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Saraswati Samman

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Saraswati Samman is given by K.K. Birla Foundation for outstanding literary works (prose, poetry) in any of 22 languages listed in Constitution of India. As award winner gets 15 lakh rupees, a citation and a plaque.

2019: Vasdev Mohi for Short Story Series “Chequebook” in Sindhi

2018: K Siva Reddy for poetry “Pakkaki Ottigilite” in Telugu

2017: Sitanshu Yashaschandra for poetry collection “Vakhar” in Gujarati

2016: Mahabaleshwar Sail for novel “Hawthan” in Konkani

2015: Padma Sachdev for Autobiography “Chitt-Chete” in Dogri

2014: Veerappa Moily for poetry “Ramayana Mahanveshanam” in Kannada

2013: Govind Mishra for novel “Dhool Paudho Par” in Hindi

2012: Sugathakumari for poetry collection “Manalezhuthu” in Malayalam

2011: A.A. Manavalan for “Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum” in Tamil

2010: S.L. Bhyrappa for “Mandra” in Kannada

2009: Surjit Paatar for “Lafzan Di Dargah” in Punjabi

2008: Lakshmi Nandan Bora for novel “Kayakalpa” in Assamese

2007: Naiyer Masud for short stories collection “Taoos Chaman Ki Myna” in Urdu

2006: Jagannath Prasad Das for poetry collection “Parikrama” in Oriya

2005: K. Ayyappa Paniker for poetry collection “Ayappa Panikarude Kritikal” in Malayalam

2004: Sunil Gangopadhyay for novel “Pratham Alo” in Bengali

2003: Govind Chandra Pande for poetry collection “Bhagirathi” in Sanskrit

2002: Mahesh Elkunchwar for play “Yugant” in Marathi

2001: Dalip Kaur Tiwana for novel “Katha Kaho Urvashi” in Punjabi

2000: Manoj Das for novel “Amruta Phala” in Oriya

1999: Indira Parthasarthy for play “Ramanujar” in Tamil

1998: Shankha Ghosh for poetry collection “Gandharba Kabita Guccha” in Bengali

1997: Manubhai Pancholi for “Kurushetra” in Gujarati

1996: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi for “Shere-Shor-Angrez” in Urdu

1995: Balamani Amma for poetry collection “Nivedyam” in Malayalam

1994: Harbhajan Singh for poetry collection “Rukh Te Rishi” in Punjabi

1993: Vijay Tendulkar for play “Kanyadaan” in Marathi

1992: Ramakant Rath for poetry “Sri Radha” in Odia

1991: Harivansh Rai Bachchan for Autobiography in four volumes in Hindi

National Emblem of different countries

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COUNTRY – EMBLEM

Australia – Kangaroo
Bangladesh – Water Lily
Barbados – Head of a Trident
Belgium – Lion
Canada – White Lily
Chile Candor and Huemul
Denmark – Beach
Dominica – Sisserou
France – Lily
Germany – Corn Flower
Guyana – Canje Pheasant
Hong Kong – Bauhinia
India – Lion Capital
Iran – Rose
Ireland – Shamrock
Isreal – Candelabrum
Italy – White Lily
Ivory –  Coast-Elephant
Japan – Chrysanthemum
Lebanon – Cedar Tree
Luxembourg – Lion with Crown
Mongolia – The Soyombo
Netherlands – Lion
New Zealand – Southern Cross,Kiwi,Fern
Norway – Lion
Pakistan – Crescent
Papua New Guinea – Bird of Paradise
Spain – Eagle
Senegal – Baobab Tree
Sierra Leone – Lion
Sri Lanka – Lion
Sudan-Secretary – Bird
Syria – Eagle
Turkey – Crescent and Star
United Kingdom – Rose
U.S.A. – Golden Rod
Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe Bird
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Best 65 Cities in the world

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Top 65 most livable cities in the world

  1. Vienna
  2. Zurich
  3. Vancouver, Canada
  4. Auckland, New Zealand
  5. Munich
  6. Düsseldorf, Germany
  7. Frankfurt, Germany
  8. Copenhagen, Denmark
  9. Geneva
  10. Basel, Switzerland
  11. Sydney
  12. Amsterdam
  13. Berlin
  14. Bern, Switzerland
  15. Wellington, New Zealand
  16. Toronto
  17. Melbourne, Australia
  18. Luxembourg
  19. Ottawa, Canada 
  20. Hamburg, Germany 
  21. Perth, Australia 
  22. Montreal 
  23. Nuremberg, Germany 
  24. Stockholm 
  25. Oslo, Norway
  26. Singapore 
  27. Stuttgart, Germany
  28. Brussels
  29. Adelaide, Australia
  30. Canberra, Australia
  31. Helsinki, Finland
  32. Calgary, Canada
  33. Dublin, Ireland
  34. San Francisco
  35. Brisbane, Australia
  36. Boston
  37. Lisbon, Portugal
  38. Honolulu, Hawaii
  39. Paris
  40. Lyon, France
  41. Milan
  42. London
  43. Barcelona
  44. New York
  45. Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  46. Madrid, Spain
  47. Seattle
  48. Glasgow, United Kingdom
  49. Tokyo
  50. Kobe, Japan
  51. Birmingham, United Kingdom
  52. Chicago 
  53. Washington, D.C.
  54. Philadelphia
  55. Yokohama, Japan
  56. Rome
  57. Aberdeen, United Kingdom
  58. Osaka, Japan
  59. Pittsburgh
  60. Leipzig, Germany
  61. Minneapolis
  62. Nagoya, Japan
  63. Dallas
  64. Belfast, United Kingdom
  65. Atlanta 

Some more cities who could not find place among top 65

  1. Houston
  2. Los Angeles
  3. Miami 
  4. Prague
  5. St. Louis
  6. Hong Kong
  7. Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe
  8. Detroit
  9. Ljubljana, Slovenia
  10. Dubai 

Others candidates that could not find place in top 75

  1. Beijing
  2. Shanghai
  3. Bengaluru
  4. Mumbai
  5. Moscow
  6. Istanbul
  7. Sao Paulo
  8. Tianjin
  9. Guangzhou
  10. Delhi
  11. Seoul
  12. Shenzhen
  13. Jakarta
  14. Mexico City
  15. Kinshasa
  16. Tehran
  17. Dongguan
  18. Lagos
  19. Lima
  20. Ho Chi Minh City
  21. Bogota
  22. Bangkok
  23. Dhaka
  24. Hyderabad
  25. Cairo
  26. Hanoi
  27. Rio de Janeiro
  28. Lahore
  29. Ahmedabad
  30. Baghdad
  31. Riyadh
  32. Santiago
  33. Saint Petersburg
  34. Chennai
  35. Ankara
  36. Chongqing
  37. Kolkata
  38. Surat
  39. Yangon
  40. Alexandria
  41. Shenyang
  42. Suzhou
  43. New Taipei City
  44. Johannesburg
  45. Abidjan
  46. Busan
  47. Cape Town
  48. Jeddah
  49. Karachi
  50. Pyongyang
  51. Madrid
  52. Nairobi
  53. Pune
  54. Jaipur
  55. Addis Ababa
  56. Wuhan

Committees on Various Sectors in Economy

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The Government of India has appointed a number of committees, a small group of officials. Here is the list of Committees on Various Sectors in Economy:

Committees on Various Sectors in Economy

1. A C SHAH : NON BANKING FINANCIAL COMPANY

2. BIMAN JALAN : MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE INSTRNMENTS

3. MALEGAM : FUNCTIONING OF MICRO FINANCE

4. BIRLA : CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
5. KIRITH PARIKH : RATIONALISATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS6. CHATURVEDI : IMRPOVING NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

7. SR HASHIM : URBAN POVERTY

8. ABHIJIT SEN : WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX

9. C RANGARAJAN : SERVICES PRICES INDEX AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

10. ABID HUSSAIN : DEVELOPMENT OF CAPITAL MARKETS

11. DAMADORAN : CUSTOMER SERVICE IN BANKS

12. KHANDELWAL : HUMAN RESOURCE IN COMMERCIAL BANKS

13. PATIL : CORPORATE DEBT

14. V K SHARMA : CREDIT TO MARGINAL FARMERS

15. SARANGI : NON PERFORMING ASSETS

16. KHANNA : REGIONAL RURAL BANKS

17. DANTAWALA : LEAD BANK SCHEME

18. GADGIL : FINANCIAL INCLUSION

19. THORAT : DEREGULATION OF SMALL SAVING DEPOSIT RATES

20. DEEPAK MOHANTY : MONETARY SYSTEM IN INDIA

21. RAGHURAM RAJAN : FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS

22. NARESH CHANDRA : CIVIL AVIATION

23. RAKESH MOHAN : RAILWAYS

24. KAKODKAR RAIL : SAFETY

25. PITRODA : RAIL MODERNIZATION

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GOVERNORS OF INDIAN STATES (UPDATED LIST)

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Governors of Indian States

  1. Andhra Pradesh – Shri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan
  2. Arunachal Pradesh – Brig. (Dr.) B. D. Mishra (Retd.)
  3. Assam – Prof. Jagdish Mukhi
  4. Bihar – Shri Phagu Chauhan
  5. Chhattisgarh – Sushri Anusuiya Uikey
  6. Goa – Smt. Mridula Sinha
  7. Gujarat – Shri Acharya Dev Vrat
  8. Haryana – Shri Satyadev Narayan Arya
  9. Himachal Pradesh – Shri Kalraj Mishra
  10. Jammu and Kashmir – Shri Satya Pal Malik
  11. Jharkhand – Shrimati Droupadi Murmu
  12. Karnataka – Shri Vajubhai Vala
  13. Kerala – Shri Justice (Retd.) Palaniswamy Sathasivam
  14. Madhya Pradesh – Shri Lal Ji Tandon
  15. Maharashtra – Shri Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao
  16. Manipur – Shri Padmanabha Balkrishna Acharya (Add. Charge)
  17. Meghalaya – Shri Tathagata Roy
  18. Mizoram – Prof. Jagdish Mukhi
  19. Nagaland – Shri R. N. Ravi
  20. Odisha – Prof. Ganeshi Lal
  21. Punjab – Shri V.P. Singh Badnore
  22. Rajasthan – Shri Kalyan Singh
  23. Sikkim – Shri Ganga Prasad
  24. Tamil Nadu – Shri Banwarilal Purohit
  25. Telangana – Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan
  26. Tripura – Shri Ramesh Bais
  27. Uttar Pradesh – Smt. Anandiben Patel
  28. Uttarakhand – Smt. Baby Rani Maurya
  29. West Bengal- Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar

Lt. Governors & Administrators of Union Territory

  1. Andaman and Nicobar Island– Admiral D K Joshi (Lieutenant Governor)
  2. Chandigarh– Shri.V.P. Singh Badnore (Administrator)
  3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli– Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)
  4. Daman and Diu– Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)
  5. Delhi– Shri Anil Baijal (Lieutenant Governor)
  6. Lakshadweep– Shri Farooq Khan, IPS, (Retd.) (Administrator)
  7. Puducherry– Dr Kiran Bedi, IPS, (Retd.) (Lieutenant Governor)

Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winners

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Dadasaheb Phalke, known as the Father of Indian Cinema was the maker of India’s first feature film Raja Harishchandra back in 1913. In his honor, Government of India constituted the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest award in cinema. Under the Ministry of Information of Broadcasting, Directorate of Film Festival annually organizes this award ceremony. The selection of the recipient is done by an independent committee of eminent film personalities.
The award presented by the President of India and constitutes of a golden lotus medallion, and a cash prize.

Winners of Dadasaheb Phalke Award

1969 – Devika Rani, actress
1970 – B. N. Sircar, producer
1971 – Prithviraj Kapoor, actor (posthumous)
1972 – Pankaj Mullick, composer (music director)
1973 – Ruby Myers (Sulochana), actress
1974 – Bomireddi Narasimha, Reddy director
1975 – Dhirendranath Ganguly, actor, director
1976 – Kanan Devi, actress
1977 – Nitin Bose, cinematographer, director, writer
1978 – Rai Chand Boral, composer, director
1979 – Sohrab Modi, actor, director, producer
1980 – Paidi Jairaj, actor, director
1981 – Naushad Ali, composer (music director)
1982 – L. V. Prasad, actor, director, producer
1983 – Durga Khote, actress
1984 – Satyajit Ray, director
1985 – V. Shantaram, actor, director, producer
1986 – B. Nagi Reddy, producer
1987 – Raj Kapoor, actor, director
1988 – Ashok Kumar, actor
1989 – Lata Mangeshkar, singer
1990 – A. Nageswara Rao, actor
1991 – Bhalji Pendharkar, director, producer, writer
1992 – Bhupen Hazarika, composer (music director)
1993 – Majrooh Sultanpuri, lyricist
1994 – Dilip Kumar, actor
1995 – Dr. Rajkumar, actor
1996 – Sivaji Ganesan, actor
1997 – Pradeep, lyricist
1998 – B.R. Chopra, director, producer
1999 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, director
2000 – Asha Bhosle, singer
2001 – Yash Chopra, director, producer
2002 – Dev Anand, actor, director, producer
2003 – Mrinal Sen, director
2004 – Adoor Gopalakrishnan, director
2005 – Shyam Benegal, director
2006 – Tapan Sinha, director
2007 – Manna Dey, singer
2008 – V.K. Murthy, cinematographer
2009 – D.Ramanaidu, producer, director
2010 – K. Balchander, director
2011 – Soumitra Chatterjee, actor
2012 – Pran, actor
2013 – Guljar, lyricist
2014 – Shashi Kapoor, actor
2015 – Manoj Kumar, actor
2016 – Kasinathuni Viswanath, director
2017 – Vinod Khanna, actor

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