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Largest programming contest(educational institutes)Tata Consultancy Services organised season IV ofits flagship coding competition, CodeVita 2015,open to students across the country and 45,861teams from various colleges participated in thefirst round of the online challenge which wasconducted from August 7-8, 2015. Over 2 lakhsubmissions were received from the students inthe 24-hr time challenge. Around 2,500 teamswere shortlisted for Round 2. The finale was anoffline event, in which 15 teams met at TCSHyderabad Campus on March 1, 2016. Theprogrammers worked on Java, C, C++, C#,Python, PHP, Ruby, Julia and Perl languages for thefirst round of the event.

Largest programming contest (corporate)TechGig, operated by Times Business Solutions, organised CodeGladiators 2016, a programming contest open to individuals andcompanies across the country and received 54,573 unique onlinesubmissions from the registered users out of which 24,432 were in Cor C++ language and 16,815 in Java. The first round was sub-dividedinto company participant and open participants competing in separategroups. Around 978 participants were shortlisted for the second roundof the online contest and 133 participants met for the on ground finaleat the Radisson Blu hotel, Noida on May 27, 2016. The programmersworked on Java, C, C++, C#, VB.net, Java Script, Python, Perl, Rubyand PHP languages.

Longest running online quizRajeev Kondapalli (b Jan 19, 1976) ofSecunderabad, Telangana has been posting ‘BizQuizzard’, an online weekly quiz on business everySunday since March21, 2004. He hascompiled anduploaded 634 suchquizzes as of May22, 2016. Thequestions areposted on his blog,www.bizquizzard.blogspot.in.

Longest-running online column on taxationVijay K Kumar, Editor-in-Chief

of taxindiaonline.com hasbeen publishing a column‘Daily Dose of Taxationwith Vijay Kumar’ on hiswebsite, except on

weekends, without abreak since Dec 1, 2004. He

had completed 2,879 suchcolumns by June 30, 2016.

Longest computer security workshopSpyry Technologies, Bengaluru in association with Potti Sriramulu Chalavadi Mallikharjuna Rao College ofEngineering and Technology, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh organised a workshop on ethical hacking andcyber security. The workshop which was conducted in the college auditorium at Kothapeta, Vijayawadalasted for 50 hr 10 mins from Feb 25-27, 2016. Prameel Arjun KVN (primary speaker), Bharath KumarGayam and Chaluvadi SS Santosh of Spyry Technologies were the speakers for the workshop and taughtthe interested students various aspects of keeping their computer and data safe.

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Most interviews on websiteDevang Vibhakar founder of SpeakBindas.com hasconducted and published 329 interviews online as

of March 7, 2016. Theseinclude audio, video

and onlineinterviews ofpeople fromdifferent walksof life. Overthe years hehas also

interviewedrecord holders

too. All the interviews areavailable on his website www.speakbindas.com,operational since Jan 31, 2009.

WR: Fastest 100 m sprint on QWOP flashgameRoshan Ramchandran (b Jan 8, 1990) completeda 100 m sprint in the flash game QWOP in 51sec in Chintamani, Karnataka on April 10, 2013.In the racing game the players have to controlthe athletic character Qwop using the keysQ,W,O and P which control the calves andthighs of the character.

Low cost satellite spectrum monitoring systemISMES Jalna, has developed a very low cost satellite spectrum monitoring and e-system under the project Orbit Spectrum to monitor spectrum usage by variousservice providers, both private and public, providing satellite-based services. Toensure that optimum work was achieved in limited funds, a low cost satellite dishantenna, which is manually controlled was created in-house and named ‘SmallWonder’ because it is only 2.4 m in size. It officially became functional on April19, 2013. It is capable of monitoring 10 different types of satellite servicesoperating in C and Ku bands. A database called Sajag was launched on June 27,2014 which preserves all monitoring data and details of the spectrum assigned tovarious players. This system has made it easy for officials to make note of anyviolations. The entire project costs only Rs 2.59 lakh with Rs 20,000 spent onthe dish Small Wonder and Rs 15,000 on the database Sajag. The project wasdeveloped under the leadership of Ajay Singhal and Onkarnath of the IndianRadio Regulatory Services (IRRS).

The International Satellite Monitoring Earth Station was set up in 1992-93 inJalna, Maharashtra under the Ministry of Communication to ensure that Indiansatellites face no interference from foreign satellites and is currently headed byAjay Singhal of the IRRS.

Most news websites launched in a dayIndia’s paper, a unit of News Network of India, launched some 500 news websites on Feb 28, 2016. All websites haveidentical homepage and content on global and Indian news, but each homepage also has a page for local news so thatreporters from those areas can upload local circle news. However upon random check only few sites had local newsupdates.

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Digital India ProgrammeSince the inauguration of the rural broadband network in January 2015 the Ministry of Communication& IT is going all out to make India a digitally connected land. Under the Digital India Programme theDepartment of Posts which has the widest reach in the hinderlands has enabled citizens to access corebanking and other postal services and 27,885 post offices are now IT enabled. The Department of

Telecommunications has provided high-speed internet connectivity in36,736 panchayats out of the estimated 2,50,000 gram panchayats inIndia. Simultaneously, Department of Electronics & InformationTechnology has established 1.66 lakh Common Services Centres in

Post Offices across the country toprovide e-Services in rural regions likepension and insurance policies.BSNL has commissioned 2,504 hotspots

across the country including various tourist spots such as Taj Mahal, HussainSagar Lake, Charminar, Sarnath, Sun Temple Brihadeshwar Temple, Hampi and Khajuraho. The 1000th

WiFi became operational at Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine on March 17, 2016.Note: Data from Government of India newsletter May 2016.

Most mobile apps created in a dayKarpagam College of Engineering under theleadership of Dr B Nagaraj Head, KarpagamInnovation Centre organised a mobile appdevelopment programme for around 2,500engineering students of the Institute on Sept 15,2015. The event marked the celebration of 48th

Engineer’s Day on the campus and the studentsused the tool App Inventor to create around 3,000application in 30 mins. All were basic apps like onedetailing eateries in a city or data about actors etc.

WR: Fastest growing telecom networkIndia’s telecommunications system is the second largest in the world, after China with both government and privateoperators offering telecom services. The country’s total telephone subscriber base grew to approximately 105.93 crore byMarch 31, 2016. The overall tele-density (telephones per 100 people) stood at 83.4%. Wireless and broadband Internetcontinued to be the driving force behind this growth in telephony with the user base reaching 33 crore in March 2016.(Note: As per Govt reports)

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Most mobile apps published by a companyAnand Tech Media Pvt Ltd has developed andpublished 2,401 mobile apps on six mobile appmarket space including Google App Store, iTunesand Windows App Store from January 2011 toDec 2015. These downloads include game apps,learning apps for kids and engineering students,fashioned for Android, Apple and Windowsenvironment.




Longest running inland magazineBlack and white Malayalam inland magazine INNU(Today) published every month from Malappuram,Kerala and edited by Manambur Rajanbabucompleted its 413th issue on June 20, 2016. Thepostal magazine which has contributions fromprominent Malayalam writers like MT VasudevanNair, ONV Kurup, OV Vijayan and others hasbeen around since December 1981. It containspoems, stories and book reviews in the mostcomprehensive form. Few of the anniversaryissues were printed in colour and since the 6th

anniversary issue in 1988, the editor brings outthe collection of stories and poems in a book formalso.

Newspapers from mostcountriesDeepak Raghunath Sant (b Oct5, 1953) of Nagpur,Maharashtra has the largestcollection of 380 foreignnewspapers from 76 countriesas of June 30, 2016. It includesdailies starting with everyletter of the English alphabet.He also has 3,000 Indiandailies in 20 languages.

Letters to the editor–multiple recordsMahesh Kapasi (b Oct 28, 1948) of Delhi, who has15,929 letters published in 384 national andinternational newspapers and magazines since1974, holds these records as of June 19, 2016:Most in a single newspaper in a year: 173 letters inCentral Chronicle from Raipur, Chhattisgarhbetween May 1, 2014 and April 30, 2015.Most in a single daily: 813 letters in The Pioneerfrom Delhi since August 1, 1993.Most prizes: 220 Best Letter to the Editor prizes.Most in a day: Published 10 letters in variousnewspapers and magazines on May 15, 2011.Most in a year: Published 1,248 letters in the year 2015alone.

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WR: Most letters to the editorSubhash Chandra Agrawal of Delhi has written15,363 letters to the editors of newspapers andmagazines in India and abroad between 1967 andJune 2015.

WR: Most letters to the editor (woman)Madhu Agrawal of Delhi has written 12,547 lettersto the editors of newspapers and magazines in Indiaand abroad between 1976 and June 2015.

Longest letter to theeditorVinod Chandrashekhar Dixit(b Dec 1, 1964) ofAhmedabad, Gujarat wrote a1,146 word letter to the

editor of Free Press Gujaratwhich was printed in the edition

of March 10, 2016.

Green thumb innovationThe Times of India Group in furtheringtheir innovative adverts launched thecampaign ‘Plantation through Newspaper’wherein Basil or Tulsi seeds were gluedinto the newspaper during printing in theTimes of India, Hyderabad edition on June5, 2016 and Nav Bharat Times, Lucknowedition on June 4, 2016. Readers could tearout and directly plant the newspaper stripsin pot for the plant to germinate. Basilseeds were selected on the basis ofscientific insight received from the CentralInstitute of Medicinal & Aromatic Plant,Lucknow.

Most letters to the editor in amonthVinod Chandrashekhar Dixit (b Dec 1,1964) of Ahmedabad, Gujarat has 174 letterto editor published in various nationalnewspaper and magazine in March 2016.Dixit who has been writing letters to editorsince 1984 has over 4,500 letters to editorsof around 250 national and internationalnewspapers and magazine.

Most airlinemagazinesMallikarjun MUmadi (b June 1,1965) of Nashik,Maharashtra hasbeen collectingmagazinesprinted byvarious airlinessince 2006 andas of June 30,2016 he has 175differentmagazines of 33different airlines,both nationalandinternational.




Longest serving editor of a journalDr Narendra Kumar Gupta (b Feb 13, 1939), a medicalrefractionist and optometrist is the founder editor of OptometryToday, an English quarterly and has been at its helm since August1970. The magazine contains articles, abstracts, book-reviews,and information on employment opportunities, press meet,conference, fairs and other similar gatherings for optometrists. Thejournal is available only on subscription basis.

Most innovative newspaper for kidsKids Age, an English tabloid size monthlypublished and edited by Sajid Saiyad, fromAhmedabad Gujarat is a very interactive papercoming out with various innovations since 2006to keep children interested in the printed word. Itis a subscription based newspaper and carriesthe motto ‘For the children, of the children, bythe children’.3D newspaper: Since June 2010 one monthlyedition is full of 3D pictures and send tosubscribers along with a 3D glass to enjoy thecontent. As of November 2015 Kids Age hadpublished six such papers.Coded newspaper: In attempt to fuel curiosity inchildren, since 2012 one monthly edition isprinted in a coded form, where parts of thenewspaper can be read only using a suppliedmagnifying glass replica. The text is printed incyan below a magenta and yellow design patternand can only be read when seen through the redcoloured plastic sheet filter. As of February 2015four such papers had been sent out tosubscribers.Wet and Reveal: In the March 2016 edition, thenewspaper carried a picture which is coveredwith white opaque dots and when water isapplied on it the picture becomes clear. Itchanges back to original picture when dry.

First transgender cover girlNaaz Joshi (b Dec 31, 1980) of Delhi, a personalitydevelopment coach was featured on the cover ofTehelka magazine which was available on stands onJune 20, 2015. The cover story highlighted howindividuals from the transgender community areachieving laurels despite hardships anddiscriminations.



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First hot air balloon-carried postA special postal cover was carried in a hot air balloon carrier of India Post from Sakthi Mills Ground,Pollachi, Tamil Nadu and delivered to the Postmaster of Kovipalayam, Pollachi on Jan 3, 2016. The covercarried the message and had a special cancellation shaped like a balloon too! The event was organisedby Department of Posts in association with Global Media Box Innovations to coincide with the secondedition of the Tamil Nadu International Balloon Festival.

First wheelchair delivered postAshwin Ramesh (b April 21, 1992) of Institute ofPalliative Medicine in support of the Institute andIndia Post organised a wheelchair rally,Wheelathon 2015 during which 500 specialcovers placed in a bag were transported onwheelchair from Calicut Head Post office toPuthiyara Post Office in Kozhikode, Kerala on Jan8, 2015. Three spinal cord injury patients, around120 students of the Institute and few postal staffswere also part of this rally. Ashwin Ramesh whohad designed the cover for this occasion pushedthe wheelchair carrying the special covers. Thesecovers which are to be sold to generate funds forpalliative care programme carry the seal ‘Thiscover was carried on a wheelchair’ and a specialwheelathon cancellation too.

Cancellation of mail in spaceLakshman Prasad of Aligarh, UP invented a special equipmentwith rotary wheels for cancellation of mail in space in 1983. Aspecial ink was also manufactured for the operation of theequipment. The cancellation equipment was successfully usedby Sqn Ldr Rakesh Sharma on space craft Salyut-7 on hishistoric flight.

Most philatelic items on flagsPushplata Singh of Raipur, Chhattisgarh has acollection of 866 philatelic items on flags from 66countries, which includes 545 stamps and 154 FirstDay Covers as of June 30, 2016.


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Most telegrams sent in a day(organisation)National Hindi news channel News Nationmarked the exit of telegrams by sending out 400telegrams from the BSNL Telegraph Office,Noida, Uttar Pradesh on July 13, 2013. Therecipients included President Pranab Mukherjee,the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and allchief ministers, Bollywood actors and othercelebrities. The telegram carried the message Abtelegram nahi aayega, News Nation har khabarpahuchayega (Now telegrams will not come,News Nation will deliver the news).

Most postcards posted in a day (individual)Shiv Raj Pradhan from West Bengal posted 255 postcards from theMirik Post Office (PIN code - 734212) in Darjeeling, Assam on Oct7, 2016. The postcards were sent to the various Ministers andHeads of State with good wishes and greetings.

Antique postcardsRanjeet Kumar Jha (b Jan 26, 1989) of Bhopal hasa collection of 2,500 King George V postcardsbelonging to the period 1915-1934 as of Oct 11,2015. He recently displayed his collection incollaboration with Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav

Sangrahalaya at the MyOwn Collection

Exhibition held atRegional

Science Centrein Bhopal

from May17-18,

2016.

Most business reply cardsDr Kamal Mohanani (b Sept 18, 1954) ofVadodara, Gujarat has a collection of 657business reply post cards from variouscorporates and magazines as of March 12, 2016.

Stamps on Indian Nobel laureates –Mother TeresaC Victor (b Jan 29, 1953) residing in Durg,Chhattisgarh has 405 philatelic items on MotherTeresa including stamps, postcards and miniaturesheets from 76 countries as of June 30, 2015.

WR: Most football stampsAalok Jaggi of Gurgaon, Haryana has 16,500 philatelic items onsoccer, collected from all over the world. It includes 15,000 stamps,200 first day covers, 150 special cancellations and 150 postcards asof June 30, 2014.

Most philatelic items on bovineTejkaran Jain (b Oct 31, 1956) from Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh hasa collection of 1,234 philatelic items, which includes stamps andFDCs on cow as of Feb 29, 2016. He has exhibited his collection invarious schools.



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Most colour trial sheetsDr Bhanu Pratap Singh of Raipur, Chhattisgarh has a collection of 556colour trial sheetlets and stamps from 7 issuing authorities as of June26, 2016. His collection includes 178 stamps alone.

WR: Most philatelic items on a royal eventDr Bhanu Pratap Singh of Raipur, Chhattisgarh has a collection of1,628 unduplicated philatelic material on the coronation of QueenElizabeth II in London, issued in 80 countries. It includes 468 stampsand 797 first day covers as of June 30, 2016.

WR: Most philatelic items on Mahatma GandhiDr Bhanu Pratap Singh of Raipur, Chhattisgarh has a collection of5,063 philatelic items from 80 countries on the Father of the Nation,Mahatma Gandhi as of June 30, 2016. His collection includes 433 stamps, 126 miniature sheets and 830 first day covers.

WR: Most philatelic items on Rowland HillDr Bhanu Pratap Singh of Raipur, Chhattisgarh has a collection of 2,442 unduplicated philatelic items on Sir Rowland Hill, whocreated the world’s first postage stamp, from 147 countries as of June 30, 2016. His collection includes 735 stamps, 214miniature sheets and 432 first day covers.

Most stamps on mountainsDr Kamal Mohanani (b Sept 18,1954) of Vadodara, Gujarat has athematic collection of 3,312 stampsand cancellations on mountains and life onmountains as of June 21, 2016. The collectionincludes the physical features, flora and fauna,structures, services, games, persons, culture andanything related to mountains.

Philatelic items ontribes and tribalcultureSiddhartha Chatterjeeof Kolkata has acollection of 1,460philatelic items, including1,322 stamps on tribals andtribal culture from 119 countries as of June 30, 2016.

WR: Most odd-shaped stampsAaditya Pratap Singh (b Jan 12, 1988) of Raipur, Chhattisgarhhas a collection of 2,066 odd/ irregular shaped stamps,issued from 81 different countries as of June 30, 2016. Hiscollection includes stamps in the shapes of diamond, triangle,oval, star, banana, hexagon, parrot etc.

Most philatelic items on coins & papermoneyDr Bhanu Pratap Singh of Raipur, Chhattisgarh hasa collection of 840 unduplicated philatelic items oncoins and paper money as of June 30, 2015. Itincludes 392 stamps and 189 first day covers.


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