[poojadatta]

@ ALL
For merger of company check this out
M&A: Business Mergers and Acquisitions, Company Mergers, Corporate Acquisitions - Livemint.com

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Oscar Awards

80th Academy Awards: Major winners

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Best picture: No Country for Old Men

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Best director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

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Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

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Best actress: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose

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Best supporting actress: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

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Best supporting actor: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

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Best foreign language film: The Counterfeiters (Austria)

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Best animated feature film: Ratatouille

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Best adapted screenplay: No Country for Old Men

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Best original screenplay: Juno

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Best music (score): Atonement

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Best visual effects: The Golden Compass

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Best cinematography: There Will Be Blood

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Best costume design: Elizabeth: The Golden Age

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Best film editing: The Bourne Ultimatum

�� Lifetime achievement: Robert Boyle

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Golden Globes 2008: The winners

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Best film (drama): Atonement

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Best film (musical or comedy): Sweeney Todd

GK Updates-2008

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Best director: Julian Schnabel for “The Diving Bell” and the “Butterfly”

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Best actor (drama): Daniel Day Lewis for “There Will Be Blood”

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Best actress (drama): Julie Christie for “Away from Her”

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Best actor (musical or comedy): Johnny Depp for “Sweeney Todd”

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Best actress (musical or comedy): Marion Cotillard for “La Vie en Rose”

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Best foreign language film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France)

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Best animated feature film: Ratatouille

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Best screenplay: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen for “No Country for Old Men”

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Best original score: Dario Marianelli for “Atonement”

�� Best original song: Guaranteed - Into the Wild .

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Pulitzer prizes 2008

Journalism

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Public service: The Washington Post

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Breaking news reporting: The Washington Post Staff

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Investigative reporting: Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker of The NY Times; The Chicago Tribune Staff

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Explanatory reporting: Amy Harmon of The New York Times

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Local reporting: David Umhoefer of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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National reporting: Jo Becker and Barton Gellman of The Washington Post

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International reporting: Steve Fainaru of The Washington Post

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Feature reporting: Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post

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Commentary: Steven Pearlstein of The Washington Post

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Criticism: Mark Feeney of The Boston Globe

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Editorial cartooning: Michael Ramirez of Investor's Business Daily

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Breaking news photography: Adrees Latif of Reuters

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[ankit88kejriwal]

Continuing with the efforts being put here:

List of Bharat Ratna Awardees:(sourced from Wiki)

Total 41 till now and tha last award has been given to Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

I would rather provide the link as the copied text is gettng all messed up
Bharat Ratna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[aksaaa1]

some gk material puys........hope its helpful

Important Days - General Knowledge

January 12 : National Youth Day. January 15 :Army Day.
January 26 :India's Republic Day and International Customs day.
January 30 :Martyrs' Day
February 24 :Central Excise Day.
February 28 :National Science Day.
March 8 :International Women's Day.
March 15 :World Disabled Day.
March 21 :World Forestry Day.
March 21 :International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
March 23 :World Meteorological Day.
April 5 :National Maritime Day.
April 7 :World Health Day.
April 18 :World Heritage Day.
April 22 :Earth Day.
May 1 :Workers Day (International Labor Day).
May 3 :Press Freedom Day.
May (2nd Sunday) : Mother's Day.
May 8 :World Red Cross Day.
May 11 :National Technology Day.
May 15 :International Day of the Family.
May 17 :World Telecommunication Day.
May 24 :Commonwealth Day.
May 31 :Anti-Tobacco Day.
June 4 :International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.
June 5 : World Environment Day.
June(2nd Sunday) : Fathers Day.
June 26 :International day against Drug abuse & Illicit Trafficking.
June 27 :World Diabetes Day.
July 6 :World Zoonoses Day.
July 11 :World Population Day.
August 3 :International Friendship Day.
August 6 :Hiroshima Day,
August 9 :Quit India Day and Nagasaki Day.
August 15 :Independence Day.
August 29 :National Sports Day.
September 5 :Teachers' Day.
September 8 :World Literacy Day.
September 16 :World Ozone Day.

September 21 :Alzheimer's Day.
September 26 : Day of the Deaf.
September 27 : World Tourism Day.
October 1 : International day of the Elderly.
October 3 :World Habitat Day.
October 4 :World Animal Welfare Day.
October 8 :Indian Air Force Day.
October 9 :World Post Office day.
October 10 :National Post Day.
October 13 :UN International Day for National disaster reduction.
October 14 :World Standards Day.
October 15 :World White Cane Day( guiding the Blind).
October 16 :World Food Day.
October 24 :UN Day, World development information Day.
October 30 :World Thrift Day.
November 14 : Children's Day ( in India )
November 20 :Africa Industrialization Day.
November 29 :International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People.
December 1 :World Aids Day.
December 4 :Navy Day.
December 7 :Armed Forces Flag Day.
December 10 :Human Right Day.
December 23 :Kisan Divas Farmer's Day).

[Abhishek_fr_CAT]

1. HDFC Bank CEO - Aditya Puri
HDFC bank has the biggest branch n/w among all Indian pvt. banks - 1400 branches.
It has recently completed the acquisition of Centurion Bank of Punjab.

2. SBI Chairman - O P Bhatt
3. ICICI Bank Joint MD and CFO - Chanda Kochar
4. Citibank CEO - Sanjay Nayar
5. Deutsche Bank MD and CEO - Gunit Chaddha
6. Central Bank of India Chairperson and MD - H A Daruwala
7. Standard Chartered Bank CEO, India - Neeraj Swaroop
8. Bank of India Chairman and MD - T S Narayanswamy
9. Rediff Founder and CEO - Ajit Balakrishnan
10. Patni BoD Chairman - Narendra Patni
11. Patni new CEO - Jeya Kumar (Fmr. CEO - Mphasis)
12. Indian Hotels CEO and MD - Raymond Bickson
13. List of Fmr. Wipro CXO's who have joined other companies in the recent past
P K Gopal krishnan - Fmr. Senior EO, with Mindtree as Senior VP and India HEad now
Sudip Nandy - Fmr. Head, Telcom Division at Aricent now
Sudip Banerjee - Fmr. Head, Premji Investments at L&T Infotech as CEO now

ATB to everyone for SNAP.

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Former India captain Kapil Dev was decorated with the rank of honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the 150
Territorial Army (Infantry) battalion of the Punjab Regiment. Kapil will not take part in the training of the

Territorial Army but will act as a “brand ambassador” for the armed forces.

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Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan has recommended to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that Justice
Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court be removed for misappropriating temporarily Rs. 33 lakh deposited in
the court by one of the parties to a dispute. The government decided to approach Parliament for impeachment

of Justice Sen who had rejected the advice to resign or seek voluntary retirement after he had been found guilty

of the misconduct in an in-house inquiry.

[study_hard]

SEPTEMBER:

1. Physicists at which lab reported the discovery of a doubly strange baryon? Fermi National Accelerator Lab
2. Which movie won the Golden Lion for best film a the Venice Film Festival? Wrestler
3. Who defeated whom at the US Open (womens)this year to clinch the title 3rd time? Serena defeated Jelena
4. Who defeated whom at the US Open (mens)this year to clinch the title 5th consecutive time? Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray
5. Merrill Lynch was bought by _____ for $38.25 billion. Bank of America
6. Prime Minister of Zimbabwe and what is so special about him acquiring this position? Morgan Tsvangirai, he's the leader of opposition
7. Which founding member of the famous band Pink Floyd passed away recently? Richard Wright
8. Name the first nation where women outnumber men in parliament. (Girl Power ) Rwanda
9. Name the 5th dwarf planet of the solar system. Haumea
10. Which bank took over HBOS, UK's largest mortgage leader? Lloyds TSB
11. Name the hotel at Pakistan where suicide bomb attack took place recently. Marriot Hotel
12. Current Prime Minister of Japan and the approximate tenure of previous PM Yasuo Fukuda? Taro Aso, less than 1 yr
13. Winner of Singapore Grand Prix in Formula First night race? Fernando Alonso

[Queen81]

The youngest Nobel Laureate

To date, the youngest Laureate is Lawrence Bragg, who was just 25 years old when he received the Nobel Prize in Physics with his father in 1915.

Two Nobel Laureates have declined the Nobel Prize!

Jean-Paul Sartre, awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, declined the prize because he had consistently declined all official honours.

Le Duc Tho, awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. They were awarded the Prize for negotiating the Vietnam peace accord. Le Doc Tho said that he was not in a position to accept the Prize, citing the situation in Vietnam as his reason.

Only 35 women!

35 Nobel Laureates have been women, and the remaining 754 were men.