Who founded the American Red Cross?
In 1861, when Clara Barton heard that many of the wounded from the First Battle of Bull Run in Virginia suffered because of a lack of medical supplies, she took matters into her own hands. She advertised for donations and formed an organization to distribute the goods she acquired. Over the next three years, she traveled among the battlefields in Virginia and South Carolina, bringing medical supplies when she could, caring for the sick and wounded, and overseeing some of the nurses. She also began a program for locating soldiers listed as MIA. It would take nearly twenty years for her organization to be formalized: on this date in 1881, Barton established the American Red Cross.
Organisers of this year's Commonwealth Games have promised tight security during the October event after bomb blasts in Bangalore. In this 2009 file photo, a dancer performs during the launch of the XIX Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay at Buckingham Palace in London.
The first National Park in India was established in 1935, by Jim Corbett as the Hailey National Park, which aimed at the preservation of tigers and other animals and birds. Today, the efforts of the government have translated themselves into the formation of almost 80 National Parks in India, in addition to 441 sanctuaries and 23 tiger reserves in India.
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India 54th in networked readiness index
India has been ranked 54th among 134 countries in the latest edition of a global report that evaluated the capability of nations to leverage Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for their overall benefit and economic progress.
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Medical tourism: India ranks second. Thailand tops the list
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Indonesia most corrupt in Asia, S'pore the least
Indonesia and Thailand are perceived as Asia's most corrupt economies. An annual survey of foreign business executives showed.
Singapore and Hong Kong retained their top two rankings as the region's least corrupt economies, although there are concerns about private-sector fraud, according to the survey by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC), made available to this agency.
India stood at fourth place in the survey.
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The 2009 World Water Summit was held in Istanbul capital of Turkey.
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Cave in Vietnam may be world's largest
A cave discovered in Vietnam's Quang Binh province may be the largest in the world, a team of British explorers says.
British Cave Research Association explorer Howard Limbert, whose team confirmed the cave's existence, said the possible record-setting cavern is 656 feet high, 492 feet wide and at least 4 miles long, the Vietnam News Service said April 24, 2009. The explorer said strong currents and flooding prevented his team from thoroughly exploring the cave.
Previously, the largest known cavern was Deer Cave in Malaysia. The Malaysian cave is 328 feet high, 295 feet wide and 1 mile long, the Saigon Giai Phong newspaper said.
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Man Utd’s Ryan Giggs wins PFA footballer of the year
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World Fair Trade Day is celebrated every second Saturday of May, and is endorsed by the International Fair Trade Association (IFAT), the global association of Fair Trade Organizations, comprised of 300 organizations from 70 countries around the world.
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The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Committee on Procedures and Performance Audit on Public Services (CPPAPS) has recommended introduction of Rs 10 coins.
The committee headed by former RBI deputy governor SS Tarapore has suggested RBI to consider paying incentive to banks for acceptance of return of uncurrent coins.
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In Himachal Pradesh, every citizen had a bank account.
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Tokyo and Osaka are the most expensive cities in the world according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey of 140 cities.
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What is the capital of California?
Sacramento
Veteran Genius Manoj Kumar Honored With Phalke Ratna Award
Ace actor Prithviraj Kapoor was posthumously honored with Phalke Kalpataru Award at the function.
Shammi Kapoor with Phalke Legend Actor Award, father of Anil-Boney and Sanjay Kapoor, veteran film producer Surinder Kapoor with L. V. Prasad Phalke Award and living legend singer Shamshad Begum with Phalke Golden Singer Award.
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