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Volume 2019, Issue No.9a , Dated: Sept. 16, 2019, Time: 05:36:29 AM
Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,
M.Sc. (Math. Phys.), M.Sc. (Nucl. Phys.), Ph. D. (AU), Int. Edu & Res. (Sweden 1964-65)
While returning from Sweden, spent a few days in England, Paris, Egypt and etc. countries,
Visited USA about 12 Universities, several National Laboratories and Institutes for four months.
Sept.to December 1988. and in 1989 visited Japan for about
10 days, and South Korea Conf. in Physics for a week in 1989.
[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; DOB:23-07-1940.
lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Tremors trigger fear along Narmada river. At 4.45PM on Wednesday a blast ripped through air of Ekalabara, they were second time in the day, earlier on Sept. 7 and 9 tremors rocked people out of sleep. Tremors measuring upto 2-3 on richter scale gripped more than 12 villages, Sidhi and Shahdol districts stare at drought, Karen Meech wouldn't credit Comet C/2019 Q4 with good timing. But when an astronomer has a chance to study the first known interstellar comet, by golly they take it, unfinished paper for a major conference aside, Comments by the author: The Car needs to be thoroughly checked for surviving the lightning bolt. All the occupants health need to be gauged, with blood tests and formal medical check ups to elicit any possible lightning impacts, for the miraculous escape without any damage to them, Sept. 20, 2019, 6:51 [IST]: Lander was just 33m away from touch down. ISRO officials say that they are currently analysing the landing programme that was written by the team at the U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru, Sept. 20, 2019: Dust cloud spawned from a gigantic collision in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 400 million years ago triggered an Ice age on the Earth, Sept. 21 2019: 12:36 pm:Quantum Supremacy: Google’s Processor Makes Three-Minute Calculation For Which Supercomputers Would Take 10,000 Years, Sept. 22, 2019: ANANTAPUR: Heavy rains for the past one week several streams and minor rivers are in spate, while several tanks are brimming with water, Sept. 23, 2019: ISRO is developing a methane-powered rocket engine. Methane, which can be synthesised with water and carbon dioxide in space, is often described as the space fuel of the future, 24 Sept. 2019: The Heavy rainfall in Visakhapatnam in the afternoon and continued on 25 Sept. and also on 26 Sept. Some Sun Shine hardly a few minutes on the 25 Sept., Sept. 26, 22019: 13 dead as rains batter Pune, 1000 cattle dead, hundreds of vehicles washed away. The city was caught unawares, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh experiencing heavy rains, This festival concludes on the fifth day with the Syiem offering a thanksgiving prayer to the Creator, Sept. 28, 2019: 18:20 IST:New Policy Allows Student Entrepreneurs Sit For Exams Without Minimum Attendance. In its "National Innovation and Startup Policy 2019 for Students and Faculty", Sept. 28, 2019: Scientists puzzled by a gigantic planet orbiting a tiny star cool red dwarf known as GJ3512, which is half the mass of Jupiter, Sept. 29, 2019: During the night (28-29) there was a heavy downpour with tremendous lightning and thunders that frightened people but in the morning of 29, it all cleared and there was full sunshine, Sept. 29, 2019: As many as 48 people died in rain-related incidents, majority of them in Uttar Pradesh, while incessant rainfall in Bihar, where an alert has been sounded, “The optical tweezer holds the plasmonic tweezer and the plasmonic tweezers trap our target nanoparticles, therefore tweezer (plasmonic) in tweezer (optical)", Sept. 30, 2019: 10:08 IST: With consistent rains, September on course to be 'wettest' in 102 years.
DETAILS:
16 Sept. 2019: Flash floods hit five Mandals Sirivella (22.76cm), Gospadu (22.64cm), Mahanandi (16.84cm), Nandyal and Rudravaram (18cm), Allagadda (11.9cm) in Kurnool district. In Allagadda mandal 600 school children rescued with the school boundary walls demolished. Water entered the premises of the school up to a level of 3 feet.
16 Sept. 2019: Tremors trigger fear along Narmada river. At 4.45PM on Wednesday a blast ripped through air of Ekalabara, they were second time in the day, earlier on Sept. 7 and 9 tremors rocked people out of sleep. Tremors measuring upto 2-3 on richter scale gripped more than 12 villages. Blasts are so loud that they could be heard over 6-7 km distance. Five-six tremors in Barwani district, within a minute, and almost felt every day. Water in wells strangely bubbles up after a blast. But during floods in the 1970s they never felt such shocks. Cracks appeared on walls and walls have collapsed. A temple caved in Village. Height is 138.68 meters on Sunday.
16 Sept. 2019: Army moved to M.P. as dam overflows with Chambal river has swelling backwaters. Gandhi Sagar dam has more inflow 16 lakhs cusecs than outflow only 5 lakh cusecs. M.P.recorded 33% more rain than normal and western district of Mandsaur received 160% mor rain. Sidhi and Shahdol districts stare at drought. In U.P. major rivers are in spate and some are flowing over the danger mark due to release of water from various dams. Allahabad and Badam the water level is reaching danger mark. Yamuna is flowing over the danger mark in Hamlpur and Chillaghat (Banda).
17 Sept. 2019: Due to lack of rains Thatipudi reservoir to release water up to Sept. 24, a major source of drinking water despite recent rains no improvement in water level. 10 mgd being released daily for irrigation. 10 mgd water released for Zone 6, i.e. to Pendurthi and Gopalapatnam and industries in Coromandel, Zindal and other places. No water released to river Gosthani, created acute shortage of water in Bheemili and other areas. Anantagiri hill rainfall during October might save the water problem.
17 Spt. 2019 : 20 hours ago: Karen Meech wouldn't credit Comet C/2019 Q4 with good timing. But when an astronomer has a chance to study the first known interstellar comet, by golly they take it, unfinished paper for a major conference aside. Meech is just one of the astronomers who has rushed to ask for time using instruments on Earth and in its orbit to study a major cosmic celebrity: a bright, fuzzy dot in the sky that she and her colleagues are confident is the first interstellar comet known to scientists.
17 09 2019: 17 hours ago:
17 Sept. 2019: A Nasa official, speaking at an event in the US recently, said the LRO studied changes to Moon's atmosphere caused by rocket effluent released during Lander's descent.
18 Sept. 2019: NALLAMALA FLOODED: Mahanadhi Kshetram flooded and water entered the Temple after 43 years. About 40,000 hectares irrigation submerged, and 55 villages under water. Kundhu and Penna rivers had floods. Andhra state experiencing heavy rains. Somasila water storage is increasing on Tuesday to 27,758 cusecs. Rayalaseema and South coastal areas and in Karnataka heavy rains anticipated due to a cyclonic weather. Abhishek Temple got submerged. Kurnool 35 hectares submerged harvest is 250 crore loss.12 Mandals in 65 villages submerged. Nalamall rains submerged Giddalur, Nandyala affecting train tracks. Guntur main road struck with rain water. Mylavaram cotton crop got submerged.
Sept. 19, 2019: Tamil Nadu: Artefacts dated to 580 BCE hint at script continuity from Indus Valley Civilisation. The findings at the site in Keezhadi, near Madurai, push back the date of Tamil Brahmi script, which is the precursor to modern Tamil, by another century. “One kind of script that survived between the disappearance of Indus script and the emergence of Brahmi script is called as graffiti marks by the scholars,” the report said. “These graffiti marks are the one evolved or transformed from Indus script and served as precursor for the emergence of Brahmi script. Therefore, these graffiti marks cannot be set aside as mere scratches. Like Indus script, this also could not be deciphered till date. Recovery of 10 spindle whorls, 20 sharply pinpointed bone tip tools used for design creations, hanging stones of the yarn, terracotta spheres, copper needle and earthen vessels to hold liquid clearly attest to the various stages of weaving industry from spinning, yarning, looming and weaving and later for dyeing.
Sept. 19, 2019: Hurricane lashes Bermuda as new storm aims at Mexico resorts. The fast-moving Category 3 Humberto began bashing Bermuda with hurricane-strength winds Wednesday afternoon and passed to within about 75 miles (130 km) of the island during the night before heading out into the Atlantic. Forecasters said tropical storm-force winds would continue into Thursday.
Sept. 19, 2019 13:48 IST: Thousands Of Schools Shut In Malaysia, Indonesia As Haze Affects Students. Nearly 2,500 schools were ordered to shut their doors in Malaysia -- including nearly 300 in the smog-hit capital Kuala Lumpur -- over soaring health concerns sparked by toxic haze. Jakarta is deploying thousands of security forces and water-bombing aircraft to tackle the blazes, mostly started by illegal fires set to clear land for plantations.
Sept. 20, 2019, 6:51 [IST]: Lander was just 33m away from touch down. ISRO officials say that they are currently analysing the landing programme that was written by the team at the UR Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru.
16 Sept. 2019: Flash floods hit five Mandals Sirivella (22.76cm), Gospadu (22.64cm), Mahanandi (16.84cm), Nandyal and Rudravaram (18cm), Allagadda (11.9cm) in Kurnool district. In Allagadda mandal 600 school children rescued with the school boundary walls demolished. Water entered the premises of the school up to a level of 3 feet.
16 Sept. 2019: Tremors trigger fear along Narmada river. At 4.45PM on Wednesday a blast ripped through air of Ekalabara, they were second time in the day, earlier on Sept. 7 and 9 tremors rocked people out of sleep. Tremors measuring upto 2-3 on richter scale gripped more than 12 villages. Blasts are so loud that they could be heard over 6-7 km distance. Five-six tremors in Barwani district, within a minute, and almost felt every day. Water in wells strangely bubbles up after a blast. But during floods in the 1970s they never felt such shocks. Cracks appeared on walls and walls have collapsed. A temple caved in Village. Height is 138.68 meters on Sunday.
16 Sept. 2019: Army moved to M.P. as dam overflows with Chambal river has swelling backwaters. Gandhi Sagar dam has more inflow 16 lakhs cusecs than outflow only 5 lakh cusecs. M.P.recorded 33% more rain than normal and western district of Mandsaur received 160% mor rain. Sidhi and Shahdol districts stare at drought. In U.P. major rivers are in spate and some are flowing over the danger mark due to release of water from various dams. Allahabad and Badam the water level is reaching danger mark. Yamuna is flowing over the danger mark in Hamlpur and Chillaghat (Banda).
17 Sept. 2019: Due to lack of rains Thatipudi reservoir to release water up to Sept. 24, a major source of drinking water despite recent rains no improvement in water level. 10 mgd being released daily for irrigation. 10 mgd water released for Zone 6, i.e. to Pendurthi and Gopalapatnam and industries in Coromandel, Zindal and other places. No water released to river Gosthani, created acute shortage of water in Bheemili and other areas. Anantagiri hill rainfall during October might save the water problem.
17 Spt. 2019 : 20 hours ago: Karen Meech wouldn't credit Comet C/2019 Q4 with good timing. But when an astronomer has a chance to study the first known interstellar comet, by golly they take it, unfinished paper for a major conference aside. Meech is just one of the astronomers who has rushed to ask for time using instruments on Earth and in its orbit to study a major cosmic celebrity: a bright, fuzzy dot in the sky that she and her colleagues are confident is the first interstellar comet known to scientists.
17 09 2019: 17 hours ago:
Fig.1. Lightning double strikes the car lady survived
with her passengers 17 Sept. 2019
Woman miraculously survives two lightnings strikes hitting SUV at traffic lights. Comments by the author: The Car needs to be thoroughly checked for surviving the lightning bolt. All the occupants health need to be gauged, with blood tests and formal medical check ups to elicit any possible lightning impacts, for the miraculous escape without any damage to them. 17 Sept. 2019: A Nasa official, speaking at an event in the US recently, said the LRO studied changes to Moon's atmosphere caused by rocket effluent released during Lander's descent.
18 Sept. 2019: The hard impact on the lunar surface left a little crater, big enough for the IIRS to scrutinize the dug out sub surface material. It has a first time capability of mineralogical and volatile mappings of the linear surface in spectral range 0.8-5.0 micrometers, and complete characterisation of water/hydroxyl features near 3.0micrometers,at spectral resolution of 80 meters and high spectral resolution of about 20 nanometers. It would have raised a dust plume on impacting the surface. 14 earth days temperature would drop down to -150C, and would be in complete darkness.
18 Sept. 2019: Districts of Ballia, Ghazipur, Auraiya, Jalaun and Hamirpur face flooding threat. “About seven villages with a population of 15,000 have directly been affected. The Ganga is rising at the rate of 1 cm per hour. In the meanwhile, some parts of the Bundelkhand region such as Kalpi in Jalaun and Hamirpur are also witnessing a rise in the water level of the Yamuna. 18 Sept. 2019: NALLAMALA FLOODED: Mahanadhi Kshetram flooded and water entered the Temple after 43 years. About 40,000 hectares irrigation submerged, and 55 villages under water. Kundhu and Penna rivers had floods. Andhra state experiencing heavy rains. Somasila water storage is increasing on Tuesday to 27,758 cusecs. Rayalaseema and South coastal areas and in Karnataka heavy rains anticipated due to a cyclonic weather. Abhishek Temple got submerged. Kurnool 35 hectares submerged harvest is 250 crore loss.12 Mandals in 65 villages submerged. Nalamall rains submerged Giddalur, Nandyala affecting train tracks. Guntur main road struck with rain water. Mylavaram cotton crop got submerged.
18 Sept. 2019: IMD issues red alert in Mumbai, heavy rain predicted for next three days. Very heavy rains are expected over isolated places like Palghar, Thane, and Raigad districts. At least 18 people were killed in Bihar in lightning strikes during heavy rainfall since Tuesday, Mumbai rains: Thunderstorm and lightning at Marol Naka Andheri. The water levels in Ganga and Yamuna rivers neared the danger mark. Heavy rains over the past few days have caused the rivers to swell. Release of water in Yamuna had led to flooding in many areas in Hamirpur, Banda and Chitrakoot districts. Yamuna, Ken and Betwa rivers are in spate and several acres of agricultural land has been submerged. BIHAR: Heavy rain lashed several parts of the state since Tuesday afternoon, which continued till the early hours of Wednesday. Telangana received "heavy to very heavy" rainfall. Hundreds of people were rescued by the Army across four districts of Rajasthan on Monday following a flood-like situation, while thousands others have been shifted to safer areas, even as Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot took stock of the situation and surveyed the flooded areas. Heavy rainfall was witnessed at isolated places over Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Nicobar islands.
18 Sept. 2019: Major Quake in the Offing: Since 2015 about 77 earthquakes have been recorded in Uttarkashi, out of which 95% were in Pithoragarh Chamoli, and Rudraprayag. 4.3R scale was on India-Nepal border, and second was in Uttarkashi 3.4R scale earlier in this week.
18 Sept. 2019: Sangam Era between 6th BCE and 1st century CE, dated using the Advanced Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, pushed the Tamil Brahmi script and a total of 1,001 graffiti sherds recovered from Keezhadi, inscribed in potsherds might have originated between Indus script and the Tamil-Brahmi script. Later were also found inscribed on the shoulder portions of earthen vessels.
Sept. 19, 2019, 16:04 [IST]: 6.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia : Thursday, 18 Sept. 2019: Major Quake in the Offing: Since 2015 about 77 earthquakes have been recorded in Uttarkashi, out of which 95% were in Pithoragarh Chamoli, and Rudraprayag. 4.3R scale was on India-Nepal border, and second was in Uttarkashi 3.4R scale earlier in this week.
18 Sept. 2019: Sangam Era between 6th BCE and 1st century CE, dated using the Advanced Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, pushed the Tamil Brahmi script and a total of 1,001 graffiti sherds recovered from Keezhadi, inscribed in potsherds might have originated between Indus script and the Tamil-Brahmi script. Later were also found inscribed on the shoulder portions of earthen vessels.
Sept. 19, 2019: Tamil Nadu: Artefacts dated to 580 BCE hint at script continuity from Indus Valley Civilisation. The findings at the site in Keezhadi, near Madurai, push back the date of Tamil Brahmi script, which is the precursor to modern Tamil, by another century. “One kind of script that survived between the disappearance of Indus script and the emergence of Brahmi script is called as graffiti marks by the scholars,” the report said. “These graffiti marks are the one evolved or transformed from Indus script and served as precursor for the emergence of Brahmi script. Therefore, these graffiti marks cannot be set aside as mere scratches. Like Indus script, this also could not be deciphered till date. Recovery of 10 spindle whorls, 20 sharply pinpointed bone tip tools used for design creations, hanging stones of the yarn, terracotta spheres, copper needle and earthen vessels to hold liquid clearly attest to the various stages of weaving industry from spinning, yarning, looming and weaving and later for dyeing.
Sept. 19, 2019: Hurricane lashes Bermuda as new storm aims at Mexico resorts. The fast-moving Category 3 Humberto began bashing Bermuda with hurricane-strength winds Wednesday afternoon and passed to within about 75 miles (130 km) of the island during the night before heading out into the Atlantic. Forecasters said tropical storm-force winds would continue into Thursday.
Sept. 19, 2019 13:48 IST: Thousands Of Schools Shut In Malaysia, Indonesia As Haze Affects Students. Nearly 2,500 schools were ordered to shut their doors in Malaysia -- including nearly 300 in the smog-hit capital Kuala Lumpur -- over soaring health concerns sparked by toxic haze. Jakarta is deploying thousands of security forces and water-bombing aircraft to tackle the blazes, mostly started by illegal fires set to clear land for plantations.
Sept. 20, 2019, 6:51 [IST]: Lander was just 33m away from touch down. ISRO officials say that they are currently analysing the landing programme that was written by the team at the UR Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru.
Sept. 20, 2019: 2.20PM: Water crisis looms over eastern Australia. From sunny Queensland all the way to Sydney, more than a dozen small towns are facing their own "Day Zero" within months, a water crisis reminiscent of the taps being turned off in Cape Town and Chennai. It's getting hotter, it's getting drier, and adding to the misery, precious water supplies are being tasked to fight hundreds of bushfires ripping through the Australian countryside. In the small horticulture hub of Stanthorpe, Queensland, a prolonged crushing drought has left water supplies at the local dam sitting metres below normal levels.
Sept. 20, 2019: Dust cloud spawned from a gigantic collision in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 400 million years ago triggered an Ice age on the Earth that ushered in a significant increase in marine biodiversity. Research published in Science Advances.
Sept. 20, 2019: Dust cloud spawned from a gigantic collision in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 400 million years ago triggered an Ice age on the Earth that ushered in a significant increase in marine biodiversity. Research published in Science Advances.
Sept. 21, 2019: 8:18 PM: Updated an hour ago: Magnitude 5.6 earthquake rocks buildings in Albania. an aftershock only slightly weaker shook the Albanian port town of Durres on Saturday, rocking buildings there and in the capital Tirana and sending residents rushing out into the streets. The Defence Ministry said it was the most powerful quake in Albania in the last 30 years. Residents in Tirana ran out of buildings onto the streets and into parks for safety.
Sept. 21, 2019: The logpi way: Manipur:
Sept. 21 2019: 12:36 pm:Quantum Supremacy: Google’s Processor Makes Three-Minute Calculation For Which Supercomputers Would Take 10,000 Years. In March 2018, Google unveiled its 72-qubit quantum computer chip Bristlecone, saying it was "cautiously optimistic that quantum supremacy can be achieved with Bristlecone".
22 September 2019: Thunderstorm hits 2 AI flights, passengers bruised. On September 17, an Air India flight AI 467 with 174 passengers onboard from Delhi to Vijaywada suffered severe turbulence, resulting in alleged minor injuries for the cabin crew. Due to the injuries caused during turbulence, the cabin crew had to undergo a routine check up after landing at their destination airport. The aircraft in use — Airbus A320 — sustained no damage over the course of flight. In a similar second incident on September 20 on Friday, Air India flight AI 048 from Delhi to Kochi via Trivandrum also suffered severe turbulence. Due to the uneven movement mid-flight, the cabin luggage fell on the aircraft floor. The 172 passengers on board have been reported to be safe. The incident took place when the flight was enroute Kochi from Trivandrum. After landing in Trivandrum, the aircraft A321 was then sent for a detailed check and was cleared for further operations.
Sept. 22, 2019: FREE FALL OF LANDER:In arriving at the figure of a 184 mph crash, Dr. Thakkar, who calls himself as a great admirer ISRO said: "Free fall velocity can be closer to square root of 2gh. Where g is one-sixth of earth (32.2 feet per sec^2) h = 2.1 km = approximately 7,000 feet. With this free fall velocity of 270 ft/second = 184 miles per hour, nothing can survive at that speed. "Anything four-legged falling does not necessarily hit all four legs at the same time depending upon the profile of moon's surface. It is always one leg touching first and taking all the forces due to free falling. If one leg is weakened, the rest cannot help the situation. The deformations that are plastic are not recoverable in metal and materials. Anyone making prediction with a common sense, Vikram was destroyed as soon as it hit the moon ground," he said.
Sept. 22, 2019: ANANTAPUR: Heavy rains for the past one week several streams and minor rivers are in spate, while several tanks are brimming with water, Chitravati, Hagari, Vedavati, and other rivers, who normally appear dry, are now flowing with water. Highest rainfall of 8.4 cm was received in Dharmavaram. Rainfall of 251.6 mm out of an expected maximum of 296.3 mm was received.Farmers hope they won't loose the groundnut crop due to these rains. Following heavy rains on Sunday Patna on the banks of Ganges is totally flooded.
Sept. 22, 2019: Golden ratio is one of the most famous irrational numbers, which run on forever and cannot be expressed accurately without infinite space. Now scientists have proved a conjecture about how to use fractions to approximate them.
Sept. 22, 2019: 10:31 AM: NASA’s Mars InSight Lander Discovers Mysterious Magnetic Pulses, Scientists Baffled. NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander has detected mystery magnetic pulses on the Mars. What's unusual about this occasional magnetic pulsation or wobbling is that it happens at a time when such events would be unlikely on Earth.
Sept, 23, 2019: Mango leaf extract (Mangiferin) has the ability to inhibit the enzyme alpha glucosidase, which helps reduce carbohydrate metabolism in intestine, and hence blood glucose levels. Mango leaves have the capability to improve insulin production and distribution of glucose. They can help in stabilising blood sugar levels. Mango leaves are also loaded with pectin, vitamin C and fibre. Together they are beneficial for both diabetes and cholesterol.
Sept. 23, 2019:1032 GMT (1832 HKT):
Sept. 24, 2019: UK digitises sacred texts, an online collection. British Library on Monday launched "Discovering sacred texts". The texts available on line Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism.and Sikhism. The texts include "Lotus Sutras" from Japan, etc.
Sept. 24, 2019: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake has struck near Puerto Rico, rousing and scaring many from their sleep in the U.S. territory. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck late Monday 49 miles off the island's northwest coast at a shallow depth of 6 miles.
24 Sep 2019: 07:45 PM IST: Tremors were felt across parts of North India and no immediate casualties or damages were reported. The epicentre of the shallow 5.8-magnitude was near PoK's Mirpur.
Delhi-NCR: A medium-intensity earthquake shook Delhi- NCR and northern India on Tuesday as an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale was reported close to the India - Pakistan border. There were no reports of any damage to property or casualties in the quake that occurred at 4:30 P.M While the IMD said the quake measured about 6.3 the United States Geological Survey pegged it at 6.1.
24 Sep 2019: UP Floods: Looms Shut, Machines Damaged, Weavers in Varanasi Lose the Thread. It will still take at least a month to start the machines in the looms because usually, the machines for the looms are installed in a pit. The houses have been flooded for the last one week rendering the handlooms and powerlooms shut. The machines have submerged in the water and more than a hundred weavers have been affected due to the flood.
24 Sept. 2019: The Heavy rainfall in Visakhapatnam in the afternoon and continued on 25 Sept. and also on 26 Sept. Some Sun Shine hardly a few minutes on the 25 Sept.
Sept. 24, 2019: Peapully: Kurnool: About 58 head of cattle (sheep and goat) struck dead by lightning on Tuesday. Animals were taken for grazing and revenue officials visited the ara and took note of the incident.
Fig.5 Greatest Architectural Achievement Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu was built on faults lines that lye below, greatest architectural achievement, with mortar-free masonry fitted together, impossible to slide even a credit card. Other Incan cities, including Ollantaytambo, Pisac, and Cuseco are also similar.
Sept. 25, 2019: 01:45 IST: Mandya, Overnight rain floods roads, houses. Halahalli slum was badly hit with water entering houses late on Monday. According the residents, the drains overflowed and several houses in low-lying areas were flooded. Many families lost footwear, purchased/harvested grains, utensils, school bags and other materials. Many had to spend the night in knee-deep water. Residents of some streets in Holalu village on the outskirts of the town also complained of rainwater entering their homes. The local lake also overflowed and doubled the problem as water entered the village.
Sept. 25, 2019: Make In India : Coast Guard Inducts OPV ‘Varaha’ Indigenously Designed And Built By LnT. The Varaha is an offshore patrol vehicle developed by the private agency, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), in accordance with a contract signed with the Defence Ministry. It is the fourth among a series of seven ships to be delivered by L&T with features like ultra-advanced navigation and communication sensors. Varaha will operate from the port of New Mangalore on the West Coast covering the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) up to Kanyakumari.
Sept. 25, 2019: 19:55 IST: Researchers from the University of Alberta in Canada have found something truly remarkable, a discovery the world has never seen before. They've uncovered a previously unknown mineral, embedded within a flaw in a diamond dug from the earth in South Africa. Their discovery is actually pretty impressive. Because though the discovery is huge, the sample itself is incredibly tiny. The researchers found only a single grain of the new mineral embedded in the speck of diamond. In total it measures just about 100 micrometres across, about the width of a human hair.
Sept. 26 2019: The IAU named 21/Borisov discovered by Borisov with 0.65meter telescope built by him. It's closet approach to Sun on Dec.7th, it will be two AU, from Sun, and 3 AU from Earth and will be brightest in Southern sky observable many months, a period longer than 11/Oumuamua.
Sep 26:11:23: IST: Jakarta, A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.5 on richter scale hit the island of Seram in Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Thursday. Meanwhile aftershocks sent people streaming outdoors as further damage was being assessed.
26 Sept. 2019: 05:55 PM:Japanese firms offer nursing jobs to Jammu and Kashmir residents. The recruits will first join the TITP, to be followed by a nursing job in Japan with a salary of over Rs 90,000 per month.
Sept. 26, 22019: 13 dead as rains batter Pune, 1000 cattle dead, hundreds of vehicles washed away. The city was caught unawares and the residents said that water collected so fast that there wasn’t much they could do. In the rains that started at 8 pm Wednesday and battered the city till 11.45 pm, the region recorded more than 10.0 cm rainfall, more than 800 animals, including cattle in local dairies were killed. An estimated 2,000 vehicles on the roads and parking lots were found submerged in the waterlogged areas of south Pune in localities such as Katraj, Bibwewadi, Padmavati and Sahakarnagar.
Sept. 29, 2019 2:49 pm IST: India’s first indigenous fuel cell a silent, green alternative to noisy diesel generators. The fuel cell has been developed by the CSIR in partnership with Thermax Ltd, a Pune-based engineering firm.
Sept. 21, 2019: The logpi way: Manipur:
Fig.2 LONGPI pottery from Manipur of special
rocks abundantly available near the banks of the river Longpi
The special rocks are crushed and mixed with water to form clay. The dull brown mixture is the kneaded and flattened on a wooden board for the initial slab work. All the shaping is done with the hand and special moulds. Once the day has dried, it is placed in the fire for baking for nearly seven hours where it cooks at 900 C. The pottery is taken out and rubbed with a local leaf known as 'machee' (Pasania pachyphylla) that gives it its texture and finish. Weather rock and serpentinite found abundantly in the banks of the river in Longpi. Preseley Nagasinao employees 11 women from her village who walk 20 km to fetch the stone from river Langpi Hampai The pottery has gained popularity in Australia, Sweden. Germany, and the US. Sept. 21 2019: 12:36 pm:Quantum Supremacy: Google’s Processor Makes Three-Minute Calculation For Which Supercomputers Would Take 10,000 Years. In March 2018, Google unveiled its 72-qubit quantum computer chip Bristlecone, saying it was "cautiously optimistic that quantum supremacy can be achieved with Bristlecone".
22 September 2019: Thunderstorm hits 2 AI flights, passengers bruised. On September 17, an Air India flight AI 467 with 174 passengers onboard from Delhi to Vijaywada suffered severe turbulence, resulting in alleged minor injuries for the cabin crew. Due to the injuries caused during turbulence, the cabin crew had to undergo a routine check up after landing at their destination airport. The aircraft in use — Airbus A320 — sustained no damage over the course of flight. In a similar second incident on September 20 on Friday, Air India flight AI 048 from Delhi to Kochi via Trivandrum also suffered severe turbulence. Due to the uneven movement mid-flight, the cabin luggage fell on the aircraft floor. The 172 passengers on board have been reported to be safe. The incident took place when the flight was enroute Kochi from Trivandrum. After landing in Trivandrum, the aircraft A321 was then sent for a detailed check and was cleared for further operations.
Sept. 22, 2019: FREE FALL OF LANDER:In arriving at the figure of a 184 mph crash, Dr. Thakkar, who calls himself as a great admirer ISRO said: "Free fall velocity can be closer to square root of 2gh. Where g is one-sixth of earth (32.2 feet per sec^2) h = 2.1 km = approximately 7,000 feet. With this free fall velocity of 270 ft/second = 184 miles per hour, nothing can survive at that speed. "Anything four-legged falling does not necessarily hit all four legs at the same time depending upon the profile of moon's surface. It is always one leg touching first and taking all the forces due to free falling. If one leg is weakened, the rest cannot help the situation. The deformations that are plastic are not recoverable in metal and materials. Anyone making prediction with a common sense, Vikram was destroyed as soon as it hit the moon ground," he said.
Sept. 22, 2019: ANANTAPUR: Heavy rains for the past one week several streams and minor rivers are in spate, while several tanks are brimming with water, Chitravati, Hagari, Vedavati, and other rivers, who normally appear dry, are now flowing with water. Highest rainfall of 8.4 cm was received in Dharmavaram. Rainfall of 251.6 mm out of an expected maximum of 296.3 mm was received.Farmers hope they won't loose the groundnut crop due to these rains. Following heavy rains on Sunday Patna on the banks of Ganges is totally flooded.
Sept. 22, 2019: Golden ratio is one of the most famous irrational numbers, which run on forever and cannot be expressed accurately without infinite space. Now scientists have proved a conjecture about how to use fractions to approximate them.
Sept. 22, 2019: 10:31 AM: NASA’s Mars InSight Lander Discovers Mysterious Magnetic Pulses, Scientists Baffled. NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander has detected mystery magnetic pulses on the Mars. What's unusual about this occasional magnetic pulsation or wobbling is that it happens at a time when such events would be unlikely on Earth.
Sept. 23, 2019: UP Floods: Water Enters Low-lying Areas of Several Districts. SH: Meanwhile, six villages of Hamirpur have boycotted today’s Assembly bypolls owing to the flood and no-show of the political leaders. Incessant rains are wreaking havoc in parts of Uttar Pradesh with the death toll owing to the floods and rain-related incidents mounting to 31 in the last two months in the districts Mau, Sonbhadra, Mirzapur, Varanasi, Prayagraj, etc. The district Ballia is surrounded on two sides by Ghaghra and Ganges, which makes it prone to flooding.
Sept. 23, 2019: ISRO is developing a methane-powered rocket engine. Methane, which can be synthesised with water and carbon dioxide in space, is often described as the space fuel of the future. Apart from being non-toxic, it has a higher specific impulse (which means one kg of the gas can life one kg of mass for a longer time), it is easy to store, does not leave a residue upon burning, less bulky, and, importantly, can be synthesised up in space.Sept, 23, 2019: Mango leaf extract (Mangiferin) has the ability to inhibit the enzyme alpha glucosidase, which helps reduce carbohydrate metabolism in intestine, and hence blood glucose levels. Mango leaves have the capability to improve insulin production and distribution of glucose. They can help in stabilising blood sugar levels. Mango leaves are also loaded with pectin, vitamin C and fibre. Together they are beneficial for both diabetes and cholesterol.
Sept. 23, 2019:1032 GMT (1832 HKT):
Fig.3 Solar powered cart can charge 80 cell phones.
The solar-powered cart that can charge 80 cell phones at once. In Rwanda, industry analysis estimates that roughly 70% of the population have a cell phone, yet only 18% have access to electricity, according to the World Bank. Sept. 24, 2019: UK digitises sacred texts, an online collection. British Library on Monday launched "Discovering sacred texts". The texts available on line Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism.and Sikhism. The texts include "Lotus Sutras" from Japan, etc.
Sept. 24, 2019: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A 6.0-magnitude earthquake has struck near Puerto Rico, rousing and scaring many from their sleep in the U.S. territory. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck late Monday 49 miles off the island's northwest coast at a shallow depth of 6 miles.
24 Sep 2019: 07:45 PM IST: Tremors were felt across parts of North India and no immediate casualties or damages were reported. The epicentre of the shallow 5.8-magnitude was near PoK's Mirpur.
Fig.4 Strong earthquake on 5.8R at 7:45PM
Strong earthquake jolts PoK, killing 19, wounding 300; tremors felt in Delhi. Tremors were felt across Delhi, the national capital region, Punjab, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir. The epicentre of the shallow 5.8-magnitude was near the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir city of Mirpur, roughly 22 km (14 miles) north of Jhelum in agricultural Punjab province.Delhi-NCR: A medium-intensity earthquake shook Delhi- NCR and northern India on Tuesday as an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale was reported close to the India - Pakistan border. There were no reports of any damage to property or casualties in the quake that occurred at 4:30 P.M While the IMD said the quake measured about 6.3 the United States Geological Survey pegged it at 6.1.
24 Sep 2019: UP Floods: Looms Shut, Machines Damaged, Weavers in Varanasi Lose the Thread. It will still take at least a month to start the machines in the looms because usually, the machines for the looms are installed in a pit. The houses have been flooded for the last one week rendering the handlooms and powerlooms shut. The machines have submerged in the water and more than a hundred weavers have been affected due to the flood.
24 Sept. 2019: The Heavy rainfall in Visakhapatnam in the afternoon and continued on 25 Sept. and also on 26 Sept. Some Sun Shine hardly a few minutes on the 25 Sept.
Sept. 24, 2019: Peapully: Kurnool: About 58 head of cattle (sheep and goat) struck dead by lightning on Tuesday. Animals were taken for grazing and revenue officials visited the ara and took note of the incident.
Sept. 24, 2019: 21:32 IST: COLOMBO, Heavy rain, floods wreak havoc in Sri Lanka. One person died and over 45,000 people have been affected in flash floods in Sri Lanka, following incessant rains in the island over the past two days. Over 100-mm rainfall was recorded in several districts, and upto 200-mm has been predicted in the next two days.
25 Sept. 2019:
Fig.5 Greatest Architectural Achievement Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu was built on faults lines that lye below, greatest architectural achievement, with mortar-free masonry fitted together, impossible to slide even a credit card. Other Incan cities, including Ollantaytambo, Pisac, and Cuseco are also similar.
Sept. 25, 2019: 01:45 IST: Mandya, Overnight rain floods roads, houses. Halahalli slum was badly hit with water entering houses late on Monday. According the residents, the drains overflowed and several houses in low-lying areas were flooded. Many families lost footwear, purchased/harvested grains, utensils, school bags and other materials. Many had to spend the night in knee-deep water. Residents of some streets in Holalu village on the outskirts of the town also complained of rainwater entering their homes. The local lake also overflowed and doubled the problem as water entered the village.
Sept. 25, 2019: Make In India : Coast Guard Inducts OPV ‘Varaha’ Indigenously Designed And Built By LnT. The Varaha is an offshore patrol vehicle developed by the private agency, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), in accordance with a contract signed with the Defence Ministry. It is the fourth among a series of seven ships to be delivered by L&T with features like ultra-advanced navigation and communication sensors. Varaha will operate from the port of New Mangalore on the West Coast covering the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) up to Kanyakumari.
Sept. 25, 2019: 19:55 IST: Researchers from the University of Alberta in Canada have found something truly remarkable, a discovery the world has never seen before. They've uncovered a previously unknown mineral, embedded within a flaw in a diamond dug from the earth in South Africa. Their discovery is actually pretty impressive. Because though the discovery is huge, the sample itself is incredibly tiny. The researchers found only a single grain of the new mineral embedded in the speck of diamond. In total it measures just about 100 micrometres across, about the width of a human hair.
Sept. 26 2019: The IAU named 21/Borisov discovered by Borisov with 0.65meter telescope built by him. It's closet approach to Sun on Dec.7th, it will be two AU, from Sun, and 3 AU from Earth and will be brightest in Southern sky observable many months, a period longer than 11/Oumuamua.
Sep 26:11:23: IST: Jakarta, A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.5 on richter scale hit the island of Seram in Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Thursday. Meanwhile aftershocks sent people streaming outdoors as further damage was being assessed.
26 Sept. 2019: 05:55 PM:Japanese firms offer nursing jobs to Jammu and Kashmir residents. The recruits will first join the TITP, to be followed by a nursing job in Japan with a salary of over Rs 90,000 per month.
Sept. 26, 22019: 13 dead as rains batter Pune, 1000 cattle dead, hundreds of vehicles washed away. The city was caught unawares and the residents said that water collected so fast that there wasn’t much they could do. In the rains that started at 8 pm Wednesday and battered the city till 11.45 pm, the region recorded more than 10.0 cm rainfall, more than 800 animals, including cattle in local dairies were killed. An estimated 2,000 vehicles on the roads and parking lots were found submerged in the waterlogged areas of south Pune in localities such as Katraj, Bibwewadi, Padmavati and Sahakarnagar.
Sept. 26, 2019: 16:16 IST: Wind of music from Khasi hills. The instrument consists of a 15 cm long conical-bore (also called the wooden bell), a mouth piece and a wooden tube, which is about 20 cm long, with seven finger holes. The conical bore is attached to the wooden tube by a push-fit. A grass reed, narrow at one end and broad at the other end, is inserted into the mouth piece. The narrow end of the reed is then inserted inside a slender metal staple which is then attached to the main wooden tube. Tangmuri produces high-pitch tone when played. This festival concludes on the fifth day with the Syiem offering a thanksgiving prayer to the Creator.
Sept. 27, 2019: Yogi Adityanath govt begins reviving ancient temples to promote religious tourists in Lucknow, ancient temples like Mandabir Baba, Lokeshwar Mahadev Mandir, Mangalmeshwar Dham and Vishwakarma Mandir are being renovated so they can become tourist attractions.
Sept. 27, 2019: 8:27 PM: Heavy rain disrupts life in Uttar Pradesh. In Uttar Pradesh, people are reeling under the heavy and continuous rains from last few days and normal life disrupted badly in many parts of state. Meteorological department has predicted heavy rainfall in some parts of state in next 2 days. There is no let-up in the rain in state and road transport affected badly due to waterlogging and traffic jam. Many parts of state including state capital Lucknow are witnessing torrential rain from last 24 hours
Sept. 27, 2019: About 1.68 lakh cusecs let into river through the spillway from 6 gates. With the heavy flood reaching it from Jurala and Tungabhadra reservoirs in the upper reaches of Krishna Basin, the authorities of Srisailam reservoir lifted the crest gates of the project again on Thursday to discharge water downstream towards Nagarjuna Sagar. According to Irrigation Department officials, three gates were lifted for about 10 feet height each around 4.30 a.m. on Thursday to discharge over 84,000 cusecs flood, and by 2 p.m., the number of gates lifted reached six for 10 feet height each to increase the discharge to nearly 1.68 lakh cusecs.
Sept. 28, 2019: Scientists puzzled by a gigantic planet orbiting a tiny star cool red dwarf known as GJ3512, which is half the mass of Jupiter. The planet may be of the size of Jupiter.
Sept. 28, 2019: 12:25 [IST]: Kathmandu, Mild tremor hits Nepal, 2nd earthquake in a week. An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck Nepal around 10.30 am on Saturday. No loss of life has been reported as off now. Earlier, an earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter Scale jolted Nepal on Thursday evening. The tremblor hit the Himalayan nation at 06:34 pm.
28 Sep 2019: 05:04:20 PM IST: Heavy rains disrupt train services, life in Bihar. Train services were temporarily suspended on the Samastipur-Darbhanga and Gaya-Koderma routes in Bihar due to continuing heavy rains on Saturday morning.
Sept. 28, 2019: 12:25 [IST]: Kathmandu, Mild tremor hits Nepal, 2nd earthquake in a week. An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck Nepal around 10.30 am on Saturday. No loss of life has been reported as off now. Earlier, an earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter Scale jolted Nepal on Thursday evening. The tremblor hit the Himalayan nation at 06:34 pm.
28 Sep 2019: 05:04:20 PM IST: Heavy rains disrupt train services, life in Bihar. Train services were temporarily suspended on the Samastipur-Darbhanga and Gaya-Koderma routes in Bihar due to continuing heavy rains on Saturday morning.
Sept. 28, 2019: 18:20 IST:New Policy Allows Student Entrepreneurs Sit For Exams Without Minimum Attendance. In its "National Innovation and Startup Policy 2019 for Students and Faculty", MHRD has approved new regulations for higher education institutions to actively engage students, faculties and staff in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Sep 29, 2019: As many as 48 people died in rain-related incidents, majority of them in Uttar Pradesh, while incessant rainfall in Bihar, where an alert has been sounded, left the streets of state capital Patna and other areas waterlogged and residences of at least two ministers marooned. As many as 35 people lost their lives in Uttar Pradesh since September 27, the State government said. While 25 of them died on Saturday, 10 lost their lives on September 27. The meteorological department said heavy rain is very likely to occur at isolated places over eastern UP on September 29. In Bihar, heavy rains in several parts of the state since September 27 have thrown normal life out of gear affecting rail traffic, healthcare facilities and schools. Madhya Pradesh has been witnessing heavy rainfall over the last couple of weeks. In Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, a 22-year-old woman was killed after she was struck by lightning. Heavy rains lashed wide parts of the Jammu province, causing waterlogging and traffic jams at many places in the city disrupting normal life.
29 Sept. 2019: A study by Japanese astrophysicists that there could be up to 100 million black holes hiding throughout the Milky Way. Well, it can be dangerous for the Earth and humans as well if black holes collide with each other. Recently, at least three supermassive black holes were spotted in a spectacular collision by multiple space observatories including NASA. According to the NASA, the impending collision is occurring one billion light years away in a system known as SDSS J0849+1114, which is a merger of three galaxies.
Sept.29, 2019: During the night (28-29) there was a heavy downpour with tremendous lightning and thunders that frightened people but in the morning of 29, it all cleared and there was full sunshine.
29 Sept. 2019: A study by Japanese astrophysicists that there could be up to 100 million black holes hiding throughout the Milky Way. Well, it can be dangerous for the Earth and humans as well if black holes collide with each other. Recently, at least three supermassive black holes were spotted in a spectacular collision by multiple space observatories including NASA. According to the NASA, the impending collision is occurring one billion light years away in a system known as SDSS J0849+1114, which is a merger of three galaxies.
Sept.29, 2019: During the night (28-29) there was a heavy downpour with tremendous lightning and thunders that frightened people but in the morning of 29, it all cleared and there was full sunshine.
Sept. 29, 2019 2:49 pm IST: India’s first indigenous fuel cell a silent, green alternative to noisy diesel generators. The fuel cell has been developed by the CSIR in partnership with Thermax Ltd, a Pune-based engineering firm.
Sept. 29, 2019: Tweezer-in-a-tweezer: In the present work, they overcome this limitation by developing a method that uses only optical force. They integrate a silver nanodisc with a microrod made of glass and the combination can be manipulated using laser beams alone. This “tweezer-in-a-tweezer” approach can trap objects of about 40 nanometres in size, using a single laser beam. This is the typical size of a virus or DNA. “The optical tweezer holds the plasmonic tweezer and the plasmonic tweezers trap our target nanoparticles, therefore tweezer (plasmonic) in tweezer (optical),” says Souvik Ghosh, first author of the paper. This research has been published in Nature Communications.
Sept. 30, 2019: 10:08 IST: With consistent rains, September on course to be 'wettest' in 102 years. At least 24 people have been killed in Bihar as heavy downpour continues to wreak havoc in the state. In the state capital, record rains caused heavy water-logging and did not spare the houses of the Deputy Chief Minister and two former Chief Ministers.
Sept. 30, 2019: 5:58:38 PM: Bihar rains: Heavy downpour due to Hathiya Nakshatra, says Union Minister Aswani Choubey. Several parts of the state capital are submerged in rainwater. Aswani Choubey said that the rains during the hathiya nakshatra are quite heavy.
Sept. 30 2019: 16:15 IST: Navratri 2019:
Sept. 30, 2019: 10:08 IST: With consistent rains, September on course to be 'wettest' in 102 years. At least 24 people have been killed in Bihar as heavy downpour continues to wreak havoc in the state. In the state capital, record rains caused heavy water-logging and did not spare the houses of the Deputy Chief Minister and two former Chief Ministers.
Sept. 30, 2019: 5:58:38 PM: Bihar rains: Heavy downpour due to Hathiya Nakshatra, says Union Minister Aswani Choubey. Several parts of the state capital are submerged in rainwater. Aswani Choubey said that the rains during the hathiya nakshatra are quite heavy.
Sept. 30 2019: 16:15 IST: Navratri 2019:
Fig.6 The Nine Colours of Navratri and their significance
All About the Nine Colours of Navratri & their significance. 1.Orange indicates enthusiasm and happiness. 2. White indicates harmony, purity and peace. 3.The colour red signifies fearlessness, bravery, and beauty. 4. Royal blue signifies the power of positive strength, power and wealth. 5. The yellow denotes happiness, purity, power and a good life. 6. Green should be worn as it denotes the beginning of good life and improvement in our present life. 7. This colour indicates the transformation phase of a person. 8. The colour purple on this day signifies peace and tranquillity. 9. The peacock green colour indicates peace and intelligence.
Acknowledgment
The author, Professor Dr. K. Lakshmi Narayana is indebted to late Prof. K. R. Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D.Sc. (London) for his guidance and inspiration to present these articles on my website. He is grateful to his mother late Mrs. Peramma Rangadhama Rao for her sustained interest in my ventures.
