On January 30th 1948, Mahatma Gandhi ji was assassinated by Nathuram Ghodse in New Delhi on his way to a prayer meeting

The news shocked the world. Let’s see how newspapers across the world reacted in their front pages 🧵

1) Times of India Image
2) Hindustan Times Image
3) Indian Express Image
4) Hindustan Standard Image
5) The New York Times Image
6) The Washington Post Image
7) Daily Telegraph Image
8) The Dawn Image
9) Irish Times Image
10) Evening Standard Image
11) Editorial in the Hindu Image

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Feb 1
#Budget2022

A short thread on Budget and it's history 🧵

1) The word 'Budget' is itself derived from the French word 'Bougette' which means a small purse used for carrying coins. Till couple of years ago, the budget document was still printed and carried in a leather briefcase Image
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Jan 23
Interesting history & trivia are hidden in places we rarely seek to find.

One such is names of trains in India! Many trains are very intuitively and intelligently named but we rarely give it a thought 🚂 🚂 🚂

Let’s explore some interesting Indian train names today 🧵

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First up, one of the longest journeys in india covering the expanse of the country from Jammu to Kanyakumari is named ‘Himsagar Express’ - aptly named to mean the one that connects snow(Him in Hindi) and Sagar(Ocean)

Beautiful one word to cover the riches India has to offer

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Next, the super fast trains that connect short distances across the country - Shatabdi Express . It is just named so as it was introduced for the birth centenary of Pandit Nehru and hence commemorated as Shatabdi (Shatam - 100 in Hindi/Sanskrit)

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Jan 22
Do you know what is the greatest war in evolutionary biology in nature ? Read Along! 🧵

The story of The Giraffe vs the Acacia!! 🦒 🌳

The Acacia tree is the quintessential tree of Africa. Any random google search of African wild will throw an image of an Acacia Tree

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The Acacia has evolved over time to counter many of nature’s challenges. As it grows in dry savannahs of Africa, they were a great source of food for all antelopes & buffalos & were thoroughly grazed. So, they evolved to have a longer bare trunk & leaves only at the top

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Well done Acacia! Nature had a response - The Giraffes!

Having a long neck and no competition to graze at a height, Acacia trees became prime feeding options for the Giraffes. Over east and central Africa , Giraffes boomed at the expense of Acacias!

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