Famous temples in India and their locations
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Akshardham Temple————- Delhi
Amarkantak Temple—————— Chhattisgarh
Amarnath Cave Temple ———–Jammu & Kashmir
Angrabadi Temple ——————Jharkhand
Annamalaiyar Temple—————Tamil Nadu
Badrinath Temple——————– Uttarakhand
Brihadeeswara Temple ————-Tamil Nadu
Chennakesava Temple————– Karnataka
Durgiana Temple—————— Punjab
Dwarkadhish Temple—————– Gujarat
Gangotri Temple—————— Uttarakhand
Golden Temple————————- Punjab
Gomateshwara Temple—————Karnataka
Hoysaleswara Temple————- Karnataka
Iskcon Temple ———————Uttar Pradesh
Kalighat Mandir——————- West Bengal
Kamakhya Temple————— Assam
Kanaka Temple—————– Andhra Pradesh
Kanchipuram Temples—————- Tamil Nadu
Kashi Vishwanath Temple———– Uttar Pradesh
Kedarnath Temple —————–Uttarakhand
Khajuraho Temple ————–Madhya Pradesh
Konark Sun Temple————— Odisha
Kumbakonam Temples———— Tamil Nadu
Laxminarayan Temple————— Delhi
Lingaraja Temple—————— Odisha
Lord Jagannath Temple———— Odisha
Lotus Temple ———————-New Delhi
Malinithan Temple———– Arunachal Pradesh
Manikaran Temple———- Himachal Pradesh
Meenakshi Temple —————-Tamil Nadu
Nellaiappar Temple——————- Tamil Nadu
Ram Tirath Temple—————— Punjab
Ramanathaswamy (Rameshwaram) Temple— Tamil Nadu
Ranakpur Temple—————– Rajasthan
Sabarimala Temple ———————Kerala
Sanchi Stupa————————- Madhya Pradesh
Shankaracharya Temple —————Jammu & Kashmir
Shirdi Sai Baba Temple———————- Maharashtra
Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir————- Delhi
Siddhivinayak Temple —————-Maharashtra
Somnath Temple———————— Gujarat
Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple———– Kerala
Thillai Nataraja Temple ——————Tamil Nadu
Tirupati Balaji ———————-Andhra Pradesh
Vaishno Devi ——————–Jammu & Kashmir
Virupaksha Temple————— Karnataka
Yamunotri Temple ——————Uttarakhand
Har Ki Pauri—————————Uttarakhand

Countries ~ NATIONAL GAMES
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USA – Baseball
Spain – Bull Fighting
Canada – Ice Hockey
New Zealand – Rugby Union
India – Hockey
Pakistan – Field Hockey
Bangladesh – Kabbadi
Srilanka – Volley ball
Russia – Football and Chess
China – Table Tennis
Brazil – Football
France – Football
England – Cricket
Japan – Judo
Australia – Cricket
Pakistan – Hockey
Malaysia – Badminton
Scotland – Rugby Football
Indonesia – Badminton
Bhutan – Archery
Switzerland – Shooting and Gymnastics
Turkey – Wrestling and Jereed

Current RBI Rates – Bank Rate, CRR, SLR, MSF, Repo & Reverse Repo Rates

1. Bank Rate – 8.25 %
2. Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) – 4 %
3. Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) – 21.5 %
4. Repo Rate (RR) – 7.25 %
5. Reverse Repo Rate (RRR) – 6.25 %
6. Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) – 8.25 %

Note: The post is last updated on August 29, 2015.

List of Indian State Birds
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→ Andhra Pradesh Indian roller
→ Arunachal Pradesh Great hornbill
→ Assam White-winged wood duck
→ Bihar House sparrow
→ Chhattisgarh Hill myna
→ Delhi House sparrow
→ Goa Black-crested bulbul
→ Gujarat (ગુજરાત) Greater flamingo (રાજહંસ)
→ Haryana Black francolin
→ Himachal Pradesh Western tragopan
→ Jammu and Kashmir Black-necked crane
→ Jharkhand Asian koel
→ Karnataka Indian roller
→ Kerala Great hornbill
→ Lakshadweep Sooty tern
→ Meghalaya Hill myna
→ Madhya Pradesh Asian paradise flycatcher
→ Maharashtra Yellow-footed green pigeon
→ Manipur Mrs. Hume’s pheasant
→ Mizoram Mrs. Hume’s pheasant
→ Nagaland Blyth’s tragopan
→ Odisha Indian roller
→ Puducherry Asian koel
→ Punjab Northern goshawk
→ Rajasthan Great Indian bustard
→ Sikkim Blood pheasant
→ Tamil Nadu Emerald dove
→ Telangana Indian roller
→ Uttarakhand Himalayan monal
→ Uttar Pradesh Sarus crane
→ West Bengal White-throated kingfisher

List of Recent Schemes and Applicationss launched by Banks
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Airtel money – AXIS BANK+AIRTEL
Asha Home loan – AXIS BANK
BOUTIQUE FINANCING SCHEME – SBI
Branch on Wheel – ICICI Bank in
Odisha
Chillar – Hdfc Bank
China’s first online Banking
“webank” – Tancet Holdings
DDA Housing Scheme 2014 – HDFC
Bank
Digital Banking “POCKET” – ICICI
Digital Village Project in Akodara
Village of Gujarat – ICICI
eforex – SBI
E-KYC – SBI
EMI ON DEBIT CARD – ICICI BANK
E-Wallet – IRCTC
Facebook-based funds transfer
platform “KayPay” – Kotak Mahindra
Bank
First home grown INDEX
“COMPOSITE INDEX” – SBI
I-Mobile app for windows phone –
ICICI
India’s first” transparent credit card
“in association with American
Express – ICICI
India’s first credit card exclusively
for GOLF LOVERS – RBL Bank
Instant money transfer – BOI
Instant Money Transfer (IMT) – Bank
of India
Kisan card – AXIS BANK
Maha Millionaire”, “Maha Lakhpati” –
Bank of Maharashtra
M-Pesa – ICICI+Vodafone
M-Wallet – Canara Bank
State Bank Freedom App – State
Bank of India
Student Travel Card – ICICI
TAB BANKING FACILITY – SBI
Tap and pay – ICICI
Twitter Handle account – SBI
Video conferencing – Indusuld &
federal bank
Youth for India – SBI

Taglines of Insurance Companies in India
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Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) – Yogakshemam Vahamyaham
Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited – You click, we cover
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited – Zimmedari ka
humsafar
HDFC Standard life Insurance Company Limited – Sar utha Ke
Jiyo
Oriental Insurance Company Limited – Prithvi, Agni, Jal, Akash,
Sabki Suraksha Hamare Paas
United India Insurance Company Limited – Rest Assured with Us
Max Bupa Health Insurance – Your Health First
SBI Life Insurance Company Limited – With Us, You’re Sure
Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited – Muskurate Raho
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited – Jiyo Befiqar
Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Limited – Faidey ka
Insurance
Max New York Life Insurance Company Limited – Karo Zyada ka
Iraada
Apollo Munich Health Insurance – We know Healthcare. We know
Insurance
Future Generali Life Insurance – Ek Shagun Zindagi Ke Naam
Aviva India Life Insurance – Kal par Control
ING Vysya Life Insurance India Company – Adding Life to
Insurance
MetLife India Insurance Company Limited – Have you met life
today?

Most Famous scientists and their Contribution or Discoveries
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¤ Names – Major Contribution/Discoveries – Country of Origin.
¤ Isaac Newton ~ Universal Law of gravitation; Laws of Motion; Reflecting Telescope ~ U.K
¤ Galileo Galilee ~ Law of Inertia~ Italy.
¤ Archimedes ~ Principle of Buoyancy; Principle of the lever ~ Greece.
¤ James Clerk Maxwell ~ Electromagnetic theory; Light and electromagnetic wave ~U.K.
¤ W.K. Roentgen ~ X-rays ~ Germany.
¤ Marie Sklodowska Curie ~ X-rays ~ Poland.
¤ Albert Einstein ~ Law of Photo electricity; Theory of relativity ~ Germany.
¤ S.N. Bose ~ Quantum Statistics ~ India.
¤ James Chadwick ~ Neutron ~ U.K.
¤ Niels Bohr ~ Quantum Model of Hydrogen atom ~ Denmark.
¤ Earnest Rutherford ~ Nuclear model of atom ~ Denmark.
¤ C. V Raman ~ Inelastic scattering of light by molecules ~ India.
¤ Christian Huygens ~ Wave theory of light ~ Holland.
¤ Michael Faraday ~ Laws of electromagnetic Induction ~ U.K.
¤ Edwin Hubble ~ Expanding Universe ~ U.S.A.
¤ Homi Jehangir Bhabha ~ Cascade process in cosmic radiation ~ India.
¤ R.A. Millikan ~Measurement of electronic charge ~ USA.
¤ Earnest Olando Lawrence ~ Cyclotron ~U.S.A.
¤ Wolfgang Pauli ~ Quantum Exclusion Principles ~ Austria.
¤ Louis victor de Broglie ~ Wave Nature of matter~ France.
¤ J.J. Thomson ~Electron ~UK.
¤ S. Chandrasekhar~ Chandrasekhar limit, structure and evolution of starts ~India.
¤ Lev Davidovich Landau ~Theory of condensed matter; Liquid Helium ~ Russia.
¤ Heinrich Rudolf Hertz ~Electromagnetic waves ~Germany.
¤ JAGDISH CHANDRA BOSE ~ Ultra short radio waves ~India..
¤ Hideki Yukawa ~Theory of Nuclear forces ~ Japan.
¤ M.N. Saha ~Thermal Ionization ~ India.
¤ G.N. Ramachandran ~ Triple Helical Structure of Proteins ~ India.

Parts & Articles of Indian Constitution

Part ==Subject=== Articles

Part I The Union and its territory Art. 1 to 4
Part II Citizenship Art. 5 to 11
Part III Fundamental Rights Art. 12 to 35
Part IV Directive Principles Art. 36 to 51
Part IVA Fundamental Duties Art. 51A
Part V The Union Art. 52 to 151
Part VI The States Art. 152 to 237
Part VII Repealed by Const. (7th Amendment) Act, 1956
Part VIII The Union Territories Art. 239 to 242
Part IX The Panchayats Art. 243 to 243O
Part IXA The Municipalities Art. 243P to 243ZG
Part IXB The Cooperative Societies Art. 243ZH to 243ZT
Part X The Scheduled and Tribal Areas Art. 244 to 244A
Part XI Relations between the Union and the States Art. 245 to 263
Part XII Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits Art. 264 to 300A
Part XIII Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India Art. 301 to 307
Part XIV Services under the Union and the States Art. 308 to 323
Part XIVA Tribunals Art. 323A to 323B
Part XV Elections Art. 324 to 329A
Part XVI Special provisions relating to certain classes Art. 330 to 342
Part XVII Official Language Art. 343 to 351
Part XVIII Emergency Provisions Art. 352 to 360
Part XIX Miscellaneous Art. 361 to 367
Part XX Amendment of the Constitution Art. 368
Part XXI Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions Art. 369 to 392
Part XXII Short title, commencement, authoritative text in Hindi and repeals Art. 393 to 395

Chairmen of various committees in the Constituent Assembly
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1. Committee on the Rules of Procedure–Rajendra Prasad
2. Steering Committee–Rajendra Prasad
3. Finance and Staff Committee–Rajendra Prasad
4. Credential Committee–Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
5. House Committee–B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
6. Order of Business Committee–K.M. Munsi
7. Ad hoc Committee on the National Flag–Rajendra Prasad
8. Committee on the Functions of the Constituent Assembly–G.V. Mavalankar
9. States Committee–Jawaharlal Nehru
10. Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights, Minorities and Tribal and Excluded Areas–Vallabhbhai Patel
11. Minorities Sub-Committee–H.C. Mookherjee
12. Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee–J.B. Kripalani
13. North-East Frontier Tribal Areas and Assam Exluded & Partially Excluded Areas Sub-Committee–Gopinath Bardoloi
14. Excluded and Partially Excluded Areas (Other than those in Assam) Sub-Committee–A.V. Thakkar
15. Union Powers Committee—Jawaharlal Nehru
16. Union Constitution Committee—Jawaharlal Nehru
17. Drafting Committee—B.R. Ambedkar

Chiefs of Armed Forces(As on August 20, 2015)
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Chief of the Army Staff – General Dalbir Singh
Chief of the Air Staff – Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha
Chief of the Naval Staff – Admiral R K Dhowan
Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff – Air Marshal PP Reddy