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“Be daring and inspired”

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Modi inaugurates Nobel Exhibition
By Sujit Bhar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hurricane tour of the country landed him, Monday evening (January 9), at his home state of Gujarat, at Ahmedabad’s Science City, far from his political affiliates.
Amid a fascinating crowd, that had no less than nine Nobel laureates, including Indian-origin Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Nobel in Chemistry, 2009, for his work on ribosome structure), he inaugurated the Nobel Exhibition—“The Nobel Prize: Ideas Changing World” —a travelling exhibition that showcases the best in every discipline that the Nobel Committee offers.
This was no political or business meeting, but Modi was not one to be caught off-guard. His speech converged on the “innovation” issue that fell in with his Make in India policy. He said: “…today, we are making history by having a galaxy of Nobel laureates in Gujarat… My government has a clear vision of where we want India to be in the next 15 years. Science and technology is the pivot on which that vision will translate into strategy and action.”
This is a special exhibition, which 250 students selected from around the country through a competition are attending, interacting with some of the best scientific minds from around the world. Addressing these students, Modi said: “Globally, science and technology have emerged as one of the major drivers of socioeconomic development. You will be scientists soon and must not neglect the challenge posed by poverty.”

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A few special qualities would separate the achievers in this field, he said. “Be inspired and be daring, have courage and be your own person and not imitative. That is how our honoured guests succeeded and that is what you should learn from them.”
Even Lars Heikensten, executive director, Nobel Foundation, had come down for the exhibition. Said he: “(Alfred) Nobel knew that good role models – people and organizations – can show that it is possible to understand the world and improve it. It is in this spirit that we organize events such as this one.”
He talked about the 15 Nobel Laureates from India, of Indian origin or who have worked in India.”Persons like Tagore, Raman, Sen and Satyarthi are the role models Nobel was looking for. In the world today, many of his ideals are threatened. Even facts are refuted—climate change is good example of this. Thus, we all have good reason to work on what he believed in,” he said.
This year, India has been fortunate to receive a double bounty, around the same time. A day before Modi had inaugurated the 104th Science Congress at the Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati (Tuesday, January 10). That was before he went over to meet the Nobel laureates.
Science and India
Science was the predominant occupation of the intelligentsia, especially in the east, in pre-Independence India. Eminent scientists of the era, starting from Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, to Prafulla Chandra Ray were pioneers in this. Later, world renowned scientists Satyen Bose, Nobel laureate CV Raman, nuclear scientist Homi J Bhabha, father of Indian space research Vikram Sarabhai and others were instrumental in promoting progressive thoughts in society.
To this end, and with the help of two British chemists, Professor J. L. Simonsen and Professor P. S. MacMahon, the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) was set up in Kolkata in 1914. Today it has a membership of over 30,000 scientists.
The association meets in the first week of January, and helps in the advancement of scientific thoughts and teaching in the country.
Science thoughts have always been apolitical in this country, though it was because of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s initiative that science has seen phenomenal growth in the country. His dream of setting up premier scientific schools around India resulted in the formation of Indian Institutes of Technology as well as the Indian Institute of Science.
Later, his daughter and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, stressed on the use of science to boost India’s agriculture.
Modi has taken up the cause that had seen some slack in the recent past, and science education, he has said before, fits well into his development agenda. To this end, this was a great opportunity for him to make the best of a brief appearance.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1484053914518{background-color: #afafaf !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”THE NOBEL LAUREATES PRESENT” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]The following were the Nobel laureates present at the Nobel Exhibition:[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
- Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Nobel in Chemistry, 2009, for his work on ribosome structure). He shared the prize with Dr Thomas A Steitz and Dr Ada Yonath.
- Dr Ada Yonath
- Dr Richard J Roberts (1993, Medicine)
- Dr Harold Varmus (1989, Medicine)
- Dr David J Gross (2004, Physics)
- Dr Serge Haroche (2012, Physics)
- Dr Randy Schekman (2013, Medicine)
- Dr W E Moerner (2014, Chemistry)
- Dr H C Harmut Michel (1988, Chemistry)
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Education
Assam’s AHSEC 12th results 2023 declared: Here’s the steps to know the result and toppers name
On ahsec.assam.gov.in, students who appeared in the exam of Assam Higher Secondary Education Council’s class 12th exams can check their results right now.

The class 12th result was made official by the Assam Board today. On ahsec.assam.gov.in, students who appeared in the exam of Assam Higher Secondary Education Council’s class 12th exams can check their results right now.
This year, the overall pass percentage in the Science stream is 84.96 % while last year it was 92.19%, while in the Commerce stream, the pass percentage dropped from last year. This year Commerce stream stood at 79.57% while last year it was 87.27%. For Arts also the percentage dropped from 83.48% to 70.12%.
With 490 marks, Sankalpajit Saikia of Ramanujan Senior Secondary School in Nagaon has topped the Arts Stream. Notably, 18 students from the same school have been on merit lists for the Science and Arts streams.
The topper of the Science stream was Nikhilesh Dutta, a non-institutional private candidate. He scored 484 marks.
Sukanya Kumar of Malayabari Senior Secondary School Kamrup (Metro) and Varsha Bothra of KC Das Commerce College, both scored 472 marks to take first place in the commerce stream.
The digital mark sheet is available online for download by students, to check their results. However, students would be able to pick up their marksheets and certificates from the schools afterward. The Assam Board has also released the list of the top 10 students in all three streams i.e. science, commerce, and arts.
How to check Assam class 12th result?
Follow the given instructions below to check the results:
-Click on any of the official websites’ links provided above.
-Click the link for the HS or class 12 results.
-Log in with the requested information
-Enter submit, then review the results.
Information needed to download the mark sheet
Notably, a total of 2,49,812 students appeared this year for the class 12th board exam. Earlier there were reports that the results for class 12th Assam would be released on May 27. However, the minister of education of Assam Ranoj Pegu, later refuted the reports.
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Gujarat villagers chop off Dalit man’s thumb after his nephew picks up ball at cricket match
One of the accused chopped off Kirti’s thumb and injured him seriously. An FIR was registered under sections 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons), 506 (criminal intimidation) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act).

Villagers from Gujarat’s Patan district allegedly attacked a Dalit boy and chopped off his uncle’s thumb after his nephew picked up a cricket ball during a match at school playground on Sunday.
The boy, who was watching a cricket match, picked up the ball, to which the accused allegedly got angry and beat up the boy. He also humiliated and threatened the boy.
When the victim’s uncle, Dhiraj Parmar, raised his voice against the insult, the matter got settled but later that evening, a group of seven men armed with sharp weapons allegedly assaulted the complainant Dhiraj and his brother Kirti.
One of the accused chopped off Kirti’s thumb and injured him seriously. An FIR was registered under sections 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons), 506 (criminal intimidation) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act).
Discrimination based on caste is a significant issue in India which is illegal under law. The discrimination is mostly because of inequality and a lack of proper education about the harmful impacts of caste discrimination.
It’s crucial that people of this country and the government unitedly tackle and eradicate caste-based discrimination by educating people, enforcing laws, and addressing inequalities that contribute to such discrimination. Every individual deserves respect and equal treatment, regardless of their caste or social status.
It is unfortunate that the most weaker people in any society are often targets of violence.
Sadly, even in the twenty-first century, Indian society believes in a caste system as a prominent part of their society and to eliminate this caste issue in India, the young and the modern generation of our country need to understand the value of equality.
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Odisha train crash: Father travelled 230 km to locate son, who was declared dead, later finds him alive in morgue
Helaram who runs a small shop in Howrah, took brother-in-law, Dipak Das’s help in getting son back home.

The father of a victim in Odisha train accident on June 2, travelled 230 KM in search of a son who was declared dead.
The father had refused to accept that his son died in the tragic train accident in Balasore. He did not lose hope and travelled over 230 km from Kolkata to Balasore to find his son.
Biswajit Malik, 24, was presumed to have died in the train accident. his father Helaram Malik pursued a relentless quest to locate his son and his dedication to find his son led him to a makeshift morgue in Odisha where he arrived in an ambulance from Kolkata after a long journey.
Helaram who runs a small shop in Howrah, took brother-in-law, Dipak Das’s help in getting son back home.
Initially, it was not easy for Helaram to locate his son, he tirelessly searched for his son and failed many times. His will power helped him, Helaram and Das while their search, arrived at Bahanaga High School where they were encountered with a temporary morgue filled with numerous dead bodies of the victims of the train accident. After all the odds and struggle they finally found Biswajit, they discovered a severely injured body but alive. They quickly took him to Balasore Hospital where he was given immediate medical assistance.
However, doctor adviced Helaram to transfer his son to Cuttack Medical College Hospital but despite this recommendation, He discharged Biswajit and returned home, signing a bond. Das and Helaram arranged an ambulance, Biswajit remained largely unconscious throughout their journey back to Kolkata.
It was surprising to know that Biswajit’s condition remained stable despite his critical injuries. When he arrived Kolkata, he underwent surgery at SSKM Hospital’s Trauma care unit.
The forensic medical report of Biswajit’s survival says the concept of suspended animation, where a person’s vital signs significantly reduces. Expert Somnath said, it is possible that due to the circumstances of the search and rescue operations, the injured passengers vital signs were not adequately checked.
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