New Year is one of the oldest festive occasions, which is universally celebrated. It is the time when people celebrate the arrival of the forthcoming year and bid goodbye to the year that has passed by. New Year is celebrated all over the world, though not necessarily on 1st of January. It is interesting to note that not all the …

Christmas is one of the important Christian festivals, celebrated with great fanfare around the world. The day, which is observed on 25 December, is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Lord Jesus Christ. It is a holiday season in many countries of the world, where Christianity is the predominant religion. While the festival is celebrated with enthusiasm worldwide, the customs …

The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition established in 1930. It is contested by the men’s national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport’s global governing body. The tournament has taken place every four years, except in 1942 and 1946, when the competition was cancelled due to World War II. The …

Dasvidaniya (दसविदानिया) is a Bollywood film released on 7 November 2008. The name of the movie is a pun on the list of ten things to be done before death made by Vinay Pathak, and is a play on the Russian phrase до свидания (do svidaniya), meaning good bye. Amar Kaul (Vinay Pathak) is a 37-year-old accounts manager at a …

System of government: Socialist Republic Capital: Ulan Bator Location: Mongolia is a landlocked country in Central Asia; it has borders with the Russia to the north, and China to the south, east and west Area: 1,565,000 sq km National composition: Mongols (over 90%), minorities include Kazakhs, Uighurs, Tuvinians and Chinese Religion: Lamaist Buddhism Official language: Mongolian Currency: Tugrik = 100 mongo …

System of government: People’s Republic Capital: Pyongyang Location: Northern part of the Korean Peninsula, between the Yellow and East China seas and the Sea of Japan. North Korea has borders with the Russia, China and South Korea. Area: 120,538 sq km National composition: Koreans Currency: Won = 100 chon Administrative divisions: 9 provinces and 4 independent municipalities with the status …

Berkeley, California, USA – August 29, 2017 – 7,196 incoming first-year and transfer Cal students got together and formed a giant human letter as a part of Bear Affair, one of the many events of the new weeklong orientation program, Golden Bear Orientation, thus setting the new world record for the Largest human letter. Photo: UC Berkeley students broke the …

Moscow, Russia – July 26, 2017 – During the Boxing Day, two-time Olympic boxing champions Olga Saitova and Alexei Tischenko taught 3,000 boxing fans in Moscow’s Red Square, thus setting the new world record for the Largest boxing lesson. Photo: Two-time Olympic boxing champions Olga Saitova and Alexei Tischenko taught 3,000 boxing fans in Moscow’s Red Square. The Guinness World …

New York, NY, USA – July 26, 2017 – A total of 3,330 Barcelona fans gathered to create a giant mosaic of Barcelona’s new home shirt, spanning the length of Brant Park in New York City, thus setting the new world record for the Largest human soccer jersey. Photo: Barcelona’s president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, participated in an event at Bryant …

London, United Kingdom – July 18, 2017 – In anticipation of World Emoji Day, and the upcoming worldwide release of “The Emoji Movie,” more than 500 emoji fans around the world celebrated by setting the world record title for the Largest gathering of people dressed as emoji faces simultaneously across multiple venues. Photo: In anticipation of World Emoji Day, and …