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Young World Quiz
The Hindu Young World Quiz is a quiz competition in India. It is a live quiz contest held for students of classes 3 - 9, consisting of a Junior Quiz (classes 3-6) and a Senior Quiz (classes 7-9). It is part of '' The Hindu's'' 'Newspapers in Education' initiative. According to The Hindu Young World, it is the biggest live quiz show for middle and high school students in India. The competition is hosted by quiz master V. V. Ramanan, a regular quiz columnist for various publications of the Kasturi & Sons group including The Hindu, Sportstar and Hindu Business Line. The First Edition of the question appeared in the year 2000, and has completed 20 years (2020). Junior Quiz (classes 3-6) In 2002, it was held in eleven cities, with 3000 teams from over 1200 schools participating. The grand finale of The Hindu Young World Quiz 2012 was held at Chennai in Tamil Nadu, on 7 December 2012 and was won by Loyola School of Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram
, motto_translation = ''Greater''; ''More'' , type = Private primary and secondary school , gender = Boys , established = , founder = Fr. Joseph Edamaram, SJ , religious_affiliation = Catholicism , denomination = Jesuits , authority = , rector = Fr. Sunny Kunnappallil, SJ , principal = Fr. P. T. Joseph, SJ , enrollment = 1,750 , city = Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram , state = Kerala , country = India , coordinates = , campus_type = Suburban , campus_size = , patron = Ignatius of Loyola , song = ''Cheer Loyola's Sons'' , colours = Black and white , sports = Basketball, cricket, football, track and field, aerobics, table tennis , website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trivandrum
Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration population is around 1.68 million. Located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland, Thiruvananthapuram is a major information technology hub in Kerala and contributes 55% of the state's software exports as of 2016. Referred to by Mahatma Gandhi as the "Evergreen city of India", the city is characterised by its undulating terrain of low coastal hills. The present regions that constitute Thiruvananthapuram were ruled by the Ays who were feudatories of the Chera dynasty. In the 12th century, it was conquered by the Kingdom of Venad. In the 18th century, the king Marthanda Varma expanded the territory, founded the princely state of Travancore, and made Thiruvananthapuram its capital. Travancore became the most dominan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
