London, UK – June 20, 2016 – A world record was set at Avoncliff’s Cross Guns pub when Holt’s brewery bought the largest round of beer; between noon and 2pm, Box Steam Brewery ordered 412 drinks for assembled guests including the Mayor of Trowbridge, Councillor Linda Self, thus setting the new world record for the Largest round of beer. Photo: …
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चश्मा साफ़ करते हुए उस बुज़ुर्ग ने अपनी पत्नी से कहा हमारे ज़माने में मोबाइल नही थे…! पत्नी: पर ठीक पाँच बजकर पचपन मिनीट पर मैं पानी का ग्लास लेकर दरवाज़े पे आती और आप आ पहुँचते। पति: हाँ – मैंने तीस साल नौकरी की पर आज तक में समझ नही पाया कि मैं आता इसलिए तुम पानी लाती या तुम पानी लेकर आती इसलिये मैं …
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA – May 24, 2016 – The Greatest height from which a basketball is shot now stands at 533ft (162.45m); the shot was performed from Cotter Ranch Tower in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and bettered the previous record – Australian Brett Standord’s 415ft (126.5m) – by a remarkable 118ft (35.95m). Photo: Five friends from Frisco, Texas, known as …
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Dubai, UAE – May 17, 2016 – Employees from Majid Al Futtaim – the shopping mall, retail and leisure giant across the Middle East and North Africa – painted 930 wooden blocks in four hours – measuring 45.5 m2 (489.75 ft2), thus setting the new world record for the the largest painted wooden block mosaic. Photo: Employees from Majid Al …
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Sunil Dutt (Hindi: सुनील दत्त, June 6, 1928 – May 25, 2005), born as Balraj Dutt was an Indian Hindi movie actor, producer, director and politician. He was the cabinet minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government (2004-2005). His son, Sanjay Dutt, is currently also a Bollywood star. In 1984 he joined the Congress party and …
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Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pages: 232 Price: Rs. 250 For millions of young Indians, it is the ultimate test of their calibre. If after months and years of arduous and intensive preparations, disrupted lives and other sacrifices, they qualify in the civil service examinations, they may think they are now well set in life. But are they? And are their …
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Kannitverstan is a short story by the German author Johann Peter Hebel, which first appeared as a calendar story in 1808 in Rheinländischer Hausfreund (Rhenish family friend). एक जरमन यात्री घूमते हुए नीदरलैंड की राजधानी एमस्टर्डम पहुंचा वहां बहुत शानदार इमारत पर उस की नजर पड़ी। उस ने अपनी पूरी यात्रा में इस अधिक शानदार इमारत नहीं देखी थी। वह …
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Huntington Beach, California, USA – May 6, 2016 – A World Record for the most s’mores being made simultaneously was set after 423 people roasted marshmallows, chocolate and graham cracker sandwiches were made at Huntington State Beach, during an event put on by clothing company Hollister Co. and SeriousFun Children’s Network. Photo: A World Record for the most s’mores being made …
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 449 Price: Rs.499 In 1969, the Wellesley College for women, near Boston, agreed to have a student speaker at its graduation ceremony – and the very first one abandoned most of her prepared text for an impromptu, impassioned rebuttal of the chief guest’s (a Massachusetts senator) address, and to outline her generation’s divergent goals and vision of …
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Publisher: Notion Press Pages: 90 Price: Rs. 199 Imagine you are on a treadmill and don’t have a pause button or you are driving a car that has no brakes in it. For the individual in either of the situations, death or being seriously hurt is guaranteed. Dr. Gaurav Nigam’s first book, “Devil Inside My Mind”, reflects this roller-coaster ride …
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