Monday, August 27, 2012

Neil Armstrong


Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was the first person to walk on the Moon, as well as an American astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor and United States Naval Aviator. 
Armstrong landed on the moon July 20, 1969 by taking the Apollo 11 spacecraft and is best remembered for saying: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Armstrong and fellow American astronaut Buzz Aldrin spent two and a half hours walking on the moon, collecting samples, conducting experiments and taking photographs, while astronaut Michael Collins remained in orbit in the command module.
Neil Alden Armstrong was born on Aug. 5, 1930, in the small town of Wapakoneta, Ohio, to Stephen Armstrong and the former Viola Louise Engel. His father was a state auditor, which meant the family moved every few years to a new Ohio town while Neil was growing up. At the age of 6, Neil and his father took a ride in a Ford Trimotor airplane, known as the Tin Goose. It must have made an impression, for by the time he was 15, he had learned to fly, even before he got his driver’s license.
Neil became an Eagle Scout when the family later moved back to Wapakoneta, where he finished high school. (The town now has a museum named for Mr. Armstrong.) From there, he went to Purdue University as an engineering student on a Navy scholarship. His college years were interrupted by the Korean War, in which Mr. Armstrong was a Navy fighter pilot who flew 78 combat missions, one in which he was forced to eject after the plane lost one of its ailerons, the hinged flight-control panels on the wings.
Later on, Armstrong chose to avoid the public limelight and lead an intensely private life. He resigned from NASA in 1971 to take up teaching engineering at the University of Cincinnati for several years.
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Saturday, March 31, 2012

List of Important days in India

January 9 Pravasiya Bharatiya Divas
January 12 National Youth Day
January 15 Army Day
January 25 Tourism Day
January 26 Republic Day
January 30 Martyrs’ Day
February 28 National Science Day
March 3 National Defence Day
March 4 National Security Day
March 16 National Vaccination Day
April 5 National Maritime Day
May 11 National Technology Day
July 26 Kargil Victory Day
August 9 Quit India Day
August 15 Independence Day
August 20 Sadbhavna Divas
August 29 National Sports Day
September 5 Teachers’ Day; Sanskrit Day
October 2 Gandhi Jayanthi
October 8 Indian Air Force Day
October 10 National Postal Day
November 14 Children’s Day
November 26 Law Day
December 4 Navy Day
December 7 Flag Day
December 18 Minorities Rights Day
December 14 National Energy Conservation Day
December 23 Farmers Day


January 9 NRI Day
January 10 World Laughter Day
January 12 National Youth Day
January 15 Army Day
January 26 India's Republic Day, International Customs Day
January 30 Martyrs' Day; World Leprosy Eradication Day
2nd Sunday of February World Marriage Day
February 24 Central Excise Day
February 28 National Science Day
Second Monday March Commonwealth Day
March 8 International Women's Day; Intl. literacy Day
March 15 World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights Day
March 18 Ordnance Factories Day (India)
March 21 World Forestry Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 22 World Day for Water
March 23 World Meteorological Day
March 24 World TB Day
April 5 International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day
April 7 World Health Day
April 17 World Haemophilia Day
April 18 World Heritage Day
April 21 Secretaries' Day
April 22 Earth Day
April 23 World Book and Copyright Day
May 1 Workers' Day (International Labour Day)
May 3 Press Freedom Day; World Asthma Day
May 2nd Sunday Mother's Day
May 4 Coal Miners' Day
May 8 World Red Cross Day
May 9 World Thalassaemia Day
May 11 National Technology Day
May 12 World Hypertension Day; International Nurses Day
May 15 International Day of the Family
May 17 World Telecommunication Day
May 24 Commonwealth Day
May 31 Anti-tobacco Day
June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5 World Environment Day
June 3rd Sunday Father's Day
June 14 World Blood Donor Day
June 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
July 1 Doctor's Day
July 6 World Zoonoses Day
July 11 World Population Day
August 3 Internatioal Friendship Day
August 6 Hiroshima Day
August 8 World Senior Citizen's Day
August 9 Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day
August 15 Indian Independence Day
August 18 IntI. Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
August 19 Photography Day
August 29 National Sports Day
September 2 Coconut Day
September 5 Teachers' Day; Sanskrit Day
September 8 World Literacy Day (UNESCO)
September 15 Engineers' Day
September 16 World Ozone Day
September 21 Alzheimer's Day; Day for Peace & Non-violence (UN)
September 22 Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients)
September 26 Day of the Deaf
September 27 World Tourism Day
October 1 International Day for the Elderly
October 2 Gandhi Jayanthi
October 3 World Habitat Day
October 4 World Animal Welfare Day
October 8 Indian Air Force Day
October 9 World Post Office Day
October 10 National Post Day
October 2nd Thursday World Sight Day
October 13 UN International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 14 World Standards Day
October 15 World White Cane Day (guiding the blind)
October 16 World Food Day
October 24 UN Day; World Development Information Day
October 30 World Thrift Day
November 9 Legal Services Day
November 14 Children's Day; Diabetes Day
November 17 National Epilepsy Day
November 20 Africa Industrialisation Day
November 29 International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
December 1 World AIDS Day
December 3 World Day of the Handicapped
December 4 Indian Navy Day
December 7 Indian Armed Forces Flag Day
December 10 Human Rights Day; IntI. Children's Day of Broadcasting
December 18 Minorities Rights Day (India)
December 23 Kisan Divas (Farmer's Day) (India)
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EARTH HOUR

Earth Hour is a worldwide event that is organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, encouraging households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change. Earth Hour was conceived by WWF and The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 million residents of Sydney participated by turning off all non-essential lights.Following Sydney's lead, many other cities around the world adopted the event in 2008.Earth Hour 2012 will take place on March 31, 2012 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., at participant's local time.

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Friday, March 30, 2012

31 March in History

Births:-
  • HUMPY KONERU:-Born March 31, 1987: Indian chess grand-master.
  • AL GORE:-Born March 31, 1948: 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel laureate.
Events:-
  • 31st March, 1959: The spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, has crossed the border into India after a 15 day journey on foot from the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, over the Himalayan mountains seeking asylum. This follows the Chinese repression of the rebellion by Tibetans in Lhasa. The Dalai Lama, is granted political asylum in India.
  • Mahatma Gandhi was on the cover page of the TIME Magazine.
Deaths:-
  • 1972 - Meena Kumari, Indian actress (b. 1932)





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what is financial year and assessment year? why financial year started from April 1st only?

Financial year is the Year in which a person has earned his income. In
simple terms, if you have been employed from 01st of April 2011 to
31st of March 2012, then this period is termed as your Financial Year.

Assessment year is the year in which you file your returns for the
Income earned for the financial year, which had just ended.
For example if you are filing income tax returns in July 2012, then
you would be filing returns for Financial Year 2011 – 2012 & this is
what is called Assessment Year.

These are the reasons why financial year starts in April in India.
The Indian Constitution had empowered only the central government to
levy and collect income-tax. The Income-Tax Act was enacted in 1961.
The Act came into force from April 1, 1962 and that's why our
financial year begins on April 1 every year.

1. Harvesting season starts in April. Being an agricultural country,
money starts flowing into the hands of agriculturists and related
marketeers only in April.
2. Almost in all parts of India, regional new year falls around 13th
or 14th April. That is why the Govt. fixed 1st of April as new
financial year.
3. Until a decade ago, incometax assessees and companies were
permitted to have a date of their choice as the beginning of financial
year. To attain uniformity, now all companies and individuals follow
1st April as beginning of financial year.

There are a lot of countries where the financial year is from April to
March. Some examples are:
Canada
United Kingdom (UK)
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Japan

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