Geographical Points

Lake BaikalLocation: south of the Russian region of Siberia

This record breaking lake holds twenty percent of the Earth’s fresh water – as much as all five of America’s Great Lakes combined. But, with a water temperature rarely rising above eight degrees Celsius it’s not as inviting as it looks. But that’s okay for the residents, the only freshwater seals in the world: the Baikal seals.

Some Interesting Facts

Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world with a maximum depth of 1,632m.

It is also the world's largest volume of fresh water 23,000 cubic km.

This means that one-fifth of all the fresh water in the world is located here at Lake Baikal.

Lake Baikal is 640km long and judging by its dimensions only it would be more of a sea than a lake.

Baikal is also the world's most ancient freshwater lake, it originated 20-25 million years ago.

It is home to many unique species of animals and plants including the freshwater seal.

Lake Baikal is one of the clearest and purest bodies of water. In a good day you could see 40 meters into the lake.

Dimensions of Lake Baikal: It is 636 km long, 79 km wide.

There are 27 islands in Lake Baikal, most of them being uninhabited.

Baikal Lake’s coastline measures 2100 kilometers (around 1300 miles).

More than 300 streams and rivers flow into Lake Baikal, but there is just one outlet, the Angara.

The water in the lake creates a mild microclimate around its shores.

More than half the species found in Lake Baikal are unique to this place.

One fifth of all the freshwater in the world is in this lake.

geography terminology:

Geographical Terms

ANTIPODES

A region or place on the opposite side of a point on the earth.

ANTICYCLONES

Winds which blow outward from the center.

APHELION

Position of the earth in its orbit when is at the maximum distance from the sun.

ARCHIPELAGO

A cluster of islands, e.g., Pearl Islands in the Gulf of Panama.

ATOLL

Coral reef resembling a horse shoe, enclosing a lagoon.

AXIS

An imaginary line joining north and south poles.

AVALANCHE

A vast mass of snow mixed with earth or stones.

BIOSPHERE

Animate or inanimate organic kingdom on earth.

CANYON

A deep valley cut by a river through a mountain region, e,g., the Grand Canyon of the Colarado river in the USA.

CONTINENTAL SHELF

Land adjoining a continent submerged in the sea.

CYCLONES

A low pressure system area in which the wind blows spirally inward.

CROP ROTATION

Growing different crops needing different minerals for their growth in the same piece of land in order to get more yield.

DATE LINE

An imaginary line pointing north-south approximating to the Meridian 180 (east or west) where the date changes by one day the moment it is crossed.

DELTA

Alluvial deposit shaped like Greek letter, formed at the mouth of the river, where it falls into the sea, e.g., the Sunderban delta.

DEW

Condensed atmospheric water vapours due to the cooling of the air.

DRY FARMING

Growing of crops in low rainfall areas by moisture conservation, crop rotation but without irrigation.

EQUATOR

An imaginary line dividing the earth into two equal parts.

EQUINOXES

The day on which nights and days are of equal duration, e.g., March 22 and September 23.

EROSION

Wearing away of the earth's land surface by rain, wind, water, etc. rendering the land infertile.

ECLIPSE

When one earthly body obscures another one partially or completely.

FOG

When the atmospheric moisture touches cold earth and condenses on dust particles.

FROST

When the atmospheric moisture deposits in the shape of icy flakes on the exposed objects or near the ground due to below freezing point temperature.

HIGH SEAS

The parts of the sea which do not come under the territorial jurisdiction of the nations.

ICEBERG

Huge mass of ice separated from glacier in the polar regions. These masses of ice float in the oceans with 9 parts submerged in the ocean and one part visible.

ISOBARS

Lines on the map connecting the places of the same pressure.

ISOTHERMS

Lines on the map joining the places of the same temperature.

ISTHMUS

Narrow neck of land joining two land areas.

KUNDAN

Anew variety of wheat which gives high yields in both rained and irrigated tracts and responds well to low dose of water and fertiliser.

LAGOON

A shallow stream of water at the mouth of a river enclosed bu dunes of river silt.

LIGHT YEAR

The distance traveled by light in one year. It is equal to 9.4*10612 km.

LOCAL TIME

Time calculated from the sun at noon at any place of earth.

MERIDIAN

Imaginary line joining north and south poles and cutting the equator at right angles.

MIST

It is just like fog but contain more moisture.

OASIS

A part of the desert where water and vegetation are found.

ORBIT

The path of the heavenly bodies.

PYGMALLION POINT

The southernmost point of India, 700 km away from mainland India.

PRAIRIES

Smooth, treeless, green plain of Central and North America.

REEF

Jutting of rock or shingle or sand at just above or below sea level.

SAVANNA

Land covered with natural grass.

SIDEREAL DAY

Time taken by the earth to rotate once round its axis.

SNOW LINE

Altitudinal line along which the area remains snow clad.

SPRING TIDES

Higher tides in the ocean caused by the sun and the moon together. When the sun, the earth and the moon are positioned in a straight line.

NEAP TIDES

Tides caused by the differences of the forces exerted by the moon and the sun when both are at right angles to each other.

TORNADO

A brisk and violent storm generally having rotator motion.

TUNDRAS

Peripheral area of Arctic ocean.

TYCOON

Violent hurricane in China Sea.

WEATHER SATELLITE

Artificial satellite designed to forecast weather.

WESTERLIES

Constant winds blowing from south-west in the northern hemisphere and north-west in south hemisphere.

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MEMORIALS

Mahatma Gandhi- Raj Ghat (Royal Steps)

Jawaharlal Nehru- Shantivan (Garden of Peace)

Lal Bahadur Shastri- Vijay Ghat(Victory Platform)

Indira Gandhi -Shakti Sthal(Place of Power)

Jagjivan Ram- Samta Sthal(Place of Equality)

Choudhary Charan Singh- Kisan Ghat(Farmer’s Platform)

Rajiv Gandhi- Veer Bhumi(Land of Brave )

Giani Zail Singh- Ekta Sthal (Place of Unity)

Shankar Dayal Sharma- Karma Bhumi(Land of Duty)

Chandra Shekhar-Smiriti Sthal(Place of Remembrance)

I. K. Gujral- Smiriti Sthal(Place of Remembrance)

Devi Lal -Sangharsh Sthal(Place of Struggle)

The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)

The National Sample Survey Office

The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO), now known as National Sample Survey Office. The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) under the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation was established in 1950, with the objective of obtaining comprehensive and continuing information relating to social, economic, demographic, industrial and agricultural statistics through sample surveys on countrywide basis. It has been, therefore, instrumental in developing a strong database that has helped the Central as well as State Governments in development planning and policy formulations.

The NSSO has four Divisions namely:

Survey Design & Research Division (SDRD)

Data Processing Division (DPD)

Field Operations Division (FOD)

Coordination & Publication Division (CPD)

Each of these Divisions, except the CPD, is headed by Additional Director General. All these four Divisions function under the guidance of Director-General & Chief Executive Officer (DG&CEO).

Survey Design & Research Division (SDRD):

SDRD located at Kolkata is responsible for planning of the survey, finalization of sample design, schedules, instructions and tabulation programme, report writing, etc.

Data Processing Division (DPD)

DPD with its headquarters at Kolkata process the data collected through socio-economic surveys through its six Data Processing Centres across the country.

Field Operations Division (FOD)

The Field Operations Division (FOD) is responsible for collection of data from the field on various surveys of the NSSO. The FOD with head quarters at New Delhi functions through a network of 6 Zonal Offices, 49 Regional Offices and 116 Sub-Regional Offices spread throughout the length and breadth of the country.

Coordination & Publication Division (CPD)

CPD coordinates the activities of all the Divisions.

The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) functions under the overall direction of National Statistical Commission (NSC). The National Statistical Commission has the requisite independence and autonomy of decision making in the collection; processing and the publication of NSS data. The autonomy includes the choice of subjects or items on which data have to be collected in a given field of investigation or in a given period, the frequency with which the data on any item are to be collected, the preparatory or pilot work to be undertaken on different subjects, the sample design to be adopted, the tabulation to be prepared, the form in which the data are to be collected and processed and the analysis and publication of results.

Every year NSSO conducts not only large-scale sample surveys in the form of NSS Rounds covering a variety of socio-economic topics, but also other important surveys in the field of Industrial Statistics (Annual Survey of Industries), Agricultural Statistics and Retail Prices.

El Nino

What is El Nino?

El Nino, which literally means boy in Spanish.El Nino is an abnormal warming of surface ocean waters in the eastern tropical pacific cause climatic changes this climate pattern's oscillations cause extreme weather in many regions of the world and this El ninos tend to happen for every 3-7 years. EL Nino flows southward along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru, between January and March

The 1982-1983 El Nino Strongest El Nino in this century.

Who recognized first?

El Nino was originally recognized by fisherman off the coast of South America as the appearance of unusually warm water in the Pacific ocean, occurring near the beginning of the year.

What are El Nino weather patterns?

Cooler and wetter weather in the southern United States

Cooler weather in northern Canada

Drier weather in the Pacific Northwest

Warmer weather in western Canada and southern Alaska

Wetter weather in southern California

General impacts of El Nino:

Drought in Africa and India

Drought in Australia, Indonesia, and the Philippines

Heavy rains on islands of Pacific and the west coast of South America

Greater precipitation in SW United States

Warmer-than-normal winters in northern US and Canada

Weakening of Atlantic hurricanes

El Nino effect on India

Monsoon faithfully arrives at the shores of Kerala every year in the month of June. Its arrival is sometimes disrupted by a phenomena called El Nino which occurs in Eastern Pacific, near the shores of Peru. The ENSO is known to have a pronounced effect on the strength of SW Monsoon over India with the Monsoon being weak.Most of severe droughts in India have been associated with the El Nino events. This anomaly causes variability of the monsoons.when pressure is high over the Pacific Ocean, it tends to be low over the Indian Ocean from Australia to Africa. As pressures are inversely related to rainfall, it implies that low pressure over the Indian Ocean would result in a good monsoon.

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World Geography

How the Tilt of the earth's Axis is responsible for the seasons?

The Seasons on the Earth's are not caused by the differences in the distance from the sun.As the earth spins on its axis, producing night and day, it also moves about the sun in an elliptical orbit that requires about 365 1/4 days to complete. The earth's spin of axis is tilted with respect to its orbital plane this causes the Seasons.This tilting is what gives us the four seasons of the year - spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter.

When the earth's axis points towards the sun, it is summer for that hemisphere. When the earth's axis points away, winter can be expected. Since the tilt of the axis is 23 1/2 degrees, the North Pole never points directly at the Sun but on the summer solstice it points as close as it can, and on the winter solstice as far as it can. Midway between these two times, in spring and autumn, the spin axis of the earth points 90 degrees away from the sun. This means that on this date, day and night have about the same length: 12 hours each, more or less.

Seasons Aren't Dictated by Closeness to Sun: Why our closeness to the sun does not dictate the seasons

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Tripoint

Tripoint (or) Trijunction (or) Triple point (or) tri-border area

The International tripoint is a geographical point at which the borders of three countries meet or subnational entities meet. There are currently 157 international tripoints.more international tripoints that country has

China has highest tripoints i.e is 16

Russia with 11 to 14 lead the list of states by number of tripoints.

Austria has nine tripoints

*India has Five Tripoints

Bhutan-India-People's Republic of China

Bangladesh-India-Myanmar

India-Myanmar-China

India-Nepal-China

India-Pakistan-China

Some of the Important Tripoints

Treriksroset (Sweden/Norway/Finland)

Treriksroset is the point at which the borders of Sweden, Norway and Finland meet. In English Treiksroset means "Three-Country Cairn". This is Sweden's most northerly point and it is the westernmost point of the Finnish mainland . The tripoint monument itself is a yellow dome-shaped stone made of concrete, located about 10 metres (33 ft) out in Lake Goldajarv. This monument of stones erected in 1897 The best way to get here is travel to Kilpisjarvi in Finland, and then take the boat M/S Malla over the lake to the Swedish side and walk a 3km trail to Treriksroset. The boat goes three times per day. Or if you prefer you can walk a 11 km trail which is part of the longer trail Nordkalottleden.

Triple Frontier (Paraguay/Argentina/Brazil)

Is Triple point Frontier between Paraguay-Argentina-Brazil. Located on the mighty Parana and Iguazu Rivers, the area is one of the fastest growing, most important, and most dangerous areas in the Southern Cone of South America. The world's largest hydroelectric facility, at the confluence of the Iguazu and Parana Rivers.. This area is near Iguazu Falls

Dreilandereck (Germany/Switzerland/France)

The tripoint of France, Germany and Switzerland in the river Rhine. The monument is about 50 meters from the exact point at the port of Basel.The location has been an international tripoint since the 17th century. Basel joint the Swiss Confederation in 1501 which was de facto independent from the Holy Roman Empire since 1499, de jure in 1648. The area on the left bank left the Empire and joined France in 1634.

Tumba Peak (Bulgaria/Greece/Macedonia)

Tumba Peak (Bulgaria/Greece/Macedonia) International tripoint. Tumba is peak in the Belasica mountains in the Region of Macedonia.The altitude of the peak is 1,880 meters.Every August since 2001, an international excursion to the peak is organized under the motto "Balkans Without Borders".

Tripoint in Lake Prespa (Albania/Greece/Macedonia)

Prespa Lake is divided between Albania, Greece and Macedonia.The tripoint in Lake Prespa is close to the point that is halfway between the Macedonian island of Golem Grad and Albanian peninsula.

Mount Roraima Tripoint (Guyana/Venezuela/Brasil)

Tripoint - Oman/Saudi Arabia/Yemen

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Geography Mains 1996 paper I and Paper II Question paper

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Geography 1996

Squaring Number ending with 5

Example:95

Step 1:Multiply the number (leaving 5) by number + 1

9 * 10 = 90

Step 2:Add 25 to the last part of Answer (got in setp 1)

90(got from the Step 1) +25(Step 1 + 25 )

Answer:9025

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Example : 725

step 1: 72 * 73 = 5256

Step 2: Step 1 + 25

Answer : 525625

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Example:1445

Step 1: 144 * 145 =20880

Step 2: Step 1 + 25

Answer:2088025

Indian polity

Amendments of Indian Constitution

Indian constitution

Third amendment

Amended schedule :7
Date on which the Act came into force: 22nd February 1955
Prime Minister:JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Limits maximum number of seats in lok sabha up to 500.States would be divided into constituencies such that one member of a constituency will represent not less than every 750000 people but not more than every 5000000 people.

This amendment substituted entry 33 of List III (Concurrent List) of the Seventh Schedule to make it correspond to Article 369

Article 81:Composition of the House of the People.

Fourth Amendment

Amended Articles: 31, 31A and 305 of, and the Ninth Schedule
Date on which the Act came into force:27th April 1955
Prime Minister:JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Restrictions on property rights and inclusion of related bills in Schedule 9 of the constitution

Article 31A of the Constitution was also amended to extend its scope to cover categories of essential welfare legislation like abolition of zamindaris, proper planning of urban and rural areas and for effecting a full control over the mineral and oil resources of the country, etc.

In the Ninth Schedule to the Constitution, after entry 13 Six Acts were also included.

Article 305 was also amended to save certain laws providing of State Monopolies.

Article 31 : [Repealed]
Article 31A:Saving of Laws providing for acquisition of estates, etc
Article 305:Saving of existing laws and laws providing for State monopolies
NINTH SCHEDULE:Validation of certain Acts and Regulations.

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Indian constitution

1st Amendment

zamindari abolition laws

place reasonable restriction on freedom of speech

Schedule 9 introduced to protect laws that are contrary to the Constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights.

Amended articles: 15, 19, 85, 87, 174, 176, 341, 342, 372 and 376.
Inserted: articles 31A and 31B,schedule 9
Date on which the Act came into force: 18th June 1951
Prime Minister:JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Article 15:Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.
Article 19:Protection of certain rights regarding freedom of speech, etc.
Article 85:Sessions of Parliament, prorogation and dissolution.
Article 87:Special address by the President.
Article 174:Sessions of the State Legislature, prorogation and dissolution.
Article 176:Special address by the Governor.
Article 341:Scheduled Castes.
Article 342:Scheduled Tribes.
Article 372:Continuance in force of existing laws and their adaptation.
Article 376:Provisions as to Judges of High Courts.

Inserted Article 31A:Saving of Laws providing for acquisition of estates, etc.
Inserted Article 31B:Validation of certain Acts and Regulations.
Inserted NINTH SCHEDULE [Article 31B]:Validation of certain Acts and Regulations

2nd Amendment

Amended articles:81
Date on which the Act came into force: 19th May, 1952
Prime Minister:JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

By this amendment, the scale or representation for election to the Lok Sabha was readjusted and fix the size of each parliamentary constituency between 650,000 and 850,000 voters

Article 81:Composition of the House of the People.

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60th National Film Awards 2012 Winners' List

1. Best Feature Film - Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi); Director Tigmanshu Dhulia (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 2,50,000) Producer: UTV Software Communications (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 2,50,000)

2. Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director - Chittagong (Hindi) Producer and Director: Bedabrata Pain; and 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam) Producer: Thomas Kottackkakom Dir: Siddhartha Siva (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,25,000)

3. Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Vicky Donor (Hindi) Producer Sunil Lulla, John Abraham, Ronnie Lahiri, Ram Mirchandani, Dir: Shoojit Sircar; Ustad Hotel (Malayalam) Producer: Listin Stephen, Dir: Anwar Rasheed (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 2,00,000)

4. Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration - Thanichallanjan (Malayalam) Producer Cherian Philippose (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000), Dir: Babu Thiruvalla (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000)

5. Best Film on Social Issues: Spirit (Malayalam) Producer MJ Antony (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000), Dir: Renjith (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000)

6. Best Children's Film - Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi) Producer: Mahaveer Jain (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000), Dir: Mangesh Hadawale (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000)

7. Best Film on Environment and Conservation/preservation: Black Forest (Malayalam) Producer: Baby Mathew Somatheeram (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000), Dir: Joshy Mathew (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000)

8.Best Animation Film - Delhi Safari (Hindi) Producer: Anupama Patil (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,00,000), Dir: Nikhil Advani (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,00,000), Animator Rafique Shaikh (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,00,000)

9. Best Direction - Dhag (Marathi) Dir: Shivaji Lotan Patil (Swarna Kamal and Rs 2,50,000)

10.Best Actor - Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi) Actors: Irrfaan (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000), Vikram Gokhale (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

11.Best Actress - Dhag (Marathi) Actress: Usha Jadhav (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

12.Best Supporting Actor - Vicky Donor (Hindi) Actor: Anu Kapoor (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

13. Best Supporting Actress - Vicky Donor (Hindi) Dolly Ahluwalia (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000); Thanichallanjan (Malayalam) Kalpana (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

14. Best Child Artist - Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi), Actor: Virendra Pratap; 101 Chodiyangal, Actor: Minon (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

15.Best Male Playback Singer - Chittagong (Hindi) Singer: Shankar Mahadevan, Bolo Na (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

16.Best Female Playback Singer - Samhita (Marathi) Singer: Aarti Anklekar Tikekar, Palakein Naa Moondon (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

17. Best Cinematography - Ko: YAD, Cameraman: Sudheer Palsane (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000) Laboratory: Prasad Film Laboratory, Chennai (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

18. Best Screenplay - Screenplay Writer (Original) Kahani (Hindi) Sujoy Ghosh (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000), Screenplay writer (Adapted) Oh My God (Hindi) Bhavesh Mandalia, Umesh Shukla (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000) and Dialogues Ustaad Hotel (Malayalam) Anjali Menon (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

19. Best Audiography - Location Sound Recordist Annayum Rasoolam (Malayalam) Radhakrishnan S (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000); Sound Designer, Shabdo (Bengali) Anirban Sengupta, Dipankar Chaki (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000); Re-recordist of final mixed track Gangs of Wasseypur (Hindi) Alok De, Sinoy Joseph, Shreejesh Nair (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

20.Best Editing - Kahaani (Hindi) Namrata Rao (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

21. Best Production Design - Vishwaroopam (Tamil) Boontawee Thor Taweepasas, Lalgudi N Ilayaraja (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

22. Best Costume Designer - Paradesi (Tamil) Poornima Ramaswamy (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

23. Best Make-up Artist - Vazakkuenn 18/9 (Tamil) Raja (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

24. Best Music Direction - Songs: Samhita (Marathi) Shailender Barve (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000); Kaliyachan (Malayalam) Biji Bal (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

25. Best Lyrics - Chittagong (Hindi) Prasoon Joshi, Bolo Na (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

26. Special Jury Award - Chitrangada (Bengali) Rituparno Ghosh; Kahaani (Hindi) Gangs of Wasseypur (Hindi) Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi) Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 2,00,000)

27. Best Special Effects - Eega (Telugu) Makuta VFX (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

28. Best Choreogrpahy - Vishwaroopam (Tamil) Pandit Birju Maharaj (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

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India Relations With Neighbouring Countries

Afghanistan	Bangladesh	Bhutan
China	Maldives	Myanmar
Nepal	Pakistan	Sri Lanka

Recent Awards

60th National Film awards

President Pranab Mukherjee will confer the 60th National Film awards at a gliterring function in New Delhi this evening.

Bollywood movie Pan Singh Tomar is the Best film and its lead actor Irfan Khan shares the best actor honour with Vikram Gokhale for the Marathi movie Anumati.

The best actress award goes to Ms Usha Jadhav for her performance in Marathi movie Dhag.

Anu Kapoor has won the best supporting actor award for Vicky Donor

The best male playback singer Shankar Mahadevan for the song Bolo Na from the movie Chittagong.

Lyricist Prasoon Joshi has won the best lyrics award for the song Bolo Na from the movie Chittagong.

Sujoy Ghosh won the best screen play writer award for Kahaani.

The award for the best choreography has been conferred on Pt. Birju Maharaj for Tamil film Vishwaroopam.

Gojri and Urdu film Shepherds of Paradise won the best film award.

Vikrant Pawar won the Best Director award for Marathi movie Kaatal.

Timbaktu has won the best film award in the environmental category

Dreaming Taj Mahal has been conferred the award for the best promotional film.

Read Full List of Winners

ISRO Young Scientist Award :

A young woman scientist "Jenita Mary Nongkynrih" from Meghalaya has been selected for this year's ISRO young Scientist Award for her Urban information system project in the North East.She is currently Working as a scientist at the NESAC(North Eastern Space Application Center),Umiam,Nongkynrith.

Outstanding Parlimentarian Awards:

BJP leader Arun Jaitley(2010),Congress MP Karan Singh(2011) and JD(U) MP Sharad Yadav(2012).This award is conferred is conferred each year on an outstanding parliamentarian recommended by the award committe and approved by the executive committe of the Indian Parliamentary Group. The Indian Parliamentary Group has instituted the outstanding parliamentarian award in 1984.

Golden Peacock Award:

The Golden Peacock Awards for excellence in business in different sectors would be presented at the ongoing Global Convention on Business Excellence in Dubai.

In the National Category

The award in the automobile sector would be presented to Mahindra and Mahindra farm division

In the power sector it has gone to the Reliance Infrastructure.

In the IT sector CMC Limited gets the top honour

In the transportation sector Dubai based DP World is the winner.

In the banking services sector Punjab National Bank will get the top honour

In the asset management Birla Sun Life,

In the insurance sector ICICI Lombard .

In the Global category

Mumbai based WNS Global Services Ltd. gets the top honour in BPO sector,

Dubai based QBG Services gets the award for Facility Management Services.

Amity Education bags the award in the education sector ,

Abbott Healthcare is the winner in healthcare sector.