Top 10 Universities of India...........

Top 10 Universities in the country
1. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
3. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
4. University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
5. Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam
6. University of Delhi, Delhi
7. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
8. Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvanathapuram
9. Birla Institute of Technology and Science –Pilani
10. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Most run records in Cricket

Rank	Player	Nationality	Runs	Average
1	Graham Gooch	England	22,211	40.16
2	Graeme Hick	England	22,059	41.30
3	Sachin Tendulkar	India	21,999	45.54
4	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	18,630	43.02
5	Viv Richards	Antigua and Barbuda	16,995	41.96
6	Ricky Ponting	Australia	16,363	41.74
7	Gordon Greenidge	Barbados	16,349	40.56
8	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	16,128	31.19
9	Allan Lamb	England	15,658	39.14
10	Desmond Haynes	Barbados	15,651	42.07

Technically Mount Everest is NOT the tallest!

Although Mount Everest is the highest mountain above sea level 8,850m, 
Hawaii's Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain base-to-peak: 10,210m (33,500 ft), 4,205m (13,796 ft) above sea level.

Lucy wasn't alone

Lucy, a famed relative to the human race, has a cousin. Little Foot, as he's been nicknamed, was found to have lived at the same time as Lucy, indicating there was more diversity in across Africa during this time period

India, US launch Fulbright - Kalam Climate Fellowship

India and United States have launched the Fulbright – Kalam Climate Fellowship enabling Indian research scholars to work with American institutions in the field of climate change. It will sponsor up to 6 Indian PhD students and post-doctoral researchers to work with US institutions for a period up to one year. The fellowship has been named after late Indian President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. It was launched as part of a commitment made by US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to build long-term capacity to address climate change-related issues in both the countries. It will be operated by the binational US-India Educational Foundation (USIEF) under the umbrella of the prestigious Fulbright programme. It will be jointly funded by both the governments.

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Interesting fact

If you write out pi to two decimal places, backwards it spells “pie” i.e. 3.14                     

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