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Countries with Most Public Holidays Don’t you love when you don’t have to get up in the morning and go to work? For many people public holidays represent a welcome change in the daily routine. Which countries had the most public holidays in 2009? Where should you go to enjoy some days off? Euromonitor International announced the top countries with the greatest amount of public holidays on working days. Nepal 52 weekly holiday 90 festival ,religion holiday/Year “In 365 days, there are 52 weekly holidays and 90 festival, religion holidays. In the remaining 275 days, with closure of offices at three in the afternoon on Fridays and strikes to push demands, there are more ‘public holidays’. Perhaps Nepal tops the first group of nations that observes most public holidays. Nepal follows Sri Lanka in South Asia. If Nepal is to develop, government should give only 52 weekly and 12 festival holidays.” China, Hong Kong 16 days/year As well as the new two-day weekend, Chinese workers e...

Astronomers have found the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date, a world which could have water running on its surface. Artist's impression: Astronomers have discovered the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date, an exoplanet with a radius only 50% larger than the Earth and possibly having liquid water on its surface.

10. France Tree and lavender fields. By vathiman Apparently, European states account for 14 of the top 20 world's cleanest countries, and France , with its green policy, ranks tenth on this eco list. Climate change is one of the biggest issues for the French government and therefore, various steps have been taken in order to keep the country clean and green. France has ratified the Kyoto Protocol and is committed to reduce its greenhouse gases emission by 5.2% from the 1990 level. In 2004, France closed down its last coal mine, and now gets 80% of its electricity from nuclear power, so CO2 emissions are relatively low. Moreover, the green policy is also reflected in such actions as public system improvement - fast trains, metros, bike programs, introducing taxes on cars, packaging, plastic products, electronic devices, and batteries, suspending GM commercial crops and investing in new energy sources. 9. Colombia. Coffee plant. Colombia. By anthrotect According to the ranking, Colo...

Deforestation by burning trees in the Amazon rainforest releases 200 million metric tonnes of gas into the atmosphere every year, according to scientists from Brazilian and US universities. This brings Brazil's total greenhouse gas emissions — including those from burning fossil fuels — to 550 million tonnes, and places Brazil on the list of top ten greenhouse gas emitters worldwide. Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon basin Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)/CGIAR Meteorologists from the National Institute for Space Research say that although Brazil's volume of emissions is far smaller than that of the main polluting countries, it is significant because it is not contributing to economic or social development. Scientists estimate that 20 per cent of the four million sq km Amazon rainforest has already been destroyed by development, logging and farming, with 14,754 sq km deforested in 2003 alone. Brazil, the world's fifth largest country, is thought to hav...

PM Nepal along with 23 ministers, some of them with oxygen masks, held the meeting at the Kala Patthar plateau to raise awareness about melting Himalaya due to climate change. “We want to give the message to the world that the climate change is going to affect 1.3 billion people of the Himalayan belt and lower areas,”. (NTV) Nepal Television With LIVE Broadcast: Global warming FACTOR Global warming evidence goes beyond temperatures. The lake above is not the result of an instrument malfunction. A glacier is melting and more than a billion people are depending on the water which may stop flowing.