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Weekly Update: December 21, 2020 - December 25, 2020

If you are not living your best life, then you need to examine not only the things that are getting in your way, but also the reasons why you are letting them. -Domonique Bertolucci (1970; Australian Life Coach) Personal note: Kindly show your support to this blog on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/randomwalablog . Let's start! Did you know , that moon experiences moonquakes just like earth experiences earthquakes? According to U.S Geological Survey (USGS), moonquakes occur due to tidal stresses that is connected to the distance between the Earth and the Moon. Image Credit: Romolo Tavani/Shuttershock Moonquakes, however, are less common and less intense than earthquakes. December 21, 2020 (Monday) :::The number of Corona Cases were as follows: Confirmed - 1,00,55,560 Recovered - 96,06,111 Deceased - 1,45,810 :::Maruti Suzuki began to assemble the 3-door version of Jimmy SUV in its Gurugram Plant. The company has allotted an assembly line that is similar to the one that is use

Weekly Update: December 14, 2020 - December 18, 2020

Introverts get to the point. Your ability to say more with less is something to be thankful for. After all, this is the secret to being truly heard. -Michaela Chung (Author of 'The Irresistible Introvert: Harness The Power of Quite Charisma in a Loud World') Let's start! Here is a Fun Fact that you may not, or may, know: We lose up to 30% of our taste buds while traveling in a flight. Image Credit: https://www.thedailymeal.com/ As per a study conducted by Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, Germany, in the year 2010, a person loses about 30% of the sensitivity to sweet and salty food due to high elevation and low pressure. December 14, 2020 (Monday) :::The number of Corona Cases were as follows: Confirmed - 98,84,100 Recovered - 93,88,159 Deceased - 1,43,355 ::: Xavier Becerra , Attorney General of California, filed to join the U.S department of Justice's anti-trust lawsuit against Google. As per the lawsuit, Google is allegedly using its market muscle illegall

Weekly Update: December 07, 2020 - December 11, 2020

The way i see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. -Dolly Parton (January 19, 1946; American Singer-Songwriter) Let's start! Did you know that Barbie doll actually has a full name? Her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. Image Credit: https://www.business-standard.com/ Her birth place is Willows, a fictional city in the US state of Wisconsin, and she celebrates her birthday on March 09, 1959 - the date when she was first displayed at the New York Toy Fair. December 07, 2020 (Monday) :::The number of Corona Cases were as follows: Confirmed - 96,77,203 Recovered - 91,39,901 Deceased - 1,40,573 ::: Bolo Indya , a Gurugram-based short infotainment videos platform, raised a fund of around $4,00,000. The funding round was led by Inflection Point Ventures and it saw the participation of their current investors from Eagle10 Ventures too. Bolo Indya has raised a total funding of around $1 million  till now and it plans to use these funds for three purposes, nam

Weekly Update: November 30, 2020 - December 04, 2020

Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest. -Sri Chinmoy (August 27, 1931 - October 11, 2007; Indian spiritual leader) Let's start! Here is a Fun Fact that you may not, or may, know: Ophiocordyceps, the tropical fungus, infects the central nervous system of ants by staying in their bodies for nine days during which it gains a complete control over their movements. Image Credit: Katja Schulz / Flickr After gaining a complete control of the movements of an ant, the fungus forces the ant to climb a tree, make a sudden violent movement and fall into the cool-moist soil where the fungus thrives. It then waits until solar noon to force the ant to bite a leaf and kill itself. November 30, 2020 (Monday) :::The number of Corona Cases were as follows: Confirmed - 94,31,961 Recovered - 88,47,600 Deceased - 1,37,139 :::The Walt Disney Company announced that it plans to lay off additional four thousand workers of its theme