> The ‘cold desert’ of Leh on Sunday entered the Guinness Book of World Records after 50,300 saplings were planted at a village here in less than an hour by 9,000 volunteers under a drive supported by Buddhist monks to mark the ‘green’ Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The earlier record was held by Peru, where […]Read More
> A 40-feet high and 20-feet wide kurta painting made by Manisha Ogale of Thane — which took a total of 29 hours, 25 minutes to complete — is now being considered for the Limca Book of Records. Ogale’s creation is being exhibited at the New English School from May 31-June 5 in Thane. Ogale, […]Read More
> World’s smallest Bhagwad Gita in the form of a pendant and containing 18 chapters and 700 shlokas in 24 carat gold letters is available for sale in select Ludhiana jewellery stores. The product has been created by Pawan Sinha, an associate professor of neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Sinha had entered […]Read More
> M Shalini, a LKG student at Rotary school in Mysore has a innate ability to write with both hands at a time. Through her left hand she does a mirror writing, even as she is able to present the alphabet in a common way using her right hand simultaneously. She is able to write […]Read More
> Suneet Varma has done it – he has entered Limca Book of Records by creating the world’s longest embroidered saree which is all of 55 metres. The ace designer has termed the recognition a ‘sweet surprise’. Varma, along with a team of eight designers and more than 55 artisans, created the 55 metre long […]Read More
> In what could be an attempt at adopting a corporate culture, the Kerala Soaps Limited is having a go at making the largest ever floral carpet in the world in Kozhikode. This is close on the heels of a multinational company attempting the same at a convention centre in Thrissur. The ‘Manavamaithri Snehapookkalam’, a […]Read More
> After 18 years of applying and reapplying, Job Pottas has finally entered the Guinness Book of World Records for spelling words backwards in record time. Job, a native of Muvattupuzha, had entered the Limca Book of World Records in 1992 for the same feat. However, he was denied entry into the Guinness Book […]Read More
> Neel Joshi, 13 and his brother Deep, 11, class eight and class six students of Thakur Vidya Mandir School at Kandivali East in Mumbai are on their way to become India’s youngest MBA graduates as they have finished their first semester MBA with distinction from an institute affiliated to a U.S. varsity. The teen […]Read More
> In a bid to create a world record, Gautam Varma, a native of Patlugrama village of Karnataka’s Ramnagar District peeled three coconuts with his teeth in 42 seconds here on Tuesday. Dreaming of doing something unique in his life, Varma has been peeling coconuts with his teeth for over 15 years. Earlier, he had […]Read More
> India Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar Sets World Record for Most Number of Cricket Test Match Playing World Records (169th Cricket Test Match) Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday became the most-capped player in Test cricket history and now has almost every batting record to his name. Commencing this piece with the most striking part of cricket history […]Read More