Friday, November 15, 2019

Nov.1, 2019: Unseasonal rains in East Africa and India left woes and destruction, peculiar air pollution in Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, and Patna,Cups and bio-plates from paddy stubble.

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           Volume 2019, Issue No. 11, Dated: Nov. 1, 2019, Time: 12:17:15 AM
Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,
M.Sc. (Math. Phys.), M.Sc. (Nucl. Phys.), PhD.(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
Unseasonal rains in East Africa and India left woes and destruction, More than 600,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in South Sudan, Trade Center Of Early Historic Period Found In Andhra Pradesh, Ultra-fast quantum motion in a nano-scale trap detected by KAIST, Authors Comment: Why is that in the last few years "the smoke from farm burning" is found responsible for Air pollution? Has it not existing since over the past several years. A thorough research should find the cause of this peculiar air pollution in Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, and Patna",  Nov 07, 2019: 8:50 PM: Northern parts of the country receive snowfall and rain,  7 killed in heavy snowfall in Kashmir valley.  Srinagar: Normal life paralyzed, power lines down after 16 hours of incessant snowfall, Srinagar and other parts of the valley woke up to an unseasonal snowfall on Thursday,  Nov. 7, 2019: 04:21 pm: Ghee vs Butter: Which one should you choose and why? Nov. 9, 2019: 7:51 PM: Bangladesh, India move hundreds of thousands away from Cyclone Bulbul, Nov. 09, 2019: 19:28 IST: World Science Day 2019: Observed on Nov. 10, Anxiety mounts as discharge from major rivers like Godavari, Krishna and Vamsadhara to a total of 4,386.56 tmcft into Bay of Bengal since June 1. On Sunday these three rivers discharged about one lakh cusecs into the Sea, Nov. 11, 2019: Bulbul leaves a trail of destruction and 2.73 lakh families shifted to relief camps. About 2,472 houses were destroyed and 26,00 partially damaged. At least 10 people died in Bangladesh, and 2 lakh people shifted to safer places, Nine-year-old child genius to graduate university, Nov 15, 2019: 12:14 IST:  2 killed, 8 injured by lightning in Rajasthan’s Barmer. Unseasonal rains and hailstorm because of a western disturbance have wreaked havoc in Rajasthan’s desert districts like Barmer and Jaisalmer since Tuesday and continued even on Friday morning, Nov. 15, 2019: Cups and bio-plates from paddy stubble, Raghu Engineering college, in Visakhapatnam four students, Nov. 15, 2019: High tides surge through Venice, locals rush to protect art. Exceptionally high tidal waters surged through Venice again on Friday, prompting the mayor to close St. Mark’s Square and call for more donations for repairs just three days after the Italian lagoon city suffered its worst flooding in 50 years.

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Nov. 01, 2019: 01:51 IST: Rain leaves a trail of destruction along Kerala coast KOCHI. Chellanam, Vypeen worst-hit; hundreds in relief camps; widespread flooding of homes and destruction of fishing boats reported. Incessant and unusually heavy rain since the early hours of Thursday triggered by cyclone Maha has left a trail of woes and destruction along the coastal areas.
Nov. 1,  2019: This Central govt employee from Gurugram fights plastic pollution with a free steel utensils bank. Sameera Satija’s ‘Crockery Bank For Everyone’ has got every kind of steel utensil, which can be borrowed for huge gatherings by dropping in a message on the initiative’s Facebook page.
Nov. 1,  2019: Why these serial entrepreneurs left their jobs in Australia to launch a start up in India. Odisha start up Tagteen helps teenagers voice their opinions without fear or judgement, show their talents, grab placements, internships, and scholarships.
Nov. 1, 2019: Fears of more heavy rain in flood-hit East Africa. 5 hours ago. Huge swathes of land are submerged in Hudur town, southern Somalia. Meteorologists expect more heavy rain to hit Somalia on Saturday exacerbating the problems caused by flooding in the country. It has already been called the worst flooding in a lifetime by Action Against Hunger regional director Hajir Maalim. Some 273,000 Somalis have had to leave their homes, according to the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Parts of Kenya and South Sudan have also been hit by the flooding. More than 600,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in South Sudan.
Nov. 01, 2019: Unseasonal showers sweep away kharif crop; leaves Maharashtra farmers in tears. 
Nov. 01, 2019: 07:54 IST: Trade Center Of Early Historic Period Found In Andhra Pradesh. The site of Gottiprolu lies on the right bank of a distributor of river Swarnamukhi, about 17 km east of Naidupet and 80 km from Tirupati and Nellore. 
Nov. 1, 2019: 
Fig.1 ScF3 material that contracts on heating.
The secret behind crystals that shrink when heated. The evidence comes from precision measurements of the distances between atoms in crystals of scandium fluoride (ScF3), a material known for its unusual contraction under elevated temperatures (also known as "negative thermal expansion"). What the scientists discovered is a new type of vibrational motion that causes the sides of these cube-shaped, seemingly solid crystals to buckle when heated, thus pulling the corners closer together.
11/02/19 11:16 AM EDT: Smuggling gangs have sawed through new portions of Trump border wall.
Nov 2, 2019 / 08:19 AM PDT: THE GEYSERS (KRON) – A 3.9 magnitude earthquake rattled Sonoma County on Saturday morning, according to the USGS. Around 7:05 a.m., the quake struck about three miles southeast of The Geysers. 
Nov. 3, 2019: 
Fig.2 Brahma Temple in Rajasthan.
Jagatpita Brahma Mandir is a Hindu temple situated at Pushkar in the Indian state of Rajasthan, close to the sacred Pushkar Lake to which its legend has an indelible link. The temple is one of very few existing temples dedicated to the Hindu creator-god Brahma in India and remains the most prominent among them. The temple structure dates to the 14th century, partly rebuilt later. The temple is made of marble and stone slabs. It has a distinct red pinnacle (shikhara) and a hamsa bird motif. The temple sanctum sanctorum holds the image of four-headed Brahma and his consort Gayatri(goddess of milk). The temple is governed by the Sanyasi (ascetic) sect priesthood. On Kartik Poornima, a festival dedicated to Brahma is held when large numbers of pilgrims visit the temple, after bathing in the sacred lake. Top 5 Most Famous Brahma Temples in India. 
Nov. 03, 2019: 03:30 IST:
Fig.3 Color composite jellyfish JW100.
Astrosat views star formation in jellyfish galaxies.  In JW100, there is higher contribution from H-alpha but much less from ultraviolet in the tail. This could mean that other mechanisms such as shocks or thermal conduction from the hot plasma of the galaxy cluster is contributing to H-alpha emission from these regions.
Nov. 3, 2019: 
                                Fig.4 worshipers braved smog to enter Yamuna
 for Chatth Puja 3 Nov 2019
India air pollution at 'unbearable levels', Delhi minister says. This creates a lethal cocktail of particulate matter, carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide - all worsened by fireworks set off during the Hindu festival Diwali a week ago. Vehicle fumes, construction and industrial emissions have also contributed to the smog. My friend S.V. Chalam says today morning the smog of particulate matter entered his house in the morning around 7:30 AM. 
Nov. 3, 2019:0137 GMT (0937 HKT):  Wind and rain dislodge boat trapped  for 101 years, on rocks above Niagara Falls.
Nov. 4, 2019: 12:32 PM CST: NASA says the Milky Way's 'introverted' neighbor, the Triangulum galaxy (M33), doesn't interact with other galaxies much. Instead, it's busy producing stars at a rate 10 times more intense than the Andromeda galaxy. 
Nov. 4, 2019:  Fog in Visakhapatnam filled the city with smog on the 3rd Nov. till 10 AM.  From evening 4 O'clock till  late night and motorists were compelled to switch on lights and drive the vehicles. Winter onset is responsible for this. Weather people said that due to moisture in the air, it appears as a fog.   
Nov.4, 2019: Srikurmam murals needs restoration due to the neglect over decades. Reach Foundation member  willing to conduct restoration work Y. Bhadraji said he had little knowledge of previous conservation efforts. Geographically the temple is situated between the two rivers Vamsadhara on one side and the Nagavalli on the other. Electrification and cement works brought the damage to the murals, a pride of Andhra.
Nov. 5, 2019: 6.0 magnitude earthquake shakes Chile's capital, causes buildings to sway. Its preliminary magnitude at 6.0 and said its epicenter was located 17.4 miles (28 km) southwest of Illapel, Chile near the country's central coast. It had a depth of 49 km. Aftershocks frightened people. 
Nov. 5, 2019: Ultra-fast quantum motion in a nano-scale trap detected by The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).  
Nov. 6, 2019:  6:07 AM EST:  Mysterious Force Beyond Our Universe May Be Pulling Galaxies Towards It. A strange structure may lurk beyond the edge of our cosmos. The mystery phenomenon has been named 'dark flow,' after galaxies clusters were discovered to be pulled toward a point that's just beyond our perceivable universe. 
Nov. 6, 2019: 19 hours ago: Air pollution in Kanpur, Lucknow and Patna was at "severe" levels, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed on Tuesday, suggesting the plume of smoke from farm fires in Punjab and Haryana that choked Delhi and the national capital region (NCR) on Sunday has moved down the Gangetic plain.
Authors Comment: Why is that in the last few years "the smoke from farm burning" is found responsible for Air pollution? Has it not existing since over the past several years. A thorough research should find the cause of this peculiar air pollution in Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, and Patna.
7 Nov. 2019: 


Fig.5 Saffron Flower cultivation in Afghanistan.
Known to have been cultivated in what is now Afghanistan at least 2,000 years ago, saffron is well suited to the dry climate, heavily labour intensive but requiring little sophisticated machinery or capital. Afghanistan produces around four tons a year, a figure dwarfed by the more than 200 tons Iran produces, but it is a rare bright spot in an economy struggling to get to its feet.  
Lightning deaths
Nov. 07, 2019: 16:52: TN lightning deaths: Families demand compensation, solution to avoid tragedy. On October 15, four women farm laborers died and 26 others were hospitalized in Tamil Nadu after they were struck by lightning on an open farm.
Nov. 7 2019: Rains lash Dera Baba Nanak where 3,500 Kartarpur pilgrims are accommodated. It is raining heavily in the tented city spread out in 30 acre. Punjab's current weather is rainy at with a lingering thunderstorm which makes it feel like below 10 C. Nov. 07 2019: 22:03 IST: 7 killed in heavy snowfall in Kashmir valley.  Srinagar: Normal life paralyzed, power lines down after 16 hours of incessant snowfall on Thursday. Surface as well as air traffic was completely.
Nov 07, 2019: 8:50 PM: Northern parts of the country receive snowfall and rain. Many parts of the country witnessed the first snowfall of the season today. Several areas of Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur and Kullu districts of Himachal Pradesh are receiving intermittent snowfall. The low lying areas of the state are also receiving scanty rainfall. Snowfall and rain have brought down the day temperature. Movement of vehicles has been halted due to fresh snowfall of about one foot at Rohtang Pass, the entrance of Lahaul-Spiti.
Nov. 07, 2019: Hyderabad: India, Sweden to engage in clean, innovative technologies through Accelerator Programme.   Under the programme, we are working on several areas such as micro-grid, power quality, bio-gas, solar power, and automation, said Lindstrom. In the last six years of this programme, about 50 Swedish companies have been introduced in India and nearly 500 Indian companies have participated in this initiative.

Nov. 7, 2019: 


Fig.6  Ice Eggs cover Finland Beach 30m area.
 'Ice eggs' cover Finland beach in rare weather event. Thousands of egg-shaped balls of ice have covered a beach in Finland, the result of a rare weather phenomenon. Amateur photographer Risto Mattila was among those who came across the "ice eggs" on Hailuoto Island in the Gulf of Bothnia between Finland and Sweden. Experts say it is caused by a rare process in which small pieces of ice are rolled over by wind and water. The balls of ice covered an area of about 30m (100ft). The smallest were the size of eggs and the biggest were the size of footballs. 


                                           Fig. 7 Snow balls in Russia
Nov.  07, 2019: 8:57 IST: Why is Amazon rain-forest drying up.   Not many are aware of the fact that the Amazon rain-forest absorbs billions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year through photosynthesis — the process plants use to convert CO2, energy and water into food. By removing CO2 from the atmosphere, the Amazon helps to keep temperatures down and regulate climate. 
Nov. 7, 2019: 04:21 pm: Ghee vs Butter: Which one should you choose and why? Ghee and butter, both these dairy products have their own set of misconceptions. Read below to find out what's the major difference between the two and which one is more healthier than the other one. 
Nov. 8, 2019: Friday: Srinagar and other parts of the valley woke up to an unseasonal snowfall on Thursday setting in an early winter chill in Kashmir as the minimum temperature fell below the freezing point for the first time in this season. The valley has been cut-off from the rest of the country as the arterial Jammu-Kashmir National high way was closed for traffic while all the flights to and from Srinagar airport were cancelled. 
Nov. 8, 2019: Sacred salt of South Africa is hand harvested from the banks of a remote Klein Letaba river near Balem in the province of Limpopo. Women pick up scrapping up soil blanketed by a shiny white thin crystallized deposit and put on a metal plate with a steel rod. The sulfate water from the hot spring flows and then the heat from the sun dries it. Salt harvested using the same technique for the last 2000 years. Traditional healers use it even to-date. Holy spring water and the salt have healing properties. 
Nov. 08, 2019: 00:48 IST: KSUM gets global recognition. Thiruvananthapuram, Class 12 student from Suryapet gets pat from KTR. A low cost and portable paddy hand weeder invented by 17-year-old Ashok from Suryapet has earned him recognition and appreciation from many. 
Nov. 9, 2019: 7:51 PM: Bangladesh, India move hundreds of thousands away from Cyclone Bulbul.  Bangladeshi and Indian authorities on Saturday ordered more than 450,000 people to flee coastal villages and islands as Cyclone Bulbul headed for the Bay of Bengal coast.
Nov. 9, 2019: In the last 24 hours, Paradip received highest rainfall of 159 mm, followed by Chandbali with 143 mm and Balasore 32 mm of rainfall. gale wind speed 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph is prevailing along and off Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak and Balasore districts of Odisha and East Medinipur, south and north 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal. Incessant rain and squally wind have been lashing the coastal districts since Friday, with the intensity increasing gradually. 
Nov. 09, 2019: 19:28 IST: World Science Day 2019: Observed on Nov. 10.  "Open Science, Leaving No One Behind" Is 2019's Theme. Open Science is a burning issue in the scientific community, which is gaining increasing attention by the non-scientific community.
Nov. 10, 2019: 00:06 IST:  Puducherry airport may soon get solar energy. The ₹3.5-crore 500 kW plant is expected to generate up to 3,000 units a day.
Nov. 10, 2019: 9:00 am ET: The Wall Street Journal:  When it comes to its economy, India is divided into two worlds. One is rooted in its cities. Here enterprises trade on global markets, operate through banks and pay taxes. This more modern economy is made up of family owned and publicly listed companies. It’s where almost all of India’s new wealth has been generated in recent years. Then there’s the vast informal economy, which sustains as many as nine of every 10 Indians who work and accounts for almost half the country’s economic activity. The informal economy is largely rural and comprises day-laborers, one-man shops and roadside hair cutters. They operate in cash and pay no taxes.
Nov. 11, 2019: UK weather: severe flood warnings remain in place in Yorkshire. 3 hrs ago.  In some areas, such as along the River Trent in Nottinghamshire, water levels were still rising, despite a marked improvement in weather conditions across the country after a month’s worth of rain fell in only a few hours on Friday. 
11/10/19: at 5:00 AM EST: Ancient Inca City Located 13,000 Feet High in Peruvian Andes Revealed by Laser Technology. The settlement lies in an archaeological zone known as Wat'a—meaning "island" in the local Indigenous language—at an altitude of around 13,000 feet. This is around 5,000 feet higher than Machu Picchu, the crowning glory of the Inca civilization. 
Nov. 11, 2019: The Hindu: Anxiety mounts as discharge from major rivers like Godavari, Krishna and Vamsadhara to a total of 4,386.56 tmcft into Bay of Bengal since June 1. On Sunday these three rivers discharged about one lakh cusecs into the Sea. 
Nov. 11, 2019: Bulbul leaves a trail of destruction and 2.73 lakh families shifted to relief camps. About 2,472 houses were destroyed and 26,00 partially damaged. At least 10 people died in Bangladesh, and 2 lakh people shifted to safer places. The cyclone packed winds up to 120 km per hour when it made a predawn landfall.  Figure rose to 21 lakh people shifted to cyclone shelters. On Sunday the number of cyclone lowered to 3. Thirteen coastal districts were affected and army was called in.    
Nov. 11, 2019: November snowstorm shocker dumps up to 9.6 inches on metro Detroit. 
Nov. 12, 2019: 10:02 a.m. ET: Overnight snowfall in southeast Michigan smashes records, closes schools.
Nov. 12, 2019 7:50 AM: A swarm of small earthquakes has struck near the California-Mexico border, centered beneath the town of El Centro in Imperial County. A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was reported at 6:13 p.m. Monday.
Nov. 12, 2019:  
Fig.8 3.5 km kutcha road by 300 tribal people and police.
To improve the road connectivity in the interiors parts of Visakhapatnam Agency, about 300 tribal people joined the district police on Monday, to lay a 3.5 km kutcha road from Nirelabanda to Yerracheruvulu, in GK mandal. These are interiors parts in the Agency area and were not connected with any form of road. And now this will benefit at least 3,000 tribals from four villages such as Yerracheruvulu, Sampangigondhi, Kinerlabandha and Pedakonda.
Nov. 12, 2019: Rains bring solace to parched Vizianagaram district that is sufficient till next summer, almost all 5,473 major and medium tanks are full, com[pared to horrible situation during lost five years.  District received 702 mm rainfall. Water would benefit 1,68,645 acres in the division. All 18,170 bore-wells are functioning.  
Nov. 12, 2019: The voyage home: Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe to head for Earth. The long voyage home would begin at 10:05 am (0105 GMT), with the probe expected to drop off its precious samples some time late 2020. Hayabusa-2 is expected to drop the samples off in the South Australian desert, but JAXA is negotiating with the Australian government about how to arrange it. Under the current plan, Hayabusa-2 will boldly continue its journey in space after dropping off its capsule to Earth, and might "carry out another asteroid exploration." 
Nov. 12, 2019:  22:54 IST: A small venture to graft the special variety on a 26-hectare farm in Africa now exports 700 boxes a day. It is not summer, but there are almost-fresh Alphonso mangoes in Mumbai’s retail shops. They smell and taste almost like the Devgad Alphonso, but come from Malawi mangoes, grown in their namesake African country by a European-African firm, Malawi Mangoes Ltd, are being marketed as “99 per cent similar”.
Nov. 12, 2019: Tuesday: Venice devasted by second highest tide ever recorded swept overnight and a man while he was using an electric water pump  was struck by lightning and died. Flooding its historic basilica and leaving many squares and alleyways deep under water. City officials said the tide peaked at 187 cm (6ft 2ins) at 10.50 p.m. (2150 GMT) on Tuesday, just short of the record 194 cm set in 1966.  Nov. 13, 2019: Garcinia assamica, grown as a commercial crop and other species are Garcinia dulcis, Garcinia lanceifolia, Garcinia morella, Garcinia pedunculata and Garcinia xanthochymis found to have medicinal value and nurseries are now raising them in Guwahati. Identified 64 volatile compounds from the essential oils by hydro-distillation from the six species mentioned above. North eastern region compared with those from Western Ghats. The former repulse herbivore attacks.
Nov. 13, 2019: Gonzalez also told the audience how he got his business venture off the ground. After he made one trip to Iowa to buy doughnuts for his girlfriend, he decided to see if could sell them elsewhere and put the idea out there on Facebook Marketplace. The next day he had 300 replies, he said, and for the next seven months he traveled up to the store every weekend, packing his Ford Focus Sedan with dozens of boxes to bring back home and sell. With a larger van at his disposal, Gonzalez will likely be able to up the number of boxes he collects from now on. 
Nov. 13, 2019: 8:04 AM: Venice 'on its knees' amid worst flooding in 53 years. Heavy rains have led to the most severe flooding in northeast Italy in more than a half-century.  The floods have put parts of Venice underwater. 
Nov. 14, 2019, 18:09 [IST]: Kabul  Earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck 122 km southeast of Faizabad in Afghanistan on Thursday. The earthquake took place at 9:23 UTC with an epicenter southeast of Fayzabad in Afghanistan.
14 Nov. 2019: Simultaneous visibility of both Sun rise on East and the Moon setting on the West. 
Fig. 9 Both the Sun and the Moon were visible on 
14 November 2019 at Visakhapatnam.  
Nov. 14, 2019: Updated 2332 GMT (0732 HKT): Nine-year-old child genius to graduate university.
Nov. 15, 2019: Updated 0637 GMT (1437 HKT): As deadly Australia bush fires rage, Sydney may be running out water. 
Nov 15, 2019: 12:14 IST:  2 killed, 8 injured by lightning in Rajasthan’s Barmer. Unseasonal rains and hailstorm because of a western disturbance have wreaked havoc in Rajasthan’s desert districts like Barmer and Jaisalmer since Tuesday and continued even on Friday morning. 
Nov. 15, 2019: Cups and bio-plates from paddy stubble, Raghu Engineering college, in Visakhapatnam four students under the guidance of Rajesh Singuru won Nava Bharat Nirman award.
Nov. 15, 2019: High tides surge through Venice, locals rush to protect art.  Exceptionally high tidal waters surged through Venice again on Friday, prompting the mayor to close St. Mark’s Square and call for more donations for repairs just three days after the Italian lagoon city suffered its worst flooding in 50 years.

Nov. 15, 2019: 9:07 a.m: Astronauts start spacewalk series to fix cosmic ray detector.  
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.. He is grateful to his mother late Mrs. Peramma Rangadhama Rao for her sustained interest in my ventures.

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Oct. 16 2019: Pancake Day in Andhra, The gorintaku prevents the rain water based diseases, 8 inch plasma wave produces electron beam with 7.8 billion eV, Siachen area is now open for tourists, Delhi smog reached 500 index.

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           Volume 2019, Issue No. 10 a , Dated: Oct. 16, 2019, Time: 09:04:28 AM
Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,
M.Sc. (Math. Phys.), M.Sc. (Nucl. Phys.), PhD.(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
16 Oct. 2019: 06:43 AM: Visakhapatnam it rained from early morning till 12.30 PM, Pancake Day (Atla Thaddhi in Telugu) in South especially Andhra and 'Karna Chout' in North India fell on 16 October 2019 with young girls and married women (wishing their mangala sutra should live long), well dressed and play the swing, singing songs, Oct. 17 2019: Every Primary school must have a Telugu Bhasha Pundit appointed by the Government, Language Pundits must be honored and request letter submitted to Vidyashaka Minister Adimula Suresh, Ancient Middle Eastern astrologers recorded the oldest-known evidence of aurora. Scientists have discovered what may be the oldest written records of aurora to date, Previous government has done no justice to them, Shopian area has still over 90,  of the apples on the trees, Oct. 19, 2019: Continuous heavy rain in Visakhapatnam with thunders starting 18 October night and continued till morning of Sunday,  Prolonged exposure to blue light, that emanates from your phone, computer, and house hold fixtures, could be affecting your longevity, even if it's not shinning in your eyes. Light emitting diodes, with blue wavelengths produced, damage cells in the brain as well retina, Out of 25 prepared in a day only two are sold to pregnant women. Reason it's high nutritional value for mothers to be, The morning glory flower (in Telugu Poduthirugudu) was found to contain Vitamin-E and ten times more production, Madras scientists have achieved, Oct. 21, 2019: 9:44 AM: New plasma wave accelerator propels electrons to record speeds. The new technology produced electron beams with energies up to 7.8 billion electron volts across an 8-inch-long plasma wave, The Siachen area is now open for tourists and Tourism. From Siachen Base Camp to Kumar Post, the entire area has been opened for Tourism purposes, Heavy rain in Visakhapatnam since morning of 22 October 2019 that continued till 10AM. Heavy rain warnings issued by IMD Hyderabad, to the entire coastal and Rayalaseema regions for next few days due to heavy cyclonic circulation of winds. Impact of the low-pressure will be on the higher side for next five days, The first composite images from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics' eROSITA show a neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, and two interacting clusters of galaxies at a distance of about 800 million light years from Earth,  IIT Hyderabad team develops low power chips for Artificial Intelligence devices, Oct. 23, 2019: Artificial Solar leaf that creates clean gas using the Sun light, called syngas, in a sustainable way from carbon dioxide and water, setting a benchmark in the field of solar fuels, that can be used to crate sustainable liquid fuel an alternative to petrol, Department has identified a total of 67 species of wild fruits and 27 species of vegetables and species in the hill state. Planned to cultivate them in villages of Uttarakhand. Fruits and vegetables  such as Kimora, Timla, Hisalu, wild turmeric and wild onions need better protection and conservation, Oct. 22, 2019: COUNTRY MADE EFFORT: Special teams, Navy and Marine teams couldn't do the job of lifting the sunk boat in Godavari River. Royala Vasista boat was pulled up by an ordinary fisherman using two pulleys, Astronomers just discovered an invisible galaxy from the dawn of the universe, AP likely had a flourshing port 2000 years ago on the banks of Swarnamukhi river and Gottiprolu may have had a trade guild with its own army according to AS of India. 80 km from Tirupati and Nellore excavations revealed said T. Sreelakshmi. Size of bricks 43 to 48 cm can be compared to those in Satavahana/Ikshvaku period according to ASI. Site may be of the period 2nd or 1st century BCE. Only 10% of the site excavated and more in future time, she said, Oct. 26, 2019: 10:44 AM: Despite Trade Uncertainty, Many US Farmers to Back Trump in 2020, After 28 days and 2 storms, Andaman man washed ashore in Odisha, friend didn't survive the ordeal,  US President Donald Trump on Sunday celebrated Diwali, the festival of lights, Oct. 28, 2019: Riyad: Soudhi Arabia in the eastern parts, floods are ravaging and on Monday they closed schools. Havar All Bathin worst affected. 
Oct. 28, 2019: California developed smallest medical camera of size of a sand grain, named OV6948, Oct. 31, 2019: Delhi trapped in a toxic smog . 23 hrs ago. The CPCB air quality index has exceeded 400, classified as "severe" on the scale, which means it can seriously affect those with existing respiratory illnesses, and even those who are healthy. Pollution readings in some places had peaked at 500.
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Oct. 16, 2019: So what’s the French secret to keeping those pesky little bugs at bay? It’s wine corks (of course). Some say the absorbent material soaks up any extra moisture as produce ripens, which is what attracts fruit flies in the first place. That’s what the classic French cookware company Emile Henry alleges; they cleverly adapted the old trick into an all-in-one cork and ceramic fruit bowl. Others shrug and say that, for some reason, fruit flies just don’t like a cork.
16 Oct. 2019: 06:43 AM: Visakhapatnam it rained from early morning till 12.30 PM. Heavy rain likely in next 24 hrs in Andhra Pradesh.  Heavy rains and thunderstorm activity are likely to continue for the next 24 hours at many districts of  Coastal Andhra Pradesh. 
Oct 15/16, 2019: 05: 43 pm: Pair of Strong Quakes Shake California. Last night a magnitude 4.5 earthquake rocked Pleasant Hill, in California – a little northeast of San Francisco – with over 67,500 people from the region reporting to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) that they could feel shaking. That certainly caught everyone’s attention, but what’s causing a flare up of discussion online is today’s magnitude 4.7 earthquake, Its epicenter was 10 miles taking place south-southeast of Tres Pinos, somewhat south of San Jose. 3.4 Magnitude Quake Strikes Near Pleasant Hill Day After 4.5 Rocks East Bay.  3:25 pm PDT, Tuesday: Magnitude 4.7 earthquake rattles Central California, felt in Bay Area.  The quake struck at 12:42 p.m. at a depth of about 5 miles. 15 miles south of Hollister. Second earthquake felt across Northern California; 4.7 temblor hits near Hollister. 
Oct. 16. 2019: 12:00 AM IST: Low-cost social robot teaches Kerala children hygiene lessons. Children at a primary school in a Kerala village have successfully learnt hygiene lessons and the importance of washing their hands effectively and consistently -- from their teachers of course but primarily from Pepe the robot. 
Oct. 16 2019: TULA RASI:  Pancake Day (Atla Thaddhi in Telugu) in South especially Andhra and 'Karna Chout' in North India fell on 16 October 2019 with young girls and married women (wishing their mangala sutra should live long), well dressed and play the swing, singing songs. It is believed that if they don't swing on the ropes they would get a old man as a husband. The males are totally forbidden. This day occurs every year on 'Aswijaya month bahula paksha thathiya Nadu'. In the night they pray Gouri and the Moon. After that they perform Pancake Day and worship Umadevi. On this day Sun God would be in Tula (swing) rasi and ladies decorate Gorintaku on hands. In the nine planets Kuza who loves the Pancakes. With rice flour and Minimula Pindi (powder) the Pancakes are made. Minimulu prevents Rahuvu and Rice for Moon prepared Pancakes offered to prevent obstructions and for smooth delivery of off springs. The gorintaku prevents the rain water based diseases. This day is a conjunction of Spirituality (Adyathmika), Health and Happiness. 
Oct. 16 2019: A strong, shallow earthquake shook parts of the southern Philippines Wednesday, injuring at least one person at a shopping mall. The U.S. Geological Survey rated the temblor at 6.4 magnitude. It was centered about 5 miles from Columbio town in Sultan Kudarat province, southwest of Davao City.
Oct. 15 2019: 
Fig.1 Fireball meteor and 
naked eye view of Jupiter.
NASA has posted a stunning image of a blue "fireball meteor" and a rare look at Jupiter with the naked eye, thanks to the work of a quick-thinking photographer.
17/10/2019:15:00:00: Long-term exposure to blue light emitted by smartphones, laptops and other digital devices may lead to brain damage and speed up the ageing process, scientists say. The scientists say their findings raise questions as to whether spending too much time in artificial light can impact overall health. 
Oct. 17, 2019:1414 GMT (2214 HKT):   Identical twin babies were delivered by identical twin nurses at a Georgia hospital.   
Oct. 17, 2019: 7:17 PM ‎IST: 'Bomb cyclone' leaves hundreds of thousands without power in Northeast, winds up to 88 mph. In Boston, winds gusted at 70 mph at Logan International Airport early Thursday, and a gust of 88 mph was recorded at Yarmouth on Cape Cod.
Oct. 16 2019: 7:06 PM: 
Fig.2 The outer space comet icy nucleus.
Hubble spies ‘alien’ comet for the first time. An icy nucleus is the heart of the comet, surrounded by a cloud of dust and gas that forms a tail as the comet moves through space. The fact that 2I/Borisov looks so much like a typical comet from our own system isn’t necessarily surprising, but it is a significant data point in the study of how comets take shape in other areas of the galaxy and universe as a whole.
Oct. 17 2019: In Rapuri Agraharam, on Thursday due to fall of a lightning bolt about 7 Goats died when it struck a hut killing the goats inside it. Veterinary Doctor Haripriya inspected the hut in Aripaka. 
Oct. 17 2019: Every Primary school must have a Telugu Bhasha Pundit appointed by the Government, Language Pundits must be honored and request letter submitted to Vidyashaka Minister Adimula Suresh. Previous government has done no justice to them. 
Oct. 18 2019: Srinagar: Over 400 trucks ferry apples in the last 24 hours, Shopian is the last district in the valley to pick up apples, and the Shopian area has still over 90% of the produce on the trees. Killings have instilled fears in orchard owners in Shopian area. 
Oct. 18 2019: Lightning struck a motorized boat, in the Visakhapatnam beach, in the early hours of Thursday, and incident occurred about 20 nautical miles from the city. One fisherman was fell unconscious  and drowned in the sea in Peda Jalaripeta while another suffered a heavy head injury. 
Oct. 18, 2019:08:51 PM:  4.7-magnitude quake rattles Cotabato – Phivolcs. Friday evening just two days after 6.3-magnitude quake that hit southern Mindanao, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
Oct. 18, 2019: Big numbers multiplication in a few seconds with a new algorithm invented by David Harvey (Australia)  and Joris van der Howan (France) and no information leaked out by them.
Oct. 18, 2019: Cups made with rice-forms can be used to drink hot tea, or cool ice-cream, and finally cups can be also eaten, and a company in Hyderabad is manufacturing them. 
Oct. 18, 2019: 4:42 PM: Physicists discover new stable form of plutonium. The newly discovered compound exists in a solid state and features an unexpected, pentavalent oxidation state. The discovery, detailed this week in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, was an accident. 
Oct. 18, 2019: (TRINIDAD EXPRESS) Some lucky citizens were on Tuesday night treated to what appeared to be a meteor blazing its way into Earth’s atmosphere, looking much like a comet as it streaked across the sky. The fireball appeared to have been visible mostly to those living in Central and Northern Trinidad and a number of people yesterday posted video clips of the celestial activity, accompanied by exclamations of wonder.
Oct. 18, 2019: Ancient Middle Eastern astrologers recorded the oldest-known evidence of aurora. Scientists have discovered what may be the oldest written records of aurora to date. They were hidden in ancient cuneiform tablets from the Middle East.
Oct. 19 2019: From Saturday night and through out the day and extending over in the night on Sunday 20 October 2019, till early morning of Sunday the heavy rainfall with lightnings and thunders has been an harrowing experience for the people at Visakhapatnam.
Oct. 20 2019: The Paris Zoological Park is home to Physarum polycephalum, better known as "the blob," a unicellular organism capable of learning despite its lack of neurons. A brainless, bright-yellow organism that can solve mazes and heal itself is making its debut at a Paris zoo this weekend. Despite having no mouth or stomach, the blob can detect and digest food. Oats, in particular, are a blob delicacy. It also boasts more than 700 different sexual types, a reproductive strategy to prevent the organisms from mating with each other. Cut the blob into two, and it can regenerate itself within two minutes, according to the zoo. Through fusion, two blobs with the same genetic makeup can merge into one organism, and share their respective knowledge.
Oct. 20 2019: Sunday: Blue light and aging. Prolonged exposure to blue light, that emanates from your phone, computer, and house hold fixtures, could be affecting your longevity, even if it's not shinning in your eyes. Light emitting diodes, with blue wavelengths produced, damage cells in the brain as well retina. 
Oct. 21 2019: Ganesh Panda prepares Chenna Podu, in Labanyakota Village, in a dilapidated thatched hut, each costing Rs.110/- . Baked cheese is mixed with sugar and soaked for three hours on an earthen plate (made with a bunch of leaves called in Telugu as addakakulu) which is then put on burning charcoal, once well cooked the delicacy is served. Out of 25 prepared in a day only two are sold to pregnant women. Reason it's high nutritional value for mothers to be. (It reminds of Palla Billalu prepared in Odissha state and my mother Mrs. Peramma Rangadhama Rao,  used to serve them in our childhood, since it is medicinal and very tasty).
Oct. 21 2019: The morning glory flower (in Telugu Poduthirugudu) was found to contain Vitamin-E and ten times more production, Madras scientists have achieved. Arabdopsin introduced into the trees changes the enzymes and causes the enhanced production of Vitamin E. 
Oct. 21, 2019: Homes destroyed after Dallas tornado. The storm left a miles-long swath of destruction through Dallas, hitting near the Love Field airport in the city's north,  early on Monday. 
Oct. 21, 2019: 9:44 AM: New plasma wave accelerator propels electrons to record speeds. The new technology produced electron beams with energies up to 7.8 billion electron volts across an 8-inch-long plasma wave. The new device features a gas-filled sapphire tube. An electrical discharge triggers the formation of plasma, and a laser fired through the tube hollows out a channel in the plasma. The wall of plasma surrounding the channel then helps to focus the subsequent laser pulses. By concentrating the energy of the laser pulses, the accelerator can achieve greater electron beam energies across a shorter space.
Oct. 21 2019: Siachen area in Ladakh now open for tourists: Rajnath Singh.  Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said the government has decided to open the entire area from Siachen base camp to Kumar Post for tourism purposes. "Ladakh has tremendous potential in Tourism. Better connectivity in Ladakh would certainly bring tourists in large numbers. The Siachen area is now open for tourists and Tourism. From Siachen Base Camp to Kumar Post, the entire area has been opened for Tourism purposes. 
Oct. 21, 2019: The lost city of Mahendraparvata Cambodia, predates famous Angkor wat, which served as a capital of the Khmer Empire between eigth and ninth century CE. It was built on a plateau covering 40-50 square km. Identified using lidar scan.   
Oct. 22, 2019: Heavy rain in Visakhapatnam since morning of 22 October 2019 that continued till 10AM. Heavy rain warnings issued by IMD Hyderabad, to the entire coastal and Rayalaseema regions for next few days due to heavy cyclonic circulation of winds. Impact of the low-pressure will be on the higher side for next five days, as result almost all districts in the state would receive heavy to very heavy rains. Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha and Pathanamthitta districts in Kerala downpour with red alert in 5 Districts. All schools colleges declared holidays for the Educational institutions.  Srisailam, NSP set to receive huge inflows with rains for next five days in Karnataka, especially in the catchment areas. This will be eighth flood in the current year.  ,   
Oct. 22, 2019:  A 50 feet diameter space rock would fly past Earth. Another Asteroid 2010UZ approaching Earth with a speed of 9.8 km/sec. Object is 52 feet long and will approach Earth on October 23. 1998HL1 is at its closest will swing a distance of 0.04155 AU, on October 25, it safely miss the Earth by about 6.2 million km. This is regarded as a Deepavali visitor travelling at 11.2 km/sec with diameter of about 1,443-3,248 ft.

Oct. 22, 2019: Angika Bhuljal in Israel doing Ph.D developed a new Telescope Camera that can be used to take space photographs. 
Oct. 22, 2019: In Tirumala all the water in five dams have a capacity of 13,880 lakhs gallons. It would last for about 295 days to serve the devotees. 
Oct. 22, 2019: Jagan released the GO that helps all the 6a, 6b and 6c state temple Archakalu endorsing Hindu Dharmika Socities. 1966 act allows all; the Archakulu to have genological rights and including their families.
Oct. 22, 2019: Ozone Hole: NASA says that the ozone hole in the atmosphere was the smallest in 2018 and 2019 that is has been since it was first observed in 1982. The annual ozone hole reached its peak extent of 6.3 million square miles on September 8 and then shrank to less than 3.9 million square miles for the remainder of September and October, according to NASA.
Oct. 22, 2019: 
Fig.3 Neighbouring Galaxy, Large Magellanic Clopud
and two interacting galaxies.
The first composite images from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics' eROSITA show a neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, and two interacting clusters of galaxies at a distance of about 800 million light years from Earth. A joint Russian-German mission to map the universe from deep space has shared its first X-ray images from millions of light years away following a three-month journey to its orbit 1.5 million km from Earth.
Oct 22, 2019: 13:15 IST: IIT Hyderabad team develops low power chips for Artificial Intelligence devices. The need for High Performance Computing data centers is rapidly growing in order to cater to the growing demand in processing and storing Big Data arising due to the Digital India and other initiatives.
Oct 22, 2019: Since last night it has been continuously raining in Visakhapatnam and continued the morning of 23 Oct. till 10.30 AM. Heavy rain forecast for next two days, over Andhra and Rayalaseema. 
Oct. 22, 2019: COUNTRY MADE EFFORT: Special teams, Navy and Marine teams couldn't do the job of lifting the sunk boat in Godavari River. Royala Vasista boat was pulled up by an ordinary fisherman using two pulleys, with two boats tied on either side of the sunk boat, and 36 mm diameter 18 tons iron roap, and one poklain was used. Dharmadi Satyam pulled up the 25 tons sunk boat. Two trees on the shore of Godavari river were used one pulley arranged near the boat the other pulley only moves and both these pulleys attached to the poklain. Two rustic boats were tied on either side of the sunk major boat. Reaching the shore the waves and the bubbles, were guessed to estimate the distance the boat has arisen during the pulling operation.
Oct. 23, 2019: Artificial Solar leaf that creates clean gas using the Sun light, called syngas, in a sustainable way from carbon dioxide and water, setting a benchmark in the field of solar fuels, that can be used to crate sustainable liquid fuel an alternative to petrol. 
Oct. 23, 2019: The Uttarakhand forest department has started a project to conserve species of wild fruits and flowers found in Himalayas. Department has identified a total of 67 species of wild fruits and 27 species of vegetables and species in the hill state. Planned to cultivate them in villages of Uttarakhand. Fruits and vegetables  such as Kimora, Timla, Hisalu, wild turmeric and wild onions need better protection and conservation.
Oct. 23, 2019: Astronomers just discovered an invisible galaxy from the dawn of the universe. Astronomers now do believe in a special kind of "cosmic Yeti" galaxy that dates back to the very early universe. University of Arizona astronomer Christina Williams spotted the ancient galaxy as a faint blob in observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. She suspected the galaxy "was probably really far away and hidden by clouds of dust."
Oct. 24, 2019: Each weaver family to get Rs.24,000/- a year to modernize their equipment and as many as 75,243 weavers will get the an aid totalling Rs.180.56 crore. The scheme will be implemented from December.
Oct. 24, 2019: 03:50:17 
Fig.4 Srisailam gates all ten open 
All the ten gates of the Srisailam dam will be lifted to 15 feet and release about 4,65,558 cusecs of water to Nagarjuna Sagar, and is the seventh time the gates were uplifted. Telangana is drawing 1,600 cusecs from Srisailam dam.Prakasham barrage lifted 30 gates to a height of 4 feet and other 40 gates lifted to 3 feet. Nagarjuna Sagar all the 18 crest gates are lifted. Srisailam dam gates were lifted on  Sept. 9, 19, 26,and also in October 9, 18 gates were lifted. After 1994 this is the year when gates were lifted.   
Oct. 24, 2019: Megadrigadda achieved 54 feet water level maximum is about 61 feet and in Mudusarlova 158 feet water reached.  
Oct. 25, 2019: It rained y'day night throughout heavily, but morning there was shinning sun, that lasted till 3PM. It seems Vijayawada had heavy rain on Thursday, and Krishna river went into spate the fourth time, all 10 gates were open of the Srisailam dam by 24 feet to release six lakh cusecs of water into the river. About 158 villages in Guntur and Krishna districts have been marooned after flood crossed the four lakh cusecs mark. All the 70 gates of Prakasam barage had been raised to ensure that villages upstream did not get flooded. 
Oct. 25, 2019: AP likely had a flourshing port 2000 years ago on the banks of Swarnamukhi river and Gottiprolu may have had a trade guild with its own army according to AS of India. 80 km from Tirupati and Nellore excavations revealed said T. Sreelakshmi. Size of bricks 43 to 48 cm can be compared to those in Satavahana/Ikshvaku period according to ASI. Site may be of the period 2nd or 1st century BCE. Only 10% of the site excavated and more in future time, she said.
Oct. 25, 2019:3:10 PM, Rare hurricane-like storm in Mediterranean threatens Egypt, Israel. 'Medicane' to bring heavy rain, strong winds.Up to 200 mm (nearly 8 inches) of rain is possible locally from Friday to late Saturday as the storm moves through the region, raising concerns for flash flooding. 
Oct. 26, 2019: It rained in the early morning sumptiously but morning was a bright sunshine.
Oct. 26, 2019: 
Fig.5 Believers in the supernatural site 
say it hides a secret wormhole that allows aliens
 to travel between different dimensions.
Some off-beat travelers believe that a remote hilltop in Thailand holds the key to connecting with the extraterrestrial world. Khao Kala in Nakhon Sawan - which translates to "City of Heaven" - is located just three hours north of the Thai capital Bangkok, and has become a hotspot for tourists looking to experience the supernatural. Several news outlets, including CNN and Vice, have recently traveled to the area, where some people believe humans can telepathically communicate with aliens. The hill is located amongst a sugar cane plantation, and, according to the Bangkok Post, believers in the supernatural site say it hides a secret wormhole that allows aliens to travel between different dimensions. A new method to detect a Wormhole supposed to be with a supermassive black hole at the heart of milky way. S2 orbits around Sagittarius A* and if a wormhole exists around it, researchers believe that either side of the two stars, should feel the gravitational flux that go through the wormhole. Physical Review D published it. 
Oct. 26, 2019: Krishna Lanka residents forced to evacuate seven times in the last two months due to floods. People stay near their homes rather than move to relief camps since their valuables would be stolen. They are daily wages labourers some jobless due to the shortage of sand. They live on foot-paths.  
Oct 26, 2019: The rains began in the three regions in June, however it became heavier in September and early October, which severely affected the communities in Tamale, Sagnarigu, Karaga, Nanumba North, Gushegu, East Mamprusi and West Mamprusi assemblies.Torrential rains affect 3,771 people in the north. 
Oct. 26, 2019: 10:44 AM: Despite Trade Uncertainty, Many US Farmers to Back Trump in 2020. 
Oct. 26, 2019: After 28 days and 2 storms, Andaman man washed ashore in Odisha, friend didn't survive the ordeal.  The sleepy coastal village of Khirisahi in Odisha was suddenly astir on Friday when a battered boat washed ashore with a man who could barely walk. Amrit Kujur, 49, of Shaheed Dweep in the Andaman and Nicobar Island had been missing at sea past 28 days during which he lost a friend and weathered two storms in the Bay of Bengal.
Oct. 27: 2019: 4 hours ago:
Fig. 6  US president celebrating Diwali. 
US President Donald Trump on Sunday celebrated Diwali, the festival of lights, at White House in Washington.Trump also tweeted a video of him lighting diyas and said, "As Diwali commences, Melania and I wish those observing the Festival of Lights a blessed and happy celebration! Happy Diwali."
Oct. 27,  2019: 06.32 Sun  GMT: Student in Peru makes history by writing thesis in the Incas’ language. Quechua is still spoken by 8 million people across the Andes, but Roxana Quispe Collantes hopes she can give it added value. 
Oct. 28, 2019:USA TODAY Published 8:55 a.m. ET: Earthquake rattles area near California's Kincade Fire; new blaze by L.A. drives more evacuations. on Monday when a magnitude 3.3 earthquake rattled the area. No damage or injuries were immediately reported from the temblor, centered a few miles from the roaring Kincade Fire. 
Oct. 28, 2019: Riyad: Soudhi Arabia in the eastern parts, floods are ravaging and on Monday they closed schools. Havar All Bathin worst affected. 
Oct. 28, 2019: California developed smallest medical camera of size of a sand grain, named OV6948. It is 0.575mmx0.575mmx0.232mm with pixel size 1.75.microns. It has 200x200 resolution videos in a second about 30 photographic frames it can store.  
Oct. 28, 2019: Giant neutrino telescope to open window to ultra-high-energy universe. A major open question in astrophysics for the past fifty years has been the origin of the most energetic particles known to us, the ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). These are electrically charged particles—protons and atomic nuclei—of extraterrestrial origin. Their energies are millions of times higher than those of the Large Hadron Collider. The most energetic UHECRs have energies of 1019 eV or more. 
Oct. 29, 2019: Two dead as floods hit Nagaland and Assam. Incessant rains in the last week have affected life in parts of Nagaland and Assam. Dimpur district and in Assam Karbi Anglong districts and some north central areas were affected.  
OCT. 29, 2019: 5:41 AM: 6.6-magnitude earthquake rocks southern Philippines.
Oct.  29, 2019:
Fig.7 The Milky way reflected in Water
 The Milky Way Reflected in the World’s Largest Mirror.
Oct. 30, 2019, 04:19 PM IST: Cyclone Kyarr weakens: IMD issues orange alert in Kerala; heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu. 
Oct. 31,  2019: Nature Communications, volume  10, Article number: 4962 (2019): Two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy reveals liquid-like lineshape dynamics in CsPbI3 perovskite nanocrystals.
Oct. 31, 2019: Second powerful quake hits South Philippines. 12 hrs ago.  A powerful quake struck in the southern Philippines on Thursday sending people fleeing from homes, schools and malls, with initial reports of damage to some buildings.
Oct. 31, 2019: Delhi trapped in a toxic smog . 23 hrs ago. The CPCB air quality index has exceeded 400, classified as "severe" on the scale, which means it can seriously affect those with existing respiratory illnesses, and even those who are healthy. Pollution readings in some places had peaked at 500, the most severe level on the government index. 
Oct. 31, 2019: It was pretty hot in Visakhapatnam since last five days, and just one day before the Deepavali the weather was dry and people could celebrate the Deepavali in full vigour. Today is the fourth day after deepavali and people are happy to lit up their holmes and in the evening they are busy bursting the crackers and other fire works.
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.