1. India is the world’s seventh-largest country and the largest democracy.

2. The second-largest population of scientists and engineers is from India.

3. India has more than 300,000 active mosques. This outnumbers any other country in the world, even the Muslim countries.

4. Did you know that India is the only country to have an entire ocean named after it, i.e. the Indian Ocean. Commonly, there are a total of five oceans in the world, namely; Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and the Southern Ocean.

5. Did you know that there are more Indian restaurants in London alone than there are in Mumbai and Delhi combined.

6. Jyoti Kisange Amge (born December 16, 1993) is a notable Indian actress for being Guinness World Records’ smallest living woman in the world. She is 62.8 centimeters tall (2 ft 0.6 in).

7. Benny Prasad, born in 1975, is the fastest man in the world to travel through all 195 countries. He is an Indian gospel guitarist and instrumental guitarist.

8. India leads the world with the largest number of films.

9. Khari Baoli market in New Delhi is the largest wholesale spice market of Asia is in India.

10. Vava Suresh, popularly known as “The Snake Man” of Kerala, is a wildlife conservationist from India. He has rescued/captured more than 52,000 snakes. He was born in 1974 in Trivandrum, Kerala. It is believed that he has been bitten more than 3,000 times including 300 times by some venomous snake.

11. Mawsynram, Meghalaya is the Wettest Place on Earth with 11,873 Millimetres of Rain Annually.

12. Chail Cricket ground is the highest cricket ground in the world. It’s only natural for it to also feature the highest cricket ground in the world recorded by the Guinness Book. It is situated at a level of 2,144 metres above sea level in Chail, Himachal Pradesh.

13. Did you know that Chess was invented in India?

14. India is the place of origin of Buddhism and Jainism.

15. India has the biggest population of vegetarians in the world.

16. The first mining of diamonds was done in India.

17. The Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is in India.

18. India was the first to detect water on the Moon. India’s first Moon Satellite Chandrayaan-1 took the honor.

19. India is the second-largest producer of tea in the world, producing an average of 1,325,050 tonnes each year.

20. Golden Temple in Amritsar is the Most Visited Place in the World.

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In a 37-page notification, the State Government added a complete list of 1,018 names of the locations, as stated in Tamil, the current English name corresponding to it, and the proposed change. Most of the places have been given a new spelling.

So, Coimbatore, an important industrial city in the south of the state, will be called Koyamputthoor. Similarly, Ambattur, known for accommodation a large industrial estate, was called Ambaththoor.

Some examples of the changes are:

• Tondiyarpet – Thandaiyaarpettai
• Purasawalkam – Purasaivaakkam
• Vepery – Vepperi
• Perambur – Peramboor
• VOC Nagar – Va.OO.Si. Nagar
• Kodungaiyur – Kodungaiyoor
• Peravallur – Peravalloor
• Siruvallur – Siruvalloor
• Konnur – Konnoor
• Koyembedu – Koyambedu
• Egmore – Ezhumboor
• Chintadripet – Chintadaripettai
• Triplicane – Thiruvallikkeni
• Mylapore – Mayilaappoor
• Thiruvanmiyur – Thiruvanmiyoor
• Mambalam – Maambalam
• Saidapet – Saithaappettai
• Ekkattuthangal – Eekkattuththaangal
• Guindy Park – Gindi Poongaa
• Thiyagaraya Nagar – Thiyaagaraaya Nagar
• Pallikaranai – Pallikkaranai
• Okkiam Thorappakkam – Okkiyam Thuraipakkam
• Sholinganallur – Solinganalloor
• Uthandi – Uththandi
• Mugalivakkam – Mugalivaakkam
• Manappakkam – Manappaakkam
• Alandur – Aalandhoor
• Meenambakkam – Meenambaakkam
• Porur – Poroor
• Nanganallur – Nangainallur
• Adambakkam – Aadhambaakkam
• Ambattur – Ambaththoor
• Thiruvottriyur – Thiruvotriyoor
• Dharmapuri – Tharumapuri
• Madavaram – Maathavaram
• Dharapuram – Tharaapuram
• Coimbatore – Koyampuththoor
• Gudalur – Koodaloor
• Puducherry – Puthucherry (A place in TN)
• Varagur – Varagoor
• Talaivasal – Thalaivasal
• Kandalur – Kaanthaloor
• Thiruverambur – Thiruverumboor
• Tuvagudi – Thuvakkudi
• Manaparai – Manapparai
• Chattrappatti – Chatthirappatti
• Pudur – Puthoor
• Uthamapalayam – Uthamapaalayam
• Vellore – Veeloor
• Pernambut – Peranaampattu
• Vatalagundu – Vaththalakundu
• Thiruvarur – Thiruvaroor
• Muthupet – Muthuppettai
• Tiruthuraipundi – Thirutthurai Poondi
• Kudavasal – Kudavaasal
• Nidamangalam – Needaamangalam
• Orathanadu – Oratthanaadu
• Kattur – Kaattoor

Although people welcomed the change, they were questioning the timing of the announcement. Many criticized the government for prioritizing the change of names during the pandemic. Many also said that while they were welcome to revert to Tamil names, their complicated English spellings didn’t help.

Twitterati’s has come up with memes and comments over the situation.

I’m glad names are changed based on our original city’s Tamil Names. I will be happy if caste system is abolished based on our original culture. #namechange

— Madan Gowri (@madan3) June 11, 2020

Instead of changing names if you remove caste system it will be so much better.

#NameChange pic.twitter.com/Mn7ldP08FM

— Anonymous India (@journalistboii) June 11, 2020

Spoke to an entrepreneur in Coimbatore and this is what he said abt his city’s name being changed to #KOYAMPUTHTHOOR — “I don’t know what good it serves. We are not getting even small investments… to restart our units… How my city is called is the last thing in my mind now”

— Nidheesh M K (@mknid) June 11, 2020

So then why is it still tamil nadu and not THAMIZH NAADU?#NAMECHANGE pic.twitter.com/V9eluStTej

— manojnatarajan (@manoj_jonam14) June 11, 2020

#NAMECHANGE
After seeing the new names of cities in Tamil Nadu.

Le North Indians: pic.twitter.com/o1Y0ybZJ0Q

— Shubham Mohapatra | शुभम महापात्रा (@SM__TWEET) June 11, 2020

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The #INDvENG semifinal is called off due to rain. #TeamIndia make it to their maiden #T20WorldCup final. pic.twitter.com/y4rfDWjzFi

— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) March 5, 2020

Women Indian team kicked off their tournament with a 17-run win over Australia and now both will once again face each other in the final of the T20 World Cup. Australia being the defending champions, must be familiar with the situation but India has never been into the T20 World Cup final before. India Women team will be riding high on the confidence since they have not lost a single match till now. The fact that they are undefeated in the tournament will boost the team’s atmosphere and overall confidence of the team.

Both the semi-finals were rain-affected, one being washed out other being completed through the DLS method. ICC did not arrange for reserve days in case of washouts since there is no control over the weather condition.

The Indian fans will be cheering for the women team in the finals on Sunday ( 8th February 2020). On the other hand, Harmanpreet Kaur and co will look to win their maiden ICC T20 World Cup title. No matter the result, the match itself will be historic for both the countries as fans across both countries love this game and want their team to win matches. But we hope, our girls clinch the title and make our country proud.

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5 things to know about coronavirus in India:

1) India has reported a total of 5 cases of coronavirus to date. The earlier three positive COVID-19 cases of patients reported from Kerala were recovered safely and were discharged from the hospital.

2) The first case of coronavirus in India was reported in January from Thrissur, Kerala of a woman medical student from Wuhan. Later on, two other patients from Kerala who had gone to Wuhan for studies were also found to be infected.

3) After founding two coronavirus cases in Kerala, the government of Kerala had declared the coronavirus as a state calamity but withdrew it after effective quarantine and no fresh cases were reported.

3) Indian citizens who were evacuated from China have tested negative for COVD-19 in the first testing at their present isolation places in Manesar.

4) In a press conference, the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan requested Indian citizens to avoid non-essential & unnecessary travel to Italy, Iran, Singapore, and South Korea.


5) The government has asked Indian citizens to not panic at the situation and provided government helpline number for assistance.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India on their Twitter handle shared some simple steps to follow while using a protection mask. TheUnionHealth Minister, Harsh Vardhan also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also closely monitoring the situation.

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Yogi Adityanath strikes gold! 3,500-tonne goldmine found in Uttar Pradesh’s #Sonbhadra district https://t.co/8tIB01tdvL pic.twitter.com/Em4Zqh9z1d

— Financial Express (@FinancialXpress) February 21, 2020

#GSI has discovered #golddeposits estimated to be around 3,000 tonnes and worth Rs 12 lakh crore in #Sonbhadra district of #UttarPradesh, almost five times of India’s current reserve of the yellow metal.https://t.co/fnFRAnl0vU

— Firstpost (@firstpost) February 22, 2020

Sonbhadra, one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh and is second largest district of UP also one of the backward districts in the country. It also shares borders with Bihar, Chhattisgarh Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh.

As per the reports, various kind of rare minerals have also been found in the mining including uranium. If this is added to the India’s gold reserve, India will stand tall at the second position next to United States in terms of most gold reserves in the world.

Following the discovery, the internet has irrupted and went gaga over it. Some stated that the discovery of gold in Sonbhadra is a blessing and India will again be known as “Sone Ki Chidiya” (Golden Bird). In the ancient times, India was the wealthiest land and hence it was called “Sone Ki Chidiya”. Here is how the netizens reacted –

3500 Tonnes Of Gold Found in #Sonbhadra, UP. Which is Almost Five Times The Current Gold Reserves.

Once again India will be called “Sone Ki Chidiya!”
Thanks to Geological survey of India.#SonbhadraHills https://t.co/lESe6snSLZ pic.twitter.com/DLW1T5gcam

— Abhishek Srivastav (@Thevampireabhi) February 21, 2020

Meanwhile UP….. #GoldMines #SonbhadraHills #Sonbhadra pic.twitter.com/GRNh7TrZKi

— the professor (@wearenotsame_) February 22, 2020

The Geological Survey of India has discovered over 3500 to 4100 tonnes gold deposits in #Sonbhadra district of #UttarPradesh,officials said on yesterday in the Solemn moments of #MahaShivaRatri.Very soon India will be the 2nd richest country in the World,only just behind the USA. pic.twitter.com/rxFwlLS8s6

— TNYIndia (@TanmayP00271087) February 22, 2020

#GoldMines found in #Sonbhadra ,UP#SoneKiChidiya Again.

Thanks #ॐ_नमः_शिवाय #Mahashivratri #हर_हर_महादेव #Mahashivaratri2020 pic.twitter.com/OqAPNmelrP

— Jenish Trivedi (@T_Jenish21) February 21, 2020

#Sonbhadra
Somebody hit a jackpot…!! Time for a lifestyle change..!! pic.twitter.com/1t0I0JqDg3

— © Veer Sorry Worker (@VeeryaSorry) February 22, 2020

Me while reading Sonbhadra news #Sonbhadra #goldmines pic.twitter.com/WQwVpXPFuX

— Chill Insaan (@chill_insaan) February 22, 2020

She – Take me to the place that is too expensive

He : Takes her to #SonbhadraHills #GoldMines

— Tweetera (@DoctorrSays) February 22, 2020

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It’s almost six months to go to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and players from all over the globe are ready for the competition. In the last Olympic in Rio 2016, it was India’s largest-ever delegation sent to the Olympics, with a total of 117 Indian athletes participated including 63 men and 54 women, across 15 sports at the Games.

In 2016 Rio Olympic, P. V. Sindhu in Badminton Women’s singles won a Silver medal for the country, on the other hand, Sakshi Malik won Bronze in Wrestling.

This year total of 63 participants are participating including 36 men and 27 women in 6 sports which include- Archery, Athletics, Equestrian, Field hockey, Shooting, Wrestling.
With wrestlers, shooters, & boxers especially the consistently returning with medals, we have seen Indian athletes sporting fare well in world events.

In the London 2012 Olympics, Deepika Kumari entered the event as the number one archer in the world after clinching gold in the World Championships. However, at the grandest stage, she failed to perform well. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, shooter Jitu Rai, who had been termed as the ‘Golden Man in India’ found it tough to keep up with the pressure and returned empty-handed.

The study by Gracenote takes into account India’s performance in the past World Championships and the World Cups for the end result, which is not necessarily a projection of how many medals will be won in Tokyo this year. So remember, it’s just a projection and not the final numbers.

Cover image source- www.chaseyoursport.com

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The Indian team failed to set a huge target against the Kangaroos, due to the early dismissal of the top batsmen like Rohit and Virat.
 Dhawan was the top-scorer with 74 runs while K.L Rahul fell three short of his fifty.  Their 121-runs were the most valuable contributions from the lower order which helped India to post 255 runs on board.

Here are some of the records broken in this match:

1. It was India’s fifth ten-wicket defeat in ODIs – previously, two were to South Africa and one each to New Zealand and West Indies.

2. This 10-wicket loss was India’s second in ODIs at home India, first being to South Africa at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on November 25, 2005.

3. The chase down of 256 by Australia is the second-highest by any team without losing a single wicket in ODIs.  The first one was South Africa who chased 279 vs Bangladesh at Kimberley on October 15, 2017.

4. The unbeaten match-winning innings of 128 runs by David Warner is his highest against India.

5. It was Australia’s second-highest opening stand in ODIs. The highest was 284 runs between Travis Head and David Warner against Pakistan.

6. It was for the fourth time in ODIs that Aaron Finch and David Warner have registered 150-plus for the first wicket, breaking an Australian record held by Adam Gilchrist and Mark Waugh.

7. Aaron Finch posted his first hundred as captain in ODIs against India.

8. The partnership of 258 by Warner and Finch is the highest by an opening pair against India, overhauling the 235 of South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs and Gary Kirsten.

Cover Image Source- www.thehindu.com

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With the third T20 being held at Wankhede, Rohit Sharma will be eyeing to score big as the previous two innings wasn’t great in terms of scoring runs at his caliber. The series decider will grab a lot of eyeballs since so much of friendly rivalry was seen on the field when Indian captain Virat Kohli was batting in the 1st T20. He was annoyed by some poor decision by umpires and also a banter between West Indies pacer, Williams. On the other hand, West Indies team go all guns blazing to win the series against India so that their T20 ranking ( Currently Number 10 T20 side) can improve. Also, the series will be important for Captain Virat as well since he did not play the last T20 series against Bangladesh. So both the teams will be looking to win the last decider match to secure the series. Are you excited?

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After the Dr. Priyanka Reddy rape case, BharatBand10December is trending all over Twitter. What to say after such a brutal rape and murder case, a country where girls are burnt alive a few miles from home. This is really painful and disturbing for the whole country.
In order to stop these rape cases and to create fear in the minds of the culprits, people started this campaign, and say that India should be closed on December 10 and all people should join this mission and come on the streets and ask for the hanging of Priyanka Reddy’s culprits.

Thousands of angry tweets demanding justice for her and people are demanding strict laws from the government for rape cases.

IN SUPPORT OF WOMAN

IN RESPECT OF WOMAN

IN JUSTICE OF WOMAN

WE SUPPORT#BharatBand10December pic.twitter.com/vF9VAtw30K

— RAMGOPAL RLP (@RAMGOPA45995938) December 3, 2019

#BharatBand10December
Make islamic law Against rapists in Islam for rapists. pic.twitter.com/knoqsJC1yq

— Samir Khan (@Murli20915352) December 4, 2019

-Inflation -Bharat Band
-Slowdown -Bharat Band
-Fee hike -Bharat Band
-Labour -Bharat Band
Agitation
-Rape & guess what?#BharatBand10December
Enough of this naxal style agitation!
We need aware, alert, sensible Bharat in RUNNING condition to stop these Inhuman acts. pic.twitter.com/fnUjnU53ra

— Siddharth Gauraha (@Sidddheart) December 4, 2019

#BharatBand10December
I wonder, what are you good at?
Is that corruption, taking bribes at almost every sector, politics, education system, providing government services, stopping crimes like rape, killing, harassing etc?
Yes, India is developing but in a opposite way. No wonder! pic.twitter.com/qdv3i4vng7

— iAJay (@iAJay5514) December 4, 2019

hang or burn the rapists alive #BharatBand10December #JusticeForPriyankaReddy #JusticeForRoja pic.twitter.com/BJP2ugI4NH

— Kavita Chavan (@iamkavitachavan) December 4, 2019

I support death penalty for rape
If we create fear in the minds of rapists that was the best result to control this type of cases#BharatBand10December pic.twitter.com/DFILj6aKt1

— Anil_parsha (@AnilParsha) December 4, 2019

Reading this again was shameful & upsetting @ArvindKejriwal #BharatBand10December #JusticeForPriyankaReddy pic.twitter.com/yFvJ4wuLzE

— Dhairya Luthra (@LuthraDhairya) December 3, 2019

If you support too, please Retweet.,#BharatBand10December pic.twitter.com/ydmIJ11b3P

— dharmendra (@01_djbhatt) December 3, 2019

Times Demand Now Self Protection Government And Administration Completely Die #BharatBand10December pic.twitter.com/syU5ek6TyI

— Rohit Single (@SingleRohit) December 3, 2019

Three demands.
1. There should be death punishment for rapists.
2. Trial to be completed within three months.
3. The death penalty should also apply to a minor.
In Support of Women , In Respect of Women , In Justice of Women #BharatBand10December pic.twitter.com/vfjZOYasAi pic.twitter.com/Dh9JC7SDqK

— Mayuri (@racerme) December 4, 2019

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With the high levels of pollutants in the air, it is high time to follow some preventive measures to save yourself from falling ill.

THINGS TO DO TO SAVE YOURSELF FROM AIR POLLUTION

1. Drink more water as it will help you to flush out toxins and harmful particles from your body. 

2. Get some indoor air-purifying plants like Areca Palm, Snake plant, Money plant at your home and office to keep the air as clean as possible.

3. Eat proper healthy diet to boost your immunity.  Your diet needs to be especially rich in Vitamin C-rich foods like lemon, amla, oranges, guava, etc. Vitamin E and Beta Carotene will also help in boosting the immune system. Almonds, sunflower seeds, peanuts, bran oil, pine nuts, etc can be included in the diet.

4. Start wearing a good quality masks to protect you from the harmful pollutants floating in the air. Surgical masks are not meant to serve this purpose, so do not use them as they do not qualify to protect you from the hazardous particles present in the air. Use N95 or N99 masks.

5. If you are a patient of respiratory problems like asthma, make sure to take your medicines regularly.

6. Carpooling is a great option to save the environment. Start carpooling with your colleagues or people travelling on the same route to reduce the number of vehicles on the road.

THINGS TO AVOID

-Avoid high intensity outdoor workouts and exercise on the smoggy mornings.

-Avoid bigger roads with more traffic, as emission from vehicle is very dangerous.

-Stop burning any firecrackers or waste material.

-Avoid burning garbage, plastics and other discarded items in the outdoors.

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