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Jun 27, 2023

Goodenough, co-inventor of Li-ion Batteries and Nobel Laureate Passes Away

John Bannister Goodenough, the co-inventor of lithium-ion batteries and the co-winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, passed away, one month before turning 101.
Goodenough's Nobel Prize co-winner, Stan Whittingham, a British-Amrican scientist was the first to find out that lithium can be held inside sheets of titanium sulphide, and Goodenough refined it with a cobalt-based cathode to come up with what we know and use today.
Goodenough also played a significant role in the development of Random Access Memory (RAM) for computers.
The Nobel Prize winner, who was born in Germany to American parents, was also instrumental in the invention of computer RAMs. Post his mathematics study at Yale University, he went on to join the US Army as a meteorologist during WWII.

Jun 23, 2023

Sakshi Kochhar Becomes Youngest Indian to Get Commercial Pilot License

Sakshi Kochhar became the youngest commercial pilot of India, breaking the previous record of another female pilot from India, Maitri Patel, who held the record at 19-years of age. Sakshi, born on May 30, 2005, in a small town Parwanoo, the Gateway of Himachal Pradesh, become the youngest pilot aged 18 years. Interestingly, both were trained under captain A. D. Manek, the pilot Instructor. She achieved her flying hour target within seven and half months, which coincided with her 18th birthday on May 30, 2023, when she received her commercial pilot license and became the youngest commercial pilot of India.

Jun 22, 2023

Creator of 'Amul Girl' Passes Away

Sylvester daCunha, advertising legend and the man behind Amul's 'Utterly Butterly' ad campaign, passed away. The ad campaign was launched in 1966 after it was designed by daCunha, who was the then Managing Director of the advertising agency ASP and its art director Eustace Fernandes.
Sylvester conceived the 'Utterly Butterly' campaign for Amul in 1966 introducing the 'Amul girl' to the world which continues even today.

Former Kerala Minister M.A. Kuttappan Passes Away

Congress leader and former Kerala minister M. A. Kuttappan passed away. He was 76.
Kuttappan, a four-time MLA in the Kerala assembly, was a member of the A. K. Antony ministry in 2001 as Minister for the Welfare of Backward Classes and SC/ST. After completing his MBBS, he began his career as a doctor at Alappuzha Medical College and Cochin Port Trust Hospital, before switching to full-time politics.
Kuttappan represented different constituencies throughout his political journey. He was elected to the state assembly from Wandoor in 1980, Chelakkara in 1987, and Njarakkal twice in 1996 and 2001. He played a crucial role during a period of internal conflict within the Congress party in the early 1990s between the 'A' and 'I' groups.

Jun 21, 2023

Sumit Seth Appointed India's Next Ambassador to Panama

Sumit Seth, an Indian Foreign Service officer of the 2005 batch, was appointed as India's next ambassador to Panama.
Earlier, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Yangon, Myanmar. He was also posted at India's Missions in Madrid, Bogota and Geneva.

Jun 17, 2023

Mars Wrigley's Galaxy Chocolates Ropes in Kiara Advani as Brand Ambassador

Mars Wrigley's Galaxy chocolates signed Bollywood actress Kiara Advani as the brand ambassador. The company made the announcement in collaboration with the actress.
The announcement was followed by a television commercial where the actor is seen in a setting indulging in the chocolates in Istanbul.
The commercial has been conceptualised by the brand's creative agency, DDB Tribal.

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