Hello & welcome to this fortnight’s GK nugget.  December has seen the birthdays of some iconic figures-  the original showman of Hindi cinema – Raj Kapoor – was born on 14th December 1924 .  The Lord of tamil cinema – Rajnikanth – was born on 12th December 1950 .  Dilip Kumar was born on 11th December 1922 while 11th December 1969 was when India’s first chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand made his first appearance on planet earth. Of course there are many more names to add to that list, but while going through all these dates I realized that this will be the last GK nugget of 2016.  So instead of sharing trivia on a single topic, this weekend’s GK Nugget will do a quick recap of the momentous events that unfolded across the globe on its this year’s journey around the Sun. January 2016: Jan 16 – Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party chairwoman and nominee Tsai Ing-wen garnered 56.1% of the presidential vote thus becoming the First Female...

Hello & welcome to this weekend’s GK nugget . First up I’d like to wish you, your family, friends & colleagues a very Happy Diwali & a prosperous New Year . Since Diwali is the time of a lot of bonuses & superb sales where you get more bang for your buck, I thought of giving you more information this weekend than normal . So this weekend’s GK nugget is about Diwali of course, but also about Bill Gates (his birthday was on 28 th Oct). Let’s begin with Diwali. Now we all know why Diwali is celebrated and how it is celebrated, but did you know that it is a national holiday in India, Trinidad & Tobago, Myanmar, Nepal, Mauritius, Guyana, Singapore, Surinam, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Fiji . And is an optional holiday in Pakistan . In Nepal , Diwali is referred to as ‘Tihar’ or ‘Swanti’ & the God of death, Yama is worshipped for a longer life of the people on the fourth day.  While in Orissa , Diwali celebrations include calling upon the spirits ...