Random Wala Blog

The Fun Fact for this week is: The hashtag symbol (#) is technically called an octothorpe. The prefix "octo-" means eight; however, the meaning of "-thorpe" is a mystery. Some theories suggest that it comes from an Old English word, "village", based on an idea that the symbol looks like a village surrounded by eight fields. Now let's start with the updates for this week. August 10, 2020 (Monday) :::The numbers of Corona Cases as reported on Aarogya Setu App are as follows: Confirmed - 22,15,074 Recovered - 15,35,743 Deceased - 44,386 :::Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Submarine Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) . It connects Chennai and Port Blair. It is a 2,300 kms long cable that has been laid at the cost of Rs.1,224 crore. The project was funded by the Government of India through Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) under the Department of Telecommunication, Ministry of Communication. The project was executed by Bharat Sanchar Nigam...

 Before we start with the updates for this week, here is a Fun Fact that you may not (or may) know: Facebook once created two chatbots to talk to each other but they were shut after they started communicating in a language they made for themselves. Let's start. August 03, 2020 (Monday) ::: Corona Cases stood at: Confirmed - 18,03,695 Recovered - 11,86,203 Deceased - 38,135 :::Special Operation Group, SOG, acted on a tip-off and caught Taushif Sama for carrying ganja in Rajkot. The consignment weighed 57.2kg and is worth Rs.3 lakh. SOG caught Taushif while he was transporting the consignment from Surat to Rajkot. Taushif Sama is the owner of 'Merry-go-Round' ride and he has justified his crime by saying that he did it because he was out of work for three to four months. He is 31 years young with primary education and with no criminal record. :::Pensioners can now generate their Digital Life Certificate (DLC) online. DLC is a biometric enabled Aadhar based Jeev...

With a lot in our hands, it often becomes difficult to keep track of what has happened while we were busy. Hence, in this section (Weekly Update) of my blog, I attempt to share some of the important things that happened in a week: Monday-Friday. Let's start! July 27, 2020 (Monday) :::As per the information available on Aarogya Setu app, figures of Corona Cases were as follows: Confirmed - 14,35,456 Recovered - 9,17,568 Deceased - 32,771 :::Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) had earlier sought government's intervention to turn around the hospitality industry. A few days later, Pune Restaurant and Hoteliers Association issued a statement saying that a minimum of 8,500 restaurants have closed down. Almost 2 lac employees have returned to their native place. It has been estimated that hotels and restaurants have suffered a loss of Rs.250 crore during the lockdown. :::After banning 59 Chinese apps like TikTok, ShareIt and WeChat, the I-T Ministry ...

Introduction Everything begins with a small session of introduction. Here is my introduction. I left my job to make my favorite hobby a full time work. My interest was always in writing scripts and executing them by making a short film. I sent two of my short films to a film festival. I had very limited resources to and knowledge of making a short film. I am glad that they made it close to the final round. I then decided to get into photography-cinematography full time to monetize my hobby. People say that everyone should have a minimum of two hobbies: One to earn and another one to relax. I have always been fond of driving a car. With my preference subconsciously shifting to my work, i hardly drive but i when drive, it is to commute from client's location to my destination. So now driving a car is also a part of my work. When i realized this, i started to seek something that was not at all related to my work. Hence, random blogging!