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Punjabi people

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Punjabi people Panjabi people, are an Punjabis are primarily found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, which forms the present Indian state of Punjabi is the dominant language spoken in Pakistan, and 11th most spoken language in India. According to the Punjabis are linguistically and culturally related to the other Indo-Aryan peoples of South Asia. There are an estimated 120 million Punjabis around the world.   Indo-Aryan linguistic group from South Asia. They are the second largest ethnic group, out of the many different ethnic groups in South Asia . They originate from the Punjab region , which has been host to some of the oldest civilizations in the world including one of the world's first and oldest civilizations, the Indus Valley Civilization . The Punjabi identity was primarily cultural and linguistic, with Punjabis being those who considered the Punjabi language their first language. However, in recent times, the definition has been broadened to include emigr

Facebook launches video chat with Skype

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PALO ALTO: Facebook will add Skype video chat to its pages, aiming to spice up the appeal of the world's number one internet social networking service while fending off increased competition from Google. The agreement, announced by Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg at the company's Palo Alto, California, headquarters on Wednesday, deepens the company's cooperation with Microsoft Corp, which is in the process of buying Skype to build up its web presence. Zuckerberg said Facebook has hit a record 750 million users. The new service, rolling out from Wednesday, could be a huge boost for Skype, which currently has about 145 million regular users. The partnership comes as competition heats up in the Internet market, with Facebook and Google, as well as fast-growing companies such as Groupon and Twitter, vying for billions of dollars in online advertising revenue.

Olympic Games

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The Olympic Games are a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a physical disability, and the The Olympic Movement consists of The Games have grown in scale to the point that nearly every nation is represented. Such growth has created numerous challenges, including variety of competitions . The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. Since 2008, host cities are contracted to manage both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games , where athletes

Light Welterweight Champion Amir Khan

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Khan knocks out Judah 24 July 2011, Britain’s Amir Khan knocked out Zab Judah in the fifth round to add the IBF junior welterweight title to his WBA super lightweight crown in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The end came with a bodyshot that crumpled Judah (41-7, 28 KOs) to his knees. The experienced American complained afterwards that the punch was low but replays showed it was on the belt line and legal. "I knew he was getting hurt because he kept moving away and ducking," said Khan (26-1, 18 KOs). "I kept hitting him in the face but the punch that dropped him was clean and on the belt." Khan, 24, was dominant from the first bell, punishing Judah with stiff left jabs and solid straight right hands. Judah showed effective head movement for the first few rounds, meaning few of Khan’s punches landed cleanly, but the 33-year-old threw very few punches in return, even as Khan pursued him relentlessly. Khan landed with just 61 of the 284 punches he threw during t

The small, heart-shaped is style island in Australia started renting

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Sir Richard Branson hasout his Balinese-style island in Australia for up to $17,000 (£11,000) a night, but guests have been warned to keep the noise down.   The small, heart-shaped island, named Makespeace Island, includes a 500,000 litre lagoon pool, a 15-person spa, an outdoor cinema and room for up to 22 guests. All of its buildings and bures – or villas – were built in Bali and Java and then transported by ship. Renting the island for a night costs $7,990 for up to eight guests and from $16,990 for 22 guests during peak season. But the rental is much better value is than the Virgin tycoon's other island, Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, which costs about $50,000 a night. However, prospective guests on the island, in the Noosa River near the popular holiday town of Noosa on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, have been told they may need to keep the noise down. "Due to certain restrictions imposed by the regional council upon such residential accommodat

Rowan Atkinson[Mr.Bean]

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Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English comedian, screenwriter, and actor. He is most famous for his work on the satirical sketch comedy show Not The Nine O'Clock News , and the sitcoms Blackadder , Mr. Bean , and The Thin Blue Line . He has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedy actors ever in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians.   Early life and education Atkinson, the youngest of four brothers, was born in RadioAtkinson starred in a series of comedy shows for After university, Atkinson toured with The success of Not the Nine O'Clock News led to his starring in the Atkinson's other famous creation, the hapless   The Thin Blue Line television series, written by Ben Elton, which takes place in a police station located in fictitious Gasforth. Kronenbourg , Hitachi electrical goods, Fujifilm , and Give Blood . Most famously, he appeared as a hapless and erro

SUGAR

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Sugar is a term for a class of edible Currently, Sugar, because of its simpler chemical structure, was once assumed (without scientific research) to raise blood glucose levels more quickly than In regard to contributions to   honey was more often used for sweetening in most parts of the world. South Asia and Southeast Asia .Different species likely originated in different locations with S. barberi originating in India and S. edule and S. officinarum coming from New Guinea . sugarcane juice into granulated crystals that were easier to store and to transport. Crystallized sugar was discovered by the time of the Imperial Guptas , around 5th century AD. Indian sailors, consumers of clarified butter and sugar, carried sugar by various trade routes . Traveling Buddhist monks brought sugar crystallization methods to China.During the reign of Harsha (r. 606–647) in North India , Indian envoys in Tang China taught sugarcane cultivation methods after Emperor Taizong of Tang