First in Indian Politics

Sl. No.	Category	First
1	First President ofIndia	Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
2	First Woman President ofIndia	Mrs. Pratibha Patil
3	First Vice President ofIndia	Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.
4	First Muslim President ofIndia	Dr. Zakir Hussain.
5	First Sikh President ofIndia	Giani Jail Singh.
6	First Prime Minister ofIndia	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
7	First Woman Prime Minister ofIndia	Mrs. Indira Gandhi.
8	First Speaker of the Lok Sabha	G.V. Mavlankar.
9	First Chief Justice ofIndia	Justice H.L. Kania.
10	First Chairman of the Rajaya Sabha	Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.
11	First Woman Governor of a State	Mrs. Sarojini Naidu.
12	First Woman Chief Minister	Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani.
13	First Woman Central Minister	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur.
14	First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha	Mrs. Shanno Devi.
15	First Woman IAS Officer	Anna George.
16	First Woman IPS Officer	Kiran Bedi.
17	First Woman Advocate	Carnelia Sorabji.
18	First Woman Judge	Anna Chandi.
19	First Woman Judge of High Court	Anna Chandi.
20	First Woman Judge of Supreme Court	M. Fathima Beevi.
21	First Woman Chief Justice of High Court	Justice Leela Seth.
22	First Chairman of Planning Commission	Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru.
23	First Chairman of Finance Commission	K.C. Niyogi.
24	First Acting Prime Minister ofIndia	Guljari Lal Nanda.
25	First Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha	M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar.
26	First recognised leader of opposition in Lok Sabha	Y.V. Chavan.
27	First recognised leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha	Lokpati Tripathi.
28	First Lok Sabha Election	1952
29	First Chief Election Commissioner ofIndia	Sukumar Sen.
30	First Woman Chief Election Commissioner ofIndia	Smt. V.S. Rama Devi.

List of Maharatna, Navratna and Miniratna CPSEs

Maharatna CPSEs

1. Coal India Limited
2. Indian Oil Corporation Limited
3. NTPC Limited
4. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited
5. Steel Authority of India Limited

Navratna CPSEs

1. Bharat Electronics Limited
2. Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited
3. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
4. GAIL (India) Limited
5. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
6. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
7. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
8. National Aluminium Company Limited
9. NMDC Limited
10. Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited
11. Oil India Limited
12. Power Finance Corporation Limited
13. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
14. RashtriyaIspat Nigam Limited
15. Rural Electrification Corporation Limited
16. Shipping Corporation of India Limited

Miniratna Category – I CPSEs

1. Airports Authority of India
2. Antrix Corporation Limited
3. BalmerLawrie& Co. Limited
4. Bharat Dynamics Limited
5. BEML Limited
6. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
7. Bridge & Roof Company (India) Limited
8. Central Warehousing Corporation
9. Central Coalfields Limited
10. Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited
11. Cochin Shipyard Limited
12. Container Corporation of India Limited
13. Dredging Corporation of India Limited
14. Engineers India Limited
15. Ennore Port Limited
16. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited
17. Goa Shipyard Limited
18. Hindustan Copper Limited
19. HLL Lifecare Limited
20. Hindustan Newsprint Limited
21. Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited
22. Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited
23. India Tourism Development Corporation Limited
24. Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited
25. IRCON International Limited
26. KIOCL Limited
27. Mazagaon Dock Limited
28. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
29. Manganese Ore (India) Limited
30. Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemical Limited
31. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited
32. MMTC Limited
33. MSTC Limited
34. National Fertilizers Limited
35. National Seeds Corporation Limited
36. NHPC Limited
37. Northern Coalfields Limited
38. Numaligarh Refinery Limited
39. ONGC Videsh Limited
40. Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited
41. Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited
42. RITES Limited
43. SJVN Limited
44. Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited
45. South Eastern Coalfields Limited
46. State Trading Corporation of India Limited
47. Telecommunications Consultants India Limited
48. THDC India Limited
49. Western Coalfields Limited
50. WAPCOS Limited

Miniratna Category-II CPSEs

1. Bharat Pumps & Compressors Limited
2. Broadcast Engineering Consultants (I) Limited
3. Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited
4. Ed.CIL (India) Limited
5. Engineering Projects (India) Limited
6. FCI Aravali Gypsum & Minerals India Limited
7. Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited
8. HMT (International) Limited
9. HSCC (India) Limited
10. India Trade Promotion Organisation
11. Indian Medicines & Pharmaceuticals Corporation Limited
12. M E C O N Limited
13. National Film Development Corporation Limited
14. National Small Industries Corporation Limited
15. P E C Limited
16. Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited

Source: Department of Public Enterprises Website (as on 20^th July, 2011)

Indian Sports Award 2011

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Player	Category
Sh. Gagan Narang	Shooting

Dhyan Chand Awards

Player	Category
Shri Shabbir Ali	Football
Shri Sushil Kohli	Swimming
Shri Rajkumar	Wrestling

Dronacharya Awards (For Coaching)

Coach	Category
Shri Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao	Boxing
Shri Devender Kumar Rathore	Gymnastics
Shri Ramphal	Wrestling
Dr. Kuntal Roy	Athletics
Shri Rajinder Singh	Hockey

Arjuna Awards

Player	Category
Shri Rahul Banerjee	Archery
Ms. Preeja Sreedharan	Athletics
Ms. Jwala Gutta	Badminton
Shri M. Suranjoy Singh	Boxing
Shri Sunil Chhetri	Football
Shri Rajpal Singh	Hockey
Shri Rakesh Kumar	Kabaddi
Ms. Tejeswini Bai V	Kabaddi -Women
Ms. Tejaswini Ravindra Sawant	Shooting
Shri Veedhawal Vikram Khade	Swimming
Shri Sanjay Kumar	Volleyball
Shri Ravinder Singh	Wrestling
Naib Subedar Katulu Ravikumar	Weightlifting
Ms. Wangkhem Sandhyarani Devi	Wushu
Shri Prasantha Karamakar	Swimming Paralympics
Shri Vikas Gowda	Athletics
Shri Zaheer Khan	Cricket
Shri Ashish Kumar	Gymnastics
Shri Somdev Kishore Devvarman	Tennis

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar

Institute/Board	Category
The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board	Financial Support for Sports Excellence Establishment
Shri N. Ramachadran of Squash Academy, Chennai	Establishment Management of Sports Academics of Excellence

Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards for the year 2010

Person	Category
Late Col. Balwant Singh Sandhu	Life Time Achievement Award (Posthumously)
Ms. Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu	Land Adventure
Ms. Mamta Sodha	Land Adventure
Shri Dilip Donde	Water Adventure

Source: Press Information Bureau, GOI

Worldwide Famous Stock Exchanges

Country	Stock Exchange (Index Name)
Australia	Australian Securities Exchange (S&P/ASX 200 INDEX)
Brazil	BRAZILBOVESPA INDEX
Canada	TorontoStock Exchange (S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX)
China	Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SHENZHEN G-SHARES)
China	Shanghai Stock Exchange (SHANGHAISE COMPOSITE)
Europe	Euronext (Euro STOXX)
France	CAC
Germany	Deutsche Börse (DAX)
Hong Kong	Hong KongStock Exchange (Hang Seng)
India	BombayStock Exchange (Sensex)
India	National Stock Exchange ofIndia(Nifty)
Italy	Borsa Italiana (FTSE)
Japan	TokyoStock Exchange (Nikkei)
Mexico	MEXICOIPC INDEX
New Zealand	NZX 50 INDEX
Portugal	PSI General Index
Russia	MICEX INDEX
South Africa	JSE Limited (FTSE/JSEAFRICATOP40 IX)
South Korea	KOSPI INDEX
Spain	BME Spanish Exchanges (IBEX)
Switzerland	SIX Swiss Exchange (SWISS Market Index)
Taiwan	TaiwanStock Exchange (TAIWANTAIEX INDEX)
United Kingdom	LondonStock Exchange (FTSE)
United States	New YorkStock Exchange (Dowjones)
United States	NASDAQ
Pakistan	KARACHI100 INDEX
Argentina	ARGENTINAMERVAL INDEX

Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Members

Sl No.	Country	Sl No.	Country	Sl No.	Country	Sl No.	Country
1	Argentina	13	Denmark	25	RepublicofKorea	37	Slovakia
2	Australia	14	Estonia	26	Latvia	38	Slovenia
3	Austria	15	Finland	27	Lithuania	39	South Africa
4	Belarus	16	France	28	Luxembourg	40	Spain
5	Belgium	17	Germany	29	Malta	41	Sweden
6	Brazil	18	Greece	30	Netherlands	42	Switzerland
7	Bulgaria	19	Hungary	31	New Zealand	43	Turkey
8	Canada	20	Iceland	32	Norway	44	Ukraine
9	China	21	Ireland	33	Poland	45	United Kingdom
10	Croatia	22	Italy	34	Portugal	46	United States
11	Cyprus	23	Japan	35	Romania
12	CzechRepublic	24	Kazakhstan	36	Russian Federation

Source: Wikipedia

Nifty Companies List

Nifty Companies List	CEO/Chairman
ACC	Kuldip Kaura/N S Sekhsaria
Ambuja Cements	Onne van der Weijde/N S Sekhsaria
Axis Bank	Shikha Sharma
Bajaj Auto	Rajiv Bajaj/Rahul Bajaj
Bharti Airtel	Sunil Bharti Mittal
BHEL	B Prasada Rao
BPCL	R K Singh
Cairn India	Rahul Dhir/William B B Gammell
Cipla	Y K Hamied
Coal India	N C Jha
DLF	T C Goyal/K P Singh
Dr Reddys Labs	G V Prasad/K Anji Reddy
GAIL	B C Tripathi
Grasim	Kumar Mangalam Birla
HCL Tech	Vineet Nayar
HDFC	Keki M Mistry/Deepak S Parekh
HDFC Bank	Aditya Puri/C M Vasudev
Hero Motocorp	Pawan Munjal/Brijmohan Lall Munjal
Hindalco	D Bhattacharya/Kumar Mangalam Birla
HUL	Nitin Paranjpe/Harish Manwani
ICICI Bank	Chanda Kochhar/K V Kamath
IDFC	Rajiv B Lall/Deepak S Parekh
Infosys	S D Shibulal
ITC	Yogesh Chander Deveshwar
Jaiprakash Asso	Sunny Gaur/Manoj Gaur
Jindal Steel	Naveen Jindal
Kotak Mahindra	Uday Kotak
Larsen	K V Rangaswami/Y M Deosthalee
Mah and Mah	Anand G Mahindra/Keshub Mahindra
Maruti Suzuki	Shinzo Nakanishi/R C Bhargava
NTPC	Arup Roy Choudhury
ONGC	A K Hazarika
PNB	K R Kamath
Power Grid Corp	S K Chaturvedi
Ranbaxy Labs	Arun Sawhney/Tsutomu Une
Reliance Industries	Mukesh D Ambani
Reliance Comm	Anil D Ambani
Reliance Infra	Anil D Ambani
Reliance Power	Anil D Ambani
SAIL	C S Verma
SBI	Pratip Chaudhuri
Sesa Goa	P K Mukherjee
Siemens	Armin Bruck
Sterlite Ind	Anil Agarwal
Sun Pharma	Dilip S Shanghvi
Tata Motors	P M Telang/Ratan N Tata
Tata Power	Anil Sardana/R N Tata
Tata Steel	H M Nerurkar/Ratan N Tata
TCS	N Chandrasekaran/R N Tata
Wipro	T K Kurien/Azim H Premji

Sensex Companies List

Sensex Companies List	CEO/Chairman
Bajaj Auto	Rajiv Bajaj/Rahul Bajaj
Bharti Airtel	Sunil Bharti Mittal
BHEL	B Prasada Rao
Cipla	Y K Hamied
Coal India	N C Jha
DLF	T C Goyal/K P Singh
HDFC	Keki M Mistry/Deepak S Parekh
HDFC Bank	Aditya Puri/C M Vasudev
Hero Motocorp	Pawan Munjal/Brijmohan Lall Munjal
Hindalco	D Bhattacharya/Kumar Mangalam Birla
HUL	Nitin Paranjpe/Harish Manwani
ICICI Bank	Chanda Kochhar/K V Kamath
Infosys	S D Shibulal
ITC	Yogesh Chander Deveshwar
Jaiprakash Asso	Sunny Gaur/Manoj Gaur
Jindal Steel	Naveen Jindal
Larsen	K V Rangaswami/Y M Deosthalee
Mah and Mah	Anand G Mahindra/Keshub Mahindra
Maruti Suzuki	Shinzo Nakanishi/R C Bhargava
NTPC	Arup Roy Choudhury
ONGC	A K Hazarika
Reliance Industries	Mukesh D Ambani
SBI	Pratip Chaudhuri
Sterlite Ind	Anil Agarwal
Sun Pharma	Dilip S Shanghvi
Tata Motors	P M Telang/Ratan N Tata
Tata Power	Anil Sardana/R N Tata
Tata Steel	H M Nerurkar/Ratan N Tata
TCS	N Chandrasekaran/R N Tata
Wipro	T K Kurien/Azim H Premji

List of Countries based on Size

Rank	Country	Area (Sqr KM)
1	Russia	1,70,98,242
2	Canada	99,84,670
3	China	96,40,011
4	United States	96,29,091
5	Brazil	85,14,877
6	Australia	76,92,024
7	India	32,87,263
8	Argentina	27,80,400
9	Kazakhstan	27,24,900
10	Algeria	23,81,741
11	Congo	23,44,858
12	Greenland	21,66,086
13	Saudi Arabia	21,49,690
14	Mexico	19,64,375
15	Indonesia	19,10,931

List of Countries based on Population

Rank	Country	Population (2010 Census)
1	China	1,33,97,24,852
2	India	1,21,01,93,422
3	United States	31,25,13,000
4	Indonesia	23,75,56,363
5	Brazil	19,07,55,799
6	Pakistan	17,76,53,000
7	Nigeria	16,24,71,000
8	Russia	14,29,14,136
9	Bangladesh	14,23,19,000
10	Japan	12,77,20,000
11	Mexico	11,23,36,538
12	Philippines	9,40,13,200
13	Vietnam	8,58,46,997
14	Ethiopia	8,21,01,998
15	Germany	8,17,24,000

Source: Wikipedia

List of Countries based on Labor Force

Rank	Country	Labour force (Latest Available)
1	China	78,00,00,000
2	India	47,83,00,000
3	United States	15,49,00,000
4	Indonesia	11,65,00,000
5	Brazil	9,52,10,000
6	Russia	7,58,10,000
7	Bangladesh	7,25,00,000
8	Japan	6,59,30,000
9	Pakistan	7,58,80,000
10	Nigeria	4,73,30,000
11	Mexico	4,61,00,000
12	Vietnam	4,38,70,000
13	Germany	4,35,10,000
14	Thailand	3,82,40,000
15	Ethiopia	3,79,00,000
16	Philippines	3,78,90,000
17	United Kingdom	3,12,50,000
18	Burma	3,08,50,000
19	France	2,79,90,000
20	Egypt	2,58,00,000

Source: Wikipedia

HILL STATIONS INDIA

Hill Stations	State Name
Almora (Kumaon hills)	Uttar Pradesh
Cherrapunji (Shillong)	Meghalaya
Coonoor (Nilgiri hills)	Tamil Nadu
Dalhousie	Himachal Pradesh
Darjeeling	West Bengal
Gulmarg	Kashmir (Highest)
Kasauli (Shimla)	Himachal Pradesh
Kodaikanal	Tamil Nadu
Mahabaleshwar	Maharashtra
Mt. Abu	Rajasthan
Mussoorie	Uttaranchal
Nainital	Uttaranchal
Ootacamund	Tamil Nadu
Pachmarhi	Madhya Pradesh
Ranchi	Jharkhand
Shillong (Khasi hills)	Meghalaya
Shimla	Himachal Pradesh
Srinagar	Jammu & Kashmir

DAMS - RESERVOIRS

Gudha Dam	On Chambal in Rajasthan
Gandhi Sagar Dam	(MP) on Chambal
Rana Pratap Sagar Dam.	Rajasthan on Chambal
Jawahar Sagar Dam	on Chambal
Ukai Dam	Ukai Reservoir, on Tapti in Gujrat
Tilaiya Dam	Tilaiya Reservoir on Barakar River, Jharkhand
Konar Reservoir	on Damodar River, Jharkhand
Rihand Dam	Gobind pant sagar Reservoir,
Hirakud Dam	Hirakud Reservoir
Balimela Reservoir	On Sileru River, Orissa
Tandula Tank	On Mahanadi, Chattisgarh
Bhavani Sagar Reservoir	on Bhavani River, Tamil Nadu
Mettur Dam	On Cauvery Stanley Reservoir in Tamil Nadu
KRS Dam	KrishnaRajaSagara Reservoir, on Cauvery in Karnataka
Bhadra Dam	Bhadra Reservoir, on Bhadra River in Karnataka
Tunga Bhadra Dam	Tungabhadra Reservoir, On Tungabhadra River in Karn
Linganamakki Reservoir	On Sharavathi River In Karnataka
Koyna Dam	Koyna Reservoir, on Krishna River, Maharashtra
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam	Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir on Krishna, Andhra Pradesh
Nizam Sagar Dam	Nizam Sagar Reservoir, on Manjra in Andhra Pradesh

IMPORTANT RIVER VALLEY PROJECTS

Project Name	River Name
Bhakra Nangal Project	On Sutlaj in Punjab(Now in Himachal Pradesh). Highest in India. Ht 226 m. Reservoir is called Gobind Sagar Lake. Bhakra and Nangal are two separate projects.
Mandi Project	On Beas in HP
Chambal Valley Project	On Chambal in MP & Rajasthan. 3 dams are there: Gandhi Sagar Dam(MP), Rana Pratap Sagar Dam (Rajasthan) and Jawahar Sagar Dam.
Damodar Valley Project	On Damodar in Bihar. Based on Tennessee Valley Project, USA.
Hirakud Project	On Mahanadi in Orissa. World's longest dam: 4801m
Rihand Project	On Son in Mirzapur. Reservoir is called Govind Vallabh Pant reservoir.
Kosi Project	On Kosi in N.Bihar.
Mayurkashi Project	On Mayrukashi in WB.
Kakrapara Project	On Tapi in Gujarat.
Nizamsagar Project	On Manjra in AP.
Nagarjuna Sagar Project	On Krishna in AP
Tungabhadra Project	On Tungabhadra in AP & Karnataka
Shivasamudram Project	On Cauvery in Karnataka. It is the oldest river valley project of India.
Tata Hydel Scheme	On Bhima in Maharashtra
Sharavathi Hydel Project	On Jog Falls in Karnataka
Kundah & Periyar Project	In TN
Farakka Project	On Ganga in WB. Apart from power and irrigation it helps to remove silt for easy navigation.
Ukai Project	On Tapti in Gujarat
Mahi Project	On Mahi in Gujarat
Salal Project	On Chenab in J & K
Mata Tila Multipurpose Project	On Betwa in UP & MP
Thein Project	On Ravi, Punjab
Pong Dam	On Beas, Punjab
Tehri Project	On Bhgirathi, Uttaranchal
Sardar Sarovar Project	On Narmada, Gujarat/MP