NEWWORLDWAP: May 2015

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

India's States

1) Uttar Pradesh
• Population: 166,197,921
• Capital: Lucknow
• Area: 93,023 square miles (240,928 sq km)

2) Maharashtra
• Population: 96,878,627
• Capital: Mumbai
• Area: 118,809 square miles (307,713 sq km)

3) Bihar
• Population: 82,998509
• Capital: Patna
• Area: 36,356 square miles (94,163 sq km)

4) Poschim Bongo
• Population: 80,176,197
• Capital: Kolkata
• Area: 34,267 square miles (88,752 sq km)

5) Andhra Pradesh
• Population: 76,210,007
• Capital: Hyderabad
• Area: 106,195 square miles (275,045 sq km)

6) Tamil Nadu
• Population: 62,405,679
• Capital: Chennai
• Area: 50,216 square miles (130,058 sq km)

7) Madhya Pradesh
• Population: 60,348,023
• Capital: Bhopal
• Area: 119,014 square miles (308,245 sq km)

8) Rajasthan
• Population: 56,507,188
• Capital: Jaipur
• Area: 132,139 square miles (342,239 sq km)

9) Karnataka
• Population: 52,850,562
• Capital: Bangalore
• Area: 74,051 square miles (191,791 sq km)

10) Gujarat
• Population: 50,671,017
• Capital: Gandhinagar
• Area: 75,685 square miles (196,024 sq km)

11) Orissa
• Population: 36,804,660
• Capital: Bhubaneswar
• Area: 60,119 square miles (155,707 sq km)

12) Kerala
• Population: 31,841,374
• Capital: Thiruvananthapuram
• Area: 15,005 square miles (38,863 sq km)

13) Jharkhand
• Population: 26,945,829
• Capital: Ranchi
• Area: 30,778 square miles (79,714 sq km)

14) Assam
• Population: 26,655,528
• Capital: Dispur
• Area: 30,285 square miles (78,438 sq km)

15) Punjab
• Population: 24,358,999
• Capital: Chandigarh
• Area: 19,445 square miles (50,362 sq km)

16) Haryana
• Population: 21,144,564
• Capital: Chandigarh
• Area: 17,070 square miles (44,212 sq km)

17) Chhattisgarh
• Population: 20,833,803
• Capital: Raipur
• Area: 52,197 square miles (135,191 sq km)

18) Jammu and Kashmir
• Population: 10,143,700
• Capitals: Jammu and Srinagar
• Area: 85,806 square miles (222,236 sq km)

19) Uttarakhand
• Population: 8,489,349
• Capital: Dehradun
• Area: 20,650 square miles (53,483 sq km)

20) Himachal Pradesh
• Population: 6,077,900
• Capital: Shimla
• Area: 21,495 square miles (55,673 sq km)

21) Tripura
• Population: 3,199,203
• Capital: Agartala
• Area: 4,049 square miles (10,486 sq km)

22) Meghalaya
• Population: 2,318,822
• Capital: Shillong
• Area: 8,660 square miles (22,429 sq km)

23) Manipur
• Population: 2,166,788
• Capital: Imphal
• Area: 8,620 square miles (22,327 sq km)

24) Nagaland
• Population: 1,990,036
• Capital: Kohima
• Area: 6,401 square miles (16,579 sq km)

25) Goa
• Population: 1,347,668
• Capital: Panaji
• Area: 1,430 square miles (3,702 sq km)

26) Arunachal Pradesh
• Population: 1,097,968
• Capital: Itanagar
• Area: 32,333 square miles (83,743 sq km)

27) Mizoram
• Population: 888,573
• Capital: Aizawl
• Area: 8,139 square miles (21,081 sq km)

28) Sikkim
• Population: 540,851
• Capital: Gangtok
• Area: 2,740 square miles (7,096 sq km)

Chief Ministers and Governors 2015 of Indian States with Capitals

Chief Ministers and Governors of Indian States and Territories with Capitals 2015

Now here is the updated list of respected CM and Governors of 29 Indian States and 7 Union Territories.
Updated on 26.5.2015
The order is -
INDIAN STATES - CAPITAL - CHIEF MINISTER (CM) - GOVERNOR
1. Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad - N.Chandrababu Naidu - E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan
2. Arunachal Pradesh - Itanagar - Nabam Tuki - Nirbhay Sharma
3. Assam - Dispur - Tarun Gogoi - Padamanabha Acharya
4. Bihar - Patna - Jeetan Ram Manjhi - Keshri Nath Tripathi
5. Chhattisgarh - Raipur - Dr. Raman Singh - Balramji Dass Tandon
6. Goa - Panaji - Laxmikant Parsekar - Mridul Sinha
7. Gujarat - Gandhinagar - Anandiben Patel - Omprakash Kohli
8. Haryana - Chandigarh - Manohar Lal Khattar - Kaptan Singh Solanki
9. Himachal Pradesh - Simla - Virbhadra Singh - Urmila Singh
10. J & K - Srinagar(Summer), Jammu(Winter) - under Governor's rule - Narinder nath Vohra
11. Jharkhand - Ranchi - Raghuvar Das - Dr. Syed Ahmed
12. Karnataka - Bangalore - Siddaramaiah - Vajubhai vala
13. Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram - Oommen Chandi - P. Sathasivam
14. Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal - Shivraj Singh Chouhan - Ram Naresh Yadav
15. Maharashtra - Mumbai - Devendra Fadnavis - Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao
16. Manipur - Imphal - Okram Ibobi Singh - K.K. Paul.
17. Meghalaya - Shillong - Dr. Mukul Sangma - Keshari nath Tripathi
18. Mizoram - Aizawl - Lal Thanhawla - Aziz Qureshi
19. Nagaland - Kohima - T R Zeliang - Padmanabha Balkrishna Acharya
20. Odisha - Bhubaneshwar - Shri Naveen Patnaik - S.C. Jamir
21. Punjab - Chandigarh - Parkash Singh Badal - Shivraj Patil
22. Rajasthan - Jaipur - Vasundhara Raje - Kalyan Singh
23. Sikkim - Gangtok - Pawan Kumar Chamling - Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
24. Tamil Nadu - Chennai - jayalalitha - Dr. K. Rosaiah
25. Telangana - Hyderabad - K Chandrasekhar Rao - E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan
26. Tripura - Agartala - Manik Sarkar - Padmanabha Balkrishna Acharya
27. Uttar Pradesh - Lucknow - Akhilesh Yadav - Ram Naik
28. Uttarakhand - Dehradun - Harish Rawat - Shri Aziz Qureshi
29. West Bengal - Kolkata - Mamta Benerjee - Keshri Nath Tripathi

Now here is the list of 7 Union Territories - Their Lieutanant Governors/ Administrators.
Updated on 20.02.2015.

Sr. No.	Union Territory	Name	Position
1	Andaman and Nicobar Island	A.K.Singh	Lieutenant Governor
2	Chandigarh	Shivraj Patil	Administrator
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Ashish Kundra	"
4	Daman and Diu	Ashish Kundra	"
5	Delhi	Arvind Kejriwal / Nazeeb Jung	Chief Minister / Lieutenant Governor
6	Lakshadweep	H.Rajesh Pradesh	"
7	Puducherry	A.K.Singh	Lieutenant Governor

Recently Arvind Kejriwal was selected as Chief Minister of Delhi. He won by a great margin having 67 seats out of total 70.

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List of state and union territory capitals in India

India is a country located in southern Asia. With over 1.2 billion people, India is the most populous democracy in the world. It is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 29 states and 7 union territories.^[1] All states, as well as the union territories of Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The remaining five union territories are directly ruled by the centre through appointed administrators. In 1956, under the States Reorganisation Act, states were reorganised on a linguistic basis.^[2] Since then, their structure has remained largely unchanged. Each state or union territory is further divided into administrative districts.

The state and union territory capitals are sorted according to the administrative, legislative and judicial capitals. The administrative capital is where the executive government offices are located, the legislative capital is where the state assembly convenes, and the judicial capital is the location of the state or territorial High Courts of India. Union territories are marked with a dagger (

State and union territory capitals[edit]

No.	State/Union Territor	Administrative capitals	Legislative capitals	Judiciary capitals	Year capital was established	The Former capital
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Port Blair	Port Blair	Kolkata(formerly Calcutta)	1956	Calcutta (1945–1956)
2	Andhra Pradesh	Amaravati^[a]	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	2014	Kurnool
3	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	Itanagar	Guwahati	1987
4	Assam	Dispur	Guwahati	Guwahati	1975	Shillong^[b](1874–1972)
5	Bihar	Patna	Patna	Patna	1912
6	Chandigarh	Chandigarh^[c]	—	Chandigarh	1966	—
7	Chhattisgarh	Raipur^[d]	Raipur	Bilaspur	2000	—
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Silvassa	—	Mumbai	1945	Mumbai (1954–1961) Panaji(1961–1987)
9	Daman and Diu	Daman	—	Mumbai	1987	Ahmedabad(1961–1963) Panaji(1963–1987)
10	National Capital Territory of Delhi	New Delhi	New Delhi	New Delhi	1931	—
11	Goa	Panaji^[e]	Porvorim	Mumbai	1961	Panaji (1961–1987)
12	Gujarat	Gandhinagar	Gandhinagar	Ahmedabad	1960	Ahmedabad(1960–1970)
13	Haryana	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	1966	—
14	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	Shimla	Shimla	1971	Bilaspur(1950–1956)
15	Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar (S) Jammu (W)	Srinagar (S) Jammu (W)	Srinagar (S) Jammu (W)	1948	—
16	Jharkhand	Ranchi	Ranchi	Ranchi	2000	—
17	Karnataka	Bengaluru	Bengaluru	Bengaluru	1956	(Mysore)
18	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	Thiruvananthapuram	Kochi	1956
19	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	Kavaratti	Kochi	1956
20	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	Bhopal	Jabalpur	1956	Nagpur^[f](1861–1956)
21	Maharashtra	Mumbai^[g] Nagpur (W/2nd)^[h]	Mumbai (S+B) Nagpur (W)^[i]	Mumbai	1818 1960	—
22	Manipur	Imphal	Imphal	Imphal	194	—
23	Meghalaya	Shillong	Shillong	Shillong	1970	—
24	Mizoram	Aizawl	Aizawl	Guwahati	1972	—
25	Nagaland	Kohima	Kohima	Guwahati	1963	—
26	Odisha	Bhubaneswar	Bhubaneswar	Cuttack	1948	Cuttack(1936–1948)
27	Puducherry	Pondicherry	Pondicherry	Chennai	1954	Madras(1948–1954)
28	Punjab	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	1960	Lahore^[j](1849–1947) Murree(S/1873–1875) Shimla(S/1876–1947) Shimla(1947–1960)
29	Rajasthan	Jaipur	Jaipur	Jodhpur	1948	—
30	Sikkim	Gangtok^[k]	Gangtok	Gangtok	1890	—
31	Tamil Nadu	Chennai^[l]	Chennai	Chennai	1956
32	Telangana	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	2014	—
33	Tripura	Agartala	Agartala	Agartala	1956	—
34	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	Lucknow	Allahabad	1938	—
35	Uttarakhand	Dehradun^[m]	Dehradun	Nainital	2000	—
36	West Bengal	Kolkata	Kolkata	Kolkata	1947

Antarctic ice loss altering earth’s gravity: Study

A new scientific study has found that a sudden and massive ice loss in a previously stable region of Antarctica is causing small changes in the gravitational field of the Earth. This study was led by Dr Bert Wouters, a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Bristol, England and was recently published in Science Journal. Key highlights of Study The changes were observed using the CryoSat-2 satellite, a mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) dedicated to remote-sensing of ice. Researchers have found that the ice surface of some of the glaciers is currently going down by as much as 4 m each year. They also have found out that Southern Antarctic Peninsula showed no signs of change up to 2009. But after 2009, multiple glaciers along a vast coastal expanse suddenly started to shed ice into the ocean. These glaciers measure around 750 km in length and are shrinking nearly at a constant rate of 60 cubic km and adding about 55 trillion litres of water each year. With level of shrinking, this region now has become the second largest contributor to sea level rise in Antarctica and causing small changes in the gravity field of the Earth.

Manoj Mishra appointed as CMD of National Fertilizers Ltd

Union Government has appointed Manoj Mishra as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of state-run National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL). Mishra’s appointment comes after Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) had recommended his name for the top post at NFL in September 2014. The post of CMD of NFL was lying vacant since February 2014 after the retirement of then CMD Neeru Abrol. Presently, Mishra is posted as Director Finance at State Trading Corporation (STC). State-run NFL has five gas-based urea plants across India. They are Nangal & Bathinda in Punjab, Panipat in Haryana and two plants at Vijaipur in District Guna of Madhya Pradesh. The company is the second largest producer of urea in the country and has a total annual installed capacity of 35.68 lakh tonnes.

Union Government approves 21 FDI proposals worth Rs 281 crore

Union Government has approved twenty one proposals of Foreign Direct Investment (DI) amounting to over 280 crore rupees. The approved FDI proposals were based on recommendations of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) taken in its meeting held on 30 April, 2015. Some of approved FDI proposals are La Renon Healthcare’s proposal to invest Rs 100 crore in a brownfield project. Blue Dart Express’s proposal to acquire shares in Blue Dart Aviation Ltd and hike shareholding from 49 per cent to 74 per cent. It will infuse investment between 52.8 crore to Rs 69 crore rupees. Quickjet Cargo Airlines proposal to increase foreign shareholding in the company to 74 per cent from 62.34 per cent. The deal will entail FDI worth 14.40 crore rupees. Forever Living Imports (India) Pvt Ltd’s 18.30-crore rupees proposal to undertake single brand retailing of ‘Forever’ brand products in India. However, FIPB has deferred 12 proposals including that of Mumbai-based Kotak Bank for increasing the aggregate foreign investment limit to 55 per cent in the bank. FDI proposals approval Presently, FDI proposals up to 3,000 crore rupees are cleared by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) under the normal approval route. However, those proposals involving FDI of more than 3,000 crore rupees are given final clearance by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA).

2,000-year-old aqueduct unearthed in Israel

An ancient aqueduct dating back 2,000 years ago was unearthed near Har Homa in in East Jerusalem city of Israel. The discovered lower aqueduct was used in ancient times to transport water into the city of Jerusalem. Key facts Constructed during the rule of kings in the Hasmonean dynasty (140 B.C. to 37 B.C). It was one of Jerusalem’s principal sources of water. It is 21 km long with starting point located at the En ‘Eitam spring, near Solomon’s Pools, south of Bethlehem. Water through it flowed down a gentle slope to Jerusalem, passing through the Israel’s modern-day cities of Umm Tuba, Sur Bahar, East Talpiot and Abu Tor. During the Ottoman period, around 500 years ago a terra cotta pipe was installed inside the channel in order to protect the water. Apart from this, other sections of the extensive aqueduct were unearthed in the past in Armon Ha-Natziv tunnels located in the City of David. Around the Sultan’s Pool along the west side of Mount Zion in Jerusalem. On the Sherover promenade in southern Jerusalem.

Gujarat Government initiates Sloth Habitat Project

Gujarat Government has initiated Sloth Habitat Project in Jessore wildlife sanctuary to provide better habitat to sloth bears. The project aims at restoring the ecology of sloth bears in the sanctuary by planting fruit trees and removing unwanted plant species that have intruded in the habitat. The planted trees will basically serve as food habitat for the sloth bears as their population increased. Nearly 293 sloth bears were found in the state forests in last census of 2011. Unwanted encroached plant species like Lantenaspp and Prospisjuli-flora, which is called as Gando Baval in local language will be removed. Background State government’s decision to initiate this project comes after pilot project in this regard has shown positive results. This pilot project was implemented in Banaskantha district by state forest department in coordination with the Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC). However, the final testing will be conducted in the forests of Jessore sanctuary in monsoon season from June or July and after necessary process the project will be handed over to the state forest department for implementation on large area. About Sloth bears Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) is a nocturnal insectivorous species of bears found in India. Categorised as vulnerable species in International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red list. It is black and dark brown in colour with yellowish patch on the chest and has large feet and claw. Sloth bear is omnivorous animal and mainly eat honey, termites, fruits (mangoes and figs) and grass.