October 2 Gandhi Jayanti

#October2 #GandhiJayanti

#October2 #InternationalDay of #NonViolence

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong"

#HappyGandhiJayanti

Sree Narayana Guru

Sree Narayana Guru 

Born on: 1856 August 20

Died on: 1928 September 20

Born at: Chempazhanthi (Thiruvananthapuram) 

Attained Samadhi at: Sivagiri (Varkala) 

Father: Madan Asan

Mother: Kuttiyamma 

Spouse: Kali

House Name: Vayalvaram Veedu

• 1888- Aruvippuram Consecration 

• SNDP Yogam- 1903 May 15
• Headquarters of SNDP- Kollam
• First Secretary of SNDP- Kumaranasan
• First Vice President of SNDP- Dr. Palpu

• 2006- Coins was released by India Govt on his 150th Birth Anniversary.

World Ozone Day - 16th September

#September16 is observed as #WorldOzoneDay. 

The International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer was proclaimed as 16 September in 1994 by the UN General Assembly. The day was selected to commemorate the signing of the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer.

Top 10 facts about Ozone

1. Ozone was first discovered and isolated by the German-Swiss chemist Christian Friedrich Schönbein in 1839.

2. Ozone is a pale blue gas with a distinctive pungent smell. 

3. Schönbein named it ozone from the Greek verb ozein, meaning to smell. 

4. One molecule of ozone consists of three oxygen atoms. A molecule of oxygen has only two atoms. 

5. The bracing smell of seaside air which people often think is ozone is in fact dimethyl sulphide produced from rotting seaweed. 

6. Ozone near ground level may be harmful. A component of smog, it can lead to breathing disorders and chest pain. 

7. Harmful ground-level ozone is produced by car and truck exhausts and natural gas production. 

8. Good ozone is ozone in the ozone layer of the atmosphere, 10-20 miles high, which protects us from harmful UVB rays from the Sun. 

9. The Montreal Protocol to ban ozone-depleting chemicals such as CFCs was signed in 1989. 

10. Latest results show that the ozone hole over Antarctica is showing signs of shrinking.

#InfoCourtesy http://www.express.co.uk/Top10Facts about Ozone

5th September – National Teachers’ Day

#HappyTeachersDay2016

#NationalTeachersDay is celebrated on #September5 as a special day for the appreciation of #Teachers. 5th September 1888 is the birth date of the#FirstVicePresident and the #SecondPresident of #India, Dr.#SarvepalliRadhakrishnan.
The day commemorates the birthday of Dr S Radhakhrishnan, a Philosopher and a Teacher par excellence, and his contribution towards Indian education system.

#UN #WorldTeachersDay is celebrated on #October5.

#ThankYou all the #Teachers for teaching us how to read and write, for guiding us to distinguish between what is wrong and what is right.
Thank you all the #Teachers for making me what I am Today!

2016 National Sports Awards Announced.

National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports.  Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years; Arjuna Award is given for consistently outstanding performance for four years; Dronacharya Award for coaches for producing medal winners at prestigious International sports events, Dhyan Chand Award for life time contribution to sports development.
Overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments is given Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy.

This year’s Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award will be conferred on Shuttler P V Sindhu, Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, Shooter Jitu Rai and Wrestler Sakshi Malik for their performance in Rio Olympics.
Khel Ratna is the highest sporting honour in India. PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik won medals in Rio 2016 while Dipa Karmakar and Jitu Rai did well in the Olympics

• PV Sindhu won the Silver Medal in Badminton women's singles
• Sakshi became the First Indian woman ever to win a Wrestling medal
• Dipa Karmakar missed the bronze medal & became 4th in Gymnastics. she had already created history when she became the First Indian to qualify for the final of a gymnastics event in the Olympics.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ranta 2016:

1	Ms. P.V. Sindhu	Badminton
2	Ms. Dipa Karmakar	Gymnastics
3	Shri Jitu Rai	Shooting
4	Ms. Sakshi Malik	Wrestling

Fifteen sportspersons have been awarded the Arjuna Award 2016.

1	Shri Rajat Chauhan	Archery
2	Ms. Lalita Babar	Athletics
3	Shri Sourav Kothari	Billiards & Snooker
4	Shri Shiva Thapa	Boxing
5	Shri Ajinkya Rahane	Cricket
6	Shri Subrata Paul	Football
7	Ms. Rani	Hockey
8	Shri Raghunath V.R.	Hockey
9	Shri Gurpreet Singh	Shooting
10	Ms. Apurvi Chandela	Shooting
11	Shri Soumyajit Ghosh	Table Tennis
12	Ms. Vinesh Phogat	Wrestling
13	Shri Amit Kumar	Wrestling
14	Shri Sandeep Singh Mann	Para-Athletics
15	Shri Virender Singh	Wrestling (Deaf)

Dronacharya Award for 2016 will be given to:

1	Shri Nagapuri Ramesh	Athletics
2	Shri Sagar Mal Dhayal	Boxing
3	Shri Raj Kumar Sharma	Cricket
4	Shri Bishweshwar Nandi	Gymnastics
5	Shri S. Pradeep Kumar	Swimming (Lifetime)
6	Shri Mahabir Singh	Wrestling (Lifetime)

Dhyan Chand Award 2015 has gone to:

1	Ms. Satti Geetha	Athletics
2	Shri Sylvanus Dung Dung	Hockey
3	Shri Rajendra Pralhad Shelke	Rowing

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2015-16: 

Punjabi University, Patiala

The Awards will be presented  at a special function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on National Sports Day - 29 August 2016.

Info Courtesy #PressInformationBureau

Urjit Patel appointed as New RBI Governor

Urjit Patel, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor, will take over as the central bank’s new head, ending two months’ speculation about Raghuram Rajan’s successor.

Patel will assume office as the 24th RBI governor for three years on September 5, a day after Rajan’s term ends.

Patel, born on October 28, 1963, received his doctorate in economics from Yale University in 1990) and M Phil from Oxford (1986). He has worked with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) between 1990 and 1995 covering the US, India, Bahamas and Myanmar desks.

He will be the eighth Deputy Governor to be made Governor at RBI.

India Celebrates 70th Independence Day

‪#‎VandeMataram‬

‪#‎Happy‬ ‪#‎70th‬ ‪#‎IndependenceDay‬

‪#‎Proud‬ to be an ‪#‎Indian‬. Where at least I know I'm ‪#‎Free‬. 

And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.

‪#‎JaiHind‬

Thousands laid down their lives so that our country is breathing this day. Never forget their sacrifice.

Happy Independence Day