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What's happening?


A Nataraja statue was gifted by government of India to CERN in 2004 in memory of India’s contribution to CERN. Stands at entrance of CERN.

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What connects these Englishmen?

Newton, Paul Dirac, Stephen Hawking and Michael Green – All have held the Lucasian chair of Mathematics at Cambridge.

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The scientist shown here introduced a popular science concept that these is seen most visibly in these flowers. What concept?

Dr. H. Soerensen, credited with introducing the concept of ph value. The flowers are of the Hydrengea family and turn blue or reddish, reflecting the ph of the soil in which the plan grows.

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What connects: 1) A substance similar to gas with certain portions ionized, 2) A yellow coloured liquid in blood, where blood cells are suspended, 3) A flat panel visual display technology.

Plsma.

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Who is the man in blue and why the question?

Mehmet Agca who tried to kill Pope John Paul II and was pardoned by the Pope.

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Which of the two administrative divisions of Uttarakhand, known for famous mountain ranges, is named after the second Avatar of Vishnu?

Kumaon is named after Kurma Avatar.

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Which business group started in Sindh, with the founder exporting Indian spices and tea to Iran?
Its headquarter was shifted from Mumbai to Iran, till 1979, before the Islamic Revolution of Iran forced it to shift elsewhere.

Hinduja Group.

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Till the early 1980s, this Island was claimed by both India and Bangladesh. By early 2011, the island has been slowly swallowed by the sea, and is almost invisible now.
Experts say, this is one of the earliest instances of a patch of territory ceasing to exist because of global warming. Which island?

New Moore Island.

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What connects?

The Day of the Jackal is a fictional assasination attempt to kill Charles De Gaule.

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Who is the only person to have received a Nobel prize (2007), a Grammy award (2009), the TV primetime Emmy award (2005) and is the subject of an award winning 2007 documentary film?

Al-Gore