Diana : The Most Photographed Person in the World

Young Princess Diana

Diana Frances Spencer was born on 1st July in the year 1961 and lived in this complicated world for only 3 years before she died in a car accident with her companion (Dodi Fayed) and car driver (Henri Paul) in the year 1997. She had divorced her husband, prince Charles, in the year 1996 before her death. She has two children prince William and prince Harry. 

This lady though she lived for a short time in this world enjoys the prestige of being the most photographed person in the world. Many say that she never refused to show her face to the photographers unlike most of the celebrities do today. The photographers had the freedom to click her where ever she was seen like shopping, visiting the gym, and even when eating lunch.. etc., Even after her death in the year 1997 she still remains as the most photographed person in the history of the world. 

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Most Safest and Peaceful Country to Live in the World 2010

Hi readers. This is the second time I am writing about the most peaceful and safest countries in the world to live. I have already written an article in my blog Yuvaraj about the safest countries based on the  information given  by vision of humanity group. The article also contains a table showing the most and least peaceful countries in the world for the year 2009. The table here shows the most peaceful countries in the world 2010. The 10 least peaceful countries are Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan, Sudan, Pakistan, Israel, Russia, Georgia, Chad, and DRC.  New Zealand is ranked as the most peaceful country by them for 2009 as well as 2010. More information can be found in the Fact Sheet 2010 released by the Global Peace Index about 149 countries. The Global Peace Index has been conducting these statistical survey of peace on 149 selected countries from the year 2007. For more on these statistics please log on to www.visionofhumanity.org and get to know about the countries peace index and how they are evaluated.

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Jimena Navarrete is Miss Universe 2010

The results of the Miss Universe 2010 has been announced and Jimena Navarrete has won the title. She is just 22 years old and is from Mexico. This is the 59th year the competition is being held. She was crowned by last year's winner Stefania Fernandez who is from Venezuela. The second position was won by Yendi Phillipps (22 years old) who is also miss Jamaica. Miss Australia, Jesinta Campbell, was placed third in the competition. Last year too miss Australia was placed third. More than 80 participants from different countries took part. Apart from miss universe there were other awards like miss photogenic and miss congeniality which was won by Fonthip Watcharatrakul and  Jesinta Campbell respectively. The best national costume award went again to Thailand's Fonthip Watcharatrakul. The event took place in a grand manner in Las Vegas, United States. There were around 20 judges including both telecast and preliminary judges. Only two Indian ladies have won the title so far. Here is the list of Miss Universe from the year 1952. For more information about the contest click here.

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List of Most Populous Cities in India 2010

India is the second largest populous country in the world next only to China. Here the country's most populous cities are given with their estimated population (not the urban agglomeration). 

With a little less than 14 million citizens Mumbai stands out as the most populous city in the world. Next to it comes the national capital of the country (Delhi) which has a population of around 12.5 million. The population of New Delhi is not included to Delhi's population. The IT capital (Bangalore) of India is the third most populous in the list with only around 5.5 million citizens. The city attracts people from different parts of the country and people with different mother tongues can be found in the city. Kolkata and  Chennai are the other two cities in the list in the top five with 5.1 and 4.6 million respectively. 

Including the top 5 cities in the country there are 43 cities totally with a population of more than 1 million. 

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2010: Top 10 Richest Indians

Top 10 Richest Indians 2010

India is not only known for its population and its unity in diversity but also for the number of billionaires it has got. Here is a list of Indian billionaires ranked on their net worth. Net worths mentioned here was calculated for the entire family of the person in the list and should not be assumed to be the individual's net worth. As most of you expect the Ambani family made it to the top of the list with elder and younger Ambanis taking first and third place with 51 and 45 billion US dollars respectively. Lakshmi Mittal, the steel giant, sits comfortably at the second spot with 49 billion US dollars. Kushal Pal Singh of DLF Universal with USD 35 billion, is the next in the list. Azim Premji is the fifth richest Indian with a net worth of around 15 billion US dollars. The other 5 in the top 10 are Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja, Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia, Ramesh Chandra, Kumar Mangalam Birla, and Sunil Mittal with over 10 billion US dollars each. The above information is taken from the list published by Forbes which conducts many yearly surveys. Forbes has also released a list of 40 richest Indians based on their net worth. Though the ranking is made every year, there is no major changes in the list of riches. The rich gets richer and the poor gets poorer.

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Top 10 Most Populous Cities in India, 2010

10 Most Populous Cities in India

India as a country is the second most populous country in the world next only to China. Some studies even suggest that one day India could overtake China in terms of population. The list of top 10 most populous cities in India is shown in the image. Mumbai stands out at the top of the list with a huge population of over 2 crores. The next largest in terms of population is Delhi with a population of a little over 1.8 crores. The other city with more than 1 crore population is Kolkata which has around 1.5 crores of people living in it. Chennai and Bangalore are placed at 4th and 5th spots respectively. India's population is growing at a rapid speed with 118 crores as the estimated population for the year 2010. The life expectancy of an Indian is a little below 70 years. Compared to men, women have a 5% higher life expectancy at around 73 years. The Indian population is estimated to reach 133.1 crores by the year 2020. The growth rate is at 1.5% approximately. With the growth rate increasing year after year India is sure to overtake China one day.  

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World's Oldest Person

Born in 1880 and still alive? This is the question that everyone is tempted to ask when we hear this news. Yes, Antisa Khvichava is the world's oldest person at present. She lives in a remote mountain village in Russia with her 40-year-old grandson. She recently celebrated her 130th birthday with her son, 10 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and six great, great grandchildren. 

While this is the story of Antisa Khvichava, there is another woman, Turinah, in Indonesia who claims that she is 157 years old. The woman still carries on with her daily activities on her own. She has the habit of smoking clove cigarettes. Though they are no proofs of her age but still officials believe that she could be 157 because her adopted daughter is 108 yrs old now. If 157 is her true age then she was born in 1853 when there were no telephones, cars, aeroplanes, and televisions. In fact the world wars din't happen at that time. 

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Happiest Country in the World.

Though Holland has lost the recent world cup battle against Spain, it has got a reason to be HAPPY. The most happiest countries in the world are Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Holland. These countries are clustered together in the same region. Whereas the football world cup winner is placed in the 17th position among  the 21 European countries that were considered in the survey. 

Many researchers feel that money is the object that drives most of the waking hours of a human being. Obviously  money can buy certain kind of happiness to mankind but can't be reason for the entire happiness in one's life. Ideed, Denmark, the world's happiest country, had a per-capita GDP of $36,000 in 2009, according to the Central Intelligence Agency. That's higher than 196 of the 227 countries for which the CIA collects statistics.

Jim Harter, a chief scientist at Gallup, says that "Each of us is two different people. We evaluate our lives periodically; we sit back and reflect and summarize things that have gone on in our lives to date". "Another side is how you experience things daily. Daily experience affects your stress and your psychology. How you evaluate your life affects your decisions. It's important to think about how you can leverage that well-being."

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Countries With Highest and Lowest Literacy Rates in the World

Where does your country stand in the table of literacy rate? The United Nations Development Programme has come out with a list of countries according to their literacy rates. The Holy See (Vatican City) is not included in the list by them due to some reasons but it enjoys a literacy rate of 100 percent. Leaving Vatican City aside the only other country to reach the 100 percent mark is Georgia. Cuba, Estonia, and Latvia share the second spot with a rate of 99.8%.

Barbados, Slovenia, Belarus, Lithuania, and Ukraine share the 5th place in the table with a literacy rate of 99.7%. Kazakhstan and Tajikistan share the next two places in the table with 99.6%. Most of the European countries including United Kingdom and United States,  and Australia share the 19th spot with a literacy rate of 99 percent. Burkina Faso, Mali, Chad, Niger and Guinea are the countries that are bottom most in the table with a literacy rate that is below 30 percent. To know more about literacy rates of other countries click here.

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Countries With Low Income Tax Rates For Individuals and Businesses

According to May 2009 statistics, Monaco had no income tax requirements for individuals, and the country with the lowest rate were Bulgaria, at 10%. Montenegro, Russia and the countries of the Czech Republic and the Ukraine also had low rates at 12%, 13%, and 15% respectively. 

When it comes to business Montenegro had the lowest flat tax for businesses at 9 percent, with the next lowest being the nations of Bulgaria, Serbia, and Cyprus, each at 10 percent. Ireland, Latvia, and the nations of Hungary and Romania also had low tax rates at 12.5%, 15%, and 16% respectively. 

For more information on income tax rates for business and individuals visit worldwide-tax.com.

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Top 10 Richest Persons in the World 2010

Each penny counts in this race. Forbes has released the list of richest persons in the world for the year 2010. According to Forbes the number of billionaires have increased from 793 in 2009 to 1011 in 2010 and their net worth this year has shot up to $3.6 trillion from $2.4 trillion last year.The statistics also says that the number of women billionaires have increased to 89 in 2010 compared to that of 72 in 2009. Here is the list of the 10 richest persons in the world for the year 2010 according to Forbes.

1. Carlos Slim Helu

2. Bill Gates

3. Warren Buffett

4. Mukesh Ambani

5. Lakshmi Mittal

6. Lawerence Ellision

7. Bernald Arnault

8. Eike Batista

9. Amacio Ortega

10. Karl Albrecht 

US citizens dominate the list even though the percentage of the persons from USA in the list has gone down by 5% from 45 to 40.Americans still occupy 7 of the top 20 places in the list. Last year there were 10 Americans in the top 20. Though the statistics and the list keep changing there wont be any change in the life style of the rich and the poor. Never forget the line "The rich gets richer and the poor gets poorer". These rich persons around the world can contribute towards erasing the problems like illiteracy, unemployment, poverty.etc., atleast in their own country to make this world a beautiful place to live in.
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The 10 most safest countries to live in the world

Do we live in a safe country? To know more about a country's safety read through the article. Global Peace Index(GPI) takes into consideration 23 indicators to assess the peace index of a country. Some of the indicators are number of external and internal conflicts fought, potential for terrorist attacks, level of violent crime, relations with neighboring countries..etc.,. The survey was conducted on 144 countries from the world and the GPI for the year 2009 is shown in the table below. 

 

The table shows that New Zealand is the safest country in the world to live in and the least safest or dangerous being Iraq. Both, Norway and Denmark, are placed second in the table and they score very well in human rights and political stability. They also have the lowest scores on gender inequality. The lower the score, the more safer the country is. Iceland has got good scores in literacy and civil liberties while Austria gets fifth position due to its good score in democracy and education. Sweden is placed next in the rankings and the Scandinavian countries' scores are more or less similar in all areas.

Countries like Afghanistan and Iraq have bad scores in deaths resulting from conflicts, political instability, adult literacy rate, infant mortality rate, life expectancy..etc., In fact, the GPI indicates that the world is becoming less peaceful. If this trend continues then no country will be safer to live. So, what could be the solution for this problem? Here are some of the ways that have been suggested by UN to hold peace in the world  1) to reject violence, 2) prevent conflicts by addressing root causes, and 3) solving problems through dialogue and negotiation. Each individual can contribute towards world peace in many ways such as respecting the fundamental rights, showing no discrimination, casting vote to form a good government...etc.,. So as individuals let us do our duty and make this world a better place to live for the future generations to come.

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Save Tigers

To put it simple, the national animal, panthrea tigris, of India is at stake. If this problem is left unattended then we might see the extinction of the entire species in India. This is experienced not only in India but this is happening all over the world. 40000 was the strength of the Indian tiger population at the beginning of this century and don't be surprised to know that only 1411 tigers are present in India at present. Statistics say that in 2009 alone 86 deaths have been reported. With 37 tiger sanctuaries in India, about 17 of them are on the verge of tiger extinction.

The tigers in India are not only facing natural deaths but their lives are endangered by the human population. What we should do to save tigers? We should stop pouching tigers and also stop depleting the tiger habitats. If these two are avoided then the tigers will have a happy life out there in the forests. 

How you can contribute to save tigers in our country? An awareness program has been started in India to stop pouching of tigers and depletion of their habitats. You can write about saving tigers in India in blogs like I have done or you can use twitter, facebook ..etc to pass on this message. Friends, if we neglect this for another 10 years I think we wont have any tiger left in our country and our country should have a different national animal.

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Valentine's Day

People from different parts of the world have different opinions about the Valentine's Day. Some  believe that it is because of the person called St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity. He died on February 14, 269 A.D. Some people also  believe that St. Valentine left a farewell note for the jailer's daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it "From Your Valentine". Other aspects of the story say that Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of Emperor Claudius. Claudius then had Valentine jailed for defying him. In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honour St. Valentine. Then gradually people started exchanging gifts, cards, poems..etc., to show their love and affection towards their intimate ones. 

Most of the people have a wrong opinion about February 14 that it is meant only for the young couples who love each other. They should also know that it is not only for the youngsters out there but for everyone in this world.

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