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.

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        Scientists Make Robot that have Human Emotions 

Scientists at the university of pisa, Italy, said on july 16, 2012 that they had edged  closer to the goal of creating a human like robot the announcement was made after the robot they had made successfully  displayed an array of human emotions  ranging from fear to happiness. It took about 30 years of research for the scientists to come  up with the robot.

The robot, modeled on a female human, is named FACE, It uses 32 motors in its face to simulate different expressions It can perform this routine in so  accurately striking a manner that it can almost look like a human. It depends an a software that mimics human emotional responses. the robot tells the motors how to respond in order to recreate  a specific look, and the special software then mixes the various emotions to produce the desired type of emotion, 

The team led by researcher nicole hazzeri, modeled the robot on the wife of one of the team members. according to the daily mail, scientists present during the experiment termed the emotion. simulating performance of the FACE robot as "very realistic '.

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source :- Daily Mail.