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In memory of someone special to me. A tragic loss. skeptic.skepticgeek.com/2022…
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The misconception that there is no sound in space originates because most space is a ~vacuum, providing no way for sound waves to travel. A galaxy cluster has so much gas that we've picked up actual sound. Here it's amplified, and mixed with other data, to hear a black hole!
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europe water levels are so low that sunk nazi warships are popping up in the danube
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Israeli media spent more time mourning the death of an IDF dog than it did the multiple Palestinian children it killed in the same raid.
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If you really want to understand NEFT, RTGS, UPI, IMPS, Debit Cards, Credit Cards a.k.a. India's payment systems, there's no better reading material than this RBI doc.
It breaks down the payment flow, what each intermediary does and how much it costs in each txn type.
Better late than never, RBI!
Much needed Discussion Paper released by RBI aims to consider charges in various payment systems in India - including UPI!
Read here: rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Pub…
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I had to drive to California to get this one. My clearest image of Saturn, at it's closest to Earth. Captured from the roof of a parking garage after driving all day.
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A brilliant green #Perseid meteor streaks between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy!
Approximate distances:
Meteor: 100 km (60 miles), Milky Way center: 25,000 light years, Andromeda: 2.5 million light-years!
#Astrophotography #Space
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For some users, you may get an SMS alert as well (I think you can connect your phone with the vehicle number...), about the fine.
The cameras click high-res photos of the vehicle with speed, location, time/date, etc.
You can pay the fines directly from the website.
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stumbled upon this 100+ year old mango tree near my hometown Mavelikara, with a sweet note penned by students from a nearby school - thanking the "grandmother tree" for its generous gifts of mangoes and shade!
#kerala
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A journalist is in jail for close to two years for trying to report. Because he's Muslim. These blots on India will be hard to wash away. This is our collective shame.
#nobail
Lucknow High Court dismisses the bail application of Siddique Kappan, the journalist who has spent 22 months in jail. He was arrested in Oct.2020 while on his way to Hathras in UP, to cover the rape and murder of a dalit girl.
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Wishing Dilip Prabhavalkar, a very happy 78th birthday!
For many of us who grew up in the 1970s, Prabhavalkar is synonymous with 'Chimanrao' (the character he played on Mumbai Doordarshan series).
A great, versatile actor with many memorable performances in theater, films & TV.
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Speaking a second or even a third language can bring obvious advantages, but occasionally the words, grammar and even accents can get mixed up. This can reveal surprising things about how our brains work.
bbc.com/future/article/20220…
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Jackfruit is to Elephants what Mangoes are to humans.. and the applause by humans at the successful effort of this determined elephant to get to Jackfruits is absolutely heartwarming 😝
video- shared
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Driving test not necessary to get a driving license, says central government. Just having learnt from an authorized driving school is good enough.
This is just formalizing an already widespread "informal" (i.e. corrupt) existing practice
timesnownews.com/business-ec…
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What Biden said when Trump got COVID vs. what Trump said when Biden got COVID.
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#TIL 114 species of birds were located and photographed during the recent years at @rashtrapatibhvn. presidentofindia.nic.in/bird…
