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Ancient India (from 3000 BCE to around 10th century AD) is the period when India was known as the Golden Sparrow. This era witnessed many popular dynasties like Maurya, Shunga, Kushan, Gupta, etc. This era witnessed cultural confluences and economic booms at many junctures yet the fabric of traditions never got destroyed. Even today people say ‘Jaha Daal Daal par sone ki chidiya karti hai basera’ (where the golden sparrow dwells on every branch of a tree).Here are some parameters that highlight the fact that Ancient India was the golden bird:KnowledgeIn ancient India, there were complicated subjects like metaphysics and ... Read More

The most prestigious awards for movies all over the world, the Academy Awards, fondly known as the Oscars will be conducted every year. This year the 90th Academy awards are conducted in Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on 4th March.The film “The Shape of Water” by the much applauded Director Guillermo del Toro has won the most prestigious awards for Best Picture and Best Director. Sally Hawkins the lead actress is nominated for Best actress.“The Shape of Water” co-written by Del Toro along with Vanessa Taylor has won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was nominated in ... Read More

China has taken a historic decision when China's rubber-stamp parliament passed a constitutional amendment on Sunday, 11th March 2018 abolishing term limits for President of the country.The National People's Congress had 3000 delegates, out of which 2958 have endorsed the amendment to enable President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely.The present President of China, Xi Jinping on Sunday secured a path to rule indefinitely as parliament abolished presidential term limits. He secured almost total authority to pursue a vision of transforming the nation into an economic and military superpower. This is raising many eyebrows all over the world as it may ... Read More

The World Happiness Report enlists the happy countries for the year 2018. The Global Happiness Index of a country is based on several factors like life expectancy, social support, corruption, and accommodating the nonresidents.And can you imagine which country tops the list? The cold and dark, eternally snow-covered small country in northern Europe with 5.5 million Population. You are right ... FINLAND!!This year Finland has overtaken Norway to become the happiest nation on earth followed by Denmark and Iceland.Finland, according to the Happiness Research Institute " is doing something right in terms of creating good conditions for good lives".John Helliwell, ... Read More

Programming or software coding is not an easy task. Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie was an American computer scientist who is credited with being the all-time best programmer for his pioneering work towards shaping the digital era. He is the creator of the most used C programming language and UNIX Operating system.Let’s see who is currently reigning in the world as best computer programmers for the year 2017-2018.Bill Gates (Microsoft co-founder)James Gosling (Java Creator)Richard Stallman (GNU Project Creator)Bjarne Stroustrup (C++ Creator)Tim Berners-Lee (HTML and WWW inventor)Ken Thompson (UNIX Co-Creator)Linus Torvalds (Linux Kernel Creator)Dennis Ritchie (C Programming language creator)Jack Dorsey (Twitter Creator)Ruchi Sanghvi ... Read More

Most passports in the world are based on Red, Green and blue primary colors, though there is an enormous degree of variation in hues. The passport of a country represents their Geography, politics, and even religion.Although there is nothing that stipulates the color of the Passport Cover, it depicts the nation's Identity. The color of the passport is potentially influenced by culture and History also. There is another practical interpretation in selecting dark colors for the cover of a Passport is they show less dirt and tends to look more official.The US passport cover has seen several changes in color, from ... Read More

Indian passport holders can travel to 58 countries, without the visa, and on visa on arrival.The List of countries where Indian passport holders can visit −AntarcticaBhutanBoliviaThe British Virgin IslandsCambodiaCape VerdeComoros IslandsCook IslandsDjiboutiDominicaEcuadorEl SalvadorEthiopiaFijiFYRO MacedoniaGambiaGeorgiaGrenadaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHong KongIndonesiaIraq (Basra)JamaicaJordanKenyaLaosMacauMadagascarMaldivesMauritiusMicronesiaMontserratMozambiqueNauruNepalNicaraguaNiuePalauSamoaSao Tome & PrincipeSeychellesSouth Korea (Jeju)St. Kitts & NevisSt. LuciaSt. Vincent & GrenadinesSvalbardTajikistanTanzaniaThailandTimor LesteTogoTrinidad & TobagoTurks & Caicos IslandsTuvaluUgandaVanuatu.

Today, Indians are found everywhere around the globe. We no longer care whether it is US or Dubai. Most Indians are willing to work in any part of the Globe, provided there are good opportunities. And which country to choose depends upon one’s credentials and Interest.Apart from the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, there are many more countries which are most sought after by Indians like Canada, Middle East (Kuwait, Dubai, Oman), Japan, Germany, Russia, and France.

A recent study by The Independent, Britain’s famous online newspaper, reveals that most of the Britishers strongly believe that colonialism is something to be proud of for them. In their research, they hardly came across that bunch of folks who regret over Britain’s colonial past.Politically too, there is a clear division between Labors and Conservatives. About 30 percent of the Labor party supporters think that colonialism is the darkest stain on the history of Britain while only 10 percent of conservatives agree to it.This is all because nothing is being taught about the dark hour of the royal empire in ... Read More

Well, cricket has been played once at the modern Summer Olympic Games in 1900 and it was played the only time. In this contest, only men's cricket team played and Great Britain won the medal. Recently, the demand to include it in the Olympics surfaced and a big question mark emerges that why it’s not a part of it?Why Is It Not Played?We all know that BCCI and ECB (England Cricket Board) are two powerful cricket boards in the world and it was actually due to their opposition long ago, cricket could not make it to the world games. They ... Read More