FACTS

Parliament Session

It costs around rupees 1.23 crore to run a days session of the parliament, which, according to the Lok Sabha Secretariat, implies that every minute of the session costs the exchequer a little over Rs. 23,000. But how often do the front pages of newspapers reflect what’s going on inside the Parliament, were a huge amount of tax payers’ money is being used everyday? What are elected members of the lower and the upper house discussing? What new policies are taking shape? And what issues of national importance are being thrashed out between the Government and the Opposition? People do have a right to know. Media cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the proceedings of the sanctum sanctorum of our democracy. It is time the Indian media behave more maturely and accorded due respect to the parliament and its proceedings.


Ado about Mrs

Mars has been named after a Roman God.
Mars is called as red planet as it is covered with dust, leaving the planet with a red look.
A day on mars(24 hours 37 minutes) is almost is almost same length as a day on earth but a year on mars(669 days) is almost twice of Earth.
Gravity on Mars is 1/5 that of Earth.
Earth has one moon. Mars has two phobos and deimos named after the noss that pulled mars chariot.
Study of mars geology is called Avesology.
Rocks on Mars have been named after cartoon characters including Bamale Bill and Scooby Doo.