Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Bharat Ratna
Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award, awarded for the highest degrees of national service. The award was established by the first President of India, Rajendra Prasad, on 2 January 1954. Following is the list of Bharat Ratna recipients:
1954
1. C. Rajagopalachari :He was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist, politician, writer, statesman and leader of the Indian National Congress who served as the last Governor-General of India.He was the founder of the Swatantra Party and the first recipient of India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
2. Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman :He was an Indian physicist and Nobel laureate in physics recognised for his work on the molecular scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman effect, which is named after him.
3. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan:He was an Indian philosopher and statesman. He was the first Vice-President of India (1952–1962), and also went on to be the second President of India (1962–1967).His birthday is celebrated in India as Teacher's Day on 5 September.
1955
4.Bhagwan Das:He was an Indian theosophist and public figure.He served in the Central Legislative Assembly of British India.
5. Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya:He was a legendary Indian engineer, he was also knighted by the British for his myriad contributions to the public good. Every year, 15 September is celebrated as the Engineer's Day in India in his memory.
6. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru:He was an Indian statesman who was the first and also the longest-serving prime minister of India, from 1947 until 1964. He was also one of the founders of Non Aligned Movement.
1957
7. Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant:He was a statesman of India, an Indian independence activist, and one of the foremost political leaders and prominent leader who worked for the movement to establish Hindi as the national language of India.
1958
8. Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve :Karve was one of the pioneers of promoting women's education and the right for widows to remarry in India.
1961
9. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy: He was a respected physician and a renowned freedom fighter, was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal.In India, the National Doctor's Day is celebrated on the date of his birth (and death) July 1 every year.
10. Purushottam Das Tandon : He was a freedom fighter and is widely remembered for his efforts in achieving the Official Language of India status for Hindi. He was customarily given the title Rajarshi.
1962
11. Dr. Rajendra Prasad: Dr. Prasad is considered to be one of the architects of the Indian Republic, having drafted its first constitution and serving as the first president of India.
1963
12. Dr. Zakir Hussain: He was the third President of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969. He was the first elected Muslim president of India.
13. Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane: He was a notable Indologist and Sanskrit scholar. Dr. Kane is famous for his magnum opus in English, History of Dharmasastra subtitled Ancient and Mediaeval Religions and Civil Law in India.
1966
14. Lal Bahadur Shastri: He was the third Prime Minister of the Republic of India and a significant figure in the Indian independence movement.
1971
15. Indira Gandhi: She was India's first, and to date only, female prime minister.
She was the prime minister of the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, a total of fifteen years.
1975
16. Varahagiri Venkata Giri : He was the fourth President of the Republic of India from 24 August 1969 to 23 August 1974. He was a prolific writer and a good orator. He has written books on 'Industrial Relations' and 'Labour problems in Indian Industry'.
1976
17. Kumarasami Kamaraj:He was an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu widely acknowledged as the "Kingmaker" in Indian politics during the 1960s. He was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu during 1954-1963 and a Member of Parliament during 1952-1954 and 1967-1975.n Tamil Nadu, his home state, he is still remembered for bringing school education to millions of the rural poor by introducing free education and the free Mid-day Meal Scheme during his tenure as chief minister.
1980
18. Mother Teresa(Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu):She was an Albanian Catholic nun with Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
1983
19. Vinoba Bhave:Often called Acharya , was an Indian advocate of Non violence and human rights. He is considered as a National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi.
1987
20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan: He was a Pashtun political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition to British Rule in India. A lifelong pacifist, a devout Muslim, and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi, he was also known as Badshah Khan
and Sarhaddi Gandhi or "Frontier Gandhi". Was the first non Indian citizen to be awarded the Bharat Ratna.
1988
21.
1954
1. C. Rajagopalachari :He was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist, politician, writer, statesman and leader of the Indian National Congress who served as the last Governor-General of India.He was the founder of the Swatantra Party and the first recipient of India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
2. Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman :He was an Indian physicist and Nobel laureate in physics recognised for his work on the molecular scattering of light and for the discovery of the Raman effect, which is named after him.
3. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan:He was an Indian philosopher and statesman. He was the first Vice-President of India (1952–1962), and also went on to be the second President of India (1962–1967).His birthday is celebrated in India as Teacher's Day on 5 September.
1955
4.Bhagwan Das:He was an Indian theosophist and public figure.He served in the Central Legislative Assembly of British India.
5. Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya:He was a legendary Indian engineer, he was also knighted by the British for his myriad contributions to the public good. Every year, 15 September is celebrated as the Engineer's Day in India in his memory.
6. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru:He was an Indian statesman who was the first and also the longest-serving prime minister of India, from 1947 until 1964. He was also one of the founders of Non Aligned Movement.
1957
7. Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant:He was a statesman of India, an Indian independence activist, and one of the foremost political leaders and prominent leader who worked for the movement to establish Hindi as the national language of India.
1958
8. Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve :Karve was one of the pioneers of promoting women's education and the right for widows to remarry in India.
1961
9. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy: He was a respected physician and a renowned freedom fighter, was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal.In India, the National Doctor's Day is celebrated on the date of his birth (and death) July 1 every year.
10. Purushottam Das Tandon : He was a freedom fighter and is widely remembered for his efforts in achieving the Official Language of India status for Hindi. He was customarily given the title Rajarshi.
1962
11. Dr. Rajendra Prasad: Dr. Prasad is considered to be one of the architects of the Indian Republic, having drafted its first constitution and serving as the first president of India.
1963
12. Dr. Zakir Hussain: He was the third President of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969. He was the first elected Muslim president of India.
13. Dr. Pandurang Vaman Kane: He was a notable Indologist and Sanskrit scholar. Dr. Kane is famous for his magnum opus in English, History of Dharmasastra subtitled Ancient and Mediaeval Religions and Civil Law in India.
1966
14. Lal Bahadur Shastri: He was the third Prime Minister of the Republic of India and a significant figure in the Indian independence movement.
1971
15. Indira Gandhi: She was India's first, and to date only, female prime minister.
She was the prime minister of the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, a total of fifteen years.
1975
16. Varahagiri Venkata Giri : He was the fourth President of the Republic of India from 24 August 1969 to 23 August 1974. He was a prolific writer and a good orator. He has written books on 'Industrial Relations' and 'Labour problems in Indian Industry'.
1976
17. Kumarasami Kamaraj:He was an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu widely acknowledged as the "Kingmaker" in Indian politics during the 1960s. He was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu during 1954-1963 and a Member of Parliament during 1952-1954 and 1967-1975.n Tamil Nadu, his home state, he is still remembered for bringing school education to millions of the rural poor by introducing free education and the free Mid-day Meal Scheme during his tenure as chief minister.
1980
18. Mother Teresa(Agnesë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu):She was an Albanian Catholic nun with Indian citizenship who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950. For over 45 years she ministered to the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying, while guiding the Missionaries of Charity's expansion, first throughout India and then in other countries. Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
1983
19. Vinoba Bhave:Often called Acharya , was an Indian advocate of Non violence and human rights. He is considered as a National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi.
1987
20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan: He was a Pashtun political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition to British Rule in India. A lifelong pacifist, a devout Muslim, and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi, he was also known as Badshah Khan
and Sarhaddi Gandhi or "Frontier Gandhi". Was the first non Indian citizen to be awarded the Bharat Ratna.
1988
21.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Basel II Norms
Basel II is the second of the Basel Accords, which are recommendations on banking laws and regulations issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. The purpose of Basel II, which was initially published in June 2004, is to create an international standard that banking regulators can use when creating regulations about how much capital banks need to put aside to guard against the types of financial and operational risks banks face. Such an international standard can help protect the international financial system from the types of problems that might arise should a major bank or a series of banks collapse. In practice, Basel II attempts to accomplish this by setting up rigorous risk and capital management requirements designed to ensure that a bank holds capital reserves appropriate to the risk the bank exposes itself to through its lending and investment practices. These rules mean that the greater risk to which the bank is exposed, the greater the amount of capital the bank needs to hold to safeguard its solvency and overall economic stability.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
