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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,
Maharanipeta. P. O., Visakhapatnam-530002, A.P. Mobile: 09491902867.
kotcherlakota_l_n@hotmail.com; lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota@gmail.com
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. ********************************
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.
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