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World Politics

1. Which is the largest evacuation of people from any war zone nation? Ans: Evacuation of Indians from Kuwait during war between Iraq and Kuwait in the year 1991 is considered largest evacuation ever in the world. 2. Who was the chief guest to witness the  67th Republic Day parade in India. Ans: French President Francois Hollande was the first French President to witness Indian Republic Day parade. It was 67th Republic Day on 26th Jan 2016. 3. Which country has the longest constitution in the world? Ans: Indian constitution is the longest constitution in the world. It took around 2 Years 11 months and 17 days to complete, the panel which constitutes this Constitution draft was headed by Dr B.R Ambedkar.

Spanning the Bengali Space

Travel Blog   I arrived at Kolkata international airport at 8pm of a rather chilly, December evening. Exhausted, as I collected my luggage and staggered out of the airport gates, my eyes fell on a shiny, yellow Ambassador car. Wow! Ambassador after so many years awakens nostalgia in a really strong manner. The first amazing piece of info I gathered at the first step in this city is that Kolkata proudly continues the tradition of black and yellow Ambassador taxi services to date. This is probably the only place in India where you can relive those old days that had sleepy afternoons in the back seat of a fat ambassador with the soothing music of Kishore Da songs lulling you off. “ I discovered the shy and novice Kolkata that had a branded feel to every thing it possessed ” -Aeshy This Black and Yellow Ambassador TAXI lets you know you reached Kolkata Kolkata air is not spine chilling like Delhi, nor is it lukewarm like the winters in Andhra or Odisha, its pleasurable

Bullet ride from Delhi to Mussoorie

Travel Blog My experience from Delhi to Mussoorie on Bike My experience from Delhi to Mussoorie on Bike Let’s Begin It was really an unusual day, I never wake up by 5 in the morning, but that day was special and well-advanced plan at least we had planned for Mussorie the previous night at around 8:30PM to be precise. Christmas day, a long weekend ahead and what can be better than to have a getaway from Delhi to Mussoorie and that too with my love Royal Enfield Bullet - Classic 350. Dug~dug~dug... Gloves, Goggles, helmet all on and a backpack with a DSLR camera, a T-Shirt, Undies and an unforgettable wallet with some cash for my Queen Dug~Dug~Dug. Near Kempty Falls, Mussoorie Maggi Point, Mussoorie It’s around 6:15am now, and we ‘the two riders’ left for the Queen of hills, with our Queens “Bullet Rani”. Mussoorie is almost 287 km from Noida where we have our nests and took shelter in. So, approximately it was to take not more than 7 hours with all th

Rafting experience in Rishikesh from Marine Drive, Shivpuri to Laxman Jhula

It was screechy sunny day amidst cool breezy weather on the 1st of Jan 2016. We had taken shelter in the camps near riverside Ganga in Shivpuri the previous night. We planned to get some inspection done before we actually land upon the rafts. We headed first towards the prospect, start point Marine Drive and found the milestone reading 26kms to Rishikesh which takes around 4 to 5 hours to ride in the raft. Whoa! we had planned for 26kms ride on a raft only second to 36 km ride available in Rishikesh from Kaudiyala which takes around 8 to 9 hours. Riverside Camping in Shivpuri, Rishikesh Camps in Shivpuri, Rishikesh A tributary of River Ganga by the side of camps The stay was pleasant with DJ music, bonfire, dance, buffet and of course the beer who love having it. In the morning 6AM temperature was around 3 degrees which rose with the advent of day and we were all tucked up with the things to carry along and rest to be boarded on our vehicle. Raft instructor had allowe

Only Tsu can do to Facebook what Facebook did to Orkut

I'm not saying you will start earning in millions in a few days, but at least you will earn for your contents. You won't believe how much content you generate in one single day by just logging into Facebook and posting/liking/sharing either your personal images/videos or simple text messages. Why not earn loyalty for your generated contents. tsu.co  is a social network service launched in July 2013 by Sebastian Sobczak. Facebook sensed the potential of the idea of tsu.co and is going all the way out to get it removed from the minds of its users. First Facebook tried blocking its link shared on Facebook, then even scrapped out it's mentioning on the Facebook platform and then termed the link of tsu.co to be spammed. But due to Facebook user's outrage, Facebook finally had to allow posting the links of Tsu.co on the Facebook platform from December 2015. The social network is getting stronger and firm with each coming day and users are seen migrating towards a socia

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