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The Sewol ferry tragedy:

The disaster took place on the morning of 16th April 2014
where the vessel sent a distress signal at about 8:58am KST
(Korean Standard Time ). Out of 476 crew and passengers,
304 died. Out of the 172 survivors more than half of them
were rescued by fishing boats and commercial vessels that
arrived 40 minutes before the Korean coast guard. To this
day, this incident is one of the worst disasters of South
Korea. There were 3 separate inves�ga�ons for this case.
The main suspects were 14 crew members with the captain . On 15th May 2014, the captain and the three crew
members were charged for murder and the other eleven were indicted for abandoning the ship. This incident
resulted in widespread poli�cal and social reac�on within South Korea.

Spring day, a song wri�en by a South Korean boy band (BTS) was wri�en about this incident , it was wri�en to
comfort the ones who lost their loved ones in this terrible disaster

https://youtu.be/xEeFrLSkMm8

Many students �ll today feel the guilt of them surviving and losing their friends.

Some of the ones who lost their beloved are going through mental trauma, many have also a�empted suicide.Yet
the inves�ga�on was taken for granted.
Here’s a survivor telling her story:

https://youtu.be/uT9m08FxYVg
- Yashaswi Suyog Pa�l, VIII

Indoor plants boosts our well being:

Indoor plants improve your mental and physical well-being in ways you probably don’t even realize. They
improve the quality of indoor air, help reduce stress levels, sharpen your a�en�on. They also help you
recover from illness. Unlike outdoor plants indoor plants leave oxygen in night so it is safe to stay with them
during night.

Here are few indoor plants -

Snake plant: Lucky bamboo: Peace lily: Money plant: Rubber plant:
Snake plant removes toxic Lucky Bamboo helps to keep Removes spores from the Money plants help remove Rubber plants help us get
pollutants the environment clean as it air. toxins. They can be grown pure and natural air.
is a natural air purifier. indoor or outdoor.

There are many other indoor plants which can help you stay healthy. I hope everyone of you plants an
indoor plant in your home.
Make sure to plant a sapling, whether it is indoors or outdoors.

- Samiksha Chowdary, VIII

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