India has had 14 presidents over the many years. Do you know who was the first? Who followed next? Find out in this exercise.
The President of India is the first citizen of the nation, and an integral part of the country’s politics and history. He/She is the Head of State and the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. The 14th and current president of India is Ram Nath Kovind, who assumed office on July 25, 2017.
Do you know who the other presidents of the country were? Rearrange the 10 presidents from the oldest to the most recent.
Here’s a creepy-crawly challenge for you! Check out the video to see how to play it…
A trip to the beach may not be possible this summer, but you can still enjoy it through art.
It’s summer and who wouldn’t want to go to the beach? Playing in the sand used to be a popular activity, so much so that many artists have paintings depicting a day at the beach. Take a look at this one for example.
Tahitian Women on the Beach is an 1891 painting by French artist Paul Gauguin. He painted this on arrival at Tahiti where he went for inspiration. He wanted to paint the Polynesian life, and he began painting the people and the colonial influence on them. This painting shows two women on the Pacific island of Tahiti at the beach. It is an oil painting and is currently in the collection of the Musée d’Orsay, located in Paris, France.
Here’s an activity for you, the image below is the original. The one below it has errors. Can you spot the differences?
Science is often considered a male dominated field. But, here are some Indian women who stormed that bastion and made history.
Since the time Asima Chatterjee and Janaki Ammal blasted their way into the world of science, women in India have been relentless in conquering the scientific world.
Let’s take a look at eight women who have made a mark in their fields. Read about them and then find their first names in the word search puzzle given below. Just to make it a tad more interesting, in the article below, the women will be referred to only by their surnames.
Thomas, known as the ‘Missile Woman’ of India is the Director General of Aeronautical Systems and the former Project Director for Agni-IV missile in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). She is the first woman scientist to head a missile project in India.
Karidhal was Mission Director of the Chandrayaan-2 mission, was responsible for detailing and the execution of the craft’s onward autonomy system, that independently operated the satellite’s functions in space and responded appropriately to malfunctions. She is known as the ‘Rocket Woman of India’.
Vanitha the Project Director of Chandrayaan-2 and the first woman to lead the interplanetary mission at ISRO.
Kang, a virologist and scientist, is the Executive Director of the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, and is the Chairperson of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Southeast-Asia’s Immunisation Technical Advisory Group.
Mani is known as the ‘polar woman of ISRO’ and is ISRO’s first woman scientist to spend more than a year in the icy landscape of Antarctica.
Sivaramakrishnan’s technology is onboard NASA’s New Horizon mission, which is probing Pluto. It is NASA’s farthest space mission.
Shaha is a biologist and the first ever woman president of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA).
Pant is an oceanographer, and the first Indian woman to travel to Antarctica, as a part of the 1983 Indian expedition, to study geology and oceanography.
Two men were inspired to set out on a journey to conquer a mountain. How they went about it and achieved their dream is what we will read about here. Solve this shuffle puzzle to find out who these two men are.
May 29 is the 67th anniversary of an expedition that marked its spot in history.
Here we tell you the story of this amazing trip. Read on…
A delicious challenge at hand. Put the recipe in the right order and you’ve got yourself a treat!
We deserve a treat! Brownies are easy to whip up and they also make for a delicious dessert. Pair it with ice cream, and you’ve got yourself a winner.
Here’s what you’ll need:
The recipe is given below, but it is all mixed up. Follow the pictorial and text instructions and put it in order.
Compound words? Yes, two words that are joined to give a new meaning to the term. Try this exciting new game and see how many of the pictures you can figure out.
Compound words are formed when two or more words are joined together to create a word that has an entirely new meaning.
For example “sun” and “flower” are two words, but when put together they form the word – Sunflower.
Put this new knowledge to the test with the quiz below. From the pictures used, find the compound word.
Mia is back and needs your help once again digging out her things from her brother’s messy room. Do you have a good eye?
Get set to tour these six vibrant houses of Parliament. Match the country with its Parliament house.
A civic building is a central landmark in the business centre of a town or city. It is the pride of the district and fosters a strong local, regional and national identity. It also provides public services and has a positive impact on a neighborhood. Civic buildings include parliaments.
Today, let’s take a look at the world’s ten most striking government buildings.
Parliament House, Sri Lanka:
It is an asymmetric group of colonnaded pavilions with striking copper roofs ‘floating’ on a man-made lake. The site was originally a marsh and was dredged to form a small island to support the structures and a wide shore with dense tree cover.
Parliament House, Bangladesh: This magnificent group of buildings in Dhaka is set on an artificial lake. The main building is in fact not a single monument but comprises eight closely connected concrete and limestone blocks including a prayer hall and passageways using sunlight to an optimum.
Parliament House, Germany: The earlier neo-Baroque styled building was torched by Hitler and it was later in the 90’s that the werecked site was finally refurbished as offices. The Red Army graffiti has been preserved and visitors can walk around the steel and glass dome interiors.
Parliament House, Finland: Although it is a modern democratic country, yet its parliament house is designed in a classical way. Set on the Aracadia Hills, this imposing structure looks formidable. However, its interiors are colourful and the parliamentary chamber, is a circular, top-lit space adorned with statues representing Finnish virtues.
Parliament House, China: For the 10th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, the Communist Party included the Great Hall of the People, as one of the 10 buildings they had ordered as a part of its celebration. This structure is a fine example of Chinese neo-Classicism with an enormous building and a floor area bigger than that of the Forbidden City. The State banquet hall is designed to accommodate 5,000 diners at a single sitting and the Great Auditorium, can house 10,000 delegates.
Parliament House, Romania: One of the world’s biggest and heaviest buildings, this structure was dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s dream. These vast marble halls house the Senate and Chamber of Deputies as well as museums, a conference centre and eight underground levels including secret escape tunnels.
Now that you know all about these parliaments why not play a small game?
Look around you and see the wonder of nature as it unfolds every day. It’s beauty never fails to astound you. Can you solve this crossword? It’s all about nature.
“In the summertime when the weather is hot
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather’s fine…” go the words a song sung in the early 1970s. Though sung so long ago the words still hold true. Just like the beauty of summer.
Try this crossword. If you like nature then this is for you.
