Children Films Society?

a)Shabana Azmi   b)Nirupama Rao   c)Nandita Das   e)Meena Shankar   e)Shilpa Shetty.

Quiz on General Awareness 20

1. Who has taken over the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh ?

a)Prem Khandu    b)Dorjee Khandu   c)Mukut Mithi   d)Gegong Apang   e)none

2. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) in India went down by two percentages from 57 to 55 per 1000 live births between 2006 and 2007, a report released by?

a)World Bank    b)Ministry of Health    c)WHO    d)PMO   e)Registrar General of India

3. Recently Government has cleared 26 FDI proposals of worth Rs ________ ?

a)900   b)1130   c)1360   d)750   e)848

4. The Centre decided to launch a Rs ____ crore plan to strengthen fire and emergency services in the country?

a)100   b)125   c)150   d)200  e)250

5. In Railway budget 2009-10, how many Duronto Trains are introduced ?

a)10  b)12   c)14   d)8   e)none of these

6. In Union Budget 2009-10, how many crores are allocated for Higher Education ?

a)500   b)750   c)1000  d)1500   e)2000

7.’Smart Money’ is a term used for __________ ?

a)Internet Banking   b)Credit Card    c)Cash with Bank/Public  d)Debit Card  e)none

8.’Balika Diwas’ day (Girl Day) is observed on ?

a)Jan 29^th  b)March 8^th   c)July 9^th  d)Dec 9^th  e)Oct 5^th

9. With Which of the following Countries India has inked an MoU on co-operation in the area of climate change and implementation of the clean development mechanism (CDM) projects of the Kyoto Protocol ?

a)Norway    b)Japan   c)Thailand   c)Britain    e)US

10. The Orbit of Chandrayan-1 has been rised form 100 km to _____ ?

a)500   b)200   c)150   d)300  e)none

 11)’Fujitsu’ has developed the Worlds fastest CPU, it belongs which Country?

a)South Korea   b)US    c)Japan   d)China   e)none

12.Who has been elected for Ministry of Water Resource after Meira Kumari has taken over the Speaker of Lok Sabha ?

a)Manmohan Singh   b)Rahul Bandari   c)Jagdeep Goyal    d)Manish Kumar   e)Pawan Kumar Bansal

13.Pakistan has won the ICC T20 Championship after beating _________ ?

a)India    b)Australia    c)New Zealand   d)Srilanka    e)West Indies

14. India decided to drop the $1 billion defense deal for mid-air refuellers with which country?

a)Russia    b)France   c)Israel     d)Britain    e)US

15.Who is the first Indian woman Foreign Secretary ?

a)Chokila Iyer   b)Nirupama Rao   c)Meera Shankar   d)Vijalakshmi Pandit   e)Indira Gandhi

16.Which Film has won the Best Film in IIFA 2009 Awards ?

a)Ghajini   b)Wednesday   c)Jodhaa Akbar   d)Fashion   e)Singh is King

17.Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy has won the Mens Double in French Open 2009, Lukas Dlouhy belongs to which of the following Country ?

a)Peru   b)Spain   c)US   d)UK   e)Czech Republic

18.For how many months President rule is imposed on Jharkhand after Union Cabinet has decided to end President's rule in Jharkhand and dissolve the state assembly(polling will be held on November-December 2009)?

a)3 months  b)6 months   c)9 months   d)12 months  e)none

19.’Chiku the Champ’ is mascot for _____________ ?

a)FIFA World Cup

b)Common Wealth Games

c)National Games

d)Asian Table Tennis Championship

e)Olympics 2010

20.Which IT Company it has entered into a 10-year IT outsourcing agreement with Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) for providing  IT Infrastructure and services for IGI Airport.

a)Wipro  b)TCS   c)Infosys   d)Tech Mahindra   e)CTS

Nobel Prize 2009

Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.

List of Nobel laureates for the Year 2009:
1.Barack Obama(US) - Peace.
2.Herta Muller(Germany) - Literature
3.Elizabeth Blackburn(US), Carol W Greider(US) and Jack W Szostak(US) - Medicine.
4.V Ramakrishnan(India), Thomas E Steitz (US) and Ada E Yonath (Israel) - Chemistry.
5.Charles Kao(US), George E. Smith(US), and Prof. Willard S. Boyle(US) - Physics.
6.Elinor Ostrom(US), Oliver Williamson(US) - Economics.

List of Nobel laureates by Indias:
1.Ronald Ross (1857 - 1932) - Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1902.
2.Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) - Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.
3.Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) - Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
4.C V Raman (1888 - 1970) - Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930.
5.Hargobind Khorana (1922) - Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1968.
6.Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997) - Nobel Prize for peace in 1979.
7.Abdus Salam (1926 - 1996) - Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979.
8.Subramaniam Chandrasekar(1910 - 1995) - Nobel Prize for physics in 1983.
9.Amartya Sen ( 1933) - Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998.
10.V.S. Naipaul (1932) - Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.
11.Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952) - Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2009.

Note:Some of were Indian Citizens & some of were Indian Origins.