Suu Kyi Found Guilty

64year old Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to 18 months of house arrest after court found her guilty of violating security laws.Critics of Burmaz military regime say that the verdict is designed to prevent her from taking part in elections in 2010.She always denied the chargez and said she expected to be convicted

UK 'may have 40-year Afghan role'

Gen Sir David Richards, who takes over on 28 August, told the Times the Army's role would evolve, but the process of "nation-building" would last decades.

Gandhiji

The Swaraj or Freedom that Gandhiji dreamed was not merely of a political character. It was to be a means to create a new man, who would strive to create a new society,a new civilization and a newculture. He called the new social order 'Ramraj' - 'the Kingdom of God on Earth'. Lovewould be the sole law there.All would be dutiful. There would be no distinction of caste, religion and community. No one would be treated as untouchables.All would beequal in the eyes of religion, All would live by the sweat of their brow. The intellectual worker and the manual worker would be equals; neither could claim superiority.There would be no intoxicating drinks. Women would be honored. Every one would be ready to give up his life for the good of his country. Gandhiji called such a state of society 'Sarvodaya (The Prosperity of All).To realize Sarvodaya, man has to live with fellow men, with other living beings and nature in understanding and harmony.Service to the lowly and the lost in society was Gandhiji's first step towards Sarvodaya.Gandhiji taught that knowledge and wealth devoid of religion and morals led to the fall of men. He died as a martyr in the cause of true religion.A leader's responsibilities are high. He has to examine himself severely time and again, to convince himself that he is fit to lead others. He has to bear all the moral responsibility for all that his followers do. If he feels unable to do so, he has to retire from the field of action.Through self- criticism and self-confidence, he has to work to lead this imperfect world in the way of perfection. This is the deathless message that Gandhiji has left us.
Single-minded devotion to the God of Truth and prayer are lights that Gandhiji has bequeathed to us. He could not remain without prayer even for a single day. 'Silent prayer is my greatest strength' - he used to say.'Raghupathi Raghava Rajaram, Pathitha Pavana Seetharam.'Whenever we hear this prayer Gandhiji's memory becomes alive. His soul will be present there unseen, and blesses all. It is the task of religion to purify the fallen; it is the power of goodness in man. What does it matter what name we give it? Let us all is blessed with goodness. This is the perennial message that Gandhiji has left to mankind.
As a boy Gandhiji was afraid of ghosts and devils. A good nurse, Rambha by name, taught him to repeat the name of Shri Rama to get over this fear. It brought him hope and courage. He chanted it day in and day out. It is significant that, when the assassin shot at him and his bodyslumped to find eternal rest in the lap of Mother Earth, the last words he uttered were 'Rama', 'Rama'.
Mahatma Gandhiji, called 'Bapu' by his loving countrymen, will ever be remembered as a saint and a great leader of men.

Aghilesh M

A TRIBUTE TO ALBERT EINSTEIN

Nobody did more to pioneer developments in science and physics than Albert Einstein, who died on 18 April, 1955 aged 76.
His theories of special and general relativity are widely regarded as the most satisfactory model of the universe we live in.
His cartoon features – wild hair and expressive face – are still widely used today to depict crazy or absent-minded scientists.
But there was nothing mad about a man who became the most influential figure in physics in the 20 th century.
Albert Einstein was born into a Jewish family in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany, on 14 March, 1879, although they soon moved to Munich where he began his education.
The Einsteins moved on to Italy and a young Albert continued his schooling at Aarau in Switzerland and in 1896 started training to become a teacher in physics and mathematics.
Unable to find a teaching post, he took a job as a technical assistant at the Swiss Patent Office and went on to teach at universities in Prague, Zurich and Berlin. But it was in his spare time that he produced most of his remarkable work.
At the start of his scientific research, he recognised the limitations of Newtonian mechanics and his special theory of relativity stemmed from a bid to reconcile the rules of mechanics with the laws of the electromagnetic field, underlined by his famous equation E=mc2.
He dealt with statistical mechanic conundrums and the problems when they were merged with quantum theory, which led to an explanation of the Brownian movement of molecules. His work also led to the photon theory of light.
In 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his services to theoretical physics and for his discovery of the photoelectric effect.

Aghilesh .M

DOES IT PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE ?

As new technologies make it possible to move information faster than ever before was are dazzled by the million of gigabytes that move across the world in nanoseconds. Yet we hardly ask questions about the quality of the information : what is it that we are communicating ? Is it relevant ? And does all this information add up to knowledge ? The challenge is to get the information to where it is needed through the most cost – effective method possible. Only when information helps people communicate and participate and allow them and their rules to make informed choices does that information became knowledge . The growing gap between the knows and not –knows . If we want to turn information into knowledge , and give the developing world changes to take a short cut to prosperity , the knowledge has needs to be bridged urgently.

Here we are not talking about the top –of -the line computers in each classroom , we are talking about a teacher who is trained and motivated , a classroom that has school children who have enough to eat so that their brains are not stunted by low – Calorie intake . The Scriptures are right ; “Knowledge is a sword , and wisdom is a shield “. Perhaps nowhere is the raw power of knowledge as relevant today as it is for the two – thirds of the world’s people who live in the countries of south , the holy trinity of the information age – television , telephone and computer – is present if at all only in its cabled satellite television incarnation.

Advance information technology are supposed to shrink distance but they don’t necessarily bring people together . better communications through satellite may give people a wider array of programming to choose from but it does not guarantee that they will be more tolerant of diversity .Knowledge may be a sword but it is double edged . the delivery machanisam for knowledge is today in the hands fewer fewer people. More and more of the message propagate a global consumer monoculture.

Aghilesh .M

CHANDRAYAAN -1

The fundamental question to understand the origin and evolution of the universe , solar system , planetary atmosphere and living system have been the driving force behind man’s quest for space exploration . One of the major interests has been the investigations of the planets and their satellites .

With the four billion years of solar system history preserved in it .Moon the nearest neighbor of the earth has always evoked intense curiosity of mankind. Since the initiation of the lunar exploration programme as early as 1959, more than 100 exploratory missions have been carried out and wealth of lunar data has been accumulated. However the critical and fundamental questions about the Moon’s origin ,formation and interior structure ,Chemical/ Mineralogical composition still exist .

Chandrayaan 1 is the is the first instrumented Indian Mission to the Moon and also the forst ISRO (Indian Space Reserch Organisation )venture to leave earth’s gravity , The mission is aimed at high – resolution remote sensing of lunar surface in visible , near infrared ,low and high energy Xray regions to prepare the three dimensional atlas of both near and far side of moon and conduct chemical mineralogical mapping of the entire lunar surface for distribution of elements using eleven statc-of –the art instruments . Chandrayaan 1 Mission is one of the most exceptional example of international collaboration towards exploring the moon.
Aghilesh .M

MIRACLES OF NANO

Nano is a Greek word which means " dwart" . One nano meter is 1/10 9th of meter. Nano materials have size between 1 nano meter and 100 nanometer . He Know a molecule is the smallest particle of substancewhich shows the same physical and chemical properties of the parent substance. Carbon , Hydrogen and Oxygen atoms should combine in a certain proportion for the formation of the Sugar . If the proportion or order is changes , sugar is not formed. Thus properties of a substance depend on atom and their arrangement in a material. The diameter of a Hydrogen atom is 0.1 nanometer ie when ten Hydrogen atoms are placedin a staright line,it is one nanometer .

Nano technology cannot stated as a branch of science. it is the science of science and creating revolutionary change . It includes material Science , Physics Engineering , Chemistry , Biology , Computer Science , Electronics , information technology etc . This technology is able to create unbelievable revolutionary changes in our day today life

Nano technology finds highly effective application in Medical science. for instance , medicine with magnetic propertie , if it is injected ito the human body , then by applying suitable magnetic field outside the body bring these medicines into a particular region /spot as we need.

Aghilesh .M

Niagra of India--Hogenakkal in Karnataka

Known as the 'Niagara Falls of India', the Hogenakkal waterfall in the Dharmapuri district is a popular tourist destination.

The waterfall amidst the lush green and serene surroundings makes it an idyllic and excellent excursion destination for tourists-both domestic and foreign.

However, weekends here are rather fast paced as the place is chock- a- block with people, coming here to soak in the water showers or enjoy a boat ride.

Besides providing a perfect leisure spot, the waterfall is known for its healing properties. People suffering from skin ailments especially come here to take a herbal power shower.

World's deserts getting greener despite global warming

Contrary to the assumption that global warming would cause an expansion of the world's deserts, some scientists are predicting that water and life may slowly reclaim these arid places.

According to a report by BBC News, the evidence is limited and definitive conclusions are impossible to reach, but recent satellite pictures of North Africa seem to show areas of the Sahara in retreat.

It could be that an increase in rainfall has caused this effect.

The Sahara is experiencing a shift from dryer to wetter conditions, according to Farouk el-Baz, director of the Centre for Remote Sensing at Boston University.

"It's not greening yet. But the desert expands and shrinks in relation to the amount of energy that is received by the Earth from the Sun, and this over many thousands of years," el-Baz told the BBC World Service.

"The heating of the Earth would result in more evaporation of the oceans, in turn resulting in more rainfall," he said.

Droughts over the preceding decades have had the effect of driving nomadic people and rural farmers into the towns and cities.

Such movement of people suggests weather patterns are becoming dryer and harsher.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned recently that rising global temperatures could cut West African agricultural production by up to 50 percent by the year 2020.

But, satellite images from the last 15 years do seem to show a recovery of vegetation in the Southern Sahara, although the Sahel Belt, the semi-arid tropical savannah to the south of the desert, remains fragile.

The fragility of the Sahel may have been exacerbated by the cutting of trees, poor land management and subsequent erosion of soil.

The broader picture is reinforced by studies carried out in the Namib Desert in Namibia. or the last few years, there has been higher than average rainfall in the area.

This is a region with an average rainfall of just 12 millimetres per year - what scientists call "hyper-arid".

Last year, the local research centre, called Gobabeb, measured 80mm of rain.

In the last decade, they have seen the local river, a dry bed for most of the year, experience record-high floods. All this has coincided with record-high temperatures.

According to Mary Seely, a scientist from Gobabeb, "Deserts and arid areas always have extremely varied rainfall. You would have to look at a record of several hundred years to maybe say that things are getting greener or dryer. For the last few years, there has been higher than average rainfall."

Gayatri Devi Passes Away

Jaipur royal Rajmata Gayatri Devi on Wednesday ,she was 90. She was once named as 'Worldz Ten Most Beautiful Women' by Vogue .Gayatri Devi won the Lok Sabha seat thrice.She was a fashion Icon in her adulthood.Born on May 23, 1919 as Princess Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar, she was the third Maharani of Jaipur from 1939 to 1970 through marriage to Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II. To her friends and family she was more commonly known as Ayesha.She started schools for girls education in Jaipur which is the Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls Public School. She also promoted the dying art of blue pottery.

Abortion Ratz Increazig n China

13 million abortions are carried out in China each year, in part because there is little education about contraception or disease for the rising numbers of young people who are having sex, state media said. Zex is no longer considered taboo among young people today and they believe they can learn everything they need from the internet. But it doesn't mean they have developed a proper understanding or attitude toward it the paper quoted hospital gynaecologist Yu Dongyan saying .Single women may seek abortions because under current laws unmarried mothers cannot get a household registration card for their child. It is extremely hard for Chinese citizens to get access to education, healthcare and other public services. China also sellz 10 million abortion pills a year, and there are many other abortions performed in unregistered clinics.Ordinary web users in China banned from surfing sex-related medical and research websites from July that threatenz to make information about zexual health even harder to access.

റോഡരികില്‍ ചവറുകൂനകള്‍;യാത്രക്കാര്‍ ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുന്നു.

തിരുവനന്തപുരം: റോഡരികിലെ ചവറുകള്‍ യാത്രക്കാര്‍ക്ക് ഏറെ ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുണ്ടാക്കുന്നു. കഴക്കുട്ടം ബൈപാസ് എന്‍ .എച്ച് റോഡ്, ചാക്ക ബൈപാസ് എന്നിവയ്ക്ക് പുറമേ തിരുവനന്തപുരം നഗരത്തിലെ പല പ്രധാന റോഡുകളിലും നടപ്പാതകള്‍ പോലും കയ്യടക്കികൊണ്ട്ടാന്നു മാലിന്യങ്ങള്‍ സ്ഥാനം പിടിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത് . പലയിടങ്ങളിലും യാത്രക്കാര്‍ക്ക് മു‌ക്കുപോത്തി സഞ്ചരിക്കേണ്ടഅവസ്ഥയാണുള്ളത്. കാല്‍നട യാത്രക്കാരെയാണ് ഇതു കൂടുതല്‍ ബാധിക്കുന്നത്‌ .പ്ലാസ്റ്റിക് മുതല്‍ ജൈവാവഷിഷ്ടങ്ങള്‍ വരെ ഇവയില്‍ പെടുന്നു .
നഗരസഭയുടെ വൃത്തിയാക്കല്‍ നടപടികള്‍ ദിവസവും തുടരുന്നെങ്ങിലും ഇവയൊന്നും ആരുടേയും കണ്ണില്‍പ്പെടുന്നില്ല . അടുക്കള മാലിന്യങ്ങള്‍ , ഇറച്ചി കടയിലെ അഴുകിയ മാംസാവശിഷ്ടങ്ങളും വാഹനങ്ങളിലെത്തി ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുക പതിവാണ്. മഴക്കാലമാവുമ്പോള്‍ സ്ഥിതി ഗുരുതരമാകുകയും പല പകര്‍ച്ചവ്യാധികള്‍ക്കും കാരണമാകുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു . നഗരസഭയുടെ നേത്രത്വത്തില്‍ ചവര്‍ നിക്ഷേപം നിരോധിച്ചിരുന്ന മേഖലയില്‍ ചവറിടാന്‍ ശ്രമിച്ച നഗരസഭയുടെ വാഹനത്തെ നാട്ടുകാര്‍ തടഞ്ഞു വെച്ച സംഭവവും ഈയിടെ ഉണ്ടായിട്ടുണ്ട് .മാലിന്യ നിര്‍മ്മാര്‍ജനത്തില്‍ നഗരസഭയുടെ അനാസ്ഥ തുടര്‍ന്നാല്‍ ശക്തമായ പ്രതിഷേധ പരിപാടികളുമായി രംഗത്തെതുമെന്നു നാട്ടുകാര്‍ പറയുന്നു .

My Hearty Congratulations

Dear Laletta,
Wish you all the best for your new assignement. Now you have an additional responsibility for Indian people. You look very nice in the uniform. You absolutely deserve it. Wish you all the best. we are proud of you,a great achievement

trousers trial

The trial of a Sudanese woman charged with wearing "indecent" clothing has been adjourned, but will continue after she decided to waive her immunity.Lubna Ahmed Hussein was arrested for wearing trousers, said she wanted carry on with the trial because she wanted to get the law changed. Under Sudanese law she could face 40 lashes if she is found guilty. She was arrested in a restaurant in the capital with other women earlier this month for wearing "indecent" clothing.

'smarter search Google

Google is using so-called semantic web technology to leverage the underlying data on websites to enhance results. The race in search is far from over and innovation and continued improvement is absolutely pivotal, said Google's Marissa Mayer. Google said it could not afford to rest on its laurels in the quest to build the perfect search engine.

Microsoft and Yahoo seal web deal

Yahoo and Microsoft have announced a long-rumoured internet search deal that will help the two companies take on chief rival Google.Microsoft's Bing search engine will power the Yahoo website and Yahoo will in turn become the advertising sales team for Microsoft's online offering.Yahoo has been struggling to make profits in recent years.
But last year it rebuffed several takeover bids from Microsoft in an attempt to go it alone.
Yahoo shares closed down 12.1% on the day, while Microsoft shares moved up by 1.4%.
Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer said the 10-year deal would provide Microsoft's Bing search engine with the necessary scale to compete.

swine flu deaths top 700

H1N1 swine flu has killed more than 700 people around the world since the outbreak began four months ago, says the World Health Organization .This represents a jump of at least two-thirds from the last official death toll figure of 429, published by the WHO on July 6. Margaret Chan, WHO director-general, has warned that swine flu will become the biggest flu pandemic ever seen.The overwhelming majority of patients usually recover, even without medical treatment, within a week of falling ill. The WHO has said the pandemic is developing at such a high speed that it is now pointless to try to document every case.

Swine flu vaccine

Half of the US population should be vaccinated against the H1N1 virus with pregnant women and health workers the top priority, US ഓഫ് ficials have said.A US government advisory committee said health officials should prepare to vaccinate 160 million people

Guantanamo inmate to be released

Obama administration says it will release Mohammed Jawad, who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp since 2002.Earlier this month officials admitted that there was no military case for Mr Jawad's continued detention. But government lawyers said they wished to keep him in detention pending a possible criminal prosecution

A WORLD RECORD BY EATING 68 DOGS IN 10 MINUTES .... !! -ക്ലാസിക്കല്‍ വിറ്റ്‌