Since the end of civil war, there exists a tension between the Muslims who are just 10% of the population in Srilanka and Buddhist Sinhalese who are in majority making up to 75% of the population. On March 6th of 2018 Srilankan troops patrolled on the streets of Pallekele, a suburb of Kandy to watch the emergency and curfew being implemented.The arson attacks and riots left a building vandalized by the mobs in the suburb of Kandy. Anti-muslim riots left two people dead, while more than 100 homes and shops were set ablaze in the hilly resort of Kandy. The ... Read More

International Women’s Day is held to celebrate the achievements of women across the world. This day is also popular as the United Nations (UN) day for Women’s Rights and International Peace. Some countries declare it a Public Holiday while some governments offer holiday only to their women employees.The logo of International women’s day is in purple and white featuring the symbol of Venus for female. So, women prefer to wear purple, white and mostly pink on women’s day.When is it Celebrated?During 1975, the United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day on March 8th. The idea of celebrating International women’s day ... Read More

On the event of International Women's Day 20118, the Delhi Government takes another initiative for women’s safety, launching Panic Alarms in buses and have launched the pilot batch of this project. This project of installing alarm systems in all the buses is expected to be completed in one years time.How does this work?This Panic button system has a near perfect design that will help women raise a buzz against abuse they face. It will help gain the attention of the public where the accused can be easily caught.There will be four panic buttons installed in four different places on a ... Read More

The Kempegowda International Airport, shortly known as KIA of Bangalore which has been widely applauded as a high-flyer International Airport having considerable passenger growth for 2017, this has also got another feather in its crown now.KIA has bagged the second place in Airport service quality (ASQ) rankings, as reported by Airports Council International (ACI).Who Ranks Them?ACI is a trade association of the world’s airports. They collect data from the customers of all airports, over the course of the year in a worldwide program of evaluating airports depending on the customer feedback. According to the feedbacks, 34 key performance factors, such ... Read More

The Delhi government took initiative to deploy Bus Marshalls who are none but Police Home guards to look after women safety in the capital city, New Delhi. It was on June 24th, 2015 this was started and 2000 Bus Marshalls were deployed immediately.But for every fortnight another 500 were deployed since then to meet the required number to ensure the safety of women in buses and bus stands.These Bus Marshalls not only take care of women’s safety but also see that the buses stop at bus stops without any problem to the citizens. Later on, DTC also got equipped with ... Read More

An earthquake is defined as the sudden shaking of the Earth's surface. Earthquakes are caused by the collision of tectonic plates in the Earth's crust. These plates ride over each other when instability is created in the crust due to the release of energy from the Earth's core.There are large earthquakes and small earthquakes. Earthquakes are measured using an instrument called Seismometer. The magnitude of an earthquake is represented on the Richter scale. On the scale, 3 or less is scarcely noticeable, and magnitude 7 or more causes damage over a wide area.The Great Chilean earthquake also known as the ... Read More

The Crocodylidae, which includes the "true" crocodiles; the Alligatoridae, which includes the alligator and the caimans; and the Gavialidae, which contains only the gharial are the three groups of crocodilians. Crocodiles are large reptiles which are amphibians. They are found in Asia, Africa, America, and Australia. Alligators are also large reptiles of the family Alligatoridae, members of the order Crocodylia. Alligators are native to the United States and China only. Although these two species look similar, they are different in many ways.There are basically five characteristics with the help of which you can differentiate them from each other. So what ... Read More

CDSL stands for Central Depository Services India Ltd and NSDL stands for National Securities Depository Ltd. Depository refers to an organization which holds the stocks of investors and shareholders. NSDL and CDSL are the two apex depositories in India. Just like banks take care of cash and deposits, they hold bonds, stocks etc for the shareholders in electronic form.Functioning of CDSL and NSDLWe need not send share certificates physically for transfers like in the old days, the NSDL and CDSL help to convert and hold shares in the Demat form. Since their establishment, we received huge contributions from both these ... Read More

Earth rotates around its own axis which is tilted at 23.5 degrees, from the plane of its orbit around the sun, in the eastward direction. It takes almost 24 hours to complete one rotation. The Earth rotates at a speed of 460 m/s, that is approximately 1650 km/hr at the equator. The angular velocity of the Earth decreases as we keep moving toward the poles.The Earth's rotational speed is slowing down with time. According to atomic clocks, the present day is 1.7 milliseconds slower than a century ago. It is not a big issue as it will take more than ... Read More

All things that fly using wings need air. Moving air has a force that will lift kites, airplanes, and balloons up and down. An aircraft experiences four basic forces, they areLift: The upward force acting on the aircraft which helps the airplane to fly.Drag: The backward force caused by the resistance of air flow.Thrust: The forward force produced by the engines of the aircraftWeight: The body and cargo weight of the aircraft acting in a downward direction.An aircraft flies when the lift force exceeds the weight of the aircraft. For this to happen the aircraft must move at high velocities. ... Read More