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)
Friday, January 31, 2020
S&T
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.
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Monday, January 27, 2020
ISRO SUMMER CAMP
*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
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"*
Saturday, January 25, 2020
HISTORY TODAY : JANUARY 25
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.
NATIONAL VOTERS DAY : JANUARY 25
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.
LAUGHTER, THE BEST MEDICINE
😄😄😄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.
