TRUST IN GOD

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. Marie Curie

MY INSPIRATION

ae maalik tere bande hum
aise ho humare karam
nekee par chale, aur badee se taley,
takey huste huey nikley dum

ye andheraa ghanaa chhaa rahaa,
tera insaan ghabara rahaa
ho rahaa bekhabar, kuch na aata najar,
sukh ka sooraj chupa ja rahaa
hai teri roshni mein jo dum
to amawas ko kar de poonam

bada kamjor hain aadmi,
abhi laakhon hain is mein kamee
par tu jo khadaa, hai dayalu bada,
teri kirpa se dharti thami
diya tune humey jab janam
too hee zelegaa hum sab ke ghum

jab julmon ka ho saamnaa,
tab tu hi humey thaamnaa
voh burai karey, hum bhalai bharey,
nahi badley ki ho kaamnaa
badh uthey pyaar ka har kadam
aur mitey bair ka ye bharam

THE GREATNESS OF PUNJAB

Punjab is the home of Mata Kaushalia and Mata Sita who begot her twin sons, Luv and Kush. Luv founded the great historical city, Lavpur, now called Lahore. Kush founded an equally famous town, Kasur.

source:http:www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/heritage/WoP/womenofPunjab.htm&usg=__GWzn7-kwqYUygBMV3pVxfqceQFQ=&h=283&w=283&sz=21&hl=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=T4NKpbiAcFHM9M:&tbnh=114&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dphulkari%2Bart%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

DO YOU KNOW?

1. Which was the first bank to start ATM service in India?

Answer: HSBC in 1987

2. Ezee day stores belong to which company?

Answer: Bharti enterprises

3. Who is the major stakeholder in Tata group of companies?

Answer: Shapoorji Pallonji Mistry and he has 18.5% stake

4.Auto Biography of JRD TATA?

Ans: Beyond the Last Blue Mountain

5. Auto Biography of Krishna Kumar Birla?

Ans:Brushes with History

6. Name of the Family Store owned by Kumar Mangalam Birla?

Ans: More

7. What do you meant by ADAG?
Ans: ANIL DHIRUBHAI AMBANI GROUP

8. NASDAQ is Acronym for?

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

9. SAARC Was formed in?

Dec.1985

10. First Businessman to be awarded with Padma Bhushan:

Jehangir Gandhi.

INTERESTING FACTS

Parrots and rabbits could see their back as they also have eyes at their back..
Butter flies taste with their feet.
Lizards are the only livingbeing which does'nt drink water throughout it's life.
The country whose National Anthem has only music but no words is Bahrain.

START PREPARING FOR IAS EXAM

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harpreet.

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DO YOU KNOW THIS ABT WAL MART

Wal-Mart's sales on one day were $1.42 billion, which is more than the gross domestic products of 36 countries.

INDIANS THE GREAT

Indian-Americans own 43% of the 47,000 hotels and motels in the USA, according to Asian American Hotel Owners Association, or AAHOA.

FOR YOUR GK

The Coca-Cola trademark for "nutrient or tonic beverages" was registered in 1893.
The Lifebuoy soap trademark was registered in 1895.
The Chiclets gum trademark was registered in 1905.
The Pepsi-Cola trademark for beverages was registered in 1937.

FIRST INDIAN SEZ

Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ) in Gujarat was the first Indian SEZ. It was set up in 1965 and in fact KASEZ was the first SEZ to be set up in Asia. Kandla SEZ is also the largest multi-product SEZ in India, spread over 1.2 sq miles. Kandla SEZ is located just 9 km away from the modern-all-weather Indian port of Kandla.

OLDEST STOCK EXCHANGE OF INDIA

Bombay Stock Exchange Limited is the oldest stock exchange in India as well as Asia. It was established as "The Native Share & Stock Brokers Association" in 1875. Bombay Stock Exchange, popularly known as BSE, is the first stock exchange in the country to obtain permanent recognition in 1956 from the Government of India under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956. Bombay Stock Exchange has played a vital role in the development of the Indian capital market. The Exchange has a pan-Indian reach with presence in
417 cities and towns of India. Bombay Stock Exchange provides an efficient and transparent market for trading in equity, debt instruments and derivatives. The BSE's On Line Trading System (BOLT) is a proprietory system of the Exchange and is BS 7799-2-2002 certified

GOVT TAKES ON TEXTILE SECTOR

The government Thursday said it will release a subsidy of Rs.2,546 crore ($535 million) for the crisis-hit textile sector.The fund will reach 12,540 beneficiaries through 121 financial institutional banks. In India's annual budget presented last month, the government allocated Rs.3,140 crore for the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) for textile firms. Maran said that the beneficiaries would get 10 percent capital subsidy for the machinery they had purchased. The country's textile sector is facing one of its worst crises as business orders from the advanced economies like the US and Europe fell sharply due to the global slowdown.
According to the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), India's garment exports fell 15.4 percent in the first quarter this fiscal.

source: http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php? a=jigptIigcbg&title=Government_to_release_Rs_2_546_crore_for_textile_sector

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.
I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty,
believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
-Louisa May Alcott

AMRITSARIAN BOY SHINES AT ALL INDIA LEVEL

Gaurav Bhatia, a PhD student of Guru Nanak Dev University, has stood third in the Indian Economic Services (IES) examination. Unlike others, he completely relied on self-study. Gaurav says, “I decided not to join any coaching centre at Delhi as such institutes were only hankering after money. Hard work is the key to success.”
He is the only one from Punjab to clear this examination. Belonging to a middle class family, Bhatia was also selected as Assistant Commandant in 2005 and later as statistical investigator but because of his IES dream, he did not take up the posts.

INDIAN COMPANIES TARGET AFRICA

The first Indian entity to set foot in Africa was the Tata group, which in 1977 opened an office in Zambia and sold vehicles. Since then the group's operations has expanded to tea, hotels, coal mines, telecom and soda ash, with investments over $1.5 billion across seven countries.

Over the last several years, major Indian groups like the Jindals, Godrej, Kirloskar, Infosys, Vedanta, Mahindra & Mahindra, Dabur and L&T, besides others, too have sought to tap the underdeveloped markets of Africa.

Essar, that now owns a 50% stake in 80,000 barrels-a-day refinery in Mombasa, said it will invest $350-450 million towards upgrade of the facility. It bought the stake from three oil majors — Shell, BP and Chevron — with the balance held by the Kenyan government. This is Essar's second business venture in Africa, where it is also a cellular operator under the Yu brand. The quest for energy security has driven companies including ONGC Videsh hold stakes in exploration blocks in the region.

SOURCE: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/Business/India-Business/Essar-Energy-acquires-50-in-Kenyan-firm/articleshow/4844302.cms