International Awards to Indians

Man Booker Prize (Indians)

• VS Naipaul - In Free State (1971)
• Salman Rushdie - Midnight Children (1981)
• Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things (1997)
• Kiran Desai - Inheritance of Loss (2006)
• Arvind Adiga - The White Tiger (2008)

Oscar Award (Indians)

• Bhanu Athaiya (1982)
• Satyajit Ray (1992)
• Resul Pookutty (2009)
• Gulzar (2009)
• A R Rahman (2009)
• Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga, The Elephant Whisperers (2023)
• RRR Naatu Naatu (2023)

Nobel laureate (Indians)

• Literature (1913) - Ravindra Nath Tagore
• Physics (1930) - CV Raman
• Medicine (1968) - Hargovind Khurana
• Peace (1979) - Mother Teresa
• Physics (1983) - Subramanian Chandrasekhar
• Economics (1998) - Amartya Sen
• Chemistry (2009) - Venkataraman Radhakrishnan
• Peace (2014) - Kailash Satyarthi ​
• Economics (2019) - Abhijeet Banerjee

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World Kidney Day

Today : The day is observed on the second Thursday of March, every year to create awareness among the people about kidney health and the various diseases that can affects its normal function

Theme: "Kidney Health For All".

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Human Development Index 2023/2024 - India ranks 134 out of 193 countries.

Gender Inequality Index 2023/2024 - India ranks 108 Out Of 193 Countries.

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Chemical Name & Formula

Baking Powder - Sodium Bicarbonate (NaHCO3)

Blue Vitriol - Copper Sulphate (CuSO4.5H20)

Bleaching Powder - Calcium Hypochlorite (CaOCl2)

Caustic Potash - Potassium Hydroxide (KOH)

Caustic Soda - Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH)

Chalk - Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)

Chloroform - Trichloromethane (CHCL3)

Dry Ice - Solid Carbondioxide (CO2)

Epsum - Magnesium Sulphate (MgSO4.7H2O)

Green Vitriol - Ferrous Sulphate (FeSO4.7H2O)

Gypsum - Calcium Sulphate (CaSO4.2H2O)

Laughing Gas - Nitrous Oxide (N2O)

Magnesia - Magnesium Oxide (MgO)

Milk of Magnesia - Magnesium Hydroxide (Mg(OH)2)

Marsh Gas - Methane (CH4)

Mohr's Salt - Ferrous Ammonium Sulphate ((NH4)2SO4.FeSO4.6H2O)

Muriatic Acid - Hydrogen Chloride (HCl)

Plaster of Paris - Calcium Sulphate Hemihydrate (CaSO4.½H2O)

Quicklime - Calcium Oxide (CaO)

Rock Salt - Sodium Chloride (NaCl)

Sand - Silicon dioxide (SiO2)

Salt Petre - Sodium Nitrate (NaNO3)

Slaked Lime - Calcium Hydroxide (Ca(OH)2)

Soda Ash - Sodium Carbonate (Na2CO3)

Vinegar - Acetic Acid (CH2COOH)

Washing Soda - Sodium Carbonate (Na2CO3.10H2O)

White Vitriol - Zinc Sulphate (ZnSO4.7H2O)

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Metal Contamination Disease

• Minimata - Mercury
• Mad Hatter Disease - Mercury
• Itai-Itai - Cadmium
• Blue Baby Syndrome - Nitrate
• Black Foot - Arsenic
• Siderosis - Inhalation of Iron Dust
• Dermititis - Nickel
• Wilson - Copper

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 for 543 Parliamentary constituencies to be completed in 7 Phases as announced by the Election Commission.

Date of Counting to be June 4, 2024.

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Important Borders/Boundary Lines

• Macmahon Line - India & China
• Line of Actual Control (LAC) - India & China
• Line of Control (LOC) - India & Pakistan
• Radcliffe Line - India & Pakistan
• Durand Line - Afghanistan & Pakistan
• Palk Strait - India & Sri Lanka
• Maginot Line - Germany & France
• Oder Neisse Line - Germany & Poland
• Hindenburg Line - Germany & Poland
• 17th Parallel - N.Vietnam & S.Vietnam
• 38th Parallel - N.Korea & S.Korea
• 49th Parallel - USA & Canada

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2023 IQAir World Air Quality Report

• New Delhi is ranked the World’s Most Polluted Capital City for the fourth consecutive year since 2018.

• Bihar’s Begusarai has emerged as the World’s Most Polluted Metropolitan Area.

• India had the third worst Air Quality after Bangladesh and Pakistan.

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33rd Saraswati Samman 2023

Renowned poet Prabha Varma has been selected for the Saraswati Samman for the year 2023 for his verse novel Roudra Sathwikam.

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Folk Painting

• Andhra Pradesh - Kalamkari
• Bihar - Madhubani Paintings
• Jharkhand - Jadopatiya Paintings , Paitkar Paintings
• Kerala - Kalamezhuthu
• Kolkata - Kalighat Paintings
• Maharashtra - Warli Paintings
• Madhya Pradesh - Bagh Style of Textile Art Printing
• Odisha - Pattachitra Paintings
• Rajasthan - Phad Paintings , Kajali Paintings
• Sikkim - Thangka
• Tamil Nadu - Karuppur kalamkari Paintings
• Telangana - Cheriyal Scrolls 

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GRID-INDIA is now a Miniratna Company.

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Handicrafts 

• Assam - Gamosa (Cotton Towel) , Jaapis (Conical Hat) , Mekhela Chador (Silk Saree)
• Bhopal - Zardozi Art (Embroidery)
• Gujarat - Patola Sarees
• Karnataka - Kasuti (Embroidery)
• Lucknow - Chikankari (Embroidery)
• Maharashtra - Paithani (Hand woven Silk Sarees)
• Madhya Pradesh - Maheshwari Sarees 
• Tamil Nadu - Kanjeevaram Sarees , Toda (Embroidery)
• Telangana - Pochampally Ikat Sarees 

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