Population explosion in Asia
Asia, the largest continent on Earth, has a total land area of 44,579,000 square kilometers. It constitutes 30 per cent...
China
India rules the pulses-and-beans market
Pulses and beans, belonging to the legume family, are responsible for feeding majority of the world’s poor. Grown abundantly in...
From ‘qutun’ to cotton: The journey
Cotton gets its name from the Arabic word 'qutun', which means fine textile or fabric. Archaeologists have found samples of...
The history of tea in India
Tea (Camellia sinensis) is one of the most popular beverages in the world. Tea originated in China, and the modern...
The most spoken languages in the world
Mandarin Chinese is spoken by more than 1 billion people and is the most spoken language worldwide. It is the...
History’s most devastating earthquake
On 23 January 1556 in Shaanxi, China, a devastating earthquake took place. It was the era of the Ming Dynasty....
