In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, there are 30 Articles that take care of every aspect of our life.
On December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This document proclaims the rights everyone is entitled to regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Available in more than 500 languages, it is the most translated document in the world. The theme for 2021 is Equality: Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights. Let’s look at some of the issues that we face today.
Which beautiful bloom represents your personality? Find out with this interactive quiz.
Bold and vibrant or tiny and delicate? Which flower represents your personality? Find out with this for-fun-only interactive quiz.
Take a deep breath and relax … Before you get to work on this challenge!
It is not enough to keep just our bodies in good form. Our mind needs to be fit too. One of the way to keep our mind fit is to relax, and allow ourselves to recharge.
There are several popular relaxation techniques that can help with this. Some of their benefits are:
Slowing the heart rate
Lowering blood pressure
Improving digestion
Reducing stress
Reducing muscle tension
Improving concentration
Improving our mood
Improving quality of sleep
Below are some common and popular relaxation techniques. Can you find them (the parts of their names that are underlined) in the word grid?
Music for the rapidly-evolving digital age — explore some modern musical instruments that fit the bill…
Welcome to the 3000s in the 2020s. For over a decade now, people have been inventing musical instruments that can transform the musical world to unforeseeable and unimaginable levels. From instruments that can produce reverberating sounds at just a touch to those that use your brainwaves to produce sounds, there’s a whole array. Read on, to know about a few of these almost magical instruments….
From Omicron to threats of invasion, the world is a hot bed of action. Click on the hotspots to learn more about what’s happening in countries outside India.
What’s happening around the world? Here’s a quick run-through.
Laboratory experiments in South Africa found that Omicron seems to dull the power of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, but also hinted that people who have received a booster shot might be better protected.
The 3,676-metre Mt. Semeru volcano erupted on December 4, sending a cloud of ash into the sky and dangerous pyroclastic flows into villages below. Thousands of people have been displaced and 22 remain missing, according to the disaster mitigation agency.
Angela Merkel made history when she became Germany’s first female chancellor on November 22, 2005.
Over the next 16 years, she was credited with raising Germany’s profile and influence, working to hold a fractious European Union together, managing a string of crises and being a role model for women. Now, aged 67, she leaves office with praise from all over the world and at home too. Her designated successor is Olaf Scholz.
And now let’s look at other news.
It may be the end of the year but there’s plenty of action for those gazing upwards.
It’s a celestial drama for sky-gazing enthusiasts, even if the year is ending. From marvelling at three bright planets as they twinkle next to a crescent Moon to two meteor showers and an eclipse… the December skies are sure to woo you. Watch Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus shine bright as they appear briefly after sunset.
How many of these clues based on countries and cities can you solve? Check it out…
San Francisco is known as the City of the Golden Gates Countries, while China is the most populous country. Egypt is known as the Gift of the Nile. Geography involves many such facts and epithets and this crossword is chock full of these. Can you solve it?
A medical professional uses several instruments and objects that we have come to associate with them. What are they?
A firehose symbolises a firefighter. A badge symbolises a police officer. What objects symbolise a doctor?
Here are some instruments and objects that a doctor uses. Solve the pickdoku – each grid of 6 squares should have only one of the 6 objects and they should not be repeated across the entire row and column.
Several prominent people have been assassinated over the years across the globe. Try this word game to know more…
Assassination is a term to describe the murder of a prominent person like the head of state, politician, someone from a royal family, or a famous artist or businessman. This may be motivated by political or military reasons, or even carried out for financial gain, among other reasons.
Nicholas Romanov, the last Russian emperor, and his family were murdered in a prison. American civil rights leader Martin Luther Kuing Jr was fatally shot. Rajiv Gandhi, the sixth Indian Prime Minister, was killed by a suicide bomber at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, while campaigning for the Parliamentayr elections.
Do you know of any others? This word search tells you more.
A percussionist plays different instruments in one piece of music. Play this interactive quiz to find out more about these instruments…
Percussion instruments make a sound when they are struck, shaken, scraped, plucked, or rubbed. However, rattles and xylophones, have moving parts built into them that make a sound. People have used percussion instruments for thousands of years. A person who plays a percussion instrument is a percussionist. Watch this video and identify some of the most used ones./