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Plants’ Distress Noises and Contributions of Jagadish Chandra Bose

Plants are often thought of as silent, passive beings that lack the ability to communicate. However, recent research by a group of scientists at Tel Aviv University has...

April 19, 2023

Maharashtra Bhushan Award

The Maharashtra Bhushan award is the highest civilian award presented annually by the state government. It is a prestigious recognition that celebrates outstanding achievements and contributions in various...

April 18, 2023

Who was Virginia Norwood?

Virginia Norwood was an American inventor and scientist whose contribution to the development of the scanner has revolutionized the field of remote sensing. Her invention enabled scientists to...

April 17, 2023

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jayanti

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jayanti is a day observed on 11 April every year to remember the works of Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, a social activist, thinker, writer and anti-caste...

April 12, 2023

Order of White Eagle

Poland’s highest order, the Order of the White Eagle, has a rich history dating back to its official institution on November 1, 1705, by Augustus II the Strong,...

April 10, 2023

Who is Christina Koch?

In a significant moment for space exploration, astronaut Christina Hammock Koch has been announced as the first woman to circle the Moon. The US space agency, NASA, has...

April 7, 2023

Mount Kilimanjaro and the Promotion of Gaddi Culture

Anjali Sharma, a mountaineer from India, has made history by successfully scaling the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro in Southern Africa (Tanzania) while wearing a traditional Gaddi dress, or...

April 6, 2023

Who was Ryuichi Sakamoto?

On March 28, 2023, Ryuichi Sakamoto, the renowned Japanese composer and producer, passed away at the age of 71, after battling cancer for the second time in 2021....

April 5, 2023

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed was recently named the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, the oil-rich capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He is the eldest...

April 3, 2023

Bodofa Upendranath Brahma

Bodofa Upendranath Brahma was a prominent Bodo social activist and former president of All Bodo Students’ Union. He was born on March 31, 1956, in Boragari village of...

April 1, 2023

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