News Agencies of Some Important Countries

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 08:05:00 -0700

Sl No.	Country	Agency
1	India	United News of India (UNI),Samachar Bharti,Univarta,Press Trust of India(PTI)
2	Pakistan	Associated Press of Pakistan, Pakistan Press International (PPI)
3	USA	Associate Press(AP),United Press International(UP)
4	France	A.F.P(Agence France-Presse)
5	Italy	ANSA (Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata)
6	Japan	KYODO
7	Iran	IRNA
8	Russia	TASS
9	Philistin	WAFA
10	Britain	REUTERS
11	Malysia	BERNAMA
12	Israel	ITIM
13	China	XINHUA
14	Indonesia	ANTARA
15	Germany	D.P.A
16	Australia	Australian Associated Press(A.A.P)

International Boundaries

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 12 Apr 2015 07:43:00 -0700

1. McMohan Line : Boundary between India and China.

2. Hindenburg Line : Boundary between Germany and Polland.

3. Durand Line : Boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

4. Radcliffe Line : Boundary between India and Pakistan.

5. Maginot Line : Boundary between Germany and France.

6. Menarhim Line : Boundary between Russia and Finland.

7. 38th Parallel Line : Boundary between North Korea and South Korea.

8. 49th Parallel Line : Boundary between USA and Canada.

Largest,Longest,Highest in the World

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 22:27:00 -0800

Largest

Airport :-King Fahd International, located near Qatif(Saudi Arabia) in an area of 780 Km².
Animal :- Blue Whale,33.58 meters.
Animal(land) :- African Elephant, Average adult's height at shoulder 3.2 m;weight 6.5 tonnes.
Continent :- Asia, area 41.66 million sq. km
Country :- Russia with area 17.1 million sq. km
Crater :- Toba,The world's largest caldera or volcao crater, in north-central Sumatra,Indonesia.
Delta :- Ganga-brahmputra with area 75,000 sq. km in India and Bangladesh.
Desert :- Sahara Desert in North Africa with area 8.4 million sq. km covering 6% of world's total land area and 28% of the land area of Africa.
Dome(Modern) :- Louisiana Super Dome in New Orleans,USA.
Gulf :- Gulf of Mexico in North Atlantic-South-West Pacific with Area 2,176,000 sq. km
Island :- Greenland
Lake(arificial) :- Lake Volta with area 8502 Km² in Ghana.
Lake(fresh water) :-Lake Superior in USA-Canada with area 82,400 sq. km.
Lake(salt water) :- Caspian Sea; The world's largest inland sea,which has borders with Russia,Kazakhstan,Azerbaijan,Iran and Turkmenia.It is 1225 km long.
Mosque :- Al-masjid al-Haram ,located in Mecca,Saudi Arabia.
Museum :- Smithsonian Institution in Washington,USA.
Ocean :- Pacific Ocean. It is the oldest ocean too.It occupies 32.25 percent of the earth's area.
Park :- Northeast Greenland National Park.
Peninsula :- Arabian Peninsula with area 3.25 million sq. km
Power Plant :- Itaipu Hydroelectric Plant on the Parana river near the Brazil Paraguay border opened in 1984.
Pyramid :- Great Pyramid of Cholula.
River Basin:- Amazon River Basin, covers an area 7,045,000 sq. km; length 6,570 km;it has nearly 1500 tributaries.
Sea Port :- New York-New Jersey.
Stadium :- Strahov in Czech Republic.
Temple :- Angkor Vat(Cambodia) with area 162.6 ha; built for Lord Vishnu by Khmer King Surya Varman II during 1113-50 AD.

Longest

Rail Tunnel :- Seikan Rail Tunnel; It is a 53.85 km railway tunnel in Japan with a 23.3 km portion under the sea bed.
Underground Pipeline :- HBJ Gas Pipeline; The Hazira-Bijapur-Jagdishpur gas pipeline is 1750 km long and passes through four states in India.Capacity 18.2 million cubic metres of gas per day.
River :- Nile; Length 6,695 km.White Nile originates from Lake Alberta in Uganda and Blue Nile from Ethiopia,the two join at Khartoum in Sudan to form River Nile.
Wall :- The Great Wall of China; Length 3460 km(Mainline)
Associate River :- Medira(Associate River of Amazon).
Platform :- Kharagpur(West Bengal,India).
Tree :- Founder Tree,California.

Highest

Dam :- Rogun ; Earth-Filled dam,Tajikistan,CIS; Height 335 metres.
Mountain Peaks :- Mt. Everest; 8848 metres.
Plateau :- Tibetan Plateau(Pamir),known as " Root of the World";4500 metres high.
Town/Village :- Wenchuan ; On Chinghai-Tibet Road 5100 metres high/A Chile Village in Andes Mountains(5334 metres).
Volcano(Active) :- Mt. Ozos-del-Salado,Argentina.
Waterfall :-Angel; In Venezuela,on a branch of the River Churan,an upper tributary of the Orinoco.
Road :- Leh-Manali Road(India).
Capital :- Lapaj(Bolivia).
Mosque :- Sultan Hasan Mosque,Kahira(Egypt).
Animal :- Girrafe.

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News Agencies of Some Important Countries

International Boundaries

Largest,Longest,Highest in the World