What is the art of making clocks called? What’s M in PM? So many words that relate to time. How many such do you know?
Crossword for you
All words are time-related. So don’t waste any and fill the grid with as many as you know.
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It’s gone
Forty-three years ago, humans won the war against a terrible disease. Read on to know more.
On December 9, 1979, smallpox was declared as eradicated. How did we win the battle against this dreaded disease?
Aye, aye, captains!
Match the sportspersons to the sporting teams they are the captain of.
Indian sport is on a high! It’s not just in cricket, but sportstars – both men and women – have risen in various sports like hockey, tennis, football, athletics, and swimming.
Team sports especially have gained a lot of popularity with the captains shouldering greater responsibility.
Play this game below to match the players with the team and sport they are currently the captains for.
Sudoku: December 5, 2022
In the mood for some number fun? Try your hand at this Sudoku.
Love numbers? Then this is perfect for you. Try your hand at this popular game and see if you can ace it. A Sudoku is a grid consisting of columns, rows and blocks. This is a 6*6 grid.
How to play
The objective of the game is to fill the missing digits into the grid. Use digits 1 to 6 to fill this 6×6-grid.
In each column, row and block you can use a digit only once. Drag and drop the numbers (1-6) given beside the grid in their right places.
Sudoku Rules
1. Each row will, upon completion, contain all of the digits from 1 to 6.
2. Each column will, upon completion, contain all of the digits from 1 to 6.
3. Each coloured block will, upon completion, contain all of the digits from 1 to 6.
Holiday hues
It’s the season to be colourful…fa la la la…!
Fierce, fast and fur-rocious
With International Cheetah Day round the corner, here are some interesting titbits about this fabulous cat.
Spice it up!
Do you know what causes some foods to be spicy? This video tells you all about it.
Globescan – December 2, 2022
Get your fix of this week’s news from around the world with this interactive map.
The FIFA World Cup is underway, the Adani Group closes in on its takeover of NDTV, and India takes over G-20 presidency. But what else is going on around the world? Click on the hotspots and find out.
At the races
Have you heard about these whacky and weird races? If not, then this article s just for you!
There are a number of crazy and unusual sports that are popular across the globe, from greyhound racing to even cockroach races. Read on to know more about a few of them!
Electrifying invention
Part 31: Vali reveals the secret to wireless electricity transfer that could work against him in the future…
While Vali is learning about illusion and the waterfall experiment from Indra, Vali’s brother Sugriva drops in. He looks so much like Vali that only people who are really close to them can differentiate between the two. Sugriva loves to tease his brother and Indra.
Sugriva: Indra deva, are you teaching Vali how to distract his opponents using your tricks? After all, you are famous for mastering the art of fooling people with disguises.
Indra: As I have told you several times before, I don’t do this for fun. It is a skill given to me to be used during warfare.
Sugriva: Brother, did you tell your best friend Ravana about Indra and his skills?
Indra gets curious, as he is a Deva, and Ravana is an Asura.
Indra: Vali, I did not know that you and Ravana are friends!
Illustration: Sahil Upalekar
Vali: That’s a long story. After a severe penance, I was blessed with a boon from Lord Brahma.
Indra: Yes, I know. You will get half the powers and strength of the person fighting against you.
Vali: Knowing this, Ravana wanted to see me and probably wanted a fight to test his strength. But, on his way, he met Sugriva. Assuming that it was me, he fought and wounded him.
Indira (smiling): Ah! No wonder then Sugriva has so much anger towards Ravana.
Vali: I happened to come there. Angry at Ravana for attacking Sugriva, I fought him. He was very strong, but I managed to lock him under my arm. Finally, Ravana accepted his loss and requested that I be his friend. He also wanted to learn about the transfer of strength and power from opponents. Since it is a boon from Lord Brahma, I couldn’t tell him directly. Instead, I taught him the science of how electrical energy travels without wires and indirectly told him the secret behind the transfer of powerful energy.
Indira: On Earth, it is popularly known as Tesla’s wireless electricity:Tesla coil / Warden cliff tower / Magnifying transformer.
Sugriva: Oh! Vali you never taught me that.
Vali: Science is learnt by those curious about the world around them, those who keep asking questions and have a thirst to learn more. Ravana is one such…
Sugriva: I understand. Now I am curious too. So please tell me. How does wireless electricity work?
Vali: Electricity is nothing but the flow of electrons. The Magnifying Transformer, which Nikolas Tesla will invent later, creates an electric field with a very high voltage such that the electricity starts to transfer across small distances. But its applications were limited because of the potential dangers involved. Radios and televisions will use a smaller and different version of Tesla’s coil.
Sugriva: That’s interesting! Can you show me how it looks?
Vali shows him a few versions of the Tesla coil. Indra has a vision of the future in which he foresees Sugriva using this knowledge against Vali during the war between Vali and Rama.
The author is the founder and CEO of Vaayusastra Aerospace, an IIT-Madras incubated ed-tech startup that offers Air Science workshops for children between five and 14 years.
Quiz Time!
Based on your reading of the text and your general knowledge, can you answer these 4 questions? (Select an answer, see the result and wait for the next question to appear.)