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Captain Cool: the MS Dhoni Story
Captain Cool The MS Dhoni Story GULU Ezekiel is one of India’s best known sports writers and authors with nearly forty years of experience in print, TV, radio and internet. He has previously been Sports Editor at Asian Age, NDTV and indya.com and is the author of over a dozen sports books on cricket, the Olympics and table tennis. Gulu has also contributed extensively to sports books published from India, England and Australia and has written for over a hundred publications worldwide since his first article was published in 1980. Based in New Delhi from 1991, in August 2001 Gulu launched GE Features, a features and syndication service which has syndicated columns by Sir Richard Hadlee and Jacques Kallis (cricket) Mahesh Bhupathi (tennis) and Ajit Pal Singh (hockey) among others. He is also a familiar face on TV where he is a guest expert on numerous Indian news channels as well as on foreign channels and radio stations. This is his first book for Westland Limited and is the fourth revised and updated edition of the book first published in September 2008 and follows the third edition released in September 2013. Website: www.guluzekiel.com Twitter: @gulu1959 First Published by Westland Publications Private Limited in 2008 61, 2nd Floor, Silverline Building, Alapakkam Main Road, Maduravoyal, Chennai 600095 Westland and the Westland logo are the trademarks of Westland Publications Private Limited, or its affiliates. Text Copyright © Gulu Ezekiel, 2008 ISBN: 9788193655641 The views and opinions expressed in this work are the author’s own and the facts are as reported by him, and the publisher is in no way liable for the same. -
Table of Contents INTERNATIONAL NEWS
www.toprankers.com Table of Contents INTERNATIONAL NEWS ........................................................................................ 3 NATIONAL NEWS .................................................................................................. 13 BANKING AND ECONOMICS ............................................................................... 30 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION ............................................................................. 30 SPORTS ................................................................................................................. 34 APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS................................................................ 41 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................. 43 SUMMITS AND MOU‟S ......................................................................................... 44 DAYS ..................................................................................................................... 46 1 www.toprankers.com 2 www.toprankers.com INTERNATIONAL World first satellite launch by Soviet led US to create NASA. • The Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satellite Sputnik I on October 1957. The US- Soviet Cold War, Sputnik's launch directly led to the foundation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) The Weight of the Sputnik is 83.6 kg, the 58-cm-wide satellite transmitted signals for 21 days before losing speed and burning up in the atmosphere in 92 days. History of Soviet Union -
Particulars of Some Temples of Kerala Contents Particulars of Some
Particulars of some temples of Kerala Contents Particulars of some temples of Kerala .............................................. 1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 9 Temples of Kerala ................................................................................. 10 Temples of Kerala- an over view .................................................... 16 1. Achan Koil Dharma Sastha ...................................................... 23 2. Alathiyur Perumthiri(Hanuman) koil ................................. 24 3. Randu Moorthi temple of Alathur......................................... 27 4. Ambalappuzha Krishnan temple ........................................... 28 5. Amedha Saptha Mathruka Temple ....................................... 31 6. Ananteswar temple of Manjeswar ........................................ 35 7. Anchumana temple , Padivattam, Edapalli....................... 36 8. Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple ......................................... 38 9. Arathil Bhagawathi temple ..................................................... 41 10. Arpuda Narayana temple, Thirukodithaanam ................. 45 11. Aryankavu Dharma Sastha ...................................................... 47 12. Athingal Bhairavi temple ......................................................... 48 13. Attukkal BHagawathy Kshethram, Trivandrum ............. 50 14. Ayilur Akhileswaran (Shiva) and Sri Krishna temples ........................................................................................................... -
Post Offices
Circle Name Po Name Pincode ANDHRA PRADESH Chittoor ho 517001 ANDHRA PRADESH Madanapalle 517325 ANDHRA PRADESH Palamaner mdg 517408 ANDHRA PRADESH Ctr collectorate 517002 ANDHRA PRADESH Beerangi kothakota 517370 ANDHRA PRADESH Chowdepalle 517257 ANDHRA PRADESH Punganur 517247 ANDHRA PRADESH Kuppam 517425 ANDHRA PRADESH Karimnagar ho 505001 ANDHRA PRADESH Jagtial 505327 ANDHRA PRADESH Koratla 505326 ANDHRA PRADESH Sirsilla 505301 ANDHRA PRADESH Vemulawada 505302 ANDHRA PRADESH Amalapuram 533201 ANDHRA PRADESH Razole ho 533242 ANDHRA PRADESH Mummidivaram lsg so 533216 ANDHRA PRADESH Ravulapalem hsg ii so 533238 ANDHRA PRADESH Antarvedipalem so 533252 ANDHRA PRADESH Kothapeta mdg so 533223 ANDHRA PRADESH Peddapalli ho 505172 ANDHRA PRADESH Huzurabad ho 505468 ANDHRA PRADESH Fertilizercity so 505210 ANDHRA PRADESH Godavarikhani hsgso 505209 ANDHRA PRADESH Jyothinagar lsgso 505215 ANDHRA PRADESH Manthani lsgso 505184 ANDHRA PRADESH Ramagundam lsgso 505208 ANDHRA PRADESH Jammikunta 505122 ANDHRA PRADESH Guntur ho 522002 ANDHRA PRADESH Mangalagiri ho 522503 ANDHRA PRADESH Prathipadu 522019 ANDHRA PRADESH Kothapeta(guntur) 522001 ANDHRA PRADESH Guntur bazar so 522003 ANDHRA PRADESH Guntur collectorate so 522004 ANDHRA PRADESH Pattabhipuram(guntur) 522006 ANDHRA PRADESH Chandramoulinagar 522007 ANDHRA PRADESH Amaravathi 522020 ANDHRA PRADESH Tadepalle 522501 ANDHRA PRADESH Tadikonda 522236 ANDHRA PRADESH Kd-collectorate 533001 ANDHRA PRADESH Kakinada 533001 ANDHRA PRADESH Samalkot 533440 ANDHRA PRADESH Indrapalem 533006 ANDHRA PRADESH Jagannaickpur -
KERALA SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT (KSWMP) with Financial Assistance from the World Bank
KERALA SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Public Disclosure Authorized PROJECT (KSWMP) INTRODUCTION AND STRATEGIC ENVIROMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF WASTE Public Disclosure Authorized MANAGEMENT SECTOR IN KERALA VOLUME I JUNE 2020 Public Disclosure Authorized Prepared by SUCHITWA MISSION Public Disclosure Authorized GOVERNMENT OF KERALA Contents 1 This is the STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT SECTOR IN KERALA AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK for the KERALA SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT (KSWMP) with financial assistance from the World Bank. This is hereby disclosed for comments/suggestions of the public/stakeholders. Send your comments/suggestions to SUCHITWA MISSION, Swaraj Bhavan, Base Floor (-1), Nanthancodu, Kowdiar, Thiruvananthapuram-695003, Kerala, India or email: [email protected] Contents 2 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT .................................................. 1 1.1 Program Description ................................................................................. 1 1.1.1 Proposed Project Components ..................................................................... 1 1.1.2 Environmental Characteristics of the Project Location............................... 2 1.2 Need for an Environmental Management Framework ........................... 3 1.3 Overview of the Environmental Assessment and Framework ............. 3 1.3.1 Purpose of the SEA and ESMF ...................................................................... 3 1.3.2 The ESMF process ........................................................................................ -
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Mahendra Publication CONTENTS Pvt. Ltd. VOL-13 ISSUE -05 Editor Success Saga 5 N.K. Jain IBPS 6-9 Advisors Spotlight 10 Neeraj Chabra The People 12-22 K.C.Gupta News Bytes 24-84 Minister of Railways Flags off Country’s first Antyodaya Registered Office Express running between Ernakulam - Howrah 85-87 Mahendra Publication Pvt. Ltd. Swachh Bharat Milestone- 100 districts in India declared ODF 88 103, Pragatideep Building, Shri Kiren Rijiju launches “MySSB APP” 89 Plot No. 08, Laxminagar, President of India inaugurates international conference on ‘Bharat Bodh’ 90 District Centre, New Delhi - 110092 Lok Sabha passes the Enemy Property Bill 2016 91 TIN-09350038898 29th Academy Awards 2017 92-93 w.e.f. 12-06-2014 Que Tm - General Awareness 95-100 NP QUIZ 102-104 Branch Office Graphic Factory 106-112 Mahendra Publication Pvt. Ltd. Who’s Who 113 E-42,43,44, Sector-7, Noida (U.P.) For queries regarding ANTYODAYA EXPRESS promotion, distribution & advertisement, contact:- [email protected] Ph.: +91-9670575613 SWACHH BHARAT MILESTONE Owned, printed & published by N.K. Jain 103, Pragatideep Building, SHRI KIREN RIJIJU LAUNCHES “MYSSB APP” Plot No. 08, Laxminagar, District Centre, New Delhi - 110092 Please send your suggestions and grievances to:- ‘BHARAT BODH’ Mahendra Publication Pvt. Ltd. CP-9, Vijayant Khand, Gomti Nagar Lucknow - 226010 E-mail:[email protected] LOK SABHA PASSES THE ENEMY © Copyright Reserved PROPERTY BILL 2016 # No part of this issue can be printed in whole or in part without the written permission of the publishers. # All the disputes are subject to Delhi 29TH ACADEMY AWARDS 2017 jurisdiction only. -
POLITICAL SCIENCE 444-544-SEM B2– the POLITICS of SOCIAL JUSTICE (Winter Term 2018)
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE https://uofa.ualberta.ca/political-science POLITICAL SCIENCE 444-544-SEM B2– THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (Winter Term 2018) Instructor: Dr. Malinda S. Smith Time: Thursday, 12:30-3:20 pm Office: 10-23 Tory Building Class Location: 10-4 Tory Building Office Hours: Tues, 1:30-2:30PM, or by appointment Email: [email protected] Office: 780.492.5380 I. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES: Global Critical Race Theory explores conceptions of race, racialization and anti-racism from various perspectives in political and social theory, recognizing that such knowledge and understanding are important for making sense of the ambiguities and complexities of political life in modern settler colonial states. Although power and privilege in the polis long have been shaped by ideas about race and its intersections with, for example, gender, class, sexuality, and disabilities – the discipline of political science has not always been in the forefront of theoretical efforts to make sense of this fundamental aspect of the human condition. It is in this context that Critical Race Theory (CRT) emerged as an important body of scholarship first in law and later across the social sciences and humanities. Rather than one perspective or approach, CRT is a constellation of theoretical standpoints that self-consciously views the ‘race question’ and questions about race and intersectionality through a critical lens, posing new questions on the persistence if not magnification of race and the ‘colour line’ in the twenty-first century and an ostensibly post-racial and colour-blind era. This course guides students through anti- racism, intersectionality, settler colonial and the implications for a decolonial politics. -
Cobbling Together the Dream Indian Eleven
COBBLING TOGETHER THE DREAM INDIAN ELEVEN Whenever the five selectors, often dubbed as the five wise men with the onerous responsibility of cobbling together the best players comprising India’s test cricket team, sit together to pick the team they feel the heat of the country’s collective gaze resting on them. Choosing India’s cricket team is one of the most difficult tasks as the final squad is subjected to intense scrutiny by anybody and everybody. Generally the point veers round to questions such as why batsman A was not picked or bowler B was dropped from the team. That also makes it a very pleasurable hobby for followers of the game who have their own views as to who should make the final 15 or 16 when the team is preparing to leave our shores on an away visit or gearing up to face an opposition on a tour of our country. Arm chair critics apart, sports writers find it an enjoyable professional duty when they sit down to select their own team as newspapers speculate on the composition of the squad pointing out why somebody should be in the team at the expense of another. The reports generally appear on the sports pages on the morning of the team selection. This has been a hobby with this writer for over four decades now and once the team is announced, you are either vindicated or amused. And when the player, who was not in your frame goes on to play a stellar role for the country, you inwardly congratulate the selectors for their foresight and knowledge. -
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India's Largest Online Test Series
Current Affairs Capsule I May 2018 India’s Largest Online Test Series 1 Current Affairs Capsule I May 2018 Table of Contents Awards & Honours ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Days & Events ................................................................................................................................................... 4 International Affairs .......................................................................................................................................... 6 National Affairs ............................................................................................................................................... 10 India & World ................................................................................................................................................. 16 Personalities in News ...................................................................................................................................... 20 Environment ................................................................................................................................................... 26 Government Policies & Schemes ..................................................................................................................... 28 Art & Culture ................................................................................................................................................. -
Tnpsc Group-2 Current Affairs 2018
TNPSC GROUP-2 CURRENT AFFAIRS 2018 TAMIL NADU AISHE 2016-17: TAMIL NADU LEADS IN GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO Prakash Javadekar released All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) report 2016- 2017. Highlights of All India Survey on Higher Education (2016-2017): As per the findings of the survey, overall enrolment in higher education institutions across India has increased from 27.5 million in 2010-11 to 35.7 million in 2016-17. 1. Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) has increased from 24.5% in 2015-16 to 25.2 in 2016-17. 2. Gender Parity Index (GP1) too has improved from 0.86 to 0.94. 3. Tamil Nadu topped in terms of Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education. Tamil Nadu recorded 46.9% GER. 4. Among Union territories, Chandigarh topped with 56.1% GER. 5. Bihar posted lowest GER of 14.4%. RS PURAM POLICE STATION IN TAMIL NADU RANKS INDIA'S BEST POLICE STATION R.S. Puram Police station in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu has been adjudged as the best police station in India in SMART Police Stations initiative of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), • R.S. Puram Police Station House Officer T. JOTHI, received the award from Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on January 6, 2018 at the all India conference of Director General/Inspector General of Police held at BSF Academy Tekanpur in Madhya Pradesh. • Abbreviation SMART in SMART Police stands for S-Sensitive and Strict; M-Modern with mobility; A- Alert and Accountable; R- Reliable and Responsive; T- Trained and Techno-savvy. 2 | P a g e SHANMUGAM IAS ACADEMY: 46/1, Gokhale St, Opp Senthil Kumaran Theatre, Ram Nagar, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641009 WEBSITE: iasipstnpsc.in TNPSC GROUP-2 CURRENT AFFAIRS 2018 GOVERNMENT STARTS PROCESS TO BUILD INDIA'S FIRST DEFENCE 'QUAD' Union Defence Ministry has started the process to set up India's first defence industrial 'Quad' (quadrilateral corridor) linking Chennai with four other cities of Tamil Nadu to promote industries manufacturing weapons and military equipments. -
Academic Course Prospectus for the Session 2012-13
PROSPECTUS 2012-13 With Application Form for Admission Secondary and Senior Secondary Courses fo|k/kue~loZ/kuaiz/kkue~ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OPEN SCHOOLING (An autonomous organisation under MHRD, Govt. of India) A-24-25, Institutional Area, Sector-62, NOIDA-201309 Website: www.nios.ac.in Learner Support Centre Toll Free No.: 1800 180 9393, E-mail: [email protected] NIOS: The Largest Open Schooling System in the World and an Examination Board of Government of India at par with CBSE/CISCE Reasons to Make National Institute of Open Schooling Your Choice 1. Freedom To Learn With a motto to 'reach out and reach all', NIOS follows the principle of freedom to learn i.e., what to learn, when to learn, how to learn and when to appear in the examination is decided by you. There is no restriction of time, place and pace of learning. 2. Flexibility The NIOS provides flexibility with respect to : • Choice of Subjects: You can choose subjects of your choice from the given list keeping in view the passing criteria. • Admission: You can take admission Online under various streams or through Study Centres at Secondary and Senior Secondary levels. • Examination: Public Examinations are held twice a year. Nine examination chances are offered in five years. You can take any examination during this period when you are well prepared and avail the facility of credit accumulation also. • On Demand Examination: You can also appear in the On-Demand Examination (ODES) of NIOS at Secondary and Senior Secondary levels at the Headquarter at NOIDA and All Regional Centres as and when you are ready for the examination after first public examination.