Katalin Kariko is a biochemist from Hungary who emigrated with her family to the United States in 1985, hoping to ace academia and settle into a scientific career. She is among the fourth vaccine scientists named in TIME magazine’s 2021 list of Heroes of the Year. Her research work in the RNA-mediated mechanisms was eventually used to make COVID-19 vaccines across the globe.
Urban Dictionary which was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham as a crowdsourced dictionary for slang words is now being used for a novel cause. Netizens are now searching the unique meaning/definitions of their names on the website which they cannot find in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Cris Galera, who hails from Sao Paulo in Brazil, earlier claimed that she was bored of being reliant on just one man, so she married herself. However, she has now met someone else.
Dr Rajat Panigrahy, principal, ITI Berhampur, described the good practices that are being followed at the institute, that include a holistic approach, integrated waste management through skill development, design thinking laboratory and institute branding.
'Kabutar Ja Ja Ja...,' but how does this bird reaches its destination? We know pigeons use visual cues and can navigate based on landmarks along known travel routes. We also know they have a magnetic sense called 'magnetoreception' which lets them navigate using Earth’s magnetic field. But we don’t know exactly how they (and other species) do this. Let's find out!
The sculpture of the robot created by the students of Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Berhampur is made out of Electronic wastes. It includes electronic toys, PCB, printer, printer cartridge, RAM, keyboard, mouse, monitor, mobile, CD player, TV, VCR etc. The e-waste used in the making of the sculpture was collected from Berhampur city.
A new promo from an episode of the television daily soap Thapki Pyar Ki featuring Jigyasa Singh and Akash Ahuja has invited some colorful reactions from the netizens. The video clip has gone viral with over 5 million views across social media platforms.
Karwa Chauth 2021: Little indulgences are the memes that are afloat on the social media that range from being totally nasty to absolute mush. And some fun too.
The e-commerce delivery mishaps have become common these days, after Flipkart and Zomato, Myntra disappointed its customer when they delivered a women innerwear to a man who ordered football stockings. He says, "So I'm going to be wearing a 34 CC bra to football games" after Myntra refuses to take it back.
In the viral video, the girl can be seen performing to the popular song Saat Samundar Paar from the film Vishwatma.
William Shatner has broken the record of aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who, at 83, became the oldest person to have ever flown to space.
A video from a Garba events in Rajkot showing girls dancing while wearing PPE kits has gone viral on the internet. Speaking to ANI, Rakshaben Boriya, organiser of the Garba said, "This Garba aims to spread awareness among the public about the COVID-19."
Several celebrities including Maureen McCormick, Michael McKean have also taken part in the viral album cover trend.
On Wednesday, Dosa became one of the top trends on Twitter. Well it all started when someone on Twitter just tried to convince that "North Indian Dosa" is better than South Indian Dosa. People from all around the world joined the debate. Check out their reactions here.
A skill park has been opened in Berhampur, Odisha. It is based on the theme of 'Waste to wealth.'
On Friday, October 1, to celebrate Sivaji Ganesan 93rd birth anniversary, the legendary actor, who was also a recipient of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, the country's highest award for cinema, has been honoured by Google with a Google Doodle.
Even industrialist Anand Mahindra could not help himself from praising Bengaluru's epic idli innovation calling it 'India's Innovation capital'.
Okonomiyaki is an iconic Japanese street food savoury pancake. It is simply a Japanese savoury pancake made primarily from shredded cabbage, flour, eggs and water. Some also call it Japanese pizza.
The tremors in Melbourne, Australia had barely ended when the meme fest began on social media.
The commercial in which Olympic winner Neeraj Chopra appears in various avatars of reporter, movie producer, marketing honcho among others has been grabbing eyeballs. Check out netizens reactions here.
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