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She was one of the earliest film critic in the country having worked for Evening news of India in 1931 and Times of India during 1933 to 1953.She began working when Indian films had just begun to talk .For the first few years an award X was started in her name.Identify her and the award X

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What is the motto called?

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Term for such companies was originally coined by Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures.What is the term called

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Michael Punke who is now the Deputy United States Trade Representative and US Ambassador to the World Trade Organization wrote this book.The State Department prohibited him from doing any publicity for the book because of his role.The book depicts Punke's outdoor interests and hobbies, such as fishing and exploring the backcountry, which he enjoyed while growing up in Wyoming

Name the book which is in news now

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On Kali Puja, most of the ethnic Chinese residents of the city take the day off and get together in front of the temple. Local Chinese residents usually pause, take off their shoes, and pray for a moment in front of the idol.  This temple serves noodles, fried rice and chopsuey as Prasad.

Where is the temple located 

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 Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp formed this company in 2009 with the slogan where Lifestyle meets logistics.

Its currently valued at $62.5 b

Identify

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On Saturday, August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time, it was launched with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll," spoken byJohn Lack, and played over footage of the first Space Shuttle launch countdown of Columbia, which took place earlier that year, and of the launch of Apollo 11What are we talking about

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Weekly quiz This was the form of cricket we played

when we were kidsThere are only two methods of dismissal,

beingcaught or being "leg before wicket", but as there are no stumps, this method of dismissal is effected by a bowled ball hitting the batsman's legs typically below the knees

Whats this form of cricket called

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The 2 groups at Berkely Lawrence Laboratory and Joint institute of research were involved in a major conflict which was dubbed as war by group of Nuclear chemists?What was the war called and what was the reason for the Conflict?

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A Round inlaid brass emblem indicating the category with following symbols   

Classic film camera representing motion pictures  Television Receiver representing broadcast television  Phonograph record representing audio recording or music  Radio microphone representing broadcast radio  Comedy/tragedy masks representing theatre/live performance According to the latest figures 47% are in the motion pictures category,

24% in television, 17% in audio recording, 10% in radio, and less than 2% in the live performance category .

What are we talking about

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What is Sasha Chetri’s claim to fame?

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He was born on 23 June 1925 at Shillong, then in the British Raj province of Assam (now in Meghalaya), to British parents. His Scottish father, Wilfred Shepherd-Barron, was chief engineer of the Chittagong Port Commissioners in North Bengal whilst his mother Dorothy, was an Olympic tennis player and Wimbledon ladies doubles champion.He Joined the De la Rue company and is credited with invention with the device which became operational for the first time in the world at the Enfield,North london?What invention are we talking about

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He was a composer, conductor, musicologist, and educator. Born in Karlsbad, Bohemia (at that time part of Austria-Hungary), Kaufmann enjoyed a career that crossed international boundaries, taking him to Berlin, Bombay (now Mumbai), London, and Canada, before he settled in Bloomington, Indiana, USA in 1957. After 1945 he was not allowed to come back to Bohemia because of his German ethnicity. In 1964, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Amrit Gangar’s book The Music That Still Rings at Dawn, Every Dawn, talks about the piece that every Indian has heard?What music are we talking about

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