Author: Sandhya S

Hennessey Venom GT The Venom GT is first the fastest car in the world when tested again on February 14th, 2014 at NASA runway in Florida. The Hennessey Venom GT is a supercar based...

Girgaon Chaupati Girgaon Chaupati, commonly known as just Chaupati (pronounced as chow-patty), is one of the most famous public beaches adjoining Marine Drive in the Girgaon area of Mumbai, India. The beach is famous...

Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reef and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres  over an area of approximately 344,400...

Ice storm Ice storms are one of the most dangerous forms of winter storms. When surface temperatures are below freezing, but a thick layer of above freezing air remains aloft, rain can fall into...

Government Rose Garden The Government rose garden formerly known as the Jayalalithaa Rose Garden, Centerary Rose Park and Nootrandu Roja Poonga, is the largest rose garden in India. It is situated on the slopes...

Allure of the Seas MS Allure of the Seas is an Oasis-class cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. The Oasis class are the largest passenger ships ever constructed and Allure is...

Andes The Andes is the longest continental mountain range in the world. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about 7,000 km long, about...

IIM, Ahmedabad The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad or IIM-A) is a public business school located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was the second Indian Institute of Management to be established in...

Shri Chakravarti Rajagopalachari Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878-25 December 1972), informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, independence activist, politician, writer and statesman. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India. He also...

Chandragupta Maurya Chandragupta Maurya  (340 BC – 298 BC) was the founder of the Maurya Empire and the first emperor to unify most of Greater India into one state. He ruled from 322 BC...

Ganeshotsav Festival of Lord Ganesh. Through, Lokmanya Tilak’s efforts Ganeshotsav became a public celebration a century ago. However, Deshasthas families also install their own clay Ganpati in their house on Ganesh Chaturthi for family...

Hawa Mahal Hawa Mahal is a palace in Jaipur, India, so named because it was essentially a high screen wall built so the women of the royal household could observe street festivities while unseen...

Sumatran rhinoceros The Sumatran rhinoceros, also known as hairy rhinoceros or Asian two-horned rhinoceros, is a rare member of the family Rhinocerotidae and one of five extant rhinoceroses. It is the only extant species...

Pomfret Pomfrets are perciform fishes belonging to the family Bramidae. The family includes about 20 species. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans and the largest species, the Atlantic pomfret, Brama...

 Bhujangasana Description:From a prone position with palms and legs on the floor, the chest is lifted. Benefits:-Bhujangasana may strengthen the spine, stretch the chest, shoulders and abdomen, firm the buttocks and relieve stress and...

Ostrich The ostrich or common ostrich (Struthio camelus) is either one or two species of large flightless birds native to Africa, the only living member(s) of the genus Struthio, which is in the ratite...

Cupuaçu Cupuaçu, also spelled cupuassu, cupuazú, cupu assu, and copoasu, is a tropical rainforest tree related to cacao. Common throughout the Amazon basin, it is widely cultivated in the jungles of Colombia, Bolivia and...

Stage 1: Eggs Butterfly eggs are protected by a hard-ridged outer layer of shell, called the chorion. This is lined with a thin coating of wax which prevents the egg from drying out before...

Silver Vase Plant Chmea fasciata or silver vase, is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family, native to Brazil. This plant is probably the best known species in this genus, and it...

Double rainbow Double rainbow is caused by a double reflection of sunlight inside the raindrops and are centered on the sun itself. They are about 127° (violet) to 130° (red) wide. Since this is...