Finance ministry refuses funds to mumbai harbour link.

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The  much - delayed mumbai trans-harbour link (MTHL) has suffered a fresh setback as the   union finance ministry has refused to approve its viability gap funding, asking the city's development authority to treat the sea - link as a road and reduce the concession period to 30 years from 45.

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the 22 - km Rs. 9,630- crore MTHZ is a critical infrastructure showpiece for the financial capital as it will drastically reduce the distance between central mumbai and Navi mumabi and also connect to the proposed second air port there. 

       Scientists Discover Source of Water on Moon.

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Scientists have discovered that the most likely source of water on moon is the constant strean of charged particles from the sun known as the solar wind. The findings by researchers from the university of Michigan imply that ice inside permanently shadowed  polar craters on the moon, sometimes. called cold traps, could contain hydrogen atoms ultimately derived from the solar wind. 

Theoretical models of lunar water stability dating to the late 1970, suggest that hydrogen ions ( protons) from the solar wind can combine with oxygen on the moon's surface to from water and related compounds called hydroxyls, which consist of one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen and are known as OH.

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Water and related compounds have also been detected in the lunar Regolith, the layer of fine powder and rock fragments that coats the lunar surface. however, the origin of lunar surface water has remained unclear. The study findings are published in the Journal Nature Geoscience.

source:- TOI

 GIRL SHOT BY TALIBAN FLOW TO U.K. FOR  CARE.

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Pakistani teenage rights activist malala Yousufzai, who was seriously injured in an assassination attempt by the taliban last week, was on  monday sent to Britain on an air ambulance for specialist treatment, Including the repair of damaged bones of her skull. on her arrival in the Uk. 14- year - old malala was transferred to queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham an NHS (National health Service ) hospital which has a specialist major trauma centre. 

The transfer  was kept "top secret" in view of threats to  her life, including a warning from the taliban that it would target her again. she was  accompanied by a team of pakistan army doctors and a British medical unit in  a specially Equipped air ambulance provided by the royal family of the united Arab Emirates. malala's plane touched down at  Birmingham Air port at 8.50 pm (IST), a spokes woman. for the airport in central england said. 

source :- The Indian Express

       India - born manisha first woman to head F1 team

 From Dehradun to the sauber factory in Hinwil (Switzerland ). It has been a long about Rewarding Journey for India - born monisha Kaltenborn. She has risen steadily to the top in formula one, which is largely perceived to be a ' man's world.

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On wednesday(10 October ) she climbed another rang on the ladder when she became F1's first woman team principal. replacing peter sauber. A team principal is the boss of all racing activity of the F1 team. Monisha, also a member of FIA's women & motor sport commission, is ready for the challenge. "Naturally I'm very aware of the major responsibility I have for peter sauber's team.  i have set my sights high and am committed to taking to team forward " she said.

source :- TOI

 What is The Process of Fruit Ripening and Change of Color     from Green to Yellow or Orange  ?

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Several Major  change can take place as fruits ripen not all occur in every type of fruit, but taken collectively they characterize ripening processes they include (1) a rise in respiration rate (2) production of ethylene (3) flesh softening (4)appearance of color (5) formation of volatiles with associated development of flavor.

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Among these changes formation of bright colors, which evolved to attract dispersal agents such as birds, browsing animals, and primates, now become a particularly important visible indicator of maturity and ripeness pour fruit, stone fruit , tomatoes, mangoes and straw berries provide good examples where color is a prime indicator of ripeness. The non greening of leaves its called senescence as in leaf denescence, ripening in fruits also involves chlorophyll loss and an increase in production of yellow, orange, red or purple pigments,.Yellow, orange or red pigmentation  as seen in oranges and tomatoes, arise from convesion of chloroplasts to chromoplasts. In higher plants, carotenoids which are found in chromoplasts. and anthocy units which are located in the vacuoles fulfill an important purpose as colorant of fruits. 

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For example the red color of tomato (lycopersicon esculentum) fruits is due to the carotenoid pigment lycopene, whose concentration increases dramatically during the ripening process. the deep yellow colour of mango fruits is duo to the presence of beta carotene a common phytochemical within a group of 600 known carotenoids. similarly the red colour development in apples and purple colour development in grapes are due to the formation of anthocyanin pigments in their skin. sometimes both types of pigments can occur in the same fruit. these  pigments are formed as end products of too separate pathoays during ripening the pathway, which leads to the accumulation of yellow - arange carotenoids or red lycopene and the anthocyaning pathway which leads to the accumulation of anthocyanins in the vacuoles are these two pathways. 

source :- THE HINDU 

 'ISRO' Test Fires India's mars Missin Engine for Ist Time 

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The engines of the INdian mars orbiter were tested for the first time on monday morning. Indian Space 

Research Organisation ( ISRO).  Chief spokesperson Devi Prasad  Karnik said the engine, Known as the Liquid apogee motor (LAM), was fired for about 670 seconds at Isro's liquid propulsion systems centre at mahendra Giri in tamilnadu.  "The test was successful and will go on for about 45  days", Karnik told TOI from Bangalore. The mission  is slated for lift off towards the end of october or beginning of November 2013.

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LAM plays a key role in orbit raising Manoeuvres. the current missin profile of the mission envisages the orbiter operating  in the earth - bound orbit six times as its attitude is raised, before it sets off on its 300 day journey to mars. In the final earth orbit, the orbiter's furthest point from earth will be 2,15,000 km and the nearest 600 km. According to ISRO, it is expected to depart from the earth's orbit on November 26, 2013, and the crucial mars orbit insertion will occur on september 21,2014. An ISRO official said the real chalenge in the Mission is that the engine has to restart after 300 days when to orbiter enters the martian orbit. 

source :- THE HINDU 

        007 Completes 50 Years of Celluloid Adventures.

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James Bond fans on friday celebrated 50 years of the suave British spy's  adventures on the silver screen with a day of 077 - themed events around the globe . Bond appeared in a fil for the first time in the now classic Dr. No,  released on October 5, 1962, Introducing himself with the immortal line, "the names Bond......... James Bond,
The Movie franchise has gone on the become one of the most successful in history, with the 22 Bond film taking in more than $ 5 billion dolars(3.85  billion ponds). to mark' Global Bond Day " British diva Adele elssad the theme song of sky fale, the 23 rd. and newest Bond film, on her website , as anticipation built for its global premiere on october 23.the rugged Daniel Craig is the latest  of six actors t play Bond, but some things have stayed his taste for fast cars, beautiful women , high- tech godgets and vodka martinis. A collection of cars from the films, including the iconic Aston Martins, were present at pinewood Studios near London.
A new feature documentary "Everything or Nothing. the untold story  of 007" will also be unveiled focusing on produces Albert Broccoli and harry saltzman, and 077 author  I AM fleming, the thre men most responsible of building the brand.





source :- TOI

      NASA'S Cargo Craft Carries ice  Cream for Sunita 

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Indian american astronaut sunita williams will soon enjoy delicious chocolate vanilla swirl' on board International space statin (ISS) after NASA'S first contracted commercial cargo capsule was rocketed into orbit to resupply the orbiting Iabaratory. space's falcom 9 rocket, a commercial cargo ship , was blasted off into orbit late on sunday, kicking off a new era of commercial resupply flights intended to restore supply chain that was crippled following the shuttle's retirement. 

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source :- TOI

                       Australia Unveils Colossal Telescope 

Australia on friday unveiled a colossal radio telescope that will allow astronomers to detect distant galaxies and explore the depths of the universe  with unprecedented precision. the Australian SKA pathfinder telescope, at the remote. murchison radio- astronomy observatory in the western australian desert, is made up of 36 antennas, each 12 methors in diameter,. the aus $ 140 million ( $  140 million) facility can survey the sky much faster than axisting telescopes, with the antennae sensitive to faint radiation from the milky way, giviry it the ability to detect distant galaxies. 

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The common wealth scientific and industrial Research organization's ASKAP director Brain Boyee said studying the Radio waves would tell astronomers unique details about the cosmos. "they can tell about exotic objects- pulsars and quasars- that really push the boundaries of our Knowledge of the physical laws in the universe, " he said. "Radio- astronomy also give us an in sight"into the very beginnings of the universe.

source :- DRAGONFLY MEDIA / AFP

         Death for Five of A Family for  "Honour Killing"

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Five members of a family were sentenced to death by a sessions court here on  Friday for the June 2012"Hounor Killing "  a young couple belonging to different castes. yogesh ,20, a 

Dalit, and the girl, ASHA,19, were  planning to get married when they were mercilessly beaten up and electrocuted. 

Additional sessions judge Ranesh Kumar said the "savage nature" of the crime fell in the category of "rarest of rare cases"those convicted were Asha's's parents, suraj and maga, uncle om prakash his wife Khushboo and Asha's cusin sajeev.

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THIRD CASE - This is the third case in which the death penalty has been awarded by a sessions court in Delhi since may last year when the suprim court said that "honour killings"fell in te "rarest of rare" category deserving capital punishment.

source :- THE HINDU 

                    Eight More Arrested in Brar Attack Case 

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Eight More people were arrested on friday in connection with sunday's murderous attack on Lt. Gen. (retired) K.S. Brar  central London. the total number of arrests  now is, including two women. three were hold on Thursday. The names or ethnicity of those arrested will not be known until they are formally charged, if at all but they are thought to be of "Asian appearance. their ages ranged from 20 to 40, with most of them in their 30s.

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Giving details of friday's arrests police said two were arrested at a residential address in the hillingelon borough of London- a 42 year old man on suspicion of assisting on offender and a 38- year old woman on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. three men- aged 42, 30 and 37- were detained in the fashionable 

kensington and chelsea area, and there were picked up from the nearby equally posh Holland park . The latter were aged 32, 31, and 20.

source :- THE HINDU

              Gujarat  polls on Dec 13 & 17, HP on Nov 4.

The Election Commission on wednesday announced a November - december poll schedule for a face- off between the congress and the BJP that wil have implications for the 2014,lok Sabha contes .

HP will to polls on November 4, while Gujarat will see a two - phase voting on December 13 and 17, the results in both states will be declared on december 20. 

The poll panel's announcement sounds the bugle on a battle that is awaited with a heightened sense of anticipation. 

source :- TOI

                        On The Right Side of History 

Capital formation and its productive use are central to economic growth. It allows opportunities to the private sector to make multifarious investments in an economy fueled by domestic  demand. 

                     Foreign Capital prefers access to new markets, away from the ones that are saturated. India, with its 1-2 billion population, is an ideal investment haven,. In its absence, we will fall short of capital for infrastructure, for manufacturing activities and for use in the service sector. capital generated domestically is insufficient to meet our increasing , demands. capital provides oxygen of growth and helps create jobs , brings efficiency to industry, ensures quality manufacture and helps build necessary highways for delivery of services. It is in this context that we need to view Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). In multi- brand retail. 

source :- TOI

           COLD SPOT ON VENUS HINTS AT CO2 SNOW

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Scientists have discovered a surprisingly cold  region high in venus atmosphere indicating Carbon dioxide 'snow' on the planet. In a new analysis based on five years of Observations using the european space agency's venus express satellite, scientists have uncovered a very chilly layer at temperatures of around - 175 c in the atmosphere 125 km above the planet's surface that maybe frigid enough for carbon dioxide to freeze out as ice or snow. 

The curious cold layer is far frostier than any part of earth's atmosphere, despite venus being much closer to the, the "Daily mail" reported.

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source :- Daily mail 

          A  100 Forest Guards  to Protect Kaziranga 

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Stung by opposition parties, criticism following deaths of one - horned rhinos in the Kaziranga National park, the assam government on tuesday decided to rush a 100- member team for the protection of rhinos "A 50- member assam. forest protection. force team has already left today while another 50 members will be dispatched before october 6, " forest minister rockybul hussiain said here.

 Confirming that 39 rhinos were killed -36 by poachers and 28 due to flood - this year. he said the rhino population had increased in Kaziranga tremendously for which the "endangered" tag has been removed for them.Hussain said the number of rhinos have risen to 2,505 in the state and 2,290 in in Kaziranga Alone only because of good forest management . "The AGP and BJP are raking up the issue of bad Forest management . this will harm the prestige of the park which is a pride for the people of Assam,"Hussain said.

source :- TOI 

                                         History of Google 

Google began in march 1996 as a research project by larry page, and sergey brin, ph.d students  at Stanford . working on THE STANFORD DIGITAL LIBRARY PROJECT (SDLP). the SDLP's goal was "to develop the enabling technologies for a single, integrated and universal digital  library"and was Funded through the national science foundation among other federal agencies. 

    The name "google" originated from a misspelling of googal, which refers to the number represented by a 1 followed by one - hundred zeros page and brin write in their original paper on "page-rank".

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"We chose our systems name, google, become it is a common spelling of google, or 10and fits well with our goal of building very large scale search engines ".





SOURCE:- THE REDD NEWS DAILY ENVIRONMENTAL 

        'SARS' Like Virus Seems Unlikely to Spread Easily 

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A new strain of a potentially deadly virus related to SARS(severe acute respiratory syndrome),which has killed one man in saudi arabia and left a Qatar man critically ill in london, does not appear to spread easily from person to person, the world health organization (WHO) say still, officials are urging vigilance, saying that health workers around the world should be on the lookout for anyone with acute respiratory syndrome and requiring hospitalization who had been in the middle east, where the virus first surfaced, or in contact with a suspected or confirmed case within the last 10 days on saturday, who which was rushing to develop a diagnostic test, said that doctors should test for the virus only if the patient is severely ill, so as not to overburden the health care system.
The virus, as yet unnamed, belongs to the coronaries family, like SARS that is the same family of virus as the common cold. In 2002, a SARS outbreak that began in china went on to infect 8,000 killing one in 10 victims.
"From the information available thus for it appears that the novel corenevirus cannot be easily transited from person to person", W.H.O. said in a statement on friday. "given the severity of the two laboratory confirmed cases, W.H.O. is continuing to monitor the situation in erder to provide the appropriate response, expertise and support to its member states.

source :- The New York Times 

     Ac Train Fares, Freight Rate Go Up From oct 1.

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All ac train freight tariff and cost of food at railway stations  will go up from october 1with the coming into force of service taken at a meeting between railway minister CP joshi and finance minister p. chidambaram here..  Fares of AC first class executive class, AC - 2 tier, AC- 3 tier, AC chair car will go up by 3.708% from october 1 and a notification to this effect is being issued, a senior railway ministry official said. Besides, the service tax will also be levied on freight and auxiliary service, he added, 

The service tax is 12.36% buy affer the adjustment of 70% of this, it will effectively be 3.708%on passenger fares in AC classes and freight services. 

source :- TOI 

       By 2015, A Driverless Car For An Accident Free Ride 

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Ever dream of riding a car that drives by itself ? the fantasy may turn into a reality by 2015. American auto maker General motors is in the final stages of developing a semi autonomous car that can stay in its lane, steer away from danger, apply breaks when needed completely on its own, nearly eliminating the possibility of an accident.

The company expects The technology to be in care as early as the 2015 model year. "The vehicle can take complete control and take you to your destination - in comfort, and safety, and security, Don Butter, nice president of marketing for cadillac told the "ABC NEWS. 

source :- TOI 

  Forgot  Card ? This ATM Scans Hand to Shell Out Cash 

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Forgot your ATM card pat home ? no worries this Japanese machin will scan  your hand and give cash. 

A regional bank in japan on wednesday started operating ATM; for cash withdrawals; deposits and Balance inquiries that do not require plastic cards but instead identify account holders by scanning their hands. account holders using the service offered  by Ogaki Kyoritsa bank based in Gifi pre    feature  are required to input their birthday, place their palm on the the sensor and input a PIN at an automated Teller machine, Kyodo news agency reported. registration is required at a teller counter before hand and the bank said customers may  access their accounts even if they lose cards or passbooks after a major disaster, for instance. 

source :- TOI

   CBI to File Inquiry Into Coal Block Allocation since  1993

WIth  The widened ambit of its investigation into the coal block allocation scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)  is likely to register a preliminary inquiry into  the coal block allocation made between 1993 and 2009, the CBI , in a day or two will also ask  the coal ministry for all documents related to the allocations since 1993, when the policy of allocation of captive coal blocks to private Firms started. 

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The CBI will be probing allocations of 195 coal blocks allocated during the period. the agency is already probing irregularities in allocation of 64 coal blocks to 142 companies between 2006 and 2009. "There could be a fresh preliminary enquiry  into the coal block allocation since 1993 or in would be added to the ongoing preliminary  enquiry in the allocation 64 coal blocks " a CBI officer said.





SOURCE - TOI 

             Mobile Ads Spend to Touch Rs. 250 cr. In 2013

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Mobile advertising  market spend which is pegged at Rs. 180 crore today, is expected to increase by 40 per cent to reach around Rs. 250 crore in the Next 12 months, a report released  by Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) of India said. 

source :- The Hindu 

       Honda to Set up Diesel Engine plant in Rajasthan This      Fiscal 

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Honda wil build a new diesel engine plant at tapukara, Rajasthan, this fiscal, A new Brio- based entry Sedan, due for launch early next finical year. will be the first model to take advantage of it, sources said.




source :- The Hindu 

             Hindu Marriage Act in Bangladesh 

Aiming to provide legal and social protection to Hindu women form marriage - related cheating, the Bangladesh parliament has passed the Hindu marriage registration law. passed on september 18, the law, first of its kind has kept the provision of marriage registration optional. The mover of the bill, Qamrul Islam, state minister for law, justice and parliamentary affairs,  said the government framed the act in the absence of any such regulation. 

The 'Hindu Marriage Registration Bill-2012' authorizes government authorities to appoint a Hindu Marriage Registrar at every war and upzilla across the country. The registrar of a woman below 18 years of age and a man under 21 years.





source :- The  Hindu

           Zee launches Bangla movie channel 

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Zee entertainment enterprises (ZEE) has launched a 24- hour Bangla movie channel. "zee  Bangla Cinema. The channel would  offer mrinal sen, Ritwick Ghotak, The channel will go on air on September 23 and will telecast 2012's blockbuster "shatru" satiring jeet and nusrat.This would be the Second bengali channel from zee, as it already has the Goc channel - Zee Bangla.

source :- The Hindu 

          Agni- IV scores a hit yet again

   

India on wednesday  successfully flight - tested the surface- to - surface Agni - IV missile for its "full range of 4, 000 km". IN a flawless flight that lasted 20 minutes, the nuclear - capable missile blasted off at 11.48 a.m. from a road- mobile launch pad on wheeler Island off the odisha coast and traced a parabolic path across the sky . As its re-entry systems worked perfectly, missile then plunged into the Indian ocean with its payload of one tonne of conventional explosives erupting spectacularly. 

                            

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              This is the second consecutive success of Agni - IV:the missile scored a hit in November 2011,after the very first flight failed in 2010.



source :- The Hindu

WHY DO BLACK APPER ON CLOTH WHEN IT IS KEPT WET FOR MANY DAYS ?

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Mould can  easily grow on clothes and fabric leaving black spots if we have too much moisture in our home atmosphere. clothes made of cotton or other organic materials make great food sources for mould and mildew to live on. Such spots may appear in a unnoticed shirt in our washer which is due to moist, humid temperatures in the washer.  mould spores occur naturally in the atmosphere and settle and grow wherever conditions are suitable for them. Moulds grow not only in unnoticed moist fabrics but also can grow on the surface of any kind of materials like books, shoes, bags, curtains, rugs, carpets, mattresses, wood furniture, bathroom tiles, walls and ceilings. 

  Natural fibres are particularly prone to microbial attack as they are readily digestible by bacteria and fungi, while the synthetic fibres are not completely immune. Because they may also contain some additives, that may be a nutrient for microbes. wool is more likely to be attacked by bacteria than cotton while cotton is more likely to be attacked than wool by fungi.

Many different finishes applied on textiles and dirt as well as grease human sweat and dead skin from the human are excellent sources of nutrients for microbes, making textiles susceptible to microbial attack. the most common bacteria that grow on non-dried wet clothes are Stahulococcus aurues, S. Epidermidis,  corynebacterium, Escherichia coli and Proteus Vulgaris and the cloth damaging fungi are Aspergillus niger, A. furnigatus, Stacybotrys  Chartarum,Curvularia lunota, and certain species of Cladosporium, Penicillium and Alternaria. 

     The unpleasant odour results when, among other things, human perspiration is converted by bacteria into foul smelling substances such as aldehyeds, amines, ammonia, Sulphides, mercaptans, aromatics, lactones and fatty acids. while washing such infected clothes, brushing off the mould won't be enough. we have to apply bleach to remove the mould stains. In such case we must just make sure beforehand that the said fabrics can withstand bleaching - silks woollen and items should never be bleached  non-chlorine bleaches usually work fine with all other fabrics. It is also need to wash the clothes with a good  detergent. if they are not washable we must get them dry-cleaned. as much as possible, after normal washing, clothes should be allowed to dry naturally in the sun. so the only thing to avoid black spotting is to avoid putting the soiled or still wet clothes in the closets.

source:- The Hindu 

  Interpol wants to join the "fake drugs" battle, Indian Government fights shy.

The International criminal police organization, popularly known as interpol, wants to assist the indian Government in its effort to clamp down on the alleged "fake drugs"network in the country. while the France Headquartered Agency wants new delhi wand india is generic drug companies to sing up for the Interpol Global Register (IGR) facilitate tracking the illicit drugs trail, the Government is wary of any move to link Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) issues with the scourge of counterfeiting. 

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                        According to afficial sources, in a confidential letter sent to the Central Bureau of Investigaiton (CBI) a few weeks back, interpol said its secretary - general Ronal knoble is keen on visting indian to meet a group of top government officials and a few leading generic companies to discuss the matter and encourage them to sign up the IGR.




source :- The Hindu 

    "Artificial" Pancreas to do Away with Diabetic Job 

When the natural insulin-producing mechanism doesn't function well, one has to take shots of insulin to keep diabetes under control.

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Doctors at Asian Institute of Gastroenterology have developed a kind of artificial pancreas that is Tucked under the skin. "It  is putting a SIM card in a phone". we can do it. by doing a one - cm Incision and giving local anesthesia," G.V. RaG, who is heading the islet research programme at AIG, Said.

source :- The Hindu 

      Iron in Sea can Help Combat Climate Change

Scientists at the university of Liverpool have found that adding iron to the sea could alleviate the impact of climate change.The team showed that much of the algae, which grow when iron is added to the sea, Dies and falls into the deep ocean, taking with it the carbon it has absorbed. they added several tonners of iron sulphate to 167 sq. km patch within an ocean eddy near antarctica which within a week, head Caused a large algae growth in the iron- limited but nutrient -rich ocean region. although algae, which Consists of microscopic marine plants and photosynthetic microbes, grows naturally in the ocean, there is only limited iron in sea water in this region, so adding iron makes it possible to grow algae.

                            Cabinet Clears Mars Mission 

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The union cabinet on August 3 cleared the Indian space research organization's mission to mass in 2013. the project, which come on the heels of the Chandrayaan mission to the moon, envisages putting A spacecraft in the red planet's orbit to study its atmosphere with  the help of the polar satellite  launch vehicle (PSLV). India joins the united states, russia, europe, japan and china in undertaking such an Effort.


source :- The Hindu 

       India Test Fires Supersonic Cruise Missile BrahMos

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India on july 29 test- fired BrahMos supersonic cruise Missile as part of a user trial by the Army from a Test range at chandipur off Odisha. The missile, which has a flight range of up to 290km, is capable  of Carrying a conventional  warhead of 300kg.




source :- The Hindu 

                               What is a Cuttle Fish ?

A cuttle fish is not a fish. It is a mollusc (fleshy animals without backbones ). It belongs to that class of huge molluscs which are "cephalopods"or "head- footed animals" they are called "head -footed", because of the peculiar formation of these sea -creatures- arrangement of their feet and arm like tentacles which grow around the head and the mouth;and the arm - like tentacles are extensions of their feet. octopus also belongs to this class of molluscs. 

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The cuttle fish has a remarkable characteristic. Its travels silently and smoothly through. the water, moving the row of fins which are pasted to its shield - shaped body.when it moves erects the first pair of its tentacles or feelers and when it comes within the attacking distance of its prey, it suddenly shoots out its two long tentacles from pockets which are placed in its brood head behind its staring bulging eyes. It grasps the victim with suckers which are placed at thee end of these tentacles and then draws it within the reach of four shorter pairs of tentacles, which also have suckers, and are arranged around its head. It had a parrot- like beak. It the victim has a hard shell, it can crush it with the beak if it decides to retreat from an enemy, it backs away quickly by forcing out water through a tube called "siphon" when it wants to discourage the enemy from chasing it, it darkness the water with a massive discharge of an ink-like fluid called "sepia".

source :- The Hindu 

        New Telltale Signs of Global Warming :- NASA

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Satellite images released by the national aeronautics and space administration (NASA), USA,on july 19, 2012 provided  concrete proof that global warming was speeding up. the images show that a Massive chunk of iceberg has broken off a glacier in greenland. the iceberg has broken off a glacier in Greenland the iceberg that detached itself  from the petermann glacier on the north- western cast of Greenland   is of the size of a big city . the glacier had produced a similar ice island twice as large in 2010.

Source :- The Hindu 

                 ISRO All Set to Complete A Hundred 

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September 9 is a big day. the indian space research organisation (ISRO) will launch its, 100 th space mission. it should herald a new direction in the country, quest to be among the top handful of nations with capabilities to harmpss space- based technologies for the public good.

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 It could well turn out to be a welcome change for prime minister manmohan singh - away from facing the ire of the opposition parties on a growing numbers of scams. the paime minister will get a ring side view (or bird's eye view) of the 100 th mission by the polar satellite Launch vehicle ( PSLV) from the space port at sriharikota, in the nearer district of Andhera Pradesh. India's  space Journey began in the mid - 1960 with rockets  from thumba and the launch of  arybhatta from thumba and the launch of Arybhatta from Russia in 1975 but the first Indigenous launch success came with the SLV 3  in 1979.


source :- The Hindu  

         ITC to Invest Rs 100 Cr. in Renewable Energy 

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 In a bid to reduce its dependence on fossil fuel, FMCG major ITC Ltd.. plans to invest Rs. 100 core in renewables over the next two years. 

Renewable energy, which currently accounts for about 38 precent of ITC'S total consumption, is Estimated to meet up to 50 per cent of its total energy requirement in the next five years. The company has installed close to 70 MW of wind power projects across India and a 90 tone - per hour biomass fire boiler at a total investment of approximately Rs. 400 crore. 

source :-  The Hindu 

                    U.S. Approves Anti- HIV Drug 

The U.S. food and drug Administration on July 17 made history as it  gave its first ever nod for an Anti-HIV Drug, Trivada, to pharmaceutical firm Gilead sciences. Truvada is known chemically as a fixed dose, daily intake combination of entricitabine and  tenofavir disoproxit fumarate. since 2004 it has been marketed as a breatment  for those already infected with HIV.

Source :-  The Hindu 

Artificial  Jellyfish :- A  Saviour for heart Patients 

Scientists unveiled on July 22, 2012 . on artificial jellyfish created using cells from rat hearts and a seer Polymer film.the new invention could one day save patients with heart diseases.the  exploit marks Significant advance in so- called biomimicry in which a natural phenomenon inspires innovations in the  Laboratory. 'the interest in jellyfish originats from its. remarkable swimming ability , which comes from Muscles that open it's bell like body and their contracts it, this ejecting water and propelliry the creature forward. It is an extremely simple and energy - efficient procedure. offering insights for scientists trying to make small, reliable heart pumps for the future. 

source -  The Hindu 

      Glaciers  in the Himalayas are Shrinking rapidly - UMSEF        

   According to a new study, majority of glaciers in the tibetan plateau and the surrounding regions are retreating. The tibetan plateau and surrounding regions contain most of the world's glaciers out- sind the polar region.

The scientists found that the tibetan plateau and surrounding regious exhibited systematic differences in glacial shrinkage. the most intensive shrinkage is found in the himalayas (excluding the Karakoram). Here the reduction is greatest both  in terms of length and area, and also the difference between ice accumulation and loss (mass balance). In contrast, The least reduction is seen in  the pamir plateau.

   

source - UMSEF 

     Kalka - Shimla  Heritage toy train gets Solar lighting System -

The Kalka -Shimla toy train, himalayan queen, became the first in the country to have coaches operating on on solar-based power system in june2012. each coach was fitted with a 100- watt soar panel at a coast of Rs.1.25 lakh, enabling the coaches to run for two days without the sun and make two trips to Shimla. the railways will also earn carbon credits through this green initiative, the 96- km Kalka- Shimla track is on the heritage list of UNESCO. The train, passing through 102 tunnels and crossing 864 bridges, is considered on engineering marvel.

source - The Hindu 

         

                          Higgs Boson  (GOD) Particle

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    On july4,2012 Scientists finally locked onto Higgs boson, the 'God particle' a discovery  that crowns The global scientific community's most challenging and comprehensive quest for the subatomic particle rightly regarded as "the key to the cosmic riddle. Scientists at CERN  (european organization for nuclear research.) Geneva, announced the discovery on july4, in the presence of a tearful peter Higgs and many other scientists. the break through has been described as the biggest leap in physics. 

What is a Higgs boson ?

It enables particles in atoms to help invest them with mass, The basic building blocks of the  universe, 

which include everything from the lowliest of micro- organisms, through soil, water, minerals, plants, trees, insects, animals and mountains  to the most complex life forms including humans, even entire planets and galaxies.

Higgs boson is named after peter Higgs, and Satyendra Nath  Bose,

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The discovery can been likened  that of the electron, a subatomic particle, the idler first being floated in 1838, but its presence was confirmed only after 60 years.  central to the discovery is the large hadron collider (LHC) the world's  largest and most powerful particle accelerator, housed in a massive 27 km circular tunnel some 175 meters underground near Geneva. It was built by cern from 1998 to 2008.the LHC smashes beams of sub-atomic particles such as protons virtually at the speed of light, recreating conditions that existed for a billionth of a second after the big bang, heralding the birth of the universe, Scientists say the missing cornerstone of physics has been discovered with the identification of a subatomic particle called the Higgs boson which could help explain why all matter has mass.

source : CERN