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Some Basic Facts about India

1. Smallest state (Area) = Goa
2. Smallest state (population) = Sikkim
3. Most literate union Territory = Lakshadweep
4. Smallest Union Territory = Lakshadweep
5. Biggest hotel = Oberoi Sheraton (Mumbai)
6. Highest award (civilian) = Bharat Ratna
7. Highest Gallantry award = Paramvir chakra
8. Most literate state = Tripura
9. Fastest Train = Shatabdi express
10. Least populated union Territory = Lakshadweep
11. Most populated city = Mumbai
12. Busiest bridge = Howra (Calcutta)
13. Oldest Refinery = Digboi (Assam)

Some Important Portals & their Founders

1. Google Larry Page & Sergey Brin
2. Facebook Mark Zuckerberg
3. Yahoo David Filo & Jerry Yang
4. Twitter Jack Dorsey & Dick Costolo
5. Internet Tim Berners Lee
6. Linkdin Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue & Koonstantin Guericke
7. Email Shiva Ayyadurai
8. Gtalk Richard Wahkan
9. Whatsapp Laurel Kirtz
10. Hotmail Sabeer Bhatia
11. Orkut Buyukkokten
12. Wikipedia Jimmy Wales
13. You tube Steve Chen, Chad Hurley & JawedKarim
14. Rediffmail Ajit Balakrishnan
15. Nimbuzz Martin Smink & Evert JaapLugt
16. Myspace Chris Dewolfe & Tom Anderson
17. Ibibo Ashish Kashyap
18. OLX Alec Oxenford & Fabrice Grinda
19. Skype NiklasZennstrom, Janus Friis & Reid Hoffman
20. Opera Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner & Geirlvarsoy
21. Mozilla Firefox Dave Hyatt & Blake Ross
22. Blogger Evan Willam Belli

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ICC AWARDS LIST - 2013

1. ICC Cricketer of the Year - Michael Clarke - Australia
2. ICC Test Cricketer of the Year - Michael Clarke - Australia
3. ICC Womens ODI Cricketer of the Year - Suzie Bates - New Zealand
4. ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year - Kumar Sangakkara - Sri Lanka
5. ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year - CheteshwarPujara - India
6. ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year - Umar Gul - Pakistan
7. ICC T20I Womens Cricketer of the Year - Sarah Taylor - England
8. ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year - Kevin OBrien - Ireland
9. ICC Spirit of Cricket Award - MahelaJayawardena - Sri Lanka
10. ICC Umpire of the Year (The David Shepherd Trophy) -Richard Kettleborough - England
11. LG Peoples Choice - MS Dhoni - India
12. Michael Clarke - Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year

FIRST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD

- First Country in World to abolish Slavery : Spain
- First Country in World to abolish Death Penalty : Venezuela
- First Country in World to legalize Same-Sex marriage : Netherlands
- First Country in World to issue Paper Currency : China (by Song Dynasty)
- First Country in World to issue Postal Stamp : Britain (the stamp name is "Penny Black")
- First Country in World to develop Hydro-electricity : Norway
- First Country in World to let Right to Vote for Women : Newzealand
- First Country in World to introduce VAT(Value Added tax) : France in 1954
- First Country in World to impose Carbon Tax : Finland in 1990
- First Country in World to be Democratic : Athens of Greece
- First Country in World to experience Industrial Revolution : Britain
- First Country in World to have an official National Flag : Denmark (soit has oldest Flag)
- First Country in World to launch 3G Technology :Japan
- First Country in World to initiate Family Planning Policy : India
- First Country in World to initiate Railways : Britain
- First Country in World to launch artificial Satellite into Earth's
orbit : USSR or Soviet Russia in 1957(Satellite's name is Sputnik-1)

BANKING TERMS
1. Balance of Trade :
The value of a countrys exports minus the value of its imports. Unless specified as the
balance of merchandise trade, it normally incorporates trade in services, including earnings
(interest, dividends, etc.) on financial assets.

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2. Balance of Payments :
A list of all of a countrys international transactions for a given time period, usually one
year. Payments into the country (receipts) are entered as positive numbers, called credits;
Payments out of the country (payments) are entered as negative numbers called debits. A
single numbers summarize all of a countrys international transactions: the balance of
payments surplus.
3. MFN (Most Favored Nation) :
The principle, fundamental to the GATT, of treating imports from a country on the same
basis as that given to the most favored other nation. That is, and with some exceptions,
every country gets the lowest tariff that any country gets, and reductions in tariffs to one
country are provided also to others.
4. Balanced Budget :
A government budget surplus that is zero, thus with net tax revenue equaling expenditure.
A balanced budget changes in policy or behavior is one which a component of the
government budget, usually taxes, is adjusted as necessary to maintain a balanced budget.
5. Balanced Growth of an Economy:
Growth of an economy in which all aspects of it, especially factors of production, grow at the
same rate.

LIST OF IMPORTANT DAYS

January
January
January
January
January
January

9 NRI Day
10 World Laughter Day
12 National Youth Day
15 Army Day
26 India's Republic Day, International Customs Day
30 Martyrs' Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day

2nd Sunday of February World Marriage Day

February 24 Central Excise Day
February 28 National Science Day
Second Monday March Commonwealth Day
March 8 International Women's Day; Intl. literacy Day
March 15 World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day
March 18 Ordnance Factories Day (India)
March 21 World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 22 World Day for Water
March 23 World Meteorological Day
March 24 World TB Day

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April
April
April
April
April
April
April

5 National Maritime Day

7 World Health Day
17 World Hemophilia Day
18 World Heritage Day
21 Secretaries' Day
22 Earth Day
23 World Book and Copyright Day

May
May
May
May
May
May
May
May
May
May
May
May

1 Workers' Day (International Labour Day)

3 Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day
2nd Sunday Mother's Day
4 Coal Miners' Day
8 World Red Cross Day
9 World Thalassaemia Day
11 National Technology Day
12 World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day
15 International Day of the Family
17 World Telecommunication Day
24 Commonwealth Day
31 Anti-tobacco Day

June
June
June
June
June

4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

5 World Environment Day
3rd Sunday Father's Day
14 World Blood Donor Day
26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

July 1 Doctor's Day

July 11 World Population Day
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August
August

3 International Friendship Day

6 Hiroshima Day
8 World Senior Citizen's Day
9 Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
15 Indian Independence Day
18 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
19 Photography Day
29 National Sports Day
19 Photography Day
29 National Sports Day

September
September
September
September

2 Coconut Day
5 Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day
8 World Literacy Day (UNESCO)
15 Engineers' Day

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September
September
September
September
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October
October

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27

World Ozone Day

Alzheimer's Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)
Day of the Deaf
World Tourism Day

1 International Day for the Elderly

2 Gandhi Jayanthi
3 World Habitat Day
4 World Animal Welfare Day
8 Indian Air Force Day
9 World Post Office Day
10 National Post Day
2nd Thursday World Sight Day
13 UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14 World Standards Day
15 World White Cane Day (guiding the blind)
16 World Food Day
24 UN Day; World Development Information Day
30 World Thrift Day

November
November
November
November
November

9 Legal Services Day

14 Children's Day; Diabetes Day
17 National Epilepsy Day
20 Africa Industrialization Day
29 International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

December
December
December
December
December
December
December

1 World AIDS Day

3 World Day of the Handicapped
4 Indian Navy Day
7 Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
10 Human Rights Day
18 Minorities Rights Day (India)
23 Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day) (India)

COUNTRIES & ITS PARLIAMENT

Afghanistan Shora
Andorra General Council
Albania People's Assembly
Azerbaijan Melli Majlis
Algeria National People's Assembly
Angola National People's Assembly
Argentina National Congress
Australia Federal Parliament
Austria National Assembly

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Bahamas General Assembly
Bahrain Consultative Council
Bangladesh Jatiya Sansad
Belize National Assembly
Bhutan Tshogdu
Bolivia National Congress
Brazil National Congress
Brunei National Assembly
Botswana National Assembly
Britain Parliament (House of Common's & House of Lords)
Bulgaria Narodno Subranie.
Cambodia National Assembly
Congo Democratic Rep. of National Legislative Council
Colombia Congress
Canada Parliament
China National People's Congress
Chile Chamber of Deputies and Senate
Comoros Legislative Council and Senate
Costa Rice Legislative Council and Senate
Crotia Sabor
Cuba National Assembly of People's Power
Czech Republic Chamber of Deputies and Senate
Denmark Folketing
Ecuador Natinal Congress
El Salvador Legislative Assembly
East Timor Constituent Assembly
Ethiopia Federal Council and House of Representative
Egypt People's Assembly
Fiji Islands Senate & House of Representative
France National Assembly
Finland Eduskusta (Parliament)
Germany Bundestag(Lower House),Bundesrat (Upper House)
Guyana National Assembly
Greece Chamber of Deputies
Hungary National Assembly
Iceland Althing
India Parliament
Indonesia People's Consultative Assembly
Iran Majlis
Iraq National Assembly
Israel Knesset
Italy Chamber of Deputies and Senate
Japan Diet
Jordan National Assembly
Korea(North) Supreme People's Assembly
Korea(South) National Assembly

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Kuwait National Assembly
Kenya National Assembly
Laos People's Supreme Assembly
Labanon National Assembly
Lesotho National Assembly and Senate
Lithuania Seimas
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies
Liberia National Assembly
Libya General People's Congress
Malaysia Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara
Maldives Majlis
Madagascar National People's Assembly
Mongolia Great People's Khural
Montenegro Federal Assembly
Mozambique People's Assembly
Myanmar Pyithu Hluttaw
Nepal National Panchayat
Netherlands The State General
Norway Storting
New Zealand Parliament (House of Representative)
Oman Monarchy
Pakistan National Assembly & Senate
Paraguay Senate & Chamber of Deputies
Philippines The Congress
Papua New Guinea National Parliament
Poland Sejm
Romania Great National Assembly
Russia Duma & Federal Council
Serbia Federal Assembly
Senegal National Assembly
Seychelles People's Assembly
Somalia People's Assembly
South Africa Rep. House of Assembly
Spain Cortes
Sweden Riksdag
Saudi Arabia Majlis Al Shura
Sudan National Assembly
Switzerland Federal Assembly
Syria People's Council
Turkey Grand National Assembly
Tunisia National Assembly
USA Congress
Vietnam National Assembly
Venezuela National Congress
Zaire National Legislative Council
Zambia National Assembly

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