Saturday, 8 March 2014

General Knowledge: Religious Movements

1-The first discourse of Buddha at deer park in Sarnath is called?
2-Who delivered his first sermon at Sarnath?
3-The crux of early Buddhism was
4-Jainism had the patronage of
5-Who was the first king to have the image of Lord Buddha inscribed on his coins?
6-Who among the following presided over the first Buddhist Council held at Rajagriha?
7-Right belief, Right knowledge and Right action are the three jewels of
8-The great Buddhist Council in 483 BC was
9-Buddha was born in the year?
10-The last of the 24 Jain Tirthankaras was
11-Tripitakas are the scared books of
12-Who among the following was not sent to Sri Lanka for the propagation of Buddhism?
13-Which of the following is known as the Jain Temple City?
14-The concept of Eight fold path forms the theme of
15-Which one of the following is not included in the “Eight Fold Path Buddhism”?

Third BIMSTEC summit 2014 held in Myanmar

Third BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit was held from 1 March to 4 March 2014 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
The Third BIMSTEC summit was attended by the heads from six countries and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Thailand, namely 
Prime Minister of India
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Prime Minister of Nepal
President of Sri Lanka
Prime Minister of Bhutan
President of Myanmar
During the summit, enhancing regional cooperation in energy sector, the Third BIMSTEC Energy Ministerial Meeting will be held in Nepal in 2014 and also the Fourth BIMSTEC Energy Ministerial Meeting will be held in 2015 in Bhutan.
Highlights of the summit
The members recognised the threat that terrorism poses to peace, stability and economic progress and agreed for closer cooperation in combating all forms of terrorism and transnational crimes.
The members agreed to explore collaborative initiatives amongst the Member States towards addressing the adverse impacts of climate change in the BIMSTEC region.
The members decided to move forward towards finalization of the draft Agreement on Trade in Goods with agreed General Rules of Origin and Product Specific Rules. It was also decided to work in the direction of signing an agreement on dispute settlement procedures and the Agreement on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters under the Framework Agreement on the BIMSTEC Free Trade Area.

About BIMSTEC
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) was established in 1997 in Bangkok. It was a new sub regional grouping, named BISTEC (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand Economic Cooperation).Myanmar (1997) and Sri lanka (1998) joined the group who were observers earlier and they joined the group later.
The First BIMSTEC Summit was held in 2004 in Bangkok and the Second Summit was held in 2008 in New Delhi.
The main purposes of BIMSTEC are to create
•    An enabling environment for rapid economic development
•    Accelerate social progress in the sub-region
•    Cooperate in projects that can be dealt with most productively on a sub-regional basis and which make best use of available synergies.

International Women Day observed across the world

International Women Day – 8 March
International Women Day is being observed across the world on 8 March 2014. With the theme INSPIRING CHANGE United Nation celebrated the 2014 Women day. International women’s day is also called Working women’s day. 

Thousands of events occur to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. Organisations, governments, charities, educational institutions, women's groups, corporations and the media celebrate the day.

Each year International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March. The first International Women's Day was held in 1911. 

For the first time International women’s conference was held in Copenhegen in 1911. The day was proposed by Clara, a German.

In some countries International women’s day is an official holiday. All over the world achievements of women are celebrated

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