The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday won a confidence motion moved by Delhi chief minister the party's national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, who said the vot
| | | Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, as expected, won a trust vote that he had moved in the Delhi Assembly during the Budget session on Saturday. | THE DAILY QUIZ Burglars stole valuables from Tamil director M Manikandan’s house. Then they had a change of heart. One item was returned the next day, with a handwritten note that said, “Sir, forgive us, your hard work is yours.” He won it in 2021 for Kadaisi Vivasyi. What is it? a. An Oscar
b. A Dadasaheb Phalke Award
c. A National Award
d. An Emmy TAKE THE FULL QUIZ | | THE BIG STORY Delhi govt wins vote of confidence in assembly The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday won a confidence motion moved by Delhi chief minister the party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, who said the vote was meant to show the people that the House, where his party has an overwhelming majority, has confidence in the council of ministers, as he alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre was trying to topple his government. Read more. Read more. | | A LITTLE LIGHT READING Capital Letters: How isolate languages are dodging the full stop We’re so used to languages borrowing from each other that it’s hard to imagine how an “isolate language” would work. Some do end up standing entirely alone, however — often because all the tongues they borrowed from, and lent to, have died away. Piraha, for instance, is the last surviving member of the Mura family of languages spoken along a tributary of the Amazon. Other isolates include Burushaski, which is spoken by the Burusho people in a few valleys in the Pakistani territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. And the Gilyak and Ket languages of Siberia. Read more. | | THE WEEKEND FIX Techno-colour dreams: New recipes are making hues deeper, darker, brighter When did colour get so complicated? Historians would argue that it always has been. In the ancient Mediterranean, there was only one way to produce a certain royal purple, and it took thousands of Murex sea snails to make 1 gm of the dye. Vermilion and scarlet have similarly dramatic origin tales (read the story alongside for more on this). But things are heating up now, quite literally, and amid the climate crisis, the race for colouring agents has turned into a race for paints that can do more. Read more. | | | | LIFE HACKS BY CHARLES ASSISI What is it that drives us to create? There’s a question I am asked fairly often, by friends and even family: Why do I write? It is difficult to explain the “writer’s high”, if I may call it that. As I set out on this task, my screen stares back at me, blank but for the blink of the cursor. It will start to fill with ideas, if I begin to write something coherent. And then those ideas will be beaten into shape. I will see inconsistencies and seek consistencies. The battle in my head will be a silent but busy one. An intense one too, as the thoughts are honed until they acquire a shape that feels convincing. Eventually, all this will be transmitted to a larger audience, whose minds I hope to sway and shape. To me, eventually, writing is an act of rebellion against silence. Read more. | | HT THIS DAY: Feb 18, 1968 Charan Singh quits as CM Governor B. Gopala Reddy today accepted the resignation of Mr Charan Singh from the Chief Ministership of the U.P. Government. A notification issued by the Raj Bhavan said that the Governor “regretfully accepted the resignation and requested him to continue in office till other arrangements” were made. Read more. | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | Written and edited by Shahana Yasmin. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |  | |
