NITI AYOG - National Institution for Transforming India

NITI Ayog is a policy of Government of India that replaces Planning Commission

Chairman : Prime Minister
Wise chairman: Arvind Panagariya
Formed on 1-Janunary- 2015
Chief Executive Officer: Sindhushree Khullar

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Railway Zones: India

Railway Zones:

Central Railway: Mumbai
Southern Railway: Chennai
Northern Railway: Delhi
Eastern Railway: Kolkata
Western Railway: Mumbai

North Eastern: Gorakhpur
South Eastern: Kolkata

South Central: Secundarabad
Northeast Frontier: Guwahati

East Central: Hajipur
North Western: Jaipur
East Coast: Bhubaneswar
North Central: Allhabad
South East Central: Bilaspur
South Western: Hubli
West Central: Jabalpur
Kolkat Metro: Kolkata

Nobel Prize Winners

Nobel Prize 2014

Peace: Malala Yusaf Sai, Kailesh Sathyarthi

Kailesh: 5 the Indian receiving the Nobel Price - rights of children to education - India -
born : Vidisha - India

Malala: Youngest ever Nobel price laureate - rights of all children to education -
resident at the time of award : united Kingdom
born: Mingora, Pakistan

Physics: Isamu Akasaki, hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura
Innovation: Blue light-emitting diodes, energy saving white light sources

Chemistry

Eric Betzig;
Stefan Hell;
William Moerner

Medicine

John O'Keefe;
May-Britt Moser;
Edvard Moser

Literature

Patrick Modiano

Economics

Jean Tirole

 

Commissions of India

Right to Information Act: 2005

Date enacted 15-June-2005
Date commenced 12-October-2005
First RTI application submitted by Shahid Raza Burney to a police station in Pune on 12 October 2005
Appointed by President of India
Appointment committee held by Prime minister
First Chairman: Wajahat Habibullah
Current Chairman: Shri Rajiv Mathur retired at 3 aug 2014 - Vacant

First Chairperson: Deepak Sandhu

Committe: 1 chairman and not more than 10 members
Age limit: 5 years or 65

 

State Information Commission:

Appointed by Governer
Appointment committee held by Chief Minister.
Current SIC: Siby Mathews

 

Human Rights Commission:

Formed on October 12 1993
Amendment on 2006
Human Rights day: December 10

First Chairman: Jst. Ranganath Misra
Second Chairman: M N Venkatachellaih
Current Chairman: K. G. Balakrishnan

Headquarters: New Delhi
Chairman is appointed by: President of India

State Human Rights Commission

Formed on 11 - December - 1998
Chairman: Justice Jacob Benjamin Koshy

 

Finance Commission of India

Formed on 22 - November - 1951
Article: 280

Commission is appointed by: President of India

First Chairman: K C Neogy

10th Chairman: K.C. Pant
13th Chairman: Vijay Kelkar (2010 - 2015)
14th Chairman: Y V Reddy (2015- 2020)

Union Public Service Commission

formation: Oct 1 - 1926
Location: Dholpur House, New Delhi

Article:
first Chairman: Sri Ross Barker
Members are appointed by: President of India

Duration: 6 years of 65 whichever is earlier
Current Chairman: Deepak Gupta

Election Commission of India

Article 243
Chairman is appointed by President of India
Formed 25 January 1950

First Chairman: Sukumar Sen

First Chairperson: V.S. Ramadevi

10th Chairman: T.N Seshan
Current Chairman: V.S. Sampath

State Commission for Woman

Established on : 11- December 1998

First Chairpersion: Sugathakumari

Current Chairpersion: K. C Rosakkutty

Indian Commisions

Current affairs 2014

Australian open 2014

Men: Stanislas Wawarinka (swiss) defeated Rafael Nadal (spain)

Women: Li Na (China) defeated Domkinika Cibulkova (slovakia)

French Open 2014

Men: Rafael Nadal Defeated Novak Djokovic (serbia)

Women: Maria sharapova defeated Simona Galep

Wimbledon 2014

Men: Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer

women: Petra Kvitova defeated Eugenie Bouchard

US Open 2014

Men: Marin Cilic defeated Kei Nishikori
Women: Serena Williams defeated Carolina Wozniacki

Champian's League 2014 final Cricket

Chennai super kings defeated Kolkatta Knight riders

ICC Twenty20 worldcup cricket - 2014

2007- South africa: (India defeated Pakistan)

2014 - Bangladesh: Srilank defeated India

2016 - India

 

World cup Cricket: 1975

2011- India, srilanks, Bangladesh: India defeated Srilanka

2015: Australia, New Zealand

World cup Football

2010: South Africa
2014: Brazil - Germany defeated Argentina
2018: Russia

 

68th Santhosh-trophy football: West Bengal

Winners: Mizoram defeated Railways

 

Summar Olympics:

30- 2012: London
31- 2016: Brazil
32- 2020: Japan

Winter Olympics:

2014: Sochi - Russia
2018: Pyeongchang - South Korea

 

Sixteenth Lok Sabha:

More number of MP: Uttarpradesh -80
Maharashtra: 48

Sikkim, Mizoram, Nagaland: 1

Kerala: 20

 

Miss World 2014:

Venue: ExCeL London, London, UK United Kingdom

Winner: Rolene Strauss - South Africa

First Runner up: Edina Kulcsár - Hungary

Second Runner up: Elizabeth Safrit - United States

From India - Semi finalist: Koyal Rana

National Games India:

The Games started on 1924 Madras as Indian Olympic Games
And Renamed as National Games and were first held in Bomaby in 1940

National Games

35th: Kerala
36th: Goa
37th: Telangana
38th: Kolkata

The mascot of the 35th National Game is Ammu the Hornbill
Opening Ceremony: 31 Jan 2015
Closing Ceremony: 14 Feb 2014

Oscar Award 2016

2016 Oscar 88^th

Best Movie: Spotlight

Best Actor: Leonardo Dicaprio

Best Actress: Brie Larson

Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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2015 Oscar 87^th

Best Movie: Birdman

Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne

Best Actress: Julianne Moore

Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu

Best Animated Feature Film: Big Hero 6

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86^th Academy Awards winners

Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor: Matthew Mcconaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (blue Jasmine)

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity)