Chandi Prasad Bhatt wins Gandhi Peace Prize for 2013

 

•  The Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013 has been awarded to eminent Gandhian and environmentalist, Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt. 

• The jury for the prize met under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 18th February 2014 and decided upon his name.

•  The other members of the jury were Justice P Sathasivam, leader of opposition Sushma Swaraj, Rajya Sabha MP Karan Singh, and ex-governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi. 

  •  Chandi Prasad Bhatt, born in 1934 , is a noted Gandhian environmentalist and social activist.

  •  He was one of the pioneers of the Chipko movement for which he was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982.

  •  He is also a recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 2005.

    •  One of India's first modern environmentalists, today he is known for his work on subaltern social ecology.

65th Republic Day: Japanese PM Shinzo Abe the Chief guest for this year

65th Republic Day: Japanese PM Shinzo Abe the Chief guest for this year

 

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe , Indian Republic Day parade as the chief guest on Rajpath.

Bhutan king visited India

Bhutan king visited India

President Pranab Mukherjee received the King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 07 January 2014 and hosted a banquet in their honour.
Speaking on the occasion, Mukherjee congratulated the King of Bhutan on the second successful democratic elections held in Bhutan in July 2013, and said it was due to the enlightened policy of successive Druk Gyalpos, that Bhutan is known the world over for a smooth transition to a democratic constitutional monarchy.

• Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck was the Chief Guest at the 64th Republic Day.
• Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is the 5th and current reigning Dragon King (Druk Gyalpo) of the Kingdom of Bhutan.

India's Gorakhpur railway station has world's longest platform

India's Gorakhpur railway station has world's longest platform

A newly built railway platform Gorakhpur from Utter Pradesh has entered into the record books as the longest railway platform in the world.

• According to the certificate, the length of the platform is 1,355.40 metre.
• It was inaugurated on October 6, 2013.
• The previous record was held by a 1,072.5-metre long railway platform in Kharagpur in West Bengal.

 

World Hindi day celebrated on January 10

World Hindi day celebrated on January 10 


World Hindi Day was celebrated by the Ministry of External Affairs on 10 January 2014 by organizing a function at the Foreign Service Institute at Ber Sarai in New Delhi.

• The first World Hindi Conference was organized on 10 January 2006 in Nagpur and since then every 10 January is observed as the World Hindi Day.
• At present Hindi as a language is spoken in more than 20 countries around the world and is being taught in 150 Universities of the world.
•  Hindi day is celebrated on September 14.
• The Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi as the Official Language of the Union on 14 September 1949.

 

Andaman and Nicobar Tribal Research and Training Institute inaugurated

Andaman and Nicobar Tribal Research and Training Institute inaugurated


The President of India Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated Andaman and Nicobar Tribal Research and Training Institute at Port Blair on 12 January 2014.

• The ANTRI will formulate a new policy for the tribal integration with the developed society, but in their own way and own environment without disturbing their distinct identity and unique culture.
• The institute will also conduct a detailed study to ensure the welfare and protection of vulnerable tribal groups, particularly Jarawas, Sentenalese, Onges and Shompens effectively.

 

Army Day observed across India on 15 January

Army Day observed across India on 15 January


The 66th Army Day has been observed on 15 January 2014. The day is celebrated at the army command headquarters across India by organizing parades and other military shows. The main function of the day is observed in the parade ground of New Delhi near the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate.

• Army Day is celebrated in recognition of Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) K. M. Cariappa's taking over as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from Sir Francis Butcher, the last British commander, in 1948.
• Navy Day - December 4
• Indian Air force Day - October 8

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 Rahul Dravid is brand ambassador for National Tobacco Control Campaign

October 2nd, 2013

 

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare named former Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid as the brand ambassador for its National Tobacco Control Campaign. The national anti-tobacco control campaign pursues the goal of World Health Assembly which 30% relative reduction in tobacco use by 2025.

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Miss Philippines Megan Young is Miss World 2013

October 2nd, 2013

Miss Philippines Megan Young was crowned Miss World 2013 at a pageant held at Indonesia’s resort island of Bali amid tight security due to threats of attack from Muslim conservatives. The pageant witnessed participation of 127 contestants from various countries.
Miss France Marine Lorphelin and Miss Ghana, Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter were positioned second and third respectively. Miss India World Navneet Kaur Dhillon failed to make it to the Top 10 but won the title of Miss Multimedia.

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N Srinivasan re-elected BCCI president

October 2nd, 2013

 

Narayanaswamy Srinivasan has been re-elected as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a third term.

However he will not take charge immediately because of a Supreme Court directive who had restrained Srinivasan from taking charge if elected in response to a petition by the Secretary of the Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB), who sought to restrain Srinivasan from getting re-elected.
CAB, which is not recognised by the BCCI, had asked the court not to allow Srinivasan to contest for the president’s post on the ground that his son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, who was the team principal of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings, was charge-sheeted for betting in the 6^th edition of the IPL Twenty20 tournament.

Rochus Misch, Bodyguard of Hitler, Dies at 96

Rochus Misch dead: Last witness to Adolf Hitler's final hours dies aged 96 

 7 Sep 2013 09:14 

 

He saw the bodies of his Fuhrer and his wife moments after their lives ended and made a career after the war in recounting life at his side

The last surviving witness of Hitler’s final hours in his Berlin bunker has died aged 96.
Rochus Misch was part of the Nazi inner circle for five years as the Fuhrer’s devoted bodyguard.
Misch, who was a staff sergeant in the SS, saw the bodies of Hitler and his new bride, Eva Braun, moments after they killed themselves on April 30, 1945.
The loyal henchman deeply admired his Fuhrer and continued to refer to him as “the Boss” in the decades after the Second World War.
In later life Misch told journalists: “He wasn’t a monster and he wasn’t superhuman.
“He stood across from me like a completely normal man with nice words. I only ever heard nice words from him.”
Misch died on Thursday in his home city of Berlin, reportedly after a short illness.
As the Nazis faced defeat, he had found himself living with Hitler and Braun in the cramped bunker in the grounds of the shattered Reich Chancellery.

Photos of Hitler and his wife Eva Braun's final moments in bunker published by LIFE magazine

Tamu Massif, Earth's Largest Volcano, Lurks Beneath Pacific Ocean 

The world's largest volcano lurks beneath the Pacific Ocean, researchers announced  (Sept. 5) in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Called the Tamu Massif, the enormous mound dwarfs the previous record holder, Hawaii's Mauna Loa, and is only 25 percent smaller than Olympus Mons on Mars, the biggest volcano in Earth's solar system, said William Sager, lead study author and a geologist at the University of Houston.
"We think this is a class of volcano that hasn't been recognized before," Sager said. "The slopes are very shallow. If you were standing on this thing, you would have a difficult time telling which way was downhill."
Tamu is 400 miles (650 kilometers) wide but only about 2.5 miles (4 km) tall. It erupted for a few million years during the early Cretaceous period, about 144 million years ago, and has been extinct since then, the researchers report.
 

 

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Shashi Kant Sharma Appointed as the New Comptroller & Auditor General of India 


 


:The President of Indian Union, Pranab Mukherjee appointed Shashi Kant Sharma as the new Comptroller

Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma was on Tuesday named as the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).

The 1976 Bihar cadre officer will succeed Vinod Rai, who superannuates on Wednesday after five and a half years of eventful tenure as the head of the Constitutional financial watchdog.

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80-year-old Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, who became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, May 23, 2013. 
 
Yuichiro Miura,80years old Japanees climber became the oldest man to climb Everst.He broke the recor

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G20 leaders pledge to withdraw stimulus with care


Leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies have pledged to withdraw their stimulus measures carefully following global concern about the U.S. Federal Reserve’s plan to wind down its bond-buying programme. Stock and currency markets in emerging economy countries have recently been rattled by the prospect of the Fed scaling back its policy of quantitative easing.

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Deepak  Sandhu Became the First Woman Chief Information Commissioner

Deepak Sandhu takes oath as new Chief Information Commissioner

Deepak Sandhu became the first woman Chief Information Commissioner on 5 September 2013. She was administered the oath of the office by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. Deepak Sandhu took over the office from Satyananda Mishra. Mishra served the 5 year term in the office. -
She is an Indian Information Service officer of the 1971 batch.

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International Children’s Peace Prize 2013 goes to Malala Yousafzai

August 28th, 2013

Famous Pakistani brave girl and activist Malala Yusafzai who was shot in head by Taliban for campaigning for girls’ right to education, has won the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize 2013. She is currently living in Britain where she was given life-saving treatment.

Who was the first child to get International Children’s Peace Prize?

In 2005, the first International Children’s Peace Prize was awarded to Nkosi Johnson posthumously. He was a South African boy who brought international attention to children with HIV/AIDS and founded the Nkosi’s Haven home for HIV-positive mothers and children.

 
 The first Children’s Peace Prize in 2005 was dedicated posthumously to Nkosi Johnson for his work and dedication to offer a more dignified existence to South African children and their mothers with hiv and aids. The prize was presented  by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev to Nkosi’s foster mother Gail Johnson and his little foster brother Thabo.
During his lifetime Nkosi rose awareness for children with hiv and aids. In his famous speech during the 13^th International Aids conference in Durban in 2001 he asked the world to accept and love children and adults with hiv/aids just like any other human being, because as he said: “We can walk, we can talk, we have needs just like everyone else - don't be afraid of us - we are all the same!”. Nkosi wanted to open several Nkosi’s Havens together with his foster “mommy” Gail Johnson within the year. The thought behind Nkosi’s haven is that mothers with hiv/aids and their children should not be separated from each other.

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Former IEC chair Brigalia Bam awarded Gandhi Peace Award

 Dr Brigalia Bam has received the prestigious Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation for her steely leadership in organising elections.

Dr Brigalia Bam recieved the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation at the Durban City Hall (SABC)

 

About Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize:

The Prize was established in 2003 to mark the centenary of Indian Opinion, a newspaper started by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa. He began his socio-political life in the country and fought for justice, peace and reconciliation.

 

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech turns 50

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech turns 50

 

Aug. 28 marks 50 years since the historic March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream” speech

 

 "I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American activist Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963, in which he called for an end to racism in the United States

 

Kerala high court Chief Justice, Manjula Chellur during the inauguration of a saree exhibition and sale organized by Karnataka silk industries in Kochi.