10/6/2014

Mrunal PIN Sep2014 (Part2/3) Books, Authors, BusinessGK

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[PIN-Sept] Part 2/3: Books, Authors, Business GK

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Books and Authors

Movies
BusinessGK
Android One
Pharmaceutical

Books and Authors

only those in news for Sep-2014. For the bigger list, check earlier article under
[PIN-2014] click me.
A. Sivathanu Pillai

The path unexplored success mantra of BrahMos.

He is the ex-CEO of this org.

Air Commodore Jasjit

Singh:

Indias Sentinel

Barack Obama
BR Ambedkar
Chetan Bhagat
Former CAG Vinod Rai
Gaiutra Bahadur
Kapil Dev (cricketer) and
Vivek Atray (IAS)
Liza Weinstein
Mohans daughter Daman
Singh
Nazeem Begum
Neel mukherjee
Patrick Bryson
Ravi Subramanian
Robert Kiyosaki
Saurav Mohapatra
Simar Malhotra,17-yearold

Dream, Big dreams. Book about Constitutional

amendments in USA
The Annihilation of caste. Its new edition was
released.
Half girlfriend.
The Dairy of the Nations Conscience Keeper Not
Just An Accountant
Coolie Woman. Book about plight of indentured
Indian woman labourers in West Indies.
Dubey ji Bounces Back
Durable slum-Dharavi
Strictly Personal: Manmohan and Gursharan.
My mother did not go bald.
Kolkata born british author. A lives of othersshortlisted for 2014 booker.
The Sad Demise of Manpreet Singh. About visa fraud
in New Delhi and Punjab.
God Is A Gamer. About bitcoins and online gambling.
Writer of Rich Dad Poor Dad. Recently visited India
Mumbai Confidential
There is a Tide. Book about Geo-political drama

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Taslima Nasreenn
Tendulkar
Vivek Kaul
Wangari Maathai

Her controversial novel Lajjas new English

translation is made.
Playing It My Way My Autobiography
Easy money
Nobel winner Kenyan environmental activist. her
autobiography- Unbowed: A Memoir

Book related awards

New award included in Jaipur literature festival. Will be
given to two indian artists.

Ojas Art award

Bharatendu
Harishchandra
Awards

award for books in Hindi on journalism, womens issues,

national integration and children.

Movies
Earlier awards covered under PIN-2014, click me
IFFI
2014

Goa became its permanent venue. Bachchan will be chief guest. Launch
November 2014

Oscar

Indias entry: Hindi road drama Liars Dice

No Indian film has won this award so far
3 reached finals: Lagaan, Salaam Bombay and Mother India

BusinessGK
Mainly for MBA and private job interviews. Others need not bother

Android One
Googles $100 phone. India is the first country where theyre launched.
Although Google itself is not manufacturing it.
These phones are manufactured by three different companies in India:
Karbonn, Micromax and Spice.
Price range: below 6500/-

TCS

Indias largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services

(TCS)
It has opened Saudi Arabias first all-female business process
centre, to employ 3000 women.
Googles digital literacy initiative for women Helping Women
get online (HWGO). collaboration with Axis Bank, Intel and

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Google

Hindustan Unilever
Google has tied up MARD, an initiative started by Bollywood
actor-cum-director Farhan Akhtar.

Apple

CEO Tim Cook launched Iphone 6 and Apple watch.

Xeon processor E5 v3. Made for heavy workloads like data analytics,
Intel
high performance computing, telecom and cloud-based services etc.
India CEO Marten Pieters said the telecom industry in India is in a
Vodafone
mess.

Textile
Arvinds Garment company. Chief Sanjay Lalbhai
Bandhej Archana Shahs handicraft business

Media

Network
18

India
Today

Mukesh Ambani bought it. (and thereby he now controls CNNIBN, Firstpost.com, Colors and many other channels and
websites)
Rajdeep Sardesai earlier worked with CNN-IBN but after
Mukeshbhais purchase, he has quit and joined India Today / Aaj
Tak. He was recently roughed up by Modi supporters at Madison
square.
Chairman Aroon Purie.

Automobile
Maruti
Siaz model launched.
Mahindra Arjun Novo tractor with AC cabin, potato planting machine.
Acura RLX : Sedan Honda car that can safely drive itself on the
Honda
freeway while the drivers hands are off the wheel.
General
CEO Mary Barra, visited India and modi.
Motors
Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) has partnered online shopping site
Mahindra Snapdeal for booking the Scorpio sport utility vehicle. This is first
such deal in e-commerce.

Misc.
Arindam Chodhry. Delhi HC ordered him not to use management
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IIPM

term for its courses.

Mukesh
Ambani
Adani
Uniqlo

Forbes richest 100 tycoons in India

Got permission for australian coal mining in Galilee basin.
Japanese retailer. Interested in setting up malls in India.
Tata-Singapore Airlines venture Vistara
HQ: Delhi.

vistara

Launched Coca Cola zero- Low calorie drink, available at same

price as regular coca cola.
Chinese compamny, managed to clone Pure-blood Tibetan mastiff
puppies.

Coca cola
Boya life

PSUs
Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT), one of Indias
largest fertilizer makers. But making losses.
It has been referred to Board for Industrial and Financial
Reconstruction (BIFR)

FACT

Brahmos
HAL

Loss making due to hefty salary packages, not finishing product

delivery on time. This is also referred to BIFR.
T.Suvarna Raju will be next Chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

E-Commerce
Chinese e-commerce site by former teacher Jack Ma from
Shanghai
Launched the largest IPO in New York.
Got permission to open private bank in China.

Alibaba

Walmart

will open its B2B e-commerce platform (www.bestprice.in) to

members of Best Price Modern Wholesale stores in Guntur and
Vijayawada
CEO Jeff Bezos visited India

Amazon
Confidential
Indias first online portal for buying used luxury fashion items.
Couture

Pharmaceutical
Apotex

Canadian generics. Controversy because bogus quality drugs

imported from its indian plant to Canada.
Jonhson and Johnsons anti-inflamatory drug. Ranbaxy got

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Infliximab

license to sell copy version

Lupin

Tied up with Merce Serono

Tildrakizumab

GlaxoSmithKline

for treatment of chronic plaque psoriasis, a skin

ailment.Sun Pharma, Merck signed pact for its
production.
Fined ~500 million$ in China for bribing doctors to
recommend its drugs.

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