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COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of e-book

The whole world is suffering from the Covid-19 pandemic.   How dangerous the disease can be, can be estimated from the figures affected by it. This pandemic has emerged as a challenge to give a new direction not only to the business of the people but also to their way of working.   One of those challenges is learning. Schools, colleges, libraries like centers of education are completely closed. Due to which learning is completely devastated. Academics have been facing difficulties in procuring knowledge. The market is closed and they do not come out of the house as well. In the first phase of Corona, there was a piece of news spread that Corona also spreads through books, newspapers, and other sources.  But after some research, this news was denied but this belief remained among the people.  Due to which many print media had to suffer.  In recent times, many printing shops have either closed down or reduced their production.  Therefore, publishers support...

End of fascism

At exactly 3 PM on 29 April 1945, a yellow truck stops at the "Piazzale Loreto" square in the city of Milan and the truck door opens as soon as it stops. From that truck, 18 corpses are brutally thrown on the stones of the square. In no time, a crowd begins to gather there, when suddenly a woman came out of the crowd and shot five bullets in the head of a corpse saying, "I avenged the death of my five sons." Immediately another woman ripped the crowd and raised her skirt in front of everyone near the same body and sat on her face and urinated. The body was a victim of hatred and vandalism by Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and his associates in addition to his 25-year-old girlfriend Claretta Petacci. Those were killed by opponents near Lake Como in order to flee north towards the border of Switzerland on April 28, 1945, after losing the war. Claretta Petacchi had two bullets in his chest, while a bullet through Mussolini's eye pierced his head and was ...

Save the country, kill foreigners

The war, which was mainly imposed by the British in the 19th century on China and almost ruined China. At that time, the Manchu government in China was merely a puppet to the hands of European traders after the First and Second Opium Wars and the subsequent Boxer Rebellion were crushed. Does China want to impose the same war on other countries now? I would like to remind the slogan of "Boxer Committee", the organization formed in the Boxer Rebellion, which was given by the Chinese patriots, "Save the country, kill foreigners". They forgot that slogan raised by China about 120 years ago. They must not forget that century when opium was forcibly sold by the British in China and the imposition of restrictions showed the awe of war. There have been many changes in China over time, Dr. Sanyat Sen's three theories are important in this change. Today China stands at the mouth where European countries stood in the 19th century, and China is adopting all the same tacti...

The Function of Tenses

What is Tense?  A tense may be defined as that form of a verb which indicates the time and the state of an action or event. Tense -- Time of an action He goes to Delhi. (Present Tense) She went to Patna. (Past Tense) I shall go there. (Future Tense) Function of Tenses -- State of an action I go to school daily (Habitual function) She is writing a letter (Progressive function) The Present Simple Tense (Think about this paragraph) "Yes, I like this supermarket. I think It's very nice. Yes, my wife thinks so, too. We always shop here. We come here every week. We live quite near, so it doesn't take long to get here." Uses of Present simple tense This tense is generally used to denote "habit, custom, repeated action, permanent activity, general truth etc. these ideas are expressed by the adverbs of frequency such as  often, seldom, usually, never, normally, generally, sometimes, frequently etc.             eg.- We always come here.  ...

The Great Desert: Sahara

Explained: Sahara Desert The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world; and the third-largest desert behind Antarctica and the Arctic, which are both cold deserts. It is located between 20⁰ and 30⁰ latitudes, north, and south of the equator. Its east-west extent is about 5500 kms; north-south extent is about 1900 kms. The Sahara has one of the harshest environments on the earth, covering 9.4 million square kms. The name of the desert comes from the Arabic word sahrā, which means ‘desert’. History This the great desert was born some seven million years ago, as remnants of a vast sea called Tethys closed up. Long ago, the Sahara was a fertile region with thick forests. Over thousands of years, the forces of nature and various human activities have converted this region into a barren wasteland. Geography The Sahara covers a large part of Africa continent. It extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the west up to the Red Sea in the east. It covers an area of about 9.4 million square kilomet...

भारत के क्रूड ऑयल रिजर्व

इसे भारत की राजनीतिक या आर्थिक गिरावट ही कहीं जा सकती है क्योंकि इतने सस्ते क्रूड ऑयल के बावजूद अपने सीमित रिज़र्व के कारण,हम फायदा नहीं ले पा रहे है। चाहे कोई भी राजनीतिक दल हो किसी ने भी अपने यहां SPR (Strategic petroleum reserve) बढ़ाने की कोशिश नही की, इसका परिणाम यह हुआ की हमारे पास दुनिया के अन्य देशों की अपेक्षा काफी कम रिज़र्व है। आप इसे ऐसे समझे अमेरिका के पास 730 मिलियन बैरल, चीन के पास 550 मिलियन बैरल, जापान के पास 528 मिलियन बैरल और दक्षिण कोरिया के पास 214 मिलियन बैरल का पेट्रोलियम रिज़र्व कैपेसिटी है, परन्तु हमारे भारत के पास केवल 39 मिलियन बैरल का ही कैपेसिटी है। यही कारण है कि भारत क्रूड ऑयल की गिरती कीमतों का फायदा उठाने में असमर्थ है, और इससे हमें समझना होगा कि युद्ध या प्राकृतिक आपदा के समय हमारी स्थिति दूसरे देशों से कितनी बद्तर हो सकती है।

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Periodization of History | NCERT

Periodization of history  It refers to the process of dividing history into distinct periods or eras based on significant events, developments, or shifts in society, culture, politics, or other aspects of human civilization. Periodization allows historians and scholars to organize and make sense of historical events, processes, and trends by grouping them into meaningful and manageable units. Periodization schemes vary depending on the context, region, and the focus of study. Different cultures and regions may have their own specific periodization systems based on their unique historical experiences and perspectives. However, there are several widely recognised periodization schemes that are commonly used in the study of world history.  Here are a few examples - 1. Ancient, Medieval, and Modern This is a traditional periodization scheme that is often used in European history but can be applied to other regions as well. It includes - Ancient - Typically up to the fall of the W...