Tuesday, June 22, 2010

FIFA World Cup

Biggest Wins in last 5 World Cups

1994 : Russia bt Camaroon 6-1
1998 : Spain bt Bulgaria  6-1
2002: Germany bt Saudi Arabia:8-0
2006 : Argentina bt Serbia 6-0
2010 : Portugal bt North Korea 7-0

Biggest Wins of all time

1954 : Hungary bt Korea Republic 9-0
1974 : Yugoslavia bt Zaire 9-0
1982 : Hungary bt El Salvador 10-1

Monday, June 14, 2010

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Union Carbide Factory, India

Total Deaths -------15134
Total victims-------5.7 lakh
Compensation paid----705 crores

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

IIT JEE Admissions--2010

No of students who appeared----4.50 lakh
No. of students who cleared the exam---13104
No. of girl students who appeared----1.13 lakh
No. of girl students who cleared----1476
No. of students who cleared from various centres
IITMumbai (3145),
IIT Madras (2619),
IIT Delhi (2264),
IIT Kharagpur (1481),
IIT Kanpur (1341),
IIT Roorkee (1305
 IIT Guwahati (521).

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Air crashes in India

January 1, 1978: AI-XY5 flight crashed into Arabian Sea, killing 213.

June 21, 1982: AI-403 flight crashed in Mumbai airport, killing 17 out of 111 passengers and crew members.

October 19, 1988: IC-113 flight crashed in Ahmedabad, killing 124 out of 129 passengers.

February 14, 1990: AI flight IC-605 crashed in Bangalore, killing 92 out of 146 passengers.

August 16, 1991: IC-257 crashed in Imphal, killing 69.

April 26, 1993: IC-491 crashed at Aurangabad airport in Maharashtra, killing 55 of 118 passengers.

November 12, 1996: Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight collided midair with Kazakhastan Airlines Flight 1907 near Charki Dadri in Haryana, all 349 on board were killed.

May 22,2010: Air India Flight crashed at Manglore Airport,158 killed and 8 survive.