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Birth Anniversary of Khushwant Singh
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Khushwant Singh was an Indian novelist, journalist, and a lawyer. He was a man of many talents and served the Indian legal system, Indian journalism and literature all with equal passion and hard work. He was a well-learned man and studied at various institutes like Modern School, New Delhi, Government College of Lahore, St. Stephen's College, Delhi and King's College London. He set his foot in his professional life by starting out as a lawyer but soon he turned to Indian Foreign Service. Served that for a few years and later he found his place in mass communication and journalism. He was the editor of many reputed newspapers and magazines like The Illustrated Weekly of India, The National Herald and the Hindustan Times. Singh was more known for his writing and Indian literature is lucky to have received works like 'Train to Pakistan' ,'Delhi: A Novel', 'The Company of Women' , 'Truth, Love and a Little Malice' , 'The Good, the Bad and the Ridiculous', etc. from his side. For his brilliant service to the Indian society and culture, he was awarded with a Padma Bhushan, but due to his deep contempt for Operation Blue Star, he returned it back to the government.
Earth’s rotation is changing speed. This means that, on average, the length of a day increases by around 1.8 seconds per century. 600 million years ago a day lasted just 21 hours.
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible This epic mountaineering doc is about the Nepali climber Nirmal Purja and the team around him as he attempts to scale all eight-thousand-meter peaks worldwide. It’s a gripping story, but the filmmaking makes you feel like you’re with Purja every step of the way.




You have to DREAM before your dreams can come true

- Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam
Carp
Verb  to find fault or complain querulously
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Shantanoo Harmalkar : To test his intelligence the Teacher used every way to carp him.
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Priya Gongal : Never cry and carp at food.
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S Somnath

Sreedhara Panicker Somanath is an Indian aerospace engineer who is the chairman of the "Indian Space Research Organisation" (ISRO). Under his chairmanship, ISRO carried out the third Indian lunar exploration mission named "Chandrayaan-3". The lander named Vikram and the rover named Pragyaan landed near the lunar south pole region on the 23rd of August 2023 at 18:04 IST, making India the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the lunar south pole and the fourth country to demonstrate a soft landing on the Moon's surface. S. Somanath has served as the director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram and director of Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. He is known for his contributions to launch vehicle design, particularly in launch vehicle systems engineering, structural design, structural dynamics, and pyrotechnics.

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