Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards 2010

As India celebrated its 62nd Republic Day, Padma awards namely Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri were given for exceptional and distinguished service rendered in various field

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PADMA AWARDS

Interesting Facts - 9 (Human Blood)

2.5 trillion number of blood cells are present in blood

2.5 billion number of times the heart beats without resting during a 70 year lifetime

1 billion number of oxygen molecules of hemoglobin are present in a red blood cell

250 million number of molecules of hemoglobin are present inside a red blood cell

1,50,000 km is the total length of the body's blood vessels

120 days is a lifespan of a red blood cell

99% is the proportion of all blood cells that are red blood cells

5 litres of blood is present in an average adult's body

India Today Woman Summit and Awards 2010

India Today  Woman in Business	Priya Paul, Chairperson,  Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels
India Today  Woman in Science	Geeta Varadan, Director,  Advanced Data research Institute,  Hyderabad
India Today  woman in the  Corporate World	Sangeeta Talwar, Executive Director,  Tata Tea
India Today  Woman in Public Affairs	Amita Sharma, Joint Secretary,  Ministry of Rural Development
India Today  Woman in Public Service	Sangita Jindal, Philanthropist,  Founder Chairperson of  Jindal South West Foundation
India Today  Woman as Story Teller	Zoya Akhtar, Film Director
India Today  Woman on the field	Jwala Gutta,  National Badminton Player
India Today  Woman in the Arts	Loveleen Tandan,  Co-director, Slumdog Millionaire
Amway India Today  Woman Emerging Entrepreneur	Richa Pandey Mishra,  Founder, eJeevika HR
India Today Woman-Amway  Woman of the Year	Rukhsana Kausar,  Constable, Jammu and Kashmir Police
India Today Woman for  Global Achievement	Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Actor

Books and Authors - 4

In Custody	Anita Desai
India Wins Freedom	Maulana Azad
The Man who knew Infinity	Robert Kanigel
The Judgement	Kuldip Nayar
The Future of Freedom	Fareed Zalaria
We Indians	Khushwant Singh
India of our Dreams	M.V.Kamath
No Full Stops in India	Mark Tully
The Daughter of the East	Benazir Bhutto
Swamy and Friends	R.K.Narayan

English Quiz

Find out the Synonyms for the following:

1. Macabre

2. Machination

3. Malleable

4. Moribund

5. Morose

6. Mundane

7. Millennium

8. Minion


ANSWERS:

1.gruesome	2.evil plot	3.flexible	4.dying
5.gloomy	6.worldly	7.1000 years	8.favoured person

Castrol Cricketer of the Year

Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year	Sachin Tendulkar
ODI Cricketer of the Year	M.S.Dhoni
Test Cricketer of the Year	Sachin Tendulkar
Batsman of the Year	Virender Sehwag
Bowler of the Year	Harbhajan Singh
Special achievement award  for Highest number of catches in Tests	Rahul Dravid
Impact Cricketer	Yusuf Pathan
Lifetime Achievement in cricket award	Mohinder Amarnath
Junior Cricketer of the Year	Jaydev Unadkat

56th FILMFARE Awards for 2010

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