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Bengalis and Bharat Ratna

For a Bengali Champion - to be eligible for being considered for Bharat Ratna - He/She has to win a Nobel/Oscar/Grammy before

Ravi Shankar - First Grammy in 1967, Bharat Ratna in 1999

Satyajit Ray - Oscar - April 1992, Bharat Ratna - Posthumously later in the same year.

Amartya Sen  - Nobel in Economics - 1998, Bharat Ratna - 1999

Tagore  - Nobel in literature - 1913, not considered good enough for Bharat Ratna yet

There are innumerable Bengalis who have enriched and inspired not only their nation but the entire human kind by their expertise - Netaji, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Satyen Bose, Vivekananda, Ramkrishna Paramhansa, Dr. Subhas Mukherjee, Kishore Kumar, R.D. Burman, Sunil Gangopadhyay, to name only a few. Scores of Freedom fighters who laid down their lives at a tender age in the freedom struggle of India - unlike Nehru and other Ratna politicians. Masters who displayed their talent and competed  with the best in the world - not before a select group of nations - real giants, no little masters.

The World's most indebted Nations

Ireland - 1,382%

External debt (as % of GDP): 1,382%

Gross external debt: $2.38 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $172.3 billion

External debt per capita: $566,756


United Kingdom - 413.3%

External debt (as % of GDP): 413.3%

Gross external debt: $8.981 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $2.173 trillion

External debt per capita: $146,953


Switzerland - 401.9%

External debt (as % of GDP): 401.9%

Gross external debt: $1.304 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $324.5 billion

External debt per capita: $171,528


Netherlands - 376.3%

External debt (as % of GDP): 376.3%

Gross external debt: $2.55 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $676.9 billion

External debt per capita: $152,380


Belgium - 335.9%

External debt (as % of GDP): 335.9%

Gross external debt: $1.324 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $394.3 billion

External debt per capita: $127,197


Denmark - 310.4%

External debt (as % of GDP): 310.4%

Gross external debt: $626.1 billion
2010 GDP (est): $201.7 billion

External debt per capita: $113,826


Sweden - 282.2%

External debt (as % of GDP): 282.2%

Gross external debt: $1.001 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $354.7 billion

External debt per capita: $110,479


Finland - 271.5%

External debt (as % of GDP): 271.5%

Gross external debt: $505.06 billion
2010 GDP (est): $186 billion

External debt per capita: $96,197


Austria - 261.1%

External debt (as % of GDP): 261.1%

Gross external debt: $867.14 billion
2010 GDP (est): $332 billion

External debt per capita: $105,616


Norway - 251%

External debt (as % of GDP): 251%

Gross external debt: $640.7 billion
2010 GDP (est): $255.3 billion

External debt per capita: $137,476


Hong Kong - 250.4%

External debt (as % of GDP): 250.4%

Gross external debt: $815.65 billion
2010 GDP (est): $325.8 billion

External debt per capita: $115,612


France - 250%

External debt (as % of GDP): 250%

Gross external debt: $5.37 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $2.15 trillion

External debt per capita: $83,781


Portugal - 223.6%

External debt (as % of GDP): 223.6%

Gross external debt: $552.23 billion
2010 GDP (est): $247 billion

External debt per capita: $51,572


Germany - 185.1%

External debt (as % of GDP): 185.1%

Gross external debt: $5.44 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $2.94 trillion

External debt per capita: $51,572


Greece - 182.2%

External debt (as % of GDP): 182.2%

Gross external debt: $579.7 billion
2010 GDP (est): $318.1 billion

External debt per capita: $53,984


Spain - 179.4%

External debt (as % of GDP): 179.4%

Gross external debt: $2.46 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $1.37 trillion

External debt per capita: $60,614


Italy - 146.6%

External debt (as % of GDP): 146.6%

Gross external debt: $2.602 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $1.77 trillion

External debt per capita: $44,760

Australia - 138.9%

External debt (as % of GDP): 138.9%

Gross external debt: $1.23 trillion
2010 GDP (est): $882.4 billion

External debt per capita: $57,641


Hungary - 120.1%

External debt (as % of GDP): 120.1%

Gross external debt: $225.24 billion
2009 GDP (est): $187.6 billion

External debt per capita: $22,739


United States - 101.1%

External debt (as % of GDP): 101.1%

Gross external debt: $14.825 trillion
2009 GDP (est): $14.66 trillion

External debt per capita: $48,258

http://www.cnbc.com/id/30308959/The_World_s_Biggest_Debtor_Nations

Debt laden Companies (US)

http://www.cnbc.com/id/44762994

The devil that is engulfing India

The Delhi High Court fixed October 14 to hear a petition seeking cancellation of license granted to Mukesh Ambani-led RIL for exploration of gas in the Krishna-Godavari Basin on the ground that the JV betwen RIL and Canada-based NIKO cheated the government by inflating the expenditure in connivance with a top official. The petitioner also alleged late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy had opposed the multi-fold increase just before he was killed in a helicopter crash.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/scribe-moves-hc-seeking-cancellation-of-rils-licence-for-kg/854034/0

Crude Price

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