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.