[PIN-Sept] Part 2/3: Books, Authors, Business GK
- Books and Authors
- Movies
- Stamps of 8 musicians
- BusinessGK
- Android One
- Pharmaceutical
Books and Authors
only those in news for Sep-2014. For the bigger list, check earlier article under [PIN-2014] click me.
| A. Sivathanu Pillai | The path unexplored – success mantra of BrahMos. He is the ex-CEO of this org. |
| Air Commodore Jasjit Singh: | India’s Sentinel |
| Barack Obama | Dream, Big dreams. Book about Constitutional amendments in USA |
| BR Ambedkar | The Annihilation of caste. Its new edition was released. |
| Chetan Bhagat | Half girlfriend. |
| Former CAG Vinod Rai | The Dairy of the Nation’s Conscience Keeper — Not Just An Accountant’ |
| Gaiutra Bahadur | Coolie Woman. Book about plight of indentured Indian woman labourers in West Indies. |
| Kapil Dev (cricketer) and Vivek Atray (IAS) | “Dubey ji Bounces Back” |
| Liza Weinstein | Durable slum-Dharavi |
| Mohan’s daughter Daman Singh | Strictly Personal: Manmohan and Gursharan. |
| Nazeem Begum | My mother did not go bald. |
| Neel mukherjee | Kolkata born british author. “A lives of others”- shortlisted for 2014 booker. |
| Patrick Bryson | The Sad Demise of Manpreet Singh. About visa fraud in New Delhi and Punjab. |
| Ravi Subramanian | God Is A Gamer. About bitcoins and online gambling. |
| Robert Kiyosaki | Writer of “Rich Dad Poor Dad“. Recently visited India |
| Saurav Mohapatra | Mumbai Confidential |
| Simar Malhotra,17-year-old | There is a Tide. Book about Geo-political drama |
| Taslima Nasreenn | Her controversial novel Lajja’s new English translation is made. |
| Tendulkar | Playing It My Way — My Autobiography |
| Vivek Kaul | Easy money |
| Wangari Maathai | Nobel winner Kenyan environmental activist. her autobiography- Unbowed: A Memoir |
| Ojas Art award | New award included in Jaipur literature festival. Will be given to two indian artists. |
| Bharatendu Harishchandra Awards | award for books in Hindi on journalism, women’s issues, national integration and children. |
Movies
Earlier awards covered under PIN-2014, click me
| IFFI 2014 | Goa became its permanent venue. Bachchan will be chief guest. Launch November 2014 |
| Oscar |
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Stamps of 8 musicians
Govt. launched stamps of eight renowned classical musicians.
| Musician | Contribution |
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| Ustad Ali Akbar Khan | Saroda Maestro. Popularized classical music in India, Europe, USA |
| Pt. Bhimsen Joshi | developed the khayal form of singing. Known for Devotional music |
| Smt. D. K. Pattammal | Master of Ragam Tanam Pallavi.
Along Smt. M S Subbalakshmi and Smt. M L Vasanthakumari, she was considered one of the “Female Trinity of Carnatic Music”. |
| Smt. Gangubai Hangal | Performed in 1924 session of INC, in presence of Gandhi, Nehru et al |
| Pt.Kumar Gandharva | Nirguni Bhajan, Folk songs, Madhya Pradesh. |
| Pt. Mallikarjun Mansur | Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana |
| Pundit Ravi Shankar | Hindustani classical music. |
| Ustad Vilayat Ali Khan | introduced Indian music to the world along with Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan |
BusinessGK
Mainly for MBA and private job interviews. Others need not bother
Android One
- Google’s $100 phone. India is the first country where they’re launched.
- Although Google itself is not manufacturing it.
- These phones are manufactured by three different companies in India: Karbonn, Micromax and Spice.
- Price range: below 6500/-
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| Apple | CEO Tim Cook launched Iphone 6 and Apple watch. |
| Intel | Xeon processor E5 v3. Made for heavy workloads like data analytics, high performance computing, telecom and cloud-based services etc. |
| Vodafone | India CEO Marten Pieters said the telecom industry in India is in a mess. |
| Arvind’s | Garment company. Chief Sanjay Lalbhai |
| Bandhej | Archana Shah’s handicraft business |
| Network 18 |
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| India Today | Chairman Aroon Purie. |
| Maruti | Siaz model launched. |
| Mahindra | Arjun Novo tractor with AC cabin, potato planting machine. |
| Honda | Acura RLX : Sedan Honda car that can safely drive itself on the freeway while the driver’s hands are off the wheel. |
| General Motors | CEO Mary Barra, visited India and modi. |
| Mahindra | Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) has partnered online shopping site Snapdeal for booking the Scorpio sport utility vehicle. This is first such deal in e-commerce. |
| IIPM | Arindam Chodhry. Delhi HC ordered him not to use “management” term for its courses. |
| Mukesh Ambani | Forbes richest 100 tycoons in India |
| Adani | Got permission for australian coal mining in Galilee basin. |
| Uniqlo | Japanese retailer. Interested in setting up malls in India. |
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| Coca cola | Launched “Coca Cola zero”- Low calorie drink, available at same price as regular coca cola. |
| Boya life | Chinese compamny, managed to clone Pure-blood Tibetan mastiff puppies. |
| FACT |
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| Brahmos | Loss making due to hefty salary packages, not finishing product delivery on time. This is also referred to BIFR. |
| HAL | T.Suvarna Raju will be next Chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. |
E-Commerce
| Alibaba |
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| Walmart | will open its B2B e-commerce platform (www.bestprice.in) to members of Best Price Modern Wholesale stores in Guntur and Vijayawada |
| Amazon | CEO Jeff Bezos visited India |
| Confidential Couture | India’s first online portal for buying used luxury fashion items. |
Pharmaceutical
| Apotex | Canadian generics. Controversy because bogus quality drugs imported from its indian plant to Canada. |
| Infliximab | Jonhson and Johnson’s anti-inflamatory drug. Ranbaxy got license to sell copy version |
| Lupin | Tied up with Merce Serono |
| Tildrakizumab |
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| GlaxoSmithKline | Fined ~500 million$ in China for bribing doctors to recommend its drugs. |
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