India’s Tiger Census sets World Record: Largest Ever Camera Trap Survey in the world

On July 11, 2020, India set the world record of conducting largest ever camera trap survey in the world. Highlights The fourth edition of tiger census that was carried out in 2018-19 was the most comprehensive till date. The survey has hence been included in the Guinness Book of World Record. About the Census The ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: Guinness World Records • National Tiger Conservation Authority • Status of Tigers in India • Tiger • Tiger Census • Tiger conservation • Wildlife conservation

Web Series ‘The Forgotten Army’ enters Guinness World Record

The debut web series of the noted film-maker Kabir Khan, ‘The Forgotten Army’ has created a Guinness World Record for being the biggest ever team of musicians to perform live, in the category of ‘the largest Indian Cinematic Music Band’.  ‘The Forgotten Army’ is an Amazon Prime distributed web series that started streaming on the ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Topics: Amazon • Amazon Prime • Guinness World Records • Kabir Khan • Pritam Chakraborty • The Forgotten Army

Guinness World Record of most students assembling radio kits simultaneously created

The Guinness World Record of most students assembling radio kits simultaneously was created on the third day of 5th India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019 being held in Kolkata. This is the 2nd Guinness World Record at IISF 2019 as earlier on first day of IISF more than 1,598 students had created a Guinness World ..

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: Guinness World Records • Harsh Vardhan • IISF 2019 • India International Science Festival • Radio Kits

Kolkata students create Guinness World Records for largest astrophysics assemble 

The Guinness World Records for the largest astrophysics lesson (45 minutes) and assembly of spectroscopes was successfully achieved by Kolkata students at Science City, Kolkata. The record was attempted on the first day of 5th India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019 in which over 1,598 students participated. The session was dedicated to Meghnad Saha and ..

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: CV Raman • Guinness World Records • IISF 2019 • Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics • largest astrophysics assemble

Indian Charity sets Guinness Records for holding Longest Iftar

PCT Humanity, a charity run by an Indian named Joginder Singh Salaria in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), sets a new Guinness World Records for ‘Longest Line of Hunger Relief Package’ in Abu Dhabi. Key Highlights Indian expat Joginder Singh Salaria is the founder of PCT Humanity, which set the Guinness world record with Iftar ..

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: Abu Dhabi • Dubai Industrial Park • Guinness World Records • Joginder Singh Salaria • Longest Line of Hunger Relief Package • PCT Humanity • Pehal Charitable Trust • Pehal International • UAE • United Arab Emirates