July 16-31, 2017: Lightning World Wide, thunderclouds, CLOUDBURST, millions of tonnes of precious metals and minerals, Scientists have discovered the ‘angel particle’, qubit, cute drone ball, west Europe hot summer and showers

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          Volume 2017, Issue No.7a,  Dt: 16 to 31 July 2017,  Time:08:25:00 AM

July 16-31, 2017: Lightning World Wide, thunderclouds, CLOUDBURST,  millions of tonnes of precious metals and minerals, Scientists have discovered the ‘angel particle’, qubit, cute drone ball, west Europe hot summer and showers.

                                                      

               Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,

M.Sc. (Math. Phys) M.Sc. (Nucl. Phys) Ph. D. (AU), Int. Edu & Res. (Sweden 1964-65) 
DOB:23-07-1940. [Retd. Prof of Physics; Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 416004]
Residential Address: 17- 11-10, Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony,

      Maharanipeta. P. O., Visakhapatnam-530002, A.P. Mobile: 09491902867.

                                 kotcherlakota_l_n@hotmail.com;  lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

16 July 2017 03:15 PM Intense thunderclouds and lightning patches can be seen over Madhya Pradesh near Sidhi, Rewa, Satna, Damoh, Tikamagarh, Umaria and Datiya. Intense thunderclouds and lightning patches can also be seen over  Chhattisgarh Korba, Pendra, Mahendragarh, Rajnandgaon, Raipur and Kabirdham. 16 July 2017 06:02 PM : Intense thunderclouds and lightning patches can be seen over Odisha near Cuttack, Jajpur, Phulbani, Sambhalpur, Titlagarh and Rayagada. Moderate intensity thunderclouds and lightning patches can be seen over Rajasthan near Bharatpur, Alwar, Ajmer and Dhaulpur. Heavy rains in almost several states of India, with several places with heavy floods, like Gujarat, Coastal Andhra, Odisha (with lightning), coastal Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,  and several rivers are in spate. The residents of Puranpadu, Labesu, Kottu, Gompa and Basangi villages were the worst hit. Flood waters on Sunday about 29,000 cusecs were released from Thotapallibarrage by lifting eight gates. July 17, 2017 9:52 AM IST: Monsoon 2017: Floods in Gujarat, Railway Bridge Washed Away in Odisha: Heavy Rains to Continue in Many States: In Gujarat, the heavy pouring lead to swollen rivers  and overflowing reservoirs. Around 9 people lost their lives and 400 were rescued. July 18, 2017: Geologists strike seabed treasure in Indian waters. Presence of millions of tonnes of precious metals and minerals deep under waters that India coastline were found early 2014. About 1,81,025 sq. km of high resolution seabed morphological data and established more than 10,000 million tonnes of lime mud within exclusive economic zone. July 18, 2017:Fox News: Magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off coast of Russia: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake, followed by several aftershocks above 5.0 magnitude,  rocked the area near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula Tuesday morning, triggering a brief tsunami warning. July 19, 2017: Scientists in California have created rewritable paper, printed using light instead of ink. 19 July 2017: 12:41, UK,: Lightning storm over London: A dramatic lightning storm was seen over London on Tuesday night. July 20, 2017: A flash flood washed away cars following a CLOUDBURST at Thathri village in Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday. 13 people dead and 11 injured due to flash floods triggered by a CLOUDBURST in Thathri town with dozens of houses were washed away. It is accompanied by hail storm and thunder. Jul, 20 2017 15:07:30 IST: Drought looms over Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu while rest of India experiences normal monsoon. July 23, 2017:Greetings happy B'day to me from Lalitha, Sai and Vani Kotcherlakota. 23 July 2017: Tens of thousands of people in northeast Japan were told to evacuate their homes on Sunday as heavy rain caused major flooding and cut some rail links. The storm follows freak rains in south-western Japan earlier this month that left at least 25 people dead. July 24, 20178:45am: Walmart parking area. Eight dead bodies were found in the truck with 50C temperature.
Jul 24, 2017 17:55 IST: Scientists have discovered the ‘angel particle’, which is the antiparticle of itself,  80 years after it was predicted to exist. The particular type of Majorana fermion the research team observed is known as a “chiral” fermion because it moves along a one-dimensional path in just one direction. Since each Majorana is essentially half a subatomic particle, a single "qubit" of information could be stored in two widely separated Majorana fermions, decreasing the chance that something could perturb them both at once and make them lose the information they carry. Observer report on July 18, 1852  about weather in Europe covering the years 1132 to 1835. J
July 31, 2017:   Two girls of age 8 and 16, recovering from a lightning strike after their dog brought help in Utah. 
Monday, July 31, 2017 - 12:39: It was a providential escape for 62-year-old Tapati Chowdhury who kept herself afloat for 13 hours in the turbulent Damodar river in flood-hit Burdwan district, till she was rescued 80 km away.

The entire night she put up a brave fight to remain afloat and on Sunday morning, her distress calls did not go in vain. She was spotted by some fishermen who rescued her at 7.30 am yesterday.



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06:27, UK, Sunday 16 July 2017: Up to five centimetres come down in the city's first snowfall for decades, causing havoc in the Chilean capital. More than 280,000 people have reportedly been left without power in Santiago after a rare blanket of snow hit the Chilean capital. About 3-5cm of the white stuff came down on Saturday in what some reports say is the first snowfall there for 20 years.

16 July 2017 03:15 PM Intense thunderclouds and lightning patches can be seen over Madhya Pradesh near Sidhi, Rewa, Satna, Damoh, Tikamagarh, Umaria and Datiya. Intense thunderclouds and lightning patches can also be seen over  Chhattisgarh Korba, Pendra, Mahendragarh, Rajnandgaon, Raipur and Kabirdham.
16 July 2017 06:02 PM : Intense thunderclouds and lightning patches can be seen over Odisha near Cuttack, Jajpur, Phulbani, Sambhalpur, Titlagarh and Rayagada. Moderate intensity thunderclouds and lightning patches can be seen over Rajasthan near Bharatpur, Alwar, Ajmer and Dhaulpur.                                           

                                                 

                                                                               Fig. A Double cyclones

17 July 2017: Super-flexible and strong artificial silk developed spun from a soupy hydrogel that is 98% water. The remaining 2% of the hydrogel is made of silica and cellulose, held in a network by barrel-shaped molecules viz., cucurbiturils. Thin threads are a few millionth of a meter in diameter, when the hydrogel stretched for about 30 seconds, the water evaporates leaving the strong fibre. They are eco-friendly   textiles and serve as sensors. Different forces hold them and the hierarchy results in complex properties said Y. Wu a Ph. D  student in Cambridge.

It was raining in Visakhapatnam since the morning on 17 July 2017. July 17, 2017 17:14 IST: Strange Signals Detected Coming From Star 11 Light Years Away: The signals came from a red dwarf star - Ross 128 (GJ 447) - which is around 2,800 times dimmer than the Sun and is not yet known to have any planets, researchers said. The signals may have come from some kind of manmade object in space, such as a satellite

July 17, 2017 10:08 IST: At Least 9 Killed By Flash Flooding In Arizona, 1 Missing: Heavy rains in the drought-stricken Arizona region caused flash flooding which has killed 9 people.

Weather Forecast for July 17: Rains in Gujarat, Mumbai, Goa, Coastal Karnataka.

July 17, 2017 9:52 AM IST: Monsoon 2017: Floods in Gujarat, Railway Bridge Washed Away in Odisha: Heavy Rains to Continue in Many States:In Gujarat, the heavy pouring lead to swollen rivers  and overflowing reservoirs. Around 9 people lost their lives and 400 were rescued.

17 July 2017 09:25 AM: Heavy rains forecast in South Odisha districts in next 72 hours. BHUBANESWAR: Even as flash floods have hit Rayagada and Kalahandi districts,  the low pressure formed off Odisha coast is set to induce more rains in the State. As many as 10 districts are likely to receive heavy to very heavy showers in next three days. So severe were the showers in the last 24 hours that the rainfall sent two rivers in Kalahandi and Rayagada into spate. On Sunday, when the average rainfall in the State was 17 mm, in Rayagada it was 85 mm whereas in Kalahandi, it was close to 60 mm.

ANDHRA AND ODISHA:  Heavy rain throws life in low-lying areas out of gear in the last two days, with 22 trains bore the brunt of rains. 11 trains were cancelled.   Railway bridge number 588 between Singapuram Rd--Theruhalli and Rayagada railway section was washed out on Sunday. Alert gangman stopped the approaching goods train that was to pass on the bridge. The residents of Puranpadu, Labesu, Kottu, Gompa and Basangi villages were the worst hit. Flood waters on Sunday about 29,000 cusecs were released from Thotapallibarrage by lifting eight gates. Icchapuram received 24.75 mm, Kaviti and Gara received 24 and 23 mm, GK veedhi received 21.5 mm, and Kurupam received 15.5 mm rain. The low pressure is likely to well marked  in next 24 hours.

July 18, 2017: Geologists strike seabed treasure in Indian waters. Presence of millions of tonnes of precious metals and minerals deep under waters that India coastline were found early 2014. About 1,81,025 sq. km of high resolution seabed morphological data and established more than 10,000 million tonnes of lime mud within exclusive economic zone.
July 18, 2017 1:50 PM IST: Monsoon 2017: Heavy Rains Continue to Lash Several Parts of India; Assam, Odisha, Gujarat Flooded. Continuous rains in the past few days have wreaked havoc in many parts of India. Heavy rains have led to floods in parts of Gujarat, Odisha, Assam.

Visakhapatnam having onslaught of heavy rain last two days 18 and 17 July, 20117 and movement has become very difficult.

Tuesday, 18 July 2017:17:29, UK: Japan sends cute drone ball to space station: The drone snaps images, saving time for astronauts who spend about 10% of their working hours taking photographs. Int-Ball can both travel around the station autonomously or be controlled by a team based on Earth. The still and moving images it records can be checked in real time by flight controllers and researchers on the ground, according to JAXA.This will save a lot of time for astronauts aboard the ISS, who can otherwise spend about 10% of their working hours taking photographs.

Tuesday 18 July 2017: 17:09, UK: Istanbul metro inundated in floods.

July 18, 2017:Fox News: Magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off coast of Russia: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake, followed by several aftershocks above 5.0 magnitude,  rocked the area near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula Tuesday morning, triggering a brief tsunami warning. The quake struck at 11:34 a.m. local time, with the epicentre west of Attu, the westernmost and largest island in the Near Islands group of Alaska's remote Aleutian Islands, roughly 1,400 miles east of Anchorage. The earthquake was shallow, occurring only 6 miles below the seabed,
and there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.

                                                  

                                                           Fig. A  July 18, 19 and 20 in the year 2017.                              

                             

July 19, 2017: Scientists in California have created rewritable paper, printed using light instead of ink. Despite the rise of e-readers and smartphones, the United States still uses 70 million tons of paper each year. The chemists at the University of California, Riverside, hope their new paper, which can be erased and reused up to 80 times, can help cut down that amount. At the heart of the new technology are nanoparticles, materials thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHEMISTRY STUDENT RASHED AL EISA, WHO WORKED ON REPRINTABLE PAPER, SAYING: So this is actually the nanoparticles that I'm talking about. So what we do is we mix this one with this dye, which has the blue color and then we coat it on any kind of substrate we want. We can coat it on paper, we can coat it on glass or plastic. And then we can use some sort of mask with the writings we want, and when we shine a light on top of it, then after a couple of minutes, then we can see that the writings remain on this material. The writing fades in five days, as oxygen in the air takes electrons from the dye nanoparticles and turns them back to their original color. The process can be accelerated by heating the paper, making it reusable in a matter of minutes. And taking the idea of a paperless society one step closer to reality.

Wednesday 19 July 2017: 12:41, UK,: Lightning storm over London: A dramatic lightning storm was seen over London on Tuesday night.
Wednesday 19 July 2017: 11:50, UK, : Flash floods hit Cornish village.

July 19, 2017 23:19 IST: 'Don' And 'Hilary' Storm Near US Coast: To have duelling storms with the names Don and Hilary so soon after the bruising presidential election of 2016 might leave some Americans muttering 'too soon'. But it dissipated rapidly overnight Tuesday without ever reaching hurricane status. Its maximum sustained winds of 50 miles (80 kilometers) per hour have fallen short of the 74 miles per hour needed for that classification.
Meanwhile, a tropical depression was developing in the Pacific. Designated as storm Eight-E, it

will become Tropical Storm Hilary only if it reaches wind strengths of at least 39 miles per hour.
Thu, Jul 20, 2017: SEISMOLOGISTS are drilling into an earthquake hotspot in India, sparking fears that it could lead to huge tremor. India scientists are going to bore a hole into a site where earthquakes frequently occur in a bid to determine whether they are caused by nearby water reservoirs. Experts have been drilling into a mountain side in the Western state of Maharashtra where there is a nearby hydroelectric dam. In 1962, an earthquake at the dam caused the reservoir to be filled with more than a trillion litres of water. Since then there have been 22 earthquakes in the area, ranging from 5 to 5.9 on the Richter scale.

July 20, 2017: A flash flood washed away cars following a CLOUDBURST at Thathri village in Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday. 13 people dead and 11 injured due to flash floods triggered by a CLOUDBURST in Thathri town with dozens of houses were washed away. It is accompanied by hail storm and thunder. On July 1, 20016 it occurred in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand,  for 13 hours and about 1,372mm rain.

On Thursday a giant tree fell on the government higher secondary school building, in the strong wind in Kochi, luckily no one was hurt in the incident.

Thursday, July 20, 2017 - 08:46: An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook the Fukushima Prefecture and northeast Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake was registered at 9.11 am at a depth of 40 km with an epicentre located off the coast of Fukushima.

Thursday, July 20, 2017 - 14:34: The typhoon also caused 175 houses to collapse, ripped roofs off nearly 6,200 houses, sank 57 fishing ships and boats and damaged roads and bridges, Xinhua news agency quoted the officials as saying. The typhoon also caused 175 houses to collapse, ripped roofs off nearly 6,200 houses, sank 57 fishing ships and boats and damaged roads and bridges, Xinhua news agency quoted the officials as saying. Talas was the second tropical storm the hit country this year.

Jul, 20 2017 15:07:30 IST: Drought looms over Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu while rest of India experiences normal monsoon. Despite India experiencing normal monsoon this year, the southern region covering the old Mysore region and coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu are seemingly coming closer to a drought-like situation. Kerala and Tamil Nadu are facing an unprecedented drought, the worst ever in over a century, Karnataka's northern districts are also without water for the third consecutive year.

July 21, 2017: 04:37 IST: Thursday morning showers wreak havoc on Capital roads. Sudden change in the weather led to traffic in various parts of Delhi-NCR and forced schools to shutdown. A wind-driven deluge lashed Delhi as well as adjoining Noida and Ghaziabad on Thursday morning, flooding streets and basements while chopping down trees and snapping umbrellas inside out. Waterlogged roads were teeming with traffic for hours, especially in south Delhi and parts of Noida. Broken down traffic lights worsened the situation.

05:15, UK, Friday 21 July 2017: Rescuers are checking for trapped people inside houses after the quake struck in the middle of the night. At least two people have been killed and more than 120 injured on the Greek island of Kos after a strong earthquake hit the region. The 6.5 magnitude quake struck on Thursday night with an epicentre approximately 6.4 miles (10.3km) south of Bodrum, Turkey, and 10 miles (16.2km) east of Kos.It was just six miles deep, and dozens of aftershocks have been reported.

Skeleton Lake, India: The glacial lake of Skeleton in Roopkund, Uttrakhand, India is situated in the isolated corners of the Himalayan mountains at a height of about 16500 feet (5029 m). In 1942, British forest guards discovered skeletons of more than 200 people frozen in the lake. The skeletons were initially thought to be Japanese soldiers who had invaded the territory in the World War II but a re-examination dated the samples back to 850 AD. The skulls all  had odd cracks in them leading to much speculation but scientists now claim the cracks were  from a freak hail storm that killed the entire community.
July 23, 2017:Greetings happy B'day to me from Dr. Lalitha, Sai and Vani Kotcherlakota.
TOKYO (Reuters) 23 July 2017: Tens of thousands of people in northeast Japan were told to evacuate their homes on Sunday as heavy rain caused major flooding and cut some rail links. The storm follows freak rains in south-western Japan earlier this month that left at least 25 people dead.  Almost 25,000 people in Akita prefecture were ordered to evacuate and around 65,000 more people were advised to leave or told to prepare to leave the area. Several rivers were flooding and more than 100 houses had been inundated by floodwaters. No injuries or deaths  have been reported, but the authorities were still investigating. Some bullet trains running to and from Akita have been suspended because of the heavy rains, East Japan Railway said on its website. There is a significant amount of water accumulating in the land. Even if the heavy rains stop, we will continue to warn people to stay vigilant.
July 24, 20178:45am: Walmart parking area. Eight dead bodies were found in the truck with 50C temperature. One person died later at hospital. Based on initial interviews with survivors, Thomas Homan, acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said there may have been more than 100 people in the truck. Thirty-eight were found inside.
Jul 24, 2017 17:55 IST:

Fig.1 Angel Particle

                      Scientists have discovered the ‘angel particle’, which is the antiparticle of itself,  80 years after it was predicted to exist, a finding that could one day help make quantum computers more robust. However in 1937, physicist Ettore Majorana predicted that in the class of particles known as fermions, which includes the proton, neutron, electron, neutrino and quark, there should be particles that are their own antiparticles. Scientists from the Stanford University and University of California in the US have found the first firm evidence of such a Majorana fermion. The particular type of Majorana fermion the research team observed is known as a “chiral” fermion because it moves along a one-dimensional path in just one direction. Since each Majorana is essentially half a subatomic particle, a single "qubit" of information could be stored in two widely separated Majorana fermions, decreasing the chance that something could perturb them both at once and make them lose the information they carry.

25 July 2017: This was a part of the Silk Route, till the time Tibet was a separate country. The Silk Route began from Kalimpong and ended in Lhasa. My father would carry kerosene oil, HMT watches, food and spare parts to Lhasa, and bring back silk thread. He would trek for 25 days to get to Lhasa and would be paid 75 paise a day for it a person in  Kalimpong says.
25 July 2017: It was very hot in Visakhapatnam and a small trip by me to SBI, Muralinagar, in the day time from 10.15 AM to 11 AM made me suffer a heat stroke and bathing in cool water revived me normal.
Rains havoc in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Karnataka: Mount Abu scales about 770mm in 24 hours and created a flood-like situation. Heavy downpour for third consecutive day created flood like situation in Sirohi, Jalore and Pali districts. These rains are a fallout of global warming. It is located at a height of 4000 feet above sea level. Large number of people were marooned.  In Gujarat about 15,000 people were relocated and the state continues to be in high alert. After Saurashtra it is now the North Gujarat facing the brunt of heavy rain. Several state high ways were closed. Schools and Colleges were closed on Tuesday, 25 July. Monsoon weakened in Karnataka with no rainfall in south interior the Cauvery Basin remain deficient. So far it received 344 mm which is 16% lower than normal rain (412 mm) 

NAIROBI, 17 March 2017: Farmers, traders and consumers across East and Southern Africa are feeling the impact of consecutive seasons of drought that have scorched harvests and ruined livelihoods.
SOMALIA: As of February 2017 a drought ravages Somalia that has left more than 6 million people, or half the country's population, facing food shortages with several water supplies becoming undrinkable due to the possibility of infection. According to the Humanitarian Information Unit of the U.S. Government, over 2.9 million people in Somalia face crisis or emergency level acute food insecurity and need emergency food aid
2017 will not be a surface water drought for California. Precipitation and snowpack in much of the state already exceeds that for an entire average water year. And we still have two months to go in California’s wet season. Despite these wet conditions, California has remnants of drought, some of which will persist for decades. Some Central Coast reservoirs remain very low. Groundwater in the southern part of the Central Valley remains more than 10 million acre-ft below pre-drought levels. Most of the groundwater deficit is in dry parts of the San Joaquin and Tulare basins, which could take decades to recover – with long-lasting effects on local wells. The millions of forest trees which died from the drought will need decades to recover
Pollution in Europe caused a drought in India that was one of its worst ever natural disasters, affecting more than 13 crore people, according to new research.  Sulphur dioxide produced mainly by coal-fired power plants causes a number of harmful effects, like acid rain, heart and lung diseases, and damage to plant growth. But sulphate aerosols also have a cooling effect on the atmosphere because it reflects sunlight back into space. However, emissions from the northern hemisphere can change the relative rate of warming in the south, causing the tropical rain-band to shift -with potentially devastating results.
July 18, 2017.Facility for capturing CO2 from air of Swiss Climeworks AG in Hinwil: A facility for capturing CO2 from air of Swiss Climeworks AG is placed on the roof of a waste incinerating plant in Hinwil, Switzerland.

OBSERVER JULY 18, 1852: In 1132 the rivers and springs disappeared in Alsace. Rhine was dried up. In 1152,heat was so great that eggs could be cooked on the sand. In 1160, great battle of Bela, soldiers died due to excessive heat. In 1276 & 1277 France had failure of grass and Oats. In 1303 & 1304 Seine, Loire, Rhine and the Danube were passed over dry-footed. In 1393 & 1394 animals died, crops were scorched up. In 1440 heat was excessive. In 1538, 1539, 1540, and 1541 the rivers dried up. In  1556 there was a great drought all over Europe. In 1615 & 1616, heat was overwhelming in France, Italy and Netherlands. In 1646 there were 58 consecutive days of excessive heat. In 1678  recorded excessive heat. in 1718 it didn't rain from April to October. In 1723 & 1724 heat was extreme. In 1748, 1754, 1760, 1767, 1778, & 1788 heat was excessive. In 1811 the days of Celebrated COMET HALLEY, summer was warmer. in 1818 theatres were closed for a month due to excessive heat. In 1835 the Seine was dried up.
July 24, 2017: Cars swept away in rushing water as flash floods play havoc in Kentucky.  Cars and a home were swept away in floodwaters after a bout of heavy rains pummeled parts of Northern Kentucky early Sunday.The flood waters were so powerful that they sent cars smashing into one another in a cluster against a tree, according to one photo posted on Instagram by user Sara Celi. The image shows the cars lying abandoned in a pool of tan, muddy water.
Monday July 24, 2017: Rain-battered Odisha is likely to be further hit by heavy to extremely heavy showers coupled with gusty surface winds by tomorrow due to a well marked low pressure in the region.
July 24, 2017: Intense lightning patches and thunder clouds can be seen over Rajasthan near Jaisalmer,  Pokhran, and Ajmer.Isolated patch of lightning strike can be seen over Punjab near Chandigarh.FLOOD NEWS

During the last 24 hours, at least 12 talukas of Banaskantha, Patan and Sabarkantha districts received over 200 mm of rainfall. Nineteen people were rescued from Jalore on Tuesday including seven who had taken shelter on a tree to escape the swirling waters.

                                                                          

Fig.2  School children moving in a indigenous boat

  

Fig. 2a Rayagada District in Odisha

with flood waters.

In a positive development, the situation in flood-ravaged Assam improved considerably as the swollen Brahmaputra and Barak rivers, along with their tributaries, started flowing below the danger mark at most places.
In West Bengal, lowlands in Birbhum, Purulia, West Medinipore and Hooghly districts were inundated. With the meteorological department predicting more rains in the Gangetic region of the state in the next 24 hours, chief minister Mamata Banerjee held a monitoring meeting with senior officials at the secretariat this afternoon. However, she said there is no flood-like situation in the state yet.

Incessant rains continued to disrupt normal life in several parts of Jharkhand with many rivers, including Damodar, Konar and Siwane, in spate. The district administrations of Ranchi, East Singhbhum, Hazaribagh, Bokaro and Giridih have declared a holiday on Wednesday for students up to Class VIII in view of incessant rains.

In Bihar, light rainfall occurred at a few places in the northern part of the state, while heavy showers were witnessed at a few places in the south west, an IMD bulletin said. The national capital, too, witnessed scattered rains that brought the mercury down.
Tuesday July 25, 2017: An aerial survey of flood-affected areas of Gujarat this afternoon was made, a day after nearly 25,000 people were evacuated to safety from the inundated areas in the north and central parts of the state. A high alert has been issued in Gujarat and Rajasthan after the Met office has forecast heavy rain in the next four

July 26, 2017: Hikers in Arizona floodwaters form human chain to help pull one another to safety. A large group of hikers were caught on video forming a chain to help one another after monsoon rain on Sunday resulted in flash flooding in Arizona’s Sabino Canyon.
26 July 2017: For $147.50, you get: the ISS-Above software, which tracks the ISS; a Raspberry Pi Model 3 in its own transparent case, with power supply; PiGlow flashing RGB LED display; quick-start guide; [and access to the] website to manage your ISS-Above. For anyone who has a Raspberry Pi, you can get, the image file for $30, and write it to your own 8GB MicroSD card and be up and running in minutes.

July 26, 2017: BERLIN (AP): Heavy rains led to flooding Wednesday in some parts of northern Germany, forcing some evacuations and prompting residents to pile sandbags in front of their homes to protect themselves from a swollen river. The centre of the town of Goslar, in the mountainous Harz region of northern Germany, west of Berlin, was closed off and a hotel and a home for the elderly were evacuated as its central market square was flooded. Elsewhere, streets were flooded and basements had to be pumped dry of water in the Harz region, and two stretches of railway lines were closed. In nearby Hildesheim, people stacked sand bags along the banks of the swelling Innerste River.
Gujarat facing heavy rains since last couple of days.
July 27, 2017 22:46 IST: Chandigarh Witnesses Heaviest Rain In Past Decade. The joint capital of Punjab and Haryana received 120.8 mm of rain that caused water-logging at roundabouts and roads, and choked traffic on several routes till late afternoon.

Jaipur, July 27, 2017: 00:22 IST: Two gates of Jawai Dam, which happens to be the biggest in western Rajasthan, were opened on Thursday after the level of water in the dam rose above 60 feet. Heavy rains and rise in water levels of rivers have affected many parts of Rajasthan. Earlier, 41 civilians, stranded in flood-hit villages including Killua, Kilua ka Golia and Bawarla under Sanchore area of Jalore district, were rescued. Also, 29 bus passengers, including children and ladies, were rescued from flood-affected Godan-Badanwari road of Jalore. Around 1.5 lakh cusecs of water was released from the dam following heavy rains in neighbouring Rajasthan, which resulted in inundation of several villages along the banks of the river in Banaskantha.

Jul 27, 2017 23:54 IST: Heavy rain is expected in MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, UP, Vidarbha, Jharkhand, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, northeastern states, Maharashtra, Konkan and Goa.
July 28, 2017: Sudden rainfall, from a upper air circulation, on Friday morning brought relief from intense heat to Visakhapatnam people.  Formation of south-west monsoon the reason of the sudden downpour. Next three to four days there would be rain. A circulation is hovering over Machilipatnam at a height of 5.8 km from sea level. On Friday 10.75 mm, at Sriramnagar, 11.5 mm at Mulapetar, Anakapalli 3.75 mm and at Pendurthy 1 mm rainfall was recorded.  

                                             Fig. 3 The Sravana Puja on auspicious day

                                                                           first Friday 28 July 2017

Jul 29, 2017: More rain is predicted in isolated areas of Meghalaya, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on Saturday and Sunday.
29 Jul Saturday. 2017: The well marked low pressure area over northwest Madhya Pradesh and neighbourhood lay over northwest Madhya Pradesh adjoining east Rajasthan, yesterday evening. It has become less marked today morning. However, the associated cyclonic circulation now lies over east Rajasthan and neighbourhood and extends upto 7.6 km a. s. l. tilting south-westwards with height. A cyclonic circulation extending between 1.5 & 2.1 km a. s. l. lies over Saurashtra & Kutch and neighbourhood. The cyclonic circulation at 5.8 km a. s. l. over west-central Bay of Bengal now lies over west-central Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts. The western disturbance as a cyclonic circulation over western parts of Afghanistan and neighbourhood now lies over central parts of Afghanistan and neighbourhood and extends upto 9.5 km a. s. l. System is likely to move east-north eastwards.  
Visakhapatnam 29 July 2017: Lightning struck at HPCL crude oil tank on Saturday evening around 6:30pm. Fire was brought under control with an hour by the fire tenders, the 01-D crude oil tank was struck but did not affect the refining process. 

Jul 29, 2017: Heavy rains will drench the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and central Appalachians on Saturday after flooding overnight closed roadways and forced water rescues across the region, forecasters said. A swathe of land from eastern North Carolina up through Washington D.C. and southern Pennsylvania could expect an additional 2 to 5 inches (5 to 13 cm) on Saturday after more than 4 inches (10 cm) fell in parts of the region, the National Weather Service said in advisories. Flash flooding from heavy rain will cause a potentially life threatening situation overnight.
Jul 30, 2017: Lightning kills fisherman of age 37 yrs in Rajam and injured another three when lightning struck at Chinna Cheruvu on Sunday evening. The four were  guarding a shed at  Chnna Cheruvu, at 4pm lightning struck and Sreenu died  while the rest sustained injuries. Heavy thunder showers lashed Rjam, Palakonda and its neighbouring areas. Peapally 5 cm, Cheepurpalle 3 cm, Chodavaram 2 cm, Garivid 2 cm and Anakapalle 2 cm rainfall was recorded.

30 July, 2017 09:42:12 IST: Heavy rainfall and water released from the Jawai Dam have flooded parts of Jalore and neighbouring areas in Rajasthan.  More than 70,000 cusecs of water were released from the dam  the largest in western Rajasthan on Friday evening. Heavy downpour also affected normal life in the adjoining Pali and Sirohi districts, where many villages are on high alert.
Jul 30, 2017, 09:14 AM IST: Typhoon injures 81 in Taiwan as another storm approaches. Typhoon Nesat made landfall on the northeast coast of Taiwan Saturday evening with maximum sustained winds of 137 km (85 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 173 kph (107 mph), according to the national weather bureau. The typhoon also left shops and streets in agricultural Pingtung county knee deep in muddy water after dumping about 600 mm (23.6") of rain. 

30 July 2017:The axis of Monsoon trough continues to pass through Bikaner, Shivpuri, Fursatganj, Buxar, Malda and is extending up to Mizoram. A fresh Western Disturbance is seen over Afghanistan and adjoining areas. The axis of Monsoon trough continues to pass through Bikaner, Shivpuri, Fursatganj, Buxar, Malda and is extending up to Mizoram.A cyclonic circulation is seen persisting over East Rajasthan.

Another cyclonic circulation is seen over Saurashtra and Kutch region. A feeble trough is also seen extending from North Maharashtra up to North Kerala Coast. Another cyclonic circulation is seen over West Central Bay of Bengal off Andhra Pradesh Coast. 30 July 2017 11:30 AM: During the last 24 hours, moderate rains along with few heavy spells at few places occurred over Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. In fact, isolated pockets of Assam also recorded a few good spells of rain. At present, Mahabaleswar in Maharashtra is the rainiest place in India with 60 mm rainfall.

CURSE OF HEAVY MONSOON: Flood hit Ghatal sub-division in West Midnapore district of West Bengal on Sunday. In Visakhapatnam Palakonda gets 7.1 cm rainfall, and several towns, villages and remote areas in north coastal Andhra region received moderate to heavy rains on Sunday. Kasimkota received 6.5 cm. 

July 30, 2017 07:01 IST: On Saturday, Nesat, the ninth typhoon this year in China, was travelling at a speed of 20 kilometres per hour in a northwest direction, packing gusts of wind up to 144 kilometres an hour. About 111 people were affected. But following the Saturday rain another storm is taking shape that would hit Sunday  night.

The last four days were very hot in the mornings though in the evening it was raining almost for one and half hours, in Muralinagar, Visakhapatnam. For Bangalore it was warm and a dry July. This year rain gauges recorded just 83 mm of rain, nearly two-thirds lesser at Bangalore. The rainfall recorded was at a seven-year low.

30 July 2017: Anandapuram: Thunderbolt killed about 20 goats in Bhimannadorapalem on Sunday afternoon around 3 PM with a big sound on the hill where the goats were being grazing. The ryot is weeping and expects the state government help him support his daily living.

July 31, 2017:   Two girls of age 8 and 16, recovering from a lightning strike after their dog brought help in Utah. They were struck while crossing a meadow during a family trip when lightning struck them. Dog alerted at the camp site family members and followed the dog to the unconscious girls.

Monday, July 31, 2017 - 12:39:
It was a providential escape for 62-year-old Tapati Chowdhury who kept herself afloat for 13 hours in the turbulent Damodar river in flood-hit Burdwan district, till she was rescued 80 km away.

The entire night she put up a brave fight to remain afloat and on Sunday morning, her distress calls did not go in vain. She was spotted by some fishermen who rescued her at 7.30 am yesterday.





ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:  

                    The author is deeply indebted to Late Prof. K. R. Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D.Sc. (London). The author also expresses his gratitude to him for the inspiration and constant guidance provided for his research and investigations. A summary of all his disciples, to my knowledge, and list of publications by him, are listed by the present author and is available on INTERNET. (His lifetime: 1899 Sept. 9 early morning to 1972 June 20 at 9:10 AM). He initiated several researches in wide variety of subjects, and earned respect from the several followers. Hundreds of his research students are well-spread over many countries. Many a foreign visitors to Andhra University remember his unselfish work, and promotion of youngsters to aspire for world recognition. Special respects to my mother Mrs. Peramma Kotcherlakota, (from DOB 1904 to 1971 December 31) an enigmatic lady, who completed SSLC from Queen Mary's High School, Visakhapatnam, in year 1919.                                   

1 July 2017:West Hot weather, Torrential rains, Earth Quakes Japan and Philippines, women dig 190 wells in Kerala, two charm particle Ξcc++, lightning in Bihar, Midsummer Night in Ukraine, Netherlands threat of sea rise, Floods in Northeast of India.

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          Volume 2017, Issue No.7,  Dt: 1 to 15 July 2017,  Time:08:15:03 AM

July 1-15, 2017: West Hot weather, Torrential rains, Earth Quakes Japan and Philippines, women dig 190 wells in Kerala, two charm particle Ξcc++, lightning in Bihar, Midsummer Night in Ukraine, Netherlands threat of sea rise, Floods in Northeast of India.

                                                      

               Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,

M.Sc. (Math. Phys) M.Sc. (Nucl. Phys) Ph. D. (AU), Int. Edu & Res. (Sweden 1964-65) 
DOB:23-07-1940. [Retd. Prof of Physics; Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 416004]
Residential Address: 17- 11-10, Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony,

      Maharanipeta. P. O., Visakhapatnam-530002, A.P. Mobile: 09491902867.

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ABSTRACT

World weather changing very fast. July 1, 2017 7:12 pm ET: The Severe Thunderstorm Watch is still  in effect for Orange and Putnam Counties until 9 p.m. July 2017: The mercury hit 34.5 at Heathrow in what was the UK's warmest June day for 40 years. It was a similar story in the Netherlands which is set to have its hottest June on record while in Switzerland it was the second warmest since 1864.During June, mean monthly temperatures about 3C above normal were recorded across western parts of the continent. France experienced its hottest June night ever on 21st when the average around the country was 26.4C. Sunday, July 2, 2017:13:10: 5.3-magnitude earthquake rocks Japan's Hokkaido: The quake logged lower five in some parts of Hokkaido prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at seven. Mon Jul 3, 2017 | 9:55pm IST: Rescuers transfer residents with a boat at a flooded area in Guilin, Guangxi province. Torrential rain lashed parts of central and south, with floods forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes. Beijing: At least 56 people have been killed and 22 others missing as heavy rains left a trail of destruction in 11 Chinese provinces. 4 July 2017: The new measurement of Planck’s constant is 6.626069934E-34 kg sq. m/sec, with an uncertainty of only 13 parts per billion.  4 July 2017: Kolkata: Astronomers from India discover giant radio galaxies, study need to be made to realize how these clusters grow to be so huge in size. Only about 300 of them classified as GRGs. July 5, 6, 2017: The two days were extremely warm and there was no rain at all in Visakhapatnam in spite of the fact that the city is covered by clouds and with the Sun remarkably hot in spite of it not open. The observation of Ξcc++ (Xicc++) a new particle containing two charm quarks and one up quark. A doubly heavy baryon is expected to act like a planetary system, where the two heavy quarks play the role of heavy stars orbiting one around the other, with the lighter quark orbiting around this binary system. July 7, 2017: A battery-less phone developed by University of Washington scientists, Shyam Gollakota, uses tiny vibrations in a phone's microphone or speaker to encode speech patterns in the reflected signals. TOKYO (AP) : July 8, 2017: The death toll from heavy rain and flooding in southern Japan this week has risen to 18 as rescue workers reached isolated villages where at least six others are missing and feared dead. Heavy rain warnings are still in place for parts of the southern island of Kyushu on Saturday, days after Typhoon Nanmadol swept across Japan, triggering floods and mudslides that wrecked hundreds of homes, roads and rice terraces. 8 July 2017: A medium intensity earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted the India-Pakistan border  region in Jammu and Kashmir today. The quake occurred at 3:42 pm at a depth of 10 km. BATTERY CONTRACT: July 9: Sankar Das Gupta of Canadian Lithium-ion battery supplier Electrovaya, has been given 100 days to build 100 MW battery to light up 30,000 homes if there is a black out. Tesla CEO has said failing deliver it would cost him $50 million or more. July 10, 2017: MANILA, Philippines (AP): The strongest aftershock yet has shaken the central Philippines   following last week's 6.5-magnitude earthquake that damaged a power plant and other buildings. 10 July 2017: At least 19 people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. 11 July 2017: Women pick up shovels, dig 190 wells in a Kerala Village, Palakkad district. They are aged between 35 and 70 years old. Each well is about 10-12 meters deep single-handedly digging the rocky terrain of the panchayat. A women with a crown flowers in Midsummer Night in Ukraine and observing the age-old practice for celestial love. Greece cultural ministry allows all archaeological sites including famed Acropolis will shut during the hottest hours of the day due to heat wave. As long as temperatures exceed 39C, sites will open for 5 hours from 8AM to 10AM and reopen from 5PM to 8PM. All areas experiencing high temperatures would follow the scheduled times. Thursday, July 13, 2017: 23:45: Indian astronomers discover 'Saraswati'- an extremely large super-cluster of galaxies: An extremely large super-cluster of galaxies which is as big as 20 million billion suns has been discovered by a team of Indian Astronomers. 13 July, 2017 03:37 PM:  WASHINGTON D.C.: Global warming threatening European wine industry.  Wine lovers may soon be left wanting for more as a recent study has found that rising temperatures are affecting wine production from hotter countries. The Netherlands. It is a low-lying nation, with a sophisticated agricultural sector and high population density. Half of the country is lower than a metre above sea level, with an eighth of the country lying below sea level. Any rise in sea levels could impact this country drastically, leading to social and economic devastation. Jul, 14 2017 07:00:03 IST: New Delhi: As many as 80 people have lost their lives in the floods that have hit 58 districts in the North East, on Thursday. The Phen Kamal (Saussurea Gossypiphora) the SANJEEVANI that brought Lakshman back to life, transported by Lord Hanuman, to Lord Rama. Phen Kamal blooms (at 16,000 feet) during the monsoon between July and September as does the Brahma Kamal (at 14,000 feet on rocky floor). The Nandi Kund at 16,000 feet in the Garhwal Himalayas has a fine collection of medicinal plants. Wrong information about monsoon led people in Majalgaon Taluka to loose their seedlings. 

DETAILS

RAINFALL IN AP: June 30, 2017: Coastal areas recorded 109.7mm ordinary rains, 152.3 mm (47%) enhanced rainfall was recorded. Vijayanagaram 22%, Srikakulam 4% less rainfall recorded. East Godavari Zillah 89%, Guntur 88%, Krishna 71%, Visakhapatnam 54% excess rainfall recorded. Rayalaseema 67.8 mm ordinary rainfall, 88.9% (31%) excess rainfall recorded. Telangana 135.9 mm ordinary rainfall, 292 mm (42%) excess rainfall recorded. Mahabhoobanagar 70%, Rangareddy 64%, Warangal 53%, excess rainfall was recorded.

1  July 2017: The mercury hit 34.5 at Heathrow in what was the UK's warmest June day for 40 years. It was a similar story in the Netherlands which is set to have its hottest June on record while in Switzerland it was the second warmest since 1864. During June, mean monthly temperatures about 3C above normal were recorded across western parts of the continent. France experienced its hottest June night ever on 21st when the average around the country was 26.4C.

 

                   Fig.1 July 1, 2017 7:12 pm ET: The Severe Thunderstorm

         Watch is still in effect for Orange and Putnam Counties until 9 p.m.    

Sunday, July 2, 2017 - 13:10: 5.3-magnitude earthquake rocks Japan's Hokkaido: The quake logged lower five in some parts of Hokkaido prefecture on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at seven.

Fig.2  Villagers being transported to safety in a boat

after their houses got submerged in flood water at

Balimuck village in Morigaon district of Assam.

            Over two lakh people are reeling under the impact of  floods in 8 districts where flood waters have run over several villages.

RAINFALLOF THE SOUTH_WEST MONSOON IN INDIA July 2, 2017:19:18:IST Imphal: Torrential rain triggers flash floods in parts of Manipur. Other low lying areas in various localities of Imphal were also flooded as the Nambul river overflowed. Several farmlands were also inundated. Torrential rain in the last two days led to flash floods in many parts of Manipur affecting many areas in the Imphal valley and the state capital. A portion of the Imphal riverbank collapsed at Bashikhong in Imphal. East district creating panic among the people. With more than 300 households affected, many fled their homes to seek refuge at voluntary relief camps and government provided temporary relief camps. Other low lying areas in various localities of Imphal were also flooded as the Nambul river overflowed. Several farmlands were also inundated. The south-west monsoon hit Delhi and NCR on Sunday and advanced to several States throwing normal life out of gear in Rajasthan and Gujarat in the West and Himachal Pradesh in the North, even as nearly 3 lakh people remained affected due to floods in Assam in the North-East, where the weatherman has predicted very heavy rain in Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim. While heavy and very heavy showers drenched northern Bihar, heavy downpour is forecast for entire Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh. the advancement of south-west monsoon into more parts of Rajasthan, heavy rain battered several parts of the State during the last 24 hours. At present, the Northern Limit of Monsoon is passing through Barmer and Kota. Jodhpur bore the maximum brunt as heavy rain triggered a flood-like situation across the city. Jodhpur Observatory has recorded 16.2 mm of rain.Massive water-logging was seen to such an extent that people and vehicles could be seen flowing with the water. Three teenagers were swept away in Sawai Madhopur district when they were taking bath in a nullah due to strong flow of water following heavy showers. A 59-year-old man also lost his life in a similar manner in Jodhpur. Heavy rainfall also affected the movement of trains in the State. Other places in Rajasthan have also recorded moderate to heavy rain. In Assam, floods have affected more than 2.68 lakh people in Barpeta, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Karimganj, Cachar, Dhemaji, Karbi Anglong and Biswanath districts. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority’s report said 453 villages have  been inundated and over 5,272 hectares of crop area damaged by the swirling flood waters. Karimganj is the worst hit with 1.53 lakh sufferers. While 76,000 people have been affected in Lakhimpur, 5,670 people have taken shelter in 269 relief camps set up in four districts. In the national Capital, a fresh spell of rain and a cloud cover  thereafter kept the heat at bay. The Safdarjung observatory recorded 20.4 mm of rain till 8.30 am on Sunday while the rainfall recorded at Palam observatory was 37.9 mm. In Delhi  finally it arrived on Sunday morning. A western disturbance  will ensure similar rain in Delhi for two more days at a stretch. The south-west monsoon also entered parts of Haryana, even as humid weather prevailed in other parts of the State and the neighbouring Punjab. The grain bowl States of the country, Punjab and Haryana had received scanty monsoon rain during last two years. In Manipur, incessant rainfall has triggered a flood-like situation with all major rivers in the State flowing above the danger mark. Vast paddy fields and villages are inundated by the water overflowing from the swollen rivers. Some portions of Imphal are also flooded. Several low-lying areas and roads in the city and adjacent areas are also flooded. Nambul river is overflowing at several places. Vast paddy fields and residential areas in Heibongpokpi in Imphal West district are flooded, causing difficulties to people. Rain lashed parts of Himachal Pradesh for the third consecutive day on Sunday as the south-west monsoon advanced into more areas of the State. About 400 tourists, who were stranded on a stretch of the Manali-Leh National Highway, blocked due to landslides and inundated by rainwater, were rescued after 15 hours of hectic efforts. The Border Road Organisation teams cleared the blockage. The tourists spent the night in their vehicles in the biting cold. Meanwhile, rain continued to pound parts of the State, which witnessed a series of landslides over the last week. Naina Davi received 81 mm of rainfall, Nahan 37 mm, Bijahi 35 mm, Shimla 25 mm, Kandaghat 18 mm, Jubbar Hatti 16 mm, Solan 14 mm, Kumarsen 13 mm, Paonta Sahib and Sarahan 7 mm each and Dharampur 5 mm. Predicted moderate to heavy rain and thundershowers in the mid and lower hills, and snow and rain in the higher reaches up to July 8. The heavy rain in Gujarat have triggered flood-like situation in the State. The low-lying areas in Ahmedabad are waterlogged. The city recorded 31 mm of rainfall.  Tankara received a massive 280 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours. Teams of the disaster management department with the help of National Disaster Response Force personnel rescued around 14 people stranded in floodwaters in the district. The weather forecast predicted heavy to very heavy rain with extremely heavy rain at isolated places is very likely over Gujarat region. Rainfall occurred at most places over Coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep, at many places over South interior Karnataka, at a few places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh  and North interior Karnataka and at isolated places over Rayalaseema, Telangana and Tamil Nadu. Heavy rain at isolated places is very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, West Bengal and Sikkim, Odisha, Jharkhand, west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, east Rajasthan, Madhya.

NEW MATERIAL TO DETOXIFY WATER

         Swansea researchers developed a method to effectively remove dye pollutants in water and break them down by almost ten times, more by using visible light. The composite is synthesised by growing ultrathin nanowires of tungsten on the surface of tantalum nitride. The composite offers a huge surface area to capture the dye. The material then breaks down the dye to molecules using the energy provided by sunlight. Absorbing the visible part of solar spectrum is for photo-catalytic degradation. Research published in Journal of Scientific Reports. 

July 02, 2017 16:45 IST: A 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Nepal: According to the National Seismological Centre (NSC), the epicentre was at Bitijor Bagaincha of south-eastern Nepal in Okhaldhunga district. The seismic event was recorded at 7:43 am.

Mon Jul 3, 2017 | 9:55pm IST: Rescuers transfer residents with a boat at a flooded area in Guilin, Guangxi province. Torrential rain lashed parts of central and south, with floods forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes.

Beijing: At least 56 people have been killed and 22 others missing as heavy rains left a trail of destruction in 11 Chinese provinces. A total of 27,000 houses have collapsed and 37,000 others damaged in floods, landslides and hailstorms since June 29 in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Direct economic losses were estimated at 25.27 billion yuan (US$ 3.72 billion).

Tuesday, July 4, 2017 - 14:37: A typhoon slammed into Japan today, grounding dozens of flights, injuring at least three people and prompting authorities to issue evacuation warnings on fears of landslides and floods. Typhoon Nanmadol made landfall in Nagasaki on the south-western main island of Kyushu, packing winds of up to 144 kilometres per hour.At least 47 domestic flights were cancelled, affecting around 3,000 passengers, airline companies said, as transport across Kyushu temporarily came to a standstill Tuesday.

  

Tuesday, July 4, 2017 - 13:09 Chinese authorities say least 56 people have been killed and 22 are missing as heavy rains slammed southern China, flooding rivers and towns, cutting off power and halting traffic.

July 4, 2017: Secret square found under Avebury stone circle:

Fig.3 The Avebury site was built over several hundred years

around 4,500 years ago, and consists of three stone circles,

including the largest stone circle in Europe which is 330 metres across

and once had 100 stones.

                          

Fig.4. The survey took place inside the southern inner circle,

within the bank and ditch and huge outer stone circle

4 July 2017: The new measurement of Planck’s constant is 6.626069934E-34 kg sq. m/sec, with an uncertainty of only 13 parts per billion.

4 July 2017: Kolkata: Astronomers from India discover giant radio galaxies, study need to be made to realize how these clusters grow to be so huge in size. Only about 300 of them classified as GRGs. 25 GRG were found by six scientists in Institute of Pune, using the GMRT in Pune, a Ph. D student author of the paper  published in The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The work started as a Master's Degree thesis by Pratik, grew into a project with the six people.

4 July 2017: Torrential rain battered the Northeast on Monday, triggering a flood-like situation in Arunachal Pradesh and worsening the deluge in Assam, even as Gujarat recorded 31 rain-related deaths since the onset of monsoon. Extremely heavy rain in Assam - where more than 3.5 lakh people have been hit by floods, and Meghalaya."Heavy to very heavy rain” is likely in Arunachal Pradesh, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Bihar and east Uttar Pradesh.More rain has been predicted for Nagaland and Manipur, where a downpour on Sunday triggered flash floods and landslides.The flood situation in the Imphal Valley in Manipur remained grim with heavy showers triggering waterlogging. Copious rain lashed several parts of Arunachal Pradesh, including Itanagar, leading to landslides and a flood-like situation in many areas across the state. Heavy damage to roads, culverts, houses and other infrastructure was reported.Incessant rainfall led to the erosion of a major portion of NH 415, which connects Naharlagun and Itanagar. The national highway has been closed and all vehicles were diverted to Papu-Nallah and Itanagar via the Jollang road.24 struck by lightning.  On Monday that 24 people were struck by lightning while 300 cattle also perished in the downpour. The rainfall that averaged 38 mm in the last 24 hours paralysed air and rail transport. Flights were diverted or delayed due to downpour or potholes on new runways. Five trains were cancelled and 13 diverted on Monday. Over 600 people were also evacuated in Patan district since Sunday. As the storage levels touch 90%,  four of the 203 reservoirs on high alert and four more on alert. n The traffic mess in Mumbai Metropolitan Region worsened on Monday as an LPG tanker skidded and overturned on Ghodbunder Road in Thane district. As traffic was stopped nearly 200 feet before the accident spot to avoid a disaster. A team of Bharat Gas reached the spot to ensure that the leakage from the tanker is contained and there is no threat to people. Since last week, traffic woes have worsened in the three adjoining districts of Palghar, Thane and Raigad due to accidents, waterlogging and potholes. Several parts of Haryana and Punjab also received heavy rainfall on Monday as monsoon marched ahead and is likely to hit capital Chandigarh in a couple of days. Many parts of Haryana received moderate to heavy rainfall.

Tuesday July 4, 2017: Aphelion occurred today at 13.53, at the farthest point to Sun, with planet Earth in its elliptical orbit, at a distance of 15,20,92,504 km or 152 million km approximately.

           A mystery island that has been branded 'dangerous' has suddenly formed in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle. The crescent-shaped mile-long island off the tip of Cape Point in Buxton, North Carolina, began rising from the sea in Spring. Surrounding the waters of the so-called Devil's Triangle, the sandbank has been dubbed Shelly Island by locals because of the vast quantities of shells which litter the shore.The new island measures around one-mile long and more than 400 feet wide.

05 July 2017: Imphal (Assam) [India], July 05 (ANI): Nearly four lakh people are reeling under the fury of flood at 13 districts caused by incessant rains in Assam, according to official sources. The flood water has submerged the low lying areas of the Kaziranga national park. Meanwhile, several rivers were still continuously showing a mounting trend. Ferry services between Guwahati and North Guwahati has been suspended for the time being as the Brahmaputra is maintaining an increasing trend.State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has already evacuated 400 students to safer places at Nalbari district. On July 3, flood claimed life of one in Lakhimpur district.Some of the worst affected districts were Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Golaghat.Nearly 24 thousand people are taking shelter at 108 relief camps. Relief materials like drinking water and rice are being distributed and the medical teams were also deployed in flood hit areas.Cattle stock, houses, infrastructures including roads and culverts and agriculture land are deluged due to floods.

July 5, 6, 2017: The two days were extremely warm and there was no rain at all in Visakhapatnam in spite of the fact that the city is covered by clouds and with the Sun remarkably hot in spite of it not open.

July 6, 2017:

The observation of Ξcc++ (Xicc++) a new particle containing two charm quarks and one up quark. The existence of this particle from the baryon family was expected by current theories, but physicists have been looking for such baryons with two heavy quarks for many years. The mass of the newly identified particle is about 3621 MeV, which is almost four times heavier than the most familiar baryon, the proton, a property that arises from its doubly charmed quark content. It is the first time that such a particle has been unambiguously detected."In contrast to other baryons, in which the three quarks perform an elaborate dance around each other, a doubly heavy baryon is expected to act like a planetary system, where the two heavy quarks play the role of heavy stars orbiting one around the other, with the lighter quark orbiting around this binary system," added Guy Wilkinson, former Spokesperson of the collaboration. Measuring the properties of the Ξcc++ will help to establish how a system of two heavy quarks and a light quark behaves. Important insights can be obtained by precisely measuring production and decay mechanisms, and the lifetime of this new particle.The observation of this new baryon proved to be challenging and has been made possible owing to the high production rate of  heavy quarks at the LHC and to the unique capabilities of the LHCb experiment, which can identify the decay products with excellent efficiency. The Ξcc++ baryon was identified via its decay into a Λc+ baryon and three lighter mesons K-, π+ and π+. The observation of the Ξcc++ in LHCb raises the expectations to detect other representatives of the family of doubly-heavy baryons. They will now be searched for at the LHC. This result is based on 13 TeV data recorded during run 2 at the Large Hadron Collider, and confirmed using 8 TeV data from run 1. The collaboration has submitted a paper reporting these findings to the journal Physical Review Letters. Two charm quarks in a baryon have been identified with mass as 3621 MeV, which is almost four times heavier than the proton.
CERN-EP-2017-156 LHCb-PAPER-2017-018 July 6, 2017: Observation of the doubly charmed baryon Ξ++ cc: LHCb collaboration†: Abstract A highly significant structure is observed in the Λ+ c K−π+π+ mass spectrum, where the Λ+ c baryon is reconstructed in the decay mode pK−π+. The structure is consistent with originating from a weakly decaying particle, identified as the doubly charmed baryon Ξ++ cc . The mass, measured relative to that of the Λ+ c baryon, is found to be 3621.40±0.72(stat)±0.27(syst)±0.14(Λ+ c )MeV/c2, where the last uncertainty is due to the limited knowledge of the Λ+ c mass. The state is observed in a sample of proton-proton collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 1.7fb−1, and confirmed in an additional sample of data collected at 8TeV.

July 7, 2017: A battery-less phone developed by University of Washington scientists, Shyam Gollakota, uses tiny vibrations in a phone's microphone or speaker to encode speech patterns in the reflected signals. To receive speech it converts encoded radio signals into sound vibrations, that are picked up by phone's speaker. Use of speech-pattern encoding is the secret behind the University scientists achievement.

TOKYO (AP) : July 8, 2017: The death toll from heavy rain and flooding in southern Japan this week has risen to 15 as rescue workers reached isolated villages where at least six others are missing and feared dead. Heavy rain warnings are still in place for parts of the southern island of Kyushu on Saturday, days after Typhoon Nanmadol swept across Japan, triggering floods and mudslides that wrecked hundreds of homes, roads and rice terraces. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency says Saturday 12 dead have so far been found in the hardest-hit Asakura city in Fukuoka prefecture and three others in neighboring Oita prefecture. In Fukuoka and neighbouring Oita, the hardest hit areas, 18 people have been killed and 14 have been injured, while roughly 570 have been left in the state of isolation and more than 20 still unaccounted.

9 July 2017: More heavy rains later in the evening and potential landslides. The downpour has been caused by a low pressure over the Pacific that has sent warm, moist air into Japan's seasonal rainy front.

8 July 2017: A medium intensity earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted the India-Pakistan border region in Jammu and Kashmir today. The quake occurred at 3:42 pm at a depth of 10 km, There were no immediate reports of loss of life or property. Jammu and Kashmir is one of the regions that witness high seismological activities. Earlier, a 3.3 magnitude earthquake shook Meghalaya's West Garo Hills on July 5. Meanwhile, a 3.5 magnitude earthquake shook Manipur's Chandel on June 25. On June 19, an earthquake of 4.4 magnitude hit Imphal. On June 1, an earthquake of 3.2 magnitude hit Manipur's Senapati district at around 5:48 P.M.

Fig.5 On Saturday Bhopalapalli highway 8 July 2017

group of cows moving around the one struck by passing vehicle

for several hours in vain they left in tears.

BATTERY CONTRACT: July 9: Sankar Das Gupta of Canadian Lithium-ion battery supplier Electrovaya, has been given 100 days to build 100 MW battery to light up 30,000 homes if there is a black out. Tesla CEO has said failing deliver it would cost him $50 million or more.

9 July: Sunday night: A two-hour storm unleashed 54mm (2.1in) of rain on Sunday night in Paris, the equivalent of 27 days of rainfall. Weather services say 49.2mm fell in one hour, the French capital's heaviest July deluge on record. Flooding closed 20 metro stations and three were still shut as commuters made their way to work on Monday morning. Parts of Switzerland were hit by violent winds and hail storms that also caused flooding at the weekend.
News July 9: NATCO farm company employee Andhra University Professor in 1953, Erraguntla Venkata Rao, got three patents 1. "Lavana Valli" powder mixed in milk and drinking it would help restore broken bones. 2. "Yellow Pasupu"  would yield some elemental parts works as medicine. 3. Soya bean oil extract yields Vitamin -E.  He went on Common-wealth scholarship  to England worked at Newcastle University and obtained Ph.D.

July 10, 2017: MANILA, Philippines (AP): The strongest aftershock yet has shaken the central Philippines   following last week's 6.5-magnitude earthquake that damaged a power plant and other buildings. No damage or casualties were immediately reported after the 5.4-magnitude earthquake Monday morning.

Fig.6 Lightning in Bihar

10 July 2017: BIHAR AND NATIONAL CAPITAL: At least 19 people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, while the flood situation in Assam deteriorated today as a fresh death took the toll to 26. In the national capital, however, it was a hot and humid day with the minimum and maximum temperatures settling above normal levels. The maximum temperature was recorded at 38.5 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal, while the minimum settled at 29.6 degrees Celsius, two degrees Celsius above normal.
10 July 2017: Throughout the day it was pretty hot and in the evening in the park also it was hot.

July 10, 2017: Imphal, July 9 (IANS): Continuous heavy downpour in Manipur has triggered landslides along the mountainous national highways, suspending vehicular movement in the state stopped on Sunday. Two landslides at Sinam village in Tamenglog district have dislocated traffic along NH 37 as Border Roads Task Force labourers are trying to clear the debris. Hundreds of loaded trucks and oil tankers are stranded on the either side of the damaged National Highway.
 Shimla, July 10, 2017: After remaining weak for three days, monsoons became active in Himachal, especially in Mandi and Kangra as these districts experienced heavy rain. Major rivers and tributaries are in spate and flowing above the danger mark in Mandi district. All the major highways were open for traffic.Sundernagar was the wettest in the region with 124 mm of rain followed by Sarkaghat 106 mm, Dharamsala 89 mm, Bhoranj 80 mm, Gaggal 79 mm, Mandi 71 mm, Dehra Gopipur 69 mm, Baijnath 60 mm, Bijahi 57 mm, Guler 55 mm, Pandoh 42 mm, Gohar 40 mm, Bharari and Jogindernagar 37 mm, Hamirpur 31 mm, Palampur 29 mm, Baldwara 27 mm, Nagrota Suriyan and Sunni Bahhi 26 mm, Kasauli 23 mm, Kahu and Gumarwin 20 mm each, Sujanpur Tira and Arki 14 mm each, Mashobra 11 mm and Nurpur 10 mm.The Meteorological Department has issued warning of heavy rain in lower and mid hills of Kangra, Mandi, Sirmaur, Shimla, Solan and Bilaspur on July 11 and 12 and predicted thundershowers and rain in most of the places in mid and lower hills and rain and snow in some places in high hills.There was no significant change in the maximum and the minimum temperatures. Una with 37 degree was hottest in day followed by Kangra 32.5 degree and Bhuntar 32 degree while Manali was the coldest at night with a minimum temperature of 14.2 degree followed by Keylong 15.8 degree, Kalpa 16.2 degree, Shimla 17.6 degree and Dharamsala 19.4 degree C.

11 July 2017 in the morning around 2:30AM cool breeze. A welcome change! Throughout the day it was cloudy, but there was a slight drizzle in the evening. Palasa it rained heavily all the days where Dr. Lalitha Kumari  stayed from 5 to 10 July. It was heavy downpour there.
11 July 2017: Women pick up shovels, dig 190 wells in a Kerala Village, Palakkad district. They are aged between 35 and 70 years old. Each well is about 10-12 meters deep single-handedly digging the rocky terrain of the panchayat.

Fig.7 Crossing the troubled waters for safety

11 July : Assam floods claim 7 more people and over a 12.5 5 lakh people were hit.  Total has gone up to 33. The death toll in the ongoing wave of flood in Assam climbed to 40 as six more people died on Tuesday. Nearly 50,000 people of 2,498 villages have left their homes and taken shelter in temporary relief camps.   73% of Kaziranga National Park, that is bounded by Brahmaputra river on its north has also inundated. The surging water of  Brahmaputra river and its tributaries brought 23 districts under water since Monday.Tuesday,11 July, 2017  Itanagar: At least fourteen people are believed to have been killed after a massive landslide triggered by incessant rains hit Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday.An estimated 14 people (all from one family) lost their lives in a landslide at Laptap village, nearly 3-hours by road from capital Itanagar, on Tuesday.Three dwellings in Laptap village were hit by the landslide around 3.30 PM.Papum Pare has been receiving rains for the past four days.Incessant rains for the past three days have triggered landslides and flash floods in various parts of this mountainous state. Eight houses have submerged under debris caused by a massive landslide at Laptap village under Papum Pare district this afternoon. Adding 14 people are feared buried under the debris.Rising water levels in rivers and low lying areas in the state have affected over 17 lakh people in 24 of the state’s 28 districts. Official figures say over 31,000 people are displaced and are taking shelter in 294 relief camps.

                          

 Fig.8 Wading through rainwater a boy carrying fresh drinking

water in Assam Karimnagar District.

Jul 12, 2017 19:26 IST: Yamuna water level crosses danger mark; alert sounded in Karnal, Yamunanagar. Flood control rooms set up in Yamunanagar, which receives state’s highest rainfall, Karnal farmers worried that  paddy crop goes underwater. The Yamuna water level at the Hathinikund barrage has crossed the danger mark of 90,000 cusecs and reached 1.18 lakh cusecs by 5pm on Wednesday from Tuesday’s 37,000 cusecs. They said the water level is likely to rise further as heavy rainfall of about 26 mm has been reported in Yamunanagar district. About 100 acres of paddy crop has been submerged for the past 10 days at Singara and Balu villages of Karnal district. My five acres of standing crop is underwater since May 28 and the water level is increasing due to rain as the administration has failed to provide any help to pump out the water.the highest rainfall of 25.8 mm was recorded in Yamunanagar district on Tuesday followed by Panipat (18.5mm), Ambala (18.4mm), Mewat (17.3mm), Jhajjar (13.6mm), Faridabad (13.3mm), Rewari (11.8mm), Rohtak (6.5 mm), Panchkula (6.2mm), Palwal (5.8 mm), Bhiwani (4.2mm), Gurugram (5mm), Kurukshetra (3mm) and Karnal (2.3 mm).
 Jul 12, 2017 19:46 IST: Assam: Floods claim five more lives, death toll rises to 44: Nearly 2,500 villages are inundated across the state and 1,05,860 hectares of crop area affected. Rising water levels in rivers and low lying areas in the state have affected over 17 lakh people in 24 of the state’s 28 districts. Said over 31,000 people are displaced and are taking shelter in 294 relief camps.
Jul 12, 2017 12:29 IST: Six killed as rains lash Uttarakhand; Kedarnath pilgrimage suspended. The Uttarakhand government has temporarily stopped the Kedarnath pilgrimage following heavy rain across the state and a forecast of even more rain.

 Fig.9 A women with a crown flowers in Midsummer Night

in Ukraine and observing the age-old practice for celestial love.

GREECE "HEAT HOURS"

       Greece cultural ministry allows all archaeological sites including famed Acropolis will shut during the hottest hours of the day due to heat wave. As long as temperatures exceed 39C, sites will open for 5 hours from 8AM to 10AM and reopen from 5PM to 8PM. All areas experiencing high temperatures would follow the scheduled times.

13 July, 2017 03:37 PM:  WASHINGTON D.C.: Global warming threatening European wine industry.  Wine lovers may soon be left wanting for more as a recent study has found that rising temperatures are affecting wine production from hotter countries.   

The Netherlands. It is a low-lying nation, with a sophisticated agricultural sector and high population density. Half of the country is lower than a metre above sea level, with an eighth of the country lying below sea level. Any rise in sea levels could impact this country drastically, leading to social and economic devastation.  

Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 10:50:Earthquake of magnitude 6.7 strikes off Papua New Guinea: USGS
 An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 struck off the town of Rabaul in the south Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea on Thursday. 

Jul, 13 2017: 22:56:04 IST: Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam continued to deteriorate with five more persons losing their lives today as while over 17 lakh people remained affected across 26 districts in the state. Around 77 percent of the Kaziranga National Park, including 134 anti-poaching camps, has been inundated, leaving some animals dead and some moving to nearby highlands.   

Thursday, July 13, 2017: 23:45: Indian astronomers discover 'Saraswati'- an extremely large super-cluster of galaxies: An extremely large super-cluster of galaxies which is as big as 20 million billion suns has been discovered by a team of Indian Astronomers from Pune-based Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA).

Fig.9a Super-cluster found.

Jul, 14 2017 07:00:03 IST: New Delhi: As many as 80 people have lost their lives in the floods that have hit 58 districts in the North East, on Thursday.  Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur with officials of these states, said the damage caused by the rains was "unprecedented". A total of 58 districts have been affected due to floods and landslides in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur where around 80 lives have been lost.

Jul 14, 2017: NEBRASKA: Running at 100F and people are suffering from excessive summer heat, and keeping the air-conditioners running low throughout the day Dr. Vijaya Vani Kotcherlakota reports.

HIMALAYAN WONDERS

Fig.10 The Phen Kamal at 16000 feet in Himalayas

the globular mass of fine hair, like cotton wool, blend with  Terrain.

 The Phen Kamal ,Saussurea Gossypiphora, the SANJEEVANI that brought Lakshman back  to life

transported by Lord Hanuman, to Lord Rama. Phen Kamal blooms during the monsoon between July and September as does the Brahma Kamal (at 14,000 feet on rocky floor).

Fig.11 The Cobra Lily,

           

                Among the bushes a purple cobra lily or the Arisaema, with spadix snaking down from its hood extending several feet, twisting and twirling in mid-air. Above 10,000 feet the perennial marsh marigolds. The scarlet flowers of the Eriyethrina, the  orange bloom of the Flame of the forest, the pink, white and purple Bahunia and the whit blossoms of the elephant apple tree had arranged themselves at 8000 feet. The lush valley of Dunagiri Peak has exotic flowers at 23,106 feet with giant slopes. The Nandi Kund at 16,000 feet in the Garhwal Himalayas has a fine collection of medicinal plants.

July 15, 2017: Majalgaon Taluka has been reeling under severe drought for almost FOUR years now, they have lodged a complaint against the weather bureau at local police station on Friday, 14 July. IMD at Mumbai and Pune gave wrong information about monsoon forecast causing severe loss to many a farmers. This amounts to cheating farmers bought expensive seeds and completed sowing. All was a waste. It seems department worked in collusion with the seed, fodder and pesticide companies stated in complaint.

July 15, 2017 02:22 IST: The Washington Post:  'Active Sinkhole' is Swallowing Homes In Florida: A sinkhole has grown into a 220-foot depression in the Land O' Lakes neighbourhood near Tampa, swallowing two homes and prompting authorities to evacuate others.
TAMARINDUS INDICA: A native crop and drought resistant in Rayalaseema districts, with red pulp, with the presence of Anthocyanin in vacuoles, would yield six tonnes per hectare  and with pod size at 12.7 g per pod.
From Saturday 15 July 2017 to Sunday, heavy rain is expected in a vast part between the Yellow River and the Huaihe River, as well as parts of Hainan and Guangdong provinces.
Provinces of Anhui, Shandong, Jiangsu and Hainan may see torrential rain of up to 140 mm in 24 hours.                                              ********************************

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

                    The author is deeply indebted to Late Prof. K. R. Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D.Sc. (London). The author also expresses his gratitude to him for the inspiration and constant guidance provided for his research and investigations. A summary of all his disciples, to my knowledge, and list of publications by him, are listed by the present author and is available on INTERNET. (His lifetime: 1899 Sept. 9 early morning to 1972 June 20 at 9:10 AM). He initiated several researches in wide variety of subjects, and earned respect from the several followers. Hundreds of his research students are well-spread over many countries. Many a foreign visitors to Andhra University remember his unselfish work, and promotion of youngsters to aspire for world recognition. Special respects to my mother Mrs. Peramma Kotcherlakota, an enigmatic lady, who completed SSLC from Queen Mary's High School, Visakhapatnam, in year 1919.