August 1st to August 15th, 2015 : Rains favoured Andhra and Telangana from 8th to 12th August

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Volume 2015, Issue No.8, Dated 1st August 2015, Time: 09h56m A.M.

August 1st to 15th August 2015:
Rains favoured Andhra and Telangana
from 8th to 12th August  

by

Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,

(Retd. Prof. of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 416004)

17-11-10, Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony,

Maharanipeta.P.O., Visakhaptnam 530002, AP. 

Mobile: 9491902867

email: lakshminarayana.Kotcherlakota@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

         Nine US satellites to be flown from Sriharikota, for NASA space agency during 2015-2016. Rohtang Pass is likely to become the world's highest mountain destination to run CNG buses at a height of 13,050 feet with the Himachal Pradesh government successfully completing two trial runs in this regard. Mysore kingdom from 1761-1782, and later by his son, Tip Sultan up to 1799 effectively used a prototype rocket against the British in Srirangapatnam and Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich, England preserves  a specimen of them. 3D printer pill allowed by US Food and Drug administration for treating epilepsy. Doses upto 1000 mg/tablet produced that dissolves faster with a sip of liquid, Spritam or Leveltiracetam easy to swallow, contains porous layers of the primary drug, particularly impactful for people suffering from seizures and fits.  Violet light packets, with a relatively short wavelength, carried more energy than red light packets, with a relatively longer one. Astronomers from NASA have indicated that the world will remain in complete darkness starting on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 3 a.m. and will end on Monday, November 30, 2015 at 4:15 p.m. Many expressed the fact that they reluctantly moving out of the shrine town  many expressing the view that they be rehabilitate in Kedarnath itself.
                              Rain showered on the afternoons around 5pm on 7th, around afternoon on 8th (for about an hour that covered the  city) and today at midday only in Muralinagar area in Visakhapatnam though the rain was light. At Badhrachalm the Godvari level by Sunday 9th August, evening reached 23.3 feet,  while Saturday it was 9.6feet, due to over flow of water in the tributary river Pranahita flooded with flood waters.  Sahasraghatabhishekam performed for Lord Siva at Srisailam temple on Wednesday, with 1000 kalasams, with water brought from Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada, Krishna and other rivers, on 12th August, for good rainfall. Ground water table in AP shots up and heavy rain lashes city.  Palkonda registered 43.4mm, Kurupam recorded 20.4mm and Balajipeta recorded 16.4mm, Paderu 10.8, Chintapalli 7.4, and Narasipatnam recorded 6.4mm rainfall, on 11^th August. Nine hours of rain Visakhapatnam wth 10cm, Vizag airport 5cm, Tuni 2cm, Gannavaram 2cm, Nandhigama 6cm, and Nizambad in Telangana, 11cm rain was recorded, Pendurthi 85.2mm, K.Kotapadu 79.8mm, Devaapalli 79.6mm, Padmanabham 78.6mm recorded on the 12^th August. Since last three to four days rain from average to heavy rain helped Dhammu and Rice plantations. Anakapalli, Chodavaram and Maugula had heavy rain on Wednesday.   Prakasham zillaha recorded 18.6mm, Ongole, Maddipadu recorded 71mm rain, with only slight rain in Rayalseema, with Anatapurum in 63 mandals on Wednesday scattered rain took place. In Cuddaph zillaha it rained 5.5mm till Wednesday.

INTRODUCTION

HEAT WAVE IN BAGHDAD 

      

               On Thursday, the government declared a four-day public holiday after temperatures broke 50C (122F), with appeals for people to save power.  Blackouts are common during the summer as Iraq's electricity grid struggles to deal with the extreme temperatures.

NEW LOOK AT LIGHT

              The explanation was that atoms in the metal were losing negatively-charged electrons. Apparently, the light delivered enough energy to the metal to shake some of them loose. But the detail of what the electrons were doing was odd. They could be made to carry more energy simply by changing the colour of light. In particular, the electrons released from a metal bathed in violet light carried more energy that electrons released by a metal bathed in red light. Each quantum packs a discrete energy punch that relates to the wavelength: the shorter the wavelength, the denser the energy punch. This would explain why violet light packets, with a relatively short wavelength, carried more energy than red light packets, with a relatively longer one  In 2004 Goulielmakis and his colleagues managed to produce incredibly short pulses of X-ray radiation. Each pulse lasted just 250 attoseconds, or 250 quintillionths of a second. Using these tiny pulses like a camera flash, they managed to capture images of individual waves of visible light,  which oscillate rather slower. They literally took photos of light waves moving

EXEMPLARY COURAGE BY A WOMEN

                        An aluminium cooking bowl and cooking stick that I had brought from home to wash saved me from death," Ms Samal said.  It was a miraculous escape. The reptile jumped on me and dragged me to water. I was about to be completely drag   ged into the water when I hit the croc on its forehead and eye. The animal slowly released me. I acted in the spur of the moment as I had taken it for granted that the animal would devour me," she recalled.

RAPID WARMING EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN

                          The rapid warming of the equatorial Indian Ocean region and cooling of atmosphere over the Eurasian continent centered around China would lead to frequent monsoon and drought years in the coming decades, according to scientists. "The emission of sulphate aerosols owing to the human actions causes the cooling of atmosphere in the region and this phenomenon directly affects the monsoon in India.

At 13050 feet CNO buses in INDIA

                      Rohtang Pass is likely to become the world's highest mountain destination to run CNG buses at a height of 13,050 feet with the Himachal Pradesh government successfully completing two trial runs in this regard.

5 PM TO 5h30m PM RAIN IN VISAKHAPATNAM

                              Today with hot weather since the early morning till 4PM it was great relief to people to when it showered rain from 5 to 5h30mPM. It seems it rained in Vijayawada.

                                    Saturday 1st August about 1.19 lakh people in Bengal moved to relief camps due to heavy rains that possibly would continue for two more days. Toll stood at 39. Udayanarayanpur was badly affected in Howrah District, and about 12 districts got affected in Bengal. About 1.8 lakh houses got affected and 2.10 hectares crop was lost.

                                UPDATE:4th August:  Around 200 people have died and nearly one crore people have been affected in floods caused by heavy rain in West Bengal, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Manipur and Odisha. In Gujarat, 70 people have died since June, news agency Press Trust of India has reported. Large scale relief and rescue operations are underway in all the affected 4th August

            

                                Odisha villages were marooned and 10 more villages got affected due to the out flow from west Bengal. About 4.79lakh people of 597 villages under 15 blocks and one ULB in five districts namely, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Bhardak and Balasore have been badly affected.

                                   

                                 Manipur landslide about 20 people were killed at Zoumoal villagein Manipur Chandal district on Saturday.                             

                             

2nd August

                 20 people have died in landslide caused by heavy rain in the Joumol village in Manipur's Chandel district. Incessant rain in the last few days have washed away bridges and national highways besides rendering thousands of people homeless in Manipur news 1st August.  Low-lying areas in capital Imphal and its outskirts have been inundated.Manipur has been witnessing continuous rain over the last few days which has destroyed several mud houses rendering thousands of people homeless.

                                       

2nd August Visit to Dr Lalitha Kumari residence

 by Babu mavayya and Eswari

                                                                                                            

                The aftermath of Cyclone Komen has affected lives of over seven lakh people across the states of West Bengal, Odisha and Manipur, heavy rains have cut off important road links in the north-east, as West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee blamed the Centre for not providing any assistance.

                             

                                        GUJARAT FLOODS

                          

            Yangon:  Severe flooding across Myanmar hampered rescue efforts on Saturday as thousands sheltered at monasteries after rising waters triggered by torrential rains killed at least 27 people, officials said. Heavy monsoon rain has battered vast swathes of the country in recent weeks, decimating tens of thousands of homes and fields and leaving people stranded in remote villages in a disaster testing the government's limited relief operations.

Myanmar Floods

                Devastation caused by flooding in Myanmar is set to worsen in coming weeks, World Vision has warned. Nearly 172,000 people have been affected in Myanmar and 40 people reportedly killed.

                

                                         

 

37% Ports defenceless in India

                A Parliamentary committee has expressed its "shock" over a special report prepared by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) which found that about 37 per cent of minor ports in the country are absolutely defenceless.

ROCKETS IN INDIA IN 1761-1799.

              

                 Mysore kingdom from 1761-1782, and later by his son, Tip Sultan up to 1799 effectively used a prototype rocket against the British in Srirangapatnam and Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich, England preserves  a specimen of them.  A place in the Sriingapatnam enclosed by high walls and ensconced within the fort is evidence of the rocket launch and fired missiles by father Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan. (R Krishn Kumar, 2nd August 2015, The Hindu)

 4th August 2015

 

                Ghaziabad: Union minsiter Harsh Vardhan said that the Centre was working on solar train project in association with Integral Coach Factory (ICF) and IIT-Madras and it would roll out soon. Vardhan, minister of science and technology and earth sciences, said solar powered carriages will be developed to curb dependence on fossil fuels and power grid

5th August 2015

       3D printer pill allowed by US Food and Drug administration for treating epilepsy. Doses upto 1000 mg/tablet produced that dissolves with a sip of liquid, Spritam or Leveltiracetam easy to swallow, contains porous layers of the primary drug, particularly impactful for people suffering from seizures and fits.  Dissolves faster than the generic drugs available in market. All tablets have the exact same composition as prescribed by the manufacturer.

RAINS IN INDIA

                 In last 24 hours, the well-marked low pressure area has brought widespread moderate to heavy rainfall over South Madhya Pradesh and Vidharba. . In India, 119,000 people have taken shelter in the 966 relief camps the government has set up. The death toll in India has reached 39.  Here’s a look at the rainfall figures recorded in a span of 24 hours, from 8.30 am on Monday: Nagpur recorded 48 mm of rain, Wardha 59 mm, Amravati 32 mm, Akola 31 mm, Yavatmal 27 mm, Brahmapuri 24 mm, Washim 15 mm.

         

Thompson TVs to be made INDIA

                                  

                 LED TVs are to bee made in Telangana by Technicolor S.A., with a Rs.300 core project at Resolute Electronics as per minister for IT. They may launch home appliances as well.  

RARE CHERA, CHOLA COINS IN THANJAVUR

                 Ancient coins found in at Senthalaipatnm eight Chola coins one belonging to Emperor Raja Raja Chola,  regnal years 985CE to 1014 CE, and another to his son Rajendra Chola regnal years 1012CE to 1044CE. Mandripattanam is another coastal village, possibly a port-town with naval base. The excavations in three trenches, yielded gold core, glass beads, micro beds, potsherds and a terracotta pipe for transporting water.

                               

                                     Rare Chola coins etc., 985CE to 1044CE

                                    

 6th August 2015  RAVAN'S INSTRUMENT OF MUSIC                             

             The instrument being played was a stringed–bowed instrument that resembled the primitive coconut-shell violin. On speaking to one of them, we learnt that this instrument was the Ravanhatha, a two stringed fiddle popular in both Western India and Sri Lanka. We also learnt that it is made of coconut shell and covered with a goat’s hide. There is a fingerboard made of bamboo attached to the shell where two main strings made of steel and horsehair are seen passing through a small bridge. The string made up of horse hair is used to play the melody while the metal string is used as a drone. There are two huge pegs to which these two strings are attached. Apart from these two strings, there are more than 8-12 sympathetic strings attached to the small pegs. The bow is a bit concave and has jingle bells fitted that provide rhythmic accompaniment. This bowed, stringed instrument also known as Raanhatta, Ravanahastha and Ravanastron, is said to have originated during the time of Ravana, the mighty king of Lanka. According to mythology, Ravana was an ardent devotee of Lord Siva. He played on the Ravanhatta as a musical offering to the Lord.  It is believed that at the end of the war between Lord Rama and Ravana,  Hanuman took the Ravanhatha to North India and is said to be the precursor to the violin. The beautiful strains of Ravanhatha can be heard in Rajasthan in their lilting folk music. 

RAVANAHATHA PRECURSOR TO VIOLIN IN INDIA

EONS AGO

6th Aug 2015 MY MOTHER'S OLD HIGH SCHOOL

        The Queen Mary High School building, located in the fag end of the Old Town area, is said to be the oldest government building in the city. Officially, the building is recorded to have come into existence in 1870, as it was then the office of the District Collector. The building was in existence prior to the East India Company rule, probably hinting at the Dutch occupation of the town. According to him, a 1758 map of the town indicates the existence of the building. The building, it was the arsenal for the East India Company as documented in the Company gazette. The building was originally ‘L’ shaped. But time and neglect has totally dilapidated one part of the building and what stands today, where the Principal’s office is located, is just the front portion of the once grand edifice. As per Mr. Edward, the arsenal also housed a foundry for manufacturing cannons. That part was razed to ground many years ago and probably the post office was built on its ruins. The building also housed Andhra Medical School, a pre-cursor to Andhra Medical College. The building is a heritage building and it needs to be protected and restored.
[see the history report by the present author, on Late Mrs. Kotcherlakota Rngadhama Rao, (1904-1971 Dec 31st) an enigmatic lady with excellent, studios and expert academic lady of Queen Mary's High School, Visakhapatnam, mother of eight outstanding children all Doctorates] 

RAINS IN VISAKHAPATNAM

                     It rained for just 10 minutes on the 4th  August and again on the 5th August in the afternoon around 4PM. But the morning was full of blazing Sun. On the 7th Friday, throughout the day it was a cloudy weather and, in the after around 4PM it rained for about an hour and rainfall recorded as 11.2mm till 5h30mPM, while the Vizag airport recorded a trace, people relieved for the first time in the city. Forecast that it would rain on Saturday as well.

                        Anatapuram, Vijayanagaram, Nellore, Seikakulum, East Godavari, Western Godavari, Guntur, Krishna, Prakasam, Visakhapatnam, Kurnool and Kadappa districts had no rains even in month of August 1st week, the planted material is literally withering away.

  

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                                                            Krishna Zilla

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GUNTUR

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Prakasham District

             

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                                              Kharif Crop                                                  

                                           

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                                                                      KURNOOL

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Chitoor

                                            snap 9: The Ground nuts crop withering away.
                                     Poor man's oil for cooking etc. in Telangana and Andhra.

                     The scanty rain fall with no use for  KARIF cultivation in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is breaking the hearts of many Ryots (the cultivators) and the rivers Krishna and Godavari has no  water for cultivation and government is holding water for drinking purposes.

INDIAN STATES

                      On August 6 and August 7 north coastal Kerala like Kasargod, Kannur and Kozhikode will observe light to moderate rain. While the other parts of the state will observe dry weather with partly cloudy sky till at least August 9.

                     According to Skymet Meteorology Division in India, scattered light rain is expected in the state till August 8. Northern and central parts of the state like Gwalior, Guna, Sagar and other adjoining places will be the ones receiving rain. Isolated rain will then follow on August 9 and August 10. Indore is likely to remain dry during this period. Bhopal may receive light rain for next few days.

                     Light rain will be observed in the state on August 7 and August 8. On August 9 and August 10 fairly widespread moderate intensity rain will be witnessed in places like Raipur, Bilaspur and Durg. Monsoon Forecast for Odisha Central and southern parts of the state will observe light rain on August 6 and 7. Coastal parts will start receiving good rain from august 8 to August 10. Places likely to receive rain include Cuttack, Puri and Ganjam. Bhubaneswar will receive light rain during thisIsolated light rainfall is expected over southern parts of the state on August 8 and 10. Places like Surat, Valsad, Amreli, Navsari, and Bhavnagar are likely to receive light rainfall. Monsoon Forecast for Rajasthan Western parts of the state are likely to remain dry for the next few days. Clear sky conditions with warm weather are expected in the western parts of Rajasthan. Eastern parts of the state are likely to receive scattered light rain on August 6 and 7. The intensity of rain in these parts is expected to increase on August 8 and will cover areas like Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, and Sawai Madhopur. Light rain is expected in the eastern parts of the state on August 9 and 10 as well. Remaining parts of the state are most likely to remain dry. Monsoon Forecast for Maharashtra Scattered light rain is expected over some parts of Vidarbha and Konkan and Goa on August 6 and 7. But other areas are most likely to remain dry on from August 8 to 10. Only light rain is expected over Thane, Ratnagiri, and Sindhludurg during this period. Also, moderate rainfall activity may be witnessed at one or two places in coastal Maharashtra..

Monsoon forecast for Nagaland

                         Nagaland is not expected to witness any significant weather activity during next few days. The state will witness light rain till August 7, with partly cloudy to cloudy sky. Thereafter,  situation will improve and scattered light to moderate rain is expected over parts of Nagaland on August 8 and 9. Cities like Kohima and dimapur are expected to observe light Monsoon showers during next 24 to 48 hours.

Monsoon forecast for Mizoram

                          Mizoram will be observing isolated light rain till August 7. Subsequently, intensity of rain will increase marginally, with state observing light to moderate rain on August 8 and 9. Capital city of Aizawl along with Champhai is expected to witness light rain during next 24 hours.

Monsoon forecast for Manipur and Tripura

                           Manipur will observe scattered light showers at most places till next three to four days. Monsoon showers will pick up some pace after this and light to moderate rain may occur on August 8 and 9.  Weather will remain partly cloudy to cloudy. Cities like Imphal and Senapati will be recording scattered light rain during August 3-7.

                           Weather in Tripura will be partly cloudy to cloudy, with chances of scattered light rain during next few days. We do not expect much weather activity over the state at least till August 9. Major cities such as  Agartala and Kailashahar may receive light Monsoon showers rain during next 24 to 48 hours.

                           From August 5 to August 8 several places in western and central parts of the state, like Guwahati and Tejpur will receive light to moderate rain. East Assam during this period will witness subdued rainfall activity. Monsoon Forecast for Arunachal Pradesh On August 3 and August 4 the eastern parts of Arunachal Pradesh like Divang and Tezu will observe light to moderate rainfall activity. Thereafter, light rain is expected in entire state till August 8. Monsoon Forecast for Meghalaya Scattered rain and thundershower is expected in Meghalaya on August 3 and August 4. Thereafter, rainfall activity in the state will reduce with only few places observing light rain. On August 8 most of the places in the state like Shillong and Cherrapunji will receive good rain. Monsoon Forecast for Sikkim Light to moderate rain will be observed in the state on August 3. From August 4 to August 8 many places like Gangtok and Mangan will observe good rain

 Monsoon Forecast for Punjab and Haryana

                         Intensity of rain will increase over eastern parts of the state during August 5-6 and light to moderate rain accompanied with thundershowers may occur over places like Patiala, Hoshiarpur and Chandipur. By August 7 and 8, rain belt will also cover parts of central Punjab. Thereafter, rain will decrease all across the state but chances of light rain cannot be ruled out.

                        In August 5-9, northern parts of state such as Ambala, Karnal, Yamunanagar and Kurukshetra may witness light to moderate rain along with thundershowers.  While, rest of the places will receive scattered light rain only.

Monsoon Forecast for Delhi-NCR

                                         Delhi will be witnessing partly cloudy to cloudy weather till August 5, with isolated patchy rains. During August 6-7, we can expect light to moderate showers along with thundershower activities. Thereafter, intensity of rain will reduce and scattered rain will be observed during early mornings and late evenings in Delhi on August 8 and 9.

Monsoon Forecast for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand

                         Again from August 6. Light to moderate rain will be witnessed at many places like Nainital, Almora, Dehradun and Haridwar till August 8 in Uttarakhand. Monsoon activity will increase over West and Central Uttar Pradesh. During August 6-8, cities like Agra, Mathura, Kanpur and Lucknow will get good showers. On August 9, many areas of Uttar Pradesh will get light to moderate rain and From August 6 to August 8 good amounts of rain will be observed at several places like, Bhaderwa, Gulmarg and Katra, Srinagar and Jammu will also receive good rain during this period.

Monsoon forecast for Himachal Pradesh

                                         It will again pick up from August 6 and continue to give light to moderate rain at many places till August 8. One or two places like Dharmasala, Sundarnagar and Nahan could receive good rain.

Pak   August 5, 2015            

    
             Heavy rain has continued to fall in northern and eastern Pakistan over the last few days, causing further floods and deaths. More rain is expected over the next 24 hours Pakistan Floods on 8h August 2015. 151 People Have Died in 3 Weeks of Flooding

Huge typhoon slams Taiwan  and China

                    Typhoon Souldelor pounded Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain fall early Saturday.8th August with 12 inches rain and is heading to China with 142 mph Category III rain, four people killed. My car was shaking when I was driving said a traveller.  Authorities in southeast China evacuated about 163,000 people and ordered around 32,000 ships back to port ahead of the typhoon, Xinhua reported. More than 7,000 soldiers and police were on standby, provincial authorities said. The provincial capital of Fuzhou was being battered by heavy rain and strong winds, and all flights to the city were canceled, Xinhua said. The neighboring province of Jiangxi also issued a typhoon alert  Typhoon Soudelor hit the city of Putian in Fujian province late Saturday night and was expected to move across the region, China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported. The storm earlier caused more than 3 million households in Taiwan to lose electricity, with streets strewn with fallen trees. All 279 domestic flights on the island were canceled Saturday, as well as at least 37 international flights. At least 101 people were injured in the storm.

FLASH FLOODS

                     A group of 23 British citizens comprising one male (group leader) one female teacher, 21 girl students, eight local guides and cooks were trapped due to flash floods between Markha and Sko areas of Leh on August 5.

NUCLEAR POWER TO INDIA FROM JAPAN

              Four years after the 2011 Fukushima disaster shut Japan’s 50 nuclear-power plants and created widespread opposition to nuclear energy sources, Kyushu Electric Power Company, a leading Japanese utility, plans to restart an 890-megawatt (MW) nuclear reactor at Sendai on August 10. The restart comes after an exhaustive series of security checks on Japan’s nuclear power reactors. If all goes well, other reactors will follow.  The revival of nuclear power in Japan could help India’s own efforts to reduce its dependence on environmentally-dirty coal and liquid fossil fuels

INDIA FLASH FLOODS

                         Godavari after Puskara festival dumped with discarded left overs of the Pujamaterial in the river creating a dirty scenario of the sacred river. No rains in Telangana and Andhra left several ryots  in doldrums.        

                             Cloudburst in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday 07th August  wrecked havoc inundating vast areas, washing away vehicles and killing several herds of cattle. Heavy rain claimed 4 lives in Hmachal Pradesh, with gushing waters of Son Khud, boulders fell down in Sakeraini village killing  three people, Jammu Amarnath yatra was suspended on Saturday,  due to land slide closed Jammu-Srinagar high way, at Kheri in Udhampur district, also 22 British and French trekkars were rescued from high altitude on August 6th and 7th August, from Ladakh region in J & K region.

                   

RAIN AT VISAKHAPANAM

                        Rain showered on the afternoons around 5pm on 7th, around afternoon on 8th (for about an hour that covered the  city) and today at midday only in Muralinagar area in Visakhapatnam though the rain was light. The possible clouds were prevented by the mountain hills in Muralinagar and so there was no rain in the city. The rain was only scanty and not covered huge areas except that the temperature was down with some kind of cool environment.

GODAVARI FLOWING

        At Badhrachalm the Godvari level by sunday evening reached 23.3 feet,  while saturdayit was 9.6feet, due to over flow of water in the tributary river Pranahita flooded with flood waters.

                                 

                                          Near Bhadrachalam the Godavari River filled                                         by tributary Pranahita! on the Sunday  9th August 2015

LOW INTENSITY PRESSURE RAINS

                              It rained in both the Godavari districts, Krishna, Guntur towns it rained heavily while in some other places it drizzled. Krishna Zillha Pamidimukhala mandal village Iayanapur on Sunday, 9th August 2015, the lady of age 52 died due to thunderbolt of rain two hours,  in the evening, while in Vijayawada with electricity cut for two hours, with rain of about 4mm while in Koduru it rained 38 mm, Challpalli it rained 35.8mm, while in Devarapalli near Koluprolu kallal a thunderbolt killed Simhachalam Naidu of age 20 years, on Sunday in his cultivation lands, due to death of his father earlier. In Kakinada, had hevy rain. Vijayanagaram and Srikakulum it rained with some drizzle. Eluru flooded with rain water.  

 OVER ONE LAKH RARE BOOKS AND 2500 MANUSCRIPTS OF MS

                        Maharashtra allotted Rs.5 crores to digitise over 1,00,000 books and 2500 MANUSCRIPTS some dating back to 12th century, present at Asiatic Society Library in Mumbai. They would be saved in the form of CDs and microfilms, accessible by public. Only on November 26th, 1804 the jurist Sir James Mackintosh thought of preserving the knowledge of Asia and Orient!  It has the book on Suryasiddhanta with bhashyam of Candelvara, Astronomy, Sanskrit that dates back to 12th century. It has collection of more than 12,000  gold coins of  Kumar Gupta. Copy write regulation may be an obstruction for some rare collections!

FLOOD RAVAGED LADAKH

Ladakh rains flooding on with river Jammu in spate on Sunday 9th August 2015.

Tribals in Ranhi on the International Day of

the World's Indigenous People pic on Saturday 8th August 2015

.                              It has diluted their land rights and cut of budgetary allocations for the Tribals in Ranchi.

EARTHQUAKE AT DELHI.

                NEW DELHI: Earthquake shook buildings in New Delhi on Monday afternoon at Aug 10, 2015, 03.50 PM IST.  People were seen coming out of buildings in Delhi. Tremors were also felt in Kashmir valley and other parts of north India. Panic-stricken people ran out of homes and offices as buildings swayed in Kashmir.  The epicenter of the magnitude 6 quake was 88 kilometers (54.68 miles) from Feyzabad in Afghanistan, at a depth of 209 kilometers (129.87 miles), the US Geological Survey said.  The tremor was also felt in various parts of Pakistan including Islamabad, Faisalabad, Mianwali, Peshawar and Sargodah. The quake, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, struck at 3.30 pm  140 miles) deep beneath the Hindu Kush mountains and close to the Wakhan Corridor, the narrow strip of far northeastern.  Afghanistan that lies between Tajikistan and Pakistan.  It was felt strongly in Kabul, some 290 km from the epicentre, where people rushed into the streets in alarm. Another, high intensity earthquake of 6.7R hit Solomon Islands at around 9h42m A. M. 

 A WONDERFUL GEM IN SPACE

       Washington:  NASA's Hubble telescope has stumbled upon a little colourful gem nebula - an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionised gases.This colourful bubble is a planetary nebula called NGC 6818, also known as the "Little Gem Nebula". It is located in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer), roughly 6,000 light-years away from us  The rich glow of the cloud is just over half a light-year across, humongous compared to its tiny central star, but still a little gem on a cosmic scale.     

                                            

                                                     A WONDERFUL GEM IN SPACE      

PONGDAM RISEN TO DANGER MARK

                  Despite deficit rainfall in Punjab during this monsoon, the water level in Pong Dam has risen to 1,378.5 feet and districts have been issued an alert. While upper limit of the dam’s capacity is 1,390 feet, officials never allow water to raise beyond 1,387 feet. Water rose almost four feet since Saturday because of heavy inflow of water. Hoshiarpur district administration has issued alert and asked residents of the villages located close to Beas river to form groups and put Thhikri Pehras or night vigil.The districts administration and drainage officials inspected the vulnerable areas in case outflow from the dam needs to be increased. While the water inflow was 1.65 lakh cusecs on Saturday, it was recorded 1.25 lakh cusecs on Sunday. The outflow from the dam was 25,000 cusecs towards the Mukerian hydel, which culminates into Beas river near Terkiana village in Dasuya sub-division. There was heavy rainfall in the catchment area of the dam in Himachal Pradesh that led to heavy inflow of water into the dam                

COASTAL ALGAE

                 This coastal ribbon of microscopic algae, up to 40 miles wide and 650 feet deep in places, is flourishing amid unusually warm Pacific Ocean temperatures. It now stretches from at least California to Alaska and has shut down lucrative fisheries. Shellfish managers on Tuesday doubled the area off Washington's coast that is closed to Dungeness crab fishing, after finding elevated levels of marine toxins in tested crab meat.

Aug 10 2015, 3:03 pm ET           

            Why 10,000-Year-Old Gravity-Defying Rocks Haven't Toppled. Elizabeth Goldbaum, Live Science.  Giant rocks stacked in seemingly gravity-defying poses could indicate that earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault can jump to another major fault in Southern California, which in turn could affect the severity of quakes in the region and how the state prepares for future temblors.                       

10,000 year Old Gravity-Defying Rocks Southern California.

THE PITON DE LA FOURNAISE VOLCANO : 530,000 years old

                         Awe-struck tourists and fascinated scientists climbed the mountain to enjoy the display, which is a common occurrence at the tropical island east of Madagascar. "It is a spectacular sight. The molten lava shoots up into the air like a fountain," said Yannick Parrel, 30, a helicopter pilot who flies tourists over Reunion's captivating landscape culminating in a circle around the volcano's caldera. The Piton de la Fournaise volcano, French for Peak of the Furnace, is more than 530,000 years old and is one of the world's most active, with more than 150 eruptions recorded since the 1600s. It ranks with other active volcanoes in Hawaii, Italy and Antarctica. This is the third eruption this year for the volcano. The earlier ones happened in February and May. "This is a long eruptive fissure because at the surface it is about 1 km  (0.62 mile) long.

                                                           

STATE EMPIRE BUILDING IN NEWYORK

                                                    The Kali Matha picture projected

             The epicenter of the magnitude 6 quake was 88 kilometers (54.68 miles) from Feyzabad in Afghanistan, at a depth of 209 kilometers (129.87 miles),ies in southeast China evacuated about 163,000 people and ordered around 32,000 ships back to port ahead of the typhoon, Xinhua reported. More than 7,000 soldiers and police were on standby, provincial authorities said.  The provincial capital of Fuzhou was being battered by heavy rain and strong winds, and all flights to the city were canceled, Xinhua said. The neighboring province of Jiangxi also issued a typhoon alert. A typhoon was pounding southeast China late Saturday, leaving more than a million homes without power after lashing Taiwan, where it downed trees, traffic lights and power lines, and left six people dead and four missing. Typhoon Soudelor hit the city of Putian in Fujian province late Saturday night and was expected to move across the region, China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported.

TAIWN

            The storm earlier caused more than 3 million households in Taiwan to lose electricity, with streets strewn with fallen trees. All 279 domestic flights on the island were canceled Saturday, as well as at least 37 international flights. At least 101 people were injured in the storm.

BRITISH EXPEDITION IN LEH

             A group of 23 British citizens comprising one male (group leader) one female teacher, 21 girl students, eight local guides and cooks were trapped due to flash floods between Markha and Sko areas of Leh on August 5.

ASTRONOMY

               Astronomers from NASA have indicated that the world will remain in complete darkness starting on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 3 a.m. and will end on Monday, November 30, 2015 at 4:15 p.m.

NOVEMBER BLACK OUT

                      According to officials, the event, known as “November Black Out”, will be caused by another astronomical event between Venus and Jupiter. The whole phenomenon has been explained in a highly scientific way.

BJP TROUBLE IN HOUSE  AUGUST 2015

                  The BJP, which has 48 members in the House, has the support of about 120 MPs, and will have to work on a number of small parties to muster about 165 members to make up for the mandatory two-third support for a Constitution amendment Bill.

 12^th August 2015

          Sahasraghatabhishekam performed for Lord Siva at Srisailam temple on Wednesday, with 1000 kalasams, with water brought from Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada, Krishna and other rivers, on 12th August, for good rainfall.

       Ground water table in AP shots up and heavy rain lashes city.  Palkonda registered 43.4mm, Kurupam recorded 20.4mm and Balajipeta recorded 16.4mm, Paderu 10.8, Chintapalli 7.4, and Narasipatnam recorded 6.4mm rainfall, on 11^th August.

          Nine hours of rain Visakhapatnam wth 10cm, Vizag airport 5cm, Tuni 2cm, Gannavaram 2cm, Nandhigama 6cm, and Nizambad in Telangana, 11cm rain was recorded, Pendurthi 85.2mm, K.Kotapadu 79.8mm, Devaapalli 79.6mm, Padmanabham 78.6mm recorded on the 12^th August. Since last three to four days rain from average to heavy rain helped Dhammu and Rice plantations. Anakapalli, Chodavaram and Maugula had heavy rain on Wednesday.   Prakasham zillaha recorded 18.6mm, Ongole, Maddipadu recorded 71mm rain, with only slight rain in Rayalseema, with Anatapurum in 63 mandals on Wednesday scattered rain took place. In Cuddaph zillaha it rained 5.5mm till Wednesday. 

A BIRD BLACK_NECKED CRANE SACRED TO BUDDHISTS

       In Zemithang Valley the winter home this bird, may be threatened by Nyamjang Chhu dam to be developed in this region. Magnificient, wild, flamboyant and territorial bird is central force in Buddhists mythology.  Found only in China, Bhutan, and India, one of the winter sites as Arunachala  Pradesh,  has two laces for  the migration, Sangti and Zemithang Valley. Nurtured and maintained by Buddhist communities, for over years, their prime land of living wuld be submerged by the construction of Nyamjang Chhu dam. The area also hasother endemic bird species, such as Satyr tragopan, the Mishmi wren-babbler and the beautiful nut-hatch.

 

MAHATMA GANDHI AT VISAKHAPATNAM FIVE TIMES

               Mahatma Gandhi visited Visakhapatnam five times, first in 1921 travelling from Vijayawada to Kolkata he stopped at railway station then waltair, and he addressed people gathered there. In 1929 April 28^th addressed town-hall nearby beach sands he addressed people. Large number of ladies attended the meeting. In 1933 in the same beach another big meeting took place. Afterwards, he visited twice and each time he was staying in the houses of K. N. Gupta, Tennati Viswanadham and Dugamarti Ramaswami houses he stayed.

 

 

Kozhikode scientist's feet

                   
Bacteria that  produce polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) about six strains, isolated successfully,  1. Cronobacter muyrtjensii mbg5, 2. C muytjensii mbg6, 3. C sakazakii mbg1, 4. C sakazakii mbg3, 5. nterobacter clocae mbg2, and 6. Ohrobactrum intermedium mbg4 were submitted to the GBD database on organisms by the scientist of MBGIPS, at Kozhikode, these bacteria can help degrade the plastic into biodegradable polymers. Plastic carry bags, blood bags and plastic granules were completely degraded by the bacteria.

 

HEAT WAVE MIDDLE EAST
4th August 2015
          A heatwave has engulfed much of the Middle East, sending temperatures and humidity soaring throughout the region. The searing heat, ailing infrastructure and power cuts have combined to create a particularly intolerable climate in an area already notorious for its hot summers. In the southern Iraqi city of Basra, temperatures are expected to hover around 51C for most of the week and reach 52C at the weekend.

HEATWAVE  IN HUNGARY

              Revellers cool themselves in the Danube during the Sziget music festival on an island in Budapest, Hungary due to a heat wave that hit Hungary with temperatures topping 38 degrees C.

 12 August 2015 at 06:09 BST

                      Much of central and eastern Europe is in the grip of a heatwave, with several countries breaking record temperatures. Egypt has also been affected with 47 deg. C.  

Today 15th August 2015
        With temperatures to reach 108 degrees in places such as the San Fernando Valley today, authorities advise precautions and conservation. The region's heat wave will intensify today, producing a "prolonged period of very hot weather through Sunday".

FRANCE 
                 France has just sweltered through its third-hottest July since 1900, with less than half the amount of rain than usual, according to French meteorologists. A long period of hot weather threatens to hit the wine harvest in France's famous Burgundy and Beaujolais regions, experts told AFP on Tuesday 11th August.

Aug 12th, 2015
                     This Day In New Haven History: Heat Wave Grips Our Town  Wednesday Aug 12 New Haven Independent.

 SATURDAY 15th August 2015       
            Southland temperatures will climb above normal today as a heat wave grips the region, creating ``elevated fire danger'' and serious health risks for such vulnerable residents as children and the elderly. The temperature climb that began Wednesday will continue today, Friday and through the weekend, with the ``hottest conditions'' expected Saturday and Sunday, when inland temperatures will be between 5 and 10 degrees above normal, said a National Weather Service statement.

 U'Khand PUROHITS
Advaith Siddantha exponent of India
Sri Swami Sankaracharya!

             By offering a whopping relief package of Rs. 18 crore to around 11O families of Purohits (priests) living in Kedarnath, to move logically safer places of stay. Many expressed the fact that they reluctantly moving out of the shrine town  many expressing the view that they be rehabilitate in Kedarnath itself. A step by Government of Uttarkhand to the priests against the Hindu thought as the Shrine was established by the respected Kerala outstanding Hindu Advaith Siddantha exponent,  Swami  Sankaracharya, possibly in the early 700 A.C.  

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
                       The author is indebted to Late Prof. K. R. Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D. Sc. (London) for his generous advice and guidance at Andhra University, Waltair. I stay in the house Narasima Ashram, 17-11-10, Official Colony, Maharanipeta. P.O., Visakhapatnam - 530002 built by him and his wife during 1932 to 1942, in succession, partly given to me and my brother Late K. Amarnath, Engineer Civil with Andhra Pradesh, at Visakhapatnam.

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