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Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet 

Artist: Claude Monet Year: 1872 Dimension: 48 cm x 63 cm Medium: Oil Paint Period: Impressionism Impressionism was an era in the creative world where the artist internalized the feeling of watching something beautiful, grow with it and then paint or write about it to share with the fellow world. This is a great medium […]
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What is UNSC and why it matters for India? 

India has been elected to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) with an overwhelming majority of 184 votes. India’s 2-year term as a non-permanent member will begin from January 1, 2021. This is the 8th time Indian has been selected to the United Nations Security Council. What’s UNSC? The Security Council is the only UN […]
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Covid cases rise as India eases lockdown 

India saw a spike in Coronavirus cases even as the country eased on lockdown. While most of the cities are trying to get back to business, the cases too have risen.  Tamil Nadu government announced lockdown of Chennai again after cases surged. Maharashtra witnessed more than 100,000 cases while Mumbai still leads the state tally. […]
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Is this the answer to Covid 19? 

Scientists in the UK have discovered a cheap and available treatment for COVID-19 patients. They have described the use of a common steroid drug as a “major breakthrough”. The drug, dexamethasone, reduced death rates by a third for patients on ventilators, and by a fifth for patients needing oxygen. The results have been published from […]
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American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘untitled’ painting sells for $110.5 mn at auction

Painting: untitled Artist: Jean-Michel Basquiat Year: 1982 Medium: oil stick and spray paint Period: Neo- Expressionism, Contemporary Art. Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. Basquiat first achieved fame as part of SAMO, an informal graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of the Lower East Side […]
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Witness year’s first solar eclipse this Sunday 

This Father’s Day coincides with many more things. Yes, it’s also International Yoga Day but even star gazers in India are in for a treat on June 21. India will witness the first Surya Grahan or solar eclipse of 2020. It will be an annular eclipse in some parts while for most of the country […]
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Librarian uses drones to deliver books 

The world is not a very happy place right now, but there are a few who have not accepted defeat. With no amusement parks, picnics, or even movie halls, children have not much to do at home. Books are actually our best friends these days, and one person is making sure that all kids get […]
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Origami houses on moon 

We all know the US space agency NASA plans to get back on the moon by 2024 through its Artemis programme.  Danish architecture company, SAGA, has “a dream of making outer space accessible for everyone “ and so have designed a prototype of a house which can be used to live on the moon. Architects […]
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What is the Indo-China dispute? 

On the intervening night of June 15-16, a standoff between India and China was witnessed for the first time in more than four decades. The fight was not fought with guns but it was hand-to-hand combat at one of the highest battle fronts. India lost its 20 army personnel, while China has still not disclosed […]
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La Liga is back, with virtual cheers 

You would be able to catch the remaining 11 matches of the Spanish league. The La Liga is the second top European football league to resume amid the coronavirus pandemic, following the Bundesliga’s return last month. The 11 remaining rounds of fixtures will be played over the next five-odd weeks as age-old rivals Barcelona and […]