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WORDSPEAK
Horizon

WORDSPEAK

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...
Pokémon YouTube channel for kids is now available in English in India
Planet Young

Pokémon YouTube channel for kids is now available in English in India

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...
Making a connection
Planet Young

Making a connection

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...
I, ME, Myself
Planet Young

I, ME, Myself

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...
TERM OF THE WEEK
Planet Young

TERM OF THE WEEK

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...
Know your world
Planet Young

Know your world

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....
Why What
Planet Young

Why What

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...
Celsius Scale
Campus

Celsius' Scale

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...
Aiming for the sky
Campus

Aiming for the sky

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...
Psychological skills and psychometric tests
Campus

Psychological skills and psychometric tests

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...
In the land of Ravana
Sunday Reading

In the land of Ravana

JAYANTA MADHAV travels to the epic land of his childhood dreams. Hearing and reading the Ramayana stories in my childhood had always aroused a subtle, numinous mysticism about that faraway kingdom called Ravana’s Lanka. Growing up, however, as my geography lessons taught me more and more about the...
The green crusade
Sunday Reading

The green crusade

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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