The first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project reaches its full power generation capacity of 1000 MW and becomes the single largest power generating unit in the country.

India continues to be the world's largest arms importer with 65 % of its military hardware imported from abroad.

A UNESCO report acknowledges the headway made by India in improving access to education but reveals India has 287 million adult illiterates, the LARGEST in the world

BIGGEST ECONOMIES 2010

RANK COUNTRY                GDP(Millions of US $)

1. USA                                14,657,800 
2. China                                5,878,257
3. Japan                                5,458,872       
4. Germany                           3,315,643
5. France                               2,582,527
6. UK                                    2,247,455
7. Brazil                                 2,090,314
8. Itlay                                   2,055,114
9. Canada                              1,574,051
10. India                                   1,537,966

Source: International Monetary Fund

HIGHEST EXTERNAL DEBT

1. USA                               $14.393 trillion 
2. UK                                 $9.088 trillion 
3. Germany                       $5.028 trillion 
4. France                           $5.021 trillion 
5. Netherlands                 $3.733 trillion  
6. Spain                             $2.410 trillion 
7. Italy                               $2.328 trillion 
8. Ireland                           $2.287 trillion 
9. Japan                             $2.132 trillion 
10. Luxembourg                 $1.994 trillion 

SOURCE : WORLD BANK(FEB 2011) 

POSTAGE STAMPS

FIRST CITIES AND COUNTRIES TO ISSUE POSTAGE STAMPS

• Great Britain                                         1 May 1840
• New York City ,USA                           1 Feb 1842
• Zurich ,Switzerland                                1 Mar1843
• Brazil                                                     1 Aug 1843 
• Geneva , Switzerland                              30 Sep 1843 
• Basle , Switzerland                                 1 Jul 1845
• USA                                                      1 Jul 1847 
• Mauritius                                                21 Sep 1847 
• Bermuda                                                1848
• France                                                   1 Jan 1849

TOP 10 :

CARBON DIOXIDE-EMITTING COUNTRIES (PER CAPITA)

COUNTRY                              Emission Per Capita 2007(TONNES)

1. Qatar                                                     58.01  

2. United Arab Emirates                             29.91

3. Bahrain                                                  28.23

4. Kuwait                                                   25.09

5. Luxembourg                                           22.35 

6.Trinidad and Tobago                               21.85

7. USA                                                      19.10

8. Australia                                                 18.75

9. Canada                                                   17.37

10. Saudi Arabia                                         14.79 

Khan of all the Mongols,Arctic tern,Channel Islands,Scottish mountains

1. Genghis Khan was named as Khan of all the Mongols in 1206.

2.  Benito Mussolini's only novel was entitled "The Cardinal's Mistress".

3. The Arctic tern is a remarkable life cycle, travelling from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back.

4. The Channel Islands(near the English Channel and coast of France) are Jersey ,Guernsey Alderney ,Sark.

5.Captain  Matthew Webb was the first man to swim the English Channel in 1875.

6.Scottish mountains "Grampians" separate the Highlands from Lowlands.

7. Famous Chemist and Tax-collector "Lavoisier" was a victim of the  guillotine in the French Revolution.

8. A very active "mole" can burrow around 100 yards in one night.

9. Bulls are not excited specifically by the color red because they are "color blind".

10. At "6 days" old Mary Stuart became the Queen of Scotland.

French President,Eskimo dogs,Spanish Armada,World Wildlife Fund,Sputnik I

1. The largest island in the Mediterranean is "Sicily".
2. The breed of Eskimo dogs is "huskies".
3. The first satellite in orbit was Sputnik I.
4. Lead shot was invented when a man climbed to the top of Bristol church in 1782 and poured molten lead into cold water on the ground.
5. Manchester's greatest orchestra is Halle Orchestra.
6. The wine Mosel comes from Germany.
7. Out of 163 recognized breeds of dog, 47 originated in the British Isles.
8. The Spanish Armada fleet tried to invade England in 1588. 
9. The giant Panda is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund.
10. French President's term of office is 7 years.

Eleven Victoria Crosses,Longest Lived Hurricane,Oldest Breed of Cattle,Robot Lunar Crawler

1. Wey and Trent flow from south to north which is extremely unusual for British rivers.
2. Eleven Victoria Crosses were given for the defence of Rorke's Drift in the Zulu War(1879).
3. "Ginger" was the longest lived hurricane in the North Atlantic.
4. The "Italian Chianina" is recognized as the oldest breed of cattle.
5. "Camembert Cheese" is produced by France.
6. The octane value for 2 star and 3 star petrol is 92 and 94 respectively.
7. The first Robot lunar crawler left on the moon by the Russians was "Lunokhod I".
8. 286,000 and more species of living flowering plants are know.
9. The last English monarch to be buried abroad was George I(at Leine Schloss, Hanover - his bones were transferred to Herrenhausen after the Second World War).
10. If a 20 metre thick layer of peat were buried under 3 km of sediment , the resultant seam of coal would be 2 metres thick.

Geo-stationary orbit,Non-migratory trout ,Worlds greatest snowfall,Techniques for high jumping,Act of Supremacy

1. El Nino(it was a warm current) during 1972-73 virtually destroyed the Peruvian anchovy industry.
2. British PM Stanley Baldwin held the office for a record of five times(1923-24,1924-29,1935-36 and two brief periods around the Abdication).
3. Elizabeth I introduced the Act of Supremacy(which made her head of the Church).
4. The second Russian astronaut to orbit the earth was Herman Titov.
5. Western Roll and Eastern cutoff are techniques for high jumping.
6. Hydrocyanic acid is often referred as Prussic acid in detective stories.
7. The father of Alexander the great was Philip II of Macedon.
8. The worlds greatest snowfall have occurred at the Rockies , North America.
9. 22,300  miles far out in space is the so-called geo-stationary orbit where telecommunication satellites are placed.
10. The two types of non-migratory trout found in England are Rainbow trout and Brown trout.

Time Zones of USA,Hydroponics,Thomas Cook,Ancient Apothecary

1. The stonefish is the most poisonous fish in the world.
2. A group of peacock is called Muster.
3. In China, the bride wears red color at her wedding.
4. The spooked wheel was introduced around the 1900 B.C .
5. In the solar system there are two Mount Olympuses, located in Greece and Mars.
6. According to ancient apothecary , 240 penny weights are equal to a lb weight.
7. The American submarine Nautilus, in 1958 was the first ship to reach North Pole.
8. The four different time zones of  USA are Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific.
9. Thomas Cook was the first British Company to arrange tourist excursions.
10. Hydroponics is the soil-less cultivation of plants.

White House,Caesarean Operation,Pluviometer,336 dimples

1. Jupiter, which completes a rotation on its axis in less than 10 earth hours, is the only planet in our solar system having the shortest day.
2. The instrument/device used to measure rainfall is pluviometer.
3. The width of a soccer goal is 24 feet.
4. A golf ball has 336 dimples.
5. In Basketball 19 feet is the distance between the free throw line and the basket.
6. Nubia region of Africa is partly submerged beneath Lake Nasser.
7. Caesarean Operation method is named after Julius Caesar because he was reputedly brought into the world by this method.
8. Mount Andrew Jackson is located in Antarctica.
9. The orange's originated in China.
10. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington,DC, is better known as WHITE HOUSE.

Marco Polo,Oldest Unchanged National Flag ,Eric the Red

1. The First World War was also called as 'the war to end all wars'.
2. The Second World War Hurricane was a fighter plane.
3. The Wisconsin state of America is the badger state.
4. Alfred Packer was the only man in the USA to be convicted of one particular crime i.e Cannibalism.
5. Red and Orange color 'advance' a picture towards a viewer.
6. The oldest unchanged national flag in existence is of Denmark's, which dates back to the thirteenth century.
7. Greenland was named by Eric the Red , the Norwegian explorer.
8. Marco Polo(Italian) went to China and became a diplomat for Kublai Khan.
9. The Dove bird is the symbol of peace.
10. The National Gallery of London is situated at Trafalgar Square.

Music City,Lancashire,British land carnivore,London's first airport

1. Bohea is a type of tea.
2. Green traffic lights presedes amber alone.
3. Nashville,Tennessee is the American city which is also known as Music City.
4. Since the invention of Coca-Cola, only seven men(no women) have known the formula.
5. The badger is the largest British land carnivore.
6. In 1919 London's first airport, at Hounslow, was opened.
7. Cotton textile is mainly associated with Lancashire.
8. Sheffield is the English city whose hallmark is a Tudor rose.
9. During the Stone Age, tools and weapons were usually made from Flint.
10. Colon town is situated on the panama canal.

Important Facts About India 2

1. PIN Code which stands for Postal Index Number was introduced in India in 1972.
2. STD stands for Subscriber Trunk Dialing was first introduced in India between Kanpur and Lucknow.
3. The Railway Board of India was established in 1905.
4. The Shipping Corporation of India was set up in 1961.
5. The Indian Constitution was modelled on the fedral pattern of the country known as Canada.
6. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(C.S.I.R) was set up in 1942.
7. The Atomic Energy Commission was set up in August,1948.
8. The Indian Constitution is essentially democratic and republican in character.It declares India to be a Sovereign Democratic Republic.
9. Solar Physical Observatory is situated at Kodaikanal.
10. The Space Commission was set up in June,1972.

Important Facts About India 1

1. On July 22,1947 the tri-color was adopted as India's National Flag.
2. The lion capital was adopted as the National Emblem by the Government of India on January 26,1950.
3. The unified Indian Calendar is based on the Saka Era.
4. Minimum age limit for becoming a member of Lok Sabha is 25 years.
5. Minimum age limit for becoming a member of Rajya Sabha is 30 years.
6. The Planning Commission was set up in 1950,its first chairman was Dr. Jawaharlal  Nehru.
7. Kavaratti is the administrated headquarter of Lakshadweep.
8. The length of the river Ganga is 1650 miles.
9. The river which flows between Vindhyas and Satpuras is Sone.
10. The State having deposits of nickel is Orissa.

AIM'S of INTERPOL

According to its constitution, these are Interpol's aims.

                           Article 2 

(1) To ensure and promote the widest possible mutual assistance between 

all criminal police authorities within the limits of the laws existing in the different

countries and in the spirit of "Universal Declaration of Human Rights".

(2) To establish and develop all institutions likely to contribute effectively to the 

prevention and suppression of ordinary law crimes.

                           Article 3

It is strictly forbidden for the Organization to undertake any intervention or activities

of a political, military, religious or racial character.

Founder of Interpol : Dr. Johann Schober(1874-1932)

The man who actively founded Interpol started as a policeman in the Austro-Hungarian Empire as a young man and quickly made his way into the upper ranks.As he did so ,he encouraged the gathering of records of criminals of many different nations.

In 1918, he was made head of the Vienna police,but just then,the treaty ending World War I split the empire into several different independent countries.He remained in the new Austria and encouraged the police to accept the new government.

In 1921,Schober was elected prime minister of Austria,but he held the position for few months only.When he helped form the International Criminal Police Commission(ICPC) in 1923, the Austrian international records became the core of the new organization's criminal records.