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Environment
Snowfall in the Sahara Desert – an Unusual Weather Phenomenon
January brings snowfall to many parts of the world, but snowfall in hot desert is unheard of. In an exceptionally rare event, the world’s hottest desert experienced snowfall in January this year. It may sound absurd but it’s not unprecedented. The Sahara Desert has witnessed snowfall five times in the last 40 years of which four times was in the…
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Entertainment
A ‘Metaverse’ Of Madness
As the world gears for the creation of an alternative world, labelling it as ‘the future of the internet’, is there really no cause for concern? Should we be worried about what the Metaverse will bring to the world, and how it will be used by millions of people who might have unlimited access to it? Facebook Inc. recently changed…
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Heritage
Indian Army : In our own small world
Army is a way of life. A life full of discipline, vigor and understanding of the ‘supreme sacrifice’ for the motherland. Plenty has been written regarding difficulties faced by the families when they join their husbands at remote places and the weirdness of the entire setup. I too have had my share of the good and the bad as an…
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Your Space
India: A Wondrous Acquired Taste
India, I have always believed, is an acquired taste. It takes some getting used to. Some love it and some love to hate it. But once this phenomenon called India succeeds in getting under your skin, it is hard to ignore and forget. In the beginning the staggering chaos, never ending jostling with crowds, unbearable temperature extremes and a curious…
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Meerut
IDE Technologies India Pvt Limited, Noida, donated and installed a Reverse Osmosis (RO) Water Purification System in schools
In an effort to provide clean and safe drinking water to every child, IDE Technologies India Pvt Limited, Noida, donated and installed a Reverse Osmosis (RO) Water Purification System attached with water coolers at Sanatan Dharam Inter College, Kankarkhera, Meerut, and Indiana Public Junior High School, Sardhana, on January 12, 2022. IDE Technologies India Pvt Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary…
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Entertainment
The Other Son – Movie Review
The Other Son, a French film directed by Lorraine Levy, is a visually powerful narrative that puts forth a strong point in favour of individual identity against the non-favourable backdrop of the Israel-Palestine issue.The end of the film could as well have been the beginning. Whether an end or a beginning, the last words, in ‘The Other Son’, contain the…
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How Citizens Got Together To Initiate Big Change
Off late, increasing pollution, improper waste disposal, garbage spilling on to the streets has become the order of the day in many cities across the country. We may all be advocates of a neat and clean society, pollution free environment; but how many of us actually make an effort to clean it up? Pahal-ek Prayas, an initiative that started in…
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Tech
A Lab so fabulous, it has changed the face of rural India
Rural development – the very phrase makes us think of better roads, water bodies, agricultural facilities and the like for the rural population. Rarely, if ever, do we associate rural development with innovation. But Vigyan Ashram’s Fab Lab, located some 70 kms away from Pune in Pabal, a drought-hit village in Maharashtra, does exactly that – innovate to find solutions to…
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Health & Wellness
Sunshine all the way
Sunscreen lotions, umbrellas, films on car windows – anything to block the sun. Anything for a fair skin. Is it that we do not need the sun? Isn’t sun protection over done up with? Well, so much for sunblocks! But reality is much different from what is being touted as the current fad. We do need sunshine and in good…
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Travel
Unforgettable Encounters in the Himalayan Hinterlands
Pahad. Mountain. If you are as smitten with the mountains as I am, I bet the mere mention of pahad transports you to colorful valleys nestled among towering mountain peaks. Or to a secret mental place where tiny brooks flow down the side of the road, meandering through the fields, making an unmistakable gurgling sound as crystal mountain water flows…
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