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Nobel Prize 2013 Winners

The Nobel Prize is the most prestigious award in the world, i.e, started in 1901. The
Nobel prize was established by the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel. Alfred
Nobel best known for his invention of Dynamite.
The Nobel Prizes are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institute, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee
to individuals and organizations for their inventions or greater contributions in the
fields of Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physiology or Medicine, and
Economics.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and
Economics. The Karolinska Institute awards the Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The
Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the Prize in Peace."
List of Nobel prize Laureates of 2013
Physics
Francois Englert, Peter Higgs

Chemistry
Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, Arieh Warshel
Physiology or Medicine
James E. Rothman,Randy W. Schekman,Thomas C. Sudhof
Literature
Alice Munro
Peace
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Economics
Robert J. Shiller,Lars Peter Hansen,Eugene Fama.

Most Popular Stock Exchanges in the World

Stock Exchanges are the engines of a nation's economy. Some form of trading of
stocks and shares is believed to have happened as long back as in the times of the
Roman Empire. However, stock exchanges the way we know it today first came into
picture in Netherlands, Amsterdam Stock Exchange, 1602, which was setup to fund

the financial needs of the Dutch East India Company during the inchoate days of the
European imperialism.
Indian stock exchanges, NSE & BSE, are located in Mumbai. (BSE is in the famous
Dalal Street, Mumbai) BSE is the biggest and most active one. It was setup in 1875
(and NSE was setup in 1992). Unlike BSE, NSE is owned by a number of other
financial institutions.
List of World top 18 stock Exchanges:Exchange Country HeadQuarters
NYSE Euronext United States/ New York City
NASDAQ OMX United States/ New York City
Tokyo Stock Exchange Japan Tokyo London Stock Exchange United Kingdom London
Shanghai Stock Exchange China Shanghai
Hong Kong Stock Exchange Hong Kong Hong Kong
Toronto Stock Exchange Canada Toronto
BM&F Bovespa Brazil So Paulo
Australian Securities Exchange Australia Sydney
Deutsche Brse Germany Frankfurt
SIX Swiss Exchange Switzerland Zurich
Shenzhen Stock Exchange China Shenzhen
BME Spanish Exchanges Spain Madrid
Bombay Stock Exchange India Mumbai
Korea Exchange South Korea Seoul
National Stock Exchange of India India Mumbai
Moscow Exchange Russia Moscow
JSE Limited South Africa Johannesburg

Important Summits of the World in 2012, 2013, 2014

A Summit is a meeting of heads of state or government, usually with considerable
media exposure, tight security and a prearranged agenda. Below is the list of
important summits or meetings of the world in 2012, 2013, 2014.
List of Important Summits of the World:
G-20 Summits The Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
is a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 major economies:
19 countries plus the European Union, which is represented by the President of the
European Council and by the European Central Bank. 7th G 20 Meeting 2012 Los
Cabos, Mexico 8th G 20 Meeting 2013 Saint Petersburg, Russia 9th G 20 Meeting
2014 Brisbane, Australia

BRICS Summits Countries- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa 4th BRICS
Summit 2012 New Delhi, India 5th BRICS Summit 2013 Durban, South Africa
6th BRICS Summit 2013 Fortaleza, Brazil
G-8 Annual Summits Group of Eight Countries France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada, Russia. 37th G8 Meeting 2011
Deauville, France 38th G8 Meeting 2012 David camp, USA 39th G8 Summit 2013
County Fermanagh, UK 40th G8 Summit 2014 Russia
SAARC Summits (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)CountriesAfghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka 17th
SAARC Summit 2011 Addu, Maldives 18th SAARC Summit 2013 Kathmandu,Nepal
ASEAN Summits ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nation 21th ASEAN
Summit 2012 (November) Phnom penh, Cambodia 22nd ASEAN Summit 2013
(April) Brunei 23rd ASEAN Summit 2013 (October) Brunei
ASEAN-India Summit 9th ASEAN-India Summit 2011 Bali, Indonesia 10th
ASEAN-India Summit 2012 Phnom penh, Cambodia
East Asia Summit (EAS)EAS meetings are held after annual ASEAN leaders'
meetings. 6th East Asia Summit 2011 Bali, Indonesia 7th East Asia Summit 2012
Phnom penh, Cambodia
IBSA Summits IBSA Dialogue Forum India, Brazil, South Africa. 5th IBSA Summit
2011 Pretoria, South Africa 6th IBSA Summit 2013 India
APEC Summits APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 23rd APEC summit 2011
Honolulu, USA 24th APEC Summit 2012 Vladivostok,Russia 25th APEC Summit
2013 Medan/Jakarta, Indonesia 26th APEC Summit 2014 China

Important Committees of India:

1. Parthasarathi Shome: for Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), suggest a
system to enforce better tax compliance
2. B. Shivraman Committee: for Nabard
3. Suma Verma Committee: to update, and revise the Banking Ombudsman
Scheme, 2006
4. Damodran Committee: on improvement of customer services in banks
5. Shri M. Narasimham Committee: on Banking Sector Reforms
6. Shri Raghuram Rajan Committee: on Financial Sector Reforms,
7. Shri B. Mahapatra Committee: to review the existing prudential guidelines on
restructuring of advances by banks/financial institutions

8. Shri Aditya Puri Committee: Dissemination of Credit Information

9. Shri K.U.B. Rao Committee: recommended aligning gold import regulations
10. K M Chandrasekhar committee: for rationalization of foreign investment norms
11. Shri Pulak Kumar Sinha Committee: to study the feasibility of Aadhaar as an
additional factor for authentication of card present transactions
12. Mukul Mudgal Committee: looking into US giant Walmart's lobbying activities
to enter India
13. MBN Rao Committee: to prepare the blueprint of India's first women's bank
14. Arvind Mayaram Committee: for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII),
15. Committee Set Up On Uttarakhand Floods: The committee will be headed by AK
Ganju (Chairman, Ganga Flood Control Commission, Patna)
16. JS Mathur committee: to revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates.
17. K. Ratna Prabha : Committee on indecent depiction of women in media
18. Ram Nandan Prasad Committee Constitution of creamy layers among Backward
Castes.
19. Mukul Mudgal Committee: to look at process of film clearance
20. SK Srivastava Committee: to formulate a policy on public-private partnership
model to raise coal output
21. K M Chandrasekhar Committee: for rationalization of foreign investment norms
22. Arvind Mayaram Committee for giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII)
23. Janakiraman Committee: To investigate the security transactions of the bank
24. MS Ahluwalia committee: to evaluate aspects related to set up of Nalanda
University
25. Sitakant Mahapatra committee: for inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth
schedule of constitution
26. N R Narayana Murthy committee: for evaluation of corporate sector participation
in Higher Education.
27. C Rangarajan committee: for poverty scale estimates in the country
28. MB Shah Committee: for inspection of illegal mining activities
29. N Rangachary committee: to examine taxation policies for I.T. sector
30. Parthasarathi Shome committee: implementation of GAAR (General Anti
Avoidance Rule)
31. Deepak Parekh committee: for Financing Infrastructure sector
32. Naresh Chandra committee: 14 member task force on security issues
33. Bhandari Committee: Reconstruction of RRBs

List of Famous Awards Given in Various Categories in 2013:

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 Chhattisgarh
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 Simn Bolvar 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 Ribery
32. UN's Public Service Award Omen Chandi (Kerala CM)
33. Unique Female Leader Award Madeleine Albrite (former US Secretary)
34. United Nation's Public Service Award Oommen Chandy (Chief Minister of Kerala)
35. US woman of courage award Nirbhaya (Delhi 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. Parliamentarian Award 2013 Sharad Yadav