GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORD

THE BEST OF EXTRA ORDINARY RECORDS 1. The longest distance keeping a table lifted with the teeth is 11.80 m (38 ft 8 in) and was achieved by Georges Christen (Luxembourg) who ran this distance holding a 12 kg (26 lb 7 oz) heavy table with a person weighing 50 kg (110 lb 3 oz) sitting on it, on the set of 'Lo show dei record', in Madrid, Spain. 2. The longest fingernails belonged to Lee Redmond (USA), who started to grow them in 1979 and carefully manicured them to reach a total length of 8.65 m (28 ft 4.5 in) as measured on the set of Lo show dei record in Madrid, Spain. 3. The fastest time to burst three balloons with the back is 12 seconds, set by Julia Gunthel, aka 'Zlata' (Germany) on the set of Guinness World Records - Die Grossten Weltrekorde in Cologne, Germany. 4. The heaviest object sword-swallowed is a Dewalt D25980 demolition hammer weighing 38kg (83lb 12 oz). Thomas Blackthorne (UK) swallowed the 24mm (.94 inch) thick drill bit, then held the full weight of the hammer and bit for over 3 seconds, on the set of "Guinness World Records - Die Größten Weltrekorde", in Cologne, Germany.The hammer was switched on. 5. The record for the longest distance walking over hot plates is 22.90 m (75 ft 1 in) and was achieved by Rolf Iven (Germany) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy. 6. The longest fingernails on a pair of male hands belonged to Melvin Boothe (USA) whose nails had a combined length of 9.85 m (32 ft 3.8 in), when measured in Troy, Michigan, USA. THE BEST OF SIZE RECORDS 1. Chad Fell (USA) blew a bubblegum bubble with a diameter of 50.8 cm (20 in) without using his hands at the Double Springs High School, Winston County, Alabama, USA. 2. The largest egg on record weighed 2.589 kg (5 lb 11.36 oz) and was laid by an ostrich (Struthio camelus) at a farm owned by Kerstin and Gunnar Sahlin (Sweden) in Borlänge, Sweden. 3. The largest horn circumference on a steer measured 95.25 cm (37.5 in) 4. The largest playing card structure was a replica of The Venetian® Macao, The Plaza® Macao and Sands Macao. It measured 10.39 m (34 ft 1.05 in) long, 2.88 m (9 ft 5.39 in) tall and 3.54 m (11 ft 7.37 in) wide, and was created by Bryan Berg (USA) in Macau, China. 5. The largest hiking boot measures 7.14 m (23 ft 5 in) long, 2.50 m (8 ft 2 in) wide and 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) tall and was made by Schuh Marke (Germany). It was presented  in Hauenstein, Germany. 6. The highest height a human was catapulted using a reverse bungee system is 54.25 m (178 ft) and was achieved by Ben Shephard (UK) on the set of Guinness World Records - Smashed, in London, UK. THE BEST OF DEDICATION RECORDS 1. Charlotte Lee (USA) has 5,631 different rubber ducks, which she has been collecting since 1996. 2. Kevin Fast (Canada) pulled a CC-177 Globemaster III, weighing 188.83 tonnes (416,299 lb), a distance of 8.8 m (28 ft 10.46 in) at Canadian Forces Base in Trenton, Ontario, Canada 3. The greatest distance travelled with a pool cue on the chin is 1,668 m (5,472 ft 9 in) set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Joe Austin Playground in Jamaica, New York, USA 4. Jake Lonsway of Bay City, Michigan, USA, created the largest ball of cling film, which measured 351 cm (138 in) in circumference and weighed 127.7 kg (281 lb 8 oz). 5. The highest bunny hop on a bicycle is 1.42 m (4 ft 8 in) and was achieved by Benito Ros (Spain) at the  2009 "bike the rock" festival, Heubach, Germany. 6. The only male gurner to win the world title an amazing 12 times is Tommy Mattinson (UK), whose flexible face took the top prize at the annual Gurning World Championship at Egremont Crab Fair, Cumbria, UK, in 1986-87 and then 10 times between 1999 and 2010.

List of Abbreviations of the month of February 2014

AAP : Aam Admi Party
ANC : African National Congress
EDI : Education Development Index
HPCL : Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
LGBT : Lesbian Gay Bi-Sexual Transgender
RTE : Right to Education
ANU : Association of Indian Universities
ASEM : Asia-Europe Meeting
AWBMB : All Woman Bhartiya Mahila Bank
BAC : Border Action Team
BCAS : Bureau of Civil Aviation Security
BRICS : Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
CAI : Cotton Association of India
CAPFILMS : Central Armed Police Force Institute of Medical Science
CCEA : Cabinet Committee of Economics Affairs
CHOGM : Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
CII : Confederation of Indian Industry
CIS : Collective Investment Schemes
DBJ : Democratic Party of Japan
DBT : Direct Benefit Transfer
DGCA : Director General of Civil Aviation
DGCX : Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange
EWS : Economically Weaker Section
FEP : Foreign Education Provider
GPA : General Power of Attorney
IFPRI : Indian Food Policy Research Institute
IGIA : Indira Gandhi International Airport
IHMC : International Heavy Minerals Conference
LOC : Line of Control
MSDP : Multi Sector Development Programme
NGT : National Green Tribunal
NIB : National Investment Board
NPT : Non Proliferation Treaty
OIC : Organisation of Islamic Conference
OPCW : Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OPEC : Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
PERDA : Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
PRRS : Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome
PVC EPIC : Poly Vinyl Chloride Electoral Photo Identity Card
RTI : Right to Information
SFAQFR : System for Air Quality Forecasting and Research
SFMIR : Shaped Magnetic Field in Resonance
TWG : Technical Working Group
UHNW : Ultra High Net Worth
UNICEF : United Children Educational Fund
VVPAT : Voter : Verified Paper Audit Trail
WEP : World Food Program
WIPO : World Intellectual Property Organisation

Books and Authors: February 2014

Book Name	Authors
Maimaar-E-Quan	Dr.A.R. Kidwai
Birth of Cinema authored	N. Gopal Krishna
An Introduction to Urdu Poetry	Anees Ayesha
Indian Painting	Prof. B. N. Goswami
1283 Golas	Pele
The Third Curve: a Book Written	Mansoor Khan
I am Malala: Autobiography of Malala Yousufzai	Malala Yousufzai
Haunted by Fire Essays On Caste, Class, Exploitation And Emancipation	Mythily Sivaraman
Gandhi Before India	Ramchandra Guha
How Not to Make Money	Raj Kundra
Selected Works of Jawarharlal Nehru Second Series, Edited	Prof. Madhavan Palat
My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions	Dr. APJ Kalam
Gitanjali the Collection of Poems	Tagore
The Moonballer book	Nirupama Vaidyanathan
Agenda for India’s Growth:	P. Chidambaram
The Lowland	Jhumpa Lahiri
Shahar Sone Chala a Collection of Poems authored	Sat Pal
Smritiyan authored	Garima Sanjay
Unbeautifully	Madeline Sheehan
Going Clear: Scientology	Lawrence Wright
Hot Ticket (Sinners on Tour)	Olivia Cunning
Beauty from Surrender	Georgia Cates
The Republic of Thieves	Scott Lynch
Second Chance Boyfriend	Monica Murphy
And the Mountains Echoed	Khaled Hosseini
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Harry Potter Companion Books)	J. K. Rowling

Name of Padma Awardees 2014 at 65th Republic Day of India

The Union Government of India on the eve of the 65th Republic Day function announced the Padma Awards 2014. Pranab Mukherjee, the President of Union of India on 25 January 2013 approved 127 Padma Awards.

Two people were conferred with Padma Vibhusan, twenty four were conferred with Padma Bhushan and 101 people were given Padma Shree. Out of 127 awardees, 27 were women and 10 people belonged to categories like NRIs, PIOs, Foreigners and Posthumous.

Following is the list of 127 Padma Award winners:

Padma Vibhushan:

Name	Discipline	State/ Domicile
Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar	Science and Engineering	Maharashtra
B.K.S. Iyengar	Others-Yoga	Maharashtra

 Padma Bhushan:

Name	Discipline	State/ Domicile
Prof. Gulam Mohammed Sheikh	Art – Painting	Gujarat
Begum Parveen Sultana	Art – Classical Singing	Maharashtra
T.H. Vinayakram	Art – Ghatam Artist	Tamil Nadu
Kamala Haasan	Art-Cinema	Tamil Nadu
Justice Dalveer Bhandari	Public Affairs	Delhi
Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram	Science and Engineering	Karnataka
Prof. Jyeshtharaj Joshi	Science and Engineering	Maharashtra
Dr. Madappa Mahadevappa	Science and Engineering	Karnataka
Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami	Science and Engineering	Delhi
Dr. Vinod Prakash Sharma	Science and Engineering	Delhi
Dr. Radhakrishnan Koppillil	Science and Engineering	Karnataka
Dr. Mrityunjay Athreya	Literature and Education	Delhi
Anita Desai	Literature and Education	Delhi
Dr. Dhirubhai Thaker	Literature and Education	Gujarat
Vairamuthu Ramasamy Thevar	Literature and Education	Tamil Nadu
Ruskin Bond	Literature and Education	Uttarakhand
Pullela Gopichand	Sports – Badminton	Andhra Pradesh
Leander Paes	Sports – Tennis	Maharashtra
Vijayendra Nath Kaul	Civil Service	Delhi
Late Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma	Public Affairs	Uttar Pradesh
Late Dr. Anumolu Ramakrishna	Science and Engineering	Andhra Pradesh
Prof. Anisuzzaman	Literature and Education	Bangladesh
Prof. Lloyd I. Rudolph	Literature and Education	USA
Prof. Susanne H. Rudolph	Literature and Education	USA
Dr. (Smt.) Neelam Kler	Medicine – Neonatology	Delhi

Padma Shri:

Name	Discipline	State/ Domicile
Mohammad Ali Baig	Art – Theatre	Andhra Pradesh
Nayana Apte Joshi	Art -	Maharashtra
Musafir Ram Bhardwaj	Art – Instrumental Music – Pauna Manjha	Himachal Pradesh
Sabitri Chatterjee	Art – Film	West Bengal
Prof. Biman Bihari Das	Art – Sculptor	Delhi
Sunil Das	Art – Painting	West Bengal
Elam Endira Devi	Art – Manipuri Dance	Manipur
Vijay Ghate	Art – Instrumental Music – Tabla	Maharashtra
Rani Karnaa	Art – Kathak	West Bengal
Bansi Kaul	Art – Theatre	Jammu & Kashmir
Ustad Moinuddin Khan	Art – Instrumental Music-Sarangi Player	Rajasthan
Geeta Mahalik	Art – Odishi Dance	Delhi
Paresh Maity	Art – Painting	Delhi
Ram Mohan	Art – Film Animation	Maharashtra
Sudarsan Pattnaik	Art – Sand Artist	Orissa
Paresh Rawal	Art – Cinema and Theatre	Maharashtra
Wendell Augustine Rodricks	Art – Fashion Designing	Goa
Prof. Kalamandalam Sathyabhama	Art – Mohini Attam	Kerala
Anuj (Ramanuj) Sharma	Art – Performing Art	Chhattisgarh
Santosh Sivan	Art – Film	Tamil Nadu
Supriya Devi	Art-Bengali Cinema	West Bengal
Sooni Taraporevala	Art- Script Writing	Maharashtra
Vidya Balan	Art-Cinema	Maharashtra
Durga Jain	Social Work	Maharashtra
Dr. Rama Rao Anumolu	Social Work	Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Brahm Dutt	Social Work	Haryana
Mukul Chandra Goswami	Social Work	Assam
J.L. Kaul	Social Work	Delhi
Mathurbhai Madhabhai Savani	Social Work	Gujarat
Tashi Tondup	Public Affairs	Jammu and Kashmir
Dr. Hasmukh Chamanlal Shah	Public Affairs	Gujarat
Sekhar Basu	Science and Engineering	Maharashtra
Madhavan Chandradathan	Science and Engineering	Kerala
Prof. Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta	Science and Engineering	West Bengal
Dr. Ravi Bhushan Grover	Science and Engineering	Maharashtra
Prof. Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis	Science and Engineering	Karnataka
Ramkrishna V. Hosur	Science and Engineering	Maharashtra
Dr. Ajay Kumar Parida	Science and Engineering	Tamil Nadu
Dr. Malapaka Yajneswara Satyanarayana Prasad	Science and Engineering	Andhra Pradesh
Kiran Kumar Alur Seelin	Science and Engineering	Gujarat
Dr. Brahma Singh	Science and Engineering	Delhi
Prof. Vinod Kumar Singh	Science and Engineering	Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Govindan Sundararajan	Science and Engineering	Andhra Pradesh
Ramaswamy R. Iyer	Science and Engineering	Delhi
Dr. Jayanta Kumar Ghosh	Science and Engineering	West Bengal
Ravi Kumar Narra	Trade and Industry	Andhra Pradesh
Rajesh Saraiya	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
Mallika Srinivasan	Trade and Industry	Tamil Nadu
Pratap Govindrao Pawar	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
Dr. Kiritkumar Mansukhlal Acharya	Medicine – Dermatology	Gujarat
Dr. Balram Bhargava	Medicine – Cardiology	Uttar Pradesh
Prof. (Dr.) Indra Chakravarty	Medicine – Health & Hygiene	West Bengal
Dr. Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande	Medicine – Oncology	Maharashtra
Prof. (Dr.) Pawan Raj Goyal	Medicine – Chest Disease	Haryana
Prof. Amod Gupta	Medicine – Opthalmology	Haryana
Prof. (Dr.) Daya Kishore Hazra	Medicine	Uttar Pradesh
Prof. (Dr.) Thenumgal Poulose Jacob	Medicine – Vascular Surgery	Tamil Nadu
Prof. (Dr.) Shashank R. Joshi	Medicine – Endocrinology	Maharashtra
Prof. Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah	Medicine – Unani Medicine	Tamil Nadu
Dr. Milind Vasant Kirtane	Medicine – ENT Surgeory	Maharashtra
Dr. Lalit Kumar	Medicine – oncology	Delhi
Dr. Mohan Mishra	Medicine	Bihar
Dr. M. Subhadra Nair	Medicine – Gyneacology	Kerala
Dr. Ashok Panagariya	Medicine – Neurology	Rajasthan
Dr. Narendra Kumar Pandey	Medicine – Surgery	Haryana
Dr. Sunil Pradhan	Medicine – Neurology	Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Ashok Rajgopal	Medicine – Orthopaedics	Delhi
Dr. Kamini A. Rao	Medicine – Reproductive Medicine	Karnataka
Dr. Sarbeswar Sahariah	Medicine – Surgery	Andhra Pradesh
Prof. Om Prakash Upadhyaya	Medicine -	Punjab
Prof. (Dr.) Mahesh Verma	Medicine – Dental Science	Delhi
Dr. J.S. Titiyal	Medicine- Opthalmology	Delhi
Dr. Nitish Naik	Medicine- Cardiology	Delhi
Dr. Surbrat Kumar Acharya	Medicine- Gastroentrology	Delhi
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Grover	Medicine-Oncology	Delhi
Dr. Naheed Abidi	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh
Prof. Ashok Chakradhar	Literature and Education	Delhi
Chhakchhuak Chhuanvawra	Literature and Education	Mizoram
Keki N. Daruwalla	Literature and Education	Delhi
Prof. Ganesh Narayandas Devi	Literature and Education	Gujarat
Prof. Kolakaluri Enoch	Literature and Education	Andhra Pradesh
Prof. (Dr.) Ved Kumari Ghai	Literature and Education	Jammu and Kashmir
Manorama Jafa	Literature and Education	Delhi
Prof. Rehana Khatoon	Literature and Education	Delhi
Dr. Waikhom Gojen Meeitei	Literature and Education	Manipur
Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri	Literature and Education	Kerala
Prof. Dinesh Singh	Literature and Education	Delhi
Dr. P. Kilemsungla	Literature and Education	Nagaland
Anjum Chopra	Sports – Cricket	Delhi
Sunil Dabas	Sports – Kabbadi	Haryana
Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu	Sports – Mountaineering	Delhi
Dipika Rebecca Pallikal	Sports – Squash	Tamil Nadu
H. Boniface Prabhu	Sports – Wheelchair Tennis	Karnataka
Yuvraj Singh	Sports – Cricket	Haryana
Mamta Sodha	Sports – Mountaineering	Haryana
Parveen Talha	Civil Service	Uttar Pradesh
Late Dr. Narendra Achyut Dabholkar	Social Work	Maharashtra
Ashok Kumar Mago	Trade and Industry	USA
Dr. Siddharth Mukherjee	Medicine-Oncology	USA
Dr. Vamsi Mootha	Medicine – Biomedical Research	USA
Dr. Sengaku Mayeda	Literature and Education	Japan