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VIRTUAL REALITY

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  Virtual reality or VR is a simulation generated using computers where a person interacts in an artificial environment. In this simulated reality, the users can have realistic experiences. This is one of the realities that has the highest potential of growth. The most recognizable part of a VR is the head mounted display (HMV). VR requires more than just graphics, both hearing and vision plays a major role for a person’s sense of space. In fact, humans react faster to audio cues than visual cues. Hence, to get the best experience of VR sound and visual characters are important. The term VR was first used by Jaron Lanier in 1987 his research contributed a lot to the VR industry. VR is not just for entertainment and games but has also been for training for real life activities like military training, flight training and wa2r trainings. Real estate sellers also use VR to show their customers walk throughs of their homes or apartments this gives them a better idea of their house and t...

RIP Milkha Singh

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 The Flying Sikh also known as Milkha Singh was introduced to sports while working for the Indian Army. He was born on 20th November 1929.He was an Indian track and field sprinter. The only athlete to win a gold medal in both Asian Games and Commonwealth Games is Milkha Singh. He also wrote a book called “The race of my life”  After a month’s long battle with covid, Milkha Singh dies at the age of 91 on 18th June 2021 in Chandigarh. He was first tested covid 19 positive on May 19th but was kept in home isolation because he as asymptomatic. But a few days later, he shifted to an ICU hospital due to covid pneumonia on June 3rd.  Milkha Singh dies 5 days after his wife Nirmal Kaur died due to covid complications. The Prime Minister, sportspersons and several other politicians paid their tribute to the Rome Olympian 1960 and Commonwealth Games Champion 1958, Milkha Singh whose beautiful and inspiring work will still live on. 

Animal cruelty in India

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  Animal cruelty is any kind of abuse towards animals or acts of cruelty or neglect. It can be distinguished into two main categories; active and passive. In the acts of passive cruelty, it is the neglect that is categorized as harmful or the lack of participation itself. More than often, this is practiced accidently because of being ignorant. While on the other hand, active animal cruelty is when someone inflicts harm on an animal with a malicious intent. In India, between 2010 and 2020, it was found that there were 720 cases of crime against street animals, 741 cases against working animals, 588 cases against companion animals, and 258 cases against wild animals and birds. Among these, approximately 1,000 cases were of brutal assault including 82 cases were of sexual abuse, 266 cases of cold-blooded murder, and over 400 cases were of violent attacks of beating, kicking, torturing, throwing acid or boiling water, maimi ng a part of the body, attacking with a knife or a blunt objec...

Covid-19: Myths vs Reality

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  The swiftly spreading novel coronavirus continues its relentless attack around the world, upending life and creating a breeding ground for misinformation. Some rumours are tolerable and harmless, while others can be dangerous and health-threatening. One of the biggest myths is that vaccination would make people ill. This is completely wrong. Vaccines have been tested on large populations. Various rounds of trials and research assured the scientists to declare that vaccines are safe. Other myths like children are immune to the coronavirus, various Ayurvedic medicines can completely cure Covid-19, Covid-19 is no less than a common cold etc. are baseless. All these myths are baseless. Government itself has taken a number of steps to promote and spread correct information to the public. From the caller tunes to government portals, everywhere we can see messages to make us aware of the truth and ignore the myths. As a responsible citizen, we need to make us as well as our family aware...

ANXIETY MANAGEMENT

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  There are different types of strategies to keep your anxiety in check.  Clearly, these work different for everyone and it takes time and lot of learning but also understand that if your anxiety is hard to handle seek help professionally. Here are some strategies you can use: 1. Journaling your thoughts: Writing things that make you anxious can help you get through the situation especially with someone dealing with generalized anxiety disorder or someone who has been feeling anxious for a long period of time 2. Finding and managing things that triggers you: Identification and management of triggers can be done by you or a therapist. They can be things like caffeine, alcohol, Smoking which are some of the obvious things that triggers anxiety and there are less obvious things like long term issues such as trauma. 3. Meditation: As we all know , meditation does take practice and time but once you get the hang of it this helps to reduce anxious thoughts. 

Happy Pride Month

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 In June, we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. It is commonly known as the ‘Gay pride month’. Every year in June, their struggles against discrimination and the social stigma around them are addressed. Social ostracism of this community has caused them to live a life where they need to make a lot of compromises. This month is all about teaching acceptance and equality. Everyone deserves to love who they love without fearing acts subjected to prejudices against the community, one of the many being homophobias. This month is celebrated in various countries to raise awareness and help the LGBTQ+ community to practice their basic rights. Happy pride month, you are loved as you are!

WORLD BLOOD DONATION DAY

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  Karl Landsteiner’s birth anniversary has been celebrated as World Blood Donation Day on June 14th which was first initiated in the year 2004 by the World Health Organization (WHO).  Countries across the globe take part in the awareness campaign to talk about the importance of blood donation as it is an important awareness day. Blood donation drives are available in schools, institutions, and workplaces.   This day is also a thank you to all the blood donors who contribute to save life because there is no end to donating blood and the nation always requires it. This   day provides an opportunity for governments, health authorities and citizens to spread awareness about the need to strengthen the blood donation network.