Some of the Fortune 500 company and their CEO/Chairman

Royal Dutch Shell ( Jeroen Van Der Veer)

Exxon Mobil (Rex W Tillerson)

Wal-Mart Stores(Michel T duke)

Chevron( David J. O'Reilly)

ConocoPhillips (James J. Mulva)

General Electric ( Jeffery Immelt)

General Motors (Frederick Henderson)

Ford Motor (Alan R. Mulally)

AT&T Randall (L. Stephenson)

Hewlett-Packard (Mark V. Hurd)

Valero Energy (William R. Klesse)

Bank of America Corp.( Kenneth D. Lewis)

Citigroup( Vikram S. Pandit)

Berkshire Hathaway(Warren Buffet)

International Business Machines (Samuel J. Palmisano)

McKesson (John H. Hammergren)

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.( James Dimon)

Procter & Gamble (Alan G. Lafley)

Johnson & Johnson (William C. Weldon)

Morgan Stanley (John J. Mack)

Dell(Michael S. Dell)

Boeing(W. James McNerney Jr)

Microsoft (Steve Ballmer )

Dow Chemical(Andrew N. Liveris)

MetLifeC. (Robert Henrikson)

Goldman Sachs Group(Lloyd C. Blankfein)

Caterpillar(James W. Owens)

Pfizer(Jeffrey B. Kindler)

Lowe's(Robert A. Niblock)

PepsiCo(Indra Nooyi)

Cisco Systems: (John T. Chambers)

FedEx(Frederick W. Smith)

Walt Disney(Robert A. Iger)

Intel(Paul S. Otellini)

Apple (Steven P. Jobs)

Coca-Cola(Muhtar Kent)

American Express(Kenneth I. Chenault)

DuPont( Ellen J. Kullman)

New York Life Insurance(Theodore A. Mathas)

Motorola(Sanjay K. Jha, Gregory Q. Brown)

3M(George W. Buckley)

NOBEL PRIZES 2008

Physics:
Yoichiro Nambu "for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics" Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature"Arrow link

Chemistry:
Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP"Arrow link

Physiology or Medicine:
Harald zur Hausen "for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer" and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier "for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus"Arrow link

Literature:
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization"Arrow link

Peace:
Martti Ahtisaari "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts"

Economics : The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2008
Paul Krugman "for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity"

LIST OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS

CABINET MINISTERS

1.Dr. Manmohan Singh Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/Departments not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister viz.:
(i) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions;
(ii) Ministry of Planning;
(iii) Department of Atomic Energy;
(iv) Department of Space;
(v) Ministry of Culture; and
(vi) Ministry of Water Resources

2.Shri Pranab Mukherjee:Minister of Finance.

3.Shri Sharad Pawar Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

4.Shri A.K. Antony Minister of Defence.

5.Shri P. Chidambaram Minister of Home Affairs.

6.Km. Mamata Banerjee Minister of Railways.

7.Shri S.M. Krishna Minister of External Affairs.

8.Shri Virbhadra Singh Minister of Steel

9.Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

10.Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad Minister of Health and Family Welfare

11.Shri Sushilkumar Shinde Minister of Power

12.Shri M. Veerappa Moily Minister of Law and Justice

13.Dr. Farooq Abdullah Minister of New and Renewable Energy

14.Shri S. Jaipal Reddy Minister of Urban Development

15.Shri Kamal Nath Minister of Road Transport and Highways

16.Shri Vayalar Ravi Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs

17.Shri Dayanidhi Maran Minister of Textiles

18.Shri A. Raja Minister of Communications and Information Technology

19.Shri Murli Deora Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas

20.Smt. Ambika Soni Minister of Information and Broadcasting

21.Shri Mallikarjun Kharge Minister of Labour and Employment

22.Shri Kapil Sibal Minister of Human Resource Development

23.Shri B.K. Handique Minister of Mines and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region

24.Shri Anand Sharma Minister of Commerce and Industry

25.Shri C.P. Joshi Minister of Rural Development and Minister of Panchayati Raj

26.Kumari Selja Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Tourism

27.Shri Subodh Kant Sahay Minister of Food Processing Industries

28.Dr. M.S. Gill Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports

29.Shri G.K. Vasan Minister of Shipping

30.Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

31.Shri Mukul Wasnik Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

32.Shri Kantilal Bhuria Minister of Tribal Affairs

33.Shri M.K. Alagiri Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers




MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

1.Shri Praful Patel Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation
2.Shri Prithviraj Chavan Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
3.Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Coal and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
4.Shri Salman Khursheed Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs
5.Shri Dinsha J. Patel Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
6.Smt. Krishna Tirath Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Women and Child Development
7.Shri Jairam Ramesh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests



MINISTERS OF STATE

1.Shri Srikant Jena Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
2.Shri E. Ahammed Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
3.Shri Mullappally Ramachandran Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
4.Shri V. Narayanasamy Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

5.Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

6.Smt. D. Purandeswari Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development

7.Shri K.H. Muniappa Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways

8.Shri Ajay Maken Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs

9.Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles

10Shri Namo Narain Meena Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

11.Shri M.M. Pallam Raju Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence

12.Shri Saugata Ray Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development

13.Shri S.S. Palanimanickam Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

14.Shri Jitin Prasada Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

15.Shri A. Sai Prathap Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel

16.Smt. Preneet Kaur Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

17.Shri Gurudas Kamat Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

18.Shri Harish Rawat Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment

19.Prof. K.V. Thomas Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

20.Shri Bharatsinh Solanki Minister of State in the Ministry of Power

21.Shri Mahadev S. Khandela Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

22.Shri Dinesh Trivedi Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

23.Shri Sisir Adhikari Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

24.Shri Sultan Ahmed Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism

25.Shri Mukul Roy Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping

26.Shri Choudhury Mohan Jatua Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

27.Shri D. Napoleon Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

28.Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

29.Shri S. Gandhiselvan Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

30.Shri Tusharbhai Chaudhary Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs

31.Shri Sachin Pilot Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

32.Shri Arun Yadav Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

33.Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

34.Shri R.P.N. Singh Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

35.Shri Shashi Tharoor Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs

36.Shri Vincent Pala Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources

37.Shri Pradeep Jain Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

38.Ms. Agatha Sangma Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development

Top Oil Exporters

1.Saudi Arabia(8.408mn barrel)
2.Russia(6.882mn barrel)
3.United Arab Emirat(2.548mn barrel)
4.Kuwait(2.416mn barrel)

World's top valuable brands

1.Google (101.4bn$)
2.Microsoft(77.3bn$)
3.Coca Cola (68.5 bn $)
4.IBM(67.5bn $)
5.McDonalds(67.3 bn $),
6Apple(63.39bn $)
7.china mobile(62.2bn$)
8.GE(59.9bn$)
9.Vodafone (50.2bn$)
10.Marlboro(50.1bn$)

Best Indian Brand by BRAND EQIUTY

 India’s most trusted brand by Brand Equity
Rank 1: Nokia

Advertising Agency: JWT/W+K
Rank 2: Colgate
Advertising Agency: Ridiffusion YR
Rank 3: Lux

Advertising Agency: JWT
Rank 4: Lifebuoy
Advertising Agency: Lowe
Rank 5: Dettol

Advertising Agency: Euro RSCG
Rank 6: HorlicksAdvertising Agency: JWT

Company: GlaxoSmithKline
Rank 7: Tata Salt

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett

Company: Tata Group
Rank 8: Pepsodent

Advertising Agency: Lowe
Rank 9: Britannia
Advertising Agency: Lowe/McCann Erickson
Rank 10: Reliance Mobile
Advertising Agency: Cartwheel Creative

Company: Reliance Communications