Top 10 Best Universities in India 2013-2014

          Below listed universities are India’s best and very oldest and higher educational Universities. India Today magazine and Nielsen Company conducted a survey to rank the top universities in India.

List of Top 10 Universities:

1. Banaras Hindu University

2. Jawaharlal Nehru University

3. Delhi University

4. University of Calcutta

5. University of Madras

6. University of Hyderabad

7. Osmania University

8. Bangalore University

9. Andhra University

10. University of Mumbai

             Admission into these universities easy not so easy, because so many candidates want to get admission into these universities, So the competition is too high. However nothing is impossible if you do hard work and passion.

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LATEST Top 25 Best Medical Colleges in India 2013-2014

Below are the list of best Medical colleges in India across major cities (Delhi, Pune, Vellore, Puducherry, Manipal, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Lucknow, Ludhana, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Aligarh) 

India Today magazine and Nielsen Company conducted a survey to rank the top medical colleges in India.

1. AIIMS, Delhi

2. Armed Forces Medical College, Pune

3. Christian Medical College, Vellore

4. JIPMER, Puducherry

5. Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

6. Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi

7. Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi

8. Grant Medical College, Mumbai

9. St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore

10. Madras Medical College, Chennai

11. Stanley Medical College, Chennai

12. King George Medical University, Lucknow

13. B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad

14. Christian Medical college, Ludhana

15. Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi

16. Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai

17. Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore

18. University College of Medical sciences, Delhi

19. Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai

20. Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical college, Mumbai

21. M.S. Ramaiah Medical college, Bangalore

22. Medical College & Hospital Kolkata

23. Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai

24. Government Medical College, Chandigarh

25. Jawaharial Nehru Medical College, AMU, Aligarh

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Central JCA decided to go on Indefinite Strike

NFPE & FNPO DECIDED TO GO ON NATIONWIDE INDEFINITE STRIKE IF THE DEMAND FOR INCLUSION OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF 7TH CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION IS NOT ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE MAIN DEMANDS OF THE STRIKE WILL BE

(1) Inclusion of Gramin Dak Sevaks under the purview of 7th CPC

(2) Regularisation of Casual, Part-time, Contingent Employees and Revision of their wages with effect from 01.01.2006 (as per 6th CPC wage revision) & Grant of DA

(3) Merger of 50% DA with pay for all employees including GDS

The above decision was taken in the Central JCA Meeting held on 19.10.2013 at New Delhi under the Chairmanship of Shri. T. N. Rahate, President, FNPO.

(M. Krishnan)                 (D. Theagarajan)

Secretary General            Secretary General
NFPE                                  FNPO

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Some Amazing Facts about India :

Some Amazing Facts about India :

* India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.

* India is the world's Largest democracy.

* India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.

* India invented the number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

* When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)

* There are 300,000 active mosques in India , more than in any other country, including the Muslim world

* Sanskrit is the mother of all the European Languages . Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magzine July 1987.

* Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

* India has the second largest pool of Scientist and Engineers in the World.

* India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.

* India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indeigenously.

* India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world

* One of the largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways , employing over a million people

* India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

* The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982

* The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.

* Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

* Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.

* Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.

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LIST OF IMPORTANT AWARDS

LIST OF IMPORTANT AWARDS 

1. Man Booker Prize 2013 - Eleanor Catton (for The Luminaries)
2. Man Booker International Prize - Lydia Davis
3. Asia Pacific International Award - Dr. Mujeeb Athar
4. Cecil B Demile Award - Woody Allen
5. Champion for Global Change Award 2013 - Malala Yousafzai

6. First Mahathir Award for Global Peace - Nelson Mandela
7. German Whistleblower Prize 2013 - Edward Snowden
8. Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival - Sacro GRA (Italy)
9. Grand Prize at Cuba's International Radio and Telivision Festival - Baraksat (Lebanese Documentary)
10. IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Kevin Barry
11. INDEX Design Award - Kavitha Shukla
12. ISRO Young Scientist Award - Jenita Mary
13. Jnanpith Award 2012 - Ravuri Bharadhwaja
14. Knighthood, which is the highest honour of Britain - Anish Kapoor (sculptor)
15. Lata Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran - Hariharan
16. 'Legend of Planet' award - Bindeshwar Pathak (Sulabh movement founder)
17. Library of Congress Gershwin Award - Carole King (first woman)
18. National Literacy Award - Chattisgarh
19. NSS Wernher von Braun Memorial Award - Abdul Kalam
20. NTR National Literary Award - Manoj Das
21. Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace Award 2013 - Shashi Tharoor
22. Presidential medal of freedom - Dr. Sally Ride
23. Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2013 - Adam Johnson (for the novel “The
Orphan Master’s son”)
24. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna - Ranjan Sodhi
25. Saraswati Samman (2013) – Sugathakumari
26. Skoch Group Award - Jharkhand
27. Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony - Zubin Mehta
28. Tagore Peace Prize - Shihab Ghanem (first Arab)
29. The Simón Bolívar National Award of Journalism 2013 - Hugo Chavez (late Venezuelan President )
30. U. N. Champions of the Earth Award - V. Ramanathan
31. UEFA Best Player in Europe Award - Franck Ribéry
32. UN’s Public Service Award - Omen Chandi (Kerala CM)
33. Unique Female Leader Award - Madeleine Albrite (former US Secratary)
34. United Nation's Public Service Award - Oommen Chandy (Chief Minister of Kerala)
35. US "woman of courage" award - Nirbhaya (Dehli gang rape victim)
36. Vyas Samman (2012) – Narendra Kohli
37. Whitley award (Green Oscar) - Dr. Aparajita Datta
38. Women’s Prize for Fiction - AM Homes (for her book, May We Be Forgiven)
39. Youngest Indian to scale the Mount Everest - Raghav Joneja
40. ParliamentarianAwards - 2012 - Sharad Yadav

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നിങ്ങളിത് എന്നാത്തിനുള്ള പുറപ്പാടാണ്, അര്‍ദ്ധരാത്രിക്ക് വാഴ നടുന്നതൊക്കെ നാട്ടുകാരെ കാണിക്കാന്‍ പോവുകയാണോ എന്നാകും നിങ്ങളുടെ ചിന്ത. എന്നാല്‍ നിങ്ങള്‍ കരുതുന്നത് പോലെ കണ്ണ് പൊത്താനുള്ളതൊന്നും ഇതിലില്ല എന്നതാണ് സത്യം. പിന്നെ എന്താണ്? ക്യൂബെക്ക് സ്വദേശിയായ ഫോട്ടോഗ്രാഫര്‍ പാട്രിസ് ലരോച്ചേ തമാശ രൂപേനെ നിര്‍മ്മിച്ച ഒരു ഫോട്ടോ സീരീസ് ആണിത്. ലരോച്ചേയും ഗര്‍ഭിണിയായ ഭാര്യയും കൂടി നിര്‍മ്മിച്ച ആ സുന്ദരന്‍ ചിത്രങ്ങള്‍ ഒന്ന് കണ്ടു നോക്കൂ

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First in India in Governance

First in India in Governance

• President of the Indian National Congress— Womesh Chandra Bannerjee, 1885
• President of the Indian National Congress of independent India— Acharya Kripalani, till Nov 1947
• President— Rajendra Prasad (1950–1962)
• First Woman President— Pratibha Patil (2007–2012)
• The first Chief Election Commissioner — Sukumar Sen

• Industries and Supplies Minister— Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
• The first person to resign from the Central Cabinet— Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
• Vice-President— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
• Prime Minister— Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–1964). India held its first constitutional elections in 1952 after which he was re-elected.
• Deputy Prime Minister— Vallabhbhai Patel (1947–1950)
• Law Minister of India— B. R. Ambedkar
• Leader of Opposition— A. K. Gopalan
• Prime Minister to be voted out of office— Indira Gandhi (1977), when the Indian National Congress lost to the Janata Party
• Non-Congress government— Janata Party, with Morarji Desai as the Prime Minister (1977–1980)
• Non-Congress State government with Majority by a single party— E. M. S. Namboodiripad of CPI, Kerala 1957
• Prime Minister to lead a minority government for a full term (five years)— P. V. Narasimha Rao, 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
• Person outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to serve as Prime Minister for a full term (five years)— P. V. Narasimha Rao, 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
• Prime Minister from South India— P. V. Narasimha Rao, 1991, H.D.Deve Gowda
• Women Railway Minister of India— Mamata Banerjee[18]
• The first Viceroy of India— Lord Canning, 1858
• Governor-General of Independent India— Lord Mountbatten, 1947
• Indian Governor-General of Indian Union— C Rajagopalachari, 1948
• Chief Justice of India— H. J. Kania (1947–1951)
• First Sikh Prime Minister— Manmohan Singh (2004–present)
• First Muslim President— Zakir Hussain (1967–1969)
• First Sikh President— Giani Zail Singh
• First Chief Minister of West Bengal— Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
• Indian ICS Officer— Satyendranath Tagore, 1863
• Speaker of Lok Sabha— G.V. Mavlankar (1952–1956)
• Finance Minister of Independent India— R.K. Shanmukhan Chetty (1947–1949), for others see First Indian Cabinet
• Presentation of First Budget after India's Independence— R. K. Shanmukhan Chetty on 26 November 1947
• First Home Minister of India— Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel[19]
• First Indian President to die in Office— Dr Zakir Hussain, 3 May 1969
• First Chief Minister to die in Office— C.N.Annadurai, Tamil Nadu
• First Indian Prime Minister to resign from office— Morarji Desai, 1979
• First Woman Cabinet Minister in India— Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
• First Woman Minister in India— Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
• First Woman Chief Minister— Sucheta Kriplani
• First Female Home Minister— Sabitha Indra Reddy in Andhra Pradesh Govt.
• First Woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha— Meira Kumar
• First Woman Finance Minister of State Government in India— Dr Upinderjit Kaur, in Punjab Govt.

Income-Tax Deduction from Salaries during the Financial Year 2013-14: IT Circular No. 08/2013 Part-I

CIRCULAR

 NO : 08 /2013

F.No. 275/192/2013-IT(B)

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

Central Board of Direct Taxes

New Delhi, dated the 10th October, 2013

SUBJECT: INCOME-TAX DEDUCTION FROM SALARIES DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2013-14 UNDER SECTION 192 OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961.

Reference is invited to Circular No.08/2012 dated 05.10.2012 whereby the rates of deduction of income-tax from the payment of income under the head "Salaries" under Section 192 of the Income-tax Act, 1961(hereinafter ‘the Act’), during the financial year 2012-2013, were intimated. The present Circular contains the rates of deduction of income-tax from the payment of income chargeable under the head "Salaries" during the financial year 2013-2014 and explains certain related provisions of the Act and Income-tax Rules, 1962 (hereinafter the Rules). The relevant Acts, Rules, Forms and Notifications are available at the website of the Income Tax Department- www.incometaxindia.gov.in.

Source: www.incomtaxindia.gov.in

Rates of Income-Tax on Salaries for AY 2014-2015 FY 2013-2014: IT Circular 08/2013 Part-2

2. RATES OF INCOME-TAX AS PER FINANCE ACT, 2013:

As per the Finance Act, 2013, income-tax is required to be deducted under Section 192 of the Actfrom income chargeable under the head "Salaries" for the financial year 2013-14 (i.e. AssessmentYear 2014-15) at the following rates:

 2.1 Rates of tax

A. Normal Rates of tax:

Sl No	Total Income	Rate of tax
1	Where the total income does not exceed Rs. 2,00,000/-.	Nil
2	Where the total income exceeds Rs. 2,00,000 but does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/-	10 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 2,00,000/-
3	Where the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/- but does not exceed Rs. 10,00,000/-.	Rs. 30,000/- plus 20 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/-.
4	Where the total income exceeds Rs. 10,00,000/-.	Rs. 1,30,000/- plus 30 Per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 10,00,000/-

B. Rates of tax for every individual, resident in India, who is of the age of sixty years or more but less than eighty years at any time during the financial year:

Sl No	Total Income	Rate of tax
1	Where the total income does not exceed Rs. 2,50,000/-	Nil
2	Where the total income exceeds Rs. 2,50,000 but does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/-	10 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 2,50,000/-
3	Where the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/- but does not exceed Rs. 10,00,000/-	Rs. 25,000/- plus 20 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/-.
4	Where the total income exceeds Rs. 10,00,000/-	Rs. 1,25,000/- plus 30 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 10,00,000/-

C. In case of every individual being a resident in India, who is of the age of eighty years or more at any time during the financial year:

Sl No	Total Income	Rate of tax
1	Where the total income does not exceed Rs. 5,00,000/-	Nil
2	Where the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000 but does not exceed Rs. 10,00,000/-	20 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 5,00,000/-
3	Where the total income exceeds Rs. 10,00,000/-	Rs. 1,00,000/- plus 30 per cent of the amount by which the total income exceeds Rs. 10,00,000/-

2.2 Surcharge on Income tax:

The amount of income-tax shall be increased by a surcharge @10% of the Income-tax on payments to an individual taxpayer, if the total income of the individual exceeds Rs 1 crore during FY 2013-14 (AY 2014-15). However the amount of Surcharge shall not exceed the amount by which the individual’s total income exceeds Rs 1 crore and if surcharge so arrived at, exceeds such amount (assessee’s total income minus one crore) then it will be restricted to the amount of total incomeminus Rupees one crore.

2.3.1 Education Cess on Income tax:

The amount of income-tax including the surcharge if any, shall be increased by Education Cess on Income Tax at the rate of two percent of the income-tax.

2.3.2 Secondary and Higher Education Cess on Income-tax:

An additional cess is chargeable at the rate of one percent of income-tax including the surcharge if any, but not including the Education Cess on income tax as in 2.3.1.

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