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Kathak dancer Soni Chaurasia enters Guinness: India in Guinness World Records

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April 10, 2016

New Delhi, Apr 10: Everybody wants to make and break records! The Guinness Book of World Records which gathers world records from around the world has also made a record of being the most stolen book from the public libraries.

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On April 9, 2016, Kathak dancer Soni Chaurasia broke the world record of longest dance marathon with her non-stop dance performance. Chaurasia danced continuously for 124 hours and broke the five-year-old previous record set by Kalamandalam Hemalatha of Kerala in the year 2011. When Soni entered the 123rd hour of her performance, the crowd started cheering for her to complete the last hour and enter the Guinness World Records.

Let's look at some of the Indians who have bagged a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. Read on, you would not like to miss this:

Longest flute

The world's longest flute is 11 feet and 11 inches and has been made by Bharat Sinh Parmar, Charunsudan Atri Jay Bhayani, and five Navtanpuri Dham. The flute was unveiled on December 25 in the year 2014, and was used to play the Indian national anthem for the first time.

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Largest Ruby

Weighing 21,955 grams and measuring 12.20 x 6.49 x 5.51 inches, the largest ruby belongs to an Indian named Rajiv Golcha from Bengaluru. The ruby has been named 'The King Ruby' and is held in the Prestige Gems & Jewels showroom in India.

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Largest Turban

Avtar Singh Mauni, a 61-year-old resident of Patiala, holds the record for the longest turban in the world. When unwrapped, the turban stretches to 645 meters. It weighs around 100 pounds. Avtar Singh started with 151 meters and has been religiously adding on to his turban for last 16 years and now, it takes him more than six hours to wrap it again.

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Shortest Woman

Jyoti Amge is named in the Guinness World Records for being the shortest woman alive. On her 18th birthday in 2011, she was officially declared the shortest woman on earth. Jyoti Amge is 2 feet and 0.6 inches tall.

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Most Recorded Artist

Singer Asha Bhosle was acknowledged as the world's most recorded artist in the music industry by the Guinness World Records in the year 2011. Starting in the year 1948 with Hansraj Behl's Chunariya, Bhosle has sung over 12,000 songs till date.

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Shortest Cow

Measuring 61.1 cm (6-year-old then) from the hoof to the withers and weighing a mere 40 kg, Manikyam is the shortest cow on the planet -- significantly shorter than the previous record holder Blaze (from USA), who was 69.07 cm tall. This Kerala cow is even shorter than some of the dogs.

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Longest Moustache

60-year-old Ram Singh Chauhan was placed in the Guinness World Records for having the longest moustache in the World. His moustache is 14 feet long. Chauhan has been growing his moustache since the early 70's and calls it his most-prized possession. He has spent more than 30 years growing it and spends around two hours, every day, grooming it.

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July 25,2020

Mumbai, Jul 25: Movie theatres have been shuttered for months due to the coronavirus pandemic in the country, but the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has now recommended that the Union Home Ministry allow cinema halls to reopen in August. 

I&B Secretary Amit Khare indicated this at a close-door industry interaction with the CII Media Committee on Friday. He said Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla at the Home Ministry would take the final call.

Khare said that he has recommended that cinema halls may be allowed to reopen all over India as early as August 1, or at the latest, around August 31.

The formula suggested is that alternate seats in the first row and then the next row be kept vacant, and proceeding in this fashion throughout.

Khare said that his ministry's recommendation takes into consideration the two metre social distancing norm, but tweaks it gently to two yards instead. The Home Ministry, however, still has to revert on the recommendation.

Cinema owners, present in the interaction, however, pushed back and said this formula is unwise and merely running films at 25% auditorium capacity is worse than keeping the cinemas shut.

The attendees at the meet included media CEOs like N.P. Singh of Sony, Sam Balsara (Madison), Megha Tata, (Discovery), Gaurav Gandhi (Amazon Prime), Manish Maheshwari (Twitter), S. Sivakumar (Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd), and K Madhavan, Star & Disney, and also Chairman, CII Media Committee.

The OTT platforms present, including Gandhi of Amazon Prime, did not push back. Some Bollywood producers, notably those of Amitabh Bachchan's Gulabo Sitabo, have posted their movies on OTT, rather than live out the lockdown uncertainty.

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July 29,2020

Patna, Jul 29: BJP MLA Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu, cousin of Sushant Singh Rajput, on Tuesday said that a huge amount of money has been transferred into the account of actress Rhea Chakraborty from the actor's account.

"An FIR has been filed against actress Rhea Chakraborty by the father of Sushant Singh as a huge amount of money has been transferred into her account and they both have joint accounts for some companies through which cheating has been done from her side," Bablu said.

"This is the issue of probe and police will go there and investigate the matter after that everything will be revealed," he added.

He also said that Karan Johar should also be called in for questioning by the Mumbai Police in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput's death case.

The statement was given in the backdrop of several top film personalities being questioned in connection with the case.

On July 28, an FIR has been registered against actor Rhea Chakraborty under various sections including abetment of suicide on the complaint of Sushant Singh Rajput's father Krishna Kishor Singh, the police said on Tuesday.

It said that a four-member team has been sent to Mumbai following registration of FIR.
"A four-member team has been sent to Mumbai. The team will collect case diary and other important documents from Mumbai Police," Sanjay Singh, Inspector General, Patna Central Zone said.

In the complaint made to Rajeev Nagar police station in-charge, KK Singh alleged that Rhea Chakraborty and her relatives "committed fraud" and "pressurised the actor for financial gains".

Sushant's father alleged that Chakraborty "got in touch with the actor with a motive to establish herself in the film industry using his contacts and she and her relatives started interfering in his affairs".

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August 1,2020

Mumbai, Aug 1: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said that Sushant Singh Rajput case should not be politicised or used to create friction between Maharashtra and Bihar.

Amid the ongoing criticism faced by the Mumbai Police following an investigation into Rajput's death case, the Chief Minister stressed that Mumbai Police is not "inefficient" while appealing those who have any evidence in regard to the case to step forward.

"Mumbai Police is not inefficient. If anyone has any evidence they can bring it to us and we will interrogate and punish the guilty. Please do not use this case (Sushant Singh Rajput death case) as an excuse to create friction between Maharashtra and Bihar," Thackeray said on Friday.

"Bringing politics in the case is the most deplorable thing to do," he added.

Maharashtra government has filed a caveat before the Supreme Court in the Rajput's death case.

Earlier, Bihar government and Rajput's family have filed caveats in the top court seeking to challenge actor Rhea Chakraborty's petition that sought transfer of the FIR registered in Patna to Mumbai in the actor's death case.

"After Bihar government and Rajput's family filed a caveat in the Supreme Court, Maharashtra government has filed a caveat before the SC today to ensure that no order is passed in Rhea Chakraborty's petition case without hearing its (Maharashtra) side," said Sachin Patil, standing counsel for Maharashtra Government.

A caveat is a legal process, in which the party which had filed it before the concerned court, shall have to be heard definitely before the concerned court passes any order in future.

Bihar Police has sought the assistance of Mumbai police to probe the Sushant Singh Rajput case, Mumbai police Crime Branch officials told ANI. However, the Police are still considering their request.

Bihar Police team reached after an FIR was filed by late actor's father KK Singh against Chakraborty in Bihar under several sections including abetment of suicide.

Rajput was found dead in his Mumbai residence on June 14.

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