Before the beginning of the Dandi March on 12 March 1930, Kasturba Gandhi, the wife of Gandhiji and Ba to millions of her children, applied the benedictory tilak on Gandhiji’s forehead, garlanded him with khadi and handed him the stick. Tilak, khadi and the stick were respectively the symbols of devotion, simplicity and strength.
ALMA stands for Atacama Large Millimetre/Submillimetre Array. Operational since 2013, it is the world’s most powerful telescope with 66 high precision antennas and is ten times sharper than Hubble. It is built in the Atacama Desert in Chile at an altitude of 16,500ft with almost no humidity or vegetation to block its view of the…
World Tolerance Day is observed on 16 November. In 1995 the United Nations Year of Tolerance was observed in which the UNESCO’s Member States adopted a Declaration of Principles on Tolerance on 16 November. Following this, in 1996 the United Nations proposed the observance of National Tolerance Day on this date to appreciate the rich…
The fastest moving muscle in the human body is the one that closes the eyelid. This muscle is called the orbicularis muscle. The opening or closing of the eye, or the blink of the eye, was used for measuring time in ancient India. The Vedic texts designated the blink of an eye as a nimish….
The globally acclaimed actor Omar Sharif, who acted in films like Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Mackenna’s Gold (1969), was quite a prolific bridge player. Omar Sharif was attracted to the card game of bridge when he was 21 years old. In 1964, he was the captain of the United Arab Republic team…
Olive has been the symbol of peace for thousands of years. Their roots are spread really wide, which enables them to survive drought conditions. A typical olive tree can live 1,000 years or more because the root can regenerate the entire tree if the original tree is destroyed.
