Miscellaneous

A scientific team lead by Professor Abhijit Chakraborty of Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad has made a remarkable discovery. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has a detailed report on how the scientists made the breakthrough. The discovery of the new planet was made by calculating the mass of the planet using the indigenously designed “PRL Advance Radial-velocity Abu-sky Search” ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU In yet another example of sheer backwardness of Mewat, a 30-year-old mother of three died on Tuesday while being treated by a local ‘witch doctor’ for allegedly being under the influence of spirits.The woman, identified as Prameena, was buried till neck in a five-feet-deep pit by another woman Sahida known in the area for treating “paranormal” patients. ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that according to the market demand, handicraft products should be prepared. He said that if required, services of suitable designers should be availed. He said that it should be ensured that benefit must reach actual craftsman. Chief Minister was presiding over the 8th meeting of governing body of Handloom & Handicraft ...

The UNICEF today launched a ‘data visualisation app’ which provides a user-friendly visual representation of complex analytics of the education scenario in the country. The app has been made with technical inputs from the UNICEF, in collaboration with the National Institute of Education Planning and Administration (NIEPA) and the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT). It uses the ...

A Gujarat government official has claimed that he is Kalki, the tenth incarnation of Vishnu, and can’t come to office because he is conducting a “penance” to “change the global conscience”. Thanks to his penance, the country is getting good rains, said Rameshchandra Fefar, superintending engineer with the Sardar Sarovar Punarvasvat Agency or SSPA, in reply to a show-cause notice ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The Metro Railway authority is planning to hire private security personnel and install more CCTV cameras in its underground railway stations following the moral policing incident, a Metro railway spokesperson here said. The recent incident of moral policing took place at Dum Dum metro station earlier this week. “We require more RPF personnel. We are planning to ...

A Chinese man has been detained after he opened the emergency exit on a plane as he felt “stuffy” while waiting to disembark. The man, identified only by his surname Chen, was waiting to leave the flight at Mianyang airport in the southwestern province of Sichuan when he decided he could do with some fresh air. Unfortunately for him, the ...

Rebecca Zeni, a former model was eaten alive by parasitic mites while she was admitted to a Georgia nursing home. Seni had a scabies infestation and her autopsy report stated the cause of death was “septicemia due to crusted scabies”, fox news reported. An autopsy report stated the woman’s cause of death was “septicemia due to crusted scabies.” As per ...

Microsoft Corp is not auditing how its partner KPMG cracks down on illegal use of Microsoft software in India, the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday. The denial comes after a prior claim made by an executive of the U.S. technology giant following a client complaint in March. Microsoft runs a global “software asset management” (SAM) programme under ...

The Trump administration is working on proposals to streamline the H-1B visa procedure, the most sought after by Indian IT professionals, to focus on attracting the best and the brightest foreign talents, according to a top federal agency official. The proposed regulation also aims to intensify efforts to crackdown on H-1B visa fraud, said Francis Cissna, US Citizenship and Immigration ...