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18/02/2023

Asian Games gold medallist and Olympian Tulsidas Balaram, a part of Indian football's 'holy trinity' in the prosperous 1950s and 60s, died here on Thursday after a prolonged illness, sources close to his family said. Balaram was 87 and a widower living in a flat on the banks of Hooghly river in Uttarpara.

The 1962 Asian Games champion was hospitalised on December 26 last year and was being treated for urinary infection and abdominal distension. "His condition did not improve and he breathed his last around 2pm today," a source close to his family told.

"We are grateful to the state government and the sports minister Aroop Biswas for taking good care of him during his last days," he added. Born on October 4, 1936, to Tamil parents -- Muthamma and Tulsidas Kalidas -- in Ammuguda village in the garrison town of Secunderabad.

Balaram scored 131 goals across seven seasons. Balaram belonged to the golden generation of Indian football in the 1950s and 60s where he teamed up with legends such as Chuni Goswami and PK Banerjee, as they came to be known as 'holy trinity'. An Arjuna awardee, Balaram's exploits at the 1960 Rome Olympics are well documented.

Placed in the 'group of death' with Hungary, France and Peru, India lost the opener to Hungary 1-2 but Balaram covered himself in glory by scoring a 79th-minute goal. He also scored against Peru in the Games. India came close to upsetting France a few days later with Balaram again showing his class.

18/02/2023

Researchers have developed a smart neck-worn device resembling a lapis blue pendant called "SmokeMon" that detects a user's smoking by capturing the heat signature from a lit cigarette in real-time, a new study has shown.

According to US-based Northwestern Medicine researchers, the necklace completely maintains a smoker's privacy, only tracking heat, not visuals which is a critical factor for people to feel comfortable wearing it.

The necklace can also track how much a smoker inhales, and the time between puffs.

"We can detect when the cigarette is being lit, when the person holds it to their mouth and takes a puff, how much they inhale, how much time between puffs and how long they have the cigarette in their mouth, said senior investigator Nabil Alshurafa, associate professor at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

All these details are called smoking topography, which is important for two reasons, said the study.

First, scientists can use it to measure and assess the amount of toxic carbon monoxide smokers are exposed to and gain a better understanding of the relationship between tobacco-related diseases such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung disease, diabetes, COPD, emphysema and chronic bronchitis by assessing chemical exposure.

Second, people who are trying to quit smoking can be helped by understanding how smoking topography relates to relapse (returning to smoking regularly), which occurs frequently in them.

18/02/2023

Yamunotri ropeway gets nod,to cut travel time by 4 hrs 50 mins*

Following a delay of more than a decade, the proposal to construct a ropeway to the Yamunotri shrine has finally been approved by the Central government,as per reports.

The government will soon transfer 3.8 hectares of land for the development of the project which will connect Yamunotri shrine to Kharsali village. The 3.7 km long ropeway will reduce the travel time from five hours to just 10 minutes.

According to officials, the construction of the project will start this summer and is scheduled to be completed in two years time. It will help pilgrims, especially elderly, to avoid the 5 km long trek to the mountain top.

It should be noted that as many as 81 pilgrims died last year during their Yamunotri shrine pilgrimage. Priests of the shrine are happy as their much-awaited demand for a ropeway is getting fulfilled.

16/02/2023

The World Government Summit 2023 is set to begin on 13th February 2023 in Dubai. The World Government Summit will be held under the theme of “Shaping Future Governments”. It will bring together global thought leaders, global experts, and decision-makers to share and contribute to the development of tools, policies, and models that will be critical in shaping future governments.

The World Government Summit will feature 20 presidents, including Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi; President of the Republic of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan; President of Senegal and Chairperson of the African Union, Macky Sall, among others.

This year’s edition of the World Government Summit will bring together over 250 ministers from around the world, as well as over 10,000 government officials, thought leaders, and global experts.
The World Government Summit is a global forum held annually in Dubai, that brings together leaders in government, business, technology, and civil society to discuss the issues faced by the humanity and to shape the future of governments worldwide.

14/02/2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to inaugurate India's biennial aerospace exhibition - 'Aero India' on Monday. The exhibition will showcase the nation as a rising up hub for manufacturing military aircraft, helicopters, equipment, and new-age avionics.
The bureaucrats further said that around 250 business-to-business contracts are expected to be firmed up at Aero India which is calculated to unlock investment to the tune of roughly Rs 75,000 crore.

14/02/2023

On Sunday Altaf Shaikh ( MC stan) was announced as the Boss 16 winner , while Shiv Thakare ended his journey as the runner-up. MC Stan, through the lesson of the show, confirmed that one need not have a ‘loud voice’ or a ‘romantic angle’ to endure the game. Having spoken about having a girlfriend outside, Stan kept his distance from other women in the house. On the other hand, host Salman Khan often joked about his soft voice.

14/02/2023

Drone footage in southern Turkey showed fissures slicing and cracking across fieldsroads, streams and hillsides, caused by a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Monday. Reuters reported that one scar of bare earth opened up by the earthquake cut deep into embankments and ran along expanses of open land up to the horizon near the town of Tevekkeli in Turkey

13/02/2023

In Peru, around 585 sea lions and 55,000 wild birds have died due to the H5N1 bird flu virus in recent weeks. The Sernanp natural areas protection agency yesterday said that following the discovery of dead birds in eight protected coastal areas, rangers found the bird flu that killed them and had also claimed sea lions in seven protected marine areas. It said, the dead birds included pelicans, various types of gulls, and penguins.

Laboratory tests also confirmed the presence of H5N1 in the dead sea lions, prompting the authorities to announce a biological vigilance protocol. The Peru's National Forest and Wildlife Service urged people and their pets to avoid contact with sea lions and sea birds on the beach. Since late 2021, Europe has been gripped by its worst-ever outbreak of bird flu, while North and South America are also experiencing severe outbreaks.

13/02/2023

The country's first lithium reserve, found in Jammu and Kashmir, is of the best quality, a senior government official said here on Saturday, as upbeat villagers expressed hope the discovery will bring them a bright future.
The 5.9 million tonne reserve of lithium, a crucial mineral for the manufacturing of electric vehicles and solar panels, had been discovered in Reasi district by the Geological Survey of India (GSI).

"Lithium falls in the critical resource category which was not earlier available in India and we were dependent for its 100 percent import. The advanced G3 study of the GSI shows the presence of best quality lithium in abundant quantity in the foothills of Mata Vaishno Devi shrine at Salal village (Reasi)," J-K Mining Amit Secretary Sharma told.

He said against the normal grade of 220 parts per million (PPM), the lithium found in J&K is of 500 ppm-plus grading, and with a stockpile of 5.9 million tons, India will surpass China in its availability.
"India joined a select group of countries at the global level after this finding and it will fulfil the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' ," he said.
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11/02/2023

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has shared a new set of stunning pictures of the 1,386 km long Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.

The minister has tweeted the new images of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway which is India’s longest expressway with a length of 1,386 km. The expressway enhances the connectivity between India’s National Capital Delhi and the Financial Capital Mumbai.

Gadkari said the government is constructing the world’s fastest-developed expressway which provides connectivity to 93 National Master Plan(NMP) nodes, 8 Multi-Modal Logistics Parks (MMLPs), Greenfield Airports (Jewar and Navi Mumbai) and Ports (JNPT).

With a 180 km distance reduction (1424 km to 1242 km), the expressway has scope for future expansion to the 12-lane expressway, the minister said.

Last year, Gadkari said great infrastructure projects to connect Mumbai with Delhi, Pune and Bangalore are in pipeline.

11/02/2023

Serum Institute of India is likely to make its cervical cancer vaccine 'Cervavac' available for the private market this month.The vaccine would be priced at Rs 2,000 per vial of two doses.

Cervical cancer is the second-most frequent cancer among women in India. The cancer develops in the cervix, located at the bottom of the uterus. Doctors stress two preventive measures — vaccination and regular HPV screening for early diagnosis and treatment.

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a big group of viruses that has close to 200 strains. Of them, around 10 viruses are related to cervical cancer. The two very-commonly associated HPV strains with cervical cancer are 16 and 18.
Currently, HPV shots Cervarix, Gardasil 4 and Gardasil 9, are available in India. The cost of Cervarix and Gardasil 4 is around Rs 2,000 to Rs 3,500 per dose, while Gardasil 9 is more expensive.The number of doses,two or three depends on the age.

The Serum Institute of India's 'Cervavac', is a quadrivalent vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, and it offers protection against four strains of HPV- 16, 18, 6, and 11.

11/02/2023

India delivered 50 buses to Sri Lanka under Economic Assistance Scheme*

As Sri Lanka celebrated its 75 Independence Day, India delivered fifty buses to Sri Lanka at the Presidential Secretariat premises. High Commissioner of India Gopal Baglay handed over the buses to Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Ashok Leyland, the commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland had bagged the contract for supplying 500 buses to the Sri Lank Transport Board. The order is a part of a Line of Credit extended by the Export-Import Bank of India, under the Economic Assistance Scheme of the Indian government.

President Wickremesinghe has instructed to use all the buses received from India to strengthen the transport services in rural Sri Lanka.

Handing over 75 buses in January, the Indian High Commission stated that the assistance given as part of its `Neighbourhood First` policy was to support mobility and accessibility in Sri Lanka.

Five hundred buses are being supplied to Sri Lanka through Indian assistance towards strengthening public transport infrastructure stated by the High Commission.

India has also handed over 125 SUVs to the Sri Lanka Police under the line of credit to help with the mobility restriction issues faced by the security personnel.

08/02/2023

Indian-American schoolgirl Natasha Perianayagam was named in the "world's brightest" students list for the second consecutive year by the US-based Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth, based on the results of above-grade-level tests of over 15,000 students across 76 countries. Perianayagam, 13, is a student at Florence M Gaudineer Middle School, in New Jersey.

She also took the Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth (CTY) test in Spring 2021, when she was a Grade 5 student.Her results in the verbal and quantitative sections levelled with the 90th percentile of advanced Grade 8 performance, which catapulted her into the honours list that year.

This year, she was honoured for her exceptional performance on the SAT, ACT, School and College Ability Test, or similar assessment taken as part of the CTY Talent Search, the university said in a press release on Monday.
Perianayagam, whose parents hail from Chennai, said she loves doodling and reading JRR Tolkien's novels in her spare time.

CTY used above-grade-level testing to identify advanced students from around the world and provide a clear picture of their academic abilities.

According to the university release, Perianayagam was among the 15,300 students from 76 countries who joined CTY in the 2021-22 Talent Search year.

08/02/2023

Second year law student at Harvard Law School, Apsara A. Iyer has been elected the 137th president of the Harvard Law Review. She is the first Indian American woman to hold the position, a report in The Harvard Crimson stated.

At the Law Review, Iyer said that as Law Review president she aims to include more editors in the process and uphold the publication’s reputation for “high-quality” work.

The Law Review was founded in 1887 and is among the oldest student-run legal scholarship publications. Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as well as former President Barack Obama, are Iyer's distinguished predecessors.

Priscila E. Coronado, Iyer’s predecessor, said the publication is “extremely lucky” to have Iyer at the helm. “I cannot wait to see what Volume 137 will achieve under her leadership,” she added.

“Apsara has changed the lives of many editors for the better, and I know she will continue to do so,” Coronado wrote.

“From the start, she has impressed her fellow editors with her remarkable intelligence, thoughtfulness, warmth, and fierce advocacy," the Law School mentioned.

07/02/2023

One of India's largest digital payments platforms phonePe has announced new features that let users make payments globally through UPI.

PhonePe says UPI payments can be made to any global vendors and in Singapore, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mauritius, Bhutan, and Nepal who have a local QR code. Developed in collaboration with NIPL (NPCI International Payments Limited), the corporation has plans to introduce ‘UPI International’ to more nations shortly. The National Payments Corporation of India (NCPI) had earlier declared support for international UPI payments in the aforesaid countries.
One of India's largest digital payments platforms phonePe has announced new features that let users make payments globally through UPI.
“Over the past six years, all over India, we have been lucky to experience the UPI payments revolution transforming our daily lives. UPI International is the foremost major step in letting the rest of the world experience UPI too. I am sure this launch will prove to be a game-changer and will completely transform the way Indians traveling overseas pay at merchant outlets abroad. PhonePe has always prided itself in being the first TPAP to take new UPI features to the market, and this time is no different. We are glad that PhonePe is leading this change. The entire world needs to experience UPI!”, Rahul Chari, CTO and Co-Founder of PhonePe.

07/02/2023

Adani Enterprises, the flagship corporation of Adani Group, said on Monday that its expounder will prepay loans against pledged stakes to the tune of $1,114 million in light of current demand volatility.
Adani Enterprises said, “In light of recent demand volatility and in continuation of expounder’s obligation to reduce overall promoter power backed by Adani Listed Company shares, promoters have posted the amounts to prepay USD 1,114 million ahead of its maturity of Sep 2024.” said in the statement.
“This is in continuation of promoters’ assurance to prepay all share-backed financing,” the company said.

07/02/2023

Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani are now officially husband and wife. The two got married on February 7 in the presence of their family and close friends at Jaisalmer's Suryagarh Palace.
Many more congratulations to our love birds 💗

07/02/2023

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. That's more than any other planet in our solar system.

Saturn, the one-time leader, comes in a close second with 83 confirmed moons.

The Jupiter moons were added recently to a list kept by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center, said Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution, who was part of the team.

They were discovered using telescopes in Hawaii and Chile in 2021 and 2022, and their orbits were confirmed with follow-up observations. These newest moons range in size from 1 kilometre to 3 kilometres, according to Sheppard.

Sheppard,who discovered a slew of moons around Saturn a few years ago and has taken part in 70 moon discoveries so far around Jupiter, expects to keep adding to the lunar tally of both gas giants.

Jupiter's newly discovered moons have yet to be named. Sheppard said only half of them are big enough, at least 1.5 kilometres or so,to warrant a name.

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