Vijay For Victory

As the year comes to a close, it’s time to look at the big events, memorable moments and emerging trends that captivated us in 2008.

Recently Yahoo published the top search words for the year 2008.

Not it is Google’s, the leading search engine, turn.

“Google Zeitgeist 2008″, compiled some of the highlights from Google searches around the globe and hope you enjoy looking back. Google listed the top search words under various different categories including countrywide list.

Fastest Rising (Global)

1. sarah palin
2. beijing 2008
3. facebook login
4. tuenti
5. heath ledger
6. obama
7. nasza klasa
8. wer kennt wen
9. euro 2008
10. jonas brothers

In addition to these, you will fine lot more interesting information to explore at Google Zeitgeist 2008.

Top Yahoo Searches 2008 - Britney Tops the list

Yahoo Buzz announced the Top Yahoo Searches for the year 2008. Britney Spears has topped the list. She is followed by WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) and Barack Obama at number two and three spots respectively. Here is the top 10 list:

1. Britney Spears
2. WWE
3. Barack Obama
4. Miley Cyrus
5. RuneScape
6. Jessica Alba
7. Naruto
8. Lindsay Lohan
9. Angelina Jolie
10. American Idol

As evident celebrities and entertainment related terms have ruled the search space in 2008.

Checkout this page with full coverage of different top 10 lists of 2008

Olympics fever is over now. Many of you would have noticed Google’s custom logos or Doodles during these days. These doodles are specially designed by Dennis Hwang.

Here is the collection of Olympics Doodles released by Google.

At the right bottom of eash doodle you will find a red square. This is nothing but Google written in Chinees language.

Wish you all a very happy Independence Day!

The flag that was first hoisted on August 7, 1906, at the Parsee Bagan Square in Calcutta.

Called the ‘Saptarishi Flag’, this was hoisted in Stuttgart at the International Socialist Congress held on August 22, 1907

Associated with the names of Dr. Annie Besant and Lokmanya Tilak, this flag was hoisted at the Congress session in Calcutta during the ‘Home Rule Movement’. 

In the year 1921, a young man from Andhra presented this flag to Gandhiji for approval. It was only after Gandhiji’s suggestion that the white strip and the charkha were added. 

This flag was suggested during the All India Congress Committee session in 1931. However, the  ommittee’s
suggestion was not approved.

On August 6, 1931, the Indian National Congress formally adopted this flag, which was first hoisted on August 31.

Our National Flag, which was born on July 22, 1947, with Nehruji’s words, “Now I present to you not only the Resolution, but the Flag itself”. This flag was first hoisted at the Council House on August 15, 1947. The man who designed Tiranga versatile genius Lt. Shri Pingali Venkayya.

 Lt .Shri Pingali Venkayya, India’s flag is a tricolor standard, with bands of saffron, white, and dark green. The saffron represents courage, sacrifice, patriotism, and renunciation. It is also the color of the Hindu people. The green stands for faith, fertility and the land; it is the color of the Islam religion. The white is in the center, symbolizing the hope for unity and peace. In the center of the white band is a blue wheel with 24 spokes. This is the Ashoka Chakra (or “Wheel of Law”). The Chakra represents the continuing progress of the nation and the importance of justice in life. It also appears on the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka “

Partial Lunar Eclipse on 16 August 2008. This is the second Lunar Eclipse in this year, after 21 Feb 2008.

People who are from the following contries can view the entire event.

Eastern Europe, Africa, Western and Central Asia and India.

People from South America, Eastern Asia and Australia can observe a part of the event.