Lake Baikal, situated in the south-east Siberia in Russia, is the deepest lake in the world. Known as the Galapagos of Russia, it is one of the richest and diverse repositories of flora and fauna. The depth of Lake Baikal is 1700 metre. This 25 million years old lake has oxygen-rich waters and numerous atypical…
Ostrich is the fastest running bird. An ostrich can run upto 70 kilometres per hour. The stride of an ostrich can cover as much as 3–5 metres in a single leap.
Akaler Sandhane (In Search of Famine) is a movie by the famous director Mrinal Sen where the theme is about a film crew going to a village to shoot famine. Smita Patil appeared as ‘herself’ in the said film.
Richter Scale, developed in 1935 by Charles Richter, is typically a measurement of ground motion generally used for expressing the intensity of an earthquake. It is based on powers of ten which essentially means that an earthquake measuring ‘4’ on the Richter Scale has a recorded seismograph amplitude 10 times greater than the one measuring…
On 8 June 2018, American technology company IBM and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), of the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), unveiled the world’s fastest supercomputer, Summit.
Lachanophobia is the fear of vegetables. There are some people who become anxious on seeing vegetables. Symptoms include rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath, nausea, sweating and mainly the feeling of dread. Different people have this fear for different vegetables.
