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Surging
ahead
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Mumbai-based
Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), the country's
frontline warship and sole submarine builder,
has record orders in hand for over Rs25,000
crore worth of naval projects.
This
is also the first time in its 234- year
history that the 'mini ratna' defence public
sector undertaking (DPSU) is fabricating
three major classes of combatants simultaneously.
Courtesy:
Business India may 18, 2008
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List
of the 60 greatest Indians
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Bhagat Singh - The patriot
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Subhas Chandra Bose - Supreme soldier
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Mahatma Gandhi - To Bapu, with love
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - Iron in his
soul
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Amartya Sen - Global Indian
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Indira Gandhi - Triumph of will
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Mulk Raj Anand - Free radical
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Homi Bhabha - Nuclear maharaja
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Amrita Sher-Gill - Brush with beauty
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Munshi Premchand - Pen drive writer
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C.N. Annadurai - Letter and spirit
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Jawaharlal Nehru - The architect
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Jayaprakash Narayan - Lead factor
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Baba Amte - Man of action
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P.C. Mahalanobis - The plan man
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak - Street fighter
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Dhundiraj Govind Phalke - First showman
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B.C. Roy - Bengal tiger
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Ravi Shankar - Sultan of string
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Begum Akhtar - Queen of melody
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Prakash Padukone - Feather touch
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R.K. Narayan - Tale spinner
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S.S. Bhatnagar - The catalyst
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Raj Kapoor - Dynasty's child
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Bhimsen Joshi - Song and trance
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Raja Ravi Varma - Royal touch
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Bimal Roy - Romantic realist
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy - The modernist
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- Bismillah
Khan - The enchanter
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Raja Ramanna - The energiser
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Ramanujan - Perfect equation
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Dhirubhai Ambani - Guru of growth
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Ramnath Goenka - The kingmaker
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Dhyan Chand - Sorcerer's score
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Rukmini Devi Arundale - Poetry in motion
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E.M.S. Namboodiripad - The pragmatist
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Sarojini Naidu - Civil crusader
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S. Radhakrishnan - Guiding light
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Sachin Tendulkar - Beyond the boundary
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J.C. Bose - Ahead of the curve
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Sam Manekshaw - Warrior king
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J.R.D. Tata - Steel in his spine
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Satyajit Ray - Universal eye
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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam - The visionary
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Lata Mangeshkar - Voice of India
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S. Tripathi Nirala - Freedom's verse
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Ram Manohar Lohia - The provocateur
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Rabindranath Tagore - At home in the world
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M.S. Subbulakshmi - Endless echo
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Viswanathan Anand - Lightning kid
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M.S. Swaminathan - Roots of change
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Verghese Kurien - White knight
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A.B. Vajpayee - Renaissance man
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Milkha Singh - Fast and gentle
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Vikram Sarabhai - Master mind
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Mother Teresa - Mission possible
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Zubin Mehta - Baron of baton
Courtesy:
India Today, April 11-21, 2008
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States
with relatively better employment rates
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Discovery
of India
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Courtesy:
The Week , May 04, 2008
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India
is the world's oldest surviving civilization
Genetics
from Madurai University discovered DNA that
is more than 70,000 years old in Tamil Nadu-the
age of the first migrant recorded
Courtesy:
The Week, April 27, 2008
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Women
in India
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Estimate
of the Black Economy
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Women's
contribution to the workforce is increasing
significantly in the country
A
Ph. D holder who has a law degree can
earn Rs 8-8 lakh per year
India
has the highest number of professionally
qualified women
Career
options like research and academics are
becoming more lucrative and offer good
growth opportunities
Courtesy:
The Week, April 27, 2008
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Courtesy:
Business World, April 14, 2008
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