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Volume 2018, Issue No.3, Dated: 1 to 31 March 2018, Time:06:08:45 AM
March 1-31, 2018: Bizarre weather in Visakhapatnam, proton therapy Prague, Bomb Cyclone Europe, WASP-39b, Unique Galaxy Dark Matter, Ind. Sci. Cong. Assoc, meeting at Imphal, Manipur, Cloudburst at Vontimitta.
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 few days in England, Paris, Egypt and etc. countries.
Visited USA about 12 Universities, several National Laboratories and Institutes
during four months Sept.to December 1988. and in 1989 visited Japan, and South Korea.
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
Bizarre weather conditions in Visakhaptnam following the conditions in Europe on Thursday 1 March, 2018. Cold wave sweeping the Europe, with heavy rains, and snow falls.The weather is sequel to the extreme chilly weather in Europe on Thursday, 1 March 2018. Harsh weather in Central, Eastern Europe leaves 38 people dead news around 22h40m. March 3, 2018: Rare find of Megalithic site West Godavari village dating back to 1000BC possibly it would be submerged by the flood waters of Polavaram project. Harsh weather conditions that have struck much of Europe after temperatures plunged below -25C (-13F). March 3, 2018: BOMB CYCLONE: At least five people have been killed in a ferocious storm that hammered the Northeast with powerful winds, relentless rain and historic flooding. 03 March 2018: Astronomers have detected a large amount of water in the atmosphere of a hot, Saturn-mass exoplanet some 700 light-years away. The planet, known as WASP-39b, has three times as much water as Saturn does. Located in the constellation Virgo. March 4, 2018: Sunday: Supercapacitor built from discarded lithium ion batteries, especially the graphene oxide by scientists at CSIR-CECRI in Karaikudi. March 5, 2018:SYDNEY/WELLINGTON: Magnitude 6.0 aftershock rattles quake-hit Papua New Guinea Highlands. Strong aftershocks rocked Papua New Guinea's remote and rugged highlands on Monday, a week after the largest quake. Three aftershocks stronger than magnitude 5 shook the mountainous Southern Highlands, about 600 km (370 miles) northwest of the capital Port Moresby early on Monday. 06 March 2018: Farmers seek relief after hail, rain damage crops in Rajasthan, UP. 7 March 2018: In the early morning on the Vijayawada city has been totally covered by the FOGGY weather. Also amazing that the Ananthapuram district has in gorantla mandalam palasamudram village a spring of water in a bore that thrilled the villagers. It appears that the Hindri-Niva water reached the Gollapalli reservoir and that resulted in the spring water in the village. March 08, 2018 04:55 IST: India-China trade hits a record $84.4 billion. March 9, 2018: Jupiter with as many as 13 massive cyclones cover the poles, mostly everlasting as not encountered in solar system, with diameters of 5600-700 km. South pole cyclones are even larger. With speeds as high as 350kmph. Has rivers of gas that run much deeper than earlier thought. MARCH 10, 2018: For a lot of the big tech giants out there, India is a country that is bursting with possibilities making it one of the biggest technology hubs in the world. March 2018: Space travel can change DNA, nearly an year spent in space by Scott Kelly's genes linked to the immune system showed an unexpected change nearly a seven percent of astronaut. 7% remained unchanged on return to Earth relative to his twin brother Mark. March 11, 2018: Private airline SpiceJet operated a civil fixed-wing aircraft for the first time to Sikkim’s Pakyong airport on Saturday. Mar 12, 2018, 07:29 AM IST: Russia test-fires Kinzhal hypersonic missile, the 'ideal weapon'. The missile flies at 10 times the speed of the sound and can overcome air-defence systems. Mar 13, 2018, 18:17 PM IST: SC extends Aadhaar linking with bank accounts, mobile phones indefinitely till final judgement. The five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, said that the government cannot insist for mandatory Aadhaar. Feb 13, 2018, 08:43 IST: CHENNAI: To record vitals in a non-invasive manner, a team from IIT Madras has developed the algorithm for a medical-grade, wearable device called 'VinCense.' The device can be used for monitoring vital parameters including the pulse-rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, skin temperature and blood pressure. March 14, 2018: Hubble discovers relic galaxy NGC 1277 ferociously churning out stars, 1000 times faster than seen in near Milky way hidden in our cosmic back yard for the past 10 billion years. 15 March 2018: World Consumer Rights Day–World Consumer Rights Day is observed on 15th March every year, with the theme this year is ‘Making Digital Marketplaces Fairer’. Daily news 16 March 2018:By Leah Crane: Two of the most mysterious and elusive particles in the cosmos, neutrinos and dark matter, might be tied together by a weak force that permeates galaxies and gives neutrinos mass. March 17, 2018: Harsha Vardhan Union Minister, claimed that renowned scientist S. Hawking had said that Vedas might have a theory that is much superior to Einstein's theory of Relativity. March 18, 2018: India warms to cold fusion, with three teams have renewed attempts to produce nuclear energy without radiation. S. Vyasa in Bangalore, LENR says M. Srinivasan, and K.P. Rajeev in electrolysis experiments trying cold fusion. March 15 to March 22, 2018 attended Ind. Sci. Cong. Assoc. meeting at Imphal, Manipur. 22 March, 2018: Cyanide may have role in formation of life in early earth, a mixture of cyanide and copper irradiated by UV light produced sugars, glycolaldehyde and glyceraldehyde that formed the building blocks of life on Earth Harvard University scientist believes. March 23, 2018: 2017 saw the deadliest weather and climate disasters across the world. The worst hit was the Indian subcontinent where major monsoon floods devastated lives and East Africa, where severe droughts destroyed vegetation. The two regions contributing the most towards making 2017 the most expensive year on record. ANDHRA PRADESH RAINS: Seetharamapuram (dist Nellore) 2, Udayagiri (dist Nellore) 1.
March 24, 2018: Connection to Magellanic Clouds: On the outskirts of our galaxy, a cosmic tug-of-war is unfolding. The players are two dwarf galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud, both of which orbit our own Milky Way Galaxy. March 25, 2018:The world's longest sandstone cave named Krem Puri was recently discovered in Meghalaya. It has a staggering length of 24.5 km, almost three times the height of Mount Everest, and contains some dinosaur fossils from 66-76 million years ago as well. March 25, 2018: Vijayawada cop Tulasi Chaitany (29) head constable crossing 30 to 32 km long stretch, overcoming strong water currents and braving jelly fish, with waves hostile after he crossed IMBL, he drank water every half an hour, swims Palk Strait in 8 hours and 25 minutes and hopes to swim across the seven seas soon. March 26, 2018: TOI: Extinct in India plants find a new home in UK. Royal Botanical garden and Natural History Museum in UK has well preserved about 50,000 Indian species in its collection. Specimens started stored from 1790. The team spotted nearly 1000 extinct species. A total of 25,000 specimens have been digitized. After 2007 the Orange snow turns Europe into Mars like appearance. Olive Ridley settlements in Odisha coast may be following a magnetic pathway. It is since years ago from the birth of Earth. D Balasubramanian observed that Olive Ridley settlements in Odisha coast may be following a magnetic pathway. It is since years ago from the birth of Earth. There may be other creatures of this sort following the magnetic field of Earth. MARCH 26, 2018: EARTHQUAKE: 6.4 magnitude earthquake rattles Indonesia, tsunami alert lifted: Seismic monitors: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake took place in eastern Indonesia in the early morning on Monday 26 March; Meteorologists, however, have said that the phenomenon occurs once in five years. They also noted that unlike previous occurrences, the concentrations of sand are much higher this time but there's nothing to worry. Mar 27, 2018, 23:59 PM IST: Lost villages uncovered in Brazil's super-dense Amazon jungles. The Amazon jungles were for long thought of as untouched by human activity. March 28, 2018 01:00pm ET: A unique galaxy is making the case for dark matter, even though it has very little of the mysterious substance. Astronomers have determined that the galaxy NGC 1052-DF2, or DF2 for short, has 400 times less dark matter than expected for an object of its size. Human footprints found off Canada's Pacific coast may be 13,000 years old, according to a study published March 28, 2018.The researchers uncovered 29 human footprints of at least three different sizes in these sediments, which radiocarbon dating estimated to be around 13,000 years old. Mar 29, 2018 20:05 IST: Earthquake of 4.8 magnitude recorded in Kutch. This is the second such mild intensity earthquake to have hit Bhachau region this month. An earthquake measuring 4.8 on Richter scale, followed by a quick aftershock of 3.5 magnitude, was recorded on Thursday in parts of Kutch district of Gujarat. 30 March 2018:19:56: 32 minutes ago: The preliminary analysis of cores obtained from Moenjodaro suggested that the site in present-day Sindh was likely the world’s largest settlement of its time between 2600 and 1900 BC. Fri 30 Mar 2018 06.11 BST: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP. Malcolm Turnbull has received a telescope worth $1,500 from Donald Trump as a diplomatic gift, new documents show. Fri 30 Mar 2018: Cloudburst wreaked havoc on Friday evening in Andhra Pradesh's Vontimitta. Sudden heavy rain coupled with strong winds, lightning and hailstorm pounded the area. The hailstorm began around 6:15 pm and continued till 6:45 pm. Trees and electric poles were uprooted, and sheds collapsed, leaving hundreds of people stranded in bad weather. 31 Mar 2018 12:55 PM: This village in Arunachal is home to only 76 people. Kahoo Village, the eastern-most village of India, which is close to Chinese Line of Actual Control (LAC), is home to only 12 families which in total have around 76 people. The village, situated in Arunachal Pradesh, is home to Meyor tribe, the least known frontier tribe.
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Late News:Thursday 30 June 1994 Chandrashekar Joshi, A Lal and their colleagues from the department of electrical engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles claim that using the new technique in their laboratory, they have achieved particle acceleration that is 30 times higher than that achieved in conventional accelerators (Nature, Vol 368, No 6471). Robert Bingham of UK's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory says that though the "bench-top" accelerator developed by Joshi and his colleagues cannot compete with the present particle accelerators in terms of energy generated, their ability to accelerate particles to extremely high speeds would open up exciting new fields such as filming in slow motion hitherto unseen chemical reactions or biological processes.
Fig.1a Sun spectrum on 1 March 2018
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Fig.1b Sun spectrum on 1 March 2018
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The Sun rise on 1 March 2018 at Visakhapatnam beach shows the red tinge of the Star radiation, which the author found as astounding. Brilliant Sun surrounded by the reddish glow is a new phenomenon at Visakhapatnam. It may be due to the heavy pollution levels even on the Sea at Visakhapatnam, and the brilliance spread is some what stunning to the onlookers. It was gently hot in the morning on 1 March, 2018 reflecting the onset of summer weather in the city. The red-tinge was more spectacular in the morning of 28 Feb. 2018 due to a foggy like weather and it reflected in the ocean along with the spread of the Sun light on the waves.
Mar 01, 2018 13:19 IST: Experts predict dip in rains, but uncertain of effects of global warming on monsoon. A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences observed that there would be an increase in extreme rainfall events, but an overall decline in monsoon by the end of the century.
March 1, 2018: Siberian Blizzards Blast Britain And Ireland, Drivers Trapped In Scotland. Edinburgh: Snow storms from Siberia blasted Britain and Ireland on Thursday with the worst weather since 1991, trapping hundreds of motorists on roads overnight in Scotland and closing schools and airports. With up to 32 cm of snow and temperatures as low as minus 10.3 Celsius in some areas, weather services in both Britain and Ireland issued their most severe red warnings which advise people to stay at home as travel is too dangerous.
Mar 02, 2018 07:44: Totally foggy morning even at 6h56m to 6hm57AM in Visakhapatnam which is sequel due to the severe winter in Europe. The Sun raised around 7h06m AM and lasted hardly a minute. The weather is sequel to the extreme chilly weather in Europe on Thursday, 1 March 2018. Harsh weather in Central, Eastern Europe leaves 38 people dead news around 22h40m.
Fi.g 1c. The 2018 03 01 pic no. 225358
Harsh weather conditions that have struck much of Europe after temperatures plunged below -25C (-13F).
Fig.2 The street towards the collector's Office
completely fogged at around 6h47m on 02-03-2018
Fig.3 The Ocean at Visakhapatnam on 0203201
with the red tinge in the smog due to raising Sun
at 6h56m AM
Fig.4 The changed scenario of raising Sun
at 6h57m AM with white brilliance that lasted hardly a minute.
2 March, 2018: A La Lammasingi: Foggy morning on Friday all over the city which in turn affeced the visibility rangeuptoabout 30 meters, till 8 AM. City felt like Lammasingi-like experience. Due to low inland temperatures the dew content in the air increases which in turn results in foggy conditions. This happens every year due to the change of season from winter to summer. The full blaze of the Sun was restored at around 8 AM in Visakhapatnam but chilly weather continued.
March 3, 2018: Village, orchards left water starved after flash floods divert stream. Rajpora: A stream branching from Ranbiara diverted by flashfloods has left Avengund village in Rajpora of Pulwama district devoid of water supply, denting the village’s irrigation and drinking water needs. We have been managing the drinking water somehow but, if our orchards suffer on irrigation front, it will be a catastrophe.
March 3, 2018: Rare find of Megalithic site West Godavari village dating back to 1000BC possibly it would be submerged by the flood waters of Polavaram project. Rudramkota in Velperupeta mandal yielded human figures, terracotta figurines, red and black pottery from a dolman burial site. There are about 150 graves and more artefacts found include charred bones, seeds, beads of crystal and stones like chalcedony, carnelian and steatite apart from dagger, broken parts of a javelin, two ploughs, legged pottery and urns, Two temples to be shifted, and to move idols financial sanction has been made.
March 3, 2018, 11:15 AM IST: Almost 1.7 million homes and businesses were without power in the Northeast and Midwest as the storm pummelled the East Coast from Virginia to Maine. Government offices in Washington closed as winds gusted to more than 60 mph (96 kph) in the U.S. capital. Boston: A powerful storm lashing the northeastern United States on Friday killed at least five people as winds topping 80 miles per hour (129 km per hour) helped flood streets in Boston, ground flights and halt train service across the region.
March 3, 2018: BOMB CYCLONE: At least five people have been killed in a ferocious storm that hammered the Northeast with powerful winds, relentless rain and historic flooding. The nor'easter moved out to sea Saturday, but not before it knocked out power, perhaps for days, to more than 900,000 customers from the mid-Atlantic to New England.The storm morphed Friday into a "bomb cyclone" after undergoing a rapid pressure drop known as bombogenesis. It slammed much of the Northeast with heavy snow and rain, prompting significant coastal flooding and hurricane-force gusts in New England.
Saturday 03 March 2018:20:11, UK: : Warnings of ice for large parts of UK and more snow in Scotland. 1. Gradual thaw has begun in the south. 2. Dozens of flood warnings and alerts, mostly for South West and North East. 3. High winds and freezing rain left thousands of homes without power. 4.Elderly couple dug out of home after being trapped by 12ft snow drifts. 5.Some communities cut off.
March 3, 2018:12:56 IST:
March 3, 2018, 11:15 AM IST: Almost 1.7 million homes and businesses were without power in the Northeast and Midwest as the storm pummelled the East Coast from Virginia to Maine. Government offices in Washington closed as winds gusted to more than 60 mph (96 kph) in the U.S. capital. Boston: A powerful storm lashing the northeastern United States on Friday killed at least five people as winds topping 80 miles per hour (129 km per hour) helped flood streets in Boston, ground flights and halt train service across the region.
March 3, 2018: BOMB CYCLONE: At least five people have been killed in a ferocious storm that hammered the Northeast with powerful winds, relentless rain and historic flooding. The nor'easter moved out to sea Saturday, but not before it knocked out power, perhaps for days, to more than 900,000 customers from the mid-Atlantic to New England.The storm morphed Friday into a "bomb cyclone" after undergoing a rapid pressure drop known as bombogenesis. It slammed much of the Northeast with heavy snow and rain, prompting significant coastal flooding and hurricane-force gusts in New England.
Saturday 03 March 2018:20:11, UK: : Warnings of ice for large parts of UK and more snow in Scotland. 1. Gradual thaw has begun in the south. 2. Dozens of flood warnings and alerts, mostly for South West and North East. 3. High winds and freezing rain left thousands of homes without power. 4.Elderly couple dug out of home after being trapped by 12ft snow drifts. 5.Some communities cut off.
March 3, 2018:12:56 IST:
Fig.5 A powerful storm lashing the north-eastern
United States on Friday
A powerful storm lashing the north-eastern United States on Friday killed at least five people as winds topping 80 miles per hour (129 km per hour) helped flood streets in Boston, ground flights and halt train service across the region. Almost 1.7 million homes and businesses were without power in the Northeast and Midwest as the storm pummelled the East Coast from Virginia to Maine. Government offices in Washington closed as winds gusted to more than 60 mph (96 kph) in the US capital. A flood surge at extreme high tide sent seawater into Boston's coastal streets, the second time this year that the area had flooded. Wind gusts approaching 70 mph (113 kph) helped force in the water while downing trees and power lines. The high water receded in the afternoon. 03 March 2018:15:57, UK; His mother and father: but they were ultimately allowed to take Ashya to Prague. There, he underwent a series of short bursts of proton therapy, in which a concentrated beam of energy is used to kill the tumour without damaging the surrounding healthy tissue. 03 March 2018: Astronomers have detected a large amount of water in the atmosphere of a hot, Saturn-mass exoplanet some 700 light-years away. The planet, known as WASP-39b, has three times as much water as Saturn does. Located in the constellation Virgo, WASP-39b whips around a quiet, Sun-like star, called WASP-39, once every four days. The exoplanet is currently positioned more than 20 times closer to its star than Earth is to the Sun. It is tidally locked, meaning it always shows the same face to its star. March 4, 2018: Sunday: Supercapacitor built from discarded lithium ion batteries, especially the graphene oxide by scientists at CSIR-CECRI in Karaikudi. The specific capacity was found to be 112 Farads per gram. (Collides and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects by Shrinivankara Rao Ede, Dr. Subrata Kundu and H.C. Bajaj.) March 5, 2018:SYDNEY/WELLINGTON: Magnitude 6.0 aftershock rattles quake-hit Papua New Guinea Highlands. Strong aftershocks rocked Papua New Guinea's remote and rugged highlands on Monday, a week after the largest quake. Three aftershocks stronger than magnitude 5 shook the mountainous Southern Highlands, about 600 km (370 miles) northwest of the capital Port Moresby early on Monday. We haven't slept. It's been shaking all through the night. Mar 05, 2018, 14:54 PM IST: Astronomers have discovered three super-Earth planets orbiting a star about 100 light-years away from our solar system. The three exoplanets discovered by researchers at radii of about 1.6, 1.3, and 2.1 Earth-radii respectively. All of them are categorized as super-Earths, that is, with masses that are larger than Earth's but less than Neptune's. March 6, 2018: 12:26 PM: TOKYO: A Japanese volcano shot smoke and ash thousands of meters into the sky on Tuesday, prompting the cancellation of flights to and from a nearby airport, with the eruption likely to continue for some time. An aerial view shows Shinmoedake peak erupting between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, southwestern Japan. Shinmoedake, in a largely rural area some 985 km (616 miles) from Tokyo on Japan’s southernmost main island of Kyushu, had been erupting on a smaller scale since March 1, when entrance to the 1,421 meter-high peak was restricted. Tuesday 06 March 2018: Farmers seek relief after hail, rain damage crops in Rajasthan, UP. March 4 saw fresh hailstorms in Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. After losing 50 per cent to 90 per cent of its standing crops to the storm and erratic rains, several farmers’ organisations seek compensation. Crops of mustard, barley, wheat and grams were destroyed in many parts of Rajasthan.
Tuesday 06 March 2018: 100 gram sabhas in Odisha’s Kalahandi district to assert rights on bamboo, kendu. As the harvesting season for bamboo and kendu leaf approaches in Odisha, tension is building between the forest-dependent communities and the forest department. Wednesday, 7 March 2018: In the early morning on the Vijayawada city has been totally covered by the FOGGY weather. Also amazing that the Ananthapuram district has in gorantla mandalam palasamudram village a spring of water in a bore that thrilled the villagers. It appears that the Hindri-Niva water reached the gollapalli reservoir and that resulted in the spring water in the village. March 08, 2018 04:55 IST: India-China trade hits a record $84.4 billion.
March 9, 2018: Jupiter with as many as 13 massive cyclones cover the poles, mostly everlasting as not encountered in solar system, with diameters of 5600-700 km. South pole cyclones are even larger. With speeds as high as 350kmph. Has rivers of gas that run much deeper than earlier thought.
Mar 09, 2018, 10:10 AM IST: How a villager used a gamcha to help Dibrugarh Rajdhani avoid massive disaster. This is the third such incident in Katihar district in the span of three months. On Friday morning, the rail line cracked with a loud thud as the Kamakhya - Rajendra Nagar Capital Express (Down) crossed the halt. Upon hearing the sound, local villager Bimal Kumar came out to inspect the origins of the sound and found the damaged tracks. MARCH 10, 2018: For a lot of the big tech giants out there, India is a country that is bursting with possibilities making it one of the biggest technology hubs in the world. Take Facebook, for example, which sees over 241 million active users in India alone as of July last year. The social media giant knows the country is a huge market to test out its latest innovations. That's what is being talked about by Ash Jhaveri, Vice President of Business Development, Facebook in a discussion titled "Two I's of Facebook: Innovation and India" at the India Today Conclave 2018 in Mumbai. March 11, 2018: Private airline SpiceJet operated a civil fixed-wing aircraft for the first time to Sikkim’s Pakyong airport on Saturday as a part of a trial run, Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials said. The airline operated a 78-seater Q400 Bombardier aircraft from Kolkata to the newly-constructed airport. March11, 2018:
Farmers worried out over dip in pepper price with the cheaper commodity from Vietnam flooding Indian markets.
March 12, 2018:
Mar 12, 2018, 07:29 AM IST: Russia test-fires Kinzhal hypersonic missile, the 'ideal weapon'. The missile flies at 10 times the speed of the sound and can overcome air-defence systems.
March 12, 2018: Rudrama Kota, Velurupadu, Deccan college of Pune researchers found use of iron tools prior to Harrpa culture, concealed their implements, dead body remains, pots, thin artefacts, covered with big boulders brought rolling down on the dead sites. March 13, 2018:Artefacts of pre-iron age excavated in Odisha, Jabalpur include stone tools, pots, carbonised grains, stone and bone tools, and Yellow and dark grey colour soils, circular walls, semi-circular well, have been discovered. Mar 13, 2018, 18:17 PM IST: SC extends Aadhaar linking with bank accounts, mobile phones indefinitely till final judgement. The five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, said that the government cannot insist for mandatory Aadhaar. Wednesday March 14, 2018: A study of two meteorites which fell in Assam and Rajasthan over a span of 13 hours in 2017, GSI concluded that they may contain significant clues to origins of life. On the evening of June 5, a meteorite weighing 3.014 Kg fell in Natun Baligan Village, in the flood plains of Lohit River, has been classified as an ordinary chondrite, made of small grains of rock and believed to be unchanged since the formation of solar system, in Tinsukia, Assam. Thirteen hours later early on June 6, another meteorite weighing 2.23Kg, a carbonaceous a primitive type, contains grains of calcium and iron, dates before the Sun came into existence, fell in sandy farmland, created a hole of six inches deep, with a diameter of nearly 43cms, Mukundpura village under Sadhya subdivision near Jaipur. Analysis has also revealed the presence of water bearing the minerals in the meteorite. It might throw light on origin of early life.
Feb 13, 2018, 08:43 IST: CHENNAI: To record vitals in a non-invasive manner, a team from IIT Madras has developed the algorithm for a medical-grade, wearable device called 'VinCense.' The device can be used for monitoring vital parameters including the pulse-rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, skin temperature and blood pressure. VinCense can be deployed for home healthcare delivery, insurance analytics and corporate or industrial occupational health screening. It also has applications for non-communicable diseases screening and surveillance, general public health, and community health. VinCense was developed by a team led by prof M. Manivannan, head of Touch Lab, biomedical engineering group, department of applied mechanics in the institute along with MedIoTek Health Systems which works on mobile healthcare technologies. Prof Manivannan said that his team is developing algorithms that provide more accurate vitals from the wearable device, which IIT-M claimed is the first of its kind in the country.
March 14, 2018: Hubble discovers relic galaxy NGC 1277 ferociously churning out stars, 1000 times faster than seen in near Milky way hidden in our cosmic back yard for the past 10 billion years.
March 15-20, 2018:I was at Imphal, attending Ind. Sci. Congress sessions in Physics and Mathematics. Gave two papers one in Physics the other in Maths. Due to Lalitha's gesture I took the flight on 15 (Indigo) from Visakhapatnam to Kolkata and then to Imphal and return on 21 Indigo to Kolkata and to Visakhapatnam by SpaceJet from 7.32PM to 9.42PM.
Daily news 16 March 2018:By Leah Crane: Two of the most mysterious and elusive particles in the cosmos, neutrinos and dark matter, might be tied together by a weak force that permeates galaxies and gives neutrinos mass.
VERNAL EQUINOX 2018: Today the length of night and day are nearly equal. The days will now become longer at the higher latitudes because it takes the sun longer to rise and set. Sunset on March 19 through sunrise March 20.The vernal equinox occurs as the sun passes over the equator from Earth's perspective and the Northern Hemisphere begins to tilt toward the sun, leading to longer days in the north and shorter days in the south. It marks the north first day of spring, snowy weather in some areas notwithstanding, and the beginning of fall for those in the Southern Hemisphere. While the day-to-day variations in weather are much more complex, the vernal equinox is a sign that warmer days are on the way.
March 2018: Space travel can change DNA, nearly an year spent in space by Scott Kelly's genes linked to the immune system showed an unexpected change nearly a seven percent of astronaut. 7% remained unchanged on return to Earth relative to his twin brother Mark.
March 9, 2018: Jupiter with as many as 13 massive cyclones cover the poles, mostly everlasting as not encountered in solar system, with diameters of 5600-700 km. South pole cyclones are even larger. With speeds as high as 350kmph. Has rivers of gas that run much deeper than earlier thought.
Mar 09, 2018, 10:10 AM IST: How a villager used a gamcha to help Dibrugarh Rajdhani avoid massive disaster. This is the third such incident in Katihar district in the span of three months. On Friday morning, the rail line cracked with a loud thud as the Kamakhya - Rajendra Nagar Capital Express (Down) crossed the halt. Upon hearing the sound, local villager Bimal Kumar came out to inspect the origins of the sound and found the damaged tracks. MARCH 10, 2018: For a lot of the big tech giants out there, India is a country that is bursting with possibilities making it one of the biggest technology hubs in the world. Take Facebook, for example, which sees over 241 million active users in India alone as of July last year. The social media giant knows the country is a huge market to test out its latest innovations. That's what is being talked about by Ash Jhaveri, Vice President of Business Development, Facebook in a discussion titled "Two I's of Facebook: Innovation and India" at the India Today Conclave 2018 in Mumbai. March 11, 2018: Private airline SpiceJet operated a civil fixed-wing aircraft for the first time to Sikkim’s Pakyong airport on Saturday as a part of a trial run, Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials said. The airline operated a 78-seater Q400 Bombardier aircraft from Kolkata to the newly-constructed airport. March11, 2018:
Fig.5a Vietnam pepper invading traders in India
March 12, 2018:
Fig.5b River Someswari community fishing
Villagers at River Someswari at Bhogdabari in Kamrup district of Assam participate in a community fishing with traditional nets. Mar 12, 2018, 07:29 AM IST: Russia test-fires Kinzhal hypersonic missile, the 'ideal weapon'. The missile flies at 10 times the speed of the sound and can overcome air-defence systems.
March 12, 2018: Rudrama Kota, Velurupadu, Deccan college of Pune researchers found use of iron tools prior to Harrpa culture, concealed their implements, dead body remains, pots, thin artefacts, covered with big boulders brought rolling down on the dead sites. March 13, 2018:Artefacts of pre-iron age excavated in Odisha, Jabalpur include stone tools, pots, carbonised grains, stone and bone tools, and Yellow and dark grey colour soils, circular walls, semi-circular well, have been discovered. Mar 13, 2018, 18:17 PM IST: SC extends Aadhaar linking with bank accounts, mobile phones indefinitely till final judgement. The five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, said that the government cannot insist for mandatory Aadhaar. Wednesday March 14, 2018: A study of two meteorites which fell in Assam and Rajasthan over a span of 13 hours in 2017, GSI concluded that they may contain significant clues to origins of life. On the evening of June 5, a meteorite weighing 3.014 Kg fell in Natun Baligan Village, in the flood plains of Lohit River, has been classified as an ordinary chondrite, made of small grains of rock and believed to be unchanged since the formation of solar system, in Tinsukia, Assam. Thirteen hours later early on June 6, another meteorite weighing 2.23Kg, a carbonaceous a primitive type, contains grains of calcium and iron, dates before the Sun came into existence, fell in sandy farmland, created a hole of six inches deep, with a diameter of nearly 43cms, Mukundpura village under Sadhya subdivision near Jaipur. Analysis has also revealed the presence of water bearing the minerals in the meteorite. It might throw light on origin of early life.
Feb 13, 2018, 08:43 IST: CHENNAI: To record vitals in a non-invasive manner, a team from IIT Madras has developed the algorithm for a medical-grade, wearable device called 'VinCense.' The device can be used for monitoring vital parameters including the pulse-rate, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, skin temperature and blood pressure. VinCense can be deployed for home healthcare delivery, insurance analytics and corporate or industrial occupational health screening. It also has applications for non-communicable diseases screening and surveillance, general public health, and community health. VinCense was developed by a team led by prof M. Manivannan, head of Touch Lab, biomedical engineering group, department of applied mechanics in the institute along with MedIoTek Health Systems which works on mobile healthcare technologies. Prof Manivannan said that his team is developing algorithms that provide more accurate vitals from the wearable device, which IIT-M claimed is the first of its kind in the country.
March 14, 2018: Hubble discovers relic galaxy NGC 1277 ferociously churning out stars, 1000 times faster than seen in near Milky way hidden in our cosmic back yard for the past 10 billion years.
Daily news 16 March 2018:By Leah Crane: Two of the most mysterious and elusive particles in the cosmos, neutrinos and dark matter, might be tied together by a weak force that permeates galaxies and gives neutrinos mass.
VERNAL EQUINOX 2018: Today the length of night and day are nearly equal. The days will now become longer at the higher latitudes because it takes the sun longer to rise and set. Sunset on March 19 through sunrise March 20.The vernal equinox occurs as the sun passes over the equator from Earth's perspective and the Northern Hemisphere begins to tilt toward the sun, leading to longer days in the north and shorter days in the south. It marks the north first day of spring, snowy weather in some areas notwithstanding, and the beginning of fall for those in the Southern Hemisphere. While the day-to-day variations in weather are much more complex, the vernal equinox is a sign that warmer days are on the way.
March 2018: Space travel can change DNA, nearly an year spent in space by Scott Kelly's genes linked to the immune system showed an unexpected change nearly a seven percent of astronaut. 7% remained unchanged on return to Earth relative to his twin brother Mark.
March 17, 2018: Harsha Vardhan Union Minister, claimed that renowned scientist S. Hawking had said that Vedas might have a theory that is much superior to Einstein's theory of Relativity.
March 18, 2018: India warms to cold fusion, with three teams have renewed attempts to produce nuclear energy without radiation. S. Vyasa in Bangalore, LENR says M. Srinivasan, and K.P. Rajeev in electrolysis experiments trying cold fusion.
March 18, 2018: Presented Physics session paper in ISCA2018 March 19, "Molecular N-TiO2 for Solar Visible-Active Particles" by Prof. D. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana.
March 19, 2018: ISCA2018 March: Presented Maths session paper "A NEW FORMULATION OF A TWELFTH ORDER GROUP EQUATION TO DESCRIBE PARTICLES AND THEIR THREE MASSES" by Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota L. N.
21 March 2018: Took flight from Imphal to Kolkata and then from Kolkata to Visakhapatnam.
March 18, 2018: Presented Physics session paper in ISCA2018 March 19, "Molecular N-TiO2 for Solar Visible-Active Particles" by Prof. D. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana.
March 19, 2018: ISCA2018 March: Presented Maths session paper "A NEW FORMULATION OF A TWELFTH ORDER GROUP EQUATION TO DESCRIBE PARTICLES AND THEIR THREE MASSES" by Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota L. N.
21 March 2018: Took flight from Imphal to Kolkata and then from Kolkata to Visakhapatnam.
22 March, 2018: Cyanide may have role in formation of life in early earth, a mixture of cyanide and copper irradiated by UV light produced sugars, glycolaldehyde and glyceraldehyde that formed the building blocks of life on Earth Harvard University scientist believes. These sugars necessary to build RNA nucleotide. Tested under 254 nanometre wavelength light. They combined small amounts of cyanide and copper in air tight quartz container and then hit the solution with lower intensity light from tunable xenon lamps. [J of Royal Society of Chemistry]. March 22, 2018: Norway Academy of Sciences and Letters: Finds programme developed connecting representation theory with Number Theory by Canadian Mathematician Robert Langlands won Abel Prize.
March 23, 2018: 2017 saw the deadliest weather and climate disasters across the world. The worst hit was the Indian subcontinent where major monsoon floods devastated lives and East Africa, where severe droughts destroyed vegetation. The two regions contributing the most towards making 2017 the most expensive year on record.
March 23, 2018: 17:52; The national anthem was played for the first time in the Tripura Assembly on Friday. The first session of the newly elected House begun with the election of Speaker Rebati Mohan Das.
SATURDAY 24TH MARCH 2018 / 03RD CHAITRA, 1940 (SAKA): SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS RECORDED AT 0830 HRS IST: Rainfall occurred at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. Dry weather prevailed over Lakshadweep, Telangana and Karnataka. THE CHIEF AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL RECORDED IN CENTIMETRES ARE: TAMIL NADU: Kothagiri (Nilgiris Dist) 3, Coonoor pto (Nilgiris Dist), Bodinaickanur (Theni Dist), Kodaikanal (Dindigul Dist), Nilakottai (Dindigul Dist), Gudalur (Theni Dist) 2 each, Uttamapalayam (Theni Dist), Mettupalayam (Coimbatore Dist), Coonoor (Nilgiris Dist), Paramathivelur (Namakkal Dist) 1 each. KERALA: Parambikulam and Ottappalam (both Palakkad dt.) 2 each and Munnar (Idukki dt.), Chittur, Mannarkad and Pattambi (all Palakkad dt.), Chalakudy, Irinjalkudu and Vadakkancherry (all Thrissur dt.) 1 each. KARNATAKA: Nil. ANDHRA PRADESH: Seetharamapuram (dist Nellore) 2, Udayagiri (dist Nellore) 1. March 24, 2018: Connection to Magellanic Clouds: On the outskirts of our galaxy, a cosmic tug-of-war is unfolding. The players are two dwarf galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud, both of which orbit our own Milky Way Galaxy. But as they go around the Milky Way, they are also orbiting each other. Each one tugs at the other, and one of them has pulled out a huge cloud of gas from its companion. Called the Leading Arm, this arching collection of gas connects the Magellanic Clouds to the Milky Way. Roughly half the size of our galaxy, this structure is thought to be about 1 or 2 billion years old. Its name comes from the fact that it's leading the motion of the Magellanic Clouds.
RESEARCHERS at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar have produced one of thinnest materials ever known to humankind. Kabeer Jasuja, an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering, along with two of his research students, almost serendipitously synthesised nanosheets, which are 100,000 times thinner than a sheet of paper, made up of boron. The rich chemistry of boron is expected to make these nanosheets useful for not only storing energy but also for generating energy in a green way, said Jasuja, whose team published the findings in the journal ChemPhysChem recently. We are now working towards utilising these nanosheets for developing the next generation batteries and nanocatalysts.
March 25, 2018:
March 23, 2018: 2017 saw the deadliest weather and climate disasters across the world. The worst hit was the Indian subcontinent where major monsoon floods devastated lives and East Africa, where severe droughts destroyed vegetation. The two regions contributing the most towards making 2017 the most expensive year on record.
March 23, 2018: 17:52; The national anthem was played for the first time in the Tripura Assembly on Friday. The first session of the newly elected House begun with the election of Speaker Rebati Mohan Das.
SATURDAY 24TH MARCH 2018 / 03RD CHAITRA, 1940 (SAKA): SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS RECORDED AT 0830 HRS IST: Rainfall occurred at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. Dry weather prevailed over Lakshadweep, Telangana and Karnataka. THE CHIEF AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL RECORDED IN CENTIMETRES ARE: TAMIL NADU: Kothagiri (Nilgiris Dist) 3, Coonoor pto (Nilgiris Dist), Bodinaickanur (Theni Dist), Kodaikanal (Dindigul Dist), Nilakottai (Dindigul Dist), Gudalur (Theni Dist) 2 each, Uttamapalayam (Theni Dist), Mettupalayam (Coimbatore Dist), Coonoor (Nilgiris Dist), Paramathivelur (Namakkal Dist) 1 each. KERALA: Parambikulam and Ottappalam (both Palakkad dt.) 2 each and Munnar (Idukki dt.), Chittur, Mannarkad and Pattambi (all Palakkad dt.), Chalakudy, Irinjalkudu and Vadakkancherry (all Thrissur dt.) 1 each. KARNATAKA: Nil. ANDHRA PRADESH: Seetharamapuram (dist Nellore) 2, Udayagiri (dist Nellore) 1. March 24, 2018: Connection to Magellanic Clouds: On the outskirts of our galaxy, a cosmic tug-of-war is unfolding. The players are two dwarf galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud, both of which orbit our own Milky Way Galaxy. But as they go around the Milky Way, they are also orbiting each other. Each one tugs at the other, and one of them has pulled out a huge cloud of gas from its companion. Called the Leading Arm, this arching collection of gas connects the Magellanic Clouds to the Milky Way. Roughly half the size of our galaxy, this structure is thought to be about 1 or 2 billion years old. Its name comes from the fact that it's leading the motion of the Magellanic Clouds.
RESEARCHERS at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar have produced one of thinnest materials ever known to humankind. Kabeer Jasuja, an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering, along with two of his research students, almost serendipitously synthesised nanosheets, which are 100,000 times thinner than a sheet of paper, made up of boron. The rich chemistry of boron is expected to make these nanosheets useful for not only storing energy but also for generating energy in a green way, said Jasuja, whose team published the findings in the journal ChemPhysChem recently. We are now working towards utilising these nanosheets for developing the next generation batteries and nanocatalysts.
Fig.7 Flower like self assembled boron-rich
nanostructure view electron microscope.
The flower-like morphology of a self-assembled boron-rich nanostructure as observed under an electron microscope while developing a recipe to synthesise nanoforms of boron. The size of the bud is ~1 micron March 25, 2018:
The world's longest sandstone cave named Krem Puri was recently discovered in Meghalaya. It has a staggering length of 24.5 km, almost three times the height of Mount Everest, and contains some dinosaur fossils from 66-76 million years ago as well. 'Krem' means 'cave' in Khasi language. The cave system which is 24,583 metres long was discovered in near Laitsohum village, located in the Mawsynram area in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district. Though Krem Puri had been discovered in 2016 itself, its actual length was mapped only recently when the Meghalaya Adventurers' Association (MAA) took a 25-day expedition to this end. The dinosaur fossils in the longest sandstone cave in the world include those of the Mosasaurus, believe palentologists. It was a carnivorous aquatic lizard that resided on Earth around 66-70 million years ago.
March 25, 2018: Vijayawada cop Tulasi Chaitany (29) head constable crossing 30 to 32 km long stretch, overcoming strong water currents and braving jelly fish, with waves hostile after he crossed IMBL, he drank water every half an hour, swims Palk Strait in 8 hours and 25 minutes and hopes to swim across the seven seas soon.
March 26, 2018: TOI: Extinct in India plants find a new home in UK. Royal Botanical garden and Natural History Museum in UK has well preserved about 50,000 Indian species in its collection. Specimens started stored from 1790. The team spotted nearly 1000 extinct species. A total of 25,000 specimens have been digitized. Plants used to grow in Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar have now gone up the slopes in Darjeeling and Sikkim, a climate that the scientists ascribe to global warming. About 8,00,000 specimens of Indian Plants were transported out of the country. (1704-1812). Specimens were sent till 1889. They cannot be transported back!.
Fig.9 Orange Snow Dust from sand storm in Sahara desert
causing eastern Europe to turn Orange. Repeat after 2007 year.
After 2007 the Orange snow turns Europe into Mars like appearance.
Meteorologists, however, have said that the phenomenon occurs once in five years. They also noted that unlike previous occurrences, the concentrations of sand are much higher this time but there's nothing to worry.
D Balasubramanian observed that Olive Ridley settlements in Odisha coast may be following a magnetic pathway. It is since years ago from the birth of Earth. There may be other creatures of this sort following the magnetic field of Earth.
MARCH 26, 2018: EARTHQUAKE: 6.4 magnitude earthquake rattles Indonesia, tsunami alert lifted: Seismic monitors: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake took place in eastern Indonesia in the early morning on Monday 26 March; generates and antedated reportedly about a brief tsunami alert that was swiftly lifted, which is announced as per the seismic monitoring organizations. The tremor struck deep at some 171 kilometres (106 miles) underneath the earth’s surface in the Banda Sea. The quake’s epicentre was as per reports situated in a sparsely occupied part of the Banda Sea, 380 kilometres from Ambon, the capital of Maluku province.
Mar 26, 2018, 15:48 PM IST : Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes off Papua New Guinea: USGS: The quake, the latest in a series in the region over recent days, struck 180 km west of the town of Rabaul, on New Britain island, at a shallow depth of 10 km.
Mar 27, 2018, 23:59 PM IST: Lost villages uncovered in Brazil's super-dense Amazon jungles. The Amazon jungles were for long thought of as untouched by human activity. Apparently, that's not the case. Researchers have confirmed human habitations in 81 places in the heart of the densest jungles on the planet. Some of these settlements in the Tapajos Basin were only 30 meters wide while some sprawled across 19 hectares. The settlements were first found in satellite imagery.
Mar 26, 2018, 15:48 PM IST : Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes off Papua New Guinea: USGS: The quake, the latest in a series in the region over recent days, struck 180 km west of the town of Rabaul, on New Britain island, at a shallow depth of 10 km.
Mar 27, 2018, 23:59 PM IST: Lost villages uncovered in Brazil's super-dense Amazon jungles. The Amazon jungles were for long thought of as untouched by human activity. Apparently, that's not the case. Researchers have confirmed human habitations in 81 places in the heart of the densest jungles on the planet. Some of these settlements in the Tapajos Basin were only 30 meters wide while some sprawled across 19 hectares. The settlements were first found in satellite imagery.
28th March 2018 04:29 PM: Beijing chokes in the heavy dust as sandstorm blows in. Air quality index (AQI) soared to hazardous levels on Wednesday as a sandstorm blew in from Inner Mongolia and smothered the Chinese capital and other parts of northern China in dust.
March 28, 2018:
March 28, 2018 01:00pm ET: A unique galaxy is making the case for dark matter, even though it has very little of the mysterious substance. Astronomers have determined that the galaxy NGC 1052-DF2, or DF2 for short, has 400 times less dark matter than expected for an object of its size.
March may end with maximum temperature around 41 degree Celsius, forecast India Meteorology Department, Ahmedabad, on Tuesday. It also predicted severe heat wave conditions over some parts of Saurashtra-Kutch. Currently, northwesterly to northerly winds are prevailing at lower level which are bringing dry winds to state. "The current situation will remain for a day. Thereafter, the direction of the wind will change. Temperature will bhover around 40 degree Celsius till Saturday.
Mar 29, 2018 23:57 IST: Heatwaves are developing across India, warns Met department. Heat wave conditions are expected to start forming by Friday in the national capital region centred on New Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Rajasthan, northeast Rajasthan and north Madhya Pradesh. A heatwave when the day temperature shoots up by at least 5 degrees above the climatic normal.
Mar 29, 2018 20:05 IST: Earthquake of 4.8 magnitude recorded in Kutch. This is the second such mild intensity earthquake to have hit Bhachau region this month. An earthquake measuring 4.8 on Richter scale, followed by a quick aftershock of 3.5 magnitude, was recorded on Thursday in parts of Kutch district of Gujarat. The epicentre of the earthquake, which occurred at 4:03am, was situated around 22 kilometres away from Bhachau town in Kutch district, he said, adding that mild tremors ranging from 1.8 to 2.0 magnitude were also recorded in the region during the day. On March 10, an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude was registered in the same region.
MARCH 30, 2018: The Moon continues to transit Virgo until 1:53 PM EDT, after which it moves through balance-seeking Libra. The Moon in Virgo is particular and craves some semblance of order. The Libra Moon does too, but instead of seeking order through attention to detail, Libra looks for balance and order through pleasing interactions with others and aesthetics in its environment. Mars forms a semi-square with Jupiter today. Competitive feelings experienced now can be stimulating and invigorating, but we may not get the timing or estimation of our capabilities right. Venus forms a semi-square to Neptune, affecting our perception of the value of people and things. There is a tendency to gloss over problems or to see what we want to see, imagining the best or the worst when the truth is somewhere in between. Venus is about to enter a new sign, and this can point to last-minute doubts about our lovability and worth or about a relationship or comfort levels. The Moon is void from 1:00 AM EDT, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a sextile to Jupiter), until the Moon enters Libra at 1:53 PM EDT.
30 March 2018:19:56: 32 minutes ago: The preliminary analysis of cores obtained from Moenjodaro suggested that the site in present-day Sindh was likely the world’s largest settlement of its time between 2600 and 1900 BC, the Dawn reported on Friday. Interpretations offered strong indications that the site was considerably larger than formerly acknowledged by archaeologists, and that the sediments that blanketed the terrain near the known city centre were both deep and of alluvial [floodplain] origin.
Fri 30 Mar 2018 06.11 BST: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP. Malcolm Turnbull has received a telescope worth $1,500 from Donald Trump as a diplomatic gift, new documents show. According to a declaration of member’s interests published on Friday, the prime minister has also paid $891.23 back into the public purse so he can personally retain the telescope himself.
Fri 30 Mar 2018: Cloudburst wreaked havoc on Friday evening in Andhra Pradesh's Vontimitta killing four people and injuring over 50. Two people were killed as sheds near the stage collapsed. But sudden heavy rain coupled with strong winds, lightning and hailstorm pounded the area. The hailstorm began around 6:15 pm and continued till 6:45 pm. Trees and electric poles were uprooted, and sheds collapsed, leaving hundreds of people stranded in bad weather. Comments Electricity supply was disrupted and people panicked, unable to find a way to escape.
31 Mar 2018 12:55 PM: This village in Arunachal is home to only 76 people. Kahoo Village, the eastern-most village of India, which is close to Chinese Line of Actual Control (LAC), is home to only 12 families which in total have around 76 people. The village, situated in Arunachal Pradesh, is home to Meyor tribe, the least known frontier tribe. As situated in remote area, the village reels under poor infrastructure and locals complain of poor road and network connectivity. However, the village head said that the Indian Army helps them in making calls and other services too. We have been staying here since seven generations. There are 12 families and 76 to 80 people in total who live here. This village lacks basic facilities especially the condition of roads is bad even mobile network is very bad.
March 28, 2018:
Fig.10 Human footprints 13,000 years old
Human footprints found off Canada's Pacific coast may be 13,000 years old, according to a study published March 28, 2018.The researchers uncovered 29 human footprints of at least three different sizes in these sediments, which radiocarbon dating estimated to be around 13,000 years old. Measurements and digital photographic analyses revealed that the footprints probably belonged to two adults and a child, all barefoot. The findings suggest that humans were present on the west coast of British Columbia about 13,000 years ago, as it emerged from the most recent ice age.March 28, 2018 01:00pm ET: A unique galaxy is making the case for dark matter, even though it has very little of the mysterious substance. Astronomers have determined that the galaxy NGC 1052-DF2, or DF2 for short, has 400 times less dark matter than expected for an object of its size.
March may end with maximum temperature around 41 degree Celsius, forecast India Meteorology Department, Ahmedabad, on Tuesday. It also predicted severe heat wave conditions over some parts of Saurashtra-Kutch. Currently, northwesterly to northerly winds are prevailing at lower level which are bringing dry winds to state. "The current situation will remain for a day. Thereafter, the direction of the wind will change. Temperature will bhover around 40 degree Celsius till Saturday.
Mar 29, 2018 23:57 IST: Heatwaves are developing across India, warns Met department. Heat wave conditions are expected to start forming by Friday in the national capital region centred on New Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Rajasthan, northeast Rajasthan and north Madhya Pradesh. A heatwave when the day temperature shoots up by at least 5 degrees above the climatic normal.
Mar 29, 2018 20:05 IST: Earthquake of 4.8 magnitude recorded in Kutch. This is the second such mild intensity earthquake to have hit Bhachau region this month. An earthquake measuring 4.8 on Richter scale, followed by a quick aftershock of 3.5 magnitude, was recorded on Thursday in parts of Kutch district of Gujarat. The epicentre of the earthquake, which occurred at 4:03am, was situated around 22 kilometres away from Bhachau town in Kutch district, he said, adding that mild tremors ranging from 1.8 to 2.0 magnitude were also recorded in the region during the day. On March 10, an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude was registered in the same region.
MARCH 30, 2018: The Moon continues to transit Virgo until 1:53 PM EDT, after which it moves through balance-seeking Libra. The Moon in Virgo is particular and craves some semblance of order. The Libra Moon does too, but instead of seeking order through attention to detail, Libra looks for balance and order through pleasing interactions with others and aesthetics in its environment. Mars forms a semi-square with Jupiter today. Competitive feelings experienced now can be stimulating and invigorating, but we may not get the timing or estimation of our capabilities right. Venus forms a semi-square to Neptune, affecting our perception of the value of people and things. There is a tendency to gloss over problems or to see what we want to see, imagining the best or the worst when the truth is somewhere in between. Venus is about to enter a new sign, and this can point to last-minute doubts about our lovability and worth or about a relationship or comfort levels. The Moon is void from 1:00 AM EDT, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a sextile to Jupiter), until the Moon enters Libra at 1:53 PM EDT.
30 March 2018:19:56: 32 minutes ago: The preliminary analysis of cores obtained from Moenjodaro suggested that the site in present-day Sindh was likely the world’s largest settlement of its time between 2600 and 1900 BC, the Dawn reported on Friday. Interpretations offered strong indications that the site was considerably larger than formerly acknowledged by archaeologists, and that the sediments that blanketed the terrain near the known city centre were both deep and of alluvial [floodplain] origin.
Fri 30 Mar 2018 06.11 BST: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP. Malcolm Turnbull has received a telescope worth $1,500 from Donald Trump as a diplomatic gift, new documents show. According to a declaration of member’s interests published on Friday, the prime minister has also paid $891.23 back into the public purse so he can personally retain the telescope himself.
Fri 30 Mar 2018: Cloudburst wreaked havoc on Friday evening in Andhra Pradesh's Vontimitta killing four people and injuring over 50. Two people were killed as sheds near the stage collapsed. But sudden heavy rain coupled with strong winds, lightning and hailstorm pounded the area. The hailstorm began around 6:15 pm and continued till 6:45 pm. Trees and electric poles were uprooted, and sheds collapsed, leaving hundreds of people stranded in bad weather. Comments Electricity supply was disrupted and people panicked, unable to find a way to escape.
31 Mar 2018 12:55 PM: This village in Arunachal is home to only 76 people. Kahoo Village, the eastern-most village of India, which is close to Chinese Line of Actual Control (LAC), is home to only 12 families which in total have around 76 people. The village, situated in Arunachal Pradesh, is home to Meyor tribe, the least known frontier tribe. As situated in remote area, the village reels under poor infrastructure and locals complain of poor road and network connectivity. However, the village head said that the Indian Army helps them in making calls and other services too. We have been staying here since seven generations. There are 12 families and 76 to 80 people in total who live here. This village lacks basic facilities especially the condition of roads is bad even mobile network is very bad.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
The author 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.
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