Alluvial soils As the name suggests, alluvial soils are formed from alluvial deposits of rivers from mountainous region of Himalayas-Ganga, Brahmaputra and Indus. These soils are found in North India in Indo-Gangetic and Brahmputra...
Pena National Palace The Pena National Palace is a Romanticist palace in São Pedro de Penaferrim in the municipality of Sintra, Portugal. The palace stands on the top of a hill above the town...
Flamethrower A flamethrower is a mechanical incendiary device designed to project a long controllable stream of fire. They were first used by the Greeks in the 1st Century AD. In modern times, they were...
Kodagu (Coorg) – Scotland of India Madikeri is a hill station town in Karnataka state, India. Also known as Mercara, it is the headquarters of the district of Kodagu. It is a popular tourist...
Step Pyramid of Djoser It was built during the 27th century BC for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser by Imhotep, his vizier. It is the central feature of a vast mortuary complex in an...
Sultan Kosen Sultan Kosen is a Turkish Kurdish farmer who holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at 8 ft 3 inch. His growth resulted from a tumour affecting his pituitary gland....
Indian Oil Corporation Indian Oil Corporation Limited, or Indian Oil, is an Indian state-owned oil and gas corporation with its headquarters in New Delhi, India. It is the world’s 88th largest corporation, according to...
Auli, Uttarakhand Auli is an important ski destination in the Himalayan mountains of Uttarakhand, India. Auli, also known as Auli Bugyal, in Garhwali, which means meadow, is located at an elevation of 2500 to...
Elliptical Galaxies An elliptical galaxy is a type of galaxy having an approximately ellipsoidal shape and a smooth, nearly featureless brightness profile. They are more three-dimensional, without much structure and their stars are in...
Munnar Munnar is a town and hill station located in the Idukki district of the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. Munnar is situated at around 1,600 metres above sea level, in the Western Ghats...
Red Fort The Red Fort was the residence of the Mughal emperor of India for nearly 200 years, until 1857. It is located in the centre of Delhi and houses a number of museums....
Candy Crush Saga Candy Crush Saga is a match-three puzzle video game released by King on April 12, 2012 for Facebook and on November 14, 2012 for iOS, Android and Windows Phone smartphones. The...
Chandra Bahadur Dangi Chandra Bahadur Dangi (born 30 November 1939). He is the shortest man in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence, measuring 0.546 m. Dangi is a primordial dwarf. He broke...
Michael Ellis DeBakey Michael Ellis DeBakey (September 7, 1908 – July 11, 2008) was a world-renowned American cardiac surgeon, innovator, scientist, medical educator and international medical statesman. DeBakey was the chancellor emeritus of Baylor...
Everybody should visit the Ashtavinayak in Maharashtra at least once in a life time. There are Eight temples dedicated to Ganesha, in Maharashtra related to various episodes from the puranas and other legends –...
Pangong Tso Lake Pangong Tso is an endorheic lake in the Himalayas. It is 134 km long and extends from India to Tibet. Approximately 60% of the length of the lake lies in Tibet....