BOOKS & AUTHORS : JANUARY TO JULY 2016

BOOKS & AUTHORS : JANUARY TO JULY 2016.
■ JANUARY ■
❂ Anything But ➨ Khamosh Bharati S Pradhan
❂ MARU BHARAT SARU BHARAT“(My India
Noble India) ➨ Jain Acharya Ratnasundersuri swarji Maharaj
❂ Objective Railway Engineering Track, Works & Others ➨M M Agarwal
❂ The Z Factor ➨Shri Subhash Chandra(Autobiography)
❂ The Turbulent Years – 1980-1996 – Vol II ➨ Pranab mukherjee
❂ Tolerance ➨ Mamata Banerjee
❂ Jawaharlal Nehru and Indian Polity in Perspective ➨ Released by HAMID ANSARI
❂ Veer Gaatha (on param veer chakra awardees) ➨ Released by Smriti Irani
■ FEBRUARY ■
❂ Transendence➨ APJ Abdul Kalam
❂ (AMAR CHITRA KATHA) A Kingdom for his Love ➨ Vani Mahesh and Shinie Antony
❂ India 2016 & Bharat 2016 ➨ Ministry of I & B
❂ The Bose Brothers and Indian Independence ➨ Madhuri Bose
❂ Fixed! Cash and corruption in cricket ➨ Journalist Shantanu Guha Ray
■ MARCH ■
❂ Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography ➨Pramod Kapoor
❂ Who was Shivaji ? ➨ Sri Govind Pansare
❂ The Culture Heritage of Trans Himalayas – Kinnaur ➨P.S. Nagi Loktus RELEASED BY DR MAHESH SHARMA
❂ Nathuram Godse: The story of an assassin ➨ Anup Ashok Sardesai
❂ On my terms from grassroot to the corridors of power ➨ Sharad Powar
❂ Globalisation, Democratic and corruption– Indian Perspective➨ Pranab Bardhan
■ APRIL ■
❂ The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise➨ Kartar Lalvani
❂ Endurance: My Year in Space and Our Journey to Mars-➨ Scott Kelly
❂ A State in Denial – Pakistan’s Misguided and Dangerous Crusade ➨ BG Verghese
❂ The Kiss of Life How a Superhero and my Son defeated cancer ➨ Bilal Siddiqui Emraan Hashmi LAUNCH BY ARVIND KEJRIWAL
❂ Blood on my Hands: Confessions of a Staged Encounter ➨ Kishlay Bhattacharjee
■ MAY ■
❂ Book titled Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up ➨ Rana Ayyub
❂ No Time to Pause ➨ Pavithra Ramesh
❂ Shashi Kapoor – the Householder, the Star ➨ Aseem Chhabra
❂ India vs Pakistan: Why Can’t We Just Be Friends ➨ Husain Haqqani
❂ My Favourite Nature Stories ➨Rusking Bond
❂ The World outside My Window ➨ Ruskin bond
❂ Ace Against Odds ➨ Saniya Mirza
❂ Chaos and Caliphate: jihadis and the west in the struggle for middle east ➨ Patrick Cockburn
❂ The Drowned Detective ➨ Neil Jordan
❂ Commissioner to Britain ➨ Navtej Sarna
■ JUNE ■
❂ The Unseen Indira Gandhi ➨ Dr K P Mathur
❂ A Life in Diplomacy ➨ Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra
❂ “The Birds of Banni Grassland” ➨Released by PM
❂ His share of sky ➨ Rashmi Narzary
❂ Green Transport ➨ Rani Iyer
❂ Family Life ➨ Akhil Sharma ( International Dublin literary Award)
❂ “R.D.Burmania – Panchamemoirs ➨ Chaitanya Padukone
■ JULY ■
❂ Ringside With Vijender ➨Rudraneil Sengupta released
❂ Who Moved My Interest Rate? ➨ Duvvuri Subbarao the former Governor of RBI
❂ Courage & Commitment: An Autobiography ➨ Margaret Alva
❂ The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable ➨ Amitav Ghosh

List of Recent Appointments .(March to May 2016)

List of Recent Appointments .(March to May 2016)
✈Ashok Lavasa designated as Finance Secretary.
✈Former Delhi top cop Bassi appointed as UPSC member.
✈Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba appointed as Chief of the Naval Staff.
✈Kumar Rajesh Chandra appointed Chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security.
✈SK Sharma appointed CMD of Nuclear Power Corporation of India.
✈Lt General Saini new commandant of Indian Military Academy.
✈Rakesh Kumar Mishra appointed Director of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology.
✈Jose Mourinhoappointed as manager of Manchester United.
✈Anurag Thakur elected as new BCCI President.
✈Kiran Bedi appointed new LG of Puducherry.
✈UN appoints Mary Robinson, Macharia Kamau as special envoys for El Nino, Climate.
✈Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei sworn in as acting Chief Justice of Tripura High Court.
✈Ratan P Watal appointed as Niti Aayog’s Principal Adviser.
✈Somnath Ghosh appointed as Ambassador of India to Tajikistan.
✈Bishwadip Dey appointed as High Commissioner of India to Trinidad and Tobago.
✈IPS Sudhir Yadav will be new DG of Tihar Jail.
✈Indian journalist Philip Abraham elected Deputy Mayor in UK.
✈Ashok Chawla nominated as Chairman, National Stock Exchange.
✈Obama appoints Indian-American Manjit Singh to key administration post.
✈Anil Kumble re-appointed ICC Cricket Committee chairman.
✈Suresh Babu appointed as Ambassador of India to Mongolia.
✈Fatma Samoura named first female secretary general of FIFA Council.
✈Shashank Manohar elected unopposed as ICC’s first independent Chairman.
✈Senior Advocate Atma Ram Nadkarni appointed as Additional Solicitor General.
✈Kumar Rajesh Chandra appointed aviation security wing chief.
✈Indian American Harmeet Kaur Dhillon elected to key Republican position.
✈UN chief Ban-Ki-Moon appoints Indian Radha Kumar to University Council.
✈IAS Navneet Mohan Kothari appointed as Personal Secretary to Union Steel Minister Tomar.
✈Lobsang Sangay re-elected as prime minister of Tibetan government-in-exile.
✈Goa Government appoints Justice PK Mishra as Lokayukta.
✈Bhupendra Kainthola appointed Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Director.
✈Salman Khan, Sachin tendulkar, AR Rehman named as Indian contingent’s Goodwill Ambassador for 2016 Rio Olympics.
✈BCCI appoints Rahul Johri as its first CEO.
✈IAS Manoj Kumar appointed as CVO, DDA(Delhi development Authority).
✈Deepak Mishra appointed as ADG of CRPF.
✈PC Thakur appointed as Director General, Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards.
✈Debraj Pradhan appointed as Ambassador of India to Norway.
✈Shubhdarshini Tripathi has been appointed as the next Ambassador of lndia to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
✈Nandini Singla has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Portugal.
✈Masakui to be new Indian Ambassador to Zimbabwe.
✈Virat Kohli becomes brand ambassador of Futsal league.
✈CP Gurnani appointed chairman of Nasscom.
✈GOI signs up Tendulkar to endrose Skill India.
✈Sharad Agarwal appointed as head of Lamborghini India Pvt Ltd.
✈Radha Binod Barman took over as part-time Chairperson of National Statistical Commission.
✈Senior IPS officer Surender Kumar Bhagat appointed as DG of Railways Protection Force.
✈Indian academician Radha Kumar appointed to United Nations’ University Council.
✈Rajiv Gauba takes over as Secretary of Urban Development Ministry.
✈Gopal Subramanium appointed as amicus curiae to implement Justice RM Lodha committee recommendations.
✈Arun Kumar Sinha appointed as Director, SPG (Special Protection Group).
✈Patrick Dupuis appointed to Wipro’s Board of Directors.
✈Ajay Kumar Singhal appointed as Railway Safety Commissioner.
✈Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) announces appointment of Jitendra Jagota as Chairman.
✈Indian-American Geeta Pasi nominated as US envoy to Chad by Obama.
✈Paytm hires Alibaba’s former executive Bhushan Patil as President.
✈Mujib Pasha Shaik Appointed as CVO, Bharat Dynamics Limited.
✈Surya Deva appointed as UN Human Rights Commissioner.
✈Mukund Padmanabhan appointed as new editor of The Hindu.
✈Geeta Johri appointed as first woman DGP of Gujarat.
✈Ali Mohamed Shein is a new President of Zanzibar.
✈S Sridhar appointed as MD of Pfizer India.
✈Messi appointed as Huawei global ambassador.
✈Times Internet appoints Gautam Sinha as CEO.
✈Fazle Kabir appointed as Governor of Bangladesh’s Central Bank.
✈Susmita Pande appointed as chairperson of National Monument Authority.
✈Meeran Borwankar appointed Director General of Bureau of Police Research & Development.
✈Kallol Roy appointed CMD of Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam.
I✈ndian-origin professor Surya Deva appointed UN Adviser on Human Rights and Businesses.
✈Michelle Yeoh appointed UNDP goodwill ambassador.
✈NPS Hira appointed as Deputy Chief of Army Staff.
✈BS Chauhan appointed Law Commission Chairman.
✈Kangana Ranaut becomes Reebok India’s brand ambassador.
✈MS Dhoni signed as Revital H brand ambassador.
✈Indian-American Nandita Bakhshi named President, CEO of Bank of the West.
✈Justice (retd) Permod Kohli appointed Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal.
✈International Hockey Federation (FIH) promotes Napoleon Singh as international Umpire.
✈TCS chief N Chandrasekaran appointed to board of Reserve Bank.
✈Sunil Sabharwal took charge as Alternate Executive Director at IMF(International Monetory Fund).
✈Mrugank Paranjape appointed as MD & CEO of MCX (Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd).
✈Rozle Prezelj – Chairman of IAAF Athletes’ Commission.
✈Justice H L Dattu appointed as member of International Coordinating Committee Bureau.
✈Ritu Beri appointed advisor to Khadi and Village Industries Commission.
✈Amar Abrol appointed as CEO of AirAsia India.
✈Alok Kumar Verma takes charge as Delhi Police Commissioner.
✈Dinesh Sharma – Chairperson of Governing Council of IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development).
✈Vinod Rai named Chairman of Banks Board Bureau.
✈Sachin Tendulkar joined UNICEF’s ‘Team Swachh’ initiative.
✈Gianni Infantino elected as new FIFA President.
✈USL(United Spirits Limited) appoints MK Sharma as new chairman.
✈Egyptian diplomat Ahmed Abul Gheit named Secretary General of the Arab League.
✈Former SC Judge BS Chauhan appointed 21st Law Commission Chairperson.
✈Rajendra Singh appointed as DG of Coast Guard.
✈Ratan Tata to head Indian Railways’ innovation committee.
✈Rohit Sharma named global ambassador of Nissan.
✈Tapan Kumar Chand elected President of Aluminium Association of India.
✈Jean Arnault appointed as head of UN Political Mission in Columbia.
✈Vice Admiral HCS Bisht took charge as Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command.
✈KN Vyas takes over as Director, BARC(Bhabha Atomic Research Centre).
✈Former CJI HL Dattu selected as new Chairman of NHRC (National Human Rights Commission).
✈Mashrafe Mortaza set to become UNDP’s goodwill ambassador.
✈Udai Kumar appointed as full-time MD and CEO of (MSEI) ✈✈✈Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India (formerly MCX Stock Exchange)
✈Amar Singh appointed as Police Commissioner of Kuala Lumpur.

RIO SUMMER OLYMPICS GAMES 2016

RIO SUMMER OLYMPICS GAMES 2016
✅Edition: 31st
✅Opening Ceremony: 5th August, 2016
✅Closing Ceremony: 22nd August, 2016
✅Theme: World Peace and Environment
✅Motto: A New World
✅Mascot: Vinicius
✅Total Participating Nations: 207
✅Total Events: 306
✅Total Sports Category: 28
✅1st Time Participating Country: Kosovo, South Sudan
✅New Sports Event: Golf, Rugby
✅Headquarter of International Olympic Committee: Lausanne, Switzerland
✅President of International Olympic Committee: Thomas Bach
✅1st Indian Women Member: Nita Ambani
✅India's Flag-bearer in opening ceremony: Abhinav Bindra
✅Number of Indian Athletes: 117
✅Largest Olympic Team of 2016 Rio Olympics: USA (554 athletes)
✅Smallest Olympic Team of 2016 Rio Olympics: South Pacific Nation of Tuvalu (1 athletes)
✅1st Gold Medal at Rio Olympic: Virginia Thrasher (Women's 10 meter air rifle, USA)
✅1st Indian Medalist at Rio: Sakshi Malik (Bronze, 58 Kg Freestyle Wrestling)
✅2nd Indian Medalist at Rio: P. V. Sindhu (Silver, Women's Single Badminton)
✅Highest Individual Medal: Michael Phelps (6 Medals: Gold- 5, Silver-1, USA)
✅Youngest Gold Medal: Ren Qian (15-Year Old, Women's 10m Platform Diving Event)
✅Youngest athlete of 2016 Rio Olympics: Gaurika Singh (13-Year Old, Swimmer, Nepal)
✅Next Olympic Venue: Tokyo, 2020
✅Headquarter of Indian Olympic Association (IOA): New Delhi
✅President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA): Narayana Ramachandran
✅General Secretary of Indian Olympic Association (IOA): Rajeev Mehta

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ranta 2016*_

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ranta 2016*_
# PV Sindhu - *Badminton*
# Dipa Karmakar - *Gymnastics*
# Jitu Rai - *Shooting*
# Sakshi Malik - *Wrestling*
_*Dronacharya Awards 2016*_
# Nagapuri Ramesh - *Athletics*
# Sagar Mal Dhayal - *Boxing*
# Raj Kumar Sharma - *Cricket*
# Bishweshwar Nandi - *Gymnastics*
# S. Pradeep Kumar - *Swimming (Lifetime)*
# Mahabir Singh - *Wrestling (Lifetime)*
_*Arjuna Awards 2016*_
# Shri Rajat Chauhan - *Archery*
# Lalita Babar - *Athletics*
# Shri Sourav Kothari - *Billiards & Snooker*
# Shiva Thapa - *Boxing*
# Ajinkya Rahane - *Cricket*
# Subrata Paul - *Football*
# Rani - *Hockey*
# Raghunath V.R. - *Hockey*
# Gurpreet Singh - *Shooting*
# Apurvi Chandela - *Shooting*
# Soumyajit Ghosh - *Table Tennis*
# Vinesh Phogat - *Wrestling*
# Amit Kumar - *Wrestling*
# Sandeep Singh Mann - Para- *Athletics*
# Virender Singh - *Wrestling (Deaf)*
_*Dhyan Chand Award 2015*_
# Ms. Satti Geetha - *Athletics*
# Shri Sylvanus Dung Dung - *Hockey*
# Shri Rajendra Pralhad Shelke - *Rowing*

ONE-LINERS IN INDIAN POLITY

ONE-LINERS IN INDIAN POLITY 
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1. What is the minimum age needed to become a President of India? – 35
2. What is the maximum age limit for the President? - No age limits
3. Who was the first president of India? - Dr. Rajendra Prasad
4. Who is the first Muslim president of India? - Zakir Hussain
5. Who is the first president to declare national emergency? - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
6. Who is known as the Philosopher President of India? - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
7. Who is the first Indian president to die in office? - Zakir Hussain
8. Who is the youngest President of India? - Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
9. In which year Supreme Court of India came into force? - 1950 January 28
10. Who is the first chief Justice of India?- Harilal J Kania
11. Which article in Indian Constitution gives the power of Writ jurisdiction to Supreme court? - Article 32
12. What is the monthly salary of chief Justice of Supreme court? - 1 lakh
13. What is the monthly salary of judge of Supreme court? - 90,000
14. Who is the first female judge of supreme court? - Fathima Beevi
15. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Fundamental Rights? - America (USA)
16. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Supreme Court? - America (USA)
17. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Preamble? - America (USA)
18. From Which country India Borrowed Written Constitution? - America (USA)
19. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Fundamental Duties? - Russia (USSR)
20. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Speaker in Lok Sabha? - Britain (UK)
21. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Parliamentary Election? - Britain (UK)
22. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed 'Suspension of Fundamental Rights during the Emergency'? – Germany
23. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Concurrent list? – Australia
24. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Union - State List? – Canada
25. From Which country Indian Constitution Borrowed Amendment of the Constitution? - South Africa
26. Which amendment is known as Mini constitution? - 42nd amendment (1976)
27. In which amendment did Right to property is removed from the Fundamental Rights? - 44th amendment (1978)
28. In which amendment did the voting age is lowered from 21 to 18? - 61st amendment (1989)
29. Which amendment lead to the creation of Panchayat Raj? - 73st amendment (1992)
30. Which article is known as Heart and Soul of the Constitution? - Article 32
31. Article 17 of the Indian Constitution provides for? - Abolition of Untouchability
32. Fundamental Right are granted to citizens under which Article? - Article 12 to 35
33. 'Right to Equality' is guaranteed to the citizens of India under Article? - Article 14
34. Which article has banned employment of children below the age of 14 in hazardous industries and factories? - Article 24
35. Which article deals with the free and compulsory education to all children below 14 years of age? - Article 45
36. Which is the Article that provides special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir? - Article 370
37. Which Article relates to the establishment of Finance Commission? - Article 280
38. Which Article deals with the Fundamental Duties? - Article 51 A
39. India become a republic on? - January 26, 1950 
40. What is the maximum time interval between two successive sessions of the parliament? - Six months
41. In our constitution Education is included in the ____ list? - Concurrent List
42. Who is the first Acting president of India? - V.V Giri
43. Which article proclaims, India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States? -Article 1
44. By elections to any House of Parliament or any State Legislative Assembly is held within - 6 months
45. Who was the first CAG of India? - V. Narahari Rau
46. Who is the custodian and guardian of the rights and privileges of the Members? – Speaker
47. Who is known as the ‘Father of Local Self Government in India’? - Lord Ripon
48. Preamble is known as - The Soul of Indian Constitution
49. When was the first session of the Constituent Assembly held? - 9 December, 1946
50. Under which Plan was the Constituent Assembly constituted? - Cabinet Mission Plan
51. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly? - Dr. Rajandra Prasad
52. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee? - B R. Ambedkar
53. When was the drafting of the Indian Constitution completed and adopted? -26 November, 1949
54. When was the Constitution of India put into effect? - 26 January, 1950
55. Who adopted the National Flag of India? - The Constituent Assembly (July 1947)
56. Who set forth the main objectives of the Constituent Assembly in the form of the Objective Resolution? - Jawaharlal Nehru
57. How is the President of India elected? - By Electoral College
58. Who presides over the session of the Rajya Sabha? - The Vice-President of India
59. Who appoints the Governors of States? - The President of India
60. What is the total number of members in the Lok Sabha? – 552
61. What is the number of elected members in the Lok Sabha? – 530
62. How many members constitute the Rajya Sabha? - 250