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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Nikita Khrushchev’s visit to the USA
When the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev planned to spend thirteen days in the United States in 1959, he made two special requests. One was to see the Disneyland, and the other was to meet the Hollywood actor John Wayne. Sadly, he was barred from visiting Disneyland on account of the cold war. However, he did…
Care to know the vandal who damaged Michelangelo’s Pieta?
Michelangelo’s Pieta is in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome. Pieta is the sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the lifeless body of Jesus on her lap. In 1499 Michelangelo carved Pieta when he was 24 years old, and it is the only one he ever signed. On 21 May 1972 Laszlo Toth, a Hungarian-born Australian Geologist, attacked…
What does the word ‘robot’ mean?
A robot is a machine that sometimes resembles humans and carries out routine mechanical tasks on command with human-like skill. The word robot has its origins in the Czech word robotnik, which means a serf or a slave. Robots are used mainly in factories and in those activities which a human might find difficult to…
What does ZIP in ZIP code stand for?
The Zone Improvement Plan code, abbreviated as the ZIP code, is a system of postal codes that was introduced in the USA in 1963 to improve the efficiency of postal services, such as sorting and delivery. It comprises nine digits: the first three digits are assigned to a specific part of the USA, the next…
The golden era of Indian physics
In 1920, Meghnad Saha discovered his ionization formula (Saha Ionization Equation). In 1924, Satyendra Nath Bose found his photon derivation of Planck’s Law (Bose Statistics). In 1928, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman discovered the Raman Effect. In 1930, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar predicted the Chandrasekhar Limit. Together they contributed to the golden era of Indian physics.