If time travel is possible, why haven't we met a single time traveler yet? And if we did meet one, how would we know they weren't faking it? In 1998, a gentleman by the name of John Titor arrived from the future. Or so he said. In his timeline, as he claimed, General Electric had managed to invent time travel in the year 2034. He even showed and described his time traveling device in great detail. And then Titor vanished, as abruptly as he appeared. Did he finish his mission? Or was he real at all? If we were able to prove that someone has traveled from a different time, it would be very cool for science. Although it might overwrite Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Einstein approached time as a fourth dimension. Space is a three-dimensional spectrum that provides us with length, width and height. Time offers direction. Together, they form a space-time continuum. And it can be affected by gravity. According to Einstein's theory of relativity, gravity is a curve ...
Rising from humble beginnings to become Prime Minister of India I am a very optimistic man and only an optimistic man can bring optimism in the country synopsis Narendra Modi grew up in the town of VAD Naggar in India the son of a street merchant he entered politics as a youth and quickly rose through the ranks of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh a Hindu nationalist political party Modi later joined the mainstream Bharatiya Janata Party in 1987 eventually becoming national secretary in 2002 he was alleged to be responsible for the deaths of more than 1,000 Muslims during civil unrest but was later exonerated in 2014 he was elected Prime Minister of India background Narendra Modi was born in a small town of bad Naggar in northern Gujarat India his father was a street merchant who struggled to support the family young Narendra and his brother sold tea near a bus terminal to help out though an average student in school Modi spent hours in the library and was known as a strong debater in his early teens he joined a guild Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad the student wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS a Hindu nationalist political party life dedicated to politics Modi had an arranged married at 18 but spent little time with his bride the two eventually separated with Modi claiming to be single for some time he dedicated his life to politics in Gujarat joining the RSS in 1971 during the 1975 277 political crisis Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency banning political organizations such as the RSS Modi went underground and wrote a book sang harsh ma Gujarat Gujarat in emergency which chronicles his experiences as a political fugitive in 1978 Modi graduated from Delhi University with a degree in political science and completed his master's work at Gujarat University in 1983 Hendra Modi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP which stood for Hindu nationalism his rise through the ranks was rapid as he wisely chose mentors to further his career he promoted privatization of businesses small government and Hindu values in 1995 Modi was elected BJP national secretary a position from which he successfully helped settle internal leadership disputes paving the way for BJP election victories in 1998 Goldberg massacre and alleged complicity in February 2002 while Modi served as Chief Minister of Gujarat a commuter train was attacked allegedly by Muslims in retaliation an attack was carried out on the Muslim neighborhood of Goldberg violence spread and Modi imposed a curfew granting police shoot to kill orders after peace was restored Modi's government was criticised for the harsh crackdown and he was accused of allowing the killings of more than 1,000 Muslims along with the mass raping and mutilation of women after two investigations contradicted one other the Indian Supreme Court concluded there was no evidence Modi was at fault Narendra Modi was reelected Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2007 and 2012 through those campaigns Modi's hardline Hinduism softened and he spoke more about economic growth focusing on privatization and encouraging policies to shape India as a global manufacturing epicenter he is credited with bringing prosperity and development to Gujarat and is seen as a corrupt free and efficient administrator however some say he has done little to alleviate poverty and improve living standards elected Prime Minister in June 2013 Modi was selected to head the BJP 2014 election campaign to the Lok Sabha the lower house of India's Parliament while a grassroots campaign was already in place to elect him Prime Minister Modi campaigned hard portraying himself as a pragmatic candidate capable of turning around India's economy while his critics portrayed him as a controversial and divisive figure in May 2014 he and his party were victorious taking 282 of the 534 seats in the Lok Sabha the victory marked a crushing defeat to the Indian National Congress which had controlled country politics for most of the previous 60 years and sent a message that India's citizens were behind an agenda that moved away from a secular socialist state to a more capitalist leaning economy with Indian nationalism at its core on May 26 2014 Modi was sworn in as the 14th Prime Minister of India and the first to have been born after the country got its independence from the UK policy since becoming Prime Minister Modi has encouraged foreign businesses to invest in India he has lifted various regulations permits and inspections so that businesses could grow more easily he has decreased spending on social welfare programs and has encouraged the privatization of health care although he has devised the policy on universal health care for those citizens with serious ailments in 2014 he launched the clean India campaign which focused on sanitation and the construction of millions of toilets in rural areas his environment policies have been lacks especially when those policies hamper industrial growth he has lifted restrictions on protecting the environment and is more open to the use of genetically modified crops despite protests from India's farmers under Modi's power he has suppressed the influence of civil society organizations such as Greenpeace the Sierra Club of ads and other humanitarian groups citing they prevent economic growth in terms of foreign policy Modi has taken on a multilateral approach he has participated in the brights ASEAN and g20 summits as well as aligned himself with the United States China Japan and Russia to improve economic and political ties he has also reached out to Islamic Republic's most notably fostering diplomatic ties with Pakistan although he has repeatedly labeled the country a terrorist state and an exporter of terrorism under his rule Modi has substantially centralized his power compared to previous administrations global recognition in 2016 Modi won the readers poll as TIME's Person of the Year in previous years he had received top ranking as one of the most influential political figures in the world in both time and Forbes magazine he is only second to President Obama for having the most social media followers as a political figure with high fever ability ratings among Indian voters Modi has a reputation for actively engaging citizens through social media and encouraging his own administration to stay active on its platform fact-check hi any ordinary chai wallah can't even dream of becoming MLA but mata ji unlike them dreamed of becoming the Prime Minister of India so always dream high and work for it
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