WORLD FAMOUS

WORLD FAMOUS STREETS

1. Baldwin Street is situated in New Zealand.

2. Baldwin Street considered the world's steepest (rising or falling sharply) residential street.

3. Bond Street is situated in England.

4. Bond Street is a Famous tailoring and jewellery street in London.

5. Broadway Street is situated in (New York) USA.

6. Broadway Street famous for various theater and cinema halls. Regarded as biggest street in the world.

7. Canal Street (New Orleans, USA) it is widest Main Street of any large city in USA—171 feet from curb to curb.

8. Dala Street (Bombay, India) Stock exchange market in Bombay.

9. Downing street in situated in London (UK)

10. Downing Street famous for the official residence of British prime minister. It was named after Sir George Downing (died in 1684), a diplomat under Cromwell and King Charles II.

11. Elgin Street is situated in Scotland. World’s shortest street. It is 5.18 meters or 17 feet long.

12. Elgin Street (Ottawa Road #91) is a street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 

13. Originally named Biddy's Lane in Canada, it was later named after Lord Elgin.

14. Another Elgin Street is located in Central, Hong Kong, named after James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin. 

15. Fleet Street is situated in London. It was the home of the British press until the 1980s.

16. Early Fleet Street was famous for newspaper and press agencies and newspapers but from 2005 is more associated with the law and its inns and barristers' chambers

17. Lombard Street is situated in San Francisco.

18. Lombard Street is called Crookest.

19. Monumental Axis Street is situated in Brazil.

20. Vicolo Della Virilita The world’s narrowest street. Its total length is 43cm or 16.9 inches.

21. Wall Street is New York, famous for banking, finance and stock exchange market. It was built in 1653.

22. Yonge Street World’s longest street, situated in Toronto (Canada), with a total length of 55.78 km or 34 miles.

23. Anarkali street is situated in Lahore (Pakistan)

24. Anarkali is the biggest and the most modern shopping center in Lahore.

Famous Airlines

1. Aeroflot Russia
2. Aero Asia Pakistan
3. Air Canada Canada
4. Air France France
5. Air India India
6. Air Lanka Sri Lanka
7. Alitalia Italy
8. ASIANA South Korea
9. BIMAN Bangladesh
10. BOAC Britain
11. BRITISH AIRWAYS Britain
12. CATHY PACIFIC Hong Kong
13. EMIRATES UAE
14. FREEDOM AIR New Zealand
15. GARUDA Indonesia
16. GULF AIR Gulf Countries
17. JAL Japan
18. KLM Netherlands
19. LUFTHANSA Germany
20. Middle East Air Line Lebanon
21. Olympic Airways Greece
22. PIA Pakistan
23. QANTAS Australia
24. SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES Norway, Sweden and Denmark
25. SHAHEEN Pakistan
26. SABENA Belgium
27. SIA Singapore
28. SWISSAIR Switzerland
29. Thai Airways Thailand
30. TRAN-WORLD AIRLINES (TWA) USA
31. Unied Air Lines USA

NEWS AGENCIES

1. APP Australia
2. AASI Damascus
3. AND Berlin
4. AFP France
5. ALD Argentina
6. ALI Portugal
7. ANA Greece
8. ANGOP Luanda
9. AGERPRES Romania
10. AGI Italy
11. AIP Afghanistan
12. ANATOLIA Turkey
13. ANOP Portugal
14. ANSA Germany
15. ANTARA Indonesia
16. APA Pakistan
17. APP Pakistan
18. API India
19. ATA Tirana
20. APS Algiers
21. AUP Australia
22. BAKHTAR Afghanistan
23. BATRA Amman
24. BELGA Belgium
25. BERNAMA Malaysia
26. BSS Bangladesh
27. BTA Bulgaria
28. CETEKA Czech Republic
29. CNS China
30. CSTK Prague
31. DPA Germany
32. ENA Bangladesh
33. EXTEL UK
34. FIDES Vatican City
35. HHA Turkey
36. HINA Austria
37. INA Tirana
38. INTERFAX Russia
39. IRNA France
40. ITAR-TASS Russia
41. JANA Libya
42. JIJI Japan
43. KCNA Korea
44. KNA Kenya
45. KUNA Kuwait
46. KYODO Japan
47. LETA Latvia
48. MAP Morocco
49. MENA Egypt
50. MONTASAME Mongolia
51. MTI Hungary
52. NAN Nigeria
53. NCNA China
54. NOTIMEX Mexico
55. NOVOSTI Russia
56. NPS ‘NTB’ Norway
57. NZPA New Zealand
58. OPA Prague
59. OTTFNB Helsinki
60. PANA Dakar
61. PAP Poland
62. PETRA Jordan
63. PNA Philippine
64. PPI Pakistan
65. PRELA Cuba
66. PS France
67. PTI India
68. REUTERS England
69. RITZUA Denmark
70. ROMPRESS Bucharest
71. SANA Syria
72. SAPA South Africa
73. SIP Sweden
74. SLENA Freetown
75. SOPAC –NEWS Tunis
76. SPA Saudi Arabia
77. SPK Phnom Penh
78. SUNA Sudan
79. TANJUG Belgrade
80. TAP Tunis
81. TT Sweden
82. UNI India
83. UPI USA
84. UPP Pakistan
85. VNA Vietnam
86. WAM UAE
87. XINHUA China
88. YONHAP Norway
89. ZIANA Zimbabwe
90. ITIM Israel

World’s Organizations

1. In 1945, Human Rights Resolution was adopted by UN.
2. The headquarters of UN is located in New York.
3. English, Chinese and French are official languages of UN.
4. Japan is only Asian country represented in G-7 Group.
5. The first Asian Sectary General of UN was U-Thant.
6. UNESCO is a cultural organization.
7. The Headquarter of Food and Agriculture organization is in Rome.
8. Iran is not a member of SAARC but Afghanistan is.
9. Iraq was the first country to withdraw from CENTO.
10. The Headquarters of UNHCR is located at Geneva.
11. In Security Council, the organization of United Nations the five permanent members can exercise the power to veto.
12. The United Nations is considered as a universal organization. General Assembly fully represents the fact.
13. UNESCO, the special agency of UN set up to improve standards of educations and strengthen the international cooperation in this sphere.
14. The Headquarters of International Labour Organization if located at Geneva.
15. The headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is located in Vienna.
16. G-15 is a group of Developing countries.
17. Sweden is not a member of NATO.
18. The Headquarters of UNESCO is at Paris.
19. Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are members of SAARC.
20. The SAARC movement was launched for regional cooperation.
21. Veto power is not possessed by America, China, Britain, France and Russia.
22. Main body of the United Nations is the General Assembly.
23. 118 countries are presently members of the Non-Aligned Movement.
24. The Headquarters of Amnesty International is in London.
25. NATO has started program “partnership for peace” on 10-11 January 1994, 22 countries members of this scheme.
26. UNO adopted the charter of Economic Rights in the year 1974.
27. SAARC was founded in Dhaka.
28. G-7 includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and United States.
29. Vietnam joined UN in the year 1975.
30. INTERPOL stands for International Criminal Police Organization.
31. There are 10 non permanent members of the Security Council.
32. International court of Justice is located in the Hague Netherland.
33. Russia is included in G-8 group.
34. The permanent members of Security Council are five.
35. Amnesty International is a human rights organization.
36. Jamaica, Peru and Indonesia are members of G-15.
37. UNO was founded in San Francisco.
38. The first Non-Aligned Summit was held at Belgrade.
39. ILO, WHO and FAO are associated with UNO.
40. Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are official languages of UNO.
41. UNCTAD is located at Geneva.
42. “Africa Fund” was created by NAM.
43. Last joining Member of the SAARC is Afghanistan.
44. Headquarters of WHO is located at Geneva.
45. The international court of Justice was established in 1946.
46. SAARC was founded in 1985.
47. The Africa Fund is “Helping frontline states in their fight against apartheid.
48. The headquarters of EFTA is in Geneva.
49. The year 1995 was the golden jubilee year of UNO.
50. 5 Delegates can each country sent to UN General Assembly.
51. 20 Judges are members of the international court of Justice.
52. General Assembly of UN is considered as world parliament.
53. Mexico, Egypt and Brazil are members of G-15 Group.
54. Poland is considered as an original member of UN though it signed the charter later.
55. The first Secretary General of UNO was Trygve Lie.
56. There are 6 principal organs of UN.
57. The normal term of office of UN Sectary General is 5 years.
58. 11 former republics of USSR have become member of the commonwealth of independent states.
59. The office of UN General Assembly is at New York.
60. The economic social commission for Asia and Pacific is located at Bangkok.
61. The UN charter was ratified in 1945 by 29 countries.
62. ILO is related to UNO was in existence before the World War II.
63. Russia is not a member of the “Club of the Rich”.
64. Pakistan is not member of G-15.
65. NATO is a military alliance.
66. Headquarters of OPEC is located at Vienna.
67. Panda is used as the logo of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
68. Headquarters of the International Red Cross is situated in Geneva.
69. INTERPOL has its headquarters in Paris.
70. Trusteeship Council of the United Nations has ceased to be operation.
71. The first earth summit was held at Rio de Janerio.
72. Yugoslavia was expelled by UN from its membership in 1992.
73. USA, Canada and Mexico are member countries of NAFTA.
74. UNFPA of United Nations deals with population problem.
75. Amnesty International is an organization associated with Protection of human rights.
76. Trusteeship council has virtually accomplished its objects.
77. In acronym of SAARC ‘C’ stands for Cooperation.
78. “Bread for the World” institute which focus on problems of poverty and hunger in the world, is based Washington.
79. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and pacific is located at Bangkok.
80. The special agency of the UN engaged in the promotion of socio cultural rights of people, is known as UNESCO.
81. Permanent Secretariat to coordinate the implementation of SAARC programmes is located at Katmandu.
82. The United Nations conference on Trade and Development is located at Geneva.
83. The first SAARC summit was held at Dhaka.
84. The UN body associated with culture is UNESCO.
85. 2 Members countries of SAARC are islands.
86. Russia is not a member of G-7, a group of seven most industrialized, countries of the world.
87. Main aim SAARC is regional cooperation.
88. The objective of commonwealth equity fund is “long term capital appreciation through equity”.
89. Declaration of world peace and cooperation was the most significant decision of Jakarta conference.
90. The headquarters of CGOGM is at London.