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Comedy of Errors

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Comedy of Errors is William Shakespeare's shortest and one of his most farcical comedies.  The setting is Ephesus, present-day Turkey, which was a leading trade centre in ancient times. A…

Chandragupta Maurya

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Chandragupta Maurya was born sometime around 340 BCE, reportedly in Patna, now in the Bihar state of India. He was of humble origin, since nobody recorded anything about him until…

City of Seven Hills

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Rome is also revered as the City of seven Hills. It refers to the group of hills on or about which the ancient city of Rome was built.  The original…

Lake Superior

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The surface area of Lake Superior is 82,170 square kilometres, making it the world's largest freshwater lake. Lake Superior contains 10% of all the earth's fresh surface water. The lake…

Guru Arjan Dev

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Guru Arjan Dev was the fifth of the ten Sikh Gurus, who compiled writings to create the eleventh, the living Guru, Guru Granth Sahib. He followed the path of Guru…

Ramadan Kareem

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Sounds of Ramadan Kareem fill the air in this holy month of Ramzan.  Ramzan marks the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and is observed by Muslims worldwide as a…

Salt Lake Stadium

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The Salt Lake Stadium or 'Yuva Bharati Krirangan' Stadium of Kolkata located at Bidhannagar, West Bengal. Salt Lake Stadium is the largest stadium in India and second largest football stadium…

Cherrapunji

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  Cherrapunji is a town in the East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya, an eastern state in India. It is credited as being the wettest place on Earth. Till date,…

Sikkim

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Sikkim was recognized as an independent nation till 1974. On 16 May 1975, Sikkim officially became the 22nd state of India. The state is surrounded by Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and…

Oldest Indian Church

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St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Palayur in Kerala, a southern state of India, is the Oldest Indian Church. The Syro-Malabar Church is an Apostolic Church which traces its origin to the…

Outstanding Sportsperson Recognition

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Outstanding sportsperson recognition by the Republic of India – The ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna’ award.  The award is named after Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India who served the office from 1984…

Oldest Teak Plantation

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Nilambur in Malappuram district of Kerala, a southern state of India, is renowned for the oldest teak plantation in the world. The place is noted for its tribal settlements, the world's…

Thangka Art – Nepal

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  A thangka is a art form that originated in Nepal dating back to the 6th or the 7th century, when it was exported to Tibet after Princess Bhrikuti of…

Olive Oil refinery

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On 3 October 2014 became the first state of India to start Olive Oil refinery. The refinery was established at a cost of Rs. 3.75 crore in Lunkaransar area of…

Odissi Dance

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The Odissi dance is the Indian classical dance from the Eastern state of Odisha.  It has a long, yet broken tradition.  Although dance in Odissa may be traced back more…

Allahabad – The Spiritual City

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Allahabad city, also known as Prayag or Ilahabad, is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city's original name; Prayaga or "place of offerings", comes from its…

Leh Airport

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  The Leh Airport, Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, is known as Kushok Bakula Rimpoche Airport. It is the highest Indian airport and one of the highest airports in the world at 3,256 m…

Howrah Bridge

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Howrah Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans over the Hooghly River in West Bengal. The construction of bridge was started on 1936 and ended in 1942. It was opened…

The Bombay Stock Exchange

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The two main stock exchanges for Equity Trading in India are the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE).  BSE is the oldest stock exchange in Asia…

The Great Wall of China

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The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure in the world. It is not a single wall. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century…

Lasers

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Lasers are devices that emit light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The term “LASER” is an acronym for “Light Amplification by…

Alam Ara

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Alam Ara, meaning 'The Ornament of the World' is a 1931 film directed by Ardeshir M. Irani.      Ardeshir Irani was an exhibitor of foreign movies who eventually turned…

Longest Railway Platform

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  Gorakhpur is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is  located along the banks of Rapti river in the eastern part of the Indian state of Uttar…

Meerut Mutiny

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Meerut, a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. is popularly associated with the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British East India Company. It is an ancient city…

Jnanpith Award

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Bhartiya Jnanpith Award is conferred for the best literary writing by an Indian citizen in a language listed in Eight Schedule of the Indian Constitution. The award was instituted in…

Mystical Marvel

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Lucknow, commonly referred to as The City of Nawabs, was once the capital city under the Nawabs of Awadh. Some of the architectural marvels of that era that are still…

Politically Correct

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The present speaker of Lok Sabha, Sumitra Mahajan, is the second woman speaker in the Parliament since independence of the country. The first one being Meira Kumar.     She…

Great Game

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Moksha Patam originated in India as a family of dice board games. During the colonial rule, the game wound its way to England, where it became known as Snakes and…

Scindia School

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The Scindia School founded by the late Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia of Gwalior in 1897 is an Indian residential school for boys, situated in the historic Gwalior Fort, in the city…

Legal Lady

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  A blindfolded women holding a balanced scale is revered as symbol of justice.   Justitia or Lady Justice, the Roman goddess of Justice is a personification of the moral force in judicial systems.…

Revered Ratna

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The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Facts about Bharat Ratna The award was started by formal President of India Rajendra Prasad on 2nd…

Rontgen Radiation

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X – rays, discovered by German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen are electromagnectic waves with wavelength range 0.1 ‎Å – 100 ‎Å Facts on X-Ray   The discovery of X-rays was an…

Dolly Delivered

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The first mammal to be clonned was a sheep named Dolly, synthesized by Dr. Ian Wilmu, UK.   Nitesh MittalNitesh is a graduate from the prestigious Delhi University and manages…

Blessed Bihar

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Bihar is the land, where two religions have originated – Buddhism and Jainism. It is also the birth place of tenth Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh. Nirbhay DubeySimplicity is the ultimate…

Fascinating Fleet

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The entire public transport system in the National Capital city of New Delhi runs on eco-friendly CNG.   Some Facts Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus service is the largest CNG-powered bus…

Outstanding Opera

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The Sydney Opera House, placed at Bennelong Point on Circular Quay East in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is a full-scale performing-arts complex with five major performing spaces. Some Interesting…

Service Before Self

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The National Defence Academy (NDA) is the Joint Services academy of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force train…

Rocking Ramoji

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The Ramoji Film City situated in Hyderabad, over 2000 acres, is the largest integrated film city in the world. It is also a popular tourism and recreation centre, containing both…

Riverine Retreat

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Majuli is the largest inhabited river island in the world.  The island is formed by the Brahmaputra river in the south and the Kherkutia Xuti, an anabranch of the Brahmaputra,…

Prominent Ports

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Visakhapatnam, nicknamed Vizag, is the largest city both in terms of area and population in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the coast of Bay of Bengal in…

Bustling Bangaluru

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Bangaluru, erstwhile known as Bangalore is the capital of Karnataka, a state in India. Bangalore is known as the 'Silicon Valley of India' because of its role as the nation's…

Intriguing Israel

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Israel is the only country to revive an unspoken language, Hebrew and establish it as one its two national languages.   Nitesh MittalNitesh is a graduate from the prestigious Delhi…

Enthralling East

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Kolkata formerly known as Calcutta, was once the capital of India, until 1911 under the colonial rule of the British. Today, it is the capital of West Bengal, a state in India.…

Like Labour

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Nitesh MittalNitesh is a graduate from the prestigious Delhi University and manages the content syndication and oversees quality control. His subtle wit and skills are much like a Ninja warrior,…

Rising Russia

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Russia, officially known as The Russian Federation is the successor state of USSR.  It is the largest country in the world, having approximately one-eighth of inhabited area. More recently, Russia…

Fearless Few

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Marine Commandos popularly known as MARCOS, is the special forces unit of the Indian Navy. They with the motto "The few the fearless" are extensively feared by terrorists who call…

Olympic 2016

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The Summer Olympic Games 2016 will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil which will be the first Olympic Games ever held in South America. The slogan of this Olympic…

Formidable Forces

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The Garud Commando Force is the Special Forces unit of the Indian Air Force whose name is inspired from Garuda, a sacred bird of Hindu Mythology. Their motto is॥प्रहार से…

Fantastic Finnish

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Finland has been found to have the best education system in the world.  The Children in Finland don’t begin school until age seven. Finland heavily subsidizes daycare for children, and…

Midday Meals

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The Midday Meal Scheme is a school meal programme of the Government of India conceived to improve the nutritional status of school-age children nationwide. It was also envisaged to stop…