1.Edward Mordrake
He is no more. Lived in 19th century. He asked doctors to remove his back face no one attempted because of complexity. so attempted suicide at his 23rd yr.
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India's Tallest statues
| Sl.no | Statue | Depicts | Location | Height Feet | ||
| 1 | Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami | Hanuman | Paritala Near Vijayawada,Andhra Pradesh | 135 | ||
| 2 | Statue ofPadmasambhavain Rewalsar | Guru Rinpoche | Rewalsar,Himachal Pradesh | 123 | ||
| 3 | Shiva ofMurudeshwara | Shiva | Murudeshwara, district of Uttara Kannada,Karnataka | 122 | ||
| 4 | Statue ofPadmasambhavain Namchi | GuruRinpoche | Namchi, Sikkim | 118 | ||
| 5 | Hanuman Murtiin Shimla | Hanuman | Shimla, Himachal Pradesh | 108 | ||
| 6 | Basava statue atBasavakalyan,Bidar | Basava | Basavakalyan,Karnataka | 108 | ||
| 7 | Kotilingeshwarain Kolar | Shivaling | Kolar, Karnataka | 108 | ||
| 8 | Mindroling MonasteryBuddha statue | Buddha | Dehradun,Uttarakhand state | 107 | ||
| 9 | Hanuman inNandura | Hanuman | Maharashtra | 105 | ||
| 10 | Shiva of the Har-ki-Pauri | Shiva | Haridwar,Uttarakhand | 100 | ||
| 11 | Thiruvalluvar Statue | Tiruvalluvar | Kanyakumari,Tamil Nadu | 95 | ||
| 12 | Chinmaya Ganadhish | Ganesha | Kolhapur,Maharashtrastate | 85 | ||
| 13 | Shivagiri of Bijapur | Shiva | Bijapur,Karnataka | 85 | ||
| 14 | Adinath,Bawangaja | Adinath | Barwani,Madhya Pradesh | 84 | ||
| 15 | Hanuman of the Ram Tirath temple | Hanuman | Amritsar,Punjab state | 80 | ||
| 16 | Lord Shiva | Shiva Temple, Kachnar City | Jabalpur,Madhya Pradesh state | 76 | ||
| 17 | Hanuman Vatika | Hanuman | Rourkela,Orissa state | 75 | ||
| 18 | Golden Buddha in the Likir Monastery | Buddha -Maitreya Buddha | Ladakh,Jammu and Kashmir | 75 |
The Sun
•The Sun is one among the 200 billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy.
•The Sun is one among the 6000 stars, which is visible to naked eye from the Earth.
•The mass of Sun is 1.989 x 1030 kg (Approximately 2 million trillion trillion kilograms).
•The Sun's energy output is 386 billion billion megawatt.
•The Earth receives 94 billion megawatt of energy from Sun. This is equivalent to 40,000 times the power requirement of United states.
•The reaction taking place in Sun is nuclear fusion, same as a Hydrogen bomb.
•Each second 700 million tons of Hydrogen are converted to 695 million tons of Helium and 5 million tons of energy in the form of gamma rays.
•Each second the Sun loses 5 million tons of material.
•The Sun's temperature at its core is 14 million Kelvin.
•The pressure at the Sun's core is 340 billion times the pressure at the Earth's atmosphere.
•The density of matter at the Sun's core is about 150 times the density of water in the Earth.
•It takes up to 50 million years for the energy produced at the core of the Sun to reach its surface.
•If the Sun were to stop producing energy today, it would take 50 million years for significant effects to be felt at Earth.
World Tallest 15 Statues
| sl.no | Statue | Country | Feet | |
| 1 | Spring Temple Buddha | China | 420 | |
| 2 | Laykyun Setkyar | Myanmar | 381 | |
| 3 | Ushiku Daibutsu | Japan | 360 | |
| 4 | Nanshan Haishang Guanyin | China | 354 | |
| 5 | Emperors Yan and Huang | China | 348 | |
| 6 | Sendai Daikannon | Japan | 330 | |
| 7 | Qianshou Qianyan Guanyin of Weishan | China | 325 | |
| 8 | Peter the Great Statue | Russia | 315 | |
| 9 | Great Buddha of Thailand | Thailand | 302 | |
| 10 | Dai Kannon ofKita no Miyakopark | Japan | 289 | |
| 11 | Grand Buddha at Ling Shan | China | 289 | |
| 12 | Rodina-Mat' Zovyot! (The Motherland Calls) | Russia | 279 | |
| 13 | Awaji Kannon | Japan | 260 | |
| 14 | Kaga Kannon | Japan | 240 | |
| 15 | Great StandingMaitreyaBuddha | Taiwan, ROC | 236 |
Zebra
Physical Characteristics
Zebras, horses and wild asses are all equids, long-lived animals that move quickly for their large size and have teeth built for grinding and cropping grass. Zebras have horselike bodies, but their manes are made of short, erect hair, their tails are tufted at the tip and their coats are striped.
Three species of zebra still occur in Africa, two of which are found in East Africa. The most numerous and widespread species in the east is Burchell's, also known as the common or plains zebra. The other is the Grevy's zebra, named for Jules Grevy, a president of France in the 1880s who received one from Abyssinia as a gift, and now found mostly in northern Kenya. (The third species, Equus zebra, is the mountain zebra, found in southern and southwestern Africa.)
The Burchell's zebra is built like a stocky pony. Its coat pattern can vary greatly in number and width of stripes. The stripes are a form of disruptive coloration which breaks up the outline of the body. At dawn or in the evening, when their predators are most active, zebras look indistinct and may confuse predators by distorting distance. Their shiny coats dissipate over 70% of incoming heat.
Habitat
Burchell's zebras inhabit savannas, from treeless grasslands to open woodlands. They sometimes occur in tens of thousands in migratory herds on the Serengeti plains. Grevy's zebras are now mainly restricted to parts of northern Kenya. Although they are adapted to semi-arid conditions and require less water than other zebra species, these zebras compete with domestic livestock for water and have suffered heavy poaching for their meat and skins.
Behavior
The Burchell's zebra’s social system is based on a harem of females led by a stallion. Stallions establish their harems by abducting fillies who have come into their first estrus. These fillies advertise their condition with a peculiar stance: straddled legs with raised tail and lowered head. All the stallions in the area will fight for a filly in this condition, as she will permanently stay with whichever stallion succeeds in mating with her. The newest female in a harem assumes lowest social status and is often received with hostility by the other females. Once a female has bonded to a stallion, she will no longer advertise herself when in estrus.
When a foal is born, the mother keeps all other zebras (even the members of her family) away from it for 2 or 3 days, until it learns to recognize her by sight, voice and smell.
While all foals have a close association with their mothers, the male foals are also close to their fathers. They leave their group on their own accord between the ages of 1 and 4 years to join an all-male bachelor group until they are strong enough to head a family.
Diet
The zebra, though water dependent, is a very adaptable grazer, able to eat both short young shoots and long flowering grasses. It is often a pioneer in the grassland community, the first to enter tall or wet pastures. Wildebeests and gazelle follow once the zebras have trampled and clipped the vegetation shorter.
Predators and Threats
Zebras are important prey for lions and hyenas, and to a lesser extent, for hunting dogs, leopards and cheetahs. When a family group is attacked, the members form a semicircle, face the predator and watch it, ready to bite or strike should the attack continue. If one of the family is injured, the rest will often encircle it to protect it from further attack.
Like many species of East Africa’s grazing animals, the Burchell's zebra is most in danger of habitat loss and competition for water with livestock.
Did You Know?
Romans called Grevy's zebras 'hippotigris' and trained them to pull two-wheeled carts for exhibition in circuses.
At first glance, zebras in a herd might all look alike, but their stripe patterns are as distinctive as fingerprints are in man. Scientists can identify individual zebras by comparing patterns, stripe widths, color and scars.
Curiosity - Astrobiology Robot
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Making a new milestone in mankind’s space odyssey, NASAs’ Curiosity
rover ended its eight-month 566-million-km journey to successfully land at Mars
on August 6, 2012 (11.02 a.m IST). The $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory,
the most sophisticated roving lab ever to land on another planet, touched down
inside the Gale Crater on the surface of the red planet. After the touch-down,
it took Curiosity seven minutes to beam back its first image, a scene of rocky
ground, back to Earth.
The rover will look out for indications of whether the planet once
harboured life. It is NASAs’ first astrobiology mission after the VIKING probes
of 1970s. Curiosity was initially funded for a two-year period. However,
experts now expect that it will continue with its mission for a longer time
span.
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Devendra Kumar Joshi
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1. Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, an
anti-submarine warfare specialist, took over as the new Chief of the Naval
Staff on August 31, 2012. 58 yr old Admiral Joshi succeeds Admiral Nirmal
Verma. He is the 21st chief of the Naval Staff of independent India
and the 19th Indian to command the Indian Navy. Earlier, Admiral
Joshi had commanded the tri-services Andaman and Nicobar Island Command and
also headed the Integrated Defence Staff Headquartered in Delhi. Commissioned
in 1974, Admiral Joshi had also commanded aircraft carrier INS Viraat,
Guided-Missile destroyer Ranvir and Corvette INS Kuthar. A graduate of the
Naval War college, USA, Admiral Joshi is an alumnus of the College of Naval warfare,
Mumbai and National Defence college, New Delhi.
Admiral Joshi is a recipient of the Nausena Medal, the Vishisht Seva
Medal and the Yudh Seva Medal. While commanding the Vizag-based Eastern Fleet,
he was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal as well. He will have a tenure of 3
yr. During his tenure, the Navy will Start the Rs.13,000-crore Phase II expansion
of Project Seabird,the naval harbor under construction near Goa.
Altamas Kabir
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Chief Justice of India(CIJ) Mr. S H Kapadia, who retires on September
28, 2012, recommended the name of Justice Altamas Kabir, the most senior judge
in the Supreme Court of India, as his successor. It is a normal practice for
the outgoing CJI to suggest the name of the next incumbent, based on seniority.
Justice Altamas kabir will be the 39th Chief Justice of India
following his swearing on September 29, 2012.
Born in Faridpur ( now in Bangladesh) on July 19, 1948. Justice Kabir
was enrolled as an advocate in 1973 and practiced in the District Court and the
Calcutta High Court in Civil and Criminal sides. He was appointed as a
permanent Judge in the Calcutta High Court on August 6, 1990. Justice Kabir was
thereafter appointed as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court on March
1, 2005. He was elevated to the post of Judge of the Supreme Court in September
2005. He has rendered several landmark judgments, particularly on human rights
and election laws. Justice Kabir the nephew of the late Union Minister Humayun
Kabir,who served with former PM Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and
Indira Gandhi. Justice Kabir will hold the country’s highest judicial position
till July 18, 2013 when he attains the age of 65.
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Michael Phelps
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Greatest
Olympian of all time - Michael Phelps of USA. One of the greatest swimmers in
the history of sports, pulled the curtain down on his brilliant career on August 4, 2012 with befitting ending a Gold
Medal in the 4 x 100- meter medley relay
at the London Olympics 2012. Phelps total in four Olympics are a record 22
Medals [18 – Golds, 2 – Silvers, 2 – Bronzes ], 51 races and 9000 meters of
swimming. The 27 year old Phelps also holds the all-time records for Gold
Medals (18). Gold Medals in individual events (11) and Olympic medals in
individual events for a male (13). With this astounding feat, the ace swimmer
has stamped his authority as the greatest Olympian of all time.
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AWARDS & PRIZES
1.
The
Nobel Prize:
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| Nobel Award |
The Nobel Prize is an international award given
annually since 1901 for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine,
literature and peace. The prize consists of a medal, a personal diploma, and a
prize amount. In 1968, the Sveriges Rikxbank (Bank of Sweden) instituted the
prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of Nobel Prize.
The festival day of the Nobel Foundation is on 10 December, the death
anniversary of the testator.
2.
Bharat
Ratna:
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| Bharat Ratna |
The Bharat Ratna is
India’s highest civilian honour. It is generally conferred on 23rd
of January each for rendering outstanding
services to the world community. The award was instituted by the President of
India on 2nd January 1954. The Bharat Ratna medallion is made of
bronze and shapped like a pipal leaf. The ribbon is white. A replica of the sun
with radiating can be seen on the medallion with the words ‘Bharat Ratna’
inscribed beneath it. Our national emblem (the lion capital of Sarnath) is
embossed on the reverse with the national motto ‘Satyameva Jayate’ (Only truth
shall prevail). The award can also be granted posthumously. The awards are
produc at Kolkata Mint.
3.
Param
Vir Chakra:
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| Param Vir Chakra |
Param Vir Chakra is India’s highest gallantry
award. It is awarded for the highest degree of valour in presence of the enemy.
Officers and other enlisted personnel of all the military branches of India are
eligible for this award. The award was established on 26 January 1950 by the
President of India, with effect from 15 august 1947. The Param Vir Chakra medal
was designed by Savitri Khanolankar, whose son-in-law, Major Somnath Sharma,
coincidentally became the first recipient of the award. The medal symbolizes
Rishi Dadhichi who donated his thigh bones to make Indra’s weapon ‘Vajra’. It
has a radius of 1-3/8 inch and is made of bronze. The words ‘Param Vir Chakra’
are written on it in English and Hindi. A purple ribbon, 32 mm long, holds the
medal. [The ward is India’s post-Independence equivalent of the Victoria Cross.
The Param Vir Chakra replaced the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for
valour in the British armed forces, the medal of which was originally cast from
Russian guns captured in the Crimean War.]
4.
Ramon
Magsaysay Award
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| Ramon Magsaysay Award |
Conceived by John D. Rockfeller III in April
1957, the trustees of the Rockfellers Brothers fund, based in New York,
established the Ramon Magsaysay Award to commemorate President of the
Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay, and to perpetuate his example of integrity in
government and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The award is
given to any person living in asia without regard to race, gender, or religion.
However, heads of State and heads of government (and their spouses are not
eligible during their terms of office. Each September, the Foundation solicits
award nominations. Awards themselves are determined following evaluation by the
Foundation’s president and board of trustees. Presentation ceremonies are held
in Manila on 31 August. The annual award is given in six categories:
1. Govt. Service
2. Public Service
3. Community Leadership
4. Journalism, Literature, And Creative
Communication Arts
5. Peace and International
Understanding
Science Awards
5.
The
Abel Prize
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| Abel Prize |
In august 2001, the prime minister of Norway
announced the establishment of the Abel Prize, a new international prize in
mathematics. Named in honour of the Norwegian mathematician Neils Henrik Abel
(1802 -29), the prize was awarded for the first time in 2003. The prize fund
has an initial capital of 200 million Norwegian kroner (about Rs.115cr). The
amount of the prize will fluctuate according to the yield of the fund but will
be similar to the amount of a Nobel Prize. The preliminary figure for the Abel
Prize is 5 million Norwegian Kroner (about Rs.25Cr).
The idea of an international prize in honour of
Abel was first suggested by the Norwegian mathematician Sophus lie near the end
of the nineteenth century. In 1902, King Oscar II of wseden and Norway proposed
establishing the prize, but the proposal died when the union between the two
nations dissolved in 1905. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
appoints a board of trustees and a committee of mathematicans for the Abel
Prize.
6.
The
Fields Medal
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| The Fields Medal |
At the 1924 International Congress of
Mathematicans (ICM) in Toronto, a resolution was adopted that at each ICM,two
gold medals should be awarded to recognize outstanding mathematical
achievement. Prof. J C Fields, a Canadian mathematician who was secretary of
the 1924 congress, later donated funds establishing the medals, which were
named in his honour. In 1966 it was agreed that, in light of the great
expansion of mathematical research, up to four medals could be awarded at each
congress. The Fields Medal Committee is chosen by the Executive Committee of
the International Mathematical Union and is normally chaired by the
International Mathematical Union president. It is asked to choose at least two,
with a strong preference for four, Fields Medalists, and to have regard in its
choice to representing a diversity of mathematical fields, a candidate’s 40th
birthday must not occur before 1 January of the year of the congress at which
the fields Medals are awarded. The fields medal comes with a monetary award,
which in 2006 was Rs.82 Thousands and it is awarded every four years.
Sports
7.
Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
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Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award |
In 1991-92, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
was instituted by the Indian government. The award is given for the most
ouststanding and spectacular performance by a sportsperson or a team in a year.
The award comprises a medal, a cash prize of Rs 5 lakhs and a scroll of honour.
8.
Dronacharya
Awards
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Dronacharya Awards |
In 1985, the Dronacharya Award honours reputed
coaches who have successfully coached sports persons and teams helping them
accomplish outstanding results in international competitions. The recipient of
this award is given statuette of Guru Dronacharya, a cash prize of Rs 3 Lakhs,
a ceremonial dress, and a scroll of honour.
9.
Dhyan
Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement
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| Dhyan Chand Award |
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| Dyan Chand |
In 2002, a new Dhyan chand Award for Lifetime
achievement in Sports and games has been instituted, in order to honour
sportsmen who, by their performances have contributed and continue to
contribute to sports in Indi, ever after retirement. The award consists of a
cash prize of Rs.1.50 lakhs, a scroll of honour and a plaque.
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