List of Jain Tirthankaras

Sr. No.	Tirthankar	Symbol	Place of Nirvan
1	Lord Rishabha	Bull	Ashtapad(Kailasha)
2	Ajitnath	Elephant	Samet Sikhar
3	Sambhavanath	Horse	Samet Sikhar
4	Abhinandannath	Monkey	Samet Sikhar
5	Sumatinath	Red Goose	Samet Sikhar
6	Padmaprabha	Lotus	Samet Sikhar
7	Suparshvanath	Swastika	Samet Sikhar
8	Chandraprabha	Moon	Samet Sikhar
9	Pushpadanta	Crocodile	Samet Sikhar
10	Sheetalnath	Kalpavriksha	Samet Sikhar
11	Shreyansanath	Rhinoceros	Samet Sikhar
12	Vasupujya	Female buffalo	Champapuri
13	Vimalnath	Pig	Samet Sikhar
14	Anantnath	Porcupine	Samet Sikhar
15	Dharmanath	Vajra	Samet Sikhar
16	Shantinath	Deer	Samet Sikhar
17	Kunthunath	Goat	Samet Sikhar
18	Aranath	Fish	Samet Sikhar
19	Mallinath	Kalasa	Samet Sikhar
20	Munisuvrata	Tortoise	Samet Sikhar
21	Nami Natha	Blue-Water Lily	Samet Sikhar
22	Neminatha	Conch	Mount Girnar
23	Parshva	Snake	Samet Sikhar
24	Mahavira	Lion	Pava Puri

List of countries and their national games

Afghanistan: Buzkashi

Antigua and Barbuda: Cricket

Argentina: Pato

Bangladesh: Kabaddi

Barbados: Cricket

Bermuda: Cricket

Bhutan: Archery

Brazil: Capoeira

Bulgaria: Weightlifting

Canada: Ice hockey

Chile: Chilean rodeo

China: Table Tennis

Cuba: Baseball

Hungary: Water polo

India: Field hockey

Iran: Wrestling
Jamaica: Cricket

Japan: Sumo Wrestling

Mexico: Charreria

New Zealand: Rugby union

Norway: Cross-country skiing

Russia: Sambo

South Korea: Tae-kwon-do

Spain: Bull fighting

Sri Lanka: Volleyball

USA: Baseball

List of Private sector banks in India and their headquarters

S.No.	Private Bank	Headquarter
1	Axis Bank Ltd.	Mumbai
2	Bank of Rajasthan Ltd	Jaipur
3	The Catholic Syrian Bank	Thrissur
4	The Dhanalakshmi Bank Ltd	Thrissur
5	Federal Bank	Kerala
6	ING Vysya Bank Ltd	Bengaluru
7	The Karnataka Bank Ltd.	Mangalore
8	The Karur Vysya Bank Ltd.	Karur
9	The Nainital Bank Ltd.	Nainital
10	The South Indian Bank Ltd.	Thrissur
11	Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd	Tuticorin

TYPES OF TAXES IN INDIA

TYPES OF TAXES IN INDIA

 I. DIRECT TAXES :-
These types of taxes are directly imposed & paid to Government of India. There has been a steady rise in the net Direct Tax collections in India over the years, which is healthy signal. Direct taxes, which are imposed by the Government of India, are:
 (1) Income Tax :-
Income tax, this tax is mostly known to everyone. Every individual whose total income exceeds taxable limit has to pay income tax based on prevailing rates applicable time to time.
 (2) Capital Gains Tax :-
Capital Gain tax as name suggests it is tax on gain in capital. If you sale property, shares, bonds & precious material etc. and earn profit on it within predefined time frame you are supposed to pay capital gain tax. The capital gain is the difference between the money received from selling the asset and the price paid for it.
 (3) Securities Transaction Tax :-
A lot of people do not declare their profit and avoid paying capital gain tax, as government can only tax those profits, which have been declared by people. To fight with this situation Government has introduced STT (Securities Transaction Tax ) which is applicable on every transaction done at stock exchange. That means if you buy or sell equity shares, derivative instruments, equity oriented Mutual Funds this tax is applicable.
 (4) Perquisite Tax :-
Earlier to Perquisite Tax we had tax called FBT (Fringe Benefit Tax) which was abolished in 2009, this tax is on benefit given by employer to employee. E.g If your company provides you non-monetary benefits like car with driver, club membership, ESOP etc. All this benefit is taxable under perquisite Tax.
 (5) Corporate Tax :-
Corporate Taxes are annual taxes payable on the income of a corporate operating in India. For the purpose of taxation companies in India are broadly classified into domestic companies and foreign companies.
 II. INDIRECT TAXES :-
 (6) Sales Tax :-
Sales tax charged on the sales of movable goods. Sale tax on Inter State sale is charged by Union Government, while sales tax on intra-State sale (sale within State) (now termed as VAT) is charged by State Government.
 (7) Service Tax :- 
Most of the paid services you take you have to pay service tax on those services. This tax is called service tax. Over the past few years, service tax been expanded to cover new services.
 (8) Value Added Tax :-
The Sales Tax is the most important source of revenue of the state governments; every state has their respective Sales Tax Act. The tax rates are also different for respective states.
 (9) Custom duty & Octroi (On Goods) :-
Custom Duty is a type of indirect tax charged on goods imported into India. One has to pay this duty , on goods that are imported from a foreign country into India. This duty is often payable at the port of entry (like the airport). This duty rate varies based on nature of items.
 (10) Excise Duty :-
An excise or excise duty is a type of tax charged on goods produced within the country. This is opposite to custom duty which is charged on bringing goods from outside of country. Another name of this tax is CENVAT (Central Value Added Tax).
 (11) Anti Dumping Duty :-
Dumping is said to occur when the goods are exported by a country to another country at a price lower than its normal value. This is an unfair trade practice which can have a distortive effect on international trade. In order to rectify this situation Central Govt. imposes an anti dumping duty not exceeding the margin of dumping in relation to such goods.
 III. OTHER TAXES :-
 (12) Professional Tax :-
If you are earning professional you need to pay professional tax. Professional tax is imposed by respective Municipal Corporations. Most of the States in India charge this tax.
 (13) Dividend distribution Tax :-
Dividend distribution tax is the tax imposed by the Indian Government on companies according to the dividend paid to a company’s investors. Dividend amount to investor is tax free. At present dividend distribution tax is 15%.
 (14) Municipal Tax :-
Municipal Corporation in every city imposed tax in terms of property tax. Owner of every property has to pay this tax. This tax rate varies in every city.
 (15) Entertainment Tax :-
Tax is also applicable on Entertainment; this tax is imposed by state government on every financial transaction that is related to entertainment such as movie tickets, major commercial shows exhibition, broadcasting service, DTH service and cable service.
 (16) Stamp Duty, Registration Fees, Transfer Tax :- If you decide to purchase property than in addition to cost paid to seller. You must consider additional cost to transfer that property on your name.
 (17) Education Cess , Surcharge :-
Education cess is deducted and used for Education of poor people in INDIA. All taxes in India are subject to an education cess, which is 3% of the total tax payable. The education cess is mainly applicable on Income tax, excise duty and service tax.
 (18) Gift Tax :-
If you receive gift from someone it is clubbed with your income and you need to pay tax on it. This tax is called as gift tax.
 (19) Wealth Tax :-
Wealth tax is a direct tax, which is charged on the net wealth of the assessee. Wealth tax is chargeable in respect of Net wealth corresponding to Valuation date.Net wealth means all assets less loans taken to acquire those assets. Wealth tax is 1% on net wealth exceeding 30 Lakhs (Rs 3,000,000). So if you have more money, assets you are liable to pay tax.
 (20) Toll Tax :-
At some of places you need to pay tax in order to use infrastructure (road, bridge etc.) build from your money given to government as Tax. This tax is called as toll tax. This tax amount is very small amount but, to be paid for maintenance work and good up keeping.

WORLD ORGANISATIONS AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS

	Organisation		Head quarters
1.	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (World Bank)	-	Washington
2.	Amnesty International	-	London (England)
3.	Asian Development Bank (ADB)	-	Manila (Philippines)
4.	ASEAN (Assosiation of South-East Asian Nations)	-	Jakarta (Indonesia)
5.	NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)	-	Brussels (Belgium)
6.	African Union (AU)	-	Addis-Ababa (Ethopia)
7.	International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)	-	Geneva (Switzerland)
8.	SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Corporation)	-	Kathmandu (Nepal)
9.	United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)	-	Nairobi (kenya)
10.	INTERPOLE (International Police)	-	Lyons (France)
11.	World Trade Organisation (WTO) (w.e.f. Jan 1, 1995)	-	Geneva
12.	Organisation of American States (OAS)	-	Washington D.C.
13.	ARAB LEAGUE (League of Arab States)	-	Cario (Egypt)
14.	COMECON	-	Minsk (Belarus)
15.	World Council of Churches (WCC)	-	Geneva
16.	European Energy Commission (EEC)	-	Geneva
17.	Economic Commission of Africa (ECA)	-	Addis-Ababa
18.	Economic Commission of West Asia (ECWA)	-	Baghdad
19.	United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)	-	Geneva
20.	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)	-	Vienna (Austria)
21.	United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)	-	Vienna (Austria)
22.	UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development	-	Geneva
23.	WWF (World Wildlife Fund)	-	Gland (Switzerland)
24.	International Olympic Committee (IOC)	-	Lusane
25.	European Common Market (ECM)	-	Geneva
26.	CHOGM (Common wealth Heads of Governments Meet)	-	London
27.	OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries)	-	Vienna
28.	OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	-	Paris
29.	CENTO (Central Treaty Organisation)	-	Ankara (Turkey)
30.	Commonwealth	-	London
31.	European Economy Community (EEC)	-	Brussels
32.	Council of European	-	Strasbourg
33.	European Space Research Organization (ESRO)	-	Paris
34.	BENELUX Economic Union	-	Brussels
35.	Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)	-	Bankgkok (Thiland)
36.	Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)	-	Geneva
37.	Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carribbean	-	Santiago (Chile)
38.	Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)	-	Jordan (Amman)
39.	ANZUS Council	-	Canberra (Australia)
40.	United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS)	-	New york
41.	United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)	-	New York
42.	United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNDPA)	-	New York
43.	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)	-	New York
44.	United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)	-	New York
45.	United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)	-	New York
46.	United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)	-	Geneva
47.	World Food Programme (WFP)	-	Rome (Italy)
48.	Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)	-	Rome (Italy)
49.	International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)	-	Montreal (Canada)
50.	International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)	-	Rome
51.	International Labour Orgsanisation (ILO)	-	Geneva
52.	International Monetary Fund (IMF)	-	Washington
53.	International Telecommunication Union (ITU)	-	Geneva
54.	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)	-	Paris
55.	Universal Postal Union (UPU)	-	Berne (Switzerland)
56.	World Health Organisation (WHO)	-	Geneva
57.	World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)	-	Geneva
58.	World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)	-	Geneva
59.	Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)	-	London
60.	Woman Aid International	-	London
61.	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	-	Geneva
62.	Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries	-	Kuwait
63.	Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)	-	Paris
64.	Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC)	-	Mecca