Thursday 24 October 2013

World Development Information Day

 United Nations General Assembly decided to institute a World Development Information Day coinciding with United Nations Day on 24 October in1972.  The General Assembly had the object of drawing the attention of world public-opinion each year to development problems and the necessity of strengthening international co-operation to solve them.
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Photo: Arjun M
Place: Anchalummood @ Kollam

Who designed and built the first electron beam welder?

Ans: James T. Russell

Wednesday 23 October 2013

Mole Day

Mole Day is celebrated among chemists and chemistry students on October 23, between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM, making the date 6:02 10/23 in the American style of writing dates. The time and date are derived from Avogadro's number, which is approximately 6.02×1023, defining the number of particles (atoms or molecules) in one mole of substance, one of the seven base SI units.
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Photo: Ananthu Manoharan 
Place: Kollam


Avogadro’s law was first proposed by

Ans: Amedeo Avogadro

Tuesday 22 October 2013

International Stuttering Awareness Day

October 22 was observed as International Stuttering Awareness Day.The day is intended to raise public awareness of the millions of people, one per cent of the world's population who have the speech disorder of stuttering, also known as stammering.
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Photo: Ananthu Manoharan
Place: Kollam

"Jana Gana Mana" was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on

 Ans: 24 January 1950

Monday 21 October 2013

Alfred Bernhard Nobel

Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. He was born on October 21, 1833. He was the inventor of dynamite and he died on December 10, 1896.
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Photo: Ananthu Manoharan
Place: Kollam

Father of Experimental Genetics

Ans:  T.H. Morgan

Sunday 20 October 2013

World Osteoporosis Day

World Osteoporosis Day is observed annually on 20 October, and launches a year-long campaign dedicated to raising global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease.
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Photo: Ananthu Manoharan
Place: Kollam

Father of Cell phone

Ans: Martin Cooper

Saturday 19 October 2013

Jacques Edwin Brandenberger

Jacques Edwin Brandenberger was a Swiss chemist and textile engineer who in 1908 invented cellophane(Cellophane is a thin, transparent sheet made of regenerated cellulose. Its low permeability to air, oils, greases, bacteria and water makes it useful for food packaging). He was born on October 19, 1872 and died on July 13, 1954.
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Photo: Ananthu Manoharan
Place: Kollam

San Jose mines is located in

Ans: Chile

Friday 18 October 2013

Ernst Pascual Jordan

Ernst Pascual Jordan was born on  October 18, 1902. He was a theoretical and mathematical physicist who made significant contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. He died on July 31, 1980. 
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Photo: Arjun
Place: Chavara @ Kollam