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Horizon
WORDSPEAK
12 Feb 2021 12:00 PM GMT
Bibekananda Choudhury The story behind words Quebec THE name ‘Québec’, which comes from the Algonquin word ‘kébec’ meaning “where the river narrows”, originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap. Early variations in the spelling of...
Planet Young
Pokémon YouTube channel for kids is now available in English in India
11 Feb 2021 12:00 PM GMT
The Pokemon Company has launched Pokemon Kids TV in India and other Asian countries. It is an English sister channel of the official Japanese Pokemon YouTube channel for kids. It has videos ranging from Pokemon songs and nursery rhymes to educational content. It mainly features English content, with...
Planet Young
Know your world
11 Feb 2021 12:00 PM GMT
Paper This is one of the world’s most indispensable products. Paper is one of the world’s most important and useful products. Without it, there would be no newspapers, magazines, writing paper, or greeting cards. There would be no paper bags or boxes, paper money, gift-wrapping, or toilet paper....
Planet Young
TERM OF THE WEEK
11 Feb 2021 12:00 PM GMT
Well-heeled ‘Well-heeled’ means wealth or well provided for. The word “heeled” has several meanings. ‘Well provided with money’ is our contemporary understanding, so that has to be a good place to start. In Eva Wilder Brodhead’s Bound in Shallows, 1897, there’s the line: “I ain’t so well-heeled...
Planet Young
I, ME, Myself
11 Feb 2021 12:00 PM GMT
Respect tradition and cultural legacy. Manoj Kumar Goswami is an eminent writer, journalist who has been honoured with the Katha Award for Creative Fiction and the Sanskriti award for Literature. Regarding the formative influences of my youth, it is not possible to give a precise answer. It might...
Planet Young
Making a connection
11 Feb 2021 12:00 PM GMT
Developing empathy can boost your creativity. A new research suggests that if you learn to empathise with others, it measurably improves your creativity, and it could potentially lead to several other beneficial learning outcomes The findings are from a year-long University of Cambridge study...
Planet Young
Why What
11 Feb 2021 12:00 PM GMT
When did the Battle of Midway begin? On June 4, 1942, the Battle of Midway – one of the most decisive US victories against Japan during World War I – began. During the four-day sea-and-air battle, the outnumbered US Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers while...
Campus
Psychological skills and psychometric tests
8 Feb 2021 12:00 PM GMT
Nurul Islam Laskar, [email protected] Youngsters, nowadays, often have to face psychometric tests that measure their psychological aptitude. That’s the reason why psychometric tests are also referred to as aptitude tests. These tests are a common part of the job interview process at many...
Campus
Aiming for the sky
8 Feb 2021 12:00 PM GMT
STORY II In the second interview from the series, Anshuman Dutta speaks to Parineeta Chakraborty, ranked No 4 in the Assam Civil Services Exam. Parineeta Chakraborty Q. Tell us something about yourself; when and why did you enter the field of competitive exams? A: I’ve been born and brought up in...
Campus
Celsius' Scale
8 Feb 2021 12:00 PM GMT
Anders Celsius The widely used temperature scale bears the name of Celsius, but, interestingly, it was not actually invented or even used by him. This is a fascinating story that helps us understand the importance of different geographical and environmental conditions responsible for the evolution...
Sunday Reading
A feast of stories
7 Feb 2021 12:00 PM GMT
UP CLOSE - Indrani Raimedhi, [email protected] JIBAN GOSWAMI has come up with an English translation of Saurav Kumar Chaliha’s short stories. Saurav Kumar Chaliha is the nom de plume of Surendra Nath Medhi, a reclusive genius and one of the most brilliant short-story writers of Assam....
Sunday Reading
The green crusade
7 Feb 2021 12:00 PM GMT
DEEPSHIKHA DOLEY on the need to give due importance to local conservators in environmental matters. When Padma Shri awardee Jadav Payeng, known as the ‘Forest Man of India’, recently signed an agreement with Fundación Azteca to regrow forests in Mexico, how many of us noted that such a step is yet...
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