Association Name: National Cricket Academy Established By: Board of Control for Cricket in India- BCCI Founder / Founded In: Raj Singh Dungarpur / Year 2000 Location / Address: M Chinnaswamy Stadium – Queens Road, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001 India Website: www.mrfpacefoundation.com The National Cricket Academy (NCA) was set up under the aegis of the Board of Control for Cricket …

Association Name: MRF Pace Foundation Former: MRF Limited (In year 1987) Location / Address: MCC School, Chetpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600031 India Focus: Training fast bowlers (Cricket) Website: www.mrfpacefoundation.com The MRF Pace Foundation came into existence in August 1987, with legendary Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee at the helm of its affairs. The Foundation is dedicated to bringing forth genuine …

The World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) is an international Buddhist organization which was founded in B.E. 2493 (1950) in Sri Lanka where representatives from 27 countries from Asia, Europe and North America met for the first time in history. Buddhist delegates from all over the world representing various schools of Buddhism, viz., Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions, were unified under …

Mothers Day is celebrated in several country across the globe though the month and date on which Mother’s Day is celebrated in different countries varies. Most countries celebrate Mother’s Day on second Sunday in the Month of May. This Mother’s Day date was declared by US President Woodrow Wilson on May 8, 1914 when he signed a Joint Resolution designating …

On June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed legislation that had been rushed through Congress, declaring Labor Day a national holiday, to be observed the first Monday in September. When did Congress vote Labour Day a federal holiday? Since 1883, Labor Day had been celebrated at local and state levels. Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the …

Which state first granted Labour Day legal status as holiday? Oregon passed on February 21, 1887 the first legislation in the country to officially recognize the “workingman’s holiday”. Labor Day was first celebrated five years earlier, on Tuesday, September 5, 1882 in New York City. The Central Labor Union urged other labor organizations to recognize the holiday, which was moved …

Labour in India refers to employment in the economy of India. In 2012, there were around 487 million workers in India, the second largest after China. Of these over 94 percent work in unincorporated, unorganized enterprises ranging from pushcart vendors to home-based diamond and gem polishing operations. The organised sector includes workers employed by the government, state-owned enterprises and private …

Why France celebrate Labour Day or May Day? Strangely enough, it started in the USA. On 1 May 1886 American Labor Unions organized a strike in favor of limiting working hours to an eight-hour day. In 1889 the 2nd Socialist International decided to may May 1st a special day for demonstrations. But it was a right-wing government that consolidated the …

Manav Ekta Diwas, Human Unity Day: Consistently April 24th is commended as Manav Ekta Divas or Human Unity Day in entire Nirankari world. The day is the commemoration of the forfeit by Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji for the whole Humanity. Baba Gurbachan Singh Ji was an awesome holy person who lectured human fraternity through profound arousing of masses. Since his …

Until quite recently it was thought that there were no abundant life forms on this planet until about 600 million years ago. When we remember that the Earth itself is at least 4500 million years old, it does seem to have taken a very long time before any animals or plants appeared. Then, geologically speaking, they must have developed very …