Chinchilla, Australia – February 12, 2017 – Chinchilla is renowned as the ‘Melon Capital’ of Australia, hosting the ‘Melonfest’ once every two years; the fruitful event is situated less than 300km from Brisbane and has events for all ages- ranging from Melon Markets to the Melon Big Bash Cricket, and sets the world record for the Biggest Melon Festival. Photo: …

Aarhus, Denmark – February 10, 2017 – The wind turbine Vestas V164 can generate a whopping 216,000 kWh of energy in the space of 24 hours; each of the propellers on the turbine is 80 meters (263 feet) in length and weighs about 38 tons; standing at 220 meters (722 feet) in height, it sets the new world record for …

Doha, Qatar – February 7, 2017 – A Boeing 777 departed from Doha, Qatar and landed in Auckland, New Zealand after flying 9,031 miles (14,535 kilometers); the scheduled time for the return flight is 17 hours and 30 minutes, thus setting the new world record for the longest commercial flight. Photo: Qatar Airways flight 921 is the longest scheduled commercial …

Chinese New Year Images for Facebook, WhatApp: Chinese New Year is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. It is also known as the Spring Festival, the literal translation of the modern Chinese name. Celebrations traditionally run from the evening preceding the first day, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of …

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA – January 8, 2017 – Kingston Digital, Inc. announced DataTraveler® Ultimate Generation Terabyte (GT), which offers up to 2TB of storage space and USB 3.1 Gen 1 (USB 3.0) performance, thus setting the new world record for the Largest USB Flash Drive. Photo: DataTraveler® Ultimate Generation Terabyte (GT), the world’s highest capacity USB Flash drive. DataTraveler Ultimate …

Nanded (pronounced Nander), formerly in Hyderabad State is now a district town in Maharashtra. It is a railway station on the Manmad-Secunderabad section of South Central Railway. One of the five Sikh Takhts is located here and the Sikhs reverently refer to it as Hazur Sahib. Nanded is associated with the first and the last of the Sikh Gurus. While …

Newry, Northern Ireland – December 24, 2016 – The people of Newry have broken the Guinness world record for the world’s largest gathering of people dressed as snowmen; Newry sailed into the record books after it managed 398 people dressed as snowmen in one place. Photo: The people of Newry have broken the record for the world’s largest gathering of …

London, United Kingdom – December 16, 2016 – Amazon had completed its first fully autonomous drone delivery to an Amazon customer; It happened in the UK, where someone named Richard ordered an Amazon Fire Stick streaming device and a bag of popcorn and found the goods at his doorstep in the Cambridgeshire countryside 13 minutes later, thus setting the new …

Born On: 24 February 1948 (Mysore, India) Died On: 5 December 2016 (Chennai, Tamil Nadu) Career: Actress and Politician Jayalalithaa Jayaram is one of those few former iconic superstars who have not only attained a legendary status in the realms of cinema, but also continue to supersede other influential public figures in the state politics of Tamil Nadu. Over the …

Jayalalithaa Jayaraman (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016) was an Indian actor and politician who served five terms as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, for over fourteen years between 1991 and 2016. She was a leading actress before her entry into politics and appeared in 140 films from 1961 to 1980 in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi industries.