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Yearbooks and Almanacs

They are referred to trace varied information about each country. They are compiled to cover important developments, activities and statistics in several fields in a particular year. They comprises of:

  1. Major developments in science and technology; Short account of the current political, social and cultural events of the year; 
  2. Statistical information in various fields especially economics, commerce and business, trade and industries, transport and communication, defence, tourism, etc.; 
  3. Chronological listing of significant annual events; 
  4. Summaries of major events in sports, prizes, achievements, awards etc. in different fields of activities; 
  5. Short biographical data of well known people in different fields and obituaries of notable personalities; 
  6. Particulars regarding area, capitals, languages, population, religion, currency of the nations of the world; 
  7. Current trends, research and development in various subjects; and 
  8. Annual recent information to serve as supplement to encyclopaedias.

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