List of Oscar Winners from the 2013 Academy Awards:
1. Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained."
2. Animated Short Film: "Paperman."
3. Animated Feature Film: "Brave."
4. Cinematography: "Life of Pi."
5. Visual Effects: "Life of Pi."
6. Costume: "Anna Karenina."
7. Makeup and Hairstyling: "Les Miserables."
8. Live Action Short Film: "Curfew."
9. Documentary (short subject): "Inocente."
10. Documentary: "Searching For Sugar Man."
11. Foreign Language Film: "Amour."
12. Sound Mixing: "Les Miserables."
13. Sound Editing (TIE): "Skyfall," "Zero Dark Thirty."
14. Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables."
15. Editing: "Argo."
16. Production Design: "Lincoln."
17. Score: "Life of Pi."
18. Song: Adele, "Skyfall."
19. Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, "Argo."
20. Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained."
21. Director: Ang Lee, "Life of Pi."
22. Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook."
23. Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln."
24. Picture: "Argo. –
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Current Affairs :List of Oscar Winners from the 2013 Academy Awards
The highlightsRailway Budget for 2013-14
Railway Minister Pawan Bansal has announced the Union Railway Budget for 2013-14 in Parliament. Here are the highlights:
· No increase in passenger fares
· Railways will absorb Rs. 850 crore on account of no hike in passenger fare
· Marginal increase in reservation charges, cancellation charges
· Supplementary charges for superfast trains and tatkal booking
· 26 new passenger trains to be launched
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· 67 express trains to be launched
· 9 Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) trains to be introduced
· 500-km new lines to be completed in 2013-14
· Concessional fare for sportspersons
· 5 per cent average increase in freight
· Diesel price hike added Rs. 3,300 crore to fuel bill of Railways
· Railways hopes to end 2013-14 with a balance of Rs. 12,506 crore
· 5.2 per cent growth in passenger traffic expected in 2013-14
· Railways' freight loading traffic scaled down by 100 million tonnes from 1025 million tonnes because of economic slowdown
· Railways to set up a Debt Service Fund
· Rs. 3,000 crore loan from Finance Ministry re-paid with interest by Railways this financial year
· New coach manufacturing and maintenance facilities to be set up in various places including Rae Bareli, Bhilwara, Sonepat, Kalahandi, Kolar, Palakkad and Pratapgarh
· Five fellowships to be announced to motivate students
· Centralised training institute to be set up in Secunderabad
· Will provide better living conditions for Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel
· Seek to fill 1.52 lakh vacancies in railways this year. 47,000 vacancies for weaker sections and physically challenged to be filled up soon
· Target of Rs. 4,000 crore for railway production units in 2014
· Trying to connect Manipur through railways
· Investment of Rs. 3800 crore for port connectivity projects
· Target of Rs. 1000 crore each for Indian Railways Land Development Authority and Indian Railways Station Development authority
· Toll free 1800111321 number to address grievance. Introduced from February 2013
· Labs to test food provided in trains. ISO certification for all rail kitchens
· Advance fraud control will be used for ticket sale
· Induction of e-ticketing through mobile phones, SMS alerts to passengers
· Next-generation e-ticketing system to improve end user experience. The system will support 7200 users per minute
· Wheelchairs and escalators to be made to make stations and trains friendlier for the differently-abled.
· Rs. 100 crore to be spent to augment facilities at Delhi, New Delhi and Nizamuddin railway stations
· Special attention to stations in NCR.
· Free wi-fi facilities in select trains. 60 more 'adarsh' stations
· Safety measures including new coaches with anti-climb features to be brought in
· More ladies specials in metros and a helpline number to be implemented
· Railways meets need of consumers while adhering to sound economic principles. Need to expand at a much faster growth rate
· I am committed to improving passenger amenities
· Resource crunch cannot be a reason for substandard services
· Elimination of over 10,000 level crossings
· 17 bridges sanctioned for rehabilitation
· Enhancement of the track capacity and the Train Protection Warning System (TPWS)
· Indigenously developed collision avoidance system to be put to trial
· Induction of self-propelled accident relief trains along with fast and reliable disaster management system
· Railway passengers deserve safe and comfortable travel. Safety is a mandate in running trains. There has been a significant reduction in accidents - .41 per million kms in 2003-04 to .13 in 2011- 12. We will strive to work towards a zero accident situation.
· Our targets need to be higher
· Mounting scarcity of resources, thin spread of funds continue to be a problem
· The number of passenger trains has increased from 8000 in 2001 to over 12000 in 2012 - yet losses continue to mount. It is estimated to be Rs. 24,000 cr in 2012-13
· Indian railways must remain financially viable
· Indian Railways plays an unparalleled growth in integrating the nation
· I thank Dr Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi and I pay homage to Rajiv Gandhi ji who introduced me to politics
- See more at: http://www.allcurrentaffairs.org/2013/02/railway-budget-2013-highlights.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AllCurrentAffairs+%28ALL+Current+Affairs%29#sthash.KRyGhZaw.dpuf
India Bugget:Ten Points in the Union Budget that impacts you..!
Here are 10 announcements in the Union Budget that impacts you:
1. High earners: The biggest impact will be felt by the 42,800 Indians who earn over Rs. 1 crore. Mr Chidambaram has imposed a 10 per cent surcharge on their income, which means they will have to shell out at least an additional Rs.3 lakh in taxes. However, those earning up to Rs. 5 lakh per annum will get Rs.2,000 by way of tax credit.
2. Home buyers: Mr Chidambaram has proposed an additional deduction of Rs. 1 lakh paid towards interest on a home loan (besides the Rs. 1.5 lakh deduction now available) for first-time home buyers. The value of the house should not exceed Rs. 40 lakh and the loan should be restricted to Rs. 25 lakh. The loan should be taken in fiscal 2013-14. This will help save Rs. 30,000. At the same time, he has proposed a 1 per cent tax deducted at source (TDS) on high-value transactions of over Rs. 50 lakh on immovable properties.
3. Car buyers: Sports utility vehicles (SUVs) will be costlier as Mr Chidambaram has proposed a hike in the duty paid by the manufacturers of the vehicles to 30 per cent from 27 per cent. He has also proposed an increase in the import tax on luxury vehicles to 100 per cent from 75 per cent, and on motorcycles with an engine capacity above 800cc to 75 per cent from 60 per cent.
4. Consumers: Cigarettes will be costlier as the excise duty has been hiked by 18 per cent. Mobile phones will also be costlier as handsets with a price tag of over Rs. 2,000 will attract 6 per cent excise duty. Eating out will be costlier after Mr Chidambaram announced a service tax on AC restaurants.
5. Women: In a significant move for women empowerment, Mr Chidambaram has proposed to set up the country's first women's bank as a public sector bank. For this, he has set aside Rs. 1,000 crore as initial capital. The bank will predominantly employ women and will lend mostly to women and women-run businesses.
6. Jewellery buyers: Good news for gold buyers in the Budget as the finance minister held the gold import duty unchanged, defying industry expectations that the world's biggest bullion buyer would increase rates to curb demand and rein in a record current account deficit. The Budget also raised to Rs. 1 lakh the maximum value of jewellery that may be brought home by Indian women who have lived abroad for more than a year, or who are changing residence, from Rs. 20,000 earlier.
7. Retail investors: Mr Chidambaram plans to issue inflation-indexed bonds to attract investors. The finance minister has also proposed liberalising the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme to enable first time investors to park funds in mutual funds and listed shares and extended tax benefits to three successive years. Also, the limit for investors wanting to invest in RGESS has been raised to Rs. 12 lakh from Rs. 10 lakh earlier.
8. Traders: The Budget has proposed to reduce securities transaction tax on equity futures to 0.01 per cent from 0.017 per cent currently. However, it has imposed a transaction tax on futures contracts of non-agricultural commodities like gold, silver and base metals. The proposal is to levy a commodities transaction tax (CTT) of 0.01 per cent of the price of every trade. Futures trade in non-agricultural commodities accounted for nearly 88 per cent of the total turnover on Indian commodity exchanges in 2011-12, with MCX cornering much of the share.
9. Corporates: Mr Chidambaram has proposed to increase the surcharge to 10 per cent on domestic companies with annual income of more than Rs. 10 crore. For foreign companies, who pay the higher rate of corporate tax, the surcharge will increase from 2 per cent to 5 per cent.
10. Foreign investors: The government did not announce a cut in the withholding tax imposed on income from government and corporate debt investments and deducted at source that can now reach up to 20 per cent. The government has also created confusion with a proposal stating a tax residency certificate "shall be necessary but not a sufficient condition" to take advantage of double taxation avoidance agreements. Tax authorities had previously considered this tax residency as enough proof to allow foreign investors registered in countries with these treaties to avoid paying taxes in India.
Read more at http://profit.ndtv.com/news/cheat-sheet/article-budget-2013-ten-ways-how-it-impacts-you-318807
Monday, February 25, 2013
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
First Lady Michelle Obama :Dances Up a Storm on 'Fallon'
From YOUTUBE:
First Lady Michelle Obama says she's thinking of getting out of politics and into entertainment. She joked with NBC's Jimmy Fallon that she's putting her "hat in the ring" for the "Tonight Show" job after Jay Leno retires. (Feb. 22)
Monday, February 18, 2013
NEWS: US cruise ship’s parting gift for passengers: bathrobes
US cruise ship's parting gift for passengers: bathrobes
Washington: The 4,000-plus exhausted passengers who lived a hellish four-day ordeal aboard the powerless and drifting Carnival Triumph cruise ship won't be left completely empty handed.
The cruise company is making a gift to the travelers of the bathrobes they were using on the ship, the company announced Friday.
"Of course the bathrobes for the Carnival Triumph are complimentary," it said in a tweet on the official @carnivalcruise account.
But the announcement has been received with less than full-throated cheers.
"Who wants a stinky robe?!" tweeted a reporter in North Carolina, Astrid Martinez, while another user of the social media site, Natalie Eshaya, enthused sarcastically, "Oh how generous."
Another skeptic, Paul Nather, wondered "What do you think the going rate for a Carnival cruise bathrobe will be on eBay tomorrow?"
The white bathrobe has become an unlikely symbol of the nightmare of the cruise-goers, who donned them to attract attention as they stood on the drifting ship.
Others used the white terrycloth as a canvas to write messages, with one passenger proclaiming, "I survived Carnival's triumph redbags" — a reference to the bags that substituted for toilets.
The Triumph docked Friday morning in the port of Mobile, Alabama. It had originally been scheduled to return to port early Monday after a weekend stop in Cozumel in Mexico, before an engine room blaze left the massive vessel without electricity to power the kitchens, toilets, and other necessities.
More Information :- http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/meteor-explodes-over-russia-about-1-100-injured-331526?pfrom=home-topstories
Current Affairs : Australia claim sixth ICC Women's World Cup title
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Saturday, February 9, 2013
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
University News:NTR University 7th Convocation in April 2013
The 7th Convocation of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences (NTRUHS),
Vijayawada will be held in April 2013. The University has announced
that the candidates who have passed out during December 2011 and
December 2012 can apply to get the certificates.
The last date for the receipt of applications is 15th March 2013.
Details can also be obtained from ntruhs.ap.nic.in . Candidates can
receive the degree in person or in absentia.
The applications are available on the website mentioned above. The
filled in application forms should be submitted to the Controller of
Examinations, Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, AP, Vijayawada.
Detailed instruction to apply for degree certificates is available on
the website. Only Ph.D, M.Ch, DM and Medal / Prize winners only will
be called on the dias for receiving the degree / medals / prizes.
Read more: http://www.apcollegeadmissions.com/2013/02/ntr-university-7th-convocation-in-april.html#ixzz2KF7gu69f
Monday, February 4, 2013
Ed nes:CSIR UGC NET 2013 (June) Exam Notification Application Dates
IR UGC NET JUNE 2013 NOTIFICATION
Joint CSIR-UGC test for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and
Eligibility for Lectureship (NET) jUNE 2013
CSIR UGC NET JUNE 2013 IMPORTANT DATES
Important dates
Date of CSIR UGC NET examination: 23rd June, 2013 (Sunday)
Application Form: The CSIR UGC NET JRF 2013 application form and
information bulletin for this test will be available in the designated
branches of Indian Bank and Oriental Bank of Commerce from 05th
February, 2013 to 01st March, 2013
The candidate may apply either through application form available in
the aforesaid bank branches or online on website www.csirhrdg.res.in
between 05th February, 2013 to 01st March, 2013
The candidate applying online will be required to deposit the
requisite examination fee through bank challan in any of the Indian
Bank branches through out the country
Information bulletin with detailed information, validity
period/joining date, instructions for online application and bank
challan proforma are available on website www.csirhrdg.res.in
The last date for receipt of duly completed OMR application or duly
completed hard copy of online submitted application form, with the
required enclosures to the Sr Controller of Examinations, Examination
Unit, HRDG, CSIR, Complex, Opp Institute of Hotel Management, Library
Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi-110012 is 07th March, 2013 (for remote areas
13th March, 2013)
The final result of Joint CSIR-UGC test for Junior Research Fellowship
and Eligibility for Lectureship, National Eligibility Test (NET) Will
be declared by CSIR
read more at http://www.successcds.net/Entrance-Exam/CSIR-UGC-NET-National-Eligibility-Test-JRF.html
Ed News:All India Sanskrit BEd MEd Entrance Test CSSET CSAET 2013
Eligibility: A pass in Shastri/B.A. (Sanskrit) or equivalent in 10+2+3
pattern with minimum 50% marks or A pass in two year Shastri/B.A.
(Sanskrit)/equivalent with 50% marks and a pass in one year Bridge
course/ Setu or one year of Acharya/M.A. (Sanskrit)/equivalent or A
pass in Acharya/M.A. (Sanskrit) equivalent with 50% marks
Those who are appearing for qualifying examination can also apply
Age: Minimum age 20 years as on 01st October, 2013
CSAET (M.Ed)
Eligibility: A pass in Acharya/M.A. (Sanskrit)/equivalent with Shiksha
Shastri/B.Ed (with Sanskrit methodology) alongwith minimum 55%
aggregate marks in both (at least 50% marks in both theory and
practicals required separately in Shiksha Shastri/B.Ed)
Those who are appearing for qualifying examination can also apply
Age: Minimum age 23 years as on 01st October, 2013
Relaxation of 5% marks to SC/ST/othewise able candidates
Reservation policy of Govt of India will be followed
Examination Centres: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chandigarh,
Cuttack, Delhi, Guwahati, Haridwar, Jaipur, Kollkata, Lucknow,
Manipur, Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Puri, Shimla, Sringeri, Tirupati,
Trissur and Varanasi
Application Form: By submitting crossed demand draft of Rs 600/- in
person in any of the following places or Rs 650/- by post by sending a
request to the Co-ordinator, CSSET & CSAET SLBS Rashtriya Sanskrit
Vidyapeetha
All demand drafts should be in favour of Registrar, SLBS Rashtriya
Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, New Delhi of any nationalised bank payable at
New Delhi
read more at http://www.successcds.net/Entrance-Exam/All-India-Sanskrit-Bed-Med-Entrance-Test-CSSET-CSAET.html
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Ap Scholarships : How to Fill / Apply EPASS 2012 Scholarships
Applying for EPASS 2012 Scholarships ?? Screwed in middle of registration ?? No more Worries :) . After Reading many Comments in out old articles – EPASS 2012 Scholarships. We Decided to provide this Snap Shots with Clear Guide for Applying EPASS Scholarships.
Things you need to apply for EPASS Scholarship Applications 2012/13
- Email Address
- Marks List of Public examination (SSC & Inter)
- Income Certificate (affidavit) in Rs.10 Non Judicial stamp paper
- Ration Card Number.
- Aadhaar Card Number (if available)
- Caste Certificate
- Bonafide Certificate form Collage
- Back Account
- Pass Photo
For Fresher Applications
1. Basic Details
- Select How you have passed your SSC. I mean if you attended your collage then AP Regular, If passed in 2nd or 3rd attempts then AP Supplementary…
- Enter your 10th Class Hall Ticket Number and Year you have Passed the examination.
- No need to Enter your name and remaining details, they will be automatically obtained form records.
2. CET Details (Common Entrance Test)
Here you need to enter your CET exam Details. (EAMCET, ICET,GATE…)
- Select which Entrance Exam you have Written.
- Then Enter Hall ticket Number.
- Then your CET Rank and Year you have attended the exam.
3. Present Collage Details
In Present Collage Details Section, you need to enter the details of collage which you are pursuing your studies.
- Select the District and Mandal form Drop Down.
- Select the University which you are studying (Osmania University, Simhapuri, JNTU…)
- Then Select the Course and the Course Year (1st year or 2nd year or 3rf year….)
Uff!! your are almost DONE!!! Just Click on APPLY NOW button :)
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4. Personal Details
In this Section you need to enter your personal details like DOB, Caste, Religion, Ration Card type and Number.
- No Need to Enter Aadhara Card Number.
Orphan – A child whose parents are dead.
5. Welfare Details
Here you need to enter the Welfare Details. Don't Worry, Its Very easy. Just Enter the Details of the Previous Examination you have written and the Details of Institute which you have studied. After Entering those Details, your Welfare details are automatically obtained form System.
5. Bank Account Details
It is Very Important Section. I recommend to check this section twice/thrice before submitting. Here you need to Enter the back Account Details. You will get your Scholarship Ammount this Account.
- No Need to Enter the Address for 2 Times. You can Check "Same as Present Address" Option too ( Only if the Address is Same)
6. Photograph Upload
Here in this section you need to upload your photograph but before if you need to select all required certificates and papers. Then enter the random captha code (It will be random for everyone). Then hit on Submit Application.
7. Upload Scanned Documents
Here you need to upload all your scanned documents
- First Page of Bank Account Pass Book
- CET Allotment Order
- Ration Card
- Income Certificate
Other than Uploading, you need to enter MeeSeva Application Number, Issue date of Income Certificate, District, Mandal.
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