Recently it was announced that Karpoori Thakur, a prominent Gandhian socialist leader and former Bihar chief minister will be awarded the ‘Bharat Ratna’ posthumously (after his death). He served as a Chief minister from December 1970 to June 1971 and...
Happy New year to one and all! 2024 has an extra day, Yes! It is a leap year. Every four years, our calendar gets a little shake-up, and an extra day is added to the month of February as the...
A new and peculiar type of rock, containing plastics, has been discovered globally, underscoring the alarming extent of plastic pollution. These plastic rocks, found in 11 countries across five continents, result from the compression of rock and discarded plastic polymers.These...
COP28 is the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference. It is also known as the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The conference took place from November 30 to December 12,...
Have you ever heard that the colour of the sky is red? You heard it right, few days back sky was literally red at Mongolia. Few days ago, in an extraordinary celestial display, the skies over Mongolia turned deep, red...
Have you ever wondered how something as powerful and formidable as a cyclone gets its name? It turns out that there is a fascinating method to this meteorological madness, and it involves a unique blend of science, collaboration, and cultural...
Have you heard of Argoland? In a new development, researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands have discovered fragments of a continent called Argoland in Southeast Asia. Reports state that these fragments were originally part of Australia, but have since...
The Ballon d'Or ( means Golden Ball) is an annual football award presented by France Football. It has been awarded since 1956 and is considered one of the most prestigious individual awards in the sport. The award is given to...
The Nobel Prize is a set of prestigious international awards presented annually in recognition of outstanding achievements in six categories: Peace, Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine or Physiology, and Economic Sciences. The prizes were established by the will of Alfred Nobel,...
