Saturday, April 30, 2011

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2010

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards 2010

Biological Sciences

Dr Sanjeev
Galande
National Center for Cell Science, Pune

Dr Shubha Tole
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

Chemical Sciences

Dr Swapan K Pati
Jawarhalal Nehru Center for Scientific Research, Bangalore

Dr Sandeep Verma
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Engineering Sciences

Dr G K
Anathasuresh
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Dr Shangamitra
Bandyopadhyay
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

Medical Sciences

Dr Mitali Mukerji
Institute of Genomics and Interactive Biology (CSIR), Delhi

Physical Sciences

Dr Umesh Vasudeo
Wagmare
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore

Dr Kalobaran Maiti
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

Important UN Agencies

Important UN Agencies

Name

Estd.

Headquarters

Purpose

International Labour Organization (ILO)

1919

Geneva

To improve conditions and living standard of workers.

World Health Organization (WHO)

1948

Geneva

attainment of highest possible level of health by all people.

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

1946

Paris

To promote collaboration among nations through education, science and culture.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

1957

Vienna

To promote peaceful uses of atomic energy.

United Nation's International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

1946

New York

To promote children's welfare all over the world.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

1950

Geneva

To provide protection of refugees.

United Nations Fund for Population Activitie (UNFPA)

1967

New York

For formulating population policies.

International Fund for Agricultural Development

1977

Rome

For financing agricultural prjects in the world to raise the economic growth.

United Nations Conference on Trade and development (UNCTAD)

1964

Geneva

Promotes international trade to accelerate economic growth of developing countries.

International Civil Aviation Organizatio(ICAO)

1947

Montreal

Promotes safety of International aviation.

International Monitery Fund(IMF)

1945

Washington D. C.

Promotes international monetary cooperation.

International Finance Corporation(IFC)

1956

Washington D. C.

Promote economic development by encouraging private enterprise in its member countries.

Universal Postal Union (UPU)

1947

Beme

Improve various postal services in the world.

United Nations Enviornmental Programme (UNEP)

1972

Nairobi

Promotes international co-operation in human environment.

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

1967

Geneva

Sets international regulations for radio, telegraph, telephone and space radio communication.

Food and Agricultursl Organization (FAO)

1945

Rome

To improveliving condition of rural population.

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

1945

Washington D. C.

Development of economics of members by facilitating investment of capitals by providing loans.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

1950

Geneva

Promote international exchange of weather reports.

World Trade Organization (WTO)

1995

Geneva

Setting rules for the world trade to reduce tariffs.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

1995

New York

Help developing countries increase the wealth producing capabilities of their natural and human resources.

Inter Government Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO)

1958

London

Promotes co-operation on technial matters of maritime safety, navigation and encourages anti pollution measures.

International Development  Associassion (IDA)

1960

Washington D. C.

An affiliate to the World Bank, aims to help under-developed countries raise living standards.

International Tele Communication Union (ITU)

1947

Geneva

Sets international regulations for radio telegraph, telephone and space radio communications.

United nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

1965

New York

Provides training and research to help faciliated UN objectives of world peace and security and of economic and social progress.

United Nations Relief and Work for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)

1949

New York

Provides basic amenities and education for the victim of Arab-Israel War.

United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)

1967

New York

Studying population dynamics, collecting population data, formulating and evolving population policies, family planning and related programmes.

Cups & Trophies Associated with Sports

Cups & Trophies Associated with Sports

 

International

· American Cup  : Yacht Racing

· Ashes : Cricket

· Benson and Hedges : Cricket

· Canada Cup : Golf

· Colombo Cup : Football

· Corbitton Cup : Table Tennis (Women)

· Davis Cup : Lawn Tennis

· Derby : Horse Race

· Grand National : Horse Streple Chase Race

· Jules Rimet Trophy : World Soccer Cup

· King's Cup : Air Races

· Merdeka Cup : Football

· Rydet Cup : Golf

· Swaythling Cup : Table Tennis (Men)

· Thomas Cup : Badminton

· U. Thant Cup : Tennis

· Uber Cup : Badminton (Women)

· Walker Cup : Golf

· Westchester Cup : Polo

· Wightman Cup : Lawn Tennis

· World Cup : Cricket

· World Cup : Hockey

· Reliance Cup : Cricket

· Rothman's Trophy : Cricket

· William's Cup : Basketball

· European Champions Cup : Football

· Eisenhower Cup : Golf

· Essande Champions Cup : Hockey

· Rene Frank Trophy : Hockey

· Grand Prix : Table Tennis

· Edgbaston Cup : Lawn Tennis

· Grand Prix : Lawn Tennis

· World Cup : Weight-lifting

National

· Agarwal Cup : Badminton

· Agha Khan Cup : Hockey

· All-India Women's Guru Nanak
Championship :
Hockey

· Bandodkar Trophy : Football

· Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup :
Basketball

· Barna-Bellack Cup : Table Tennis

· Beighton Cup : Hockey

· Bombay Gold Cup : Hockey

· Burdwan Trophy : Weight-lifting

· Charminar Trophy : Athletics

· Chadha Cup : Badminton

· C. K. Naydu Trophy : Cricket

· Chakoia Gold Trophy : Football

· Divan Cup : Badminton

· Deodhar Trophy : Cricket

· Duleep Trophy : Cricket

· D. C. M. Cup : Football

· Durand Cup : Football

· Dhyan Chand Trophy : Hockey

· Dr. B. C. Roy Trophy : Football
(Junior)

· Ezra Cup : Polo

· F. A. Cup : Football

· G. D. Birla Trophy : Cricket

· Ghulam Ahmed Trophy : Cricket

· Gurmeet Trophy : Hockey

· Gura Nanak Cup : Hockey

· Gyanuati Devi Trophy : Hockey

· Holkar Trophy : Bridge

· lrani Trophy : Cricket

· I. F. A. Shield : Football

· lndira Gold Cup : Hockey

· Jawaharlal Challenge : Air Racing

· Jaswant Singh Trophy : Best Services Sportsman

· Kuppuswamy Naidu Trophy :
Hockey

· Lady Rattan Tata Trophy : Hockey

· MCC Trophy : Hockey

· Moinuddaula Gold Cup : Cricket

· Murugappa Gold Cup : Hockey

· Modi Gold Cup : Hockey

· Narang Cup : Badminton

· Nehru Trophy : Hockey

· Nixan Gold Cup : Football

· Obaid Ullah Gold Cup : Hockey

· Prithi Singh Cup : Polo

· Rani Jhansi Trophy : Cricket

· Ranjit Trophy : Cricket

· Rangaswami Cup : Hockey

· Ranjit Singh Gold Cup : Hockey

· Rajendra Prasad Cup : Tennis

· Ramanujan Trophy : Table Tennis

· Rene Frank Trophy : Hockey

· Radha Mohan Cup : Polo

· Raghbir Singh Memorial : Football

· Rohinton Baria Trophy : Cricket

· Rovers Cup : Football

· Sanjay Gold Cup : Football

· Santosh Trophy : Football

· Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee : Football

· Subroto Cup : Football

· Scindia Gold Cup : Hockey

· Sahni Trophy : Hockey

· Sheesh Mahal Trophy : Cricket

· Todd Memorial Trophy : Football

· Tommy Eman Gold Cup : Hockey

· Vittal Trophy : Football

· Vizzy Trophy : Cricket

· Vijay Merchant Trophy : Cricket

· Wellington Trophy : Rowing

· Wills Trophy : Cricket

Friday, April 29, 2011

UP ICDS Mukhya Sevika Recruitment April 2011

 

UP ICDS Mukhya Sevika Recruitment April 2011

Directorate Child Development and Nutrition invites applications for the following posts  from female candidates only. The details of the vacancy is given below.

Mukhya Seviika

  • No. of Vacant Posts: 2132 posts (UR-1066, SC-448, ST-42, OBC-576),
  • Pay Scale : Rs.5200-20200 grade pay Rs.2800/-,
  • Age : 21-35 years,
  • Educational Qualification : Graduate in Sociology/ Social Science/ Social Work/ Home Science / Child development OR equivalent.

Application Fee : Rs.200/- (Rs.100/- for SC/ST)  in the form of bank DD / Postal Order  in favour of Director, Child Development and Nutrition, Uttar Pradesh.

How to Apply : Application in the prescribed format should be send to  Director, Child Development and Nutrition, 23 Ashok Marg, Third Floor, Indira Bhawan, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh by Registered Post/ Speed Post on or before 05/05/2011.

CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS & APPLICATION FORM

Dadasaheb Phalke Award for K. Balachander

 

Dadasaheb Phalke Award for K. Balachander

File photo of veteran filmmaker K. Balachander, who has been chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010.

The Hindu File photo of veteran filmmaker K. Balachander, who has been chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010.

Director K. Balachander, one of the influential filmmakers and trendsetters in Indian cinema, will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry announced on Friday.

“Direction has been my passion and continues to be so. Yes, this is a very happy moment,” said the veteran director. Mr. Balachander's story is as fascinating as the ones he has told on screen.

When he was a government servant, he was drawn to theatre and wrote a set of plays that were marked by realistic portrayals. He later took to penning dialogues and gradually found himself wearing the director's hat with ease.

Amid several television interviews and telephone calls, a very enthusiastic Mr. Balachander said: “It has been over a 100 films in direction. I have also produced a good number of films. But what is really fulfilling is having had the opportunity to shape and mentor several actors and technicians.”

It must be, for he was the director who spotted and groomed several talented artists, including the celebrated Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan.

Film buffs and critics have often credited “KB sir,” as he is fondly known, with making films that were not hero-centric. He has presented an admirable variety of protagonists, the character of a struggling youth played by actor Nagesh in ‘Ethir Neechal' being a classic example. His films such as ‘Avargal' had female actors performing meaty roles, challenging the conventional notion of a “heroine” in films. Also, a Balachander film was always expected to have very good music.

On how he managed to ensure that the music in all his films were super hit numbers, Mr. Balachander said: “As a director, I have always felt responsible for all the departments in filmmaking. With that conviction, it was possible to bring out the best in my technicians.”

Mr. Balachander has explored very interesting themes in several of his films, including ‘Aboorva Ragangal,' ‘Bama Vijayam,' ‘Sindhubhairavi,' ‘Varumayin Niram Sivappu,' and ‘Thanneer Thanneer.' His ‘Ek Duuje Ke Liye' caught the attention of cinema lovers in other parts of the country.

“Sometimes, when I see my old films now, I am really surprised. ‘How did we manage to take this scene?' I wonder. It seems like I knew some magic. Otherwise, people would not have let me take those films. It would be nearly impossible now,” he said.

His tryst with television serials also proved successful, again, setting trends in the field. His ‘Rayil Sneham' and ‘Kai Alavu Manasu' were virtually a phenomenon on television, at a time when television soaps were not too common. Even now, the director is busy working on a Tamil serial.

Kollywood responds

The announcement of the award to ‘Iyakkunar Sigaram' as he is known in Kollywood has brought tremendous happiness to the fraternity of artists and technicians. However, some felt that it could have come much earlier.

Actor Kamal Haasan said this was a “belated honour.” “Had I been in the committee, I would have recommended his name soon after ‘Ek Duuje Ke Liye,' but people would have attributed motives. In a country like India, a talent like Balachander sir has to wait this long before he gets a well-deserved honour,” he said.

Director Vasanth, who was earlier his assistant, said: “It feels great to have known a genius like him for 30 years. It is a matter of great pride that he gets this award given for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema. I think after Sivaji sir, he is the first person to get it in Tamil Nadu.”

Mr. Balachander is loved by juniors, for he never fails to send a note of appreciation to a technician who has done well.

Director Gautham Vasudeva Menon, who received a letter with nuanced feedback on ‘Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa' said: “All of us have grown up watching his films. I am truly excited and happy. He is someone who keeps in touch with everyone in the industry and his words are very reassuring to all of us.”

The Hindu : Arts / Cinema : Dadasaheb Phalke Award for K. Balachander

Monday, April 25, 2011

World Top Ten Powerful People - Forbes

Rank

Name

Organization

Age

1

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Hu Jintao
President

People's Republic of China

68

2

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Barack Obama
President

United States of America

49

3

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Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud
King

Saudi Arabia

86

4

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Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister

Russia

58

5

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Pope Benedict XVI
Pope

Roman Catholic Church

84

6

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Angela Merkel
Chancellor

Germany

56

7

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David Cameron
Prime Minister

United Kingdom

44

8

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Ben Bernanke
Chairman

Federal Reserve

57

9

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Sonia Gandhi
President

Indian National Congress

64

10

 

Bill Gates
Co-Chair

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

55

The World's Billionaires - Forbes.com

Rank

Name

Net Worth

Age

Source

Country of Citizenship

1

Carlos Slim Helu & family

$74 B

71

telecom

Mexico

2

Bill Gates

$56 B

55

Microsoft

United States

3

Warren Buffett

$50 B

80

Berkshire Hathaway

United States

4

Bernard Arnault

$41 B

62

LVMH

France

5

Larry Ellison

$39.5 B

66

Oracle

United States

6

Lakshmi Mittal

$31.1 B

60

Steel

India

7

Amancio Ortega

$31 B

75

Zara

Spain

8

Eike Batista

$30 B

54

mining, oil

Brazil

9

Mukesh Ambani

$27 B

54

petrochemicals, oil & gas

India

10

Christy Walton & family

$26.5 B

56

Walmart

United States

Pratiyogita Darpan May, 2011-emagazine

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RAS 2008 FINAL results

 

जयपुर/अजमेर. आरपीएससी ने आरएएस 2008 भर्ती परीक्षा का परिणाम सोमवार देर रात घोषित कर दिया। आयोग ने 384 पदों पर भर्ती के लिए यह परिणाम जारी किया है। आयोग सचिव डॉ. केके पाठक के अनुसार जारी किए रोल नंबर बायें से दायें योग्यता क्रम में हैं। अदालत के आदेश पर आयोग रोल नंबर 113219, 438688, 652281 और 653729 का परिणाम बाद में घोषित करेगा।

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Saturday, April 23, 2011

CTET

 

BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE

The implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 requires the recruitment of a large number of teachers across the country in a time bound manner. In spite of the enormity of the task, it is desirable to ensure that quality requirement for recruitment of teachers is not diluted at any cost. It is therefore necessary to ensure that persons recruited as teachers possess the essential aptitude and ability to meet the challenges of teaching at the primary and upper primary level.

In accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 23 of the RTE Act, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) had vide Notification dated 23rd August, 2010 laid down the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in classes I to VIII. It had been inter alia provided that one of the essential qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the schools referred to in clause (n) of section 2 of the RTE Act is that he/ she should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which will be conducted by the appropriate Government in accordance with the Guidelines framed by the NCTE.

The rationale for including the TET as a minimum qualification for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher is as under:

i). It would bring national standards and benchmark of teacher quality in the recruitment process;
ii). It would induce teacher education institutions and students from these institutions to further improve their performance standards;
iii). It would send a positive signal to all stakeholders that the Government lays special emphasis on teacher quality

The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India has entrusted the responsibility of conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) to the Central Board of Secondary Education which shall be held on 26.6.2011.

CTET

CTET

 

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Structure and Content of CTET

All questions in CTET test will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), each carrying one mark, with four alternatives out of which one answer will be correct. There will be no negative marking.

There will be two papers of CTET.
(i)Paper I will be for a person who intents to be a teacher for classes I to V.
(ii)Paper II will be for a person who intents to be a teacher for classes VI to VIII.

Note: A person who intents to be a teacher for both levels (classes I to V and classes VI to VIII) will have to appear in both the papers (Paper I and Paper II).

Paper I (for classes I to V): Duration of examination - one-and-a-half hours
Structure and Content (All Compulsory): (Appendix 1)

(i) Child Development and Pedagogy    30 MCQs      30 Marks
(ii) Language I                                    30 MCQs      30 Marks
(iii) Language II                                  30 MCQs      30 Marks
(iv) Mathematics                                 30 MCQs      30 Marks
(v) Environmental Studies                    30 MCQs      30 Marks
      Total                                           150 MCQs    150 Marks

Nature and standard of questions:

The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy will focus on educational psychology of teaching and learning relevant to the age group of 6-11 years. They will focus on understanding the characteristics and needs of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.

The Test items for Language I will focus on the proficiencies related to the medium of instruction, (as chosen from list of prescribed language options in the application form).

The Language II will be from among the prescribed options other than Language I. A candidate may choose any one language from the available language options and will be required to specify the same in the application form. The test items in language II will also focus on the elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.

The test items in Mathematics and Environmental Studies will focus on the concepts, problem solving abilities and pedagogical understanding of the subjects. In all these subject areas, the test items will be evenly distributed over different divisions of the syllabus of that subject prescribed for classes� I–V, by the NCERT/CBSE.

The questions in the tests for Paper I will be based on the topics prescribed for classes� I–V, but their difficulty standard, as well as linkages, could be up to the secondary stage.

Paper II (for classes VI to VIII): Duration of examination - one-and-a-half hours
Structure and Content: (Appendix 1)

(i) Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory)                                                         30 MCQs       30Marks
(ii) Language I (compulsory)                                                                                      30 MCQs       30Marks
(iii) Language II (compulsory)                                                                                    30 MCQs       30Marks
(iv)(a) For Mathematics and Science teacher: Mathematics and Science                         60 MCQs       60Marks
     (b) For Social Studies/Social Science Teacher: Social Science                                  60 MCQs       60Marks
     (c) For any other teacher � either (a) or (b)

Nature and standard of questions:

The test items on Child Development and Pedagogy will focus on educational psychology of teaching and learning, relevant to the age group 11-14 years. They will focus on understanding the characteristics, needs and psychology of diverse learners, interaction with learners and the attributes and qualities of a good facilitator of learning.

The test items for Language I will focus on the proficiency related to the medium of instruction, as chosen from list of prescribed options in the application form.

The Language II will be a language other than Language I. A candidate may choose any one language from among the available options and as in the specified list in the application form and attempt questions in the one indicated by the candidate in the application form by him. The Test items in Language II will also focus on the elements of language, communication and comprehension abilities.

The test items in Mathematics and Science, and Social Studies/Social Science will focus on the concepts, problem solving abilities and pedagogical understanding of these subjects. The test items of Mathematics and Science will be of 30 marks each. The test items will be evenly distributed over different divisions of the syllabus of that subject as prescribed for classes VI-VIII by the NCERT/CBSE.

The questions in the tests for Paper II will be based on the topics of the prescribed syllabus of the NCERT/CBSE for classes VI-VIII but their difficulty standard as well as linkages could be up to the senior secondary stage.

CTET

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Friday, April 22, 2011

Key Answer-Sheet of Optional Subjects (Series A, B, C, & D) of Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services (P) Exam. 2010

 

KEY ANSWERS


Key Answer-Sheet of Optional Subjects (Series A, B, C, & D) of Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services (P) Exam. 2010 (Uploaded on 22.04.2011-On display till 27.04.2011)
Sub.Code-Subject-Keysheet

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AGRICULTURE

[A] [B] [C] [D]

03
COMMERCE

[A] [B] [C] [D]

07
HISTORY

[A]  [B]  [C]  [D]

08
GEOGRAPHY

[A]   [B]  [C]  [D]

09
ECONOMICS

[A]  [B]  [C]  [D]

10
POLITICAL SCIENCE

[A]  [B] [C] [D]

11
SOCIOLOGY

[A] [B] [C] [D]

12
PHILOSOPHY

[A] [B] [C] [D]

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GEOLOGY

[A] [B] [C] [D]

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LAW

[A] [B] [C] [D]

18
STATISTICS

[A] [B] [C] [D]

19
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

[A] [B] [C] [D]

RESULT OF T.G.T WRITTEN of U.P. Secondary Education Service Selection Board

 

RESULT OF T.G.T WRITTEN ADVERTISE NO 1 OF 2010

  1. T.G.T. ENGLISH 13-02-2011
  2. T.G.T. HINDI 13-02-2011
  3. T.G.T. MATH 13-02-2011
  4. T.G.T. SANSKRIT 13-02-2011
  5. T.G.T. SCIENCE 13-02-2011
  6. T.G.T. URDU 13-02-2011

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Abel Prize 2011

 

John Willard Milnor, the wizard of higher dimensions, gets the Abel Prize, which is regarded as the “Mathematician's Nobel”.

COURTESY: THE NORWEGIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS

John Willard Milnor.The citation says: “All of Milnor's works display marks of great research: profound insights, vivid imagination, elements of surprise and supreme beauty.”

AS the month of October is for Nobel Prizes, March has been, in the past eight years, for the prestigious Abel Prize in mathematics conferred by The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. One of the giants of modern mathematics, John Willard Milnor of the Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Stony Brook University, New York, United States, reputed for his work in differential topology, K-theory and dynamical systems, has been chosen by the Academy for this year's Abel Prize. The decision was announced by the President of the Norwegian Academy, Oyvind Osterud, on March 23. Milnor will receive the award from His Majesty King Harald at a ceremony in Oslo on May 24.

The Abel Prize has widely come to be regarded as the “Mathematician's Nobel”. Instituted in 2001 to mark the 200th birth anniversary of the Norwegian mathematical genius Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), it is given in recognition of contributions of extraordinary depth and influence to mathematical sciences and has been awarded annually since 2003 ( Frontline, April 20, 2007). The prize carries a cash award of six million Norwegian kroner, which is about €750,000 or $ 1 million, similar to the amount of a Nobel Prize. Unlike the other major award in mathematics, the Fields Medal, which is given once in four years at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) to young mathematicians not over 40 years of age on January 1, the Abel Prize, just as the Nobel, has no age limit.

The past winners of the prize include such illustrious names as Jean-Pierre Serre (2003), Sir Michael Atiyah and Isadore M. Singer (2004), Peter D. Lax (2005), Lennart Carleson (2006), Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan (2007), John Griggs Thompson and Jacques Tits (2008), Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov (2009) and John Torrence Tate (2010). The Abel Prize winner is selected by a committee of five international mathematicians headed by Ragni Piene of the University of Oslo. The International Mathematical Union (IMU) and the European Mathematical Society (EMS) nominate members of the Abel Committee. Besides Piene, the committee for this year's award included Bjorn Engquist of the University of Texas at Austin, M.S. Raghunathan of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), David Donoho of Stanford University and Hendrik W. Lenstra of Leiden University in the Netherlands.

CENSUS 2011

 

The first results of Census 2011 put India's population at 1,210 million, indicating a demographic transition.


Registrar General of India and Census Commissioner of India Dr C. Chandramauli releasing the provisional results of Census 2011

CENSUS 2011 is the 15th one undertaken in India since 1872 and the seventh after the country attained Independence. While there have been stray historical references to population counts of one kind or another in earlier periods over much smaller territories within the territory that constitutes present-day India, the consensus view is that the first systematic, though non-synchronous, population census conducted throughout the country was between 1865 and 1872. The first synchronous census was done in 1881. Since then, decennial censuses have been conducted without fail.

It is interesting to learn that the censuses from 1881 up to, and including, 1931 were conducted using “a synchronous de facto method”, meaning that the census was conducted throughout the country on a single night. This was given up from the 1941 census. The method followed from 1941 onwards is described as “an extended de facto canvasser method”. Specifically, we are informed by the Census of India:

“In Census 2011, the canvassing of the questionnaire was done from 9th of February 2011 to 28th of February 2011. A Revision Round was then conducted from 1st to 5th of March 2011 and the count updated to the Reference Moment of 00:00 hours on the 1st of March 2011.”

The census for a country of India's size and territory is, of course, a complex exercise. Census 2011 involved coverage of a human population spread over 35 States/Union Territories, 640 districts, 5,924 sub-district administrative units, 7,936 towns and 6.41 lakh villages. The cost of Census 2011 has been estimated at Rs.22,000 million, which works out to a per person cost of Rs.18.19. A total of 2.7 million functionaries worked in the conduct of the census. The census schedules were canvassed in 16 languages. A total of 340 million schedules were printed. In all, 5.4 million training manuals were printed. The total number of languages in which the training manuals were printed was 18.

In an elaborate ‘Introductory Note', which forms part of Paper No.1 of 2011 Census, the Registrar-General of India and the Census Commissioner, Dr C. Chandramouli, has set out in detail the processes and procedures underlying the census exercise. He has also summarised the important changes in the schedules canvassed in 2011 from those of 2001. He makes the point that a unique feature of Census 2011 was “the innovative use of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter”.

Before going into the details of population growth and other demographic data from the first results of Census 2011, it needs to be noted that the data released are “provisional” and there will be some revision after all the schedules are scanned and the necessary checks and cross-checks are carried out. However, the revisions are likely to be minor. The results provide a good basis for a preliminary understanding.


THE PERCENTAGE DECADAL growth rates of population have declined in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Fertility rates have come down across the country, and several States such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Punjab have reached replacement levels of fertility.

The provisional population figure for India as per Census 2011 stands at 1,210.2 million, consisting of 623.7 million males and 586.5 million females. This constitutes a growth of 17.64 per cent between 2001 and 2011. Compared with the decennial population growth rates of 23.87 per cent between 1981 and 1991 and 21.54 per cent between 1991 and 2001, this is a significant reduction in population growth rate. In fact, the absolute increase in population between 2001 and 2011, at 181.5 million, is less than the increase of 182.3 million between 1991 and 2001. This makes the decade of 2001-11 the first one in independent India to witness a reduction in both absolute and relative population growth. The number of children in the 0-6 age group has declined between 2001 and 2011 from 163.84 million to 158.79 million. This portends a lower population growth rate in the years to come. A demographic transition is well under way in India, though there are significant differences across States, a matter to which we shall return.

While the population growth rate has slackened significantly between 2001 and 2011 as compared to earlier inter-census periods, it is true that we are still adding massive numbers to the country's population. For instance, the addition to the population at 181.5 million is only slightly less than the entire population of Brazil, which is the fifth most populous country in the world! Similarly, the population of India at 1,210.2 million in 2011 is almost equal to the combined population of the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Japan at 1,214.3 million. Nevertheless, the fact that the percentage decadal growth rates of population have declined between 2001 and 2011 in the six most populous States of the country – Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh – is a pointer to the continuance of the trend towards population stabilisation over the next five decades. Fertility rates have come down across the country, and several States such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Punjab have reached replacement levels of fertility. Kerala will, in fact, have to contend with the problem of an ageing population even while several other States will continue to experience a rising share of population in the working age groups. The problem of ageing populations and rising ratios of dependants to earners will also become a feature of some other States, which are moving rapidly through a process of demographic transition to low birth rates and low death rates.

Sex Composition

Over most of the 20th century, the sex ratio in India declined from 972 females per 1,000 males in 1901 to 927 by 1991. It then rose to 933 in 2001. The good news is that it has since risen to 940 as per the provisional figures of Census 2011. In 29 States and Union Territories, the overall sex ratio has risen between 2001 and 2011. However, it has declined in Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Bihar. Kerala continues to be the State with the highest sex ratio, at 1084.

How does India's population sex ratio compare with some other major countries? The global sex ratio was 984 in 2011. Among the 10 most populous countries, only China has a lower sex ratio than India, at 926. Bangladesh, Nigeria and Indonesia, with sex ratios of 978, 987 and 988 respectively, are the populous developing countries with a sex ratio much higher than that of India. Even Pakistan has a sex ratio of 943, marginally higher than that of India. The U.S., the Russian Federation, Brazil and Japan have sex ratios well in excess of 1,000. Among India's neighbours, only China, Bhutan (897) and Afghanistan (931) have sex ratios lower than 940. Sex ratios vary significantly across the States. Taking into account the major States with a population exceeding 20 million each in 2011, the sex ratio varies from a high of 1084 in Kerala to a low of 877 in Haryana. Other major States with a low sex ratio include Punjab (893), Uttar Pradesh (908), Bihar (916), Gujarat (918), Maharashtra (925) and Rajasthan (926). The southern States of Kerala (1084), Tamil Nadu (995), Andhra Pradesh (992) and Karnataka (968) fare much better.

Child Sex Ratio

The population sex ratio as an indicator of the well-being of women in a society has a major limitation. When there is sex-selective migration where males emigrate from a region in search of employment or for other reasons but women do so if at all to a much lesser extent, one can get a high sex ratio, but this would not indicate female well-being. Thus, in many of India's more economically backward districts in the countryside, males may migrate in search of employment, resulting in high sex ratios for these districts, reflecting poverty rather than female well-being. A better measure of relative female well-being – or of relative female survival disadvantage – is the sex ratio in the age group of 0 to 6, known as the child sex ratio (CSR). The 2011 census figures for CSR are disturbing. The CSR in India has been falling rapidly for several decades now. It declined from 976 in 1961 to 927 by 2001. It has further fallen to 914 in 2011. The situation in several large northern States is nothing short of alarming. While the CSR in Punjab, Haryana and Gujarat have risen from 798 to 846, 819 to 830 and 883 to 886 respectively, these ratios are still low by any standard. Worse still, the CSR has dropped in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh from 916 to 899, 909 to 883, 908 to 883 and 932 to 912 respectively. In 2001, 26 per cent of India's population lived in States with a CSR of 915 or less. In 2011, this proportion has risen to nearly 53 per cent. Only six States and two Union Territories report an increase in the CSR. In all the other cases, the CSR has fallen, in several of them at an alarming rate. This is yet another reminder of the gender-unequal nature of the development processes in India.

Literacy Rates

While the population of India grew by 17.54 per cent between 2001 and 2011, the number of literates in the 7 and above age group grew by 38.82 per cent, with the result that the ratio of literates to the population in the 7 and above age group improved from 64.83 per cent in 2001 to 74.04 per cent in 2011. The number of literate females in this age group grew by 49.10 per cent between 2001 and 2011, while that of males increased by a more modest 31.98 per cent. As a result, the female literacy rate in the seven-plus population increased from 53.67 per cent to 65.46 per cent, while the male literacy rate rose from 75.26 per cent to 82.14 per cent. Between 2001 and 2011, the number of non-literates in India has come down by nearly 3.12 crore, with the number of non-literate females declining by 1.71 crore and that of non-literate males by 1.41 crore.

One major State, Kerala, and nine Union Territories, all with relatively modest population sizes, have literacy rates higher than 85 per cent, the target set by the Planning Commission for 2011-12. This target has not been met in most other parts of the country, and is unlikely to be met by 2011-12. While the gap between male and female literacy rates has declined from 21.59 percentage points in 2001 to 16.68 percentage points in 2011, this is still considerably more than the 11th Plan target of 10 percentage points by 2011-12. Except for Kerala, none of the major States has achieved the target of bridging the gap between male and female literacy rates to less than 10 percentage points. Kerala had achieved this much earlier. It is encouraging, however, that the male-female gap in literacy rates, which has been declining since 1981, has shown a sharper decline between 2001 and 2011. At the same time, the fact that more than a third of females aged seven years or more are non-literate even by the minimalist measure from Census 2011 is indeed a scandal for a country nursing ambitions of becoming a global power.

While there are considerable differences in literacy rates across States, with Kerala at 93.91 per cent and Bihar at 63.82 per cent, it is also true that inter-State differences have narrowed a bit, with the poorer performers in 2001 showing a more rapid increase in the past decade in literacy rates than their more advanced counterparts. For instance, while the number of literates aged seven years and above has grown by nearly 39 per cent for the country as a whole, it has grown by 74.8 per cent in Bihar, 59.2 per cent in Jharkhand and 56.4 per cent in Uttar Pradesh. In terms of overall literacy rates, Kerala is far ahead with 93.91 per cent. It is followed at some distance by Maharashtra (82.91 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (80.33 per cent). Gujarat (79.31) and West Bengal (77.08) follow these two States closely, and three other major States – Punjab, Haryana and Karnataka – have literacy rates above 75 per cent. Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Bihar, in that order, bring up the rear with literacy rates below 70 per cent. The position with respect to female literacy rates again has Kerala way ahead at 91.98 per cent, followed at quite some distance by Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Gujarat, in that order.

It is interesting that the Left-led States of Kerala and West Bengal figure in the top five major States in respect of literacy, as do, of course, the high-profile States of Gujarat and Maharashtra.

It is important that the literacy rates as calculated from the provisional numbers of Census 2011 do not give rise to complacency. That would be completely unwarranted for several reasons. First, data from a large number of village surveys, such as those carried out by the Foundation for Agrarian Studies recently across several States, typically show the census literacy rate figures to be much higher than the percentage of the population that reports itself as being able to read and write, when asked a nuanced set of questions distinguishing between the ability to read, the ability to write and the ability to do both. Second, literacy rates differ considerably between rural and urban areas, and one must await the release of tables on literacy rates by rural/urban residence. Third, literacy rates differ significantly across social groups, with the Scheduled Tribes and the Scheduled Castes much more poorly off in this regard. Fourth, we have already noted that more than a third of the female population aged seven years or more is non-literate after more than two decades of high gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates, a sad commentary on the degree of inclusiveness in our growth model. Finally, as long as access to good-quality schooling remains scarce for the majority of the people, the reported literacy figures will overstate hugely the extent of non-fragile, effective literacy.

It is too early to celebrate the results of Census 2011. The initial results, in fact, remind us, in the midst of some progress, of huge gender inequalities and persisting levels of mass educational deprivation across different regions after a decade of high GDP growth rates.

Positive signals

by VENKATESH ATHREYA

PSLV-C16 puts 3 satellites in orbit

 

PSLV-C16 puts 3 satellites in orbit

T.S. Subramanian

FLAWLESS FLIGHT: PSLV-C16 lifts off majestically from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Wednesday. Photo: M. Vedhan

The Hindu FLAWLESS FLIGHT: PSLV-C16 lifts off majestically from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Wednesday. Photo: M. Vedhan

PSLV-C14 launches Oceansat-2 satellite

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PSLV notches up another success Resourcesat-2 will beam back huge data on resources Singapore delighted at ISRO's launch of X-Sat ISRO to build orbiter for NASA The long road to cryogenic technology Rs. 378-cr. aid for GPS-aided navigation system Moving on after the GSLV failure ResourceSat-2 launch scheduled for April 20

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Success comes after last year's GSLV failures

It was “sweet seventeen” for the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Wednesday, with the PSLV-C16 scoring a spectacular success by putting three satellites into orbit with precision.

It was the PSLV's 17th consecutive successful mission out of the 18 launches from Sriharikota. At the end of 18 minutes of “a delightful” flawless flight, the fourth stage of the rocket shot India's Resourcesat-2 into its orbit. About 40 seconds later, the fourth stage bulleted again the Youthsat and the X-sat into their orbits. The accuracy was such that the Resourcesat-2 reached an orbit at an altitude of 822.9 km against the targeted 822 km.

The mission lifted the veil of despondency that had fallen over the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) after the failure of the GSLV-D3 with an indigenous cryogenic stage in April last year and of the GSLV-F06 with a Russian cryogenic engine in December. This year, the ISRO was hit by allegations over the S-band spectrum allocation to a private company.

ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan called the mission “a grand success” because the satellites reached their orbits with great precision. It was “a global mission,” he said, because the Resourcesat-2's remote-sensing images would be used by countries across the world.

Director of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre of ISRO S. Ramakrishnan described the success as “a sweet seventeen.”

Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram P.S. Veeraraghavan said the mission's success had established the PSLV “as the most reliable and cost-effective rocket in the world.” Everything went right with the mission, and “as far as the orbits were concerned, the satellites hit the bullseye,” he added.

The 54-hour countdown progressed without any hitch. At 10.12 a.m., the PSLV-C16 roared off from the first launch pad, climbing steadily. The rocket rode on towers of flame, tracing a parabolic path across a clear sky. One could see with naked eyes the separation of the first stage. The four stages and the strap-on booster motors ignited on time and fell into the Bay of Bengal. The rocket also performed “a dog-leg manoeuvre,” skirting the Sri Lankan territory.

Mission Director P. Kunhikrishnan praised “the excellent performance” of the rocket's four stages and their sub-systems. It was “a reassurance to the nation' from the ISRO that the faith put in the space agency was justified.

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Study Material of General Studies for Civil Services

 

Study Material for Civil Services

Download Study Material for Civil Services Exams. Hope these Study Notes will definitely helps in your preparation. so enjoy reading.

Important Days

 

January 9
NRI Day

January 10
World Laughter Day

January 12
National Youth Day

January 15
Army day

January 25
National Voters day

January 26
India’s Republic Day, International Customs Day

January 30
Martyrs’ Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day

2nd Sunday of February
World Marriage Day

February 14
Valentine Day

February 24
Central Excise Day

February 28
National Science Day

Second Monday March
Commonwealth Day

March 8
International Women’s Day; Intl. literacy Day

March 15
World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day

March 18
Ordnance Factories Day (India)

March 21
World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

March 22
World Day for Water

March 23
World Meteorological Day

March 24
World TB Day

April 5
International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day

April 7
World Health Day

April 17
World Haemophilia Day

April 18
World Heritage Day

April 21
Secretaries’ Day

April 22
Earth Day

April 23
World Book and Copyright Day

May 1
Workers’ Day (International Labour Day)

May 3
Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day

May 2nd Sunday
Mother’s Day

May 4
Coal Miners’ Day

May 8
World Red Cross Day

May 9
World Thalassaemia Day

May 11
National Technology Day

May 12
World Hypertension Day; International Nurses 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 3rd Sunday
Father’s Day

June 14
World Blood Donor Day

June 26
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

July 1
Doctor’s Day

July 6
World Zoonoses Day

July 11
World Population Day

August 3
International Friendship Day

August 6
Hiroshima Day

August 8
World Senior Citizen’s Day

August 9
Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day

August 15
Indian Independence Day

August 18
IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

August 19
Photography Day

August 29
National Sports Day

September 2
Coconut Day

September 5
Teachers’ Day ; Sanskrit Day

September 8
World Literacy Day (UNESCO)

September 15
Engineers’ Day

September 16
World Ozone Day

September 21
Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)

September 22
Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)

September 26
Day of the Deaf

September 27
World Tourism Day

October 1
International Day for the Elderly

October 2
Gandhi Jayanthi

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 2nd Thursday
World Sight Day

October 13
UN International Day for Natural 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 9
Legal Services Day

November 14
Children’s Day; Diabetes Day

November 17
National Epilepsy Day

November 20
Africa Industrialization Day

November 29
International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

December 1
World AIDS Day

December 3
World Day of the Handicapped

December 4
Indian Navy Day

December 7
Indian Armed Forces Flag Day

December 10
Human Rights Day; IntI. Children’s Day of Broadcasting

December 18
Minorities Rights Day (India)

December 23
Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India)

December 25
Christmas Day

Nobel Prize Winners 2010

 

 

About Nobel Prize

Established by Alfred Nobel, Nobel prizes started in 1901. They are given every year for worldwide achievements in Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature and for Peace. The Nobel prize is administered by Nobel Foundation, Sweden. In 1968, an additional prize for Economics was added in memory of Alfred Nobel.

Nobel Prize includes an award, Nobel diploma and a cash prize. The prize money is distributed from the interest generated from funds originally initiated by Alfred Nobel. For 2010, the prize money is stipulated at Swedish kronor (SEK) 10 million per full Nobel Prize equivalent to 1.5 mil USD.

Nobel prize 2010 announcements were made this week and this hub is about the winners and their works.

Nobel Prize 2010 Physiology or Medicine goes to the father of the test tube baby

Nobel Prize 2010 for Physiology or Medicine – Robert G Edwards

The Nobel prize 2010 for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Robert G Edwards.

Robert G Edwards was awarded the Nobel prize for medicine for his work ‘in vitro fertilization (IVF)’.

He started work on IVF as early as 1950s. Due to his efforts, world’s first test tube baby was born during 1978. In later years he and his team improved the process further and made it available to all.

The IVF technology discovered by him is used as a treatment for infertility. More than 10% of the couples worldwide are infertile and his discovery has been a boon to such people. Approximately 4 million people have been born using IVF till now.

Robert G Edwards is currently professor at the University of Cambridge.

Nobel Prize 2010 in Physics

Nobel Prize 2010 Physics Andre Geim

Nobel Prize 2010 Physics Konstantin Novoselov

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 was awarded jointly to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov “for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene”

Andre and Novoselov, the teacher-student duo, derived the material ‘graphene’ from graphite. The black writing material used for pencils is graphite, which is a form of carbon. They extracted a thin layer of carbon particles from graphite, actually as thin as on atom width, making a new material graphine.

Andre and Novoselov discovered that Graphine has many interesting properties. It is as good a conductor as copper. It is the best conductor of heat as of now. It is completely transparent and yet, it does not allow the thinnest gas Helium through it.

Because of its unique properties, graphine will have vast range of applications starting from electronics to satellite. A computer chip made of graphine is expected to outperform the present silicon made chips, which means that in future we will have even faster computers. Already a test transistor was developed using graphine and its performance was equal to that of silicon transistor. A paper thin TV monitor screen can be made using graphine. This new material, a form of carbon is a miracle that can find great usage in future.

Nobel Prize 2010 Chemistry

Nobel prize 2010 in Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 was awarded jointly to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki “for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis”.

Organic Chemistry is one of the most important branches of chemistry finding applications in our day to life including paints and plastics. Organic chemistry essentially involves various arrangements of carbon atoms together in multiple configurations.

During the initial years, one of the main challenges in organic chemistry was to successfully combine carbon atoms together as carbon would not easily react with other similar atoms due to its structural configuration.

These three scientists discovered possible reactions using a catalyst Palladium so that in its presence, carbon reacts more easily. This tool has been in use for many decades though further improvements are still going on. This tool has been extensively used in chemistry labs as well as medicine factories in order to get the desired combinations.

Nobel committee stated that with the discovery of this tool, a major obstacle hindering progress in organic chemistry was removed.

Nobel Prize 2010 Literature

Nobel Prize 2010 Literature – Mario Vargas Llosa

Nobel Prize 2010 in Literature was awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa.

Mario Vargas Llosa was born on March 28, 1936 in Peru. After graduating from Colegio Nacional San Miguel in Piura, Mario Vargas Llosa studied law and literature in Lima and Madrid. As an author, he became internationally popular through his novel La ciudad y los perros (1963; The Time of the Hero, 1966), though this novel created big controversy in his home land.

He has lectured and taught at a number of universities in the USA, South America and Europe. His well known works include Conversación en la catedral (1969; Conversation in the Cathedral, 1975), La guerra del fin del mundo (1981; The War of the End of the World, 1984) and La fiesta del chivo (2000; The Feast of the Goat, 2001). He is also a noted journalist and essayist.

Nobel Prize 2010 for Peace

Nobel Prize for Peace 2010 – Liu Xiaobo

The Nobel Committee announced that the Nobel Peace Prize 2010 was awarded to Liu Xiaobo “for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China”.

For last few decades, China has experienced enormous economic growth and grew to become second largest economy in the world. However China’s record in following international agreements as well as maintaining human rights internally has been questioned time and again.

Liu Xiaobo strongly advocated for fundamental rights in China. He took part in the Tiananmen protests in 1989; he was a leading author behind Charter 08, the manifesto of such rights in China which was published on the 60th anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 10th of December 2008. The following year, Liu was sentenced to eleven years in prison and two years’ deprivation of political rights for “inciting subversion of state power”. Presently Liu is in prison due to this sentence. Following the Nobel Prize announcement recognizing his efforts for human rights and peace, the world has been requesting China to release him.

Nobel prize in economics 2010

Nobel Prize in Economics 2010

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2010 was awarded jointly to Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides “for their analysis of markets with search frictions”.

Normally any market is based on demand and supply. But many times, in reality, we find that there are many people looking for employment but at the same time there are many vacancies in companies, not able to find candidates. There are many who want to buy a house and there are many who want to sell and both conditions exist at the same time. This year’s nobel laureates developed a theory to answer these questions, which may help better solutions in these areas. They formulated a theoretical framework for search markets. Peter Diamond has analyzed the foundations of search markets and Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides have expanded the theory and have applied it to the labor market.

Their theory is not just applicable to labor market but also to house, monitory theory and various areas of economics.

About the laureates:

Peter A. Diamond, is Institute Professor and Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA.

Dale T. Mortensen, is from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Ida C. Cook Professor of Economics at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

Christopher A. Pissarides, is a Professor of Economics and Norman Sosnow Chair in Economics, all at London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.