Fun Fact Friday

 Manohar Parrikar- The first IITian who became a CM            Hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the 'builder of modern Goa', Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was the first IIT alumnus to hold the office of CM in Indian public services. He was Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005 and from 2012 to 2014 and from 2017 to 2019.  He also served as the Minister of Defence from October 2014 to March 2017.  In January 2020, he was posthumously awarded Padma Bhushan. Manohar Parrikar was known to travel by his bicycle to Goa Vidhan Sabha and refused all government benefits after becoming chief minister.  He insisted on using his old Innova even after becoming CM. His name appears in the closing credits of the movies 'The Bourne Supremacy' 220 million tons of old computers and other technological hardware are trashed in the United States each year. The amount of worldwide e-waste generation is expected to exce...

  Rajasthan has a Temple of Rats The temple was built in the 20th century  by Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner. Karni Mata Temple, also known as the ‘temple of rats’, is situated at Deshnoke near Bikaner in Rajasthan. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Karni, who is believed to be the incarnation of Goddess Durga, the goddess of power.  The temple is overrun with more than 20,000 rats. Devotees feed, worship and protect them. In order to keep predators away, devotees have built nets and grills.  Surprisingly, these rats do not bite any devotees who enter the temple. Here are five things we all need to know about Karni Mata Temple. The temple has over 25,000 rats. These rats are called ‘kabbas’. The food chewed by rats are considered ‘auspicious’. Karni Mata Fair is held twice a year. The first is held in the month of March or April during the Navratri. While the second fair is held in the month of September or October, also during Navratri, from Ashvin Shukla to Ashvi...