Saturday, June 11, 2016

Pokhara on top Of Forbe's Magazine for cheapest destination List

The world famous Forbes Magazine has published the list of 20 best value cities for budget travelers placing Pokhara of Nepal at the top.
One can stay in Pokhara at $15.84 per day

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

100 Most Powerful Women


President Bidya Devi Bhandari has been ranked 52nd on this year’s edition of Forbes World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.
The popular magazine publishes the name of powerful women and men every year.

Friday, May 20, 2016

World Record by Woman to Climb Mount Everest.

Lhakpa Sherpa Keeps  Record to Climb Mount Everest . 
Lhakpa Sherpa has broken her own record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain by a woman scaling Mount Everest for a record seventh time.

US changing tourist & student visa processing in Nepal

Starting June 1, applicants of tourist visa and student visa will only need to bring passport, any prior passports, DS-160 confirmation page, application fee payment receipt, photos, I-20 (for student visa applicants).

Egypt Air crash: Plane 'made sharp turns before plunge

China Longest High-Speed Rail Line

China Longest High-Speed Rail Line

Types of Mountains

Following are the types of Mountains: 

Fold mountains
1. Fold MountainFold mountains are mountains that form mainly by the effects of folding on layers within the upper part of the Earth's crust.

2. Block Mountain: A mountain formed by the uplift of blocks of the earth's crust.
Block Mountain

3. Volcanic MountainA volcanic mountain starts out as a simple crack in the Earth called a volcanic vent. Magma erupts out of the ground as lava flows, clouds of ash, and explosions of rock. This material falls back to Earth around the vent, and piles up around it. Over time (and sometimes quite quickly) a volcanic mountain builds up, with the familiar cone shape.

Volcanic Mountain

4. Residual Mountain:Residual mountains are remnants of old mountains which have been worn down by agents of denudation. They are usually hard resistant rocks that are let standing after the surrounding areas have been reduced by agents of denudation.

Residual Mountain

Mountains inside Ocean

1.Ocean Sea mounts
2. Mid Ocean Ridge: mid-ocean ridge or mid-oceanic ridge is an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. 
 mid-ocean ridge
3. Mid Atlantic RidgeThe Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is a mid-ocean ridge, a divergent tectonic plate boundary located along the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. 
4. South Western Indian Ridge
5. Central Indian Ridge
6. South East Indian Ridge
7. Pacific Antarctic Ridge
8. East Pacific Ridge
9. 90 East Ridge

International Parallel Lines


  1. 17 Parallel: Border Line Between North an South Vietnam.
  2. 24 Parallel: Border Line between India and Pakistan. 
  3. 38 Parallel; North Korea and South Korea.
  4. 49 Parallel: Canada and America border lines. This is the longest border line in the world. 


Country Titles


  • Sorrow of Bihar: Koshi River
  • Sorrow of Bengal: Damodar River
  • Lamp of History: Yunnan(Greece)
  • Sorrow of China: HwangHo River
  • City of Palaces:Calcutta (India)
  • City of Seven Hills: Rome (Italy)
  • City of Sky Scrappers : New York 
  • Roof of the World: Tibet
  • Queen of the Arabian Sea: Cochin
  • City of Temples: Kathmandu
  • Land of Lakes: Finland
  • Land of White Elephant: Thailand
  • Land of Rising Sun: Japan
  • City of Golden Gate: San Francisco

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