1. What is GRACE?
Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment Satellites of NASA to analyse ground water depletion around Himalayas in areas like Haryana, Punjab, Delhi etc. The results are frightening as we are pumping out huge volumes of water and the replenishment rate is extremely low. Time to check...
2. Anil Kakodia : Who's this gentleman?
Chairman of AEC : Atomic Energy Commission.
3. Why is Ex-NCERT Director J.S. Rajput in news?
He has been presented with the 2004 Jan Amos Comenius Award by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
Yeah that's correct and not a typo. Its "2004". Why has it been given in 2009 then?
To know, check this:
4. Which movie has been voted the top war film recently?
Steven Spielberg’s multiple Oscar winning film "Saving Private Ryan".
5. If you are interested in India's History, you would probably like this article.
6. Some Sports person in news today :
1) Vishnu Vardhan : Tennis
2) Thomas Kurien , P.C.Thulasi (Female) : Badminton
3) Chetan Anand, Arvind Bhat : Badminton
4) Deep Sengupta : Chess
5) Lanka Ravi : Chess ( Now to coach Women's team )
6) Gaganjeet Bhullar, Mukesh Kumar : Golf
7) Vijender Kumar : Boxing
8) Nikhat Banu : Table Tennis
9) Praveen Prabhakar : Sailing
10) Rohan Bopanna(India), Frank Moser (Germany) : Tennis
That's it for today.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
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The article on Jinnah really makes you think a lot. What went through the minds of a person like him, how was that person who single-handedly created a new country called Pakistan.
ReplyDeleteAnd the article is just another reason why I say that read the HINDU , you will get some classic articles there.