Daily News --- 14th Feb 2010

1 . Pune blast: Role of IM not ruled out, Govt wants Headley access

Investigators were piecing together clues to unravel the identity of terror group behind the Pune bomb blast and the role of Indian Mujahideen (IM) is not being ruled out, as India renewed the demand for access to US terror suspect David Headley.

No arrests have been made in the attack in which officials said the deadly RDX and Ammonium Nitrate were suspected to have been used.


2.
15 MLAs from Telangana region submit resignation to Speaker
Rejecting the Terms of reference of the Sri Krishna Comm appointed to go into the issue of separate statehood, 15 MLAs from the Telangana region, including those of the ruling Congress, today submitted their resignation to Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker.

3.
No fuel price hike for now
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Oil Minister Murli Deora on Sunday discussed an "all-acceptable" hike in fuel prices but it appeared the two failed to reach a consensus and the fuel price hike may not happen immediately

4.Air India on look out for hoarding space to woo flyers

National carrier Air India plans to book space on highways and expressways cutting across the eastern and western side of Mumbai as part of its efforts to woo customers.

5.
Five militants killed in US drone attack
At least five suspected militants were killed and four others injured in a US drone attack in the lawless North Waziristan tribal region in northwest Pakistan on Sunday.

6.
Pak seeks civil nuclear deal with EU
The European Union should treat Pakistan at par with India and accord it the same access in civil nuclear technology as given to New Delhi, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.

Daily News-- 12 Jan 2010

The Narendra Modi government in Gujarat suffered a setback with the Supreme Court directing a CBI probe into the 2005 Soharabuddin Sheikh encounter case.

In a landmark verdict against the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court today held that the office of the Chief Justice of India comes within the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) law, saying judicial independence is not a judge's privilege but a responsibility cast upon him.

The coveted Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development was on Tuesday bestowed on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who said India and Bangladesh should work together to achieve peace and progress in South Asia

Industrial growth has gathered pace as factory production rose by 11.7 pc in November 2009, fuelled by stimulus-backed demand for manufactured goods, particularly consumer goods

The crisis in Indian hockey on Tuesday deepened with the striking players walking out of an inconclusive meeting with Hockey India officials, prompting the establishment to serve a fresh 48-hour ultimatum to the players to resume training or get axed from the World Cup squad.

Governors-General

Governors-General
Governors-General of Fort William in Bengal, 1773-1833
*Warren Hastings (1773–1785)
*Sir John MacPherson, (1785–1786) (Provisional)
*Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1786–1793)
*Sir John Shore, 1st Baronet (1793–1798)
*Sir Alured Clarke (1798) (Provisional)
*Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1798–1805)
*Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1805)
*Sir George Hilario Barlow (1805–1807) (Provisional)
*Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto (1807–1813)
*Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1813–1823)
*John Adam (1823) (Provisional)
*William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1823–1828)
*William Butterworth Bayley (1828) (Provisional)
*The Lord William Bentinck (1828–1833)
Governors-General of India, 1833-1858
*The Lord William Bentinck (1833–1835)
*Sir Charles Metcalfe, 2nd Baronet (1835–1836) (Provisional)
*George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1836–1842)
*Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough (1842–1844)
*William Wilberforce Bird (1844) (Provisional)
*Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1844–1848)
*James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1848–1856)
*Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1856–1858)
Governors-General and Viceroys of India, 1858-1947
*Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1858–1862)
*James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1862–1863)
*Sir Robert Napier (1863) (Provisional)
*Sir William Denison (1863–1864) (Provisional)
*Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence (1864–1869)
*Richard Southwell Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1869–1872)
*Sir John Strachey (1872) (Provisional)
*Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier (1872) (Provisional)
*Thomas George Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook (1872–1876)
*Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton (1876–1880)
*George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1880–1884)
*Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin (1884–1888)
*Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1888–1894)
*Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (1894–1899)
*George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon (1899–1904)
*Arthur Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill (1904) (Provisional)
*George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon (1904–1905)
*Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1905–1910)
*Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1910–1916)
*Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford (1916–1921)
*Rufus Isaacs, 1st Earl of Reading (1921–1925)
*Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton (1925–1926) (Provisional)
*Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Baron Irwin (1926–1931)
*George Joachim Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen (1929) (During Lord Irwin's absence on leave)
*Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Earl of Willingdon (1931–1936)
*Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1936–1943)
*Archibald Wavell, 1st Viscount Wavell (1943–1947)
*Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1947)
Governors-General of India, 1947-1950
*Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1947–1948)
*Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari (1948–1950)

tags: Governors-General

National Highways : India

Highways are the heart for the development of any place and so as they are important for India as well. I am putting here the national highways of India.

NH Number	Passing Rout	Length (Km)
1	Delhi - Ambala - Jalandhar - Amritsar - Indo-Pak Border	456
2	Delhi - Mathura - Agra - Kanpur - Allahabad - Varanasi - Mohania - Barhi - Palsit - Baidyabati Bara - Calcutta	1,490
3	Agra - Gwalior - Shivpuri - Indore - Dhule - Nasik - Thane - Mumbai	1,161
4	Junction with NH 3 near Thane - Pune - Belgaum - Hubli - Bangalore - Ranipet - Chennai	1,235
5	Junction with NH 6 near Baharagora - Cuttack - Bhubaneswar - Vishakhapatnam - Vijayawada - Chennai	1,533
6	Surat - Dhule - Nagpur - Raipur - Sambalpur - Baharagora - Calcutta	1,932
7	Varanasi - Mangawan - Rewa - Jabalpur - Lukhna - don Nagpur - Hyderabad - Kurnool - Babgalore - Krissnagiri - Salem - Dindigul - Madurai - Kanyakumari	2,369
8	Delhi - Jaipur - Ajmer - Udaipur - Ahmadabad - Vadodara - Mumbai	1,428
9	Pune - Sholapur - Hyderabad - Vijayawada	791
10	Delhi - Fazilka - Indo - Pak border	403
11	Agra - Jaipur - Bikaner	582
12	Jabalpur - Bhopal - Khilchipur - Aklera - Jhalawar - Kota - Bundi - Devil - Tonk - Jaipur	491
13	Sholapur - Chitradurga	491
14	Beawar - Sirohi - Radhanpur	450
15	Pathankot - Amritsar - Bhatinda - Ganganagar - Bikaner - Jaisalmer - Barmer - Samakhiali (near Kandla)	1,526
16	Nizamabad - Mancherel - Jagadalpur	460
17	Panvel - Mahad - Panaji - karwar - Mangalore - Cannore - Calicut (kozhikode) - Ferokh - Kuttipuram - Pudu Ponnani - Chowghat - Cranganur Junction with National Highways No.7 near Edapally	1,269
18	Junction with National Highway No.7 near Kurnool - Nandyal - Cuddapah - Junction with National Highway No.4 near Chittoor	369
19	Ghazipur - Balia - Patna	240
20	Pathankot - Mandi	220
21	Junction with National Highway No.22 near Chandigarh - Ropar - Bilaspur - Mandi - Kullu - Manali	323
22	Ambala - Kalka - Shimla - Narkanda - Rampur - Chini Indo - Tibet border near Shipki La	459
23	Chas - Ranchi - Rourkela - Talcher Junction with National Highway No 42	549
24	Delhi - Bareilly - Lucknow	438
25	Lucknow - Kanpur - Jhansi - Shivpuri	319
26	Jhansi - Lakhnadon	396
27	Allahabad - Mangawan	93
28	Junction with National Highway No. 31 near Barauni - Muzaffarpur - Pipra Gorakhpur - Lucknow	570
29	Gorakhpur - Ghazipur - Varanasi	230
30	Junction with National Highway No.2 near Mohania - Patna - Bachtivarpur	230
31	Junction with National Highway No.2 near Barhi - Bakhtiarpur - Mokameh - Purnea - Dalkola - Salmara - Nalbari Charali Aminagaon Junction with Nationl Highway No. 37	1,125
32	Junction with National highway No.2 near Gobindpur - Dhanbad - Jamshedpur	179
33	Junction with National highway No.2 near Barhi - Ranchi Junction With national Highway No.6 near Baharagora	352
34	Junction with National highway No.31 near Dalkoa - Berhampore - Barasat - Calcutta	443
35	Barasat - Bangaon - Indo- Bangladesh Border	61
36	Nowgong - Dabaka - Dimapur (Manipur Road)	170
37	Junction with National Highway No.31 near Goalpara - Guahati - Jorabat - Kamargaon - Makum - Saikhoaghat	680
38	Makum - Ledo - Lekhapani	54
39	Numaligarh - Imphal - Palel - Indo - Burma Border	436
40	Jorabat - Shillong - Indo - Bangladesh Border near Dawki	161
41	Junction with National HIghway No.6 near Kolaghat - Haldia Port	51
42	Junction with National Highway No. 6 near Sambalpur - Angul Junction with National Highway No. 5 near Currack	261
43	Raipur - Vizianagaram Junction with National Highway No. 5	551
44	Shillong - Passi Badarpur - Agartala - Sabroom	630
45	Chennai - Tiruchirapalli - Dindigul	387
46	Krishnagiri - Ranipet	132
47	Salem - Coimbatore - Trichur - Ernakulam - Trivandrum - Kanniyakumari	640
48	Bangalore - Hassan - Mangalore	328
49	Cochin - Madurai - Dhanushkodi -	440
50	Nasik - Junction with National Highway No.4 near Pune	192
51	Paikan - Tura - Dulu	149
52	Baihata - Charali - Tezpur - Bander Dewa - North Lakhimpur - Pasighat - Tezu - Sitapani Junction with National Highway No.37 near Saikhoaghat	850
53	Junction with National Highway No.44 near Badarpur - Jirighat Imphal - Silchar	320
54	Silchar - Aizawl - Tuipang	560
55	Siliguri - Darjeeling	77
56	Lucknow - Varanasi	285

For the details go to the official website of National highway authority of india http://www.nhai.org/ Please confirm the length as well from there

Progress of Indian Education:

Progress of Indian Education:

English were divided in two parts:

1. Who says that language should be english
these were again in two parts ---
a. One says that medium should be english and we will encourage the traditional education
b. Second said that medium as well as matters should be westorn(munoro, willson)
2. Other said it should be Hindi(H.T.Prinseg and H.H.Vilson)


Then Macaulay came and said all this indian literature is full waste so apply english evrywhere
they have downward trend to educaiton---

Teach high society and then it will reach to lowere by rinsing.


1854 charter changes the way-----

Charles Wood Despatch has been termed as MagnaCarta of Indian Education


1882-83(Hunter Commision)
By Lord Ripan--- W.W.Hunter was head

1902 (rallay Commision)
Lord Curson said that he was not happy with what macally did and or this he called Shimla committee
which was so called rejected by all

so 1902 he founded "university commission" headed by Thomas Ralley

Doordarshan News : 26th Dec

Happy Christmas To every One---------------

1.
13 AP ministers fax resignation letter to Sonia, violence continues
The crisis over the Telangana issue on Friday deepened further with all 13 Andhra ministers from that region faxing a common resignation letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi even as pro-statehood protesters set ablaze vehicles and indulged in violence in several areas.

2.
JMM claims it will form govt with BJP and AJSU
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on Friday claimed it would form government in Jharkhand under the leadership of its president Shibu Soren with the support of BJP and AJSU.

3.
US Senate approves Healthcare Reform Bill
With the U.S. Senate passing on Thursday (24th December, 2009) its version of legislation to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, President Barack Obama said supporters were "incredibly close" to enacting the reform package into law.

4.

Rupee bounces back by 22 paise to 46.65/66

The rupee on Thursday appreciated by 12 paise to 46.75 a dollar in early trade in line with other firming Asian currencies.

5.
India to review FDI rules every six months: Anand Sharma
Releasing a compendium of all FDI -related 177 press notes for comments from public, the government on Thursday said it would review its foreign direct investment rules twice a year from the next fiscal.

6.
US Treasury receives USD 45 bn from Wells Fargo, Citigroup
The US Treasury has received USD 45 billion from Citigroup and Wells Fargo as repayment of loans which the Obama Administration had given to the two American banking giants to help them recover from financial crisis.

7.

No withdrawal of stimulus before budget: Pranab
The government said the fiscal stimulus given to the industry to combat the adverse impact of the global financial meltdown will not be withdrawn before the budget to be presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in February.

8.
China to provide USD 410 million grant for Lankan projects
China has entered into three framework agreements for providing funding to Sri Lanka amounting to USD 410 million for infrastructure development which includes an international airport.

Indian Railways Interesting Facts

Here are some important and interesting facts about indian railways-----

First Passenger Train Ran On: 16th April 1853 (between Bombay to Thane)
First Railway Bridge: Dapoorie Viaduct on the Mumbai-Thane route
First Rail Tunnel: Parsik Tunnel
First Ghats Covered by Rail Lines: Thal and Bhore Ghats
First Underground Railway: Calcutta METRO
First Computerized Reservation System Started In: New Delhi (1986)
First Electric Train Ran On: 3rd Feb' 1925 (between Bombay VT and Kurla)
Toilets on Trains Introduced In: 1891 (1st Class) & 1907 (lower classes)
Shortest Station Name: Ib (Orissa)
Longest Station Name: Sri Venkatanarasimharajuvariapeta (Tamil Nadu)
Busiest Railway Station: Lucknow (64 trains everyday)
Longest Run (Time): Himsagar Express (3751 km in 74 hrs and 55 min)
Shortest Run: Route between Nagpur and Ajni (3km)
Longest Run for Daily Train: Kerala Express (3054 km in 42.5 hrs)
Longest Non-Stop Run (Distance): Trivandrum Rajdhani (528 km in 6.5 hrs)
Longest Railway Platform in the World: Kharagpur (2,733 ft in length)
Longest Railway Bridge: Nehru Setu on Sone River (10044ft in length)
Longest Tunnel: Karbude Tunnel of the Konkan Railway (6.5 km)
Oldest Preserved Locomotive: Fairy Queen (1855), still in working order
Gauges of Track: 4 Gauges; BG (5'6"), MG (1 metre), NG (2)
IR Daily Runs: About 14,000 trains
IR Daily Carries: More than 11 million passengers & 1 million tonnes of freight
IR's Only Line with Rack & Pinion System: From Mettupalayam to Conoor
IR's Fastest Train: Bhopal-Shatabdi (runs at a speed up to 140 Km/ph)
Railway Station with all the Three Gauges: Siliguri Railway Station
Route Kilometers of Track: More than 62,000 kms
People Employed in IR: About 1.6 million people
Train with Maximum Number of Halts: Howrah-Amritsar Express (115 halts)
Trains without Commercial Halts: Sampoorna Kranti Express, Howrah Rajdhani, Bombay Rajdhani, Pragati Express and Pune Shatabdi
Stations across State Lines: Navapur (Maharashtra and Gujarat), Bhawani Mandi (Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan)
Classes of Travel on Indian Railway: Ist AC, 2nd AC, 3rd AC, AC Chair Car 2nd sleeper & 2nd ordinary

Constitution of India facts

The Constituent Assembly met for the first time in New Delhi on 9 December, 1946 in the Constitution Hall which is now known as the Central Hall of Parliament House.

The inaugural session began at 11 a.m. with the introduction of Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha, the temporary Chairman of the Assembly, by Acharya Kripalani.

The Constituent Assembly took almost three years (two years, eleven months and seventeen days to be precise) to complete its historic task of drafting the Constitution for Independent India. During this period, it held eleven sessions covering a total of 165 days. Of these, 114 days were spent on the consideration of the Draft Constitution.

The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November, 1949 and the hon'ble members appended their signatures to it on 24 January, 1950. In all, 284 members actually signed the Constitution. On that day when the Constitution was being signed, it was drizzling outside and it was interpreted as a sign of a good omen.

The Constitution of India came into force on 2 6 January, 1950. On that day, the Assembly ceased to exist, transforming itself into the Provisional Parliament of India until a new Parliament was constituted in1952

Sessions of the Constituent Assembly

First Session: 9-23 December, 1946

Second Session: 20-25 January, 1947

Third Session: 28 April - 2 May, 1947

Fourth Session: 14-31 July, 1947

Fifth Session: 14-30 August, 1947

Sixth Session: 27 January, 1948

Seventh Session: 4 November,1948 - 8 January, 1949

Eighth Session: 16 May - 16 June, 1949

Ninth Session: 30 July - 18 September, 1949

Tenth Session: 6-17 October, 1949

Eleventh Session: 14-26 November, 1949


[The Assembly met once again on 24 January, 1950,


ASSEMBLY OF INDIA AS ON 31 DECEMBER, 1947

PROVINCES-229

INDIAN STATES-70

First In India -- IAS GS

Though i know we all have read this before when we were children and must be in class 3rd up to 8th. But these are necessary facts ---


First Indian to swim across the English Channel Mihir Sen
First to Climb Mount Everest Tenzing Norgay
First to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen Phy Dorjee
First Indian to join I.C.S. (I.C.S. now IAS) Satyendra Nath Tagore
First Indian to get Nobel Prize Rabindra Nath Tagore
First Indian in Space (first Indian cosmonaut) Sqn. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma
First British Governor General Warren Hastings
First Governor General of Free India Lord Mountbatten
First and the last Governor General of free India C. Rajagopalachari
First President of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad
First Vice-President of India Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
First Muslim President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain
First Sikh President of India Giani Zail Singh
First Prime Minister Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
First Speaker of Lok Sabha G.V. Mavlankar
First Chief Justice of India Justice H.L. Kania
First President of Indian National Congress W.C. Bannerjee
First Indian to become member of Viceroy's Executive Council Lord S.P. Sinha
First Indian to become President of International Court of Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
First Emperor of Moghul Dynasty Babar
First Field Marshal S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India Gen. K.M. Cariappa
First Chief of the Army Staff (Indian) Sinhji
First Chief of the Naval Staff (Indian) Vice Admiral R.D. Katari
First Chief of the Air Force Staff (India) Subroto Mukherjee
First Indian in British Parliament Dada Bhai Nauroji
First Indian recipient of Victoria Cross (highest award before independence) Khudada Khan
First Indian to circumnavigate the globe Lt. Col K.S. Rao
First Indian to reach the South Pole Col J.K. Bajaj (1989)
First Indian to make a solo air flight JRD Tata
First Indian to visit England Raja Rammohan Roy (1832)
First Indian Member of House of Lords (British) Lord S.P. Sinha
First Bar-at-Law J.M. Tagore
First Chairman of Rajya Sabha Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (1952 - 62)
First Indian Test Cricketer K.S. Ranjitsingh
First Air Marshall Arjan Singh
First Judge to face impeachment in the Lock Sabha Justice V.Ramaswami (1993)
Fastest Shorthand writer Dr. G.D. Bhist (250 wpm)


Top Ladies in Indian History

First Indian Woman To Receive Lenin Peace Award
Aruna Asaf Ali

First Woman Vice-Chairperson Of Rajyasabha
Violet Alva In 1962

First Woman Session Judge In India
Anna Chandi

First Woman President Of Students Union
Anju Sachdeva Of Delhi University

First Indian Woman To Receive Norman Borlaug Award
Dr. Amrita Patel

First Indian Woman To Get International Grandmaster Award In Chess
Bhagyasri Thipse

First Indian Woman Ias Officer
Anna George

First Indian Woman T Reach In Olympic Games
Sini Abraham

First Woman President Of India
Pratibha Devisingh Patil

First Woman Governor Of State In India
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

First Woman Prime Minister Of India
Mrs. Indira Gandhi

First Indian Woman To Swim Across English Channel
Mrs. Aarti Saha

First Indian Woman To Swim Across Strait Of Gibraltar
Aarti Pradhan

First Muslim Woman To Sit On Throne Of Delhi
Razia Sultan

First Woman President Of Indian National Congress
Annie Besant

The First Woman Chief Minister Of An Indian State
Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani ( Uttar Pradesh)

First Woman Central Minister Of India
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

First Indian Woman To Climb The Mount Everest
Bachhendri Pal

First Woman Airline Pilot
Cap Durba Bannerjee

First Woman Ambassador
Mrs. Vijay Lakshmi Pandit

First Woman To Climb Mount Everest Twice
Santosh Yadav

First Woman Judge Of Supreme Court
Meera Sahib Fatima Biwi

First Woman Chief Justice Of High Court
Mrs. Leela Seth

First Indian Woman Pilot In Indian Air Force
Haritakaur Dayal

First Woman Air Vice Marshal
P. Bandhopadhyaya

First Woman Lieutenant General
Puneeta Arora

First Woman Chairman Of Upsc
Rose Millian Mathew

First Woman Chairperson Of Indian Airlines
Sushma Chawla

First Woman To Receive Jnanpeeth Award
Asha Purna Devi

First Woman To Receive Bharat Ratna
Mrs. Indira Gandhi

First Indian Woman To Receive Nobel Prize
Mother Teresa

First Woman To Receive Ashok Chakra
Niraja Bhanot

First Woman IPS Officer
Mrs. Kiran Bedi

First Woman Doordarshan News Reader
Pratima Puri

First Woman Finger Print Experts In India
Sita Varthambal And Bhrangathambal ( Both Were Sisters)

First Indian Woman To Go In Space
Kalpana Chawla

First Actress In The Indian Cinema
Devika Rani

First Indian Woman To Become Miss World
Reita Faria

First Woman Speaker Of The State Assembly
Mrs. Shano Devi

First Indian Woman To Receive An Asiad Gold Medal
Kamalji Sandhu

First Indian Test Tube Baby
Harsha (1986)

First Woman Chairperson Of National Woman Commission
Mrs. Jayanti Patnayak

First Woman Chairman Of Exim Bank
Tarzani Vakil

First Woman To Get Arjun Award
N. Lumsden (1961)

First Woman To Win Miss Universe Title
Sushmita Sen

First Indian Woman President Of Uno General Assembly ?
Vijay Lakshmi Pandit

First Woman Surgeon
Dr. Prema Mukherjee

First Indian Woman Barrister
Cornotia Sorabji

First Indian Woman Advocate
Regina Guha

First Chief Justce Of Mumbai High Court
Justice Sujaata B Manohar

First Woman To Win Wta Tennis Tournament
Sania Mirza

First Woman President Of Indian Science Congress
Dr. Ashima Chatterjee

First Deputy Governor Of Reserve Bank Of India?
K. J. Udesi

First Woman Sahitya Award Winner
Amrita Pritam

First Woman Commercial Pilot
Prem Mathur Of Deccan Airways

First Woman Foreign Minister
Lakshmi N Menon

First Indian Woman At Antarctica
Meher Moos In 1976

First Woman Chief Engineer
P. K. Tresia Nanguli

First Indian Woman To Complete Her Mbbs
Kadambini Ganguli Bose In 1888

First Indian Paratrooper Of Indian Air Force
Nita Ghose

First Woman Indian Railway Driver
Surekha Shankar Yadav

The First Indian Woman Cricketer To Get 100 Wickets
Diana Eduljee

First Indian Woman To Get Magsaysay Award
Kiran Bedi

First Woman Secretary General Of Rajya Sabha
V. S. Rama Devi

IAS Dose --- Some Ques Of Geography and GS

Length of important rivers (in km):

Indus - 2900

Brahmaputra - 2900

Ganga - 2510

Godavari - 1450

Narmada - 1290

Krishna - 1290

Mahanadi - 890

Kaveri - 760



West flowing small rivers of India:

Sabarmati, Mahi, Dhandhar, Kalinadi, Sharavathi, Bharathapuzha, Periyar

East flowing small rivers of India:

Subarnarekha, Baitarni, Brahmani, Penner, Palar

Agriculture - Crop Seasons:

India has two crop seasons.

List of Biosphere Reserves and their
location.
1. Nilgiri - Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka
2. Nanda Devi - Uttar Pradesh (part of Chamoli, Pithorgarh and Almora
districts and Meghalaya ( part of Garo hills)
3. Nokrek - Meghalaya
4. Manas - Assam
5. Sunderbans - West Bengal
6. Gulf of Mannar - Tamil Nadu
7. Great Nicobar - (A & N Islands)
8. Simlipal - Orissa
9. Dibru-Saikhowa - Assam
10. Dihang Dibang - Arunachal Pradesh
11. Kanchenchunga - Sikkim
12. Pachmarhi - Madhya Pradesh
13. Agasthyamalai - Kerala
14. Achanakamar -Amarkantak- Parts of MP and parts of Chattisgarh

Length of important rivers (in km):
Indus - 2900
Brahmaputra - 2900
Ganga - 2510
Godavari - 1450
Narmada - 1290
Krishna - 1290
Mahanadi - 890
Kaveri - 760

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National Parks in India

Andhra Pradesh(1)
1	Srivenkateswara National Park(352 sq km)
Arunachal Pradesh(2)
1	Namdapha(1985 sq km)
2	Mauling(483 sq km)
Assam(2)
1	Kaziranga(430 sq km) *
2	Manas(500 sq km) *
Bihar(2)
1	Betla(232 sq km)
2	Valmiki(335 sq km)
Goa(1)
1	Bhagwan Mahavir National Park(107 sq km)
Gujrath(4)
1	Gir(258 sq km)
2	Marine(163 sq km)
3	Vansda(24 sq km)
4	Velavadar(34 sq km)
Haryana(1)
1	Sultanpur(1.43 sq km)	*smallest
Himachal Pradesh(2)
1	Great Himalayan(765 sq km)
2	Pin Valley(675 sq km)
Jammu and Kashmir(4)
1	City Forest(9.07 sq km)
2	Dachigam(141 sq km)
3	Hermis High Altitude(3550 sq km)
4	Kishtawar(310 sq km)
Karnataka(5)
1	Anshi(250 sq km)
2	Bandipur(874 sq km)
3	Bannarghatta(104 sq km)
4	Kudremukh(600 sq km)
5	Nagarhole(644 sq km)

IAS -- GS ---- DoorDarshan News ---- 21st Dec 09

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he fourth round of tripartite talks on Gokhaland issue failed to come to an agreement in the absence of a consensus and the organisation spearheading the movement for a separate state has sought political dialogue at the next round of talks within 45 days.


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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured a delegation of Congress MPs from coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalseema regions that a decision on the Telangana issue could be taken by Tuesday.

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With Finance Ministry's defiance pushing fuel retailers into red, Oil Minister Murli Deora has requested PM Manmohan Singh to immediately issue over Rs 20,870 crore worth of bonds to state-run firms to make up for losses they incurred on fuel sales.

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Top Israeli ministers gathered for a fourth time in two days on Monday for a crucial meeting on a prisoner swap with Hamas that would see hundreds of Palestinians freed for a captured soldier.

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Thailand's govt led by PM Abhisit Vejjajiva has rejected proposals by the opposition Puea Thai Party to reinstate the 1997 constitution and return frozen assets to ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, Deputy Prime Minister said today.

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China's foreign ministry on Monday defended the repatriation of 20 Uighurs who had fled to Cambodia, saying the move was in line with immigration law and usual practice.