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Tropical cyclone called HUDHUD has approached Indian coasts.Look at this picture . I hope it will help you to know bit more about it. Get NCERT books downloaded by clicking this link : http://journey2ias.blogspot.in/2014/10/tropical-cyclone-called-hudhud-has.html

The National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 The National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 11, 2014 by the Minister of Law and Justice, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad. The Bill has been introduced in conjunction with the Constitutional (121st Amendment) Bill, 2014, which establishes the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC). The Bill provides for the procedure to be followed by the NJAC for recommending persons for appointment as Chief Justice of India and other Judges of the Supreme Court (SC), and Chief Justice and other Judges of High Courts (HC). Reference to Commission for filling up of vacancies When a vacancy arises in the SC or HCs, the central government will make a reference to the NJAC. Existing vacancies will be notified to the NJAC within thirty days of the Act entering into force. When a vacancy arises due to the completion of term, a reference will be made to the NJAC,...

If you haven't heard it already, India-based Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan-based Malala Yousafzai just got awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Everybody knows who Malala is, but do you have any idea about the awesome things that Satyarthi has done? If you don't know that i assure you that you are on the right place. Just take a look Here are 10 things that you must know about him:   1. He was born on  January 11, 1954 , in Vidisha, located near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.   2. 60-year-old Satyarthi is the 8th Nobel Laureate born in India.   3. He gave up a promising career as an electrical engineer when he was all of 26 to dedicate his life to help kids forced into slavery.   4. The founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, he has hel...

=>"भारतीय जिन्होंने नोबेल पुरुस्कार जीते" - कैलाश सत्यार्थी नोबेल पुरस्कार जीतने वाले पांचवें भारतीय नागरिक बनकर रबींद्र नाथ टैगोर, सीवी रमन, मदर टेरेसा और अमर्त्य सेन जैसी हस्तियों की सूची में शामिल हो गये। - सत्यार्थी और पाकिस्तान की मलाला यूसुफजई को 2014 के लिए नोबेल शांति पुरस्कार का संयुक्त विजेता चुना गया। - सत्यार्थी नोबेल शांति पुरस्कार जीतने वाले भारतीय मूल के पहले व्यक्ति हैं। - टैगोर वर्ष 1913 में साहित्य के लिए नोबेल पुरस्कार पाने वाले पहले भारतीय थे। - रमन को वर्ष 1930 में भौतिक विज्ञान के लिए इस पुरस्कार से सम्मानित किया गया। - अल्बेनिया मूल की और बाद में भारतीय नागरिकता लेने वाली रोमन कैथोलिक नन मदर टेरेसा को वर्ष 1979 में नोबेल शांति पुरस्कार से विभूषित किया गया। उन्होंने ‘द मिशनरीज आफ चैरिटी’ की नींव रखी थी। - वर्ष 1998 में अर्थशास्त्र क्षेत्र का नोबेल पुरस्कार कोलकाता में जन्मे अर्थशास्त्री सेन ने ‘कल्याणकारी अर्थशास्त्र में अपने योगदान के लिए’ जीता। ***- इनके अलावा, ‘इंटरगवर्मेंटल पैनल आन क्लाइमेट चेंज’ संस्था को वर्ष 2007 म...

 INDIA'S RANK ON VARIOUS GLOBAL INDICATORS INDICATOR RANK SOURCE YEAR Press Freedom Index 140/178 Reporters Without Borders 2010 Index of Economic Freedom 120/178 Heritage Foundation 2014 CORRUPTION(TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL 94/178 2010 Global Competitiveness Index -/131 World Economic Forum 2008 Ease of doing business World Bank Human Development Index 136/187 United Nations 2013 Global peace indicator 143 Where to be bor...

LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK (1828-1835) ·            Lord William Bentinck assumed the office of the Governor-general in 1828 ·          He was appointed the Governor of Madras in 1803 ·          The first Governor-general of British India ·          Who acted on the dictum that “the welfare of the subject peoples was a main, perhaps the primary, duty of the British in India” Policy towards Indian States ·          William Bentinck adopted a policy of non-intervention and non-aggression with Indian states Mysore 1.        In Mysore, Hindu rule under Krishnaraja III was restored by Wellesley. 2.        Later, when the young raja assumed full control of the government he proved incompetent. 3.   ...