Katara Announces Winners Of Ramadan Photography Contest

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doha, qatar: the cultural village foundation, katara announced the winners of its photography competition, which is part of the activities during its katara ramadan 2023.
this competition received wide participation from photography enthusiasts and the screening committee chose three winners: muhammad saeed fairouz, in the first place, ali abdul jabbar saif al din, in the second place, and the third place went to muhammad naguib nasr.
the first place winner will receive qr15,000; second place, qr10,000; and third place, qr5,000.
the competition stipulated that the submitted photo reflect the artistic vision of the subject of the competition, and also among the conditions is that each participant has the right to submit a maximum of three photos, while the institution has the right to use the winning photos in any of its activities, and the participation is considered approval of that.
katara’s ramadan programme this year included 23 diverse activities that included cultural, awareness and entertainment activities directed to different age groups of society, the most important of which is the islamic stamps exhibition at the postal museum in building 22 and the fine art and photography exhibition in building 18.
wisdom square hosted a ramadan art mural, the creativity square hosted the event of the storyteller’s stories, in addition to the religious events, including lectures and a quran memorisation competition for male and female children at katara mosque.
katara also launched a number of competitions and various prizes during its ramadan activities, including the katara prize for arabic poetry, and the katara ramadan competition for the short story, in addition to a number of sports and intellectual tournaments such as the katara popular games championship (kerem and dama) and the katara championship.
also included are katara electronic games, katara ramadan beach volleyball championship and the katara international ramadan chess championship.

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Indian Embassy In Azerbaijan Holds Event Dedicated To International Yoga Day (PHOTO)

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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 19. An event
dedicated to International Yoga Day was held in Azerbaijan’s
Shabran district, trend reports.

The event was organized by the Embassy of India in
Azerbaijan and attracted many yoga enthusiasts and diplomatic
representatives.

Ambassador of India to Azerbaijan, Sridharan
Madhusudhanan, who spoke at the event, expressed his joy and
gratitude for such active support for yoga in Azerbaijan. He also
noted the importance of this 5,000-year-old ancient practice for
the physical and spiritual health of every person.

“This event integrated several features at once,
including nature, real Indian culture, tourism, and yoga itself,”
the ambassador noted.

After the official part of the event, the guests were
given the opportunity to participate in a yoga session in nature,
where everyone gathered to experience the benefits and harmony that
it can bring.

The culmination of the event was Indian classical
dances and the performance of Indian music using various folk
instruments.

The event provided an excellent platform for cultural exchange
between India and Azerbaijan.

Since 2015, June 21 is celebrated worldwide as International
Yoga Day. The selected date is the longest day of the year in the
northern hemisphere.

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Stunning meteor over North Island leads to hunt for meteorite

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Footage captured of a large meteor entering the earth’s atmosphere over the top of the North Island. Video / Supplied by Logan Carpenter

A stunning event lit up the early morning sky across the top of the North Island as a meteor crossed into the earth’s atmosphere, and astronomers are on the hunt for more sightings.

Witnesses reported a large meteor soared over the North Island at 4.26am on Saturday, being spotted from Kaikohe to Auckland, with its calculated trajectory breaking up east of Dargaville.

One of five current witness accounts on Fireballs NZ said they first noticed the meteor when the paddocks in front of them lit up in a pulsing, light green hue.

“Initially I was facing away from the object (and) I turned around thinking it was a vehicle on the road that was behind me. I saw it falling from the sky in a northerly direction where it changed from green to orange-yellow.

“My relief milker who was 30 minutes north driving southwards also saw it and asked about it on her arrival. Another person on the farm also commented. I was unable to hear any sounds as I was on a motorbike. By far the biggest event I’ve seen in the night sky before. And I’ve spent a lot of hours following cows in the dark.”

Logan Carpenter captured a “fireball in the sky” on a security camera on top of his house and felt very fortunate the camera was facing the right way at the right time.

Based in Castor Bay, Auckland the amateur astrophotographer was looking at the stars through his telescope at the time and didn’t notice the event or footage until his wife checked the home security camera the next day.

“I just love all sorts of this thing and thought wow!”

Another witness reported hearing a sonic boom that sounded like an explosion lasting five to seven seconds.

Associate Professor of Geology at the University of Otago James Scott said a sonic boom results from the meteor travelling faster than the speed of sound.

He believed there will be far more people who saw the event but have not yet logged it with Fireballs Aotearoa. With more information, examiners can then analyse the trajectory and hope to recover freshly-fallen meteorites in New Zealand.

“The key thing is that this seems to be over land and not sea, and there may be a meteorite associated with it since it travelled for several seconds in the atmosphere and therefore got low.

“The colour of the fireball relates to the ionisation of elements, principally oxygen, in the meteor trail, due to the heat build-up as the rock travels through the atmosphere.

“The last part of the path was not luminescent because either all the material was burned up, or the meteorite got to a low elevation and slowed down so much that melting of the edge of the fireball ceased and the rock then entered ‘dark flight’.

“These are the most exciting because they can drop meteorites. New Zealand has 9 so far, but it is estimated that 3-4 > 100 gm meteorites should be ‘dropped’ each year on our land mass.

There are currently no Fireball cameras in the region. The Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (RASNZ) has just helped to sponsor the rollout of 20 Fireball cameras across the country.

Further public reports could be loaded at www.fireballs.nz.

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