NATIONAL PARKS AND SANCTUARIES

Anna Zoological Sanctuary ……. Vandalur (T.N.)

Anamalai Sanctuary ………….. Coimbatore, (T.N.)

Bandipur National Park ……… Mysore (Karnataka)

Corbett National Park ………… Nainital (Uttaranchal)

Crocodile Farm ………… Kovalam (Chennai)

Dachigam Santuary ………. Srinagar (J & K)

Ghana Bird Sanctuary ……….. Bharatpur (Rajasthan)

Ghatprabha Bird Sanctuary ………….. Belgaum (Karnataka)

Gir National Park ……………. Junagarh (Gujarat)

Guindy Deer Sanctuary ………. Guindy (Chennai)

Guindy Snake Park …………….. Guindy (Chennai)

Hazaribagh National Park …………. Hazaribagh (Jharkhand)

Kanha National Park ………………… Mandla (M.P.)

Kaziranga Natinoal Park ……………… Jorhat (Assam)

Manas Tiger Sanctuary ……………. Barbeta (Assam)

Mudumalai Sanctuary ………………. Nilgris

Periyar Sanctuary …………… Idukki (Kerala)

Pichavaram Bird Sanctuary …………. Chidambaram (.N.)

Rangathitto Bird Sanctuary ………………. Mysore (Karnataka)

Ranthanbor Tiger Sanctuary ……………….. Sawai (Rajasthan)

Sivpuri National Park Sivpurai ………….. (M.P.)

Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary ………….. Kancheepuram

SOLAR SYSTEM

SOLAR SYSTEM

The solar system consists of the Sun and 8 planets

revolving around it in different orbits. The details are as follows:

SUN

Age : About 5 Billion years

Distance : 149.8 Million Kms

Diameter : 1,38,400 Kms.

Photosphere temperature : 5,770 K

Core temperature : 150,000,000 K

Absolute visual magnitude : 4.75

Rotation (as seen from the

earth at the equator) : 25.38 days

Rotation (near the poles) : 33 days

The sun consists of 71% of Hydrogen, 26.5% Helium and

2.5% of other elements.

The rays of the Sun take about 8 minutes to reach the

earth.

PLANETS

1. MERCURY : It is the planet nearest to

the earth.

Average distance

to the Sun : 57.6 Million Kms.

Diameter : 4,849.6 Kms.

Period of revolution : 88 days

Period of rotation : 58 days 15 hrs 30 mts. 34

sec.

2. VENUS : It is also known as the

Morning Star or the

Evening Star. It is the

brightest of all the

planets.

Diameter : 12,032 Kms.

Period of revolution : 225 days

Period of rotation : 243 days 14mts.

3. EARTH

Equatorial diameter : 12,756 Kms.

Polar diameter : 12,714 Kms.

Distance from the Sun : 149,597,900 Kms.

Period of revolution : 365 days 5 hrs, 48 mts,

45.51 sec.

Period of rotation : 23 hrs 56 mts. 4.09 sec.

4. MARS

Diameter : 6,755.2 Kms.

Distance from the Sun : 225.6 Million Kms.

Period of revolution : 687 days

Period of rotation : 24 hrs 37 mts. 22.663 sec.

5. JUPITER : This is the largest planet

in the solar system.

Diameter : 141,968 Kms.

Distance from the Sun : 772.8 Million Kms.

Period of revolution : 11.9 years

Period of rotation : 9 hrs 50 mts. 30 sec.

6. SATURN : It was discovered by

Galileo.

Diameter : 119,296 Kms.

Distance from the Sun : 1,417.6 Million Kms.

Period of revolution : 29.5 years

Period of rotation : 10 hrs 14 mts.

7. URANUS

Diameter : 52,096 Kms.

Distance from the Sun : 2,852.8 Million Kms.

Period of revolution : 84 years

Period of rotation : 16 hrs 10 mts.

8. NEPTUNE

Diameter : 49,000 Kms.

Distance from the Sun : 4,497 Million Kms.

Period of revolution : 165 years

Period of rotation : 18 hrs 26 mts.

Council of Ministers Inida

Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers
1.Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister and also In-Charge of the Ministries/Departments viz: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; Ministry of Planning; Ministry of Water Resources; Department of Atomic Energy; andDepartment of Space.
2. Minister of Finance - Shri Pranab Mukherjee
3. Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Shri Sharad Pawar
4. Minister of Defence - Shri A.K. Antony
5. Minister of Home Affairs - Shri P. Chidambaram
6. Minister of Railways - Km. Mamata Banerjee
7. Minister of External Affairs - Shri S.M. Krishna
8. Minister of Steel - Shri Virbhadra Singh
9. Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises - Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh
10. Minister of Health and Family Welfare - Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad
11. Minister of Power - Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde
12. Minister of Law and Justice - Shri M. Veerappa Moily
13. Minister of New and Renewable Energy - Dr. Farooq Abdullah
14. Minister of Urban Development - Shri S. Jaipal Reddy
15. Minister of Road Transport and Highways - Shri Kamal Nath
16. Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs - Shri Vayalar Ravi
17. Minister of Textiles - Shri Dayanidhi Maran
18. Minister of Communications and Information Technology - Shri A. Raja
19. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas - Shri Murli Deora
20. Minister of Information and Broadcasting - Smt. Ambika Soni
21. Minister of Labour and Employment - Shri Mallikarjun Kharge
22. Minister of Human Resource Development - Shri Kapil Sibal
23. Minister of Mines and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region -

Shri B.K. Handique

24. Minister of Commerce and Industry - Shri Anand Sharma
25. Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj - Shri C.P. Joshi
26. Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Tourism -
Kum. Selja
27. Minister of Food Processing Industries - Shri Subodh Kant Sahay
28. Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports - Dr. M.S. Gill
29. Minister of Shipping - Shri G.K. Vasan
30. Minister of Parliamentary Affairs - Shri Pawan K. Bansal
31. Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment - Shri Mukul Wasnik
32. Minister of Tribal Affairs - Shri Kantilal Bhuria
33. Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers - Shri M.K. Alagiri

Ministers of State with Independent Charge
1. Ministry Civil Aviation - Shri Praful Patel
2. Ministry of Science and Technology;Ministry of Earth Sciences; andMinister of State in the Prime Minister's Office;Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs - Shri Prithviraj Chavan
3. Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation -
Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal
4. Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Ministry of Minority Affairs - Shri Salman Khursheed
5. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises - Shri Dinsha J. Patel
6. Ministry of Women and Child Development - Smt. Krishna Tirath
7. Ministry of Environment and Forests - Shri Jairam Ramesh

Ministers of State
1. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers - Shri Srikant Jena
2. Ministry of Railways - Shri E. Ahamed
3. Ministry of Home Affairs - Shri Mullappally Ramachandran
4. Ministry of Planning and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs - Shri V. Narayansamy
5. Ministry of Commerce and Industry - Shri JyotiradityaScindia
6. Ministry of Human Resource Development - Smt. D. Purandeswari
7. Ministry of Railways - Shri K.H. Muniyappa
8. Ministry of Home Affairs - Shri Ajay Maken
9. Ministry of Textiles - Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi
10. Ministry of Finance - Shri Namo Narain Meena
11. Ministry of Defence - Shri M.M. Pallam Raju
12. Ministry of Urban Development - Shri Saugata Ray
13. Ministry of Finance - Shri S.S. Palanimanickam
14. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas - Shri Jitin Prasad
15. Ministry of Steel - Shri A. Sai Prathap
16. Ministry of External Affairs - Smt. Preneet Kaur
17. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology - Shri Gurdas Kamat
18. Ministry of Labour and Employment - Shri Harish Rawat
19. Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution -
Professor K.V. Thomas
20. Ministry of Power - Shri Bharatsinh Solanki
21. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways - Shri Mahadev S. Khandela
22. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare - Shri Dinesh Trivedi
23. Ministry of Rural Development - Shri Sisir Adhikari
24. Ministry of Tourism - Shri Sultan Ahmed
25. Ministry of Shipping - Shri Mukul Roy
26. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting - Shri Mohan Jatua
27. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment - Shri D. Napoleon
28. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting - Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan
29. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare - Shri S. Gandhiselvan
30. Ministry of Tribal Affairs - Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary
31. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology - Shri Sachin Pilot
32. Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises - Shri Arun Yadav
33. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports - Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil
34. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways - Shri R.P.N. Singh
35. Ministry of External Affairs - Shri Shashi Tharoor
36. Ministry of Water Resources - Shri Vincent Pala
37. Ministry of Rural Development - Shri Pradeep Jain
38. Ministry of Rural Development -Ms. Agatha Sangma

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Kerala Entrance Result 2009 - today

Kerala Medical & Engineering Entrance Result - 2009
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National Sports and Games

Country ------------------------ National Sports & Game
Canada -------------------------- Ice Hockey
India ---------------------------- Hockey
USA ----------------------------- Base ball
Australia ------------------------ Cricket, Tennis
Indonesia ----------------------- Badminton
Malaysia ------------------------ Badminton
Russia -------------------------- Chess
Pakistan ------------------------ Hockey
China --------------------------- Table Tennis
Indonesia ----------------------- Badminton
Spain --------------------------- Bull fighting
England ------------------------ Cricket, Football
Scotland ------------------------ Rugby
Japan --------------------------- Jujuthsu (Judo)

India Vs Pakistan : India beat Pakistan with 9 wicket victory

India Vs Pakistan :

India beat Pakistan

with 9 wicket victory

The Ind vs Pak 2009 game is now over and India managed to gain a nine-wicket victory over Pakistan, which was all part of their second final World T20 warm up game. The match took place at the Oval tonight; it was Rohit Sharma who opened the innings for the second game in a row, showing that he is in great form.

Sharma has been standing in for the injured Virender Sehwag, which is not a bad thing as Sharma has been showing his talent with the bat by hitting a half-century. Gautam Gambhir was also in great form and scored an unbeaten 52, between them they achieved 140 in 16 overs with 159 clearly in their sights.

The Indian Express also been explaining how Rohit scored 80 off just 53 balls, this also included two sixes and nine boundaries, Gambhir also hit five boundaries. Pakistan bowlers seemed to struggle with the onslaught as a result; India managed to wrap the match up with three overs to spare.