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Mahashivratri is an auspicious and important festival of Hindus, especially for the devotees of Lord Shiva who celebrate the religious festival with great enthusiasm. The Mahashivratri festival, also much popular as 'Shivratri' or 'Great Night of Lord Shiva', is observed on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha every year on the month of Phalguna or Maagh according to the Hindu calendar. Devotees on Mahashivratri throng to temples and holy shrines to offer prayers and please Lord Shiva. Like each year, Mahashivratri 2014 will be celebrated on Thursday, February 27 by decorating the Shiv temples in colourful ways
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Veteran chemist and head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, C.N.R. Rao, who was recently conferred the Bharat Ratna, tells about why he thinks “little labs,” not “mission-oriented agencies,” are the true crucibles of Indian science; on the industry’s duty towards supporting research; and about the unlikely research problem that preoccupies him today.
Excerpts: Award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer Balu Mahendra’s masterpieces — ‘Azhiyatha Kolangal’, ‘Moondram Pirai’, ‘Veedu’, ‘Sandya Ragam’ and ‘Vanna Vanna Pookal’ — left an indelible mark on the Indian film industry.
The 75-year-old master craftsman passed away in the city on Thursday. He had been admitted to Vijaya Hospital with chest pain. Doctors pronounced him dead just past 11 a.m. after he failed to respond to treatment, according to one of his assistants. He is survived by his wife and son. Read More... Have you been listening to birdsong outside your window early in the mornings but never found the time to step out and watch the feathered friends?
If yes, the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) beckons. Read More... Software freedom activist and founder of Free Software Foundation Richard Matthew Stallman has called for organised resistance to online surveillance by the State using proprietary software designed to spy on users.
Delivering a lecture on ‘‘A free digital society’’ organised by the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) and the Society for Promotion of Alternate Computing and Employment (SPACE) here on Thursday, Mr. Stallman said, “Surveillance threatens democracy. The State must respect people’s privacy. It must not know everything about everyone because then, democracy cannot survive. Read More... |
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