Monsoon ailments
Monsoon is very much here. Along with the rainfall there is also a sudden increase in the occurrence of a number of ailments peculiar to this season. Chief among them are typhoid fever, cholera,...
Category: General Knowledge
Sports Quiz 1
Choose the correct answer. 1. Who is the first Tour de France winner to fail a drugs test? a) Roberto Heras b) Floyd Landis c) Armstrong d) None of these 2. Who won the...
Tour de France
The Tour de France is the world’s best-known cycling race A three-week long road race, it is broken into stages. The time each rider takes to complete each stage is recorded and accumulated. The...
European Space Agency | World Organizations
The European Space Agency (ESA), established in 1975, is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space. It has 17 member states at the moment. ESA has its headquarters in Paris. ESA has...
Polar bears are in trouble because Arctic ice is melting
Alaskan polar bears have mastered the art of living in ice. Even during the frigid days of winter, these furry white creatures don’t hibernate in cozy dens, like other bears do. Instead, they go...
What are comets?
Astronomers recently watched a comet break into pieces, practically before their eyes. Their observations, reported by scientists at Johns Hopkins University, have given them surprising insight into the structure of these space objects. What...
December 23 | This day in history
Former Indian Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh was born on December 23, 1902. He was Deputy Prime Minister in the Morarji Desai government that assumed office in 1977. In 1979 Morarji Desai resigned as...
Major Events That Took Place on December 25
People all over the world celebrate Christmas, the birthday of Jesus Christ, on December 25. Actually, 25th December is a monumental day. A lot of events having both national and international importance took place...