First union of India

FIRST UNION CABINET OF INDIA
Mount batten, Governor General of India handed over the power to first
Indian cabinet  headed by Prime minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.
There were 14 members in the first union council of Independent India.
Members of the first Cabinet of Independent India, who took the
oath of office on the 15th of August, 1947.

NAME PORT FOLIO
1 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru- Prime Minister , Externel Affairs ,Common Wealth Relations and Scientific Research
2 Sardar Vallbhbhai Patel-Deputy PM & Home
3 Syama Prasad Mookerjee-Industry and Supply
4 Shanmugam Chetty -Finance
5 Moulana Abul Kalam Azad-Education
6 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar-Law
7 Rajkumari Amrit Kaur-Health
8 Dr. Rajendra Prasad- Food and Agriculture
9 Rafi Ahmed Kidwai-Communications
10 Babu Jagjivan Ram -Labour
11 Sardar Baldev Singh- Defence
12 Narhar Vishnu Gadgil- Public Works, Commerce, and Mines and Power
13 C.H bhaba-Commerce
14 N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar- Non-portfolio Minister

Dr. John Mathai became Minister of Finance, Railway and Transport followed
by Shanmugam Chetty on September 1948.K.C Neogy took ministry of Relief
and Rehabilitation on September 1947 and Jayaramdas Doulathram as
minister of Food and Agriculture followed by Dr. Rajendra Prasad.This
interim government existed till elected government came into power

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Tiger Reserves in India

Project tiger was started in 1973

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Apple's iO6

With its latest mobile operating system, Apple is stretching upgradation compatibility to eight of its products across different generations.

The iO6, features over 200 changes, and is compatible from the iPhone 3GS onwards, despite the company having dropped the 3GS model from its line-up after releasing the latest iPhone. By reaching as many legacy devices as possible, Apple has tried to maximise the market for iOS app developers. This has been an area of concern for Google’s Android platform where the latest OS upgrades are unable to capture any substantial established base.

The latest OS includes a deeper integration of Facebook, a new Maps application replacing the default Google Maps, and the expansion of the personal digital assistant Siri across devices. (It was earlier available only on the iPhone 4S).

From an Indian perspective, neither the introduction of the digital personal assistant Siri nor the new Maps App seems to add any serious value. Siri is not tuned to the Indian voice at this point, and users may find it difficult to use it for its intended purposes.

Also, the search functionality in the Maps - which can be used for searching a nearby restaurant - is unavailable in India. Users of iPod, iPhone and iPad with the iOS 6 would be able to sign in using their Facebook account, and easily share content at any point of time. Apple has also introduced features that will ease the user experience: two examples - a ‘do not disturb’ setting that will shut out notifications, and a refined one-touch voice reply that can be used while turning down calls.

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iPhone 5 Apple's

4G enabled iPhone 5 is lighter and faster -- though also taller -- than any of Apple's previous smartphones. It has a 4-inch screen with an 1136x640 resolution Retina display. It is 7.6 mmthick and weighs in at 112 grams. That's a half-inch bigger, 18 percent thinner, and 20 percent lighter than the iPhone 4S.
Apple said the iPhone 5 has a fifth row of icons on its screen, which features 44 percent more color saturation. A more powerful A6 processor will make the new phone twice as fast as the iPhone 4S. It also has a bumped-up audio system and an upgraded iSight camera. While it remains an 8-megapixel camera, the same as what you find in the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 5's camera will have new better low-light capabilities and a panorama mode.

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NATGRID

NATGRID
26/11 attacks on Mumbai exposed several weaknesses in India’s intelligence gathering and action networks. So, Chidambaram came up with the idea of National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) NATGRID will integrate 21 categories of data from agencies like
1. Banks,
2. Railways and airlines,
3. Income tax department,
4. Credit card companies etc.
5. Visa and immigration
*. This combined data will be made available to 11 central agencies including the R&AW, the National Investigation Agency, the CBI, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, the Intelligence Bureau, the Narcotics Control Bureau and the Enforcement Directorate to help them prevent terrorist attacks and criminal activities.
*. NATGRID Will become fully operational in 2013-14
P. Raghu Raman is heading NATGRID.He was working with Mahindra.

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GOOGLE GLASS

An augmented reality head-mounted display (HMD). It will be hands free display of information like smartphones.Designed like a pair of glasses,this gadget will be using Android platform.
It will see a public release in 2014.
It will use voice input and output.
It will include a small screen in front of your eye and will have motion sensors, GPS and either 3G or 4G data connections.

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JUNO: Mission MARS

Juno is a mission to the planet Jupiter by NASA. Juno was launched on August 5, 2011.This spacecraft will be placed in a polar orbit to study the planet's composition, gravity field , magnetic field etc. Juno will also search for clues about how Jupiter formed.Juno was God Jupiter's wife according to mythology.
It was launched by an Atlas V551 rocket.
It will be a five-year journey to Jupiter, arriving around July 4, 2016. The spacecraft will travel roughly over a total distance of 2.8 billion kilometers .It will orbit Jupiter 33 times during one Earth year. Juno will use a gravity assist speed boost from Earth,through an Earth flyby two years (October 2013) after its launch.

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Indian Research stations on Antartica

Under Antartic Treaty of 1959,first Indian research station in Antartica was established in 1983.It was named "Dakshin Gangotri".It got buried under ice in 1989.
Second station was established in the same year.It was named "Maitri"
Recently,another station is being established.It is named "Bharathi".(2012)

India's first research station in Arctic Circle:
HIMADRI (2008).At Ny Alesund,Svalbard,Norway.

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INDIA ON "POLES'

First Indian to reach North Pole:
Sq.leader Sanjay Thapar

First Indian to reach South Pole:
Col Jatinder Kumar Bajaj
female: Reena Kaushal Dharamshaktu

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