A film from Nasa about the Mayan prophecy that the world will end on 21 December, has been released 10 days early. The film entitled The World Didn't End Yesterday looks at the science behind the Mayan calendar which 5,125-year run is due to end in 10 days, and how it should be interpreted as cyclical. ...continue reading

Human Rights Day presents an opportunity, every year, to celebrate human rights, highlight a specific issue, and advocate for the full enjoyment of all human rights by everyone everywhere.This year, the spotlight is on the rights of all people — women, youth, minorities, persons with disabilities, indigenous people, the poor and marginalized — to make their voices heard...continue reading

Concord: Basic RulesThe basic rule states that a singular subject takes a singular verb, while a plural subject takes a plural verb.NOTE: The trick is in knowing whether the subject is singular or plural. The next trick is recognizing a singular or plural verb.Hint: Verbs do not form their plurals by adding an s as nouns do. In order...continue reading

Dr. Joseph E. Murray, the Nobel laureate who conducted the world's first successful organ transplant, died Monday at the Boston hospital where the pioneering surgery was performed. He was 93. On Dec. 23, 1954, in Operating Room 2 of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Dr. Murray took the healthy kidney of Ronald Herrick and sutured it...continue reading

IsolinesAn isoline map is a map with continuous lines joining points of the same value. The prefix "iso-" means "equal."This is a list of some common types of isolines.isobarA line representing points of equal atmospheric pressureisobathA line representing points of equal depth under waterisobathythermA line representing depths of water with equal temperatureisochasmA line representing points of equal recurrence of aurorasisocheimA line...continue reading

Children's Day Children’s day is special day for the children. Universally, Children’s Day is celebrated on 20th November, every year as declared by the United Nations in 1954. But in India it is celebrated on 14th November, because the date marks the birth anniversary of legendary freedom fighter and independent India’s first Prime Minister – Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru. As a tribute...continue reading

World Diabetes Day14 November 2012World Diabetes Day raises global awareness of diabetes - its escalating rates around the world and how to prevent the illness in most cases. Started by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and WHO, the Day is celebrated on 14 November to mark the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best, was instrumental...continue reading

The Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill, 2012 Government today introduced in the Lok Sabha a bill seeking to amend Article 371 of the Constitution to grant special status to six backward districts of Hyderabad-Karnataka region, enabling local reservation in education and jobs, besides development.Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde introduced the Constitution (118th Amendment) Bill, 2012 which aims to insert a new...continue reading

snake-boat Jawahar Thayankari of Sangham Kannetti at Karunagapally beat three competitors to win the second President’s Trophy Boat Race held on the Asramam Creek of the Ashtamudi Lake on Thursday.The race was cheered by thousands who had thronged the banks. The snake boat Sree Ganesh of Kumarakam Boat Club which won the trophy last year was pushed to...continue reading

Interview TipsPosted on: 31 Oct 2012* നിങ്ങള്‍ അപേക്ഷിച്ച തൊഴില്‍ മേഖലയെക്കുറിച്ച് നന്നായി ഗവേഷണം നടത്തുക. കമ്പനിയാണെങ്കില്‍ അവരെക്കുറിച്ചും നടത്തുന്ന ബിസിനസ്സിനെപ്പറ്റിയുമൊക്കെ പരമാവധി വിവരങ്ങള്‍ ശേഖരിക്കുക.* വീട്ടിലെ കണ്ണാടിക്കുമുന്നില്‍ നിന്ന് പരിശീലനം തുടങ്ങുക. ഇന്റര്‍വ്യൂ അഭിമുഖീകരിക്കുകയാണെന്ന മട്ടില്‍ സ്വയം അവതരിപ്പിച്ച് പരിശീലിക്കുക.* മോക് ഇന്റര്‍വ്യൂകളില്‍ പങ്കെടുക്കുക. നേരത്തേ ഇന്റര്‍വ്യൂവില്‍ മികവുകാട്ടിയവരെയും ഇതിന് ആശ്രയിക്കാം. അവരുടെ അനുഭവം കേള്‍ക്കുക. അതിനനുസരിച്ച് പരിശീലിക്കുക.* ഓണ്‍ലൈനില്‍ യൂട്യൂബ് പോലുള്ള സൈറ്റുകളില്‍ ഇന്റര്‍വ്യൂവിന്റെ വീഡിയോ ലഭ്യമാണ്. ഇവ കാണുക. ഇന്റര്‍വ്യൂകളില്‍ പതിവായി ചോദിക്കാവുന്ന ചില ചോദ്യങ്ങളുണ്ട്....continue reading

National Integration Day - November 19National integration day is also known as Quami Ekta Divas. National integration day is celebrated on the November 19th of every year. National Integration Day commemorates the birth anniversary of the first-ever women prime minister of India, Mrs Indira Gandhi. ...continue reading

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Fabiola Mann, a 15-year-old London teen with Goan roots has beaten Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking with her IQ score. Her Mensa IQ score of 162 has put her in the top 1 percent of world’s intelligent people, two points above the 160 scored by the scientific greats, reported Karsten Miranda for TNN. Mensa was founded in 1946...continue reading

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2012 was awarded jointly to Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley "for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design" ...continue reading

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 is to be awarded to the European Union (EU). The union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe. ...continue reading

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 was awarded to Mo Yan "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary".Mo Yan has focused an unflinching eye on what he calls the darkness and ugliness of 20th-century Chinese society in a prolific writing career that  landed him the 2012 Nobel prize for litterature. The prize won by the...continue reading

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012 was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka "for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors" ...continue reading

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2012 was awarded jointly to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems" ...continue reading

National Postal Day is celebrated on October 10 every year. Indian postal department is serving the country for over 150 years and that’s no mean achievement. Indian postal celebration is an extension of World Post Day. UPU was founded in Berne in 1874. The occasion is celebrated by countries all over the world. New postal products and services are...continue reading

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012jointly toJohn B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka"for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent". ...continue reading

As the Indian Air Force (IAF) completes 80 years on October 8, it finds itself confronting many challenges and transforming itself into a modern, capability-driven force.IAF is the fourth largest air force in the world. It came into being on October 8, 1932 and on April 1, 1954 Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee, one of the founding members of...continue reading

Poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri has bagged this year’s Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Award. He bagged the award for his collection of poems Anthimahakalam. The Vayalar Award is given for the best literary work in Malayalam. The award was instituted in 1977 by the Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Trust in memory of the poet and lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma (1928-1975). A sum of...continue reading

As is well known by now throughout the world Harvey Ball, a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts created the smiley face in 1963. That image went on to become the most recognizable symbol of good will and good cheer on the planet.As the years passed Harvey Ball became concerned about the over-commercialization of his symbol, and how its original meaning...continue reading

Eleven young scientists have been selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize-2012, India’s premier awards in the field of science and technology.Shantanu Chowdhury of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology and Suman Kumar Dhar of the Special Centre for Molecular Medicine at the Jawaharlal Nehru University bagged the prize in the field of biological sciences.In the area of...continue reading

GSAT 10 Satellite Placed in Geosynchronous OrbitThe orbit raising manoeuvres of GSAT 10 satellite have been successfully completed from ISRO's Master Control Facility, Hassan. The third and final orbit raising manoeuvre was performed this morning (October 03, 2012) to place the GSAT 10 in an orbit with 35,734 km apogee (farthest point to earth), 35,585 km perigee (nearest point to...continue reading

World elders day 2012 date is October 1.There are many cases we have heard nearby that, that couple has sent their parents in old age centres. This is because there arises a vast generation gap between two groups which are increasing day by day. Young generation think by providing food ,clothes and shelter their duty is completed towards...continue reading

On October 1, 1982, the first commercial compact disc, Billy Joel's "52nd Street," was released in Japan. In the 30 years since, hundreds of billions of CDs have been sold, Joel has stopped recording pop music and the music industry has moved on to the next hot medium.When the first CD player was released that same day, it...continue reading

This year in continuation from our 2011 theme of home heart health we will make 2012 the year of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention among women and children because: Women/children and CVD are not synonymous:CVD is commonly considered an “older persons” and a “man’s” diseaseWomen underestimate their CVD risk; even though almost half of the 17.3 million annual deaths occur in...continue reading