Oct. 24, 2021: A study of 40 lakes in North America, 18 in Europe and two in Asia, concluded that lakes in the Northern hemisphere are warming six times faster in the years from 1992 to 2016 than any other period in the last 100 hundred years. On average lakes were losing 17 days of ice cover per century the York University study found.
Oct. 24, 2021: On Sunday Andhrajyothi, p.15, Dr. G.V. Purnachandu, 9440172842
wrote about, Kshema Sarma who documented "Kshema Kuthuhulam"
an ayurveda book of preparing food in the century 1600, dwelves also
medicinal eatables in daily food, many items are clearly presented in this book.
Pesara pulagam is a dish, in Telugu Pulagam means prepation of food (vantakam).
One slokam, termed as 'Krushara' describes a preparation.
1 Thandulai: sashtisambhuuthi: kandithirna cha khandithii:
2. Astabhagha yuthiruyadhi: sanukthidwadhshoshaakai:
3. sardha sardha susthanaanaa sabhaahlikaa varaviva tha:
4. sasnehahaa kaaminii veeyam kruthsharaa shishire hiithaa:
Oct.27, 2021: First planet beyond our galaxy discovered. It's 28 million light-years away.
Hindustan Times,New Delhi - 4h ago. The potential exoplanet, called M51-ULS-1b,
lies 28 million light-years away in the spiral galaxy Messier 51 (M51), also known as
the Whirlpool galaxy. The transit, they witnessed, lasted a total of about three hours
and the X-ray emissions dipped all the way to zero. This helped them to figure out that
the object is likely approximately the size of Saturn and it orbits the neutron star
(or a black hole) at a distance twice that of Saturn's distance from our sun.
Oct. 27, 2021: 2 key US Senators back India's S-400 deal, urge Biden for sanctions
waiver. Chidanand Rajghatta 8 hours ago. Two influential US Senators wrote to
President Joe Biden on Tuesday urging him to waive impending sanctions on India
for buying S-400 air defence systems from Russia, saying such a waiver would
advance US national security interest.Senators John Cornyn (Republican) and
Mark Warner (Democrat), who are co-chairs of the India Caucus, said in a letter
to the President.
Oct 27, 2021, 10:09 AM IST: US Senate writes to President Biden praising India's clean
energy agenda and Ethanol targets. India has set a target of 10 percent ethanol
blending by 2022 and increasing to a rate of 20 percent ethanol by 2025 to meet
energy needs and environmental goals. A group of nine American senators on
Tuesday urged President Joe Biden to promote biofuels as a key solution for the
country's energy and climate agenda and said that India's efforts in this regard to
set up targets for ethanol are encouraging.
Oct 27, 2021, 17:01 PM IST: Tamil Nadu forest officials brave raging waterfall
to rescue trapped woman and infant. The visuals of the hair raising operation by
Tamil Nadu forest officials has been shared on social media and has quickly gone
viral with people hailing the officers as heroes.Some brave Tamil Nadu forest
officials conducted a daring rescue operation of a mother and baby as the two
got stuck near a waterfall while a flashflood raged on around them. The incident took
place at the Kallavarayan hills, near Salem district’s Attur on Sunday. In the
two-minute video, a woman and her baby are seen sitting on the edge of a rock as
water gushes by at Anaivari Muttal falls in Salem after heavy rains battered the area.
Oct. 28, 2021: The tribal people of Losingi Pedapurugu, Pitragedda and Kotha Losingi tribal villages had been demanding construction of road connecting their villages. Tribals decided to pool up their resources and start work with shram daan while exerting demand for government for release of funds. About 1000 habitations of the 3,678 notified villages of the 11 mandals in the Agency area of the Visakhapatnam district, do not have road connectivity.
Oct.30, 2021: Eenadu news: Godavari surplus water to be diverted to Telangana Icchampalli, or Tupakala gudem and turned to deficit Krishna , Penna and Kaveri basin to satisfied the needs of people this is the main aim of the project. About Rs. 87, 000 crores project helps to Telangana and in AP Fodavari nearby areas to cultivate and as well the water starved villages in the middle ways will be agumented.
Oct. 30, 2021: Andhrajyothi: page 4:
Fig.1 Shankarabadi Sundarachraya and actor
and Singer Tanguturi Surya kumari.
This poem written by late Shankaraobadi Sundaracharya garu Telugunata Tirupathi born in a tamilian family (kutumbam). In 1942 wrote it for deenabandu said Telugu Cinema. The Cinema directors have not introduced it. From Madras State the struggle for Andhra State those violent days, that time Chalana Chitra actor and Singer,Tanguturi Surya Kumari, attracted by this poem, investing Rs.116/- got the rights to sing that song, and recorded in HMV gramaphone and released it. In 1975 first world Telugu mahasabha that time Government released this song as Rashtra Gitam announced. As thought by Tanguturi Surya Kumari this poem played a tremendous role in the Andhra State formation. In 2014, this poem formed as Andhra Pradesh Rashtra Gayem.
Oct. 30, 2021: 20 hrs ago: An Indian Air Force (IAF) team and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday successfully flight-tested the country’s first indigenously developed Long-Range Bomb (LRB) from a Sukhoi-30 fighter jet over Balasore, Odisha. The LR Bomb, with a range of 100 kilometres, was fired from the IAF fighter aircraft flying at an altitude of 10 kilometres. Designed and developed by DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI), the LR Bomb can carry a warhead of 1000 kg. The successful tests can prove to be a force multiplier and major boost to the Indian Armed Forces, especially at a time China has been posturing aggressively in the region.
Oct.31, 2021: The Hindu: The key findings of a study by IIT Kharagpur researchers might help understand the formation and evolution of the Earth. They studied a meterorite that fell near the town of Karol in Nagpur District of Maharashtra State on May 22, 2012, reporting for the first time presence of veins of the mineral Bridgmanite, which is the most abundant mineral in the interior of the Earth within the the Karol L6 Chondrite meterorite. It is the most abundant mineral of the Earth's interior. It is present in the lower mantle from 660 to 2700 km.. Speculation on the origin of Moon due to an impact on the Earth nearly 4.5 billion years ago by a planet of the size of Mars named Thela.
Oct. 31, 2021:
Fig.2 Visakhapatnam ship P15B stealth guided missile destroyer.
Indian Navy receives ‘Visakhapatnam’ ship- its first-ever P15B guided-missile destroyer. dnawebdesk@gmail.com (DNA Web Desk) 12 hours ago. The Indian Navy announced on Saturday that it has received its first P15B stealth guided-missile destroyer from Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders on October 28. The stealth missile destroyer has been given the name “Visakhapatnam”, as per the official release.It is the first of its kind to be introduced in the Navy. The Indian Navy, making the announcement on Twitter, said, “Visakhapatnam - first of the indigenous P15B stealth guided-missile destroyers being built at Mazagon Dock, Mumbai delivered to Indian Navy on October 28, 2021.” The missile destroyer ship will have the capability of launching anti-aircraft missiles from its deck.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
I am deeply indebted to Late Prof. K. R.Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D.Sc. (London) for his inspiration, guidance to publish my thoughts and articles. I am also indebted to my mother Late Peramma rangadhamarao for her thoughtful advuces to me.