World Post day

World Post day is observed each year on October 9, remembering this date for the establishment of Universal Postal Union in 1874 in Bern, Switzerland. The Universal Postal Union was the start of global communications revolution, people could write to others all over the world.

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2009 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Barack Obama

The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to U.S. President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on October 9, 2009. Obama accepted the prize in Oslo on December 10, 2009.

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Place: Varkala @ Thiruvananthapuram

Largest stadium in the world by capacity

                                             Ans: Rungnado May First Stadium
The Rungnado May First Stadium, or May Day Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, completed on May 1, 1989. It is regarded as the largest stadium in the world, with a capacity of 150,000, and occupying over 207, 000m squared.

Indian Air Force officially established

The Indian Air Force is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its primary responsibility is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during a conflict. It was officially established on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary air force of the British Empire and the prefix Royal was added in 1945 in recognition of its services during World War II.

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Photo: Ananthu Manoharan

Place: Kollam

The Constitution of India was adopted on

Ans: November 26, 1949

Harold Walter Kroto

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Harold Walter Kroto was born on October 7, 1939, He is the English chemist who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley. Kroto is the Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry at the Florida State University, which he joined in 2004.

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Place: Kollam

Industrial and provident societies act was passed in England in the year

 Ans:1852

Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind

Julius Wilhelm Richard Dedekind was born on October 6, 1831, he was a German mathematician who made important contributions to abstract algebra, algebraic number theory and the foundations of the real numbers, He died on February 12, 1916.

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Photo: Ananthu Manoharan

Place: Kollam

The term of office of the chairman of the NABARD

Ans: 5years

World Teachers Day

World Teachers Day, held annually on October 5 since 1994, commemorates teachers organizations worldwide. Its aim is to mobilize support for teachers and to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers.http://datesupdates.blogspot.in/2013/09/world-teachers-day-is-on.html
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International Day of No Prostitution

International Day of No Prostitution (IDNP) celebrated annually on October 5 as a manner of opposing prostitution.  It is an awareness day that was first observed in 2002.

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Photo: Ananthu Manoharan

Place: Kollam

Study of origin of words

Ans:Etymology

World Animal Day

World Animal Day is celebrated each year on October the 4th. It started in Florence, Italy in 1931 at a convention of ecologists. The 4th of October was originally chosen for World Animal Day because it is the feast day of Francis of Assisi, a nature lover and patron saint of animals and the environment.

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Place: Pallithottam @ Kollam

World Space Week is observed from

Ans: October 4 to October 10

It is observed  in most of the world, in continents including Europe, Russia and Asia. World Space Week is officially defined as "an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition".