Kathak legend Sitara Devi passes away

Eminent Kathak danseuse Sitara Devi died here early Tuesday after prolonged illness, her son-in-law confirmed. She was 94. Sitara Devi was on ventilator and her condition was serious Monday while she was admitted to the Jaslok Hospital here, said her son-in-law. 
A recipient of prestigious awards like Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Padma Shri and Kalidas Samman, she was born Dhannolakshmi in the family of Brahmin 'kathakar' Sukhdev Maharaj in Kolkata in 1920. When she turned 11, the family moved to Mumbai, where she impressed Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore with a three-hour solo recital. Over the next six decades, she became a Kathak legend and is known as a pioneering force in bringing the genre to Bollywood.

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A. EPFO
B. Pensioners
C. Swatch Bharat Abhiyan
D. Make in India
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Q.2017 Which Indian mission has named among the best inventions of 2014 by Time magazine ?
A. Chandrayan
B. SBI Net banking
C. Mangalyaan
D. Barefoot
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A. Sardar Vallabhai Patel
B. B R Ambedkar
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B. USA
C. China
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Ministers and their Portfolios 2014 - Updated

Ministers and their Portfolios 2014 - Updated on 10th November 2014:


Prime Minister

Shri Narendra Modi
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, All important policy issues and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister
Cabinet Ministers
1
Shri Raj Nath Singh
Home Affairs
2
Smt. Sushma  Swaraj
External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs
3
Shri Arun Jaitley
Finance, Corporate Affairs, Information & Broadcasting
4
Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu
Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs
5
Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Road Transport and Highways, Shipping
6
Shri Manohar Parrikar
Defence
7
Shri Suresh Prabhu
Railways
8
Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda
Law & Justice
9
Sushri Uma Bharati
Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
10
Dr. Najma A. Heptulla
Minority Affairs
11
Shri Ramvilas Paswan
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
12
Shri Kalraj Mishra
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
13
Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
Women and Child Development
14
Shri Ananthkumar
Chemicals and Fertilizers
15
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad
Communications and Information Technology
16
Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda
Health and Family Welfare
17
Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Civil Aviation
18
Shri Anant Geete
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
19
Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Food Processing Industries
20
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
Mines, Steel
21
Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh
Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation
22
Shri Jual Oram
Tribal Affairs
23
Shri Radha Mohan Singh
Agriculture
24
Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot
Social Justice and Empowerment
25
Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani
Human Resource Development
26
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Science and Technology, Earth Sciences
Ministers of State
27
General V. K. Singh
Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), External Affairs
28
Shri Inderjit Singh Rao
Planning (Independent Charge), Defence
29
Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Textiles (Independent Charge)
30
Shri Bandaru Dattatreya
Labour and Employment (Independent Charge)
31
Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy
Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs
32
Shri Shripad Yesso Naik
AAYUSH (Independent Charge), Health & Family Welfare
33
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)
34
Shri Sarbananda Sonowal
Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)
35
Shri Prakash Javadekar
Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)
36
Shri Piyush Goyal
Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge) and New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge)
37
Dr. Jitendra Singh
Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space
38
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman
Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge)
39
Dr. Mahesh Sharma
Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge), Civil Aviation
40
Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Minority Affairs, Parliamentary Affairs
41
Shri Ram Kripal Yadav
Drinking Water and Sanitation
42
Shri Haribhai P Chaudhary
Home Affairs
43
Shri Sanwar Lal Jat
Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
44
Shri Mohanbhai K Kundariya
Agriculture
45
Shri Giriraj Singh
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
46
Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
Chemicals & Fertilizers
47
Shri G. M. Siddeshwara
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
48
Shri Manoj Sinha
Railways
49
Shri Nihalchand
Panchayati Raj
50
Shri Upendra Kushwaha
Human Resources Development
51
Shri Radhakrishnan P
Road Transport & Highways, Shipping
52
Shri Kiren Rijiju
Home Affairs
53
Shri Krishan Pal
Social Justice & Empowerment
54
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan
Agriculture
55
Mansukhbhai D Vasava
Tribal Affairs
56
Shri Raosaheb Dadarao Danve
Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
57
Shri Vishnu Deo Sai
Mines, Steel
58
Shri Sudarshan Bhagat
Rural Development
59
Dr.Ram Shankar Katheria
Human Resource Development
60
Shri Y. S. Chowdary
Science and Technology, Earth Science
61
Shri Jayant Sinha
Finance
62
Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore
Information & Broadcasting
63
Shri Babul Supriyo
Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
64
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
Food Processing Industries
65
Shri Vijay Sampla
Social Justice & Empowerment