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Santa has always been coming to us on a sledge with lots of gifts for children. Since 1943 Santa decided to come by train.Hence people of Appalachian Kentucky and Tennessee in the US always waited eagerly  for their Santa Train. The said train makes a journey of 177 km along small towns and remote coal country , showering gifts and presents to the little ones.

Tik tok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and X are Social sites that are meant for matured persons. It is a concern for parents to find children creating accounts in the said sites. Australia have now decided to deal  with this situation. Recently it has passed a law to keep children under 16 out of these social sites. Australia claims that it is a world leading move to protect young people who often use these sites.It has no intention of isolating or punishing them.

Keisuke Oka was 39 when he began to construct a distinctive four storey Arimaston Building.He completed it when he was 59 ,thus giving away 20 years of his life.Strangely -he did the entire job single-handedly, using his own hands. His building is compared to the animated, Studio Ghibli film "Howl's Moving Castle." While growing up he felt Japan's buildings, in cities and towns, looked sad and devoid of life. Hence, after discussing with few friends, he started the building in 2005. He believes that we should start making things at a slower pace.

 'A Christmas Carol' is a famous novel written by Charles Dickens.There is a character in the said novel named Ebenezer Scrooge who turned from a bad into a good man overnight.He dreamt of ghosts who finally influenced his later life. A property used in the 1984 movie,based on that novel, was kept at Shrewsbury as a fictional grave of Scrooge.It became a tourist attraction.  However the popular stone is somehow destroyed. The town clerk Helen Ball said that they are discussing steps to be taken either to fix or replace it.  

Have we ever thought of picking up garbages from dumpsite and turning them into fashion items ? Ghana leads in importing huge quantity of used clothings from China,UK, Canada etc. Most of it (around 40%) goes to dumpsite due to it's bad shape. Local designers have now taken the opportunity to create new outfits out of these wastages.In a fast growing festival known as 'Obroni Wawu October ' these are exhibited as 'Upcycled fashion.'

DiCaprio and Kate Winslet were quite famous after the release of Titanic. These two actor and actress were found reunited at Harmony Gold Theatre in Los Angeles on November 19th this year.The occasion was the special screening of Lee.Actress Kate Winslet will be playing an important role in the movie.Leonardo said that she is one of the greatest talents in his generation. The actress became extremely emotional and said that she can't even look at Leo .If she does she will simply break down crying !

A banana has been steering controversy for years.It is a conceptual artwork by Maurizio Cattelcan who had duct-taped it onto the wall. On Wednesday night after five minutes bidding Justin Sun, a Chinese born crypto entrepreneur,got the prize. Sun has been heard saying that in the coming days he will eat the banana. He will do this just to become a part of that unique artistic experience.

Waiting for somebody for a long time could be a pleasure. However if the wait turns futile, one cannot help being frustrated. Beside the Bandstand voting centre some people, in the hope of seeing Salman Khan, were depressed.  Pranita Dhavale, a diehard fan of the actor, continues for a decade to meet her idol.To attend the 'hit-and-run trial case of Salman, she had been saving Rs1500/- from her salary for a long time.Just to reach Mumbai and attend the case. She is heart broken as heavy security always surrounded  him due to recent threats.

Suppose you are repairing your house. Maybe you take permission from proper authority to extend your building.When your work is progressing suddenly you come to know from the workers of the existence of an old underground tunnel.What would your reaction be ? In West Midnapore's Pingla, such a situation has been faced by Anima Ghosh, the owner. Excavation work was in progress for further construction when the workers stumbled upon a tunnel.It led to a 15 foot wide chamber. The chamber was found with a wall below it. Later the BDO Lakpa Wangchu Sherpa of Pingla visited the site.According to him photos will be taken for the experts.They will decide whether it's an important historical find or not !

During those days, when Ray( Indian Oscar winning film director)decided to film "Pother Panchali", acting in 'Cinema' was not considered a prestigious profession.Hence Durga-sorry Uma Dasgupta's father wasn't willing.After persueing for quite sometime the father accepted but with a condition. She will do it  without any remuneration. According to her son Sourav Sen finally Ray presented her 'Rabindra Rachanabali' which was accepted. She left us on Monday at the age 83 .RIP.

Have you ever heard that a buffalo is frustrated since it was not being served it's daily beer ? This happened in Bihar since the State has become dry due to prohibition of liquor. Raja, the name of the buffalo bull ,was brought from Varanasi from Asia's largest cattle fair. Owner Ram Jatan Yadav laments that Raja was served beer twice daily .This kept it in good mood.It used to impregnate buffaloes which gave birth to high- breed calves. Without daily beer it has become emotionally upset and is unable to do it's duty!

Mike Tyson, the well known boxer of yesteryear, decided to enter the ring once again.At present he is 58  years old but still young at heart. Hence fans came pouring in and filled the home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys this friday.YouTuber Jake Paul, who is only 27 year old and a boxer, will fight it out with the former heavyweight champion. "I was trying to hurt him a little bit"he later said.He concluded that he was scared, too, that Tyson might hurt him. The crowd wanted more action and they shouted for it. Jake, however, dropped his gloves before the final bell and bowed towards Tyson.

Villagers in Dantewada (Raipur) were overwhelmed to find oil in their wells.At last God has given them plenty to become rich.They found liquid oil in their wells.We are all aware of the riches of Arab countries. Now it is their turn they thought. Buckets of oil were drawn by them. Their dreams soon ended when they found cops at door, ordering them to return the oil. Finally Officials of petroleum arrived . After enquiry it was found that a nearby fuel pump lost 14, 000 litres of petrol due to leakage in their underground resrver !

Water melon pizza? No we have never heard such a name. The pizza chef Naples based Gino Sorbillo could be said the pioneer in the subject.He had already produced pineapple pizza. He is also probably the first chef to involve bananas too. The vice president of The True Neapolitan Pizza Accociation is quite adamant about using fruits in pizza. Gino, however, believes that it is tasty, healthy as well as fresh. Gino is further thinking of using Haldi for the same purpose.He thinks that today's pizzas are quite different from those thirty years ago. Will it be named Desi Pijjah?'

The Rolls-Royce car of 1951 vintage was ordered by Jawaharlal Nehru on behalf of the Maharani of Baroda.It has now become a curse for the family.The daughter of the family suffers a divorce with her husband.The reason for the divorce? The 1951 vintage Rolls-Royce built by H J Mulliner & Co. The husband was eager to get the family's prized car as a dowry. Finally this led to a suite in the court. The case is now with the Supreme Court's meditation centre.

"Since I love you ,I love your dog too."We have been hearing this for a long time. It actually means , that when a person wants to influence  someone he tries to find out his interest.People with same interest usually develop a kind of friendship..and it is expected that a good friend is also a good well-wisher.  With this in mind, South Korean President Yun Suk Yeol, who left golfing for eight years... once again decided to go for it. He is well aware of Trump's love for the game. Motive ? To please Trump so that US defence commitment shouldn't hurt South Korea's trade interest!

On this Sunday S.Jaishankar, India's external minister, emphasised that our Prime Minister Narendra Modi is quite confident about the new president of US. In the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of Aditya Birla Scholarship Programme in Mumbai Jaishankar said that though many nations might feel uneasy yet India need not worry. Our PM's rapport with the Presidents of US, be it Obama or Biden, was always excellent . Hence ,like many other nations, India is not at all anxious.

Ramdulal De (Deb) started  this puja along with other pujas in the year 1770. The pujas are held in Ramdulal Niwas 67E Beadon Street.Kolkata 700006.                                        

Within a month at least 600 migratory birds died in Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan.According to forest officials neuro muscular illness is responsible for the bird's death.Teams have been sent to find the carcasses since these could spread the disease further.A kind of toxin known as clostridium botulinum causes avian botulism-according to Dau Lal PhD in zoology. At present there are more than 300,000 birds believes Gaurav Dadhich, a wildlife enthusiast.He further said that among the deaths  were six species and immediate steps should be taken to save the birds !

Those aware of the  History of England & France,could easily catch up with the most beautiful Queen Antoinette's tragedy.There was a scandal that surrounded a necklace which was studded with diamonds.In fact this led to the downfall of the unhappy last queen Marie Antoinette who was finally beheaded.This diamond will be put up for sale in Geneva next week.According to Sotheby the 300 carats jewel is valued around 2.3 million dollars.The scandal where a  hard-up noblewomen pretended to be the queen and thereby acquired the necklace.She did this without making any payments.

He was conjugally  a very unhappy man.His wife , according to him, was a very demanding lady.They often argued and sometime even fought with each other. Finally they divorced when it was known that she had an affair with someone else and was still carrying on with it. He worked for the railways as a stationmaster and was finding it hard to concentrate on his regular duties. Recently due to this the railways suffered a lot. The man from Visakhapatnam was having a call from her.A few moments later he angrily said OK and put down the phone.However the microphone was on and his OK was mistakenly taken as  a go-ahead signal for a train into a Maoist territory .Luckily there was no accident but it caused a 3 crore loss for the railways!

Bengalis, in America, are not unhappy in Donald Trump's win to the top job. Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, the technology chairman and leader of Trustees of Houston Durgabari, thinks that many had doubts about Trump's truthfulness, integrity and character. But he was simply chosen   for  real issues such as illegal immigration,loss of manufacturing, inflation and problem created by China and terrorism. It is also true that it was a Bengali, named Ramdulal De, who was mainly responsible for pioneering Indo-American trade relation after America became independent from British rule.

Men like Anupam Kher likes to stay young and always prefer to help his co-actors. Anil Kapoor thinks that Kher is one of the biggest risk takers of the industry. He takes his hat off for the hindi medium boy. He thinks  himself quite fortunate to act with him in several movies . He believes that at 69 Anupam Kher is still just a young boy at heart and believes that he could do well in gym at this age too.The whole industry has nothing but praise for his 40 years in cinema. He found it very strange to see the septuagenarian actor's ease at playing any role that he is offered.

Australian umpire  Leigh Haussen was wearing an Osama costume. Osama bin Laden' s name, involved in that costume ,was not taken as a good gesture.We are all aware that Laden was killed in 2011 by a special operation conducted by US.He was the founder of al Qaeda militant group.The Australian Football League said that the costume was "inappropriate, offensive and in poor taste."Finally Haussen confessed that he made a mistake and was sorry.He added that it was not meant to offend anyone.

Till now we have seen 65 inches TV which are considered quite big. US manufacturers are now bringing Big TV known as XXL screens which measures over 8 feet across. There is a question whether this large TV could replace the timing spend on cell phones and tablets. Stream movies and TV shows are quite  popular medias for time spending. TV makers and retailers believe that buyers trading up range from millennials and members of Gen X to tech-native Gen Z crowd.

We all know about the birth of Krishna under severe circumstances. In the same way a new born was found clinging in the branches of a tree.He was thrown away from a bridge by someone but luckily got stuck there. Finally rescued but with several wounds.Probably the crows pecked at him and thus the wounds. He was sent to the LLR hospital in Kanpur where all the staffs were very impressed.The day he was found coincided with Janmashtami and hence he was named Krishna .The staffs did their best and cured him.They were very fond of him . They missed him when he was taken away by the police and handed over to child welfare committee.

His name is Mark Longo aged 34 years old. He rescued a squirrel which soon became his pet.He named it Peanut and trained it to do interesting tricks. It wears a cowboy hat, eat waffles and plays with his cat. Soon Mark decided to put it up in social media by the name Peanut also spelled P'nut or PNUT. It wasn't long for the squirrel to become a star performer .Finally it came to the authoritie's knowledge and they raided his house and seized it. Several persons reported to them about keeping it in house which has the potential to spread rabies. Besides it is against the law to keep wildlife captive in one's house.