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A tale of one minute and 58 seconds
Rohan Khatwani, a ninth-grader from Thar, arranges periodic table in shortest time
KARACHI:
It was February and the chill of a frigid winter that had gripped Pakistan for weeks had started to abate. But Rohan Khatwani, the son of a Hindu shopkeeper and a ninth-grade student from Mithi - a city in the dry, arid, sandy and largely downtrodden region of Thar - found the weather cold enough in Islamabad to sport a jacket. Yet, his palms were sweaty.
The day had arrived. It was February 13, 2021 and he was at the Islamabad Science Festival at the Pakistan National Council for Arts.
Rohan Khatwani, a ninth-grader from Tharparkar, has broken a world record by setting up the periodic table in just 1 minute 58 seconds. The record was previously held by Natalia Najam from Lahore, who arranged the elements in 2 minutes 42 seconds. The Islamabad Science Festival was held on February 13. .
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The Islamabad Science Festival was held on February 13, and its theme was the coronavirus. It asked children what they would do to save themselves from the virus, and they came up ideas for how to cure.