PM congratulates scientists for PSLV Successful launch

Hailing the successful launch of PSLV carrying its Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it was an important milestone in India’s space programme and congratulated the ISRO scientists for displaying mastery of the complex launch vehicle technology.

The Prime Minister called the Secretary of the Department of Space and Chairman Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K Radhakrishnan to congratulate him and the scientists for the successful launch.

“I would like to warmly congratulate all scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch today of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C19 carrying the Radar Imaging Satellite -1(RISAT -1), the heaviest satellite launched till date using PSLV, ” the Premier said.

“The twentieth consecutive successful launch of the PSLV is an important milestone in our space programme and is testimony to ISRO’s mastery of the complex launch vehicle technology,” he added.

The Prime Minister also expressed confidence that RISAT-1′s all weather, day-night imaging ability would significantly contribute to the nation’s remote sensing capabilities.

“The country is proud of ISRO’s achievements and I wish the organisation all success in its future endeavours,” PM said.

India’s first indigenous all-weather Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1), whose images will facilitate agriculture and disaster management, was launched successfully on board the PSLV-C19 from Sriharikota in the early hours of Thursday.

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Six-leg baby successfully operated by Doctors

Doctors in a Karachi hospital have successfully removed the extra limbs of a baby boy who was born with six legs.The operation lasted for about two hours, and the baby is now in stable condition, doctors at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) in Karachi said on Thursday.Birth defects like the Mermaid syndrome, a deformity where the legs are fused together, Craniopagus, a phenomenon where twins are joined at the head, and Dicephalic parapagus, a condition of having two heads, occur rarely but prove challenging to the medical world. Here are some instances of successful treatment of congenital diseases.

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China, India, Pakistan's Missiles Comparison India Place II nd

CHINA’s BALLISTIC MISSILES

Name	Propellant, stages	Range
DF-3A	Liquid, single stage	2,800 km with two tonne thermonuclear warhead
DF-4A	Liquid, two stages	About 5,000 km with two tonne thermonuclear warhead
DF-5A	Liquid, two stages	Over 10,000 km with two tonne thermonuclear warhead
DF-21	Solid, two stages	3,000 km with 700 kg nuclear warhead
DF-31	Solid, three stages	Over 10,000 km with 1,000 kg boosted-fission nuclear warhead
DF-31A	Solid, three stages	Over 7,000 km with 1,800 kg thermonuclear warhead or MIRV payload

In pic: A man views the Dongfeng 1 missile at the Military Museum of Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing, China.

India on April 19 test-fired the Agni-V missile that can accurately hit targets more than 5,000 km away. With this launch, India entered an exclusive club of nations that have this capability. DNA takes a look at the the deadly missiles of India, China, and Pakistan

The data presented is based on the assessments made by the International Strategic & Security Studies Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore.

INDIA’s AGNI MISSILES

Named	Propellant, stages	Range
Agni I	Solid, single stage	700 km with 1,000 kg payload
Agni II	Solid, two-stage	2000 km with 1,000 kg payload
Agni III	Solid, two-stage	3,500 km with 1,500 kg payload
Agni IV	Solid, two-stage	3,000 km with 700 kg payload
Agni V	Solid, three-stage	5,000 km

In pic: A surface-to-surface Agni V missile is launched from the Wheeler Island off the eastern Indian state of Odisha

PAKISTAN’s BALLISTIC MISSILES

Name	Propellant, stages	Range
Ghaznavi	Solid, single stage	320 km with 1,000 kg nuclear warhead
Ghauri	Liquid, single stage	950 km with 1,000 kg nuclear warhead
Shaheen-1	Solid, single stage	735 km with 1,000 kg nuclear warhead
Shaheen-2	Solid, two stages	Over 1,200 km with 1,000 kg nuclear warhead

In pic: Pakistan's Ghauri Hatf-V Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile with a range of 1300km test fired on February 1, 2008

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World's Smallest Puppy with 1 ounce Born on 10 March 2012

 

Beyonce, a Dachshund mix female puppy who weighed just 1 ounce and could fit into a teaspoon when found, could be the world's smallest dog, according to animal rescuers in Northern California. They have submitted an application to the Guinness World Records for Beyonce to be considered the world's smallest dog.

This March 10, 2012 photo provided by El Dorado DOG Photography shows a female Dachshund mix named Beyonce next to a cookie in El Dorado Hills, Calif. The puppy named after one of the world's biggest pop stars could set the world's record for tiniest dog. Animal rescuers in Northern California say that Beyonce was so small at birth that she could fit into a spoon.

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Do You Believe? 560,000 cancer deaths during 2010 in INDIA Bwt 30-69yrs

The risk of dying from cancer is nearly the same in rural and urban areas and the highest among the least educated, according to a study described as the first to provide nationally representative estimates of cancer deaths across India.

The study, by researchers at the University of Toronto, Canada, and collaborating Indian institutions, challenges a common perception that cancer in India is primarily a disease of urban and educated people, put at risk through new-age habits that lead to obesity and other lifestyle-related risks.

"Cancer is not a disease of the rich and the educated as it has sometimes been portrayed," said Prabhat Jha, the director of the Centre for Global Health Research. "The cancer death rate is two times higher in the least educated than in the highest educated adults."

The study, published today in the journal Lancet, suggests that tobacco-related cancers have contributed to over 40 per cent of cancer deaths in men and nearly 20 per cent of cancer deaths in women. It estimates that India had 560,000 cancer deaths during 2010.

The study has also confirmed that cancer is a major cause of adult deaths in India with more than 70 per cent of cancer deaths occurring among people between the ages of 30 and 69 years, or their productive years.

"Tobacco use may help explain the observed link between education and cancer deaths," Jha told The Telegraph. Tobacco consumption, particularly the habit of chewing tobacco, tends to decrease with higher levels of education.

Cancer epidemiologists say the study is the first to provide estimates of cancer deaths in rural and urban areas. All previous national data on cancer mortality was based on 24 registries run by the Indian Council of Medical Research but only two of these are in rural areas.

The findings are based on the Million-Death-Study ' an effort to document the causes of child and adult deaths and their risk factors through the process of "verbal autopsies" ' individual narratives obtained from household members of the circumstances of deaths.

The most common causes of cancer deaths in men were oral, stomach and lung cancers, while the cervical, breast and stomach cancers were the most common causes in women, according to the Million-Death-Study.

"There is a strong correlation between tobacco and low education levels," said Rajiv Dixit, professor of epidemiology and a member of the research team at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, a collaborating institution in India. "While it is also possible that those who are better educated also get themselves diagnosed and treated early, we need to investigate how diet or nutrition might also change with education levels," Dixit said.

Jha said the similar cancer death rates in urban and rural areas was a "big surprise".

Cancer researchers in India had long assumed that incidence of cancer was twice higher in urban areas than in rural areas. But this was based on two rural registries.

The new study has shown that 95 men per 100,000 die from cancer in rural areas and 102 in urban areas. In women, the rates were 96 in rural areas and 91 in urban areas. "These figures may also reflect the absence of diagnostic facilities in rural areas," Dixit said.

The study has also shown strikingly sharp variations in cancer mortality across states ' the highest in the Northeast and the lowest in the neighbouring states of Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand.

"This is still a big puzzle ' tobacco may explain only part of this pattern, but we really do not understand why the Northeast has a cancer mortality nearly four times higher than the rates in states like Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand," Jha said.

"We need to understand whether diet or infections may be playing a role in the Northeast," Dixit said. "For instance, we observe high rates of stomach cancers in the Northeast, and there is high meat and pork consumption -- these could be contributing factors. But we also observe high rates of nasopharyngeal cancers in the Northeast. This cancer is sometimes associated with the Epstein Barr Virus -- we need to investigate the presence of this infectious agent there."

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China's alleged link with the Indian Maoist insurgency emerged

From prospective Naxal links to become no.1 in the art market, 6 reasons to track China closely.

1 China's feeding India's Maoist insurgency?New evidence of China's alleged link with the Indian Maoist insurgency has emerged.

2 China beats US to become no.1 in the world art mart

China's share of the global art market rose from 23 percent in 2010 to 30 percent last year, pushing the US to second place with a share of 29 percent.

3 China is the no. 1 mobile phone giant

A report from Reuters, Hong Kong shows that 'China, the world's largest mobile phone market, saw a 1.23 percent monthly increase in the total number of mobile subscribers to 999.7 million in February, data from the country's three telecommunications operators showed.'

4 Consumption, not investment to drive China's growth in 2012

'Now consumption will overtake investment as China's biggest driver of economic growth in 2012 for the first time in more than a decade, the Ministry of Commerce's research institute said in a report.'

5 Brands moving out of China

A Reuters report from Paris says, 'A string of countries on and around the fringes of western Europe are becoming new centres of fashion clothing manufacture as China moves up the industrial value chain and brands discover adaptable suppliers closer to home. Sourcing from China is getting more expensive, but it is still cheap, so a decision to go for Made in Morocco or Made in Moldova instead is not all about price…
While 'Asia remains the European branded fashion industry's manufacturing powerhouse, representing 75 percent of sourcing in 2012, according to a study by the Institut Francais de la Mode.

6 The World TT champs

The 51st edition of the TT World Championships in Dortmund is on.'The Chinese dominance is reflected in the number of world team titles in the history of the tournament, which is organised every alternate year with the singles singles event.The Chinese men hold a record of 17 wins and so as the women.Japan is second in the list with seven titles in the men's category and eight in women. Hungary was a very strong table tennis nation in the past, winning the men's championships the first five times since 1926 with overall total of 12.From the 1960s onwards, China emerged as the new dominant power.'

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French 'spiderman' conquers 215m Bakrie Tower

French climber Alain Robert has successfully scaled the 50 floors and the 705-foot-high Bakrie Tower, one of Jakarta's tallest building. Alain Robert is well known for scaling structures like the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, the Sydney Opera House in Australia and the Eiffel Tower and Montparnasse Tower in Paris.

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Solar storm does'nt threaten the Astronauts

Powerful solar storms that spread large amounts of radiation into space this week, does not pose a risk to the six astronauts who were at the International Space Station, officials said the National Aeronautics Space Agency and the U.S. (NASA).

"No danger, no protection is needed," said NASA spokesman Rob Navias told space.com. The sun was spitting fire two bursts of fierce on Tuesday (March 6) with a burst of plasma wave energy and particles into space.

This radiation is harmful to satellites, for example, a Venus Express spacecraft equipment owned by the European Space Agency, blinded by the blast. However, NASA officials say the International Space Station and its crew are not in a position to feel the "wrath" of the sun this time.

Commander of the Space Station and Burbank from NASA, NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, and Oleg Kononenko Ivanishin Anatoly, as well as the European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuiper, should be safe.

In the past, astronauts sometimes have to hide in a protected area in the spacecraft parked on Space Station for shelter from the storm caused by solarradiation.

Solar storm this time is one of the strongest in five years. Solar storm caused by strong magnetic activity on nearby stars, tend to rise and fall in frequency.

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Today's Doodles's History & Information

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German architect. He is commonly referred to and addressed as Mies, his surname.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, along with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, are widely regarded as the pioneering masters of Modern architecture. Mies, like many of his post-World War I contemporaries, sought to establish a new architectural style that could represent modern times just as Classical and Gothic did for their own eras. He created an influential twentieth century architectural style, stated with extreme clarity and simplicity.

His mature buildings made use of modern materials such as industrial steel and plate glass to define interior spaces. He strived towards an architecture with a minimal framework of structural order balanced against the implied freedom of free-flowing open space. He called his buildings "skin and bones" architecture. He sought a rational approach that would guide the creative process of architectural design. He is often associated with the aphorisms "less is more" and "God is in the details".

Born : Ludwig Mies , March 27, 1886

Aachen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire

Died : August 17, 1969 (aged 83) Chicago, Illinois, USA

Nationality : German 1886-1944/American 1944-1969

Awards : Order Pour le Mérite (1959), Royal Gold Medal (1959),

AIA Gold Medal (1960), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1963)

Work : Buildings Barcelona Pavilion, Tugendhat House, Crown Hall

Farnsworth House, 860-880 Lake Shore Drive, Seagram Building,

New National Gallery, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Westmount Square

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A strong earthquake of 7.1 magnitude Hits Chile (South America)

A strong earthquake of 7.1 magnitude on the Richter scale was felt at 19:38 (local time) on Sunday in central Chile, as indicated by the U.S. Geological Survey, and created great alarm among the population.

The epicenter, with a depth of 30 kilometers was recorded northwest of the city of Talca, the capital of Maule region, one of the most affected by the earthquake of February 27, 2010.

The BBC World Service partner in Chile, Rodrigo Bustamante, said the National Emergency Office (Onemi) of the country ordered the precautionary evacuation of the coastal towns between the regions of Valparaíso and Bío.

Moments later, the evacuation was discarded.

The Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy (SHOA) said the quake "is not eligible to generate tsunami."

In the Chilean capital (Santiago) many people ran out into open places because the tremor lasted for at least 40 seconds.

Hitherto unknown damage caused by the tremor.

Some of our readers indicated through the BBC page on Facebook that mobile systems are still collapsed and vibration "was very strong."

• This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude	7.1
Date-Time	Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 22:37:06 UTC Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 06:37:06 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	35.183°S, 71.792°W
Depth	34.8 km (21.6 miles)
Region	MAULE, CHILE
Distances	27 km (16 miles) NNW of Talca, Maule, Chile 55 km (34 miles) WSW of Curico, Maule, Chile 99 km (61 miles) NNE of Cauquenes, Maule, Chile 219 km (136 miles) SSW of SANTIAGO, Region Metropolitana, Chile
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 17.2 km (10.7 miles); depth +/- 3.5 km (2.2 miles)
Parameters	NST=434, Nph=442, Dmin=23.4 km, Rmss=0.98 sec, Gp= 58°, M-type=(unknown type), Version=8
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usc0008pwq

Tags : A strong earthquake of 7.1 magnitude Hits Chile (South America), A strong earthquake of 7.1 magnitude Hits Chile (S America), A strong earthquake of 7.1 magnitude Hits Chile (Latin America), A strong massive earthquake of 7.1 magnitude Hits Chile (South America)

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The longest wedding dress in the world : 2750 Meters

Emma, a 17 year-old model, poses as she wears the wedding dress with the longest train in the world during a Guinness World Record attempt in Bucharest, March 20, 2012. The 2,750 meter long train broke a previous record of 2,488 meters. It is made of 4,700 meters of material using 1,857 needles, taking 100 days to made. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti (ROMANIA - Tags: SOCIETY)

Emma, a 17 year-old model, smiles on a hot air balloon as she wears the wedding dress with the longest tail in the world during a Guinness World Record attempt in Bucharest, March 20, 2012. The 2,750 meter long train broke a previous record of 2,488 meters. It is made of 4,700 meters of material using 1,857 needles, taking 100 days to made. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti (ROMANIA - Tags: SOCIETY) 

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Fascinating Indian Snakes Pictures Collection & News

About 30,000 snakebites are reported every year in India. Of these most fatalities are attributed to The Big Four – the Indian Cobra, Common Krait, Russell’s Viper and Saw-scaled Viper. However, snakes are among the most misunderstood creatures. Although some snakes are worshipped, there are several superstitions around them. They are killed on sight even though they control crop pests like rats and mice. Amateur herpetologist Vijay Rao finds snakes fascinating, whether they are venomous or not. Once you get over your irrational fear, he believes you will be intrigued by their world. Come experience the fascinating world of snakes.

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