SEVEN YEARS AGO, Pokkathayil Mathew gave up his one-acre farmland and a house near the Aralam shrine, fed up with constant attacks and raids by wild animals from nearby forests. “I had moved to a new house in the village, a bit away from the forest, hoping that one day I could sell my land,” … Read more
When a relatively unknown teacher born in Kolkata wrote a letter to Albert Einstein in 1924, about his breakthrough in quantum mechanics, no one knew he was going to make history. This professor was Satyendra Nath Bose, who in 1924 contacted the German physicist claiming that he had derived Planck’s law for black body radiation … Read more
TWO big-ticket films slated for release in the country, ‘Pathaan’ starring Shah Rukh Khan and Pakistani blockbuster ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’, have faced harsh weather conditions. Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Chairman Prasoon Joshi said in a statement on Thursday that the creators of “Pathaan” were asked to implement “changes advised…including songs and … Read more
TWO big-ticket films slated for release in the country, ‘Pathaan’ starring Shah Rukh Khan and Pakistani blockbuster ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’, have faced harsh weather conditions. Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Chairman Prasoon Joshi said in a statement on Thursday that the creators of “Pathaan” were asked to implement “changes advised…including songs and … Read more
Commemorating the day one of the most important space missions to Mars was launched, November 28 is marked as Red Planet Day. On this day in 1964, the United States launched the Mariner 4 space probe en route to Mars, which it flew over in July 1965, returning images of the Red Planet. It was … Read more