91-year-old Ghulam Azam sentenced to 90 years of imprisonment
Ghulam Azam, the former Chief of Bangladesh’s Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami, was sentenced to 90 years in jail for crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 war of independence.
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What alters the length of a day?
Researchers have found that periodic jumps generated in the earth’s core change the length of a day every 5.9 years on our planet. They found that variations in the length of the day over periods of between one and ten years are caused by processes in the Earth’s core. The Earth rotates once per day,…
Soumitra Chattopadhyay and Satyajit Ray’s 14 films together
The films directed by Satyajit Ray in which Soumitra Chattopadhyay has acted are the following: Apur Sansar Abhijan Devi Charulata Ghare Baire Teen Kanya Ashani Sanket Hirak Rajar Deshe Sonar Kella Joi Baba Felunath Mahapurush O Kapurush Aranyer Din Ratri Ganashatru Shakha Proshakha
‘The Elements’ – A pithy list song by Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer, born in 1928, a retired mathematician, lecturer and satirical songwriter got a number of successful albums released during the 1950s and 1960s. One of them was ‘The Elements’. It is a song about the 102-element periodic table to the tune of the Major-General’s Song from The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan….
Reckon your knowledge about transcendental numbers
A transcendental number is the one which cannot be obtained as roots of an equation with rational coefficients like, 3×2 + 2x + 4 = 0. The mathematical constant or Euler’s number ‘e’ and ‘pi’ are examples of transcendental numbers. The proof of above proposition is not very simple, which is partly the reason why…
Charles Darwin tied the knot after intense hesitation
Charles Darwin was in a state of hesitation of a very high degree about whether or not to marry, so much so that he prepared a list of pros and cons about having a wife. He studied the list quite analytically and procrastinated for about a year and finally tied the knot with his cousin…