Pingali Venkayya initially designed the flag with spinning wheel, and Surayya Badr-ud-Din-Tyabji (according to some sources) did the replacement of spinning wheel with Ashoka Chakra which was finally adopted as the National flag of India on 22 July 1947.

Packaged food products sold in India must have colour codes that indicate the type of food. Green colour dot enclosed in a green coloured square indicates that the food is vegetarian. Red colour means the food is non-vegetarian and the brown colour is intended for the food made from eggs.

A red line on the medicine strip indicates that the drug cannot be sold without any prescription given by the doctor and cannot be consumed without the advice of the doctor. It is featured to prevent the improper use of antibiotics.

Day Zero is the day when all the taps dry out, and people have to stand in a queue to collect water rations for daily requirements. Global warming, overexploitation of groundwater resources and human errors, are the reasons due to which many cities across the world may reach the level of ‘Day Zero.’ Recently, the worst water-crisis hit cities were Cape Town, South Africa and Chennai, India. They declared Day Zero situation temporarily and eventually averted it.

Many games that have become famous across the world have its origins in India. Most popular ones are Chess(anciently called Ashtapada, Chaturanga and Shatranj), Badminton, Snakes and Ladders. Others are  Polo (and elephant polo), Ludo (Pachisi or Chausar), Kho-Kho, Kabaddi, Card games (Ganjifa) and various martial arts that have been introduced to East Asia by Buddhist monks.

Both the turtle and the tortoise are reptiles and belong to the same family, the difference is that turtles can live in water and on land too. But, the tortoise can only live on the land and cannot swim. The shell of a turtle is lighter than that of a tortoise.

During day time, plants go through the process of photosynthesis in which they take carbon dioxide and release oxygen. During the night time, the respiration happens and plants release carbon-di-oxide. Due to this reason, a breathing problem or suffocation can occur.

During the day time, the sun (big celestial object and the closest star to the earth) spreads its sunshine in the sky due to which dimmer and farthest stars become invisible to our eyes. During the night time when the sky is dark, our eyes are able to notice them. However, if there is a lot of light pollution in the city, you will see only a few bright stars twinkling in the sky. Since forests and some parks like Yellow Stone National Park(USA) are away from the city lights, stargazing is beautiful from those places.

For some people, the air does not move freely through the nose and throat during sleep, due to which the surrounding tissues vibrate. It leads them to produce a familiar snoring sound.

It is a date that is written or read in the same way from backwards or forwards. For example, 01.02.2010. 

And there is another day called “Global Palindrome Day” where the date is the same in both US (MM/DD/YYYY) and UK (DD/MM/YYYY) formats. For example, 02.02.2020. In this case, it is also the same in the Chinese format where they follow YYYY/MM/DD format.