In the last decade, Menezes was best known as the in-house pianist at Palladium, a mall in Lower Parel. He would play there on weekdays, impeccably dressed in a suit, filling the atrium with his notes, providing rich background music to even the most ordinary shopping experience.
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** Foreigners married to Indians cannot enjoy OCI status after divorce, Centre tells HC
The submission has been made by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) while defending the decision of the Indian Embassy in Brussels, Belgium asking a Belgian woman to surrender her OCI card after the dissolution of her marriage with an Indian national.
** Gujarat CM writes letter of appreciation to Bihar born youngest science fiction author
Shaurya Mishra, a class V student from Ahmedabad’s Delhi Public School, has written an 83-page long science-fiction titled ‘Space Mafia on the Loose’
** Centre issues patent for unique COVID alert device made by two Bihar students
Arpit Kumar, a Class 12 student and his brother Abhijeet Kumar of Class 10 from Bihar Bal Bhawan Kilkari worked on the ‘Contactless Temperature and Distance Measuring’.
** New wheat varieties good for diabetics, high in nutrition developed
A genetic scientist at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Science (SHUATS), , in Prayagraj has developed two new varieties of wheat that are very high in nutrition, need less water, are resistant to extremes of weather and also has a very low sugar content.
Mahabal Ram, 79, professor emeritus…
** Delving into cellular memories of the past to heal disease manifestations
The physical manifestations of diseases in our present life can be linked to cellular memories from the past, including even childhood or early stages of our present life, especially when the stored memories area negative or traumatic, says Natwar Sharma, a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health who has trained at the Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, in his new book, “Metaphors of Memory” (Westland).
** Railways completes arch closure of Chenab bridge
The bridge will be 35 metres higher than Eiffel Tower in Paris
The Railways on Monday said it had completed the arch closure of the 1315m Chenab bridge, the world’s highest railway bridge.
Terming it one of the biggest civil engineering challenges faced by any project in India, the Railways added that at 359m above the river bed level, the bridge would be 35 metres higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
** President appoints N.V. Ramana as CJI with effect from April 24
Born into a family of agriculturists in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Justice of India-designate, Justice Ramana, has adorned many hats — from student leader working for farmers and industrial workers to journalist for a leading Telugu newspaper to a first-generation lawyer.
** Visas to 1,100 Sikh pilgrims issued for Baisakhi celebrations, says Pakistan High Commission
** PM to inaugurate vessel for Seychelles
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hand over a ‘Fast Petrol Vessel’ to the Seychelles Coast Guard on Thursday. The handing over will be part of a high-level virtual interaction between the Indian leader and the President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan.