A makeshift ‘museum’ on Sikh culture and history has come up at the Singhu border overnight, with tableaus, placed on two open-air trucks, brought to Delhi by an artist from Mohali.
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** SM Chitre, Mumbai astrophysicist and Stephen Hawking’s friend, dies at 84
Chitre, 84, was undergoing treatment at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital for age-related liver ailments. Considered a stalwart in the Indian astronomy community, he was the recipient of the Padma Bhushan award in 2012.
** Indian American owned company donates over 6.5 million masks
Guru Nanda — a manufacturer of premium farm-to-home aromatherapy and other health and wellness products — has also donated a total of 163,128 sets of toothpastes and toothbrushes to the organisations, a media release said on Monday.
** Khadi Prakritik Paint: Eco-friendly, non-toxic wall paint launched by Gadkari
According to a press statement from the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, the eco-friendly, non-toxic paint, called “Khadi Prakritik Paint” is a first-of-its-kind product, with anti-fungal, anti-bacterial properties.
** ‘16 Bihar’ heroes of Galwan skirmish to be honoured at Republic Day parade
At least five Indian Army soldiers including Colonel B Santosh Babu of 16 Bihar battalion who blocked Chinese People Liberation Army (PLA) aggression to capture territory in East Ladakh’s Galwan Valley on June 15 last year will be posthumously honoured with gallantry medals on Republic Day, people familiar with the matter said.
** ‘Father of fibre optics’ dead
Narinder S. Kapany, 94, is survived by daughter Kiran and son Raj
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** The rise, fall and demise of first Indian scooter from Kerala, the Atlanta
** Padma Awardee Turlapati Kutumba Rao passes away
Veteran journalist, writer and Padma Shri awardee Turlapati Kutumba Rao passed away in the early hours of Monday. He was 89-years old.
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** ISRO to adopt 100 science labs to mentor students
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will adopt 100 Atal Tinkering Labs across the country to promote space technology and education-related innovations among school scholars. This decision was taken by ISRO and Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, at a virtual meeting on Monday.
I am extremely elated that different departments and ministries of the Government of India are working in synergy to create an Atma Nirbhar Bharat,” said Dr Rajiv Kumar, NITi Aayog vice chairman.
** For online classes minus bandwidth challenges
The application ensures that one user can login only from one device at a time making it highly secure.
Zermelo Technologies, an award-winning edtech startup announced that its platform ZeClassroom has been designed to conduct online classes in the rural and urban areas where internet and bandwidth availability is a challenge.