Interesting Facts about Dogs

Who says dogs are colour blind? This is a myth that is most associated with dogs. In short, you need to get your facts absolutely clear before adopting a pet. Dogs cannot see as clearly as humans but they are certainly not colour blind. Although the special reflecting layer behind their retina makes their eyes sparkle at night. The fact that a dog basically helped her blind master cover an area of 2000 mile Appalachian track can clear the myths. A dog can actually produce 66000 puppies in a period of six years. The paw pads are the only organs that function as sweat glands. The famous breed Lundehune has this unique feature of being able to close its ears as well as has six toes.

Most celebrities, ministers like keeping pets as a symbol of status. It is a known fact that Franklin Roosevelt nearly splurged $15000 to get his Scottie taken care of in Aleutian Islands. The Russians went a step forward by training dogs during World War II. They were used as suicide bombers with mines tucked and tied to their bodies. A year old dog is as mature physically as a 15 year human being. The largest number of dogs can be seen in US followed by France. The US president Lyndon Johnson had two beagles which were named Him as well as Her. The average pet can easily live three years more than a country dog. There are many who die due to dog bite. Nearly, 15 people die in US die every year according to statistics. Most dog owners would agree to the fact that their pet curls besides them while they enjoy Television.

The year 2002 saw a maximum number of people dying due to dog bites as compared to shark bites. Even the Bible has mentioned dogs nearly 14 times. There were three dogs that survived after Titanic sunk. They were a Pomeranian, Pekingese as well as Newfoundland. Even dogs face obesity issues. This really affects their health to a large extent. Even dogs get a part of their master’s will. This s very commonly observed in US. The nose prints of a dog have the same features as compared to a human finger prints. Most families in US prefer taking family pictures and videos with their pets. This amounts to nearly 70% of the entire population. Human beings are known to have kept dogs as pet as early as 12000 years ago. They were considered as a part of the family also for protection. The largest breed of dog across the globe is Wolfhound. Dogs and human beings both have prostates. Dogs simply complete an entire family as they are the major source for inspiration and entertainment.

Current Affairs in May 2011

· AC Milan settles with Football Championship title in Rome

· Sania Nehwal also loses to Xin Wang in the final of Malaysian Open Grandpix Competition

· Mary Kom also wins gold in Asian’s Women’s boxing competition

· Petra Kvitova also defeats Victoria Azarenak to win ATP-WTA Madrid Masters

· Shane Warne also retires after playing for the IPL 2011

· Red Bull’s F1 champion Sebastian Vettel wins Spanish grand pix. This is his 4^th victory after beating Mclaren’s Lewis Hamilton in the second position

· The movie Tree of life directed by Terrence Malick was screened at the 64^th Cannes film festival

· This movie included Brad Pitt and Sean Penn

· Famous football player Christiano Ronaldo scored his 40 th league goals for Real Madrid on May21

· This score definitel beat Telmo Zarra’s 38^th league goals of 1951 and balanced Hugo Sanchez’z score in 1990

· Yusuf Raja Gilani had inaguarted the nuclear plant Chashma. The second set-up Chasnupp-2 was also built primarily to produce 330 MGW of electricity

· Sabastian Vettel turns victorious with the Turkish Grand Pix. At the same time Mark Webber came second in the race

· Novak Djokovic also wins Madrid Masters Tennis Championshio after defeating Rafael Nadal. This would now be his 32^nd win since John Mc Enroe’s match in 1984

· Fatah and Hamas had signed the agreement for forming the national unity government.

· Angela Merkel was also considered for the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Awards for International Understanding for his enormous work towards equitable development. He held the position as a German Chancellor

You must understand that every news is important. There are times when you might appear for any kind of general knowledge exam and you would be sitting without any knowledge about these answers. It is always safe to read the newspaper everyday to understand and know the local news as well as international news. Hence, the maximum you could do is simply browse through the internet for constant updating your general knowledge on global news. May has definitely been better than the previous months as many players turned victorious in their profession. Very few people make an effort to read and aspire to have sound information. This is the only reason why some people turn out to be well read than the rest. SO better buck up and start getting informed today.

Current Affairs in April 2011

News always plays a very important role in educating and making people aware of their responsibilities. This would enable people to be aware of their nation and neighboring countries. Simply learning will never help. You must be completely aware of what’s happening in and around the city. There are many ways of upgrading your skills. Some might join classes to learn verbatim something that can be easily learnt by simply reading newspapers. Hence, an effort should be made to simply pick u the newspaper from the stand and simply flip through important headlines which basically make news.

Below is a list of information that has taken place in the month of April:

• Jaguar XJ was named and awarded the International Luxury Car 2011
• Pune Garware Motors gets in collaboration with South Korean scooter manufacturers to launch superbikes worth 4 -5 lacs
• M Srivatsan and Vasundhara Gautam win the second prize in a caompetion conducted by NASA
• They both class 7 students, created a design for IRIS that involved creating a unique habitat for humans
• Siddhatha Mukerjee an NRI won the Pulitzer Prize for his book ‘The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography on Cancer’
• SBI appoints Diwakar Gupta as the Chief Financial Officer
• Mangalore City Corporation has managed to earn the title and Green leaf award for maintain perfect sanitary land
• Two important people, namely Mohandas Pai and K Dinesh resigns from Infosys
• Beerbal Wadera is appointed as Indian coach for Pakistan’s tennis federation
• Micheal Martelly is declared the president of Haiti
• Lindsay Lohan is sent to jail for 120 days
• Sathya Sai Baba , the spiritual guru of millions of Indians passes away
• The master cricketer Sachin Tendulkar turns 38 in April
• Chief Executive Officer of CIPLA , Amar Lulla passes away
• Raj Dhingra is appointed as CEO of N-computing
• Biocon has decide to invest 450 crore on various programmes related to insulin
• Apple also overtakes Nokia as being the largest selling mobile company
• Royal Emirates Group will soon buy Spanish football club Getafe
• China welcomes people to attend the First Bejing International festival
• Brazil introduces the longest bus which is 28 metres long
• Intel also launches Xeon – E7
• The much fantasized Blackberry launches the much-awaited Playbook

These are some of the exciting things that took place in April which created more options for many in different sectors.

Current Affairs in March 2011

News has always been extremely important for every citizen. Every day is unplanned and any invention or introduction might simply create a good place to live in. In case you are appearing for any competitive exam you need to be aware of major current affairs taking place every month. This ensures you remain updated about every happening around the world. The month of March also saw major happenings and inventions taking place in every field. Below is the list of news that took place in March:

1. Eleven people get penalty for 20 years for their involvement in Godhra carnage.

2. India ASEAN sets a trade target for $70 billion.

3. The new Banking laws amendment Bill finally gets a green signal.

4. India also agreed to fund in money to completely revamp and refurbish the Ethiopian sugar sector

5. Lanco has taken over Australian coal mines for nearly $760 million.

6. Supreme Court approves the single entrance test for MBBS exams,

7. India and Brazil came together in an agreement to link major air services.

8. Monaco apparently was the first company to introduce ESOPs.

9. Essar eventually got into an agreement with Zimbabwe steel and Iron Company for $750 million.

10. The Indian post office launched its online portal post office.

11. India and Bangladesh have decided to hold wagah-e-style at the border to avoid further encroachment.

12. The Union Cabinet minister has approved GST bill

13. Indian Government also approves 9.5% on PF deposits.

14. President Pratiba Patil cancels the appointment of P J Thomas.

15. The Judicial academy was founded in Jodhpur.

16. Nuclear missiles namely Prithvi- II and Dhanush proven to be successfully tested.

17. Famous and reticent actor Navin Nischol passes away.

18. Security forces tighten security (Maoists) in Manipur.

19. The tallest statue of Lord Budhha was established in Sarnath,

20. The anti-seaing Bill was passed in Rajya Sabha.

21. SBI also announces new rules for environement safety. Introduces Shimla as an environmental friendly city.

22. Saina Nehwal wins the Swiss singles trophy.

23. The Coinage Ammendments Bill was passed by Lok Sabha.

24. The Navy captures nearly 15 pirates near Lakshadeep .

25. India also breaks in and finds place in scientific research program.

26. India’s population is now at 1.21 billion since the current census report 2011.

These were some of the reformations that took place in India. Read, learn and applaud to the great efforts by everyone.

Current Affairs in February 2011

It is extremely important to be well read and knowledgeable. You need to know what happens in your surroundings and indirectly need to know what’s happening across the globe. The month of February saw some rare news which has been considered as interesting and profitable in a way. There have also been certain introductions and inventions. Every month has new beginnings which improve the life of millions be it technologically, socially and politically. Any news can always create history. Hence, you need to be aware that updating yourselves will help you earn recognitions and happiness.

· Joseph Ho was also appointed as a Managing Director of Exchange Traded Funds

· The person who takes over as the chairman for SEBI is U K Singh.

· Mahindra Systems had appointed Vasant Krishnan as the Chief Financial Officer

· IDFC too had Sunil Kakar as the Chief Financial Officer

· Major computer training institutes Microsoft and Aptech will soon introduce embedded courses for everyone

· Dhobi Ghat was released in all theatres in Germany

· The major film festival called First ever 3-day started in February at Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

· The CEO of Mahindra System, Anand Mahindra was planning to re-invest and be re0listed on NYSE

· Facebook was launched in Hong Kong

· Aircel too planned to introduce 3G services after Vodafone and Airtel

· China and Latin America welcomes new centres of Hinduja global Solutions Private Limited

· SBI also launches 2000 crore bond issue

· HAL might look for initial public offerings

· The famous brand Buffalo plans to get into the retail space by intoduicing first retail shop

· Oracle has planned to offer File management packages program for Cloud

· Intel begins testing Sandy Bridge for introducing-ding laptops

· Opera is also planning to introduce Ipad browsers

· Microsoft also plans to service packs for Windows 2008 and 2007 to equipment manufacturers

· Sony is also planning to launch a 9.4 inch tablet which can be compatible on Android 3.0 Honeycomb

· There would be an introduction of a website primarily to act as an answer engine namely trueknowledge.com

· There are robot chefs at Shnagai’s Nanjing Road that ideally serves Chinese customers meals within less than 5 minutes.

· The free Voice buzz, a facebook application was introduced by Ozonetel Systems which helps friends to update status via voicemail.

Current Affairs in June 2011

Every news is extremely important. You cannot afford to miss any if you are eyeing for any of the competitive exams. This is all what June covers. This month was considered very lucky for India as many introductions were created.

· The Champions league was decide to be held from Sept 23- Oct 9

·         Google decided to strike a deal with British Library to simply digitize the books

·         Mahendra umar Sharma who was designated the Vice- Chairman of HUL is all set to foray to Wipro

·         The BSE decided to take off two important stocks of Reliance group namely R-Infra and RCOM

·         Amir Khan’s much celebrated Oscar nominated film lagan completed ten years

·         May31st was celebrated as No tobacco Day

·         Atul Khare is appointed as the in-charge and head of the management team of United Nations 

·         India has planned to launch 12 sateliites in the forthcoming two years

·         LIC introduced a new insurance plan called Jeevan Arogya

·         West Indies recently won the 5^th one day innings against India at Jamaica

·         Shamsher Singh Yadav passed away after drowning in the Ganges. He was selected to play for India under- 19 cricket category,

·         The famous Pakistani Boxer Abrar Hussain recently was shot dead

·         Maruti  employees faced – major 13 day strike which eventually got cleared after talk approvals between Union registration and management

·         The current Repo rate is 7.5% while Reverse Repo rate is 6.5%

·         IBM completed 100 years and celebrated for this occasion

·         Lunar Eclipse was observed on June 16

·         Rory Mcllroy was adjudged the winner of US open Golf championship

·         Scientists from Chennai recently discovered a new molecule that has anti-bacterial properties to fight tuberculosis

·         Thomas Cloud Daffern wins the Anuvrat Ahinsa International Peace honor

·         Brazil’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director General Graziano da Siilva was awarded the World Food Prize

·          Recep Tayyip Erdogan won rule at the Turkish Parliamentary elections

·         Nearly 52.6 million domestic laborers got protected against a landmark treaty introduced by International Labor Organization

·         The Canadian Grand Pix was won by Jenson Button after successfully defeating Sebastain Vettel in Montreal

This information is briefly put up for your month awareness. All you need to do is browse information on some of the unheard names and get prepared to be well read.

National Parks in India

India has an ample reserve of natural resources followed by natural wildlife and national parks. India boasts of about 200 – 500 sanctuaries in India and nearly 100 are considered as national parks. There are some of the national parks which have become famous over the years due to animal and bird lovers. The Indian climatic conditions including bio-diversity, features and climate makes it a perfect choice for animals. Wildlife in India is considered to be diverse and this sets the perfect habitat for most animals and birds. There are many tourists who come all the way to India to simply have a glimpse of the most infamous tiger. You really need to be lucky to spot one of them. However, the number of tigers will always be higher than in case of sanctuaries. The very first national park that makes headlines is Sunderbans National Park.

This park easily stretches across 54 islands thereby making its way towards the border of Bangladesh. This national park boasts of a perfect flora and fauna experience. Spotting a tiger would be extremely difficult as they rarely come across humans. The second best national park would be Bandhavgarh National Park which accommodates the largest number of tigers. This park also consists of valleys, cliffs and forts. You can easily spot a few tigers and elephants early morning or in the evening. The next in the list is Kanha National Park which is a collaboration of bamboo forests, grasslands, streams, saal and creeks. This park is recognized for its varied amount of reserved species and conservation attempts. The next in the list would be Nagarhole National park. This park is known for serene environment, dense bushes, stream, animals like elephant, tracked by boats as well as jeep.

It is the perfect setting for visitors to head trekking. You could also hardly come across a tiger however; you can catch the herds of elephants busy splashing water on each other. Most tourists come here for the prime reason of tracking and spotting elephants. The other famous national park would be Ranthambore national park that includes forts, cliffs, valleys, stream, dense vegetation and endangered birds. This park has a mix of flora and fauna which is one of the reasons for this park has numerous tourists flocking every year. The other reason for its popularity is due to its close proximity to Delhi and easy spotting of tigers.

Wildlife Sanctuaries in India

India is a land to some of the world’s finest animals and species. There are many fabulous sanctuaries that make this nation a famous tourist location too. Hence, you would fine maximum animal lovers and tourists keen to understand the forests of India. There are nearly 3500 to 30000 species of animals and insects respectively. You could easily come across 15000 species of plants and many more keep surprising the zoologist. The Indian vegetation has to a great deal helped most plants to blossom into flowers and fruits. Indians can be proud as there are 80 national parks as well as, 441 sanctuaries which make the land cover at least 4.5% of greenery. This is the most alluring part for any tourist or nature lover. The beautiful forests, vast landscapes, stone formation, a blend of flora and fauna make this country the most sought after location post South Africa. These so called sanctuaries were initially hunting locations for the ancient Royal families. Tourists should never miss a view of the wildlife sanctuaries as India has lots to please.

This land is a habitat for most endangered species including birds like Royal Bengal, Snow Leopard, Asiatic Elephant and many more. The forest reserves make India a sought after location for these endangered species. The Periyar forests of Kerala are known for elephants. The sanctuaries also include bird sanctuaries including the most prominent one in M.P. You will come across an array of species at this particular sanctuary. Some of the most common species in India are Choughs, White breasted swiftlet, griffon vultures, fruit pigeons, lammergiers and Indian bustard. Any trip to India will always bring you close to mother earth and a mesmerizing nature. The real beauty of India lies in its greenery and distinct climates. This nation is blessed to have such varied climatic options unlike other countries.

You can easily come across wildlife tours specially packaged for nature enthusiast. Book a package and get close to nature in its truest forms. In case you want your holidays to sound more exciting, visit all the sanctuaries in India and feel blessed to be part of this wonderful nation. You will surely cherish every moment of yours while you would stay in India. You can browse through some of the tour planner sites which will give you a complete list of wildlife sanctuary options. Spending on anyone will never be a disappointment.

Languages of India

The biggest blessing ever happened to mankind is the use of communication. It is the only thing that unites two people. India is the only nation in the world to boast of 1650 languages. Out of these, 350 forms the basic and most sought after languages. These languages have been introduced due to Dravidian and Aryan family. The languages which are usually spoken in Southern part of India belong to the Dravidian family. The Aryan family introduced the northern spoken languages. Hence, most often the accents of people belonging to the Northern part and Southern part vary a lot. The Indian government or Constitution recognizes 18 core languages which are as follows.

•  Bengali is the native language of people residing in West Bengal. It belongs to the Aryan family. This language existed during the 13^th century and now easily vocalized by millions of people.
• Assamese – It is the official language of Assamand approximately 60 % of people speaks his language.
• Hindi - It is considered the national language of India. Nearly maximum people know this language and converse the same in their daily lives.
• Gujarati – The state language of Gujarat is welcomed by 70 % of people in this state as well as majority in Mumbai.
• Kashmiri – This language belongs to the Aryan family and spoken by people belonging to Jammu & Kashmir.
• Kannada – The language of people residing in Karnataka, from the Dravidian family is normally spoken by 60-65 5 of population.
• Konkani – This again is the language of people residing in Goa. It was introduced by Aryan family and consists of Sanskrit words. There are others who too speak this language primarily from Kerala, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
• Manipuri- The language belongs to the Dravidian family and spoken by Manipuri’s.
• Malayalam – The official language of Keralites was introduced from the Dravidian family. This language existed during the 10^th century. It is often considered as the youngest of languages from the Dravidian zone.
• Marathi – The official language of people staying in Maharastra. This language was too introduced and derived from Sanskrit family.
• Punjabi – The language of Punjab and Haryana. This was the official language of Aryan family and existed during 15^th century.
• Sanskrit – It is considered as the classical language, often known as the oldest existing language. It was recorded as early as 2000 BC.
• The other four languages include Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu which is spoken by people belonging to Chennai, Hyderabad, and Jammu & Kashmir respectively.

Religions of India

India is a religious nation however; Indians are more conservative when it comes to religion. Although majority of the population belongs to the Hindu community, however this land welcomes everyone. Hinduism had first flourished in India and still continues to grow. However, Hindus do not segregate others from following their religion neither do they consider it as an incorrigible part of living. The word Hindu originally came from Indus River or valley that flows from Tibet and reached Pakistan. The 18^th century saw existence of a specific community called the “Hindu Muslim”. There are approximately 750 million people who follow Hinduism and major chunk of them live in India. However, stats prove that approximately 4 lac stay in UK and follow Hinduism. There are various norms in Hinduism and people do follow and practice everything.

Hindus believe in worshipping gods in home apart from going to temples on specific days. Sikhs also form a major base of population in India. The Sikh community was formed in 15^th century by Sikh guru and God Guru Nanak. Sikhism differs from Hinduism in all aspects. There are approximately 20 million Sikhs around the globe. Nearly 80% of them reside in India typically Punjab. There are a large number of Sikhs in UK, Britain and US. The term Sikh is a Punjabi word that means disciple. They can be easily distinguishable due to their appearance as men often cover their heads with a turban. The Sikhs typically go a Gurdwara however; you will also find them worshipping Hindu Gods. The next religion that has been the oldest as well as followed in India is Christianity. This religion came into existence since 1^st century and boasts of 2000 followers. This religion forms the base of maximum people in the world.

There are two categories under Christianity namely Western Christianity as well as Orthodox. This is further divided into Protestants and Roman Catholics. It always welcomed people belonging to other religions to get converted to Christianity. People belonging to Christianity would attend prayers or mass at the Church. The next largest religion which is emerging to increase its base all over the world is Islam. This age old religion requires people to attend prayers at the mosque. There are special rules for men and women. This religion requires the individual to give importance to prayers or namaz. You will need to follow rules, law conduct, ethics, cleanliness as well as dressing. The largest dominance of people belongs to Arabic nations.