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Ramdev promoted Patanjali Ayurveda and Reliance Jio have featured among the top 10 most influential brand in India, according to a study by the global research firm Ipsos.

Home grown Patanjali and Mukesh Ambani’s controlled Reliance Jio have bagged the fourth and ninth position, respectively. Interestingly, Patanjali and Reliance Jio made an impressive entry as they did not figure in the previous edition of the study.

Besides, Google has been ranked at the top slot while Microsoft and Facebook were ranked at number two and three, respectively. State Bank of India (SBI) being the only financial institution that made to the list, moved up four ranks to take the fifth position. E-commerce player Flipkart dropped three spots to take the tenth place while Amazon climbed couple of steps to take the sixth place. Other companies that made to the list include Samsung (7th) and Airtel (8th).

The two most widely recognized tools used to influence a Nation's Economic activity are Monetary policy and Fiscal policy.

• Monetary policy is primarily concerned with the management of interest rates and the total supply of money in circulation and is generally carried out by central banks

• Fiscal policy is the collective term for the taxing and spending actions of governments.

IUPAC stands for International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

A chemical nomenclature is a set of rules to generate systematic names for chemical compounds. The nomenclature used most frequently worldwide is the one created and developed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

87-year old renowned director Kasinadhuni Viswanath was on 24 April 2017 named for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for outstanding contribution to the film industry. He is a celebrated filmmaker in Telugu film industry but has also been active in Tamil and Hindi cinema.

– He is known for making films on content-driven stories that have revolved around social themes like disability, untouchability and the evils of dowry.

– He becomes the 48th recipient of the award, the highest recognition in Indian cinema, which consists of a golden lotus, a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs and a shawl.

– The recipient of five National Film Awards, Viswanath is known for his movies — “Sankarabharanam”, “Sagara Sangamam” (starring Kamal Haasan and Jayaprada), “Swati Mutyam”, “Saptapadi”, “Kaamchor”, “Sanjog” and “Jaag Utha Insaan” among others.

In the annual World University Rankings released by Times Higher Education, the Indian Institute of Science of India has reached 251-300 band from last year's 201-250 band, while Oxford and Cambridge universities are on the top in the Global 1000 list.

Looking at the diagram in  rows, the central circle equals half the sum of the numbers in the other circles to the left and right of the centre.

The Yarlung Zangbo river in India is known as Brahmaputra. The river Brahmaputra in China is called Yarlung Tsangpo or Yarlung Zangbo river. In Assam and Arunachal Pradesh it is called Lohit or luit meaning blood.

The Brahmaputra is one of the major rivers of Asia, a trans-boundary river which flows through China, India and Bangladesh.