Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Vietnam joins world's top 10 seafood exporters
Economy: "Viet Nam's seafood products were shipped to over 160 countries worldwide this year, helping the country become one of the world's top 10 seafood exporters, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam."
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Somdev enters history books with first singles gold at Asiad - Hindustan Times
Somdev enters history books with first singles gold at Asiad - Hindustan Times: "Somdev Devvarman today created history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in the men's singles tennis event of the Asian Games after outplaying top seed and world number 44 Denis Istomin 6-1 6-2 in the lop-sided summit clash here."
Monday, November 22, 2010
The Hindu :Somdev-Sanam scoop gold
The Hindu : Sport / Tennis : Somdev-Sanam scoop gold: "Somdev Devvarman became the first Indian to reach the men’s singles final in the history of the Asian Games before winning the men’s doubles gold with Sanam Singh but Sania Mirza and Vishnu Vardhan had to be content with a silver in the tennis competitions, here on Monday."
Sunday, November 21, 2010
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The Battle of the Masts was fought between Byzantines and Egyptians
In 655 AD, 500 Byzantine ships fought 200 Egyptian vessels. The two navies came so close their masts touched, allowing hand-to-hand combat between crews. This style of fighting favored the Egyptian Arabs, who slaughtered their numerically superior opponents
Alaska was purchased from...
Alaska was purchased from Russia by Secretary of State William Seward in 1867.
The first submachine gun was invented in Italy
Bethel Abiel Revelli, a machine-gun designer, developed the Villar Perosain 1915. It fired pistol cartridges using the blow-back method; the breechblock prevented cartridges from moving rearward until the bullet left the barrel. The weapon was not very successful,
worst earthquake in history
The Shaanxi Earthquake in 1556 is believed to have killed 830,000 people. Aftershocks continued for months. It is also known as the Jiajing Great Earthquake, named for the ruling emperor of the time, Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty.
Who said : "Men make history and not the other way around"
Harry S. Truman said, "Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.? The quote appeared in the February 22, 1959 issue of This Week magazine.
Who published the newspaper North Star, which advocated for social change?
Frederick Douglass. The North Star was an anti-slavery newspaper he published in Rochester, New York. It called the abolitionist movement to political action.
Asiad: Ashish Kumar creates history
Asiad: Ashish Kumar creates history
India’s Ashish Kumar created history on Tuesday after he became the first ever Indian to win a medal in the gymnastics event at the Asian Games.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Mahatma Gandhi's first and only visit to All India Radio studio
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National Public Service Broadcasting Day is being celebrated today. The day is celebrated on 12th of November every year in the counrty to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's first and only visit to All India Radio studio for addressing the refugees from Pakistan stationed at refugee camp in Kurukshetra.
A function was organised in the premises of Broadcasting House in the national capital and Gandhiji's address was played to mark the occassion.
The National Public Broadcasting Day was also celebrated by the Broadcast Engineering Society.
National Public Service Broadcasting Day is being celebrated today. The day is celebrated on 12th of November every year in the counrty to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's first and only visit to All India Radio studio for addressing the refugees from Pakistan stationed at refugee camp in Kurukshetra.
A function was organised in the premises of Broadcasting House in the national capital and Gandhiji's address was played to mark the occassion.
The National Public Broadcasting Day was also celebrated by the Broadcast Engineering Society.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Interesting Facts about India
India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.- When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
- The name 'India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu.
- The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name 'Hindustan' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.
- Chess was invented in India.
- Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
- The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C.
- The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.
- India is the largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest Country in the world, and one of the most ancient civilizations.
- The game of Snakes & Ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat'. The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. In time, the game underwent several modifications, but its meaning remained the same, i.e. good deeds take people to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.
- The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
- India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.
- The largest employer in India is the Indian Railways, employing over a million people.
- The world's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
- Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The Father of Medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
- India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
- The Art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh over 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word 'NAVGATIH'. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.
- Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the Sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. According to his calculation, the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun was 365.258756484 days.
- The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, long before the European mathematicians.
- Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus also originated in India.Quadratic Equations were used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53 (i.e. 10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 B.C.during the Vedic period.Even today, the largest used number is Terra: 10*12(10 to the power of 12).
- Until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world
(Source: Gemological Institute of America). - The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982.
- Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.
- Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism,physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.
- India exports software to 90 countries.
- The four religions born in India - Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population.
- Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively.
- Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion.
- There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.
- The oldest European church and synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin. They were built in 1503 and 1568 respectively.
- Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C. and 52 A.D. respectively
- The largest religious building in the world is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century.
- The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.
- Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577.
- Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
- India provides safety for more than 300,000 refugees originally from Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who escaped to flee religious and political persecution.
- His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, runs his government in exile from Dharmashala in northern India.
- Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.
- Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq wins the Prix Goncourt for his novel La Carte et le territoire.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
The Nixon You Never Knew - Photo Gallery - LIFE
The Nixon You Never Knew - Photo Gallery - LIFE
Few American presidents have ever sparked the sort of visceral reaction in American citizens -- and, indeed, around the world -- as the 37th man to hold the office, Richard Milhous Nixon. His supporters, especially early in his career, loved him. His detractors -- well, not to put too fine a point on it, they absolutely despised him. But love him or hate him, Nixon was a remarkably complex, contradictory man, often confounding allies and enemies alike with pronouncements and policy decisions that seemed, at first, to follow a logic known only to the notoriously private man from tiny Yorba Linda, California. Pictured: Four-year-old Richard Nixon (1913 - 1994) poses in a sailor suit in 1917. Nixon was born to a strict Quaker household scarred by tragedy. Two of his brothers died before he was 21, and when he was 9, the family ranch failed, forcing the Nixons to move to nearby Whittier, Calif.
Few American presidents have ever sparked the sort of visceral reaction in American citizens -- and, indeed, around the world -- as the 37th man to hold the office, Richard Milhous Nixon. His supporters, especially early in his career, loved him. His detractors -- well, not to put too fine a point on it, they absolutely despised him. But love him or hate him, Nixon was a remarkably complex, contradictory man, often confounding allies and enemies alike with pronouncements and policy decisions that seemed, at first, to follow a logic known only to the notoriously private man from tiny Yorba Linda, California. Pictured: Four-year-old Richard Nixon (1913 - 1994) poses in a sailor suit in 1917. Nixon was born to a strict Quaker household scarred by tragedy. Two of his brothers died before he was 21, and when he was 9, the family ranch failed, forcing the Nixons to move to nearby Whittier, Calif.
Marone
Marone is one of the major communes in the state of Lombardy in Italy, which comes under the province of Brescia. The Marone commune is located in between of Naviglio and Mella at the foot of the Alps. The Marone city is considered as the largest administrative capital in Italy and it is the center of third largest industrial area in the country. The major employers in the city of Marone are financial sector and tourism.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Stone age humans took 2 mn years to develop brain power
Stone age humans took 2 mn years to develop brain power: "Stone age humans took nearly two million years to develop the brain power to make sophisticated tools like hand-held stone axes, a new study has claimed.
Researchers at the Imperial College London have found that the early humans needed so long to produce advanced implements because the ability to handle complex thought was a slow evolution."
Researchers at the Imperial College London have found that the early humans needed so long to produce advanced implements because the ability to handle complex thought was a slow evolution."
Nepali boy could be youngest Everest conqueror | Deccan Chronicle | 2010-11-08
Nepali boy could be youngest Everest conqueror | Deccan Chronicle | 2010-11-08: "A Nepalese boy aged nine is on the way to becoming the youngest person to climb the world's highest mountain, Everest.
Tseten Sherpa, who scaled a 6,000-metre peak last week, could beat the record set by American Jordan Romero, who was 13 when he managed the feat in May."
Tseten Sherpa, who scaled a 6,000-metre peak last week, could beat the record set by American Jordan Romero, who was 13 when he managed the feat in May."
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Nove 3, 1838
Nove 3, 1838 – The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
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