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Fliers cautious!!

A Delhi travel agent, named Sourabh Tiwari, finds passengers  bit scared to fly. The recent accident, where a Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed,killing 241 on board and 24 on ground, kept them shaky. Just two days ago,he booked a passenger for a domestic flight on the same airline . The passenger repeatedly requested for a seat near the emergency exit.Usually that seat is avoided by many as it is noisier and have limited recline. He says that earlier passangers sort for price and comfort. Now they are careful about aircraft model and their seats nearest to emergency exit.

AI for jobs ?

Those who are young and quite fluent in AI will be able to do better in job hunting.  According to Reid Hoffman, co founder of LinkedIn, these young men will be having a secret weapon. He advises them to turn the knowledge in Artificial Intelligence into a major selling point. They should particularly  remember this while applying for roles. He further  believe that Gen Z will be the generation of AI and they will be quite attractive as candidates for the required job.

The Ill omened flight!

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By Saibal Kumar Deb. Yes Boeing 787 Dreamliner was indeed an Ill omened aircraft! It shattered many people's dreams. Harpreet was married four years ago. She used to visit her husband Robbie, who worked in London. This time she booked her ticket for June 19 to maintain her routine visit.Later it came to her mind that Robbie's birthday was on June 16. She decided to surprise her husband.Hence she rescheduled her flight for June 12. She was in Seat No 22E in that I'll fated Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Her dreams vanished into thin air when the aircraft crashed dangerously within few minutes!It killed 241 on board and at least 29 on the ground. Only one passenger survived!          

A Bakrid 'Sacrifice'.

A man named Ish Mohammad offered himself as 'Sacrifice' in the name of Allah and His Messenger. He slit his throat and sacrificed himself on the occasion of Bakrid.This happened in Deoria, UP on this saturday. According to him goats are raised like one's own child but finally sacrificed in the name of Allah. He was found bleeding profusely for an hour near his house. When taken to Deoria Medical College he was referred to Gorakhpur Medical College where he died during treatment.

Childhood grudge held for 53 years!

By Saibal Kumar Deb. Two elderly persons were seen fighting furiously with each other.It was a fight that brought blood in each other's face. One of them lost a tooth and other man too was equally wounded. Balakrishnan and Mathew Valiyaplackkal ambushed VJ Babu near Malom town. It was around 1pm.People saw Balakrishnan grabbing Babu by the collar. The fighting went on until police finally intervened. Later policemen revealed that they had a grudge against each other from school life- when they were in class 4. FIR was filed but no arrest were made though Babu said that he would withdraw charges if the accused pay Rs1.5 lakh !

Demand for AI jobs.

In the information technology sector AI and Machine Learning jobs seems to be increasing. Naukri JobSpeak's opinion is that AI and Machine Learning domains showed a 25% growth in May 2025.

Where history is silent!

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By Saibal Kumar Deb. Courtsy: Samik Hazra.

Google's AI chatbot.

For two decades Google search engine helped us to find our queries.  Now after a quarter century it is ready to provide search with Artificial Intelligence. According to Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, AI Mode will function like a chatbot. People can begin their questions and later they can ask follow-up questions too. He is confident that Google's AI will be able to give back comprehensive answers!

At last Nollywood enters Cannes !

Nigerian movies were not found suitable for  film festivals.They have been trying for 80 years to show their movies internationally.Their films were rejected because it never reached the standard.  Nollywood based in Lagos usually produced low budget films.The stories encircled around love, religion, poverty and clash between traditional and modern values Finally Nollywood gets approval to show "My Father's Shadow". This is the first Nigerian movie to make it to the Temple of Arthouse Cinema -Cannes !

Caught with 5k ants !

Two Belgian teenagers were found with   5000 ants in Kenya.Their names are Seppe Lodewijckx and Somoy David.They were arrested in Nakura country which is the home to several national parks.After primilinary inspection it was found that the species were expensive. According to Kenya Wildlife Services these teenagers were sending the ants to markets in Europe and Asia. They were charged with a fine of $7,700. If unable to pay they have to serve 12 months in prison.

AI experimentation over.

By Saibal Kumar Deb. According to IBM CEO and chairman Arvind Krishna- most clients are now in a hurry to increase and scale up revenue.They want to save cost and increase production. AI has the potentiality to solve all the three areas. Change for the last 12 months is that people are stopping experimentation and giving more importance to where the value of the business is right now!

Kerosene saves plane passengers.

The plane , with its passangers, survived 36  hours in a swamp full of alligators.This happened when it made an emergency landing in Bolivian Amazon. Along with an anaconda the alligators came rushing but stopped within 3 meters of their target. The pilot, later recollected, that the reason was possibley - the kerosene. It leaked out from the plane and spread around, creating a barrier. This kept the creatures at bay !

Restricting Mount Everest.

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   Henceforth inexperienced climbers will not be allowed to climb Mount Everest. Climbers, having experience of climbing at least one of  Himalayan Nations 7000 metres (22,965 ft) peaks, will be given the much sorted permission. Till now Nepal has been criticized for allowing  too many climbers, including the novice. This lead to overcrowding and deaths. Even guides, climbing the 8849 meters (29,032 ft)  peak, should be chosen from Nepali citizens only .                 

Abandoning Indian children at US borders.

Parents are leaving their children at US borders with a chit. They are mostly between 12 and 17 years old. They have nothing with them except a chit where the address of their parents are written. Unattended Indian minors were seen at the US borders. This shows that the minors had become victims & tools in the world of illegal immigration.

Messi again in World Cup 2026?

With the desire of helping Argentina, Messi once again wants to play. He wants to see Argentina once again defend the World Cup title- said Miami teammate Luis Suarez. Messi ,who will be turning 38 this summer, did not make any announcement of his plans for 2026. He still didn't disclose his plan for tournaments to be held on United States, Mexico and Canada.

Charak Sanyasis breaks fasting.

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Sanyasis , after a month long fasting, having a non veg lunch  at Chatu Babu Latu Babu's Thakurbari.(File pic)

Charak Sanyasis at Beadon Street.

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1.Fire dancing Sanyasis at Chatu Babu Latu Babu's Bari. 2. Shiva's wife Nelaboti after marriage.                

AI to decipher 241 years old manuscripts!

Asiatic Society is taking a giant step to find out undeciphered ancient manuscripts.With over 52,000 of them are still laying idle for future generations to reveal the past knowledge. India could easily boast of large numbers of ancient and mediaeval unread manuscripts. Finally the AI and machine learning technology would be used and the worldwide scholar would come to know about it !

Charak Puja in Kolkata.

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        1.At Chatu Babu Latu Babu's Bazar              Beadon Street . Kolkata. 2. Chatu Babu Latu Babu's family members.      3.  Program of Charak Puja Sri Sri SreeDhar Jiu Swaranam 1431 year Sri Sri Gajon & Charak, --------------------------------------------------- 26 Chaitra (Eng.9th April 2025) Wednesday: Ghot Stapon & Puja. 27 Chaitra(Eng. 10th April 2025) Thursday 8 AM Mahadev's Puja. Evening 7.30 PM Puja & Jhul Jhamp. 28 Chaitra (Eng.11th April 2025) Friday 8 AM Mahadev's Puja. Evening 7.30 PM Puja & Kanta Jhamp. 29th Chaitra (Eng.12th April 2025) Saturday 8 AM Mahadev's Puja. Evening 7.30 PM & Bonti Jhump Sanyasis will have fruits and go to Kalighat. 30th Chaitra (Eng.13th April 2025) Sunday 8 AM Puja of Neel. Evening  to plant the Charak Tree. At night Lilavati's marriage. 31st Chaitra (Eng.14th April 2025) Monday 8 AM Charak Puja . In the  Evening Swirling of the Charak T...

Playing dead saved him.

A Russian man was attacked by a brown bear. He was in a forest around 125 KM from Moscow. Surrounding the capital, beer sighting has become quite  frequent. The man was there to collect antlers shed by elk and deer last week.  The beer attack was so sudden that he could not react. He however pretended to be dead as the bear began to gnaw at his skull.It even turn him over and started eating his face.  It was quite hard for him to pretend dead in such a situation. However he kept himself calm and pretended for a while .The bear finally, took him for  dead , and left him alone to be found later by others.