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YOUNG CHRONICLE

November 28th , 2014

The Jammu and Kashmir Story, Continued
If you followed PM Modiʼs speech in the United Nations recently, you would know that India had, soon after accession, appealed to
the UN to arrange for an impartial vote in Kashmir (The powers and duties of the UN are covered on page 6). The PM also
mentioned that India wouldnʼt go ahead with talks with Pakistan regarding Kashmir, until the Indian part of Kashmir was
demilitarized by Pakistan, and the valley was terror free.
In the light of the above situation, it seems that the people in the Indian Part of Kashmir (the area that comes under Indian
Jurisdiction, even though Ad-hoc) are in favour of good governance and had come out to vote (phase 1 of the Jammu and Kashmir
state elections) few days back, even in the severe cold (temperatures in Kashmir are running in negative right now). Some
journalists claim that this shows how many Kashmiris want to continue to be a part of India.

25 Best Inventions of 2014 (Contd.)
You read about the first two inventions by Indians, mentioned in the Time Magazine’s list of 25 Best
Inventions. Here is the third one.
Rons and Pranks Mom and Dad don’t let them be glued to
the iPad all day long. Like that, an Indian engineer, Pramod
Sharma did not like his daughter using the iPad for so long.
So, he developed 'Osmo', a tablet toy that gets physical and
real. Unlike most apps, it comes in a box, complete with
physical letter tiles and primary-coloured shapes. The game
is played on the table in front of the iPad, which is placed
in a special stand. There are three titles in the game,
Words, Tangram and Newton. Words displays a picture on the
screen and a number of blank ́Ѽ