Sunday, May 31, 2020

May 16-31, 2020: Indian farmers can now take Kashmirs kesar, Bihar makhana across globe, SWAN can be seen in ‘Pisces’ constellation at a visual magnitude of 4 to 4.5, .Researchers find out flickers coming from center of Milky Way, in a verse in the Shukla Yajurveda (prior to 1,500 BCE), numbers are being increased from one to one trillion by taking progressively higher powers of ten, 'Little Kashmir' in Telangana: Maiden Apple, The astronomers managed to directly detect the missing matter using the phenomenon of fast Radio bursts, Physicists measure short-lived radioactive molecules for the first time.

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           Volume 2020, Issue No. 5 a,  Dated: May 16-31, 2020 Time: 08:12:36  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 i1989 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
Blistering heat in Visakhapatnam since morning of 16 May, Indian farmers can now take Kashmirs kesar, Bihar makhana across globe, Comet ‘SWAN’. Throughout May, it will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere.  SWAN can be seen in ‘Pisces’ constellation at a visual magnitude of 4 to 4.5,The agitated sea at Visakhapatnam morning around 06 17 AM slashing on to the parapet wall with tremendous force and splashing the waves upward after hitting the wall, Earth’s magnetic field is generated by iron in the liquid outer core of our planet, where a hot ocean of iron and nickel flows.The scientists said that the flow of magnetic material changed between 1970 and 1999, and a magnetic blob beneath Canada elongated, splitting in two. Part of this ‘blob’ shifted towards Siberia, causing the magnetic pole to move in that direction, Visakhapatnam resulting in the loss of ancient knowledge of the Universe. Each well water seems to have a different taste and ancient Rushies gauged the universe, and reflections of it in well waters, with exemplary skill of astronomy and astrophysics. The astronomer Gerald Hawkins suggested that the cluster of megalithic stones in STONEHENGE operated as an astronomical calendar, with different points corresponding to astrological phenomena such as solstices, equinoxes and eclipses. From Thursday  the temperatures would increase for about four days, MAY 22, 2020, 10:32 PM IST: EU Announces Initial Funding of 5 Lakh Euro For Cyclone Amphan-affected People in India, Flood raises fears of pollution at Michigan toxic waste site, MAY 23, 2020:  India’s most powerful train engine makes 1st commercial run,This magnetic field varies in strength and direction and over the last 200 years, it has lost around 9% of its strength, Western Australia Braces for Worst Storm in a Decade, May 24, 2020 18:54 IST:  Floods affect more than 10,000 in four districts of Assam, Researchers find out flickers coming from center of Milky Way,  May 25, 2020: Worst attack in 27 years:Swarms of the desert locust, which invaded India via Pakistan in April, have made their way to at least five states, in a verse in the Shukla Yajurveda (prior to 1,500 BCE), numbers are being increased from one to one trillion by taking progressively higher powers of ten, Blazing sun bakes Delhi; 47.6°C at Palam and most places recorded their maximum temperatures six notches above normal, Tea leaves contain tannin and nutrients, and they are a natural fertilizer for the soil. The tea bag itself is usually fabricated from the fibres from the abaca plant, 'Little Kashmir' in Telangana: Maiden Apple, The astronomers managed to directly detect the missing matter using the phenomenon of fast radio bursts, May 29, 2020 4:34 pm IST: UK wants 5G alliance of 10 countries including India, In Visakhapatnam a lightning struck the coconut tree in Allipuram near Railway quarters and produced huge fires that frightened many people nearby.  Two days back a lightning struck and a boy returning home was instantly killed. May 30, 2020:  Lightning struck dead, two daughters Ramadevi (28) and Meenakumari (24) and their father Ramakrishna (50) in Tippareddipalem, while returning from the shed they built for the cows.May 31, 2020 17:25 IST: Heavy rainfall damages fruit crops in Himachal.
DETAILS
May 16, 2020:Since morning with the sun rise, it has become very hot in Visakhapatnam and by 8 AM it was blistering heat, that troubled many people purchasing the routine morning items. 
May 16, 2020 7:31:55 am: Delhi sees 6th ‘minor earthquake’ in month; normal. No damage to property has been reported in either of the six earthquakes, An earthquake of magnitude 2.2 on the Richter scale was recorded late Friday morning near North Delhi’s Rohini — the sixth “minor earthquake” to have affected the national capital in the past one month,
May 16, 2020: Indian farmers can now take Kashmir?s kesar, Bihar?s makhana across globe, thanks to Sitharaman?s agri reforms. A cluster based approach will be followed to take, for example, Bihar?s makhana, Kashmir?s kesar, Uttar Pradesh?s mangoes, North east?s bamboo shoots, Andhra Pradesh?s chillies, and Tamil Nadu?s tapioca across the seven seas. This fund will market to the world India?s organic, herbal, nutritional, health based items, in which India has great strength. ?This fund would help in reaching untapped export markets in view of improved health consciousness,? the Finance Minister said. 
May 16, 2020 5:03 PM IST: Heavy rains inundate roads in Hyderabad.the reason for the rainfall is due to the formation of cumulonimbus clouds. The clouds will be formed wherever the highest temperature is recorded.
May 16, 2020:Brain implant gives 'sight' to visually-challenged people.According to a study in the journal Cell, scientists from UCLA and Baylor developed a technique to relay visual information from cameras to the brain - by the way of electric signals.
May    16, 2020: Chintapalli and GK Veedhi on Saturday afternoon two hours heavy rain from 2 O'clock to 4 PM occurred. Many electric wires got snapped and have fallen on the roads and on two ambulances, staff have restored the supply immediately, with no untoward incidents. 
May 16, 2020: Strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hits Nevada, no fatalities reported, which was also felt in California and Utah,the earthquake struck with the epicenter at a depth of 7.6 km, was 56 km west of the town of Tonopah.
May 16, 2020: 
Fig.1  Swan can b seen in May in 'Pisces' constellation.
In the month of May this year, fix your stares on the sky to watch the spasmodic Comet ‘SWAN’. Throughout May, it will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere.SWAN’ can be seen in ‘Pisces’ constellation at a visual magnitude of 4 to 4.5 and has been getting brighter and larger since March 2020. On May 20, the magnitude may be 3. Note that, lower the value of magnitude, greater the brightness of the object. Although this Comet was very low in February 2020, it moved rapidly and can be located moderately high in the eastern horizon.
May  17, 2020: It was a cloudy night but no rain at all. Very disappointing in the severe summer. 
May  17, 2020: British PM style head gear my photos.
 Fig.2 a  My hair style similar to British PM get up.
Fig.2 b  My hair style similar to British PM get up.
Fig.3 A Farmer grows multi-colored wheat in India.
May 17, 2020 5:10 pm: 
Fig.4 The storm of Odisha and
 West Bengal on 17 May 2020
The storm is currently spotted near latitude 11.4 N and longitude 86.0 E, about 990 km south of Paradip (Odisha), 1,140 km South-Southwest of Digha (West Bengal) and 1,260 km South-Southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh).Northwest Bay of Bengal and cross West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts between Sagar Islands (West Bengal) and Hatiya Islands (Bangladesh) during the afternoon or evening of May 20 as a very severe cyclonic storm, 
May 18, 2020: Throughout the day the weather was covered with clouds but no rain at all and very sultry. By 5 PM it became somewhat dark and subdued light, unlike the bright sunshine evenings of summer in Visakhapatnam. 
May 18 2020 18:43 IST: 100 boats damaged in heavy winds that lasted for about an hour late on Sunday night in the coastal stretches of Pamban, Rameswaram and Thangachimadam, a cyclonic storm 'Amphan' had centered over the same region at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday.
 Fig.5 a The Sea at Visakhapatnam in the
early morning of 
19 05 2020 at 06 17 Photo 2056 
  Fig.5 b The Sea at Visakhapatnam in the
early morning of 
19 05 2020 at 06 20 Photo 2057
 Fig.5 c The Sea at Visakhapatnam in the
early morning of 
19 05 2020 at 06 21 Photo 2058.
The agitated sea at Visakhapatnam morning around 06 17 AM slashing on to the parapet wall with tremendous force and splashing the waves upward after hitting the wall. 
May,Tuesday 19,  2020 | 1:31 AM:  Kerala will receive heavy rain accompanied by strong wind for the next four days.

May  18, 2020: Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move and scientists might now know why. The magnetic north pole as been moving up to 34 miles a year for years. But researchers from the UK and Denmark now believe they might have worked out why – and it’s due to two writhing blobs of magnetism under Earth’s surface, one in Canada, the other in Siberia, Popular Mechanics reported.  Earth’s magnetic field is generated by iron in the liquid outer core of our planet, where a hot ocean of iron and nickel flows.The scientists said that the flow of magnetic material changed between 1970 and 1999, and a magnetic blob beneath Canada elongated, splitting in two. Part of this ‘blob’ shifted towards Siberia, causing the magnetic pole to move in that direction. 

May 19, 2020: 
Fig.6 Rare palm with pith of trunk tastes sweet
Rare palm from Andaman's gets second home, critically endangered species started flowering at Thiruvananthapuram. Pinanga andamanensis, the pith of the trunk of these palms is sweet. Italian botanist Odnardo Beccari in 1934 identified.
May  19, 2020: An earthquake of magnitude 4.1  truck a northern Swedish mine it was the strongest measured in the country, 13 people were working and no one wa injured. Water level as rising but pumps were working earthquake was tied to he ore extraction activities. 
May 19, 2020:  Maximum temperatures may rise gradually by 2-4 C over the plains of North-West, Central and West India during next 3-4 days but by only slightly lower 2-3 C over the South Peninsula from as early as tomorrow (Wednesday). A heat wave may develop over West Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha from Tuesday to Saturday; over Rajasthan from Wednesday to Saturday; over Uttar Pradesh and Telangana from Thursday to Saturday; over Gujarat from Wednesday to Thursday; and over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema from Friday to Saturday.
May 20, 2020: Super cyclones Amphan is strongest storm,  since 1999 that ravaged Paradip in Odisha,  in Bay of Bengal form due to warm waters and moisture generated and this year recorded several  summer temperatures. Buoys have recorded 32.34 C, for the first two weeks of May which are driven by climate change. Tropical cyclones  Fewer clouds and more heat in the Bay of Bengal amplify the strength of cyclones. From March-April 2020, Bay of Bengal temperatures have been 1-3 C higher than normal. 
May 21    2020: It is unfortunate that the ancient seven wells representing the seven north stars in the sky were destroyed by builders in the Rushikonda area of Visakhapatnam resulting in the loss of ancient knowledge of the Universe. Each well water seems to have a different taste and ancient Rushies gauged the universe, and reflections of it in well waters, with exemplary skill of astronomy and astrophysics.  It is a unique construction. Both these were built about 5000 years ago. What surprises me is that they looked for the celestial objects and replicated them in right earnest way.  For centuries, historians and archaeologists have puzzled over the many mysteries of Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument that took Neolithic builders an estimated 1,500 years to erect. Located in southern England, it is comprised of roughly 100 massive upright stones placed in a circular layout. Archaeologists believe most iconic prehistoric ruins were built in several stages, with the earliest constructed 5,000 or more years ago. In the 1960, the astronomer Gerald Hawkins suggested that the cluster of megalithic stones operated as an astronomical calendar, with different points corresponding to astrological phenomena such as solstices, equinoxes and eclipses.  Stonehenge draws more than 800,000 tourists a year, many of whom also visit the region’s numerous other Neolithic and Bronze Age marvels. it is thought, Stonehenge’s builders hoisted an estimated 80 non-indigenous blue-stones, 43 of which remain today, into standing positions and placed them in either a horseshoe or circular formation. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, each around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide, and weighing around 25 tons.
May  20, 2020: Visakhapatnam experienced for the first time in this season the hot winds or gales, even though located near the sea with dry winds, the weather has become hot. Only 50% water vapor in the air. In airport it recorded bout 39 C. Another four days this weather would prevail of the hot summer. From Thursday  the temperatures would increase for about four days. 
May 21, 2020: The cyclone raged for hours on Wednesday evening and night. The storm started making a landfall at 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday and by 4 p.m. the impact was felt in Kolkata. For over six hours the storm raged with all its fury. About 6 p.m. the Alipore Weather Office recorded a wind speed of about 112 km/h and at 7.20 p.m. the wind speed in Dum Dum in Kolkata peaked to 133 km/h. Many people said they got an earthquake-like feeling when the cyclone was battering the city. Some said they felt that buildings were swaying. The feeling was all the more intense in high rises in east Kolkata which was closer to Cyclone Amphan’s path.On Thursday morning, the streets and lanes bore the scar marks left behind by the storm - uprooted lamp posts and traffic signals, broken pieces of glasses from shattered windowpanes and damaged vehicles trapped under broken tree-branches among others. Several houses were also damaged when uprooted trees fell on them. exploding transformers, trees getting uprooted, tin roofs and street-hoardings flying like paper sheets and a raging storm that Kolkatans had never seen.at least two transformers exploding. It was like fireworks during Diwali night. Suddenly the entire area plunged into darkness and since then we have no power. No electronic gadgets are working, “We never thought that the storm would be so intense. West Bengal will start a special survey in all 23 districts of the state to monitor the changing field situation in the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. 
May 22, 2020: Vijayawada records 46 C on 22 May 2020. Heat wave to continue in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan till May 25, predicts IMD. The department also stated that the heatwave will continue over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, north interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal till Saturday.  On Friday, 22 May 2020,  the department in its morning bulletin warned that Assam and Meghalaya can witness light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy at isolated places very likely over west Assam and isolated heavy falls over Meghalaya during next six hours.
May 23 2020: 
Fig.7 Microwave Quantum Radar 
Physicists Just Built The First Working Prototype Of A 'Quantum Radar'.In 2008, an engineer from MIT devised a way to use the features of entanglement to illuminate objects while using barely any photons. "What we have demonstrated is a proof of concept for microwave quantum radar," says quantum physicist.  Entangled particles are distinguished by having properties that correlate with one another more than you'd expect by chance. In the case of the radar, one photon from each entangled pair, described as a signal photon, is sent towards an object. The remaining photon, described as an idler, is kept in isolation, waiting for a report back. If the signal photon reflects from an object and is caught, it can be combined with the idler to create a signature pattern of interference, setting the signal apart from other random noise. As the signal photons reflect from an object, this actually breaks the quantum entanglement in the truest sense. This latest research verifies that even when entanglement is broken, enough information can survive to identify it as a reflected signal. It doesn't use much power, and the radar itself is difficult to detect, which has benefits for security applications. The biggest advantage this has over conventional radar, however, is that it's less troubled by background radiation noise, which affects the sensitivity and the accuracy of standard radar hardware."The main message behind our research is that quantum radar or quantum microwave illumination is not only possible in theory but also in practice,"
MAY 23, 2020 07:34: Heatwave hits Telugu states as scorching temperatures rise. According to the IMD, the heat wave is a combination of summer temperatures and the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan.In Andhra, Vijayawada saw a high of 46 C and the coastal town of Bapatla recorded 45.6 C . Visakhapatnam recorded 35.6 C.. Districts such as Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Rajanna, Siricilla, Mulugu, Bhupalapally, Nizamabad, Mahbubabad, Warangal (Urban & Rural) would also experience heatwave conditions. From Friday on wards for two days, high temperatures would likely prevail in isolated pockets over North Coastal (NCAP) and South Coastal Andhra Pradesh (SCAP) as well as Yanam. From Sunday on wards, for three days, there would likely be thunderstorms at isolated places in NCAP, Yanam and Rayalaseema, following which heatwave conditions would likely continue.
MAY 22, 2020, 10:32 PM IST: EU Announces Initial Funding of 5 Lakh Euro For Cyclone Amphan-affected People in India. The EU is determined to start helping people in need with no further delay and provides an initial funding of 500,000 euro for India and 1,100,000 euro to support the immediate response in Bangladesh, the statement said.
May 22, 2020 11:27:43 am: Flood raises fears of pollution at Michigan toxic waste site. Regulators and company officials said Thursday it was too early to tell whether the swollen river had damaged spots that had been repaired or swept pollutants farther downstream.
MAY 23, 2020:  India’s most powerful train engine makes 1st commercial run.This launch makes India the 6th country to join the club of producing the high horsepower locomotive indigenous. Following this successful run, MELPL will now manufacture 800 units of 12000 HP Electric Freight Locomotives over the next 11 years. The train, consisting of 11 wagons, departed from Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Jn Station on its maiden journey to Shivpur on Monday at 2.08 pm. It traveled along the East Central Railway line to Barwadih via Dehri-on-Sone Garhwa Road stations. This train with its powerful engine can take on heavy consignments of freight and will be used along with Dedicated Freight Corridor.
May 23, 2020: Researchers from Monash, Swinburne, and RMIT universities of Australia have successfully tested and recorded the world’s fastest internet data speed. The researchers achieved this from a single optical chip – capable of downloading 1000 high definition movies in a split second, as per the Swinburne Institute's official release. Distinguished Professor Arnan Mitchell (RMIT) and Professor David Moss (Swinburne) were able to achieve a data speed of 44.2 Terabits per second (Tbps) from a single light source.
May 23, 2020 16:11 IST: Earth’s magnetic field weakening, impacting orbiting satellites: Scientists. According to scientists, one possibility of the current weakening is a sign that Earth’s magnetic field is about to reverse – in which the north and south magnetic poles switch places. Scientists say that earth’s magnetic field is gradually weakening which is resulting in technical disturbances in some satellites orbiting our planet. The magnetic field is vital for life on earth as it protects us from the harmful cosmic radiation and charged particles emitted from the sun. The field is mostly generated by the ocean of super-hot liquid iron that makes up Earth’s outer core, around 3,000 km below our feet. It creates electric currents that generate and change our electromagnetic field. This field varies in strength and direction and over the last 200 years, it has lost around 9% of its strength.
May 24, 2020 18:59 IST: Heatwave grips parts of country, Maharashtra’s Sonegaon hottest location in India: 10 points. The IMD has issued a “red” warning for Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Rajasthan for the next two days. Sonegaon in Nagpur recorded the maximum temperature in India on Sunday at 46.2°C. About 46.7°C was reported in Pilani (East Rajasthan) on Saturday. From May 28 night, a western disturbance will affect us which may cause dust storm or thunderstorms. Low level easterly winds may also bring some relief after May 28,
May 24, 2020, 09:02 AM IST: Lord Balaji Temple trust puts 23 immovable assets for public auction; BJP opposes move. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which manages the affairs of Sri Venkateswara temple, has decided to auction 23 properties situated in various parts of Tamil Nadu. The government is playing with the sentiments of Hindu devotees and trying to undermine Hindu religion. We will not keep silent if the TTD assets are auctioned, Kanna warned.
May  24, 2020: Western Australia Braces for Worst Storm in a Decade.Western Australia battened down for its worst storm in 10 years on Sunday as the remnants of a tropical cyclone met a cold front with heavy rains and storm surges expected across the state's coast,
May 24, 2020 18:54 IST:  Floods affect more than 10,000 in four districts of Assam. According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 46 villages in seven revenue circles have been affected in Lakhimpur (3), Goalpara (2), Sonitpur (1) and Darrang (1) districts. Nagaon: Villagers watch a washed away road after flooding by Borpani River due to incessant rainfall for the past two days, at Madhab Para near Kampur in Nagaon district of Assam. While water level of most rivers in the state including Brahmaputra and its tributaries have increased in the past two days, only the Jia Bharali was flowing above the danger level at Sonitpur. Floods have affected 23,000 domestic animals and poultry and cases of damage to roads and erosion have been reported from the affected districts.
May 25, 2020, 09:13 AM IST: New Zealand sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and is sometimes called the Shaky Isles for its frequent quakes.The quake hit just before 8 am and was felt by thousands of New Zealanders who were getting ready to start their workweeks. It was strong enough to rattle food from shelves and stop train services. Monday's magnitude 5.6 quake struck in the ocean about 100 km (62 miles) northeast of Wellington,
May 25, 2020 8:14:27 pm: Villagers along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday captured a pigeon suspected to be carrying a coded message, police said on Monday.
May 25, 2020 11:51:23 AM: While heat wave conditions prevail across the northern parts of India, it may be recalled that scientists had warned earlier at the beginning of the year that 2020 would rank among the 10 warmest years on record based on the weather conditions of the first two months of the year.
May 25, 2020: Researchers find out flickers coming from center of Milky Way. Astronomers also believe that a supermassive black hole with a mass of 4 million suns is located at the center of Sagittarius A*.  (ALMA) have detected quasi-periodic flickers coming out from Sagittarius A*, which is a radio source at the center of the Milky Way,  the reason behind it is the rotation of radio spots circling the supermassive black hole with an orbit radius smaller than the Mercury's orbit. Tomoharu Oka, a professor at Keio University in Japan said that this emission could be related to some exotic phenomena occurring in the very vicinity of the supermassive black hole.radio-wave intensity variation of Sagittarius A* for 70 minutes per day for 10 days. Then we found two trends that were the quasi-periodic variations with a typical time scale of 30 minutes and hour-long slow variations." Iwata added, "It has been known that Sagittarius A* sometimes flares up in millimeter-wavelength." Flares of Sagittarius A* have also been observed in infrared light and X-ray.
May  25, 2020: New Zealand hit by second earthquake in two days. New Zealand's capital shook for a second consecutive day on Tuesday after a magnitude 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Wellington, data from monitor GeoNet showed.
May 25, 2020 01:09 AM: Mathematics in India in the Ancient Times.The decimal place value system, which we now take for granted, gradually developed in ancient India. Its ease helped India excel in algebra, astronomy. The decimal place value system, which is extremely convenient for mathematical operations, gradually developed in India beginning with the Vedic period. For instance, in a verse in the Shukla Yajurveda (prior to 1,500 BCE), numbers are being increased from one to one trillion by taking progressively higher powers of ten: eka (1), dasha (10), shata (102 =100), sahasra (103 =1000), ayuta (104), niyuta (105), prayuta (106), arbuda (107), nyarbuda (108), samudra (109), madhya (1010), anta (1011), and paraardha (1012). Some scholars see in the term lopa (absence, disappearance) of Paanini’s Ashtaadhyaayi, a concept analogous to zero. Philosophical works such as Vyaasabhaashya on Yogasutra refer to the way the same symbol acquires different meanings in the place value system. This along with the notion of zero led to the decimal place value system. It has been acclaimed universally. The great French mathematician-physicist-astronomer of the 18th century, Simon Laplace, exclaims thus: “It is India that gave us the ingenious method of expressing all numbers by means of ten symbols, each symbol receiving a value of position as well as an absolute value … Its very simplicity and the great ease which it has lent to all computations put our arithmetic in the first rank of useful inventions. …” It is thanks to this very efficient system that Indians excelled in the fields of arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry and astronomy in the past. Shulbasutras were manuals for constructing altars of prescribed sizes and shapes, where Vedic sacrifices would be performed. In Sanskrit, shulba means ‘rope’ (for measurement) and sutras are ‘rules’, so shulbasutras mean ‘rules for measurement with ropes’. Baudhaayana, Aapastamba, Kaatyaayana and Maanava are some of the important ones. Their mathematical part deals with the construction of squares, rectangles, transformation of geometrical figures, finding the areas of sacrificial altars, etc. Baudhaayana shulbasutra is considered the oldest among them, and is estimated to be composed around 800 BCE A very clear statement of the so-called Pythagoras theorem is to be found in all the aforementioned texts. Then, there was Pingala’s Chandah-sutra (around 300 BCE) that systematized the rules for the ‘metres’ in Sanskrit poetry, and also discusses the associated mathematics. It uses combinatoric tools and what amounts to a binary representation of numbers for this. A syllable can be laghu (light), or guru (heavy). What is the number of metrical forms with gurus (or laghus) in a prastaara (layout) of metres with n syllables? This is the number of ways in which r objects can be chosen out of n objects and is called the binomial coefficient. Pingala’s sutra on this is all too brief. M S Sriram Theoretical Physicist and President, Prof. K.V. Sarma Research Foundation.
May 25, 2020: Worst attack in 27 years:Swarms of the desert locust, which invaded India via Pakistan in April, have made their way to at least five states, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. Desert locust move in large groups, called swarms, and can eat crops up to their own weight every day. When millions of locusts descend on a crop, they destroy everything.
May  26  Tuesday, 2020: Blazing sun bakes Delhi; 47.6°C at Palam and most places recorded their maximum temperatures six notches above normal. the hot spell is very likely to prevail over these areas till May 28. On Monday, Rajasthan's Churu district recorded the highest temperature of 47.5 C. In Nagpur, which is already at 47 C,  the greater Hyderabad region recorded the maximum temperature of 44.4 C. 
May  26, 2020 0027: 3 M’s solar reflective coating assures to keep rail coach cooler in the summer heat. A Make in India product, designed to cut down infra-red radiation from sunlight which causes intense heat in rail coaches, buses, electrical equipment, oil pipelines etc. Succeeded in bringing down the temperature in Indian Railway coaches by up to 20%. 
May,   27,  2020: Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, east Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha in Maharashtra are likely to experience heatwave conditions till May 28, the Hindustan Times reported. The weather department said dust and thunderstorms will reduce temperatures in northern India on May 29 and May 30.
May  27, 2020: 
Fig. 8 A unique comet like Asteroid Neat Jupiter.
Astronomers Discover A Unique Comet-Like Asteroid Near Jupiter. Astronomers have a discover a unique Jupiter Trojan asteroid that has seemingly sprouted a comet-like tail. Known as 2019 LD2, it is part of a unique class of cosmic objects known as active asteroids.

May  27, 2020: By putting a tea bag into the earth in your garden, you’re providing it with extra nutrition. Tea leaves contain tannin and nutrients, and they are a natural fertilizer for the soil. The tea bag itself is usually fabricated from the fibres from the abaca plant (this is a type of banana plant). The tea will very easily dissolve in the earth and it will create a good and healthy environment for your flowers and plants to grow.
May 27, 2020: Churu town in Rajasthan once again recorded the maximum temperature at 49.6 degree Celsius on Wednesday.
May 27, 2020:  Jammu sizzles at 42.6 C; heat wave continues across region, the maximum temperature in Jammu was 3.5 notches above season's average, making it the hottest recorded place in the union territory on Wednesday.
 May 27, 2020 22:58 IST:
Fig.9 Telangana Maiden Apple number of trees 400.
'Little Kashmir' in Telangana: Maiden Apple.  The 37-year-old knew that the hilly rugged terrain of Komaram Bheem Asifabad district is no Kashmir Valley but he was determined to prove that anything can be grown in the soil of Telangana. Meanwhile, the number of trees grew to 400 and this year he had his first crop of HR-99 variety apples.
May 27, 2020: The flood situation in Assam worsened on Wednesday with one person losing his life and nearly three lakh people suffering in the deluge across 11 districts.
May 28, 2020 7:52 IST: 6 hens eggs with green yolks in Kerala; scientists looking for reason. After six hens in a small poultry farm in Kerala laid eggs with green yolk, social media went berserk with the photos of this bizarre phenomenon. The incident happened in the poultry farm of A K Shihabudheen, a native of Othukkungal in Malappuram in Kerala.Around nine months ago, Shihabudheen found that an egg laid by one of his hens had a green yolk. Neither he nor his family consumed it since they wondered if it would be safe. Instead, he hatched some of the eggs laid by the hen. Interestingly, the new hens also started laying green eggs. 
May 28, 2020, 08:25 AM IST: Historic SpaceX launch postponed because of stormy weather.
April 28,  2020 09 53 AM IST: 
Fig.10 A month ago Venus & crescent Moon conjunction.
It will be nearly impossible to miss the bright "evening star" Venus this week when the planet reaches its greatest brightness of the year on Tuesday (April 28). But before reaching its greatest brightness, Venus will make a close approach to the crescent moon. The moment of conjunction occurs at 8:53 PM IST (1523 GMT), and you will be able to watch the natural phenomena above the southwestern horizon after sunset. The moon will be about 6 degrees south of Venus in the constellation of Taurus, the bull. It is interesting to note that the conjunction occurs during the daytime, when it is tough to view most celestial objects but Venus can be seen even in daylight because of its brightness. But it will be better to see the conjunction after the sun set. 
May 28, 2020: E1 Dorado web site projected on Tuesday noted 15 nations top temperatures and marked that 10 cities are in India.  Jaipur  20 km away churu area recorded 50 C. It is the place of entry to Tar desert.  UP Bandha, Hariyana Hissar nagar 48 C, Delhi 47.6 C, Bikaneru 47.4 C, Ganganagar, Jhansi, cities 47 C, Pilami 46.5C, Nagpur Sonagap 46.8 C, Akola 48.5 C and Vijayawada in AP 46.4 C.
May 28, 2020 12:08:31 pm: Dujarric was asked about the tensions on the border between India and China and how concerned is the UN and the Secretary General. He was also asked if the Secretary General thinks that Trump would make a good mediator in the situation.
May 28, 2020, 12:31 PM IST: In a significant development, astronomers have succeeded in solving a decades-old mystery of "missing matter" by using mysterious fast radio bursts. It is to be noted that this 'missing matter' has been long predicted to exist in the universe, but was not detected by astronomers so far.The astronomers managed to directly detect the missing matter using the phenomenon of fast radio bursts, said Associate Professor Macquart. He added that the fast radio bursts were used as "cosmic weigh stations."
May 29, 2020, 12:17 PM IST: Mumbai: In yet another incident of attack on saints from Maharashtra's Palghar, in the early hours of Thursday (May 28, 2020) three unidentified men barged into Jagrut Mahadev Mandir and Ashram at Balivali in Vasai, Palghar District, attacked the temple’s priests and fled with valuables worth Rs. 6,800. While one of the three accused was arrested on Thursday and Rs 2000 was recovered from him, the other accused are still absconding. 
May   29,  2020, 11:45 IST: Donald Trump says he is liked more in India than in US. 
May 29, 2020: Jupiter Has Trapped a Comet in a Bizarre Orbit – Sky & Telescope.
May 29, 2020: Physicists measure short-lived radioactive molecules for the first time,  the first ever laser-spectroscopy measurements of a short-lived radioactive molecule, radium monofluoride. Radium monofluoride molecules are particularly interesting because they contain radium, some isotopes of which have nuclei shaped like a pear, with more mass at one end than the other. These exotic pear shapes amplify processes that break fundamental symmetries of nature and could reveal new physics phenomena beyond the Standard Model. In addition to their potential in exploring fundamental symmetries, molecules made of short-lived isotopes can be highly abundant in space, for example in supernovae remnants or in the gas ejected from mergers of neutron stars.
May 29, 2020 4:34 pm IST: UK wants 5G alliance of 10 countries, including India. The alliance would seek to create an alternative pool of 5G equipment. It would have India, Australia, South Korea, France, Canada, Germany, Japan, Italy, US, UK.
May 29, 2020 09:24 PM IST: 4.6-magnitude earthquake strikes near Haryana Rohtak, strong tremors felt in Delhi-NCR. the earthquake measured  4.6 on the Richter Scale hit 16 km ESE of Rohtak in Haryana at 21:08 hours today. in Haryana Rohtak district, jolted the national capital and its surrounding regions on Friday evening. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake, with a depth of 3.3 km, had its epicentre 16 km east-southeast of Rohtak. It occurred at 9.08 p.m. Measured 4.5 and 2.9 on Richter scale, occurred within an hour of one another and with the same epicenter.
May 30, 2020: XPLORE: 
Fig.11 Cluster of Hindu Temples constructed
in Vietnam by King Champa in 4th to 14th century.
My Son is a cluster of Hindu Temples in the Quang Nam province of Vietnam, which were constructed between 4th and the 14th century by King Champa, and temples were dedicated to the worship of  Lord Siva. The team is also restoring towers A1, A8, A10, A11, A12, A13 and B4 etc.  Complex was constructed in 4th to 9th century under the reign of Indravarman II, in the 15th century Chams' power begun declining with the Viet from north had conquered much of the territories in the region. My Son was recognized as a world heritage site.
May 30, 2020 evening: In Visakhapatnam a lightning struck the coconut tree in Allipuram near Railway quarters and produced huge fires that frightened many people nearby.  Two days back a lightning struck and a boy returning home was instantly killed. 
May 30, 2020:  Lightning struck dead, two daughters Ramadevi (28) and Meenakumari (24) and their father Ramakrishna (50) in Tippareddipalem, while returning from the shed they built for the cows. 

May 30, 2020: Aganapudi had a very heavy rain and neighboring villagers also relaxed with the rain. 
May 31, 2020: Trump plans to invite India to G-7 meet, possibly in September. We want Australia, we want India, we want South Korea. And what do we have? That’s a nice group of countries right there,” he said, skipping Russia. But he appeared to have suggested inviting Russia as well, according to a report from a pool of reporters that traveled with him.
May 31, 2020 17:25 IST: Heavy rainfall damages fruit crops in Himachal. Heavy rain at isolated places in Bilaspur, Mandi and Una district and light to moderate rain was witnessed at most places in the state during the last 24 hours. Heavy rainfall along with hailstorm, thunderstorms and gusty winds for the last few days in Himachal Pradesh has damaged fruit crops, especially apples in Shimla, Kullu, Mandi and Kinnaur districts. Shimla witnessed 63.4 mm rain and recorded 17.4°C maximum temperature on Sunday. Kufri received 8.0 mm rain and recorded 14.0°C maximum temperature. The maximum temperature in Dalhousie was 12.3°C and Dharamshala 23.2°C. Solan, Bilaspur, Hamirpur and Nahan recorded 26.5°C, 24.0°C, 23.8°C and 27.4°C maximum temperatures respectively. With 6.9°C minimum temperature, Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti district was coldest while Una was the hottest at 27.0°C maximum temperature.
May 31, 2020: UP Plans to Revive 19 Rivers with MGNREGA Workers. The rivers to be rejuvenated are Sai, Pandu, Mandakini, Tedhi, Manorama, Varuna, Sasur Khaderi, Arel, Morao, Tamsa, Naad, Karnavati, Baan, Sone, Kali, Dadhi, Ishan, Budhi Ganga and Gomti.
May   31, 2020: Heavy rain lashes Hyderabad, other Telangana districts. Strong gales that accompanied rain uprooted trees at a few places. South Hastinapur on the city outskirts received maximum rainfall of 61 mm. Several parts of the city received 20 to 50 mm rainfall. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENT: The author is indebted to Late Prof. K. R. Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D.Sc. (London) for stimulating encouragement to publish my articles on Science & Technology. He is also grateful to Late Mrs. Peramma Rangadhama  Rao for her admiration and support for the publication of my articles. 

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