On This Day in History
January 31, 2020
Historical Events
On this day in 1865, U. S. Congress passes the historically important 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America (passes 121-24)
SAMSUNG has found a way monitor blood glucose levels without pricking a finger using a non-invasive technology based on Raman Spectroscopy.
For the full article :
https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/samsung-says-it-has-a-new-way-to-monitor-glucose-levels-without-pricking-a-finger/
Grateful thanks to Elu Blumenthal of CNET.com and Google.
*If there is light in the soul, There will be beauty in the person*.
*If there is beauty in the person, There will be harmony in the house*.
*If there is harmony in the house, There will be order in the nation*.
*If there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world*
*Chinese Proverb*
Wondering why I am posting a 1964 calendar? Because, it can be used again ... the dates and days are the same in 2020 ... (after 56 years).
*ISRO Summer Camp*
If any of you kids or your relatives kids studying in 9th or above standards and are interested in science and space, can take part in summer camp organized by ISRO under the name YUVIKA from May 11- May 22. You can enroll online from Feb 3 to Feb 24. For further details visit www.isro.gov.in. if selected the kid can opt to report at ISRO centers located in Ahmedabad /Bengaluru /Shillong/ Trivandrum.
https://www.isro.gov.in/update/22-jan-2020/young-scientist-programme-2020-%E2%80%93-online-registration
Today's Quote.
"Integrity is when our words and deeds are consistent with our intentions.”
Good day
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Hearty congrats to Dr A S Elangovan !
Grateful thanks to the organizers.
At Oxford University
*Dr. S RADHA KRISHNAN*
While speaking..
One of his students raised a question.
"Sir, Whats the difference between a *Station Master* & a *School Master?"*
All were very eagerly waiting for his answer, because they thought it is an irrelevant question to him, but
He coolly replied....
"The Station Master, *"Minds the Train"* & a School Master *"Trains the Mind"*
1915 – Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
1947 – Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1941) was born on this day (Jan.25) in the year 1882.
Grateful thanks to Wikipedia.
To encourage more young voters to take part in the political process, Government of India has decided to celebrate January 25 every year as "National Voters' Day". It has been started from January 26, 2011 to mark Commission's foundation day.
Grateful thanks to Wikipedia.
😄😄😄Husband borrowed Rs.250 from wife.
After a few days he again borrowed Rs.250
Seeing some money in her husband's purse, she asked him to return the money
When asked how much, wife said that he owes her Rs.4100.
On request, given below is the break-up of the money given by his wife.
1). Rs. 2 5 0
2). Rs. 2 5 0
Total Rs. 4 10 0
Husband is still trying to find the school where she learned Maths.