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Uttarkaashi Tunnel Crisis: Triumph over Tragedy

  On the somber morning of November 12, 2023, tragedy struck in Uttarkashi. Forty-one workers engaged in a highway project found themselves ensnared within a tunnel when a landslide, at 5:30 AM, formed a formidable 60-meter barricade. Thus commenced "Mission Zindagi," a heroic rescue effort mobilized by 200 individuals. Over the ensuing 17 days, against daunting odds, they toiled tirelessly to liberate those trapped within. Join us as we unravel the extraordinary tale of valor and determination that defined the Uttarkashi tunnel rescue in today's blog post.   On November 12, 2023, a significant event unfolded within the Barkot-Silkyara tunnel, a vital component of Narendra Modi's "Char Dham project" aimed at enhancing connectivity between Gangotri and Yamunotri. Constructed by Navayuga Engineering Company Limited under the supervision of NHIDCL, this two-lane tunnel, spanning a length of 20 kilometers and costing Rs 1383 crore, was designed to alleviate trav

The Burning State: Understanding the Manipur Conflict

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                                                    The Burning State  Understanding the Manipur Conflict The pictures above depict a complete breakdown of the respective zones. The one on the left is captured after Israeli air raids on the Jabalia refugee camp, and the right one is following the ethnic clashes and rioting in Sungu district. Still, how many citizens today know what has been happening in Manipur? Yes, the situation between Palestine and Israel is worsening, and we should be aware of it, but in our own country, a state has been on the brink of a civil war, and the awareness level is minimal. So yeah, let's talk about it. Firstly, we need to understand that here we are talking about a tribal state i.e. our preconceived notions of the northeast or violence in general, need to be kept aside. Riots as we know in the mainland happen on religious grounds, but here it's a tribal issue, hence we need to understand the demographics of the state. Physically Manipur is divi

Chandrayaan-3: India's Lunar Triumph

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    CHANDRAYAN 3 The Indian space research organization’s third lunar mission in the last 15 year.  The spacecraft with an orbiter, lander and a rover lifted off on 14 July 2023, 14:35 IST Propulsion module The propulsion module carries the lander and rover configuration to a 100 km lunar orbit. It is a box-like structure with a large solar panel mounted on one side. Lander Vikram  (after the founder of ISRO)is a box shaped structure that carries various instruments for scientific analysis. It has 4 legs (unlike chandrayaan-2 which had 5 thrusters) which are responsible for a smooth landing and each of them can generate 800 Newtons of thrust. It is equipped with a  Laser Doppler Velocimeter (LDV)  to allow measuring attitude in 3 directions. The impact legs have been made stronger compared to Chandrayaan-2 and instrumentation redundancy has been improved. It will target a more precise 4 km x 4 km landing region based on images previously provided by OHRC on Chandrayaan-2. ISRO improved

Engineering curriculum

Prof-Today we are gonna do an interesting exercise. Rohan –I am very excited sir. Please proceed sirji. Prof-Today you will decide on your own syllabus . Rohan- Sir but usually professors design the curriculum for us and we just prepare according to it. Prof- But that day I realized something; do my students enjoy the way I teach? Do they enjoy the learning process? Am I able to give them the knowledge they want to learn? Am I able to build confidence within them? Am I able to develop and refine the thought process required for their future career? Then I realized I am not able to achieve this in my entire 28 years of teaching. So, from now on I will make learning a happy journey. So Today I expect all of you to design your own curriculum and through this activity, I will explore your thoughts and channel them into creating a very dynamic curriculum. Rohan- I am very excited to participate in this activity. Anjali- Sir so how will we proceed? Prof- All 5 students of

River Front Development Pune

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       Pune, particularly is a flood-prone city. There are a total of 5 rivers in Pune namely Mula, Mutha, Devnadi, Ramnadi and Pavana. The 5 rivers form confluences in different parts in the city and flow away from Pune as one river that is, Mula-Mutha. In short, water flows into Pune from 5 different catchments and there is only one outlet- Mula-Mutha.      During the 2019 floods, houses were eroded, many were severely injured and 25 innocent people lost their lives.        The population of Pune has also increased in leaps and bounds due to rapid urbanization in the past 3 decades. The city’s sewage disposal efficiency and capacity have not been upgraded to match the demand of the current population of Pune. Most of the water flowing in the rivers is sewage and industrial effluents.        What is the RFD aka River Front Development Project?      It proposes to build 30-40 ft high concrete wall which will act as banks of the river and prevent the water from gushing over into the cit

Suicide

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  Värnik claims  India's  adjusted annual  suicide rate  is 10.5 per 100,000. while the  suicide rate  for the world is 11.6 per 100,000.   Though It seems less than the overall world’s suicide rate, but this is a huge Number too! Suicide  was the one of the most common cause of death in both the age groups of 15–29 years and 15–39 years. The question is why do all these things happen? Let us First analyse the Suicidal Tendency: - Stress is considered as the prominent contender when it comes so suicide. In this fastest flowing world, we are always surrounded with many problems, believe me No one is problem free in this world!    When these problems remain unsolved even after tremendous efforts by us, it eventually develops into stress.   Social Distancing (Not in Context with the COVID Condition) is another contender of this list. Social distancing means Isolation from the Society, having introvert nature and love to be alone in life. This results in underdeveloped personality and

Indian Economy After COVID 19

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The entire world has witnessed the very unfortunate   COVID-19 crisis. Lives were lost on a large scale, people lost their touch with the outside world, humanity got distanced along with which development and economy underwent huge alterations. Everyone has an understanding of scarcity whether or not they are aware of it. Scarcity explains the basic economic problem that the world has a limited amount of resources to suffice seemingly unlimited wants. This forces people to make decisions about how to allocate these resources in the most efficient way, so that maximum possible priorities are met. This is basically the role of an economy. Economic issues greatly influence our daily lives. It includes tax, inflation, interest rates, emerging markets, etc. Economics provides solutions to a wide range of health, social and political issues whose impact ranges from every household to wide communities. This makes it extremely vital for us to understand the changes that the Indian economy un