Category: What is New
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Strength Of Weak Ties
According to a recent study published in the prestigious journal Science, weakest connections, like those a person has with an acquaintance versus a close friend, had the greatest impact on users’ job mobility. The study was by team of researchers from prestigious universities like Harvard Business School, Stanford and MIT together with researchers at LinkedIn. […]
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Quite Quitting
Recently, articles on “Quite quitting” has been getting lot of media coverage, reportedly impacted by the past pandemic working life style. Quiet quitting doesn’t actually involve quitting. Instead, it has been deemed a response to hustle culture and burnout; employees are “quitting” going above and beyond and declining to do tasks they are not being […]
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Bagmati River
A rent AP News featured article headline reads Nepal’s holy Bagmati River choked with black sewage, trash. Describing the religious and spiritual importance of Bagmati River, Nepalese reporter Bajracharya writes “Hindus flock to the riverbanks in Kathmandu to worship at shrines and celebrate festivals. Women dip in the river to wash away sins during Rishipanchami, […]
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Scorching Temperature in Twin Cities
Starting to-day, temperatures in the Twin Cities and across the state is forecasted to be around 100 degree or above. “A heat advisory is in effect for much of central and southern Minnesota from 12 p.m. Monday through 6 p.m. Tuesday. Spotty storms will be possible Tuesday”, writes the MPR News. National Weather Service is […]
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Today is Memorial Day
Today is memorial day in the US, which is celebrated every year to “honor veterans of all wars, but its roots are in America’s deadliest conflict, the Civil War. Approximately 620,000 soldiers died, about two-thirds from disease“. The work of honoring the dead began right away all over the country, and several American towns claim […]
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Today is Earth Day
To-day, April 22, is Earth Day, which is celebrated every year “to raise awareness for environmental protection. This year’s theme is “Invest In Our Planet,” and the new doodle is designed to intensify talks over one of the most pressing topics of our time” writes CNN quoting Google. Earth Day: Key Points Earth Day falls […]
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The map of our DNA is finally complete
Finally, scientists have completed sequencing the entire human genome, which was recently announced with six papers published the journal Science. Though the Human Genome Project was begun in 1985 at the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), some 8% of human genome had remained incomplete due to technological difficulties, […]