December 22: Top 10 Current Affairs

1. Egyptians have voted in the second and final round of referendum over the new constitution today.

2. Delhi Airport has become the first airport in the world to secure Business Software Alliance (BSA) certification in Software Asset Management (SAM) for Organisations, safeguarding itself from IT-related threats.

3. US President Barack Obama has nominated veteran Senator John Kerry, as the next Secretary of State, replacing Hillary Clinton.

4. The Obama administration has appointed yet another Indian-American to a key administrative post naming Smita Singh as member of the president's Global Development Council.

5. The second seed India's P V Sindhu has entered into finals of ongoing International India Granda Prix Gold Badminton Championship in Lucknow today. In women's single category semi finals, Sindhu defeated Thailand's Sapsiree Taerattanachai by 21-12 and 21-14.

6. The lower house of Russian Parliament has given its final approval to a proposed ban on the adoption of Russian children by American citizens, drawing a sharp response from the United States.

7. Scientists have discovered 33 new trapdoor spider species in Southwest America belonging to the genus that includes a notable species named after US President Barack Obama.

8. Indian-American Rangaswamy Srinivasan, a renowned inventor at IBM, has been nominated by the US President Barack Obama for the prestigious National Medal of Technology for Innovation.

9. In a rare surgery, doctors from Jehangir Hospital in Pune successfully created a new bladder on a two-year-old girl from Yemen.

10. In Uttar Pradesh, a wheel forging factory will be set up by Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd in Rae Bareli.

USEFUL AND HANDY USES OF SALT !!!!

1. If you drop a whole egg on the floor, pour salt all over the egg, let it sit for awhile, then use dustpan, the egg will come right up, without all that mess.

2. Soak stained hankies in salt water before washing.

3. Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away.

4. Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off easier.

5. Put a few grains of rice in your saltshaker for easier pouring.

6. Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting.

7. Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water; fresh eggs sink;bad ones float.

8. Add a little salt to your boiling water when cooking eggs; a cracked egg will stay in its shell this way.

9. A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier.

10. Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water solution to perk them up.

11. Rub salt on your pancake griddle and your flapjacks won't stick.

12. Soak toothbrushes in salt water before you first use them; they will last longer.

13. Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot.

14. Mix salt with turpentine to whiten you bathtub and toilet bowl. 

Benefits of Water Therapy

Relief from stress, weight loss, glowing skin, feeling fresh and energetic throughout the day and good digestion are some of the major benefits of water therapy. Have a look at some of the comments below made by people after trying water therapy.

Water therapy is really wonderfully beneficial. So much that people who have not practiced this can't even imagine. It makes your body thoroughly clean and pure from inside and outside. I recommend that everybody should start practicing water therapy to keep tremendously fit and disease free.

About Water Therapy

It is popular in Japan and India today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven its value.

They publish below a description of use of water in water therapy for their readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses, the water therapy treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as a hundred percent cure for the following diseases

Headache
Body Ache
Heart System
Arthritis
Fast Heart Beat
Epilepsy
Excess
Fatness
Bronchitis
Asthma
TB
Meningtitis
Kidney and Urine diseases
Vomiting gastritis
Diarrhea
Piles
Diabetes
Constipation
All Eye Diseases
Menstrual Disorders
Ear Nose
Throat Diseases

Water Therapy - - Method of Treatment

1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4-6 glasses of water each of 160 ml.
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minutes.
3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.
4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for two hours.
5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink four glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to four glasses per day.
6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.
The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure - 30 days
2. Gastric - 10 days
3. Diabetes - 30 days
4. Constipation - 10 days
5. TB - 90 days
Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment for only 3 days in the first week to be followed by daily treatment. This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.

December 23: Top 10 Current Affairs

1. Master blaster Sachin Tendular has announced his retirement from the One day international cricket format. Tendulkar goes out after amassing 18,426 runs in 463 one-dayers at an average of 44.83.

2. The Delhi High Court has directed day-to-day trial in all sexual assault cases against women being heard by lower courts.

3. Top Cops from 45 police commissionerate­s had unanimously resolved to urge the government for the implementation of Padamanabhaiah committee and Soli Sorabji Committee’s recommendations­ on the police commissionerate­ system in urban areas.

4. South Korean officials say North Korea's recent rocket launch shows it has the ability to fire a rocket more than 10,000 kilometers. The estimate, which would potentially put the Western United States in range, was based on an analysis of rocket debris.

5. In Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood has claimed that 64 per cent votes have been cast in the favour of the new constitution in the two rounds of referendum. The voter turnout has been reported to be around 30 percent.

6. Pakistanis is mourning the death of anti-Taliban politician Bashir Ahmad Bilour. He was killed in a suicide bombing in Peshawar yesterday.

7. India's P Kashyap has lifted the Men's Singles Title of Sayed Modi International Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament in Lucknow today. In the women's singles finals, India's second seeded shuttler P V Sindhu lost to the Indonesia's seven seeded Lyndaveni Fanetri by 15-21, 21-18, 18-21.

8. China has successfully conducted test run of the world's longest 2,298-km long Beijing- Guangzhou high-speed railway, ahead of its formal launch.

9. India has emerged the world’s largest rice exporter, displacing Thailand from its leadership position, with rice exports in marketing year 2011/­12 (October-September) placed at a record 10.4 million tonnes.

10. An Assocham survey said that the $100 billion Tata Group is perceived to be India's best-known global brand within and outside the country

Biggest Highest Largest Longest in the World

Biggest Highest Largest Longest in the World

Biggest Highest Largest Longest in the World
Animal, Tallest Giraffe
Archipelago Largest Indonesia
Bird, Fastest Swift
Bird, Largest Ostrich
Bird, Smallest Humming BirdBridge, Longest Railway Huey P.Long Bridge, Louisiana (U.S.A.)
Building, Tallest in the world Teipei 101, Taiwan
Canal, Longest Irrigational The Kalakumsky canal
Canal, Longest Suez canal
Capital, Highest La Paz (Bolivia)
City, Biggest in area Mount Isa (Australia)
City, Largest in population Tokyo
City, Costliest Tokyo
City, Highest Van Chuan (China)
Continent, Largest Asia
Continent, Smallest Australia
Country, Biggest (Area) Russia
Country, Largest (population) China
Country, Largest (electorate) India
Creature, Largest Blue Whale
Delta, Largest Sunderban (Bangladesh & India)
Desert, Largest (World) Sahara (Africa)
Desert, Largest (Asia) Gobi
Dam, Largest Grand Coulee Dam (U.S.A.)
Dam, Highest Hoover Dam (U.S.A.)
Diamond, Largest The Cullinan
Dome, Largest Astrodome, in Housten (U.S.A.)
Epic, Largest Mahabharat
Irrigation Scheme, Largest Lloyd Barrage, Sukkhur (Pakistan)
Island, Largest Greenland
Sea, Largest Mediterranean Sea
Lake, Deepest Baikal (Siberia)
Lake, Largest (Artificial) Lake Mead (Boulder Dam)
Lake, Highest Titicaca (Bolivia)
Lake, Largest (Fresh Water) Superior
Lake, Largest (Salt water) Caspian
Library, Largest United States Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Mountain Peak, Highest Everest (Nepal)
Mountain Range, Longest Andes (S. America)
Museum, Largest British Museum, London
Ocean, Largest Pacific
Palace, Biggest Vatican (Italy)
Park, Largest Yellow Stone National Park (U.S.A.)
Peninsula, Largest Arabia
Place, Coldest (Habitated) Verkhoyansk (Siberia)
Place, Dryest Iqique (in Atacama Desert, Chile)
Place, Hottest Azizia (Libya, Africa)
Place, Rainiest Mausinram (Meghalaya, India)
Planet, Biggest Jupiter
Planet, Brightest Venus
Planet, Smallest Pluto
Plateau, Highest Pamir (Tibet)
Platform, Longest Kharagpur (India)
Railway, Longest Trans-Siberian railway
Railway Station, Largest Grand Central Terminal, Chicago (U.S.A.)
River, Longest Nile (Africa)
River, Largest Amazon (S. America)
Sea-bird, Largest Albatross
Star, Brightest Sirius
Statue, Tallest Statue of Motherland, Volgagrad (Russia)
Telescope, Largest Radio New Mexico (U.S.A.)
Tramway, World's first New York
Tunnel, Longest (Railway) Tanna (Japan)
Tunnel, Longest (road) Mont Blanc Tunnel between France and Italy
Volcano, Highest Ojos del Salado (Andes, Ecuador)
Volcano, Most Active Maunaloa (Hawaii - U.S.A.)
Wall, Longest Great Wall of China
Waterfall, Highest Angel (Venezuela)
Water, Lowest Body Dead Sea
Zoo, Largest Kruger National Park, South Africa

Bugatti Veyron Super Sports

Price ($2,400,000).

This is by far the most expensive street legal car available on the market today (the base Veyron costs $1,700,000). It is the fastest accelerating car reaching 0-60 in 2.5 seconds. It is also the fastest street legal car when tested again on July 10, 2010 with the 2010 Super Sport Version reaching a top speed of 267 mph. When competing againstthe Bugatti Veyron, you better be prepared

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