Meet Colonel Meow, the new Guinness World Record holder for cat with the longest fur. His strands average nine inches long, his hair gets everywhere and has to be brushed up to three times a week, a process that takes two people, but according to his owner, Anne Marie Avey, it’s worth it. “We already knew that he was the best cat in the world, but to be recognized in the Guinness World Records book takes it to the next level,” said Avey.

tomato festival

tomato festival is held in the valencian town of bunol , a town located 30 km from the Mediterranean, in which participants throw tomatos and get involved in this tomato fight purely for fun. It is held on the last Wednesday of August, during the week of festivities of Buñol.

WORLD WIDE EIFFEL TOWERS

                                                         JAPAN- EIFFEL TOWER

                                                                  CHINA- EIFFEL TOWER

                                                      ORIGINAL EIFFEL TOWER - PARIS

                   

                                                               LOS VEGAS - EIFFEL TOWER

Notting Hill Carnival

The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event that since 1966 has taken place on the streets of notting hill, royal borough of kensington and chelsea, london, uk each August, over three days. It is led by members of the West Indian community. The carnival has attracted around one million people in the past years, making it one of the largest street festivals in the world.

COLORS FESTIVAL

just like our holi sydney also do colors festival

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ప్రస్తుతం దేశంలో అత్యంత విలువైన ఫోటో ఇదే .. ఎందుకో తెలుసుగా .. ఉల్లి ధరల ఘాటు ఆ స్థాయిలో ఉంది 

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mahesh.. coming soon

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Why Telangana needs Hyderabad

Now that the Congress and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) have announced their backing for Telangana’s Statehood, the economic prospects and growth potential of India’s proposed 29th State have once more come to the fore.

The Telangana region, comprising 10 of the 23 districts in Andhra Pradesh, has a larger area than the other two regions, Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra. Excluding Hyderabad, Telangana sprawls over 1.14 lakh sq km, while the four districts of Rayalaseema cover 67,000 sq km and the nine coastal districts encompass 92,800 sq km.

Fundamentally, the Telangana economy is vibrant, thanks to the contributions from Hyderabad and Rangareddy districts.

Telangana’s broad economic parameters, such as the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), which is the total value of goods and services produced in a given year, and standard of living as indicated by per capita income, appear to be sound vis-à-vis the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. The aggregate gross district domestic product of the proposed state’s 10 districts in 2009-10, stood at approximately Rs 2,16,281 crore.

That was a little less than half of Andhra Pradesh’s Rs 4,90,411 crore GSDP in the same period. Indeed, if the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions were to be taken individually, Telangana’s contribution to the State Domestic Product was the highest. This was obviously driven by a strong contribution from Hyderabad as can be seen in the table.

PER CAPITA INCOME

As a reflection of the standard of living, per capita income at factor cost doubled at the state level from Rs 25,321 in 2004-05 to Rs 52,814 in 2009-10. Excluding Hyderabad, Telangana’s per capita income was lower than the state average in many districts. Khammam, Warangal, Nizamabad, Adilabad, Karimnagar and Nalgonda had shown low per capita income.

Discrepancies in gross district domestic product and trends in per capita income indicate that the new State will have to go a long way in providing a better standard of living to the people. In terms of foreign direct investment, the State as a whole registered a fall from $1.2 billion in 2010-11 to $848 million in 2011-12, largely due to uncertainties over the Telangana issue.

The report of the Srikrishna Commission on Telangana points out that the region, excluding Hyderabad, has lagged behind other regions. Overall, the State attracted Rs 12,421 crore through FDI, and of this, the region’s share was only Rs 1,658 crore, as compared to Rs 5,499 crore for coastal Andhra. But if Hyderabad is included in Telangana, its share in the FDI pie would be Rs 6,490 crore. Clearly, Telangana needs to create an economic climate that will attract investors.

Beyond Hyderabad, the potential for industrial growth in the immediate future can be seen in the Jadcherla area of Mahboobnagar district. A Pharma Special Economic Zone, anchored by Aurobindo Pharma, is in the offing there.

Looking ahead

In addition, a ‘Green Industrial Park’ over a 1,000 acre area is coming up with the active support of the Confederation of Indian Industry and State Government.

Iron ore reserves in Manuguru in Khammam district have the scope for a ‘greenfield’ steel plant. Vizag Steel has signed up to use iron ore from here. Similarly, the limestone rich district of Nalgonda holds the promise of more cement units. The coal reserves with Singareni Collieries can lead to the setting up of power plants in future, something Telangana Rastra Samithi Chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao has been harping on.

The agri-based sector is also quite promising. With 15 lakh hectares under cotton cultivation, there is rich potential for new textile units to come up. A handful of units in the region, including GTN textiles, provide quality material to global brands. There is also talk of revival of the sugar industry, especially the Nizam Sugar Factory in Bhodan, Nizamabad district.

The recent approval by the Centre for a hardware park on the outskirts of Hyderabad, where the electronic industry is expected to come in with big investments, is expected to give a major fillip to neighbouring districts, both in terms of employment and ancillary units.

Mud Festival

Mud Festival is an annual festival which takes place during the summer in Boryeong, a town around 200 km south of Seoul, South Korea. The first Mud Festival was staged in 1998 and, by 2007, the festival attracted 2.2 million visitors to Boryeong.^[1]
The mud is taken from the Boryeong mud flats, and trucked to the Daecheon beach area, where it is used as the centrepiece of the 'Mud Experience Land'.^[2] The mud is considered rich in minerals and used to manufacture cosmetics. The festival was originally conceived as a marketing vehicle for Boryeong mud cosmetics.^[3]
Although the festival takes place over a period of around two weeks, it is most famous for its final weekend, which is popular with Korea's western population. The final weekend of the festival usually falls on the second weekend in July.

History of Indian National Flag

The Indian national flag, represents India's long struggle for freedom is a national treasure. It signifies the status of India as an independent republic. The Indian National Flag came into being in its present form at the meeting of Constitutional Assembly on 22nd July 1947. Since then it has first served as the National Flag of the Dominion of India from 15 August 1947 to 26 January 1950 and thereafter as the national flag of the Republic of India. The Indian National Flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya and contains three equal strips of saffron, white and green. The ratio of its width to its length is two is to three.

A navy blue color "Chakra" known as the Ashoka Chakra, which has twenty-four spokes is present in the middle of the white strip. According to the standard set down by ISI (Indian Standard Institution) it should occupy seventy five percent of the space of the white strip. The National Flag is one of the most respectable national symbols. There are strict laws regarding its manufacturing and its hoisting. The official flag specifications require the flag to be made of Khadi, which is a special hand spun yarn made up of cotton, silk and wool.

1904:The history of the Indian flag dates back to pre independence era. It was in 1904 that first Indian flag came into being. It was made by an Irish disciple of Swami Vivekananda. Her name was Sister Nivedita and after some time this flag came to be known as Sister Nivedita's flag. This flag was colouredd red and yellow. Red signified the freedom struggle and yellow was a symbol of victory. It had the words "Bonde Matoram" in Bengali written on it. Along with it the flag contained a figure of 'Vajra', weapon of god 'Indra', and a white lotus in the middle. The 'Vajra' is a symbol of strength and lotus depicts purity.

1906: After Sister Nivedita's flag another flag was designed in 1906. It was a tricolor flag with three equal strips of blue (top), yellow (middle) and red (lower). In this flag the blue strip had eight stars of slightly different shapes. The red strip had two symbols, first one was of sun and the other one contained a star and a crescent, near the fly. The yellow strip had 'Vande Mataram' written on it in Devnagiri script

In 1906 another version of this flag was created. It was also tricolour but its colours were different. It had orange, yellow and green and came to be known as 'Calcutta flag' or 'Lotus flag', as it had eight half opened lotuses on it. It is believed to be designed by Sachindra Prasad Bose and Sukumar Mitra. It was unfurled on 7th August 1906 at Parsi Bagan Square, Kolkata. It was a "boycott day" against the partition of Bengal and Sir Surendranath Banerjee hoisted this flag to mark the unity of India.

1907:This flag is very similar to the flag of 1906, with the exception of colors and the flower closest to hoist. This flag had three colors, blue, yellow and red and the flower was larger than others.

Then came the Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama's flag. The flag was collectively designed by Madam Bhikaji Cama, Veer Savarkar and Shyamji Krishna Varma. The flag was unfurled by Madam Cama on 22nd of August 1907 at Stuttgrat, Germany, and attained the status of the first Indian flag to be hoisted at the foreign land. From this event onwards it is also referred as 'Berlin Committee flag'.

The flag consisted of three colors- the topmost being green followed by golden saffron in the middle and the red color at the bottom. It had 'Vande Mataram' inscribed on it.

1916: In 1916 Pingali Venkayya, a writer and a geophysicists designed a flag with the intention to bring the whole nation together. He met Mahatma Gandhi and sought his approval. Mahatma Gandhi suggested him to incorporate a charkha as a symbol of economic regeneration of India, in the flag. Pingali made the flag out of the hand spun yarn 'Khadi'. The flag had two colors and a 'Charkha' drawn across them but Mahatma Gandhi did not approve of it as he said that the red represents the Hindu community and the green represents the Muslims, but all the other communities of India are not represented in this flag.

1917: The Home Rule League formed by Bal Ganga Dhar Tilak adopted a new flag in 1917. As at that time status of Dominion was being demanded for India. The flag had the union jack at the top, near the hoist. The rest of the flag contains five red and four blue strips. It had seven stars on it in the shape of 'Saptarishi' Constellation which is supposed to be the sacred one for the Hindus. It also had a crescent moon and a star at the top fly end. This flag did not gain popularity among the masses.

1921: As Mahatma Gandhi wanted all the communities of India to be represented in the flag of tha nation, so a new flag was designed. This flag had three colors. At the top was white then green and at the bottom was red color. In this flag the colour white symbolized minority communities of India, green was for the Muslims and the red one was for the Hindu and Sikh communities. The 'Charkha' was drawn across all the bands symbolizing the unification of these communities. The pattern of this flag was based on the flag of Ireland, another nation which was struggling to get its independence from the rule of Britain. Although the Congress Committee did not adopt it as its official flag but it was widely used as a symbol of nationality in India' freedom struggle.

1931: Some people were not at all happy with the communal interpretation of the flag. Keeping all this in view a new flag was designed which replaced the red with ochre. This color signified combined spirit of both the religions as saffron was the color of Hindu yogis as well as Muslim darvesh. But the Sikh community also demanded a separate representation in the flag or the complete abandonment of religious colors. This resulted in another flag by Pingali Venkayya. This new flag had three colors. Saffron was at the top followed by white in the middle and green being the lowermost. The 'Charkha' was at the center of white color. This flag was passed at the meeting of Congress Committee in 1931 and was adopted as the official flag of the Committee.

1947: When India got independence, a committee headed by Rajinder Prasad was formed to discuss the National Flag of India and they decided to adopt the flag of Indian National Congress, with suitable modifications, as the flag of India. As a result, the flag of 1931 was adopted as Indian flag but 'Charkha' in the middle was replaced by 'Chakra' (wheel) and hence our National Flag came into being.

British India Flag 1858-1947:This flag of British India was introduced in 1858, whose design was based on western heraldic standards, were similar to flags of other British colonies, including Canada and Australia. The blue banner included the Union Flag in the upper-left quadrant and a Star of India capped by the royal crown in the middle of the right half.

Manufacturing There is a committee which sets standards for the manufacturing of the flag. It also lays out rules regarding hoisting of Indian flag. This committee is known as 'Bureaue of Indian Standards (BIS)'. It specifies the cloth, dye, color, thread count and each and every thing about the flag. The Indian flag can only be made up of 'Khadi'. It is made up of two types of khadi one for its main part and the other one for the cloth which holds flag to the staff.

Code of Conduct Being a national symbol it is respected by every Indian. There are certain dos and don'ts laid down for common people regarding Indian flag:

• When the National Flag is raised the saffron color band should be at the top.
• No flag or emblem should be placed either above the National Flag or to its right.
• All other flags to be placed to the left of the National Flag if they are hung in a line.
• When the National Flag is carried in a procession or parade, it shall be on the marching right or in front of the center of the line, if there is a line of other flags.
• Normally the National Flag should be flown over important government buildings like the Rashtrapati Bhawan, the Parliament House, the Supreme Court of India, the High Courts, the Secretariats, the Commissioners' office etc.
• The National Flag or any imitation of it must not be used for purpose of trade, business, or profession.
• The National Flag should always be taken down in the evening at sunset.

According to flag code, of India citizens do not have the right to hoist the Indian flag except for some important days like Republic day, Independence day and Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. A renowned industrialist Naveen Jindal challenged this in the court as when he hoisted the flag on his office building he was told not to do so as it may be taken as a breach of code of Indian flag. Then he lodged a PIL (Public Interest Litigation) in the court now the decision of the court is pending in this regard but a temporary permission has been granted to Indian citizens to hoist the flag on any day but in a respectable manner.

Some Interesting Facts

• The Indian flag was hoisted on the highest mountain peak of the world, Mount Everest on 29th May 1953.
• Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama was the first person to hoist Indian flag on foreign soil on 22nd August 1907 in Stuttgrat, Germany.
• The Indian National Flag flew to space in 1984 when Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma went to the space. The flag was attached as a medallion on the space suit of Rakesh Sharma.

10 Facts about Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal reigns supreme as one of the most recognisable and iconic images of India. Its delicate minarets, gracefully curved archways and ice cream scoop domes have led many to make the pilgrimage to stand at its entrance and wonder at its grandeur. The wonder isn’t only found in its construction. Here stands a building that is as rich in history as it is in opulent marble. To help better appreciate this history, we have compiled a list of the 10 most interesting facts about Taj Mahal.

1. It is estimated to have taken more than 22,000 people to build this impressive building including labourers, painters, stonecutters, embroidery artists, and many others.
2. According to legend it is believed that Emperor Shah Jahan had planned to construct another Taj Mahal in black marble on the other side of the river but the war with his sons interrupted his plans.
3. The Taj Mahal takes on different colouring at different times of the day, from a pinkish hue in the morning, milky white in the evening and golden at night when lit by the moon. They say the changing colour resembles the changing mood of females - in particular the Emperor's queen.
4. Built in memory of the Emperors third and most favourite wife Mumtāz Mahal, the Taj Mahal took 17 years to be completed.
5. It is said that the death so crushed the Emperor that all his hair and beard were said to have grown snow white within just a few months.
6. The four sides of the Taj Mahal are perfectly identical creating an astonishingly mirrored image on each side. It uses the principles of self-replicating geometry and symmetry of architectural elements.
7. The Taj Mahal is surrounded by significant gardens and a number of other buildings including  a mosque and guest houses which make up the 17 hectares of land within the complex walls.
8. The full height of the Taj Mahal is 171 metres (561 feet).
9. More than 1,000 elephants were employed to transport the construction materials used to build the Taj.
10. Many precious stones were ripped off from its walls by the British during the Indian rebellion of 1857.