Recent revelations by the Associated Press and other media reports accuse the Late President Donald Trump of getting the "God Bless the USA" Bibles printed in China's eastern city of Hangzhou and shipped to the US through a large ship bound for Los Angeles during February and March 2024.
The Bible books were printed for $3, and he sells them for $59.99. This is a dual and very conflicting approach to his foreign policies.
God save the US now!
Here is the link to an article in the Economic Times
An amazing achievement by Elon Musk's SpaceX happened during today's early hours.
The Super Booster of their rocket launcher was caught back intact after it fired into space a second-stage rocket of the Starship.
The Super Booster was as tall as a 20-storey building. It was returning back to the launch pad after sending the rocket into space. It was safely caught by the arms of their launching tower.
This instills faith in the capabilities of rocket technology and artificial intelligence in achieving their futuristic goals of sending humans into space safely and, then, return back to pick up the next batch of travelers.
For full news, here is the link to an article in Business Today.
This rule of the cab driver is very peculiar.
Hindustan Times published an article showcasing a printed tabloid of the cab driver defining six rules for passengers traveling in his cab. A passenger shared the cab driver's tabloid of rules on reddit.com, which went viral and attracted comments both positively and negatively from the community. It attracted the attention of the HT reporter.
The driver's rules are quite reasonable, except the one that asks passengers not to address him as Bhaiya.
"Bhaiya" is a respectable word that translates to "elder brother". So, it is a bit awkward why he does not want to be addressed like that.
Perhaps he might be suspicious that his passengers may misuse the "Bhaiya" treat by indulging in uncomfortable acts during their journey, like smoking, littering, talking in loud voices, etc. This is my impression.
You can read all the six rules of the cab driver in this post in Hindustan Times.
I was reading an article dealing with Paperclipping.
I searched for its meaning and learned that it is a tendency to engage in online dating nowadays. An old date reappears suddenly from nowhere to show up before you. But, he may not be really interested in forming a relationship. So, you are left confused and tense.
On reading that article, I googled for more tendencies and came across this article in The Times of India that describes 10 dangerous practices trending nowadays on social media and dating apps. I hope you may like to read this article.
October 2 is the day to remember to great personalities of India. One is the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The other one is the Late Prime Minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Most of us know about Mahatma Gandhi being the Leader of the Non-Cooperation Movement and India's Independence Struggle. But, before that, he was a warrior against discrimination and ill-treatment during his stay in London and his longest stay in South Africa. He stayed in South Africa for 21 years working as a Barrister on completion of his Law Degree in London. He succeeded in achieving equal rights for the oppressed and ill-treated people in South Africa due to their skin color race, etc.
So, he was empowered with that experience and achievement to become the spearheader for our country's freedom struggle. The most enlightening fact of it is that his weapons of waging the war against the mightiest British Empire were simply Non-Violence and Non-Cooperation. With these two weapons, he grabbed the freedom from the clutches of British Rulers.
Now, coming to Lal Bahadur Shastri, he was a great admirer and follower of Gandhi's principles of non-violence and peace. He was the Prime Minister after Jawahar Lal Nehru when he visited Tashkent in Russia to negotiate a peace agreement with Pakistan after a month-long battle between their armies. With the help of Russian involvement, Pakistan agreed to stop the war and establish peace talks between the two governments. The Tashkent Agreement was signed on January 10, 1966. But, the very next day, we heard about the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri while still in Tashkent due to a heart attack.
A monument, a street, and one school in Tashkent city were named after Lal Bahadur Shastri by the Russian Government to honor his contributions.
For a detailed story of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri, you can visit these links at Wikipedia.
A "Ring of Fire" annular solar eclipse will occur on October 2, 2024, from IST 9:12 pm to IST 3:17 am 3rd October 2024. It would be a great sight to witness this celestial event. However, people are forbidden to sight eclipses without taking complete precautions.
This is the 2nd solar eclipse this year. The first one was on 8th April, 2024. Due to night-time events, India is not affected by these solar eclipses. The sun will be invisible to India and hence no sighting.
On 2nd October (ie. today), the eclipse will be sighted in North America, Canada, and Pacific Region.
The astrologers suggest that there can be influences of the eclipse even though we are not in its path. So, they recommend people to keep inside their homes and not step out during this period.
You may like to visit this article on Jagran Josh News Website for full details.
The "Disco Dancer" fame Mithun Chakraborty is awarded the Highest Indian Cinema Award of Dadasaheb Phalke Award. It is announced today by the Government of India as per news reports.
"I am a Disco Dancer" used to be my favorite song when I was in my late twenties and thirties. I used to hear it daily. I loved his dance steps and his roles in most movies. Now, I am happy that he got his due honor by getting this prestigious award.
Here is the link to the news of his award announcement. The award will be presented on October 8, 2024.
A Tesla car parked in the garage of a Pinellas County home caught fire due to Hurricane Helene's flooded water entering it. A terrifying video shared by the County's Government shows this deadly incident.
The County Government has issued advisories to its citizens and the general public after this deadly incident. They advised people not to store Electric Vehicles in their homes or garages. They should be parked outside, 50 feet away from your house.
You can view the news and their guidelines in this article in Hindustan Times.
Hurricane Helen caused unrepairable losses and damages to the people in Florida, USA with its repeated attacks. Many people were killed and millions of properties were damaged.
Kudos, Mohammed Siraj!
What a stunning catch by Mohammed Siraj! See this mind-blowing feat of his on the 4th Day of the 2nd Test against Bangladesh today (30th September 2024). The victim batsman is Shakib Al Hasan, playing his last but one match before he retires from Test Cricket.
Nobody ever expected that he would succeed in holding the catch as the ball was flying high away from him while he was backstepping to hold the catch. He had to perform aerobic/athletic movements of his entire body and limbs while trying to hold the ball. He stretched his entire body and hands backward and finally succeeded in holding the catch. His back must have been aching in doing so. But he was happy in performing this miraculous feat.
Here is the link to the news on this stunning feat.
