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Friday is the day of Goddess Lakshmi in Hinduism. Goddess Lakshmi is considered as Goddess of wealth.

The Imperial II is the tallest building in India. It is 256 m tall and has sixty floors equipped with seventeen elevators.

Palakkad is the biggest district in Kerala. It spans in an area of 5580 sq km. The second biggest is Idukki that spans in an area of 4479 sq km.

Indore in Madhya Pradesh state is recorded as the cleanest city in India. The second cleanest too is in Madhya Pradesh. It is Bhopal. The third in the list is Chandigarh of Punjab.

Bhadreswar in West Bengal is the dirtiest city in India. The second dirtiest is Bankura in the same state. Third in the list is Simari Bakhtiyarpur in Bihar.

The newly launched Vande Bharat Express is the fastest train in India. It runs at the maximum speed of 180 km per hour and is also named as Train 18.

The fastest train in India currently is the new Vande Bharat Express or Train 18. It runs at the top speed of 180 km per hour. It is the latest Indian semi-high speed intercity train.

The Gorakhpur railways station in Uttar Pradesh is the longest in not only India but in the world. It is 1,366.33 m (4,483 ft) long.

Hindi is the most spoken language in India. More than half of the Indian population speaks Hindi, mostly in the northern parts of the country.

Bengali. The language is spoken by 8 percent of Indian population. The most popular is Hindi. The third is Marathi and fourth is Telugu.

Baraha was born out of nostril of Brahma. He was earlier considered as avatar of Brahma but later learned he was avatar of Vishnu.

King Porus defeated Alexander in India in the Battle of the Hydaspes in 326 BC. He was of the Paurava kingdom in today's Punjab region. Battle of Hydaspes was last major battle of Alexander.

Jana Gana Mana is the national anthem of India and was originally written by Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal. It was sung for the first time on 27 December 1911 in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

Currently Rajnath Singh. He was selected for the chair after NDA came to power in Lok Sabha 2019 elections. He replaced Nirmala Sitharaman.

Currently Shaktikanta Das. He is the 25th governor of RBI and took charge in December 2018. He replaced Urjit Patel, who abruptly resigned then citing personal reasons.

Lord Hanuman had one son named Makardhwaja. He was born from a mighty fish. A theory says perspiration drop of Lord Hanuman fell in the mouth of the fish while he took a dip in the sea following burning of Lanka with his tail.

Lord Ganesha married two daughters of Lord Brahma, the creator, Riddhi and Siddhi. From the two wives he had two sons named Labha and Kshema.

Dwaipayan Vyasa compoased the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata. He himself a character in it. It is said Vyasa dictated verses and Ganesha wrote it. Mahabharata is the longest epic in India containing 100,000 verses.

Krishna was married to 16,108 wives in Dwaraka and the chief was Rukimini. He was also married to Jambavati and Satyabhama.

Shukadeva or Shuka was the son of sage Vyasa. Depicted as a sannyasi, he died before the Kurukshetra war. He founded Srimad Bhagavatam.