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MIT research: Indian Plate Collided with Asia later than previously thought

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:28:48 +0530

Most of the highest peaks of the world stand tall in the chain of The Himalayas. The peaks of the Himalayas are a modern remnant of massive tectonic forces that fused India with Asia tens of millions of years ago. The Himalayas believed to have into existence because of collision of Indian and Asian plates engulfing thethys sea and island arch in between. Previous estimates have suggested this collision occurred about 50 million years ago, as India, moving northward at a rapid pace, crushed up against Eurasia. The crumple zone between the two plates gave rise to the Himalayas, which today bear geologic traces of both India and Asia. Geologists have sought to characterize the rocks of the Himalayas in order to retrace one of the planet’s most dramatic tectonic collisions.

Now researchers at MIT have found that the collision between India and Asia occurred only 40 million years ago — 10 million years later than previously thought....

Astra Missile Tested Successfully

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:30:45 +0530

India on 21 December 2012 test launched its indigenously developed beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air interceptor missile Astra at the interim test range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha. The missile was fired from the launch pad number two of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) run missile testing centre at around 13.30 hours to confirm its reconfigured propulsion, control and guidance systems.

Dance- the Soul Liberator

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:27:09 +0530

What will you do if you are happy? – You may smile, laugh and even cry. What if you are very, very happy? You may sing. What if you are very, very, very … happy? You must be dancing. I feel dance is the ultimate expression of joy, a joy which is beyond all calculations. Dance may also be the expression of other emotions but the joyful dance is more predominant and versatile. Its a state of eternal bliss where you get lost and rediscover yourself. Animals may not smile or laugh, but they also dance to communicate and express their joy. It is the animal instinct surviving predominantly in man however civilized he may become. It preceded all civilized inventions like language, culture, art and civilization. There are various forms of dances all over the world and some new forms may be getting added. Dance is always accompanied by music. Dance and music must have evolved together entangling each other and might have got separated with evolution. Music can exist without dance but dance can't exist in separation. Dance played a major role in all most all civilizations

www.dilipkumar.in reached one lakh thirty thousand in last one year

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:41:29 +0530

It has been more than seven months that I am scribbling something on this website. Life has become busy with some bits and curves. So when I got some time and while wandering in my random thought sphere - I just checked the Google Analytics of this website. The figure even though low, made me a bit happy -

In the last one year http://dilipkumar.in/ has reached One Lakh thirty thousand (unique) visitors across the globe - not a boast worthy feat (facebook may be doing it in milli or micro seconds :D) , but a bit happy to know that this layman's musings have been heard by so many ...

Interested in launching new website - on environment, energy and society related issues and broaden the existing one. Will be glad if any one is interested and (serious!) to join ...

Awesom Video from NASA - WE ARE THE EXPLORERS

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:38:04 +0530

NASA stands as the symbol of Human Quest and desire to look beyond boundaries - be it to set a foot on moon or send man-made objects to end of the universe or to build a Castle in the Space . All some great events and achievements are summed up in this video - watch and drop your views ...

NASA : Why do we explore? Simply, it is part of who we are, something we've done throughout history. NASA's new video, "We Are the Explorers," looks at that tradition of reaching for things just beyond our grasp, and how it's helping lay the foundation for our greatest journeys ahead.

India Closer To Developing it's own "Eye in the Sky"

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 11:53:25 +0530

India amid challenging neighborhood, already participated in four wars with Pakistan, including one undeclared war and one war with China since the partition in 1947, as well as many border skirmishes and military stand-offs. Additionally, India has accused Pakistan of engaging in proxy wars by providing military and financial assistance to violent non-state actors. So India is pulling all it's resources to update and to equip it's defence forces with the Modern warfare. India is following a two prong approach, buying from the world players through defence deals with various countries and producing in-house by developing the skill bank and industry. The indiginizing effort now a days gained good momentum even though not up to the required extent. LCA tejas , Kaveri Engine , Medium Combat Air Crafts etc. are at various stages of development.

In th urge to develop advance technology in-house , India has moved a step closer to developing it's own Airborne Early Warning and Control System

India Scores in the Polio Battle - removed from WHO Polio List

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:03:16 +0530

India marked a major success in its battle against polio Saturday by being removed from the World Health Organization's list of countries plagued by the crippling disease.India, which has been polio-free for over a year now, was on Saturday taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation.

This announcement was made by Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at the polio summit 2012 here in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Micro-pilot less Lakshya successfully test flown

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:52:35 +0530

Indigenously developed micro-light and pilot-less target aircraft Lakshya-1 was successfully test flown from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near Balasore on Tuesday.

'Lakshya-1, fitted with an advanced digitally controlled engine was successfully test flown at about 11.40 AM to check the validity of its engine and duration enhancement, defence sources said."It is a routine trial by the users," the sources said.

What if Rajinikanth Dances for Why This Kolaveri Di

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:08:55 +0530

Various versions of the popular song "Why This Kolaveri Di" are roaming seam lessly across the boundaries - on the web. When I was roaming seemlessly on the web - my wife suggested why not make our own versions. So we made our own two versions by tweaking with Windows Movie Maker (this is the only video editor I am having wth me ) . The videos are quiet amature . Please have a look and share your views ...

Why this Kolaveri creating raze.....

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:21:49 +0530

Amidst stock market crashes and bailout discussion , something found attention- why this kolaveri di?. If you have no idea of "Why this Kolaveri ", then don't hesitate to click the above video and join the millions country wide ( rather world wide).

'Kolaveri di', a song from the upcoming Tamil movie '3', sung by popular Tamil movie star Dhanush has become an internet rage. It is still at the slot no.7 on the youtube video trends of US (ofcourse first in India) even after a week. As i am typing here the video hits are rising exponentially. I think it is sure to there for few more days. It has already heaped up 3.3 million views and should have reach 4 million mark as you are reading this.

India's Own UAV Rustum I successfully tested 5th time

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:42:42 +0530

Indigenously designed and developed RUSTOM-1 made 5th successful Flight on 11th November, while flying at an altitude of 2300 ft AGL (above ground level) & at a speed 100 Knots during 25 minute of cruise near Hosur. It may be noted that this Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MALE - UAV) is developed by DRDO with Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) Bangalore as the nodal laboratory. It had its maiden flight in 2010.

MIT Research: Global Warming Killed 90% of the Earth beings 252 Million Years Ago

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:42:21 +0530

Image showing the Five Major Mass Extinctions in the Last 500 million years on earth

Global Warming/ Climate Change the buzz words that were circulating since the last two decades with scientists warning of rising sea levels and extinction of species couldn't turn in to much action. There are still quiet considerable percentage of policy makers who dunk the climate change prophecies. Many researchers are being on both ends. But it requires no Phd to understand that the quality of life is deteroirating inspite of greatest scientific achievements. People say that History repeats - and it proved to be true on many occassions . Now the issue is a research by MIT geeks that Global warming killed 90 % of the species on this earth some 252 million years ago. ..

India's Longest Train Service Unveiled

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:28:35 +0530

Who else can play the great role as integrator in this Vast country except Indian Railways? Whether accepted or not it is the tying string of all the various colorful flowers of this diversified country. In it's venture as the BIG DOST of this country men Indian Railways unvieled on 19th November the longest train journey of the country which counts as the 8th longest in the world..

Union Minister of Development of North Eastern Region Paban Singh Ghatowar flagged off the inaugural train run of the Vivek Express at Dibrugarh station , a new weekly train that now boasts the longest rail route in the country – 4,286 km all the way from Dibrugarh in upper Assam, to Kanyakumari at the southern tip of Tamil Nadu, that will be covered in 82.30 hours. in the presence of Assam Revenue Minister Prithibi Majhi and General Manager of North East Frontier Railway Keshav Chandra.

India's Most Advanced Missile Agni IV Launched Successfully

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:37:29 +0530

India today successfully test fired the most advanced long range missile system Agni-4 today(15th november,2011). The missile was launched from a Road Mobile System at 9.00 AM from Wheelers’ Island off the coast of Odisha. The missile followed its trajectory with a range of more than 3000 Kms, in a text book fashion, attained a height of about 900 kms and reached the pre-designated target in the international waters of Bay of Bengal. All mission objectives were fully met. All the systems functioned perfectly till the end encountering the re-entry temperatures of more than 3000⁰C.

Children's Day - Jawhar Lal Nehru - His Life in Briref

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:02:43 +0530

Each year, Children's Day is celebrated in the spirit of childhood itself. It teaches us to be innocent and inquisitive as a child who enjoys learning in whatever he does with a big smile.

It is a day for children to engage in fun and frolic and is celebrated with special vigor at the school level. Schools across India have special programs for the day, including quiz, fancy dress competitions, children's art exhibitions and so on.Even we people at a small town like Gooty (Anantapur) organised Quizzes and dance competitions for School children and it was a joyful experience.

Children's Day, November 14, marks the birth anniversary of the first Prime Minister of independent India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.His love and passion for children was so special that children affectionately called him Chacha Nehru. Here we try to present his life in brief.

Google Street View: Stroll in beautiful parks across 22 countries

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:13:33 +0530

Whether you’re planning a trip to a park around the block or around the world, you’ll now find more parks showing up in Google Street View. Over the past year, the Street View team, equipped with the Street View trike, traveled to 22 different countries to photograph some of the world’s most beautiful and unique parks. Now one can explore the couple hundred new special collections that have been added to Google Street View gallery..

Google Buzz Shutting Down

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:05:25 +0530

Google’s foray into the world of social networking started off with Buzz, but that somehow failed to take off, and with all the experience they gained in the process of delivering Buzz, they would have learnt a thing or two – hence the rather phenomenal growth of Google+. So as it always said one in hand is better than two in the bush , Google decided to axe down BUZZ...

Turkey hit by devasting Earth Quake of magnitude 7.3

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:04:33 +0530

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 shook southeastern Turkey on Sunday, Turkey's Kandilli Observatory said, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing scores of people.

Turkey's main seismography center says the quake could have killed up to 1,000 people...

ISRO: PSLV C18 Launches four satellite including indo-french Megha-Tropiques successfully

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:27:37 +0530

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in its twentieth flight PSLV C-18 proved its reliability and consistency by successfully launching four satellites with a total pay load of 1047 kgs from Satish Dhawan Space Centre(SDSC) - SHAR, Sriharikota on 12th october 2011. The four satellites are Megha-Tropiques, an Indo-French mission to study the weather and climate in the tropical regions of the world; SRMSat, built by students of SRM University, near Chennai; Jugnu, put together by Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur students; and VesselSat from Luxembourg...

Three Ladies to share Nobel Peace Prize 2011 - For non-violent struggle for women's rights

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:10:10 +0530

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work. We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence developments at all levels of society.