Monday, November 30, 2009

DOSE (MISCELLANEOUS)

  1. The UNESCO has welcomed the tabling of National Commission for Heritage Sites Bill 2009 in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill, tabled in the last Parliament session, seeks to create a national commission, having a holistic view of protection and preserv ation of heritage sites.
  2. On May 21, 1991, Rajiv Gandhi was killed in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a suicide bomber. Sonia resisted Congress attempts to persuade her to step into Rajiv`s shoes and eschewed politics for some years. 
  3. Mother Teresa,  won the Nobel Prize in April 1985.
  4. Mother Teresa was born on August 27, 1910, in Skopje, Yugoslavia (known today as Skopje, Macedonia). Her parents were Nikola and Dronda Bojaxhiu. She was known as the friend to the friendless or sister to the poor. Mother Teresa's real name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, but as a nun she changed her name of course to Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was a Roman nun.
  5. Mother Teresa, born on 29th August, 1910, was the foundress of Missionaries of Charity.
  6. Yasser Arafat was born Mohammed Yasser Abdul- Ra'ouf Qudwa Al-Husseini on August 24, 1929. Though he became the symbol of the Palestinian cause, he was not a Palestinian. His birthplace was actually Cairo, Egypt. Arafat ls Born The Syrians, who were increasingly at odds with Nasser, decided to support a rival Palestinian faction and began recruiting agents from refugee camps in Lebanon. A group calling themselves the Movement for the Liberation of Palestine
  7. Jawaharlal Nehru Port, the country's premier container port, even as the port is continuously breaking new grounds in cargo handling. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) handled 4.06 million TEUs of containers during the financial year 2007-08 .
  8. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) handled 4.06 million TEUs of containers during the financial year 2007-08 . ... "With 24% growth JNPT is the third port in the world after two Chinese ports to record highest growths in cargo handling," said SS Hussain, chairman of the Port Trust.
  9. The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) was established in the year 1961. The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) was established as the first national institute for Post-Graduate studies and Research in Management by the Government of India. The vision of the Institute is to emerge as an International Centre of Excellence in all facets of Management Education, rooted in Indian ethos and societal values.
  10. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee is a premier institution of engineering and technology in India. The first engineering institution set up in India in 1847, IIT Roorkee has acquired a world-wide reputation of being among the foremost centres of excellence.
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