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Chris Gayle (40 90

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2015

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2015

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3

:

7 2015

13

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30.47

8.62

20%

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28 2014

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2015

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2015

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10 2015

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2015

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?

(Bengaluru FC)

:

()

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Pag

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2015

11 2015

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2011 2014

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(Federal

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Bharat Operating

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AFF

AIR

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3) 9 2015

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?

(Bhiku Ramji Idate)

:

-

4)

IRDA

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Report)

2015

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32

38%

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2013-14 118

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Pag

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AFF

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5) 13 2015

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(Director General Air

Operations DGAO)

?

:

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RBI

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12 2015

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17

5 13

Pag

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?

(Cristiano Ronaldo)

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(Real Madrid) ,

(Lionel

Messi)

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(Joachim Loew)

(Nadine

Kessler)

January 15, 2015

1) 14 2015

(Chief

Election Commissioner CEC)

? (H.S.

Brahma)

:

(Election

Commissioner)

15 2015

.. (V.S. Sampath)

1975-

(IAS)

19

Pag

e34

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AIR

S

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General)

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2015 ?

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Director General)

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2014

18

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(Novartis AG)

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2014

(

(indacaterol))

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19

1

14 2015

? 2009

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: 19

2009

5)

(Pope

Francis) 14 2015

?

(Joseph Vaz)

: 1651

Pag

e36

CU

RR

ENT

AFF

AIR

S

36

6)

(Samsung) 14 2015

Z1

?

(Tizen)

:

(Google) (Android)

7) 14 2015

?

(Giorgio Napolitano)

: 89-

Pag

e37

CU

RR

ENT

AFF

AIR

S

January 16, 2015

1)

15

2015 (Qatar)

? A350 (Airbus

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Industrie) A350

(Qatar Airways)

()

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A350

A380

Airbus A380 ( 2007

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2011

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0.25% 15

2015 ,

? 7.75%

:

RBI

Pag

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AIR

S

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2015 ?

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(RBI) 15 2015

?

Pag

e39

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AIR

S

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2015

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(Mizoram)

:

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1995 (Mizoram

Liquor Total Prohibition Act of 1995)

1995

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6)

(Microsoft) 14 2015

7 (Windows 7)

Pag

e40

CU

RR

ENT

AFF

AIR

S

7

? 2009

:

7 22

2009

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7)

(SpiceJet)

(Kalanidhi Maran)

(original founder)

2005

?

: 15

2015

(KAL Airways

Pvt Ltd.) 53.48%

45.69%

:

January 17, 2015

Pag

e41

CU

RR

ENT

AFF

AIR

S

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)

15 2015

?

()

: CNG-

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CNG

CNG

CNG-

2) (Central

Board of Film Certification CBFC)

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Samson) 15 2015

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Tribunal FCAT)

,

?

(MSG

The Messenger of God)

:

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AIR

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16

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,

,

2015

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(National Mineral Exploration Trust

NMET)

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() , 2015 (Mines and

Minerals (Development and

Regulation) (Amendment)

Ordinance, 2015) 2015

2%

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(MECL)

4)

2015 25 ($250

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(Innovate in India Fund)

Pag

e43

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AFF

AIR

S

? (Infosys)

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14

2015

:

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,

5)

(Javier Moro)

7

?

(The Red Saree)

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7

10

6) (CBI)

2015

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CBI 2013

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AFF

AIR

S

14 2015

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(Bhakti Sharma) 2015

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52

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(Lewis Pugh)

(Lynne Cox)

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Foreign Trade DGFT)

RBI

100

?

(RSBL)

: RSBL

2014 550

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350

200

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9)

15 2015

? India Shastra:

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:

99

2009

Pag

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AIR

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(UN)

10) (Switzerland)

16 2015

?

15 2015

30%

:

( SNB)

15 2015

(Swiss Franc)

30%

16

(cancellations)

(GDP) 3%

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January 18, 201

Pag

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S

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17 2015

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2001

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2017-18

Pag

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AIR

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220 250

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2) 16 2015

(Buffer stock standards)

(FCI)

?

2005

:

(FCI)

1 41.12

31.9

1

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1

21.2

21.04

1

25

21.41

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(new Food Security Law)

Pag

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ENT

AFF

AIR

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61.4

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3) NASA

NOAA 16 2015

2014

-

(fossil fuels)

2014

? 2010

: NASA

(NOAA)

2014

10 1997

19

2014

2010 ,

2014

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, ,

4) 16 2015

(The Theory of Everything)

(physicist)

?

(Stephen Hawking)

:

16

Pag

e49

CU

RR

ENT

AFF

AIR

S

(Jane

Hawking)

(motor neuron disease)

5)

2015 (Tribal Food

Festival 2015) 16

2015 ?

: 2015

(Tribal Cooperative Marketing

Development Federation of India

Limited TRIFED)

January 19, 2015

Pag

e50

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RR

ENT

AFF

AIR

S

1) (Bloomberg)

17 2015

50

? HDFC

: HDFC ,

,

45

(market

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(SBI) 46

38

ICICI 53

100

(ICBC)

285

, HDFC

7

(Wells Fargo) 263

10

BoC (212

), CCB

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ABC (202 )

(JP Morgan Chase) 205

2) 16 2015

(SC)

200

(Venture

Capital Fund VCF)

(sponsor) , (settler)

AMC ?

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RR

ENT

AFF

AIR

S

: IFCI

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5

45

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15

6

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.. (AB de

Villiers) 18 2015

(ODIs)

31

?

Corey Anderson

()

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36

37 16

.. 31

439 -

..

16

148

1-0

4) 2015

(National

Bravery Awards 2015)

Pag

e52

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RR

ENT

AFF

AIR

S

17 2015

? ( )

( )

:

24

-

1978

-

(Indian Council for Child Welfare)

1957

5) 17 2015

?

( )

( )

:

. 11-7, 9-11,

11-3, 13-11, 13-15, 11-9

7-

11, 7-11, 11-3, 14-12, 11-7, 11-6

2007

2012

6) 17 2015

? (Dhruv

Sitwala)

:

Pag

e53

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RR

ENT

AFF

AIR

S

5-0

12

January 20, 2015

1)

(Rajni Kothari) 86

19 2015

?

(CSDS)

: CSDS

1963

1980

(Lokayan)

-

1985

(Right Livelihood Award)

20

2) 19 2015

(Central

Board of Film Certification CBFC)

Pag

e54

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RR

ENT

AFF

AIR

S

,

(Leela Samson)

CBFC

? (

)

:

CBFC

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19

9

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2015

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)

(borrowers)

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)

(risk profile)

(

)

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e55

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AFF

AIR

S

:

RBI

(Base Rate System)

1 2010

4) 17

2015

2015-16

?

: 2015-16

,

5)

18

2015 DC

(Martin

Luther King Jr Award) ?

(Frank Islam)

:

15

January 21, 2015

Pag

e56

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RR

ENT

AFF

AIR

S

1)

20 2015

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1,411

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7

2015

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2015

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Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud

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11

2011

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2015 66

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:

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29 2014

-

(EU)

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70 27

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1947

70 27 2015

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26 2015

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26 2015 12

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1.84

11

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1999 AN10

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26 27

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:

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2015

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,

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2015

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: 48- -

(Church of England)

500

2014

7) 27 2015 14

(Rafael

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:

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January 29, 2015

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:

28

7

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31

2015

.

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28 2015

-

? (Chinese Yuan)

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2014

(global payments)

2.17%

2014

1.59%

44.6%

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2014

20.3%

14.9%

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18

27 2015

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2014

18.02

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7.46

7

57.6

74.6

178

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4) NASA 27

2015

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5) (ASI)

2015 -

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25

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-

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)

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6)

(Facebook) 27 2015

45 2

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? (Lizard

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(League of legends)

2014

(Destiny)

1 2014

(Xbox)

26 2015

27

7) 27

2015

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?

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:

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January 30, 2015

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(India Ratings) 28 2015

(Base Year)

2014-15

117

(CPI)

?

2011-12

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05

2015

2011-12

2015

2015

2014-15

6%

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28

2015 -

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,

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RBL ( )

:

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200

1

mRUPEE

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13

130 350

3) 28 2015

? (Shekhar

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5

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31 1952

4) 26 2015

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29

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(CISF)

5)

:

28 2015 ?

(Shirani

Bhandaranayake)

:

43

2011

2013

-

:

29

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2014

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(Boeing)

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:

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5

7) - (IndusInd

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-

?

(Chelsea Football Club)

:

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8) -

(McDonalds)

28 2015

(President)

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?

(Steve Easterbrook)

: 1 2015

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(Chief Branding

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2014

7%

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9) 29 2015

2015 ICC T20

?

: 2016 ICC T20

11 1

2016 ICC

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: 2007 ( ),

2009 (), 2010 ( ),

2012 () 2014 ()

January 31, 2015

1)

(CIL)

10% 30

2015 (disinvest)

22,600

15,000

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31.58

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358

22,600

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1,715

2012-13

23,956

2) 30 2015

2013-14

(GDP)

4.7% 6.9%

2012-13

4.5% 5.1%

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LED

2004-05

2011-12

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3)

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: 2011

2013

II

4) (Subhash Ghisingh),

29 2015 78

,

?

(GNLF)

:

1980

(GNLF)

(Gorkhaland)

1986 1988

1988

(DGHC)

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1988 2008

2008

(GJMM)

GNLF

5) 29

2015

(Telepresence Service)

?

(RailTel

Corporation)

:

-

,

,

70%

6)

(Kumar Sangakkara)

29 2015

473

?

Adam Gilchrist

()

:

(Wellington)

473

(Corey Anderson)

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