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The construction of the Atal Tunnel connecting Manali with Leh, which is the world’s longest highway (9.02km long,)  tunnel above 10,000 feet, has been completed in a span of 10 years. Many difficult tunnelling challenges were overcome by the determined Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to complete the tunnel. It will be a boon to ski…

(pic-1) Photo download from internet  “Look at the view… you can see the horizon from here… sky is the limit…” exclaimed Raju as he pointed at the manhattan-view from the hotel balcony to his bride Anu, still green from Kannur where they had been married just a week before. “See that tall sky scraper there……

                            Baby Signal System  Like any other child at birth, Vivek cried as he was born on a September evening. This was of course sweet music to his parents who got him as their wedding day gift and they had been waiting…

Tokyo Olympics 2020 just concluded. Delayed by a year from 2020 to 2021 due to the pandemic, stymied by the constraint of not having any audiences, the games went very well. Overall, US won the highest number of medals, followed by China. India had the best Olympic performance by winning seven medals including one gold.…

इस हफ्ते की शुरुआत अच्छी नहीं रही। सुरों के सम्राट, पद्म विभूषण से सम्मानित प्रसिद्ध शास्त्रीय गायक पंडित जसराज जी का निधन हो गया। वे कईं दशकों से भारतीय शास्त्रीय संगीत जगत में छाए रहे। उन्होंने अपनी मधुर आवाज के दम पर भारत का नाम विश्व में रोशन किया। ऐसी महान शख्शियत  को शत शत…

 Quantum weirdness.  John shot up from the bed and sat on the edge transfixed. He didn’t know what hit him and why he felt the shock. He closed his eyes and tried to figure out what made him leave the lovemaking halfway just as his wife was coming to.  When he opened his eyes after…

Today I will take you to, yet another Shiva abode located amidst the serene hills of Uttarakhand but this one is totally different from the groups of temples I had talked about hitherto. And I fore warn that this is going to be a long post. We visited Patal Bhuvneshwar in 2002. The place might…

A copy/paste article from www.Deccan Herald.com ITBP personnel on the banks of Pangong Tso, in Ladakh. Representative image/Credit: PTI File Photo With no signs of troop de-escalation on the Ladakh front, the Indian Army on Friday decided to purchase 12 fast patrol boats from Goa Shipyard, presumably for improving surveillance in Pangong Tso through which…