Sunday 25 September 2016

Top 10 Most Spoken International Languages

Language is a structure of words we use to communicate with others. There are thousands of languages spoken globally. A list of top 10 most spoken languages (2016) are listed below according to the number of speakers (including first language and second language).

#

Name of the Language

Number of Speakers (Approx)

1stMandarin (Chinese)1320 Million
2ndEnglish942 Million
3rdSpanish570 Million
4thArabic490 Million
5thHindi (Plus similar)380 Million
6thBangla (Bengali)270 Million
7thRussian260 Million
8thPortuguese250 Million
9thMalay (Indonesian + Malyasian)249 Million
10thFrench220 Million

Sunday 18 September 2016

Top 10 Street Foods of Delhi

A list of Top 10 Street Foods of Delhi based on their popularity and availability in the market.

#

Name of the
Street Food

Famous Outlets in Delhi

1stChhole BhatureSitaram Diwan Chand (Paharganj), Baba Nagpal Corner (Lajpat Nagar), Chache di hatti (Kamla Nagar), Nand ke Chole Bhature (Sadar Bazaar), Giani’s di Hatti (Chandni Chowk), Roshan’s (Karol Bagh) and outlets of Haldiram's, Bikanerwala, Om Sweets, Nathu’s Sweets etc.
2ndParathaParathe Wali Gali (Chandni Chowk), Moolchand Parathe Wala (South Delhi), Not Just Parathas (Rajouri Garden) and Kakke di Hatti (Fatehpuri, Old Delhi).
3rdKachori SabjiDinesh Kachoriwala (Nai Sarak, near Chandni Chowk), Jung Bahadur (Chandni Chowk Metro), Sharma Kachoriwala (Pitampura), Baba Nagpal Corner (Lajpat Nagar) and outlets of Haldiram's, Bikanerwala, Om Sweets, Nathu’s Sweets etc.
4thSamosaMunni Lal Halwai (Gole Market, CP), Bittu Tikki Wala (Pitampura & Karol Bagh), Tilak Munjal (Pitampura),Annapurna Sweets (CR Park) and outlets of Haldiram's, Bikanerwala, Om Sweets, Nathu’s Sweets, Aggarwal Sweets etc.
5thDahi BhallaUPSC building (Shahjahan Road, Near India Gate), Bittu Tikki Wala (Pitampura & Karol Bagh), Prabhu Chaat Bhandar (Khan Market),Daulat ki Chaat (Chandni Chowk), Natraj Dahi Bhalle Wala (Chandni Chowk) and outlets of Haldiram's, Bikanerwala, Om Sweets, Nathu’s Sweets etc.
6thAloo Tikki
& Chaat
UPSC building (Shahjahan Road, Near India Gate), Bittu Tikki Wala (Pitampura & Karol Bagh), Prabhu Chaat Bhandar (Khan Market),Daulat ki Chaat (Chandni Chowk), Natraj Dahi Bhalle Wala (Chandni Chowk) and outlets of Haldiram's, Bikanerwala, Om Sweets, Nathu’s Sweets etc.
7thGolgappaUPSC building (Shahjahan Road, Near India Gate), Bittu Tikki Wala (Pitampura & Karol Bagh), Daulat ki Chaat (Chandni Chowk), Natraj Dahi Bhalle Wala (Chandni Chowk) and outlets of Haldiram's, Bikanerwala, Om Sweets, Nathu’s Sweets etc.
8thKababs / Rolls / ShavarmasUstad Moinuddin Kebabs (Lal Kuan, near Chawri Bazaar Metro), Ghalib Kebab Corner (Nizamuddin), Nizam’s (Connaught Place), Salim’s Kebabs (Khan Market), Khan Chacha (Khan Market), Qureshi’s Kabab Corner (South Extension-II), Brahmaputra Complex (Noida), Chawla’s (Tilak Nagar), Al Kakori (Vasant Place Market), Kebab Factory (Saket), Al-Bake (New Friends Colony) and Karim's outlets across Delhi-NCR.
9thMomosNagaland & Sikkim Food Stalls in Dilli Haat, Sikkim House (Panchsheel Marg), Cafe Brown Sugar (GK market), Yashwant Complex (Chanakya Puri), Sector-14 Market (Gurgaon), Brahmaputra Complex (Noida), North Campus (DU) and Kamla Nagar Market.
10thKulfi (Dessert)Giani di Hatti, Kuremal Mohan Lal Kulfiwala, and Ghantewala Halwai in Chandni Chowk (Old Delhi); Big Chill Cafe, Khan Market (South Delhi), Jain Kulfi Bhandar at Shahdara, Mangle Di Kulfi (Gurgaon) and Roshan di Kulfi (Karol Bagh).

Sunday 4 September 2016

Updated List of Indian States and Union Territories

Here are the updated lists of all the Indian States and Union Territories.

Number

Name of the State

State Capital

Area in km2

1 Andhra Pradesh Amaravati 160,205
2 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar 83,743
3 Assam Dispur 78,438
4 Bihar Patna 94,163
5 Chhattisgarh Raipur 135,194
6 Goa Panaji 3,702
7 Gujarat Gandhinagar 196,024
8 Haryana Chandigarh 44,212
9 Himachal Pradesh Shimla 55,673
10 Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (Summer)
Jammu (Winter)
222,236
11 Jharkhand Ranchi 79,714
12 Karnataka Bengaluru 191,791
13 Kerala TrivanantPuram 38,863
14 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal 308,252
15 Maharashtra Mumbai 307,713
16 Manipur Imphal 22,327
17 Meghalaya Shillong 22,429
18 Mizoram Aizawl 21,081
19 Nagaland Kohima 16,579
20 Odisha Bhuwaneswar 155,820
21 Punjab Chandigarh 50,362
22 Rajasthan Jaipur 342,239
23 Sikkim Gangtok 7,096
24 Tamil Nadu Chennai 130,058
25 Telangana Hyderabad 114,840
26 Tripura Agartala 10,492
27 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow 243,286
28 Uttarakhand Dehradun 53,483
29 West Bengal Kolkata 88,752

Number

Name of the Union Territories

UT Capital

Area in km2

1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair 8,073
2 Chandigarh Chandigarh 114
3 Dadar and Nagar Haveli Silvassa 487
4 Daman and Diu Daman 102
5 Delhi Delhi 11,297
6 Lakshadweep Kavaratti 32
7 Puducherry Puducherry 492