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Saturday, August 24, 2019
Friday, August 23, 2019
Amazon Rainforest Fires Threaten Climate Change Efforts — What's at Stake for the Planet
As fires continue to burn the Amazon rainforest at a record level, many are warning about the devastating effects the blazes can have on the environment, and humans around the globe.
The Amazon, known as “the planet’s lungs,” produces 20 percent of Earth’s oxygen and is a key factor in combating climate change, according to CNN.
Thursday, August 22, 2019
The Mystery of the Himalayas’ Skeleton Lake Just Got Weirder
Nestled in the Indian Himalayas, some 16,500 feet above sea level, sits Roopkund Lake. One hundred and thirty feet wide, it is frozen for much of the year, a frosty pond in a lonely, snowbound valley. But on warmer days, it delivers a macabre performance, as hundreds of human skeletons, some with flesh still attached, emerge from what has become known as Skeleton Lake.
Who were these individuals, and what befell them? One leading idea was that they died simultaneously in a catastrophic event more than 1,000 years ago. An unpublished anthropological survey from several years ago studied five skeletons and estimated they were 1,200 years old.
But a new genetic analysis carried out by scientists in India, America and Germany has upended that theory. The study, which examined DNA from 38 remains, indicates that there wasn’t just one mass dumping of the dead, but several, spread over a millennium.
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Russia and China Say New U.S. Missile Test Is Just the Kind of 'Arms Race' They're Trying to Avoid
Russia and China have criticized the United States' testing of a missile banned for over three decades until the recent collapse of a Cold War-era treaty, with both countries calling it an attempt to draw them into an expensive and dangerous rush for new weapons.
Two weeks after leaving the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty banning land-based weapons ranging from 310 to 3,420 miles, the Pentagon announced Monday it tested a cruise missile in California that would have been restricted under the agreement it has accused Russia of violating. In response, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov cited President Vladimir Putin as saying Tuesday "such tests only proved that from the very start, the Americans were determined to derail the INF Treaty and were making preparations for it."
Giridarshan's Kataldhar waterfall trek on 22 Aug
Starts at 6 am by private bus from law college
road. We will have breakfast and will reach the starting point of the trek, start our trek and reach the base of
waterfall after one and half hour, return to the starting point, have lunch and
return to Pune till 8 pm,
Bring lunch, extra dress and waterbottle with you
Trek Fee Rs 1000/-
Booking till 20 Aug
Call 9850520058
Bring lunch, extra dress and waterbottle with you
Trek Fee Rs 1000/-
Booking till 20 Aug
Call 9850520058
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Tribute to Khayyam
18 February 1927 – 19 August 2019
Khayyam, who started his musical career at the age of 17, was also a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan. Not only this, he was also honoured with the National Award and Filmfare Award. Apart from Kabhi Kabhie and Umrao Jaan, his other notable works include films such as Trishul, Noorie and Shola Aur Shabnam. He had also composed music for actress Meena Kumari's album I Write, I Recite. His non-film songs such as Paaon Padun Tore Shyam, Ghazab Kiya Tere Vaade Pe Aitbaar Kiya and Brij Mein Laut Chalo are still famous among his fans.
Celebrities as well as politicians such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and singer Lata Mangeshkar mourned the demise of the legendary music director.
Amita Nene's Yummy Expressions: Basil Pesto – The Italian lifeline!
Amita Nene's Yummy Expressions
Basil
Pesto – The Italian lifeline!
This
year post monsoons I have a grand plan to create my own little kitchen garden,
growing all those amazing cherry tomatoes and jalapenos and herbs shrubs!!!
I
have always been fascinated with all the exotic herbs that can be experimented
with in the kitchen. The distinct
flavour and aroma if they are added to the right dish in right proportion; it
can take your preparation into a very unique inimitable culinary experience.
There’s
Basil… my most loved and most used of
the herbs…… what would my pasta and pizza sauces be like without it
Then
there is Oregano…. My omelettes and
dips would be incomplete without this one
Our
very own favourite Mint…… Can’t
imagine my chutneys without it… and sometimes adds zest to my salad dressing
Parsley….
Makes my carrot soup extra special…
Danish Prime Minister calls discussion of Greenland sale "absurd"
The Danish Prime Minister responded to President Donald Trump's interest in buying Greenland on Sunday, calling a sale of the island, which functions as an autonomous territory of Denmark, "absurd."
According to Reuters, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told the Danish broadcaster DR on Sunday that discussion of a sale would be an "absurd discussion."
Frederiksen was also asked about Trump's comments by a local newspaper.
Monday, August 19, 2019
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