Thursday, September 29, 2011

Current Affairs of August, 2011

This time I'am presenting some current affairs of August, 2011. Though these are very few in number, still I hope viewers may like these. Please send us various informations on current affairs.

  • Champion double-trap shooter and Asian Games gold medalist Ronjan Sodhi, ranked No.1 in the world, as per the latest rankings released by the International Shooting Sport Federation on 1 August 2011.
  • The Veteran fighter pilot Air Marshal Kishan Kumar Nohwar took over as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS).
  • Union government accorded a two-year extension to Reserve Bank of India Governor D. Subbarao beyond his term ending September 2011.
  • Shammi Kapoor, the veteran actor and leading star of Bollywood of the 1960s died on 14 August 2011.
  • Chairman & MD of Mathrubhoomi group of newspapers, M.P. Veerendrakumar elected chairman of the Board of Directors of Press Trust of India (PTI).
  • Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister K Rosaiah was appointed as the new Governor of Tamil Nadu on 26 August 2011.
  • Ustad Azizuddin Khan, the exponent of Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana (school of music), passed away on 23 August 2011.
  • Haryana Government declared the constitution of State Innovation Council headed by State Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati for promotion of innovations.
  • Dadar & Nagar Haveli celebrated its 58th liberation day on 2 August 2011.
  • Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) scaled down its projection for the growth rate of the economy in 2011-12 to this percent.- 8.2%
  • Sexual-assault case against this former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was dismissed by Justice Michael J. Obus of State Supreme Court in Manhattan.
  • Lamine Diack from Senegal was reelected unopposed as president of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) on 24 August 2011.
  • Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan announced his resignation after almost 15 months in office.
  • Red Bull member Sebastian Vettel returned to the highest step of the podium for the first time in four races after he won the Belgian Grand Prix on 28 August 2011.
  • Novak Djokovic defeated American Mardy Fish to win the Montreal Masters.
  • The European country Spain won the tenth edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship title in Romania.
  • U.N. declared three regions of Somalia to be famine hit.
  • Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s trial was televised on 3 August 2011.
  • Yashwant Sinha headed the parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance that presented its recommendations on the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill, 2011.
  • This former director general of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Ranjit Sinha was selected to head the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
  • The first gold index in India with a base date of 2 January 2007 was launched on 29 August 2011 by CRISIL.
  • The foreign minister of Libya, Abdel Aati Al Obeidi visited India on 22 July 2011 to brief about latest developments.
  • India –Japan comprehensive economic partnership agreement entered into force on 1st August, 2011.
  • Hina Rabbani Khar, the first woman foreign minister of Pakistan to visit India from 26 to 28 July 2011.
  • The food safety and standards Act of 2006 became effective from the date- 5 August 2011.
  • The oldest known fossil of an African Ape discovered in the African country Uganda.
  • The fossil of an African Ape was discovered in Uganda, which is considered to be 20 million years old.
  • Foreign direct investment into India grew to the amount of 5.65 billion US dollarin June 2011.
  • Lobsang Sangay took oath as the Kalon Tripa( Prime Minister) of Tibetans in exile.
  • US credit rating downgraded to AA+ from AAA by a United States-based financial services company Standard and Poor’s (S&P).
  • In Nepal, ban on smoking in public places comes into effect from the date 7th August 2011.
  • The Indian Government Set up NATGRID to Access all Intelligence Data. NATGRID stands for National Intelligence Grid.
  • In Afghanistan, a probe was launched to determine the exact cause of the chopper crash by the security agency called International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
  • To cure influenza US scientists found an antibody called CH65.
  • British scientists developed a new device called EndoBarrier to cure diabetes.
  • The Indian state, Jharkhand launched Dal Bhat scheme on Independence day.
  • Google to buy Motorola Cell unit for the amount 12.5 Billion Dollars.
  • Fossils of largest cheetah was found in the country Georgia.
  • The Ace Indian discus thrower Krishna Poonia won the gold medal in the Annual Athletic Meet at Portland in USA.
  • Scientists recently estimated that the age of the moon is 4.36 billion years.
  • Scientists discovered a natural preservative called Basin.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Nick Names of Important Persons (World)

Hello visitors. This time I'm back with some nick names of some important persons of the world. These nick names are very famus as will as their real names. Stay in touch for the next post.


Nick Name Real Name
Joe the Plumber Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, an American plumbing contractor
Genghis Khan Temüjin
The General Irish Criminal Martin Cahill
El Cauclillo Francisco Franco
Maid of Orleans Joan of Arc
Desert Fox Erwin Rommel
The Godfather of Soul James Brown
Man of Destiny Napolean Bonaparte
The Elephant Man Joseph Merrick
The Edge David Howell Evans, guitarist in the rock band U2
The Duke John Wayne
Dubya George W. Bush
Man of Blood and Iron Otto Von Bismark
The Cincinnatus of the Americans George Washington
The Fab Four The Beatles
Jesse "The Mind" Ventura Jesse Ventura, Professional Wrestler and Former Governor of Minnesota
Jesse "The Body" Ventura Jesse Ventura, Professional Wrestler and Former Governor of Minnesota
Father of his country George Washington
Honest Abe Abraham Lincoln
His Airness Michael Jordan
The Hick from French Lick Larry Bird
Hanoi Jane Jane Fonda
The Glimmer Twins Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Rolling Stones originals members, they co-write most of the hits
The Greatest Muhammad Ali boxer[1]
The Great One Wayne Gretzky, WHA/NHL hockey player
The Great Emancipator Abraham Lincoln, The 16th President of the United States of America
The Great Communicator Ronald Reagan, The 40th President of the United States of America
The Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38th Governor of California
King Maker Earl of Warwick
The Golden Bear Jack Nicklaus
The Great Commoner William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ("Pitt the Elder") or William Jennings Bryan
Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Stuart
Canuck Canadian, from Johnny Canuck
Caligula Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
The Bambino George Herman Ruth, Jr., American baseball Player
Broadway Joe Joe Namath, AFL/NFL American Football player
The Bard William Shakespeare
Brangelina Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Boom Boom Afridi Shahid Afridi
Bono Paul Hewson
The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart
Body Beautiful Beale Edith Bouvier Beale
Bloody Mary Mary I of England
Birdman Chris Andersen
Bird Charlie Parker
The Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo
The Boss Bruce Springsteen
The Bird Mark Fidrych, Baseball pitcher
Biggie Smalls Christopher Wallace, American Hip-Hop and rap singer
Bonzo John Bonham
Dr. Death Jack Kevorkian proponent of assisted suicide
Ike Dwight David Eisenhower
Bard of Twickenham Alexander Pope
Bard of Avon William Shakespeare
Chemical Ali Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, Iraqi Information Minister during the 2003 US invasion; also known as Baghdad Bob
Angel of Death Josef Mengele
The Doctor Valentino Rossi
Digger Australian soldier
Diamond Dave David Lee Roth, Singer
DeathStar DeskStar, a model of disk drives by IBM which had a remarkably high failure rate
Wizard of the North Walter Scott
Grand Old Man of Britain Willian Ewart Glandstone
der Alte (the old man) Konrad Adenauer
Qaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Sandman Howard Sims, dancer
Saint Jimmy Billie Joe Armstrong
The Rock Chameleon David Bowie
The Rock (person) Dwayne Johnson
The Rat Pack A group of American singers and entertainers from the late 1950s to the early 1970s
The Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen, World War I, German flying ace
Old Rough and Ready Zachary Taylor
Ike Dwight David
Slash Saul Hudson, guitarist
Joltin' Joe Joe Dimaggio, Baseball player; former husband of Marilyn Monroe
Fuhrer Adolf Hitler
Pearl of the Orient Philippines
Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento
The Paris of the South São Paulo and Buenos Aires
The Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar
The Teflon Don mobster John Gotti
X-22 backgammon champion Paul Magriel
Turd Blossom name given by George W. Bush to Karl Rove
Tricky Dick Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States
Trane John Coltrane
Satchmo Louis Armstrong
The Thin White Duke David Bowie, Actor, Entertainer
The Say Hey Kid Willie Mays, American, Major League baseball player and Hall of Famer
The Sultan of Swat Babe Ruth, Major league Baseball player and Hall of Famer
Sting Gordon Sumner, British rock musician
Soapy Sam Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford
Slowhand Eric Clapton
Slick Willy U.S. President Bill Clinton
Prince of the Humanists Desiderius Erasmus
Knick Killer Reggie Miller
Larry Legend Larry Bird
The Little Sparrow Sezen Aksu
The King (of all Media) Howard Stern
The Killer Jerry Lee Lewis
The Old Pretender James Francis Edward Stuart
Madiba Nelson Mandela
Madge Madonna
The King of Spin Shane Warne
The King of Spain Ashley Giles
The King of Pop Michael Jackson
King James LeBron James
The King (of golf) Arnold Palmer
Old Kinderhook (OK) Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States
Old Hickory Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States
Old Blue Eyes Frank Sinatra, entertainer
Old St. Nick Santa
Old Nick Santa
The Man from Tennessee Andrew Jackson
Mr. Hockey Gordie Howe
Iron Duke Duke of Wellington
The Mick Mickey Mantle
The Myth Bodybuilding great Sergio Oliva
The Material Girl Madonna
Manitas de Plata Flamenco guitarist Ricardo Baliardo

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Nick name of Important Persons (India)

Hello visitors. This time I'm back with some nick names of some important persons of India. These nick names are very famus as will as their real names. Stay in touch for the next post on some important persons of the world and their nick names.


Nick Name Real Name
Father of the Nation Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Bapu Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Chacha Jawaharlal Nehru
Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan
Man of Peace Lal Bahadur Shastri
Punjab Kesari Lala Lajpat Rai
Guruji M S Gohlwalkar
Haryana Hurricane Kapil Dev
Panditji Jawaharlal Nehru
Buddha Siddhartha Gautama
Saint of the Gutters mother Teresa
Kaviguru Rabindranath Tagore
Badshah Khan / Frontier Gandhi Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Adi Kavi Valmeeki
Nightingale of India Sarojini Naidu
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore
Prince of Kolkata Saurav Ganguly
Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Deenabandhu C F Andrews
Super Star Tamil Actor(Indian) Rajinikanth
Grand Old Man of India Dadabhai Naoroji
Anna C N Annadurai
Rajaji C Rajagopalachari
Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas K. Gandhi
Deshbandhu Chitta Ranjan Das
Iron Man Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Bengal Kesari Ashutosh Mukherji
Bihar Kesri Dr. Srikrishna Singh
Andhra Kesri T.Prakasam
Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Abdullah
Jana Nayak Karpuri Thakur
Rajarshee Purushottam Das tandon
Desh Ratna Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ajatshatru Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Mahamana Pt.Madan Mohan Malaviya
Sparrow Major General Rajinder Singh
Young Turk Chandra Sekhar
Tau Chaudhury Devi Lal
Sahid-e-Azam Bhagat Singh
Swar Kokila Lata Mangeshkar
Udanpari P.T.Usha
Biswa Kavi Rabindranath Tagore
Tota-e-Hind Amir Khushro
Lal, Bal, Pal Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Ganghadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal
Bihar Vibhuti Dr. Anurag Narayan Singh
Babuji Javjeevan Ram
Nepoleon of India Samudra Gupta
Shakespeare of India Mahakavi Kalidas
Machiavelli of India Chanakya
Akbar of Kashmir Jainul Abdin
Father of Gujrat Ravi Sankar Maharaj
Grandfather of Indian Films Dhundiraj Govind Fhalke
Morning Star of India Renaissance Raja Ram Mohan Roy
King Maker of Indian History Sayyed Bandhu
Little Master Sunil Gavaskar
Magician of Hockey Dhyanchand
Deshpriya Yatindra Mohan Sengupta
Kuvempu K.V.Puttappa

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Nick Names of Imporant Places

Hello visitors. This time I'm back with some nick names of some important places. These nick names are very famus as will as their real names. Stay in touch for the next post on some important indian persons and their nick names.


Nick Name Real Name
Queen of Arabian Sea Kochi, India
Queen of Adriatic Venice, Italy
Land of the Kangaroo Australia
Land of the Golden Fleece Australia
Roof of World Pamirs, Central Asia
Yellow River Huang Ho (China)
Garden City of India Bangalore
Quaker City Philadelphia, USA
World's Loneliest Island Tristan De Gunha (Mid-Atlantic)
Sick Man of Europe Turkey
Sorrow of China River Hwang Ho
World's Bread Basket Praires of N.America
Windy City Chicago, USA
Sugar bowl of the World Cuba
White Man's Grave Guinea Coast
White City Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Venice of North Stockholm, Sweden
Venice of East Alleppey, India
Spice Garden of India Kerala
Dark Continent Africa
Great White Way Broadway, New York, USA
Granite City Aberdeen, Scotland
Gift of Nile Egypt
Gateway of India Mumbai
Gate of Tears Bab-el-mandab, Jerusalem
Garden of India Bangalore, India
Garden of England Kent, England
Forbidden City Lhasa, Tibet
Eternal City Rome, Italy
Herring Pond Atlantic Ocean
Emerald Island Ireland
The City or The City by the Bay San Francisco, California
Cockpit of Europe Belgium
City of Sky-scrapers New York, USA
City of Seven Hills Rome, Italy
City of Palaces Kolkata, India
City of Magnificent Distances Washington D.C., USA
City of Golden Temple Amristar, India
City of Golden Gate San Francisco, USA
City of Dreaming Spires Oxford, England
Britain of South New Zealand
Blue Mountain Niligiri Hills, India
Empire City New York, USA
Land of Lilies Canada
Playground of Europe Switzerland
Pink City Jaipur, India
Pillars of Hercules Strait of Gibraltar
Pearl of Antilles Cuba
Never Never Land Prairies of N.Australia
Manchester of Japan Osaka
Land of White Elephants Thailand
Land of Thunderbolt Bhutan
Land of Thousand Lakes Finland
Land of Rising Sun Japan
Hermit Kingdom Korea
Land of Midnight Sun Norway
Powder Keg of Europe Balkans
Land of Kangaroo Australia
Land of Golden Pagoda Myanmar (Burma)
Land of Five Rivers Punjab, India
Land of Cakes Scotland
Lady with the Lamp Florence Nightingale
Key of Mediterranean Gibraltar
Island of Pearls Bahrain
Island of Cloves Madagascar
Land of Maple Canada
Holy Land Palestine
Land of Morning Calm Korea
The Eternal City Rome
The Mother-in-law of Europe Denmark
Hogtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gotham New York
God's Own Country Kerala, New Zealand, Rhodesia or Yorkshire
Garrincha Manoel Francisco dos Santos
Frisco San Francisco, California
Columbia The United States or The Americas
The Federal City Washington D.C.
The Old Bailey The Central Criminal Court in England
The Enchanted Isle (from 'la isla del encanto') Puerto Rico
The Emerald City Seattle, Washington, USA
The Emerald Isle Ireland or Puerto Rico
The Dragon China (as an economy)
Chosin Few US Marine survivors of Korean War Battle of Chosin Reservoir
The Fourth Estate The press
Sin City Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
White House The executive branch of the government of the United States
Whitehall The British government including Parliament but excluding the monarchy
Westminster The British Parliament
Tinseltown Hollywood, California, USA
Taiwan Republic of China
The New Sinatra Jay-Z
The Smoke London
The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street the Bank of England
The Rock (prison) Alcatraz Prison
The Red Devils Manchester United Football Club
Perfidious Albion Great Britain
Pensioneers Chelsea football club
The Paris of the West San Francisco, USA
The Steel City Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania
City of the Golden Gate San Francisco
The Battlefield of Europe Belgium
Auntie Australian Broadcasting Corporation / British Broadcasting Corporation
the Antipodes Australia and New Zealand
Diamond City in India Surat, Gujarat
Humming Bird Trinidad
Land of the Canals Netherlands
World's Breadbasket Prairies of N. America
City of Brotherly Love Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Beeb The British Broadcasting Corporation
Port of five Seas Moscow
Land of Windmills Netherlands
Brass Fountain PPSh-41
The City of Joy Kolkata, India
The City of Light Paris
Bengal's Sorrow Damodar River, India
Chocolate City Washington, D.C., so named because of its majority African-American population
C-3 the Collins Crystal Cave expedition
The Bayou City Houston, Texas, USA
Brew City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Beantown Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Blighty Great Britain (used by British servicemen abroad and expatriates)
The Big Stick Theodore Roosevelt's diplomatic policy
The Big Smoke Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Big Easy New Orleans, Louisiana
The Big D Dallas, Texas, USA
The Big Apple New York City, New York, USA
Brisvegas Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Parliament's Name of the Famous Countries

A parliament is a legislature. The name is derived from the French parlement, the action of parler (to speak): a parlement is a talk, a discussion, hence a meeting (an assembly, a court) where people discuss matters. Below is the list of Parliament's name in some of the Famous countries of the world.

Name of The Country Name of The Parliament
Afghanistan Shura
Argentina National Congress
Australia The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia
Bahamas General Assembly
Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangsad
Bhutan Tshogdu
Brazil National Congress
Bulgaria Narodno Sabranieye (National Assembly)
Myanmar Pyithu Hluttaw
Cambodia National Assembly
Canada Parliament of Canada
China (Mainland) National People's Congress
China (National) Li Fa Yuan (Legislative Yuan)
Colombia Congress of the Republic
Cuba National Assembly of People's Power
Denmark Folketinget
Ethiopia Shergo
Egypt Consultative Council and People's Assembly
Finland Eduskusta / Riksdagen
France Parlement
Germany Bundestag (Lower House), Bundestrat (Upper House)
Greenland Landstinget
Hungry National Assembly
Iceland Althingi
India Sansad [Lok Sabha (Lower House) and Rajya Sabha (Upper House)]
Indonesia People's Consultative Assembly and House of Representives
Iran Majles
Iraq National Assembly
Ireland Oireachtas
Israel The Knesset
Japan The Diet
Kuwait Majlis-al-Umma
Laos National Assembly
Libya General People's Congress
Maldives Majlis
Mangolia Great Hural
Nepal Sansad
Netherlands Staten General
New Zealand Hosue of Representatives
Norway Stortinget
Oman Majlis
Pakistan Majlis-e-Shoora
Papua New Guinea National Parliament
Poland Sejm
Russia Duma
South Africa House of Assembly
Spain Cortes Generales (General Courts)
Surinam Staten
Sweden Riksdagen
Switzerland Federal Assembly
Taiwan Yuan
Turkey Grand National Assembly
United Kingdom (UK) Parliament (House of Commons and Hosue of Lords)
United States Congress (House of Representatives and Senate)
Uzbekistan Oliy Majlis