Science Magic Workshop at Oxford Bookstore, New Delhi presented by Hands On Learning

Date & Time :  9^th November, 2013. 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Entry Ticket: Rs 600

Age Group : 5 to 8 years old


Address : Oxford Bookstore, N81, Connaught Place, New Delhi - 110001


About the Event : The magic word is . . . science! Kids have fun as they perform jaw-dropping, mind-boggling, head-scratching magic 'tricks' (or experiments) - like a water balloon being sucked into a glass bottle or mysterious colours that appear in black ink or a glass of water held upside down without losing a drop of water! Every trick has a sound, easy-to-understand scientific explanation that will stimulate kids’ understanding of basic concepts.

Banaras Hindu University- Library

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE- HINDI

Google will put 100 Indian monuments online

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Google have partnered to map and create 360-degree virtual views of 100monuments in India. Once the data has been collected, it will be put online, allowing web users to get a virtual tour of a monument. Almost all major monuments, including the Taj Mahal, are part of the list.

Google says that it has already photographed and mapped Qutub Minar. The virtual tour for this monument will be soon available to web users. Humayun's Tomb will be mapped next. The company says that creating 360-degree imagery of a monument takes around 7 to 10 days.

Google is using a special tool called Street View Trekker to film the monuments. This is a camera mounted on a backpack. A traveller can wear the Trekker and go into places where Google's Street View cars cannot. Using this tool the company has brought several tourists attractions, including Grand Canyon and Palace of Versailles, online.

In India, the project to film 100 monuments is an extension of Google's earlier project for which the company collaborated with museums in the country and filmed famous paintings housed in them to make them accessible to web users.

"India's historical and archaeological sites are an important part of world's knowledge and through this partnership we hope to engage more people, both around the world and here in India, in discovering and learning about our country's rich cultural history," said the union minister of culture Chandresh Kumari Katoch at an event in Delhi.

Google said that once it has collected the data to create virtual tour of a monument, it will be put online at Google Maps as well as on the World Wonders Site, which is part of Google Cultural Institute.

Rajan Anandan, vice president and managing director at Google India, said, "The company was honoured to be working with the ASI to make Indian heritage sites available to the world to experience online."

Pravin Srivastava, director general of ASI said that the project would not only make monuments more accessible but would also "digitally preserve India's heritage for future generations".

Though the project carries Street View tag, this is a not a part of Google's Street View service. In 2011, the company started filming Indian roads in Bangalore to put them online but had to stop after cops objected. At that time Google said it had necessary clearance to film Indian streets and was talking to Bangalore cops to resolve their concerns.

But two years later, Google is yet to get permission to film Indian roads, the way it has done in most of the developed countries.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/Google-will-put-100-Indian-monuments-online/articleshow/23457218.cms

Science Reporter- October 2013

DEPARTMENTS

REACTIONS ...................................… 6

EDITORIAL ....................................… 7

SPECTRUM ...................................… 8 

BOOK REVIEW ...............................29

POINT-COUNTERPOINT .............… 38

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ...............42

PUZZLE CORNER ........................… 50

INVENTIONS ...............................… 53

WILD HAVEN ................................ 54

INDIAN SCIENTISTS ....................… 56

FUN QUIZ ..................................... 58

WHAT'S NEW................................. 60

CROSSWORD ................................. 61

                                                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                                                           Pratham Jain

                                                                                                                                                                                                           5-C

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                                                                                                                                                                                                           Brij Vihar , Ghaziabad  

                                                                                                                                                                                     

Sport Star : October 2013

Cover Story

 Farewells and fare thee wells 

Mumbai Indians, the champion team of the IPL, won the Champions League too! It was a fitting farewell gift to Sachin Tendulkar in his final season of the Twenty20 format! Vijay Lokapally takes stock. 

Cricket

FEATURE

a core player

With his well-documented injury problems, it seems rather certain that Shane Watson's long-term future lies more with his batting than bowling, writes Priyansh.

INTERVIEW

 unyielding fielding 

"If each guy saves me one run, it gives me ten runs. Margins in most 20-over games come down to three or four (runs)," Jonty Rhodes, the Mumbai Indians' coach, tells N. Sudarshan. 

Shooting

INTERVIEW/RONJAN SODHI

 80 per cent of shooting is between the ears

"I don't see myself continuing in the sport after the Rio Games. I want to give it my best shot and get that Olympic medal," says Khel Ratna Ronjan Sodhi in a chat with Kamesh Srinivasan. 

Rowing

FEATURE

 sculling success

The Indian rowers dish out a noteworthy performance in the Asian Championship in China recently, claiming one gold, two silver and two bronze medals. By V.V. Subrahmanyam. 

Boxing

FOCUS

the Mary Kom of Andhra

Nikhat Zareen is only 17… but she has decided to brave it out in boxing. V.V. Subrahmanyam profiles the teen. 

Athletics

FOCUS

 sprint, the glory of Tamil Nadu

There were quite a few sprinters from Tamil Nadu who felt special that evening in Kochi. Apart from Augustine, there were four others from the southern State who had sparkling gold medals dangling around their neck. By Stan Rayan.

ASIAN SCHOOLS MEET

India shines

There were some superb individual efforts from the Indian contingent at the Asian schools meet in Malaysia. P.K. Ajith Kumar has the details. 

Football

KICKING AROUND

 celebrating arsenal 

The principal director and shareholder of Arsenal today is the American billionaire, Stan Kroenke. There could hardly be a greater contrast than with Sir Henry Norris. Where Norris was dominant and dictatorial, Kroenke is almost always absent. By Brian Glanville.

STARWATCH

playing his part

Kieron Gibbs is now hoping a new health regime will help keep him injury free for Arsenal this season and could end with a recall to the England World Cup squad. By Jim van Wijk.

Steadily rising up the rungs

Despite making his first-team debut in April 2008, Jonjo Shelvey had to wait until Charlton's FA Cup third-round tie against Norwich in January 2009, for his first goal, one which made the 16-year-old the club's youngest ever goal-scorer. By Andrew Lawton. 

Chess

FOCUS

lalith, s fruitful journey

What is 20-year-old GM Lalith Babu doing to climb the chess rungs? J. R. Shridharan finds out.

FOCUS

making steady progress 

Koneru Humpy is pleased with her recent performances which propelled her rating back to 2600 from 2589, writes J.R. Shridharan.

Krish Chawla

V- C

Bal Bharati Public School, Brij Vihar, Ghaziabad

Poster exhibition based on the theme ‘Say No to Crackers’ and ‘Say No to Child Labour’.

Date & Time :  20th to 30th October, 2013. 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

Entry : Free

Age Group: 4 to 15 yrs. 

Address : West Court, DLF Place, Saket, New Delhi - 110017

About the Event: DLF Place Saket brings to you poster exhibition based on the theme ‘Say No to Crackers’ and ‘Say No to Child Labour’. 
Artworks displayed in the exhibition are made by the students from the Age Group of 4 to 15 years from different schools. This is a sincere effort of the mall to spread the social message across.