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A giant leap for ISRO – the launch of PSLV C-60 tonight (December 30, 2024) Tonight at 9.58pm, the world’s attention will be focused on ISRO’s launch of PSLV C-60 rocket into space. This venture is a precursor of India’s desire to erect its own … Read more
Centre aims to make Andaman & Nicobar Islands a tuna export hub A concept note prepared by the Fisheries Department says that the Exclusive Economic Zone around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is home to a range of tuna species, with substantial untapped fishery resources … Read more
Toba Tek Singh Two or three years after Partition, the governments of Pakistan and India decided to exchange lunatics in the same way that they had exchanged civilian prisoners. In other words, Muslim lunatics in Indian madhouses would be sent to Pakistan, while Hindu and … Read more
1. Lashes as noun .. The angry teacher gave one hard lash to the back of the boy for remaining absent from school for a week. The lash scarred the boy’s back. Lash as verb. The teacher lashed the errant student for copying in the … Read more
BBC Learning English Click on this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=terGxa9qZok&t=315s Headline: Ukraine Fights Back inside Russia Or Ukraine Pummels Russia in a bid to carve out a bigger piece of its territory Offensive as noun .. Myanmar is conducting a large scale military offensive against the rebels … Read more
Cargo carrier structurally stable and operational after fire: Coast Guard Indian Coast Guard carries out fire-fighting operations on m.v. Maersk Frankfurt off Goa coast.PTI THE HINDU BUREAU NEW DELHI The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has deployed five ships, two helicopters, and one Dornier aircraft … Read more
Tourism surge creates worldwide backlash but Afghanistan benefits: Lessons for India Droves of tourists have descended descend on tourism hotspots around the world changing the perception about tourism from positive to negative. Afghanistan cleverly has trodden an opposite path. The story needs an … Read more
Use of ‘somewhat’ in sentences. Example 1… Sasmita had gone to her friend’s birthday party wearing a traditional Sambalpuri saree whereas all others came wearing western clothes. Sasmita felt somewhat awkward as others stared at her often. Example 2 .. The temperature at Rench today … Read more
Comprehension Check Why had Framton Nuttel come to the “rural retreat”? Answer .. Frammon Nuttel was suffering from some nerve disorder. The doctor had advised him to go on a vacation to a tranquil and serene place where the usual din and bustle of daily … Read more
A roadmap to create more jobs … Background thoughts .. Recent reports reveal nearly 38% of IIT Bombay graduates are struggling to get jobs. This points to the fact that India’s industrial sector has not grown fast enough to absorb such world-class talent pool. … Read more