Status of Leopard in India 2018 Report

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently released the “Status of Leopard in India, 2018” report. Key Findings of the Report India has 12,852 leopards as compared to 7,910 leopards in 2014. The leopard population has increased by 60% in the country The states that recorded highest leopard estimates were Madhya Pradesh, ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Census • CITES • Guinness World Record • Indian leopard • IUCN • IUCN Red List • Leopard • Status of Leopard in India • Wildlife conservation

Lucknow-based school enters Guinness Book of World Records 

Lucknow-based City Montessori School (CMS) has won the Guinness World Record for becoming the ‘world’s largest school’ in terms of strength of students. City Montessori School (CMS) has won the global award for having largest number of students in 2019-20. At present, the CMS has 18 branches and approximately 56,000 students all over the city. ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: City Montessori School • Guinness World Record • Lucknow • World's lLargest School

Vastradan Campaign Sets Guinness World Record

Vastradan Campaign initiated by the erstwhile royal family of Udaipur has set the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of clothes for donation. The campaign had collected more than 3 lakh items of clothing. Vastradan Campaign Through the Vastradan Campaign, over 3,29,250 pieces of clothing from over 76,000 donors were collected and distributed to the ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019

Topics: Cloth Donation • Guinness World Record • Rajasthan • Udaipur • Vastradan Campaign

CISF Creates New Guinness World Record

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) created a new Guinness World Record for the longest single moving line bicycle parade at the Yamuna Expressway. New World Record The world record was attempted to commemorate the 50 years of the paramilitary force CISF. For creating the World Record the personnel of the central force rode 1,327 bicycles non-stop with a uniform ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: Central Industrial Security Force • CISF • Guinness World Record • Hubballi bicycle club of India • PSU • Public Sector Undertakings • Yamuna Expressway

6,117 Kuchipudi dancers set new Guinness World Record

As many as 6,117 Kuchipudi dancers set a new Guinness World Record by performing together in a single event in Vijayawada district of Andhra Pradesh. The Guinness World Record adjudicated for the 12-minute “Jayamu Jayamu” item as the ‘Largest Kuchipudi dance’ performance. Key Facts Kuchipudi dancers from various age groups (as young as 5 to ..

Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs

Topics: Andhra Pradesh • Art and Culture • Guinness World Record • Kuchipudi Dance • World Records