World Radio Day

History of world Radio Lovely Tyagi Radio has played an important role in the modernization of society. Prior to 1920s the radio was primarily used to contact ships in sea. During the war, the military used it almost exclusively and it became an invaluable tool in sending and receiving messages to the armed forces. After […]

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Contemplating cancer

Close the care gap Steffy Maria Paul World Cancer Day is celebrated annually on February 4 to create awareness about cancer. The theme for World Cancer Day 2022-2024 is “Close the Care Gap”. Highest cancer survival rate: Australia Ishika Sharma Australia is the country with the highest cancer survival rate, with 1,849.8 survivors per 100,000 […]

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Army Day January 15

Global Military Spending Prajwal Jayaraj Largest Armies in the world Avantika Khajuria Top ten exporters and importers of major arms globally Sumanta Sinha The visual graph shows that US is the leading exporter of arms where as India is the leading importer of arms in 2018-22. Expenditure on defence in India from 2001 to 2022 […]

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National Voters’ Day

Denmark most democratic Arunima Pal Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) assessed Demark to be the most electorally democratic country in 2022, with a score of 0.92. The assessment is based on the extent to which political leaders are elected through exercise of comprehensive voting rights in free and fair elections, and where freedoms of association and […]

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Tourism Industry

Total contribution of travel and tourism to GDP worldwide in the given years Nikita Joshi In 2022, the total contribution of travel and tourism to GDP is 23 per cent lower than in 2019, the year prior to the onset of COVID-19 pandemic. The contribution to GDP is amounted to 7.7 trillion U.S. Dollars in […]

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Dribble delight

Average TV viewership of NBA Anupama VM Top ten countries with most number of Olympic medals in Basketball Lovely Tyagi Countries with most number of FIBA World Cup wins Arya S Biju National Basketball Association Franchise value by team in 2023 (in billion US dollars) Nikita Joshi NBA team winners since 1946 till 2023 Sumanta […]

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The Silver Screen

Barbie is the highest grossing movie of 2023 Saradhi Sankar Barbie released in 2023, collected $1,441,809,053 at the box office. However, Avatar released in 2009 is the highest grossing movie of all time with a box office collection of $2,923,706,026. Dangal: the highest grossing Indian movie Ishika Sharma The highest grossing Indian movie, according to […]

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Telengana polls, Chennai floods caused Sabarimala rush: Devaswom board

Protestors outside the Thiruvananthapuram secretariat were dispersed by the police. Sabarimala saw a rush of devotees post-Chennai flood and Telengana elections, said Travancore Devaswom board secretary. “Even after reducing the number of virtual Q tickets, people visited the temple without registering,” he said. Virtual Q ticket is an online ticket service provided by Kerala Police […]

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