A noble gesture


FOR A CAUSE: Pooja Vahi
FOR A CAUSE: Pooja VahiPooja Vahi, winner of Mrs India Globe 2015 Photogenic and Face of the Year, has joined hands with Round Table India (RTI), an NGO, to work for the underprivileged children. She will be the brand ambassador for the NGO, which has collaborated with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) for providing solar electricity to government schools adopted by the RTI, besides several other projects for the betterment of such children. The Chandigarh Chapter of the RTI has announced it is in talks with the local government authorities to implement the same in the city. “Today it’s really a proud moment for me to associate with RTI and I strongly support the kind of work they are doing. It will be a privilege for me to take their cause forward by contributing towards the well-being of underprivileged children. Freedom through Education initiative of the RTI will be implemented in the tricity and region as a whole,” shared Pooja. — TNS. Source: &http://www.tribuneindia.com/
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Double laureate Marie Skłodowska-Curie & the hunt for elements

Marie Curie, details of linocut with glow-in-the-dark ink, by Ele Willoughby, 2014
The most well-known woman in the history of physics - or perhaps science - was born almost a century and a half ago today. The famous Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist Marie SkÅ‚odowska-Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was the first woman to win a Nobel prize, the only woman to ever win TWO Nobel prizes, and the only person ever to win in two different sciences: physics and chemistry! Source: http://magpieandwhiskeyjack.blogspot.in/
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