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9-year-old Secures Two World Records For Solving Pyraminxs Uniquely
SP Shankar, a nine-year-old Hyderabad native has bagged two international records for solving the most number of Pyraminx while hanging upside down and while skating. According to his mother, Divya Mangala, Shankar has been solving the puzzles since he was six and has won a national award for Rubik's cube as well. Shankar can even solve the Pyraminx and Rubik's cube underwater, and has also mastered the Megaminx (12 faced cube), added Mangala… read-more
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Courtesy: Hindustan Times
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India's First Academy Award Winner Costume Designer Bhanu Athaiya Dies
India's first-ever Oscar winner Bhanu Athaiya passed away at 91 on October 15. The costume designer had won Oscar for her work in Richard Attenborough's 'Gandhi'. However, she had later returned the award to the Academy in 2012. The designer made her debut in Guru Dutt's 'C.I.D.' in 1956. Besides Oscar, the designer had won two National Awards as well. Athaiya suffered from brain tumour, and was paralysed since 2012.
Tags: Bhanu Athaiya, Oscars, Academy of Motion Pictures, national award
Courtesy: Bhanu Athaiya
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National Award Winning Movie 'Mithila Makhaan' to Hit Screens on October 2
National Award winner Nitin Chandra's first mainstream Maithili film, 'Mithila Makhaan', is set to release on October 2. He said that the idea for the film generated when he visited the flood-affected areas of Bihar during 2008-2009. He also told that he had written the story in 2013 itself. He added, "I was fortunate that producer Samir Kumar came along and with some other resources, I could make the film."
Tags: mithila makhaan, maithali, national award, Bollywood
Courtesy: United News of India
