TNPSC - Important Notes of General Studies

Famous Research Institutes of India

• Central Leprosy Training and Research Institute - Chengalpet
• King Institute of Preventive Medicine - Guindy (Chennai)
• Central Sugarcane Research Institute - Coimbatore
• Central Leather Research Institute - Chennai
• Central Electro-Chemical Research Institute - Karaikudi
• Central Food Technological Research Institute - Mysore (Karnataka) 
• Central Institute of Virology - Pune (Maharashtra)
• Indian Lac Research Institute - Ranchi (Jharkhand)
• Defence Agricultural Research Laboratory - Haldwani (Punjab)
• Physical Research Laboratory - Ahmadabad (Gujarat)

First in India

• The First Indian to Win Nobel Prize - Rabindranath Tagore.
• The First President of Indian National Congress  - W.C. Banerjee.
• The First British Governor General of India  - Lord William Bentinck.
• The First British Viceroy of India  - Lord Canning.
• The First Governor General of free India  - Lord Mountbatten.
• The First Indian to receive Bharat Ratna Award  - Dr.Radhakrishnan.
• The First judge of International court of justice  - Dr. Nagendra Singh.
• The First foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna  - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
• The First Women Chief Minister of an Indian state  - Mrs. Sucheta Kirpalani.
• The First Women to receive Nobel Prize  - Mother Teresa.
• Women President of the Indian National Congress  - Annie Besant.
• Indian in the British Parliament - Dadabhai Naoroji.
• Musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna  - M.S. Subbulakshmi.
• The First Indian Woman to win a Badminton Grand prix  - Sania Nehwal (2006)
• First Women President  - Pratibha Patil (2007)

73rd Golden Globe Awards

1. Best Picture (Drama) — The Revenant

2. Best Picture (Musical of Comedy) — The Martian

3. Best Director — Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant)

4. Best Actor (Drama) — Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

5. Best Actor (Musical or Comedy) — Matt Damon (The Martian)

6. Best Actress (Drama) — Brie Larson (Room)

7. Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) —Jennifer Lawrence (Joy)

8. Best Supporting Actor — Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

9. Best Supporting — Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)