Mind related issues are one of the main problems in young and old in 2016. Approximately 10 to 15 percent of the population of the world suffer from disorders of the mind due to chemical imbalance caused due to vitamin deficiency, genetic disorders, age related disorders,  case specific health related issues. These result in problems like…[Read more]

Childhood is one of the most important time of any individuals life. That is the time when they grow up observing the world doing their little experiments and small adventures which they can try only during that tender age. That is the age when they learn quite a lot about life, relationships, people, interaction, socialization, friendship…[Read more]

After Demonetisation and start of the economic reforms Reserve Bank of India has come up with a new series of Rs.500 and Rs.2000 notes with new design while the Rs.500 note green color has the motif Red Fort on the reverse, the new Rs.2000 magenta color note has the motif Mangalayan on the reverse some of the new features of the notes are…[Read more]

The Egyptians are an ancient civilization in the world while everyone will be familiar about the Sphinx and Giza Pyramids, What  you are going to read here is something different. This is about the Head of Amenophis III, having the colour of brown Quartzite with a height of 131 cms found in the Upper Egypt , Thebes of the Reign of Amenophis III…[Read more]

Heart problems are a common occurence all over the world especially when there is extreme weather or when change of weather takes place. And most often during winters. This is not a definite rule and it can also happen due to a host of other reasons like preexisting illnesses, shock, age, medication and due to many other other reasons. Mentioned…[Read more]

Every day we keep about people committing suicide due to different difficulties which they may be going through in their life. One of the reasons why the push comes to a shove is they do not share their issues with others or they are in such a situation that they cannot discuss the issue with anyone as they do not feel comfortable approaching them…[Read more]

We all would want a free and equal world. On this day of the year 1948 the world body United nations adopted a set of rules applying to all of us to bring about equality, fairness, Justice and no discrimination. It is a important day for us to ponder what we were set to achieve and what are the milestones reached in this process all over the…[Read more]

The earliest modes of transport used to be our legs, which got subsequently shifted to animals as human civilization progressed. In the olden times people used to lift and transport the rich and wealthy or the royalty. Even till date such a practice is still prevalent. The surprising thing is that we can find these primitive modes in use…[Read more]

This is the second in the series of quiz by Knowledge is Power Use It Wisely hope you enjoy answering it. Answers at the end of  the quiz.

1) Who invented  the aeroplane?

2) John Boyd Dunlop is famous for which invention?

3) What was the name of the first powered aeroplane that took to the skies?

4) In an effort to discourage illegal p…[Read more]

1) Besides a venomous bite, a tarantula sometimes shoots barbed hairs to defend itself. Tarantula is a very huge sized spider.

2) Tuna fish cover  great distances while migrating; a tuna tagged in Mexico eventually turned up near Japan!

3) Carrots aren’t just orange colour. They come in purple, yellow, red, white and even black colour.

4) In…[Read more]

Air India is India’s national carrier and is the country’s brand ambassador in the skies. It is a microcosm of India in the Air. A Puss Moth took to the sky from Karachi airport for Bombay via Ahmedabad on 15th October 1932 during the pre-independance era in the undivided India. Piloting this fledgling flight was a young man who was to pioneer…[Read more]

The largest travelling exhibition ever mounted ‘ The Enduring Image’ by The British Musuem inaugurated in New Delhi, India on the 13th October 1997  has been described as an exhibition of not Indian treasures alone but one in which India takes its proper place as one of the major world civilizations which truly it is due to its existence since…[Read more]

The British Museum was founded in 1753 and is based on the Collections of the polymath Sir Hans Sloane to which were immediately added a number of other national Collections. These Foundation Collections were housed in Montague House, until the present magnificent neo-classical building was designed and constructed by Sir Robert Smirke during the…[Read more]