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Prime Minister Approves Composition of 7th Central Pay Commission Under the Chairmanship of Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, Retired Judge of the Supreme Court and Retired Chairman, Armed Forces Tribunal
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The Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram has issued the following statement:
“The Prime Minister has approved the composition of the 7th Central Pay Commission as follows:
1. Shri Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur - Chairman
(Retired Judge of the Supreme Court and Retired
Chairman, Armed Forces Tribunal)
2. Shri Vivek Rae - Member (Full Time)
(Secretary, Petroleum & Natural Gas)
3. Dr. Rathin Roy - Member (Part Time)
(Director, NIPFP)
4. Smt. Meena Agarwal - Secretary
(OSD, Department of Expenditure,
Ministry of Finance)”
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Composition of 7th CPC – Profile of Chairman and Members…
Composition of 7th CPC – Profile of Chairman and Members…
Short profile of Chairman and Members of 7th Central Pay Commission…
Yesterday, Central Government has appointed a committee for implementing an another and 7th pay commission for Central Government Employees.
We compiled a short profile of the Chairman and Members of the committee as follows…
Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Mathur – 7th CPC CHAIRMAN
Former Judge 
Mr. Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, M.A.,L.L.B – was born on August 7, 1943 . He was enrolled as an Advocate of the Rajasthan High Court on October 20, 1967 . He was appointed as Assistant Government Advocate and Deputy Government Advocate on August 2, 1969 and Government Advocate of Jodhpur from January 31, 1977 to July 12, 1978 . Appointed as Additional Advocate General in 1981. He was appointed as Additional Judge on July 13, 1985 and permanent Judge of the Rajasthan High Court on July 23, 1986 . He was transferred to the Madhya Pradesh High Court on February 18, 1994 .
He was appointed as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court from February 3, 1996 . Transferred to the Calcutta High Court on December 22, 1999 .
He was elevated as Judge , Supreme Court of India on June 7, 2004.
Retired on August 7, 2008 (F.N)
Mr. Vivek Rae – 7TH CPC MEMBER (FULL TIME)
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, India
Mr. Vivek Rae took over as Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in the month of February, 2013.
Mr. Vivek Rae entered the Indian Administrative Service in 1978, after a brief stint asa Management Trainee with Hindustan Lever Limited (subsidiary of UnileverLimited). As a civil servant, Mr Rae has acquired wide ranging experience cutting across social and economic sectors, including health, education, planning and finance. Mr. Rae served as Deputy Commissioner in the state of Arunachal Pradesh from 1985 to 1988.
Mr. Rae served briefly at the Prime Minister’s Office during 1989-90 and there after worked as Assistant Resident Representative with the United National Development Programme, New Delhi from 1991-1995. Mr Rae worked as Finance Secretary and Planning Secretary in the state of Goa during 1996-1999, Planning Secretary in the National Capital Territory of Delhi during 1999-2001 and Joint Secretary (PlanFinance) in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India during 2002-2006.
Rathin Roy – 7TH CPC MEMBER (PART TIME)
Director
Rathin Roy took charge as Director NIPFP in May 2013. Prior to joining NIPFP, he has been the Director of Asia Pacific Regional Centre, UNDP, Bangkok, and the Director, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG), UNDP, Brazil. He has also served as the Public Resource Management Advisor, and the Acting Cluster Leader, Inclusive Development, in the Poverty Practice, Bureau for Development Policy (BDP), UNDP. On invitation from the Government of India, he also served as the Economic Advisor to the Thirteenth Finance Commission, a Constitutional body of the Government of India. He has worked in over 80 countries during and prior to his tenure with UNDP, and is a well known figure in the world of applied macroeconomic and fiscal policy.
He holds a PhD in Economics and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, UK. Post-PhD, he was tenured in the Economics Faculty at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and an Economist with the Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester.
Smt. Meena Agarwal – 7TH CPC SECRETARY
OSD, Department of Expenditure in Finance Ministry
Smt. Meena Agarwal is a 1981 batch IRAS officer and wife of Shri OP Agarwal, a 1979 batch ex-IAS, who is now in a senior position at World Bank.
Smt. Meena Agarwal is presently Officer on Special Duty, Procurement Policy Division, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance
Source: http://www.babusofindia.com/2012/03/bureaucrats-their-sons-and-daughters.html
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Stamp on Sachin Tendulkar rushed through, RTI reveals
CHENNAI: Was the commemorative stamp on Sachin Tendulkar issued on November 14, 2013, rushed through after bypassing postal rules? Yes, says the postal department in a reply to an RTI filed by activist Subhash Agarwal on December 24, 2013. The cricketing icon played his last test against West Indies in Mumbai between November 14 and 18.
The stamp was issued within 20 days of the request being sent by Union minister Sharad Pawar. Under Rule 13 of the Rules for issue of Commemorative Postage Stamps, it takes much more than 20 days to design and approve a stamp to be released. Also commemorative stamps are issued 10 years after the death of a leader or celebrity and in exceptional cases, it is released to honour head of nations, said Rashi Sharma, director (Philately) & First Appellate Authority department of posts in the reply.
"The desired date of release of this proposed stamp is November 14, 2013 which is merely 20 days away and pre-production formalities of a stamp require a longer time for printing of a good quality stamp and its distribution nationwide on the date of release," said Sharma.
"It would be relevant to mention here that as per the rule 13 of 'Rules for issue of Commemorative Postage Stamps,' no stamp will be issued on a living personality. The personalities on whom commemorative postage stamp may be issued should be of national or international importance. The occasion to be commemorated must be the birth centenary or 10th, 25th, and I00th death anniversary. Stamps can be issued no sooner than 10 years after an individual's death," the director said in the reply.
The philately division assigned Kamleshwar Singh, an empanelled artist of the department of posts to design the stamp. Singh has to his credit various stamps, including those issued on the occasion of 100 Years of Indian Cinema and London Olympics 2012. Two set of stamps were issued on November 14, the first with Sachin's picture during the first test he played in Pakistan in 1989 and the second from his last test in Mumbai.
The stamps issued to honour Sachin are of a high denomination of Rs 20 and they are not available across the country though many fans of the cricketer may want to own them. "To ensure availability of attractive multi-coloured postage stamps for public through all the post offices, stamps of definitive series should not be printed in denominations in which commemorative stamps are usually printed. Currently even in Delhi, such colourful commemorative stamps are available only at head post office at Sansad Marg," Agarwal told TOI
Source : TOI Bharat Ratna conferred on Sachin Tendulkar, Professor CNR Rao
India's biggest sports icon, Sachin Tendulkar, was conferred with the country's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna by President Pranab Mukherjee in a ceremony today. Legendary cricketer Tendulkar, who retired from international cricket on November 16 last year, is the first sportsman to be bestowed with the honour by the President at a function held in 'Durbar Hall' of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Apart from the Little Master, eminent scientist Prof CNR Rao was also be conferred with the Bharat Ratna for his exceptional service in the field of science.
Tendulkar (40) and Rao (79), both of whom are recipients of Padma Vibhushan -- the country`s second highest civilian honour, join a list of 41 eminent personalities who have been conferred with the award that is given in recognition of exceptional service of the highest order since it was instituted in 1954.
In a fitting finale to a record-breaking career spanning 24 years, Tendulkar, a former India Captain, was chosen for the prestigious award, after his farewell 200th Test against the West Indies in Mumbai on November 16, 2013.
"That he has been honoured with several awards is testimony to his extraordinary brilliance as a sportsman," it said, noting that Tendulkar has played cricket across the world and won laurels for the country during the last 24 years since a young age of 16.
An outspoken scientist, Prof Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao is a well recognized international authority on solid state and materials chemistry who has published over 1,400 research papers and 45 books. He is the third scientist after C V Raman and former President A P J Abdul Kalam to be conferred with the Bharat Ratna.
Prof Rao`s contributions have been recognized by most major scientific academies around the world through conferment of memberships and fellowships and has been honoured with several national and international awards, the official announcement said.
He currently serves as the Head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India. There have been continuous demands for a long time for Tendulkar to be conferred the top honour and the eligibility criteria for it was revised last year to accommodate sportspersons as well.
Satya Nadella is new Microsoft CEO
“During this time of transformation, there is no better person to lead Microsoft than Satya Nadella,” said Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
Hyderabad native Satya Nadella (46) is the new CEO of Internet giant Microsoft, the company announced on Tuesday.
“During this time of transformation, there is no better person to lead Microsoft than Satya Nadella,” said Bill Gates, Microsoft’s founder and Chairman of the Board, adding, “Satya is a proven leader with hard-core engineering skills, business vision and the ability to bring people together.”
After a selection period that saw numerous outside candidates drop off, the Microsoft Board signalled its intention to focus on innovation by selecting the man credited with developing the company's cloud computing and Bing search engine businesses.
In his email to Microsoft employees on his first day as CEO Mr. Nadella said, “Today is a very humbling day for me. It reminds me of my very first day at Microsoft, 22 years ago… I saw then how clearly we empower people to do magical things with our creations and ultimately make the world a better place.”
While some have argued that Microsoft was slow to respond to the shift towards cloud computing, conceding a lead to others such as Google and Amazon, Mr. Nadella underscored his intention to reverse this saying, “Our industry does not respect tradition – it only respects innovation.”
Mr. Nadella who holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Manipal University, a master’s in computer science from the University of Wisconsin, and an MBA from the University of Chicago, joined Microsoft in 1992.
His long career as a Microsoft insider saw him promoted to numerous high-level positions before he was appointed Executive Vice President (VP) for the cloud and enterprise group in 2012.
He is married and has three children.
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Q1.
Who won the Australian Open men’s singles title on 26 January 2014 by
defeating Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in Melbourne?
Ans. Stanislas Wawrinka
Note:
This is the maiden Grand Slam crown of eighth seeded, Wawrinka. This is
the first victory of Wawrinka over Nadal in 13 career meetings. Li Na
of China won the women’s singles title by defeating Dominika Cibulkova 7-6 (3), 6-0 on 25 January 2014.
Q2. India’s first monorail service was inaugurated at which city on 1 February 2014?
Ans. Mumbai
Note:
It was inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. The
First phase of Mumbai Monorail is comprised of 8.9 km long
Wadala-Chembur section. The Project is implemented by Mumbai
Metropolitan Region Development Authority with an association of Larsen
and Toubro and a Malaysian infrastructure firm Scomi Engineering.
Q3. Union Government raised the quota of subsidised LPG cylinders to 12 cylinders per household from existing ....... cylinders in a year on 30 January 2014?
Ans. 9
Note:
The hike will be effective from April 2014. Union government had also
decided to put on hold linking the Aadhaar platform to the Direct
Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme.
Q4. Who has resigned as the Chief Minister of Uttrakhand on 31 January 2014?
Ans. Vijay Bahuguna
Note:
The resignation follows a meeting of senior party leaders of the party
in Delhi on 29 January 2014 that was headed by Congress President, Sonia
Gandhi.
Q5. Who have been conferred the Padma Vibhushan by Union Government on the eve of Republic Day 2014?
Ans. Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar (Science and Engineering) & Shri B.K.S. Iyengar(Yoga Guru)
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Q6. Who won the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix title 2014 on 26 January 2014?
Ans. Saina Nehwal
Note: Sania beat P V Sindhu 21-14, 21-17 in the final held at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
Q7. Which team won the 35th Football Federation Cup on 25 January 2014 in the final held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Cochin?
Ans. Churchill Brothers. Churchill Brothers beat Sporting Clube de Goa 3-1 to lift their maiden Federation Cup.
Q8. Name the managing director of Tata Motors who died on 26 January 2014 after falling from a hotel building in Bangkok?
Ans. Karl Slym
Q9. 59th Idea Filmfare Awards were given away on 24 January 2014. Which film won the best film for 2013?
Ans. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Note:
Best Actor was given to Farhaan Akhtar for his performance in Bhaag
Milkha Bhaag. Deepika Padukone on the other hand was adjudged as the
Best Actress for Ramleela.
Q10. Which bank has launched its channel on Youtube on 24 January 2014?
Ans. State Bank of India
Q11. Who on 25 January 2014 became the first captain to be involved in four tied One Day International matches?
Ans. MS Dhoni
Note: This was after third match of India-New Zealand ODI series tied.
Q12.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised the Repo rate under Liquidity
Adjustment Facility (LAF) by ...... basis points to 8 percent on its
third quarter monetary policy review recently?
Ans. 25
Q13.
Which country became the first country in South Asia to ban the testing
of cosmetics and its ingredients on animals on 27 January 2014?
Ans. India
Q14. First cantilever bridge of India, Pamban Railway Bridge, completed its ......... years on 27 Jan 2014?
Ans. 100
Note:
On the occasion former President of India A. P. J Abdul Kalam
inaugurated the centenary celebrations of the Pamban Bridge.
Q15. Who was conferred with the 2014 Ramanujan Mathematics Award in Rajkot on 27 January 2014?
Ans. Anand Kumar
Note:
He is a mathematician and founder of Super30 classes. Ramanujan
Mathematics Award is an annual award that is given to a person who has
at least three papers published in international journals and is
involved in teaching mathematics.
Q16. Who became the first woman to be appointed in an International Cricket Council (ICC) umpires panel on 30 January 2014?
Ans. Kathy Cross of New Zealand
Q17.
Which state on on 1 February 2014 scrapped its approval for the foreign
direct investment in multi-brand retailing following Delhi?
Ans. Rajasthan
Note: The approval was given earlier by the previous Congress state government led by former Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot.
Q18.
India overtook which country to become the third largest crude oil
importer in the World as per the data released by Reuters on 30 January
2014?
Ans. Japan
Q19.
Which NIT developed a commercially viable technology for efficiently
rendering common polymer, low-density polyethylene (LDPE) into a liquid
fuel recently?
Ans. National Institute of Technology, Odisha
Q20. Which country recently announced Indian rupee as a legal tender on 29 January 2014?
Ans. Zimbabwe
Q21. Name the indigenous High Performance Computing Systeminaugurated at Advanced Numerical Research and Analysis Group (ANURAG) in Hyderabad on 25 January 2014?
Ans. Dhruva-3
Q22.
Union Government of India on the eve of the 65th Republic Day function
announced the Padma Awards 2014. A total of how many persons conferred
the Padma Awards?
Ans. 127
Q23.
Civil Aviation Ministry decided to remove restrictions on flights of
Airbus A-380 to India on 27 January 2014. This large aircraft is now
allowed to operate in how many airports equipped to handle them?
Ans. Four
Note: They are Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Q24. India ranked .......th in global Environment Performance Indexreleased on 25 January 2014?
Ans. 155
Q25. Name the pioneer of Swiss watch, a watch brand of his name, who died at the age of 87 on 27 January 2014?
Ans. Raymond Weil
Q26. The British start-up DeepMind Technologies – an artificial intelligence company was on 27 January 2014 purchased by?
Ans. Google
Q27. New Zealand on 31 January 2014 won the five ODI Series of 5 matches against India by which margin?
Ans. 4-0
Note: India has lost 04 games and tied one but could not manage to win a single game.
Q28. Who has been nominated as the Director of National Security Agency(NSA) by the US president Barack Obama on 30 January 2014?
Ans. Michael Rogers
Q29.
Union Government decided to amend the rules governing IAS, IPS and
Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officers to assure them at least ..........
years in a given posting on 30 January 2014?
Ans. Two
Q30.
Whose score of 203.8 in 10 m Air Pistol set at the Munich World Cup in
November 2013 was recognized as World record on 30 January 2014?
Ans. Heena Sandhu
Note:
The declaration of the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF)
came following the adoption of new format. Heena, thus, became the first
Indian woman ever to hold the world record in Shooting World Cup.
Q31. Who took charge as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Shipping Corporation of India on 28 January 2014?
Ans. Arun Kumar Gupta
Q32. Who has been appointed as MD&CEO of non telecom businesses of Bharti Enterprises?
Ans. Manoj Kohli
Q33.
Name the Ukraine's Prime Minister who resigned on 28 January 2014 in
order to facilitate peaceful settlement of the political crisis?
Ans. Mykola Azarov
Q34.
Recording Academy announced the 56th Annual Grammy Awards at Staples
Center in Los Angeles, California on 26 January 2014.Which album won the
Album of the year award?
Ans. Random Access Memories
Q35.
Economic growth for 2012-13 lowered to ....... percent from 5 percent
estimated earlier by Union Government of India on 31 January 2014?
Ans. 4.5
Q36.
Union Cabinet on 30 January 2014 gave its approval for making
amendments in the Central List of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in
....... states and three Union Territories?
Ans. 13
Q37. Which company unveiled a 150cc hybrid diesel concept motorcycle RNT on 29 January 2014?
Ans. Hero MotoCorp
Q38. Who has been appointed as the CEO and Managing Director of Tata Global Beverages Limited (TGBL) on 29 January 2014?
Ans. Ajoy Misra
Q39.
Who has been designed as MD& CEO of India and South Asia including
Srilanka and Bangladesh announced by the Bharti Enterprises recently?
Ans. Gopal Vittal
Q40. World’s first 3D-printer Objet500 Connex3 was launched on 28 January 2014. It was manufactured by which company?
Ans. Stratasys
Note: It was a USA based company.
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Wednesday, 5 February 2014
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
50 PER CENT DA IN THE BASIC PAY IS SET TO MERGE SOON
As per Dainik Bhasker Article Govt. is ready to merge 50% DA with Basic Pay:-
38 million employees and 25 lakh pensioners electoral rarity
50 per cent DA in the basic pay is set to merge soon
Govt. exercises to attract 38 lakh workers, 25 lakh pensioners
20 thousand crore additional burden on the exchequer
That would be in the next fortnight. If it happen, extra burden would cost of Rs 20,000 crore to the exchequer.
It may be pressure of employees of Trade Union/ threatening of indefinite strike by the central govt. employees with railway employee or it may be trial of attraction of 2.5 carores of voters. Infact D.A. is being merged with basic salary. The Secretary General of the AIRF Mr. Shiva Gopal Mishra who is representing nearly 12 lakh employees says last days, that he had correspondenced with the Prime Minister's Office and the Finance Ministry. He also met with Secretary of expenditure in this connection.
This indicates that it will be announced just after the vote on account of parliament. Press Secretary of National Federation of Indian Railwaymen Mr. S.N. Malik said that the Cabinet note in this regard has become according to PMO sourcese. There is a file lying in the PMO at this time regarding this connection. It will be announced someday next week when Parliament is in session.
Infact DA of Central Govt. Employees reached up to 90% at this time and again due started with DA increment from 1st Jan. If this time there is an increase of 11 per cent on DA; it will be 101 per cent . Malik says that when the Fifth CPC DA had reached 72 per cent, 50 per cent DA was merged with basic pay without any demand from staff side. This time it is not being done. This demand of merger of 50 per cent of DA into basic pay DA of the unions is old. In view of this, , Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena said in Parliament stated in August last year that Sixth Pay Commission has not recommended to merge the DA with basic pay . So the government is not doing so. However , now the situation has changed, in the view of general election, to woo the all the public the decisions are being taken. In this series, if DA has to be merged with the basic pay, then the exchequer put a burden of Rs 20,000 crore is estimated .
Prime Minister Approves Composition of 7th Central Pay Commission Under the Chairmanship of Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, Retired Judge of the Supreme Court and Retired Chairman, Armed Forces Tribunal
“The Prime Minister has approved the composition of the 7th Central Pay Commission as follows:
1. Shri Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur - Chairman
(Retired Judge of the Supreme Court and Retired Chairman, Armed Forces Tribunal)
2. Shri Vivek Rae - Member (Full Time)
(Secretary, Petroleum & Natural Gas)
3. Dr. Rathin Roy - Member (Part Time)
(Director, NIPFP)
4. Smt. Meena Agarwal - Secretary
(OSD, Department of Expenditure,Ministry of Finance)”
Declination of promotion to PS Group B
107 Interesting Facts about Words
- There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple,and month
- The real name of Jesus was Yeshua. Jesus is the Greek version of the name.
- A "funambulist" is a tight-rope walker.
- Ernest Vincent Wright's novel Gadsby has 50,110 words, none of which contains the letter "E".
- The word encyclopaedia comes from two Greek words meaning "a circle of learning."
- Carol comes from the Greek word Choraulein which referred to a dance accompanied by a flute.
- The word Christmas comes from the English phrase, Christes Masse, literally Christ's mass.
- The word 'puppy' comes from the French poupee', meaning doll.
- When two words are combined to form a single word (motor + hotel = motel, breakfast + lunch = brunch) the new word is called a "portmanteau" .
- The term "hooch" for liquor comes from the Hoochinoo Indians, known for their ability to make liquor so strong it could knock someone out.
- Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is a Korean word meaning "capital".
- The word "tattoo" comes from the Tahitian word "tattau," which means "to mark".
- The two lines that connect your top lip to the bottom of your nose are known as the philtrum
- The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
- The word "novel" originally derived from the Latin novus, meaning "new".
- The word "gymnasium" comes from the Greek word gymnazein which means "to exercise naked".
- The word Karate means, empty hand.
- The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.
- The word salary came from the word salt in Roman times. Salt was used as a trading medium - money.
- The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
- Someone who is "pauciloquent" uses as few words as possible when speaking.
- Poliosis is the graying of the hair. It comes from polios, the Greek word for "gray".
- The word 'denim' comes from 'de Nimes', Nimes being the town.
- The largest crossword puzzle ever published had 2631 clues across and 2922 clues down. It took up 16 sq. feet of space.
- The phrase "honeymoon" came from the Greeks. It was customary for the bride's family to supply the groom with a month (or full moon cycle) of the wedding wine, which tasted like honey. Courtesy : http://sapost.blogspot.in/
- The word "Oral-B" is a combination of oral hygiene and the letter B, which stands for the word better.
- Graffito is the little-used singular of the much used plural word graffiti.
- Orange and black became Halloween colors because orange is associated with harvests and black is associated with death "Hallow" is an old word meaning holy, while "e'en" is Scottish for evening.
- The word "alphabet" Comes from the first 2 letters of the Greek alphabet, Alpha and Beta.
- Canada is an Indian word meaning 'Big Village'.
- The word 'Checkmate' in chess comes from the Persian phrase 'Shah Mat,' which means 'the king is dead'.
- There are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
- President Kennedy was the fastest random speaker in the world with upwards of 350 words per minute.
- First newspaper crossword puzzle was published in a Sunday supplement to the New York World in 1913
- The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".
- The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable" .
- "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.
- The word "samba" means "to rub navels together."
- Did you know that the words 'lakh' and 'crore' do not exist in the English language? The two words are only used in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh and are derivatives of the Hindi words laakh and karod.
- The scientific term for nose-picking is "rhinotillexonamia" .
- In England, in the 1880's, "Pants" was considered a dirty word!
- Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing!
- Know what Mafia means? "Morte Allafrancia Italia Anela "Death to the French is Italy's cry!"
- A fireplace is called a mantelpiece because, at one time, people hung their coats over the fireplace to dry them.
- The "left bank" of a river is the left side as you look downstream
- The Rx sign that pharmacists use was originally the astrological sign for Jupiter
- Taresthesia is what you call it when your foot falls asleep
- The original name for the butterfly was 'flutterby'
- Women who wink at men are known as "nictitating" women
- The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti
- Hydroponics is the technique by which plants are grown in water without soil
- The permanent teeth that erupt to replace their primary predecessors (baby teeth) are called succedaneous teeth
- The raised reflective dots in the middle of highways are called Botts dots
- Sunbeams that shine down through the clouds are called crespucular rays
- A "pogonip" is a heavy winter fog containing ice crystals
- The thin line of cloud that forms behind an aircraft at high altitudes is called a contrail
- The forward slash character on your keyboard is also known as a slant, virgule or solidus
- In the Chinese written language, the ideograph for "trouble" represents two women under one roof Courtesy : http://sapost.blogspot.in/
- A misomaniac is someone who hates everything
- The infinite sign is called a Lemniscate
- Priests in Australia advise you to say Happy Christmas, not Merry Christmas, because Merry has connotations of getting drunk.
- The act of yawning and stretching is called "pandiculation. "
- A group of crows is called a murder
- A "clue" originally meant a ball of thread. This is why one is said to unravel the clues of a mystery
- In circus parlance, a "Joey" is a clown with at least five years of experience.
- 'Smithee' is a pseudonym that filmmakers use when they don't want their names to appear in the credits.
- A collector who attempts to collect an example of every item in a particular field is called a 'completist' .
- Mummies, are so called because of the wax (or 'mum' ) which is smeared on to the bandages for waterproofing
- The "O" when used as a prefix in Irish surnames means "descendant of"
- The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle
- A 'bibliophile' is one who collects rare books.
- A 'bibliopole' is a seller of rare books.
- A nihilist believes in nothing
- The little bits of paper left over when holes are punched in data cards or tape are called "chad"
- The name "piano" is an abbreviation of Cristofori's original name for the instrument: piano et forte, or soft and loud
- The loop on a belt that holds the loose-end is called a "keeper"
- Blype is the skin that peels off after a bad sunburn
- The relationship of a godparent to the real parent of a child is called 'compaternity'
- A 'nullipara' is a woman who has never given birth to a child.
- "Whirly Girls" is the name of the International Association of Women Helicopter Pilots.
- Obsessive nose picking is referred to as rhinotillexomania
- Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan
- The chef's tall hat is called a "toque".
- A building in which silence is enforced, like a library or school room, is referred to as a "silentium" Courtesy : http://sapost.blogspot.in/
- Fiat stands for Fabbrica Italiana Automobile Torino, the name of the Italian manufacturer
- "Steatopygia" means an accumulation of fat in the buttocks
- The little bumps on the surface of a table tennis paddle are called pips
- A "quidnunc" is a person who is eager to know the latest news and gossip
- The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings)
- The ZIP in Zip-code stands for Zoning Improvement Plan
- In genealogy, the female side of the family is called the distaff side the male side is the spear side.
- If you are taking a class in pistology, you are not studying pistols, but rather, faith.
- The science of determining characteristic traits by examining a person's shoes is scarpology
- The study of stupidity is called 'monology'
- The search for the existence of ghosts is Eidology
- The study of word origins is called etymology
- Synesthesia is a rare condition in which the senses are combined.
- Synesthetes see words, taste colors and shapes and feel flavors.
- Groaking is to watch people eating food hoping they'll offer you some.
- The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P
- The little hole in the sink that lets the water drain out, instead of flowing over the side, is called a "porcelator"
- The 'You are here' arrow on a map is called the IDEO locator.
- The term Cop comes from Constable on Patrol, which is a term used in England.
- Colgate faced a big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself."
- The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
- A person who collects teddy bears is called an archtophilist.
- The term karaoke means "empty orchestra" in Japanese.
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