CISF jawan killed in President's Estate
NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (UNI): A CISF jawan deployed in the President's Estate was killed by a bullet shot from his own revolver in the early hours today.
A Rashtrapati Bhawan spokesperson said the incident took place behind Bal Vatika in the outer periphery of the President's Estate.
The 29-year-old jawan was rushed to the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital where he was declared brought dead.
The spokesperson said it is yet to be ascertained whether he committed suicide or the bullet from his weapon hit him accidentally.
The CISF jawan had just returned from his home after leave.
Yale Professor takes school children into strange world of Q Mechanics NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (UNI): What could be a better way of celebrating the year of Physics and paying a tribute to Einstein than taking the young minds into the strange world of quantum mechanics? If this job is done by Dr R Shankar, Professor of Physics at Yale University, USA, the result is sheer wonder and excitement for school students of science.
The children listened with rapt attention as the Professor explained the genesis of Quantum Mechanics through the beautiful use of Newtonian Mechanics, Photons, Electrons and Trajectories.
He also deliberated upon the concepts of Magnetism, Thermodynamics and Electron radiation.
He was delivering the lecture, 'The strange world of quantum- an introduction' organised by the Apeejay Education Society (AES) here as part of World year of Physics celebrations all over the world.
Prof Shankar took children on an exciting journey through the sub-atomic world to explain to them the moving forces of the world familiar to them.
He exhorted them to learn by experiment.
"Experiment is the queen and the lawmaker of Physics, it is a wonderful subject which makes statements about the real world," he said.
The session was quite an interactive one, as students came up with interesting questions that delighted the Professor.
Earlier, welcoming Prof Shankar, H G Pant, Principal, Apeejay School, Sheikh Sarai, said, "The World Year of Physics is an international celebration of physics, timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's "miraculous year." In 1905, Einstein revolutionized science with three groundbreaking advances, he proved of the existence of the atoand molecules, he validated the emerging field of quantum mechanics, and he developed the theory of special relativity, which led to the most famous equation ever written, E=mc2 .
This talk would help the students in understanding the principles of Quantum Mechanics, he added.
The World Year of Physics 2005 is a United Nations endorsed, international celebration of physics.
Events throughout the year will highlight the vitality of physics and its importance in the coming millennium, and will commemorate the pioneering contributions of Albert Einstein in 1905.