Month: May 2014

Facebook may soon open up for kids under-13 with parental supervision

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Social media website Facebook wants to patent a system, which would allow children to create accounts with parental supervision.

According to Politico, the patent application describes how a child seeking to join Facebook would first have to get a parent’s approval through the parent’s own Facebook account.

However, parents would then have the option to set privacy controls and to limit and monitor the kinds of content, friends and third-party applications available to the child.

Modi meets BJP gen secys, asks them to prepare for state polls

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met BJP general secretaries and discussed organisational matters as also measures to strengthen the party ahead of assembly elections in some key states.

Modi spent over an hour with the ten party general secretaries over breakfast at his residence here seeking suggestions from them on improving governance and strengthening the party. He asked the party leaders to act as a bridge between the people and the government.

This is the first such meeting called by Modi after he took charge as Prime Minister on Monday.

Australia’s ancient volcanic eruptions caused first mass extinction 510M yrs ago

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A Curtin University researcher has revealed that Australia’s deadly eruptions, which occurred over 510 million years ago, were the significant reason behind the climate change that caused history’s first known mass extinction.

Fred Jourdan from Curtin’s Department of Applied Geology used the radioactive dating techniques to precisely measure the age of the eruptions of the Kalkarindji volcanic province where lavas covered an area of more than 2 million square kilometers in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

HTC may soon join smartwatch race with ‘One Wear’: Report

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HTC is reportedly planning to launch its debut smartwatch, which would be called ‘ One Wear,’ in late August or early September.

According to CNET, the Taiwanese company will be soon entering the smartwatch race to compete with bigshots like Samsung and Motorola.

Smartwatches have quickly become the next big thing in the mobile market.

Recently, Motorola unveiled the Moto 360 with a round screen that runs on Google’s software.

Samsung too launched its Galaxy Gear, which is also competing in the space.

Meet the Chinese man who has built first ever ‘Suitcase Scooter’

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A Chinese entrepreneur has patented the first ever suitcase scooter that can travel upto 37 miles on a single charge.

The electric suitcase scooter, which has been built by He Liangcai, can go as fast as 12mph and has a GPS and an alarm, ABC News reported.

The inventor, from Hunan Province, said that it took him 10 years to develop the scooter and he came up with the unique idea when he forgot his luggage on his way to the airport for a flight to the United States. (ANI)

Students of Agha Khan Academy get admission into international universities

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The first batch of Agha Khan Academy, Hyderabad has completed graduation. The passed outs of Agha Khan Foundation established in 2006 completed graduation the other day. Successful students will continue their education by pursuing higher education from prestigious educational institutions of the world including world famous universities of India, UK, Canada, America and other countries. The fortunate students have been offered scholarship comprising of 1.5 million American dollars by the academy.

Rally to mark No Tobacco Day

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World No Tobacco Day is observed across the world on May 31 every year. On the occasion a rally was being organized at Mehdipatnam X-road in Hyderabad on May 31st at 7:30 am. Prominent personalities of their respective fields took part in the rally. Prominent personalities from sports, defense, police department, school children, youth and civilians participated with placard reading the ill effects of tobacco.

Why women wearing perfume seem more attractive

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A new study has revealed how pleasant scent plays a crucial role in altering people’s perception towards others.

Janina Seubert, a cognitive neuroscientist said that odor pleasantness and facial attractiveness integrate into one joint emotional evaluation and this may indicate a common site of neural processing in the brain.

The study was focused on finding odor’s influence on two factors- perception of facial attractiveness and cognitive task of age evaluation.

Seven killed in storm in Jharkhand

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Seven people were killed in a storm that raged across Jharkhand early Saturday morning uprooting electricity poles and hundreds of trees.

Police said a man, his two daughters and a son were crushed to death when the tree under which they were sleeping fell on them at Kona village in Chatra district.

In the second incident, three members of a family were killed at Baghtand in Dhanbad district in lightning, Dhanbad police said.

Rashid Alvi slams Akhilesh Yadav for insensitivity towards safety of women

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Congress leader Rashid Alvi has denounced Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for his insensitivity on the issue of women’s safety in the state.

Yadav had yesterday snapped at a woman journalist saying ‘you don’t feel any danger here’ when she questioned him about the spate of crimes against women in his state.

Alvi said that Uttar Pradesh had no semblance of law and order and the Chief Minister’s remarks only further added to the pain of the people of UP. He also said the administration should take strict steps to control the successive crimes against women.

Indian-origin scientist Anil Kulkarni wins Fulbright-Nehru fellowship

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Indian-origin scientist Anil Kulkarni, has been awarded with the highly competitive Fulbright -Nehru Scholarship.

Kulkarni is a professor in the Department of Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT Health ) Medical School and his academic and professional experience gathered during his travel to India earlier, to teach immunonutrition and functional foods in the global health era, helped him grab this honor.

Irani seeking reinstatement of suspended DU officials welcome, but must come clean on qualifications: Digvijay

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Congress Party general secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday thanked Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani for seeking the reinstatement of suspended officials of the Delhi University for leaking her educational qualifications in personal and not her ministerial capacity.

However, he still asked Irani to come clean on what her actual educational qualifications were, and added that the university officials should not have been suspended in the first place.

Unfortunate that UP govt is not taking law and order responsibility seriously: Manish Tewari

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Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari came out strongly against the Uttar Pradesh Government for the recent spate of gruesome attacks against women in Badaun and Azamgarh.

Tewari said, “It’s not only unfortunate but also a gruesome incident and it is the state government’s responsibility to ensure strict punishment for the accused. If the UP government cannot assure the citizens of their safety, then it is a very worrisome situation.”

Badaun gangrape more gruesome than Dec 16 incident: Family

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Family members of the two teenage cousin Dalit sisters who were gangraped and hanged, today termed the incident as more gruesome than December 16 gangrape case and demanded that the accused should be hanged publicly.

Father of a victim, who was gangraped in Ushait area on May 27 night, said that the incident was “more gruesome than Delhi rape case which rocked the nation.”

He also demanded a CBI probe adding that there should be nothing less than capital punishment.

Hotel management course for girls

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Kamala Nehru Polytechnic for Women, Exhibition Ground, Nampally offers 3-year diploma course in Hotel Management and Catering Technology. 10+2 or equivalent exam pass candidates are eligible. The admission notification is likely to be issued by State Board of Technical Education and Training AP in the first or second week of June. The course is AICTE approved. It yields job opportunities in airlines, cargo, hotels, tourism offices, corporate offices, railways, hospitals etc. The annual fee of the course is Rs. 3850. Interested candidates can dial 24603634 and 9848210264 for further details.

City wastes 40 percent water daily

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Nearly 40 percent of water supplied to the city goes wasted daily, thanks to the poor arrangements of water department and carelessness of public. Now that the summer season is coming to an end the water level has come down in water reservoir. The main reason behind water wastage is old and rusty pipelines. Daily 3 million gallon water supplied to the city from Osman Sagar goes wasted.

WB lodges complaint against managing committee of Bahadur Khan Lodge

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Waqf Board has lodged complaint against managing committee of Bahadur Khan Lodge in Nalgonda. Chief Executive Officer Waqf Board sent a letter to Superintendent Police Nalgonda in this connection. He complained in the letter that the self styled managing committee of Bahadur Khan Lodge located at Bahadur Yar Jung road constructed a shopping complex and unauthorisedly benefiting from its revenue. The application stated that 7 acre 1 gunta land was endowed under the institution which is recorded in the Waqf gazette dated February 22, 1990.

Crime in Hyderabad (31-05-2014)

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Father set pregnant daughter ablaze

(Siasat News): A tyrant father set his preganant daughter ablaze in Pahadi Shareef. She had come to meet her parents but the tyrant father showed nbo mercy in killing her.

She got married just six months back. this incident sent shock waves in Pahadi Shareef and Surya Nagar in Champapet. The deceased Kalyani, 28, sustained severe burn injuries and died during the treatment.

Saliva may protect you from chemicals in tea, coffee

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Believe it or not! Your saliva can rescue you from powerful toxins present in tea, coffee and liquid smoke flavouring.

A compound present in saliva – along with common proteins in blood and muscle – may protect human cells from DNA-damaging plant chemicals, according to a study.

Dangerous plant chemicals called pyrogallol-like polyphenols (PLPs) are found in tea, coffee and liquid smoke flavouring.

Some low-fat foods may trick you on calorie intake

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Do you often opt for low-calorie food to shed some extra kilos? This may stun you: New research reveals some low-fat foods actually have more calories than regular food – owing to added sugars.

Even low-fat bread can have more calories than regular ones, the research showed.

US Telugu body creating funds for AP, Telengana

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The Telugu Association of North America (TANA) is creating two special earmarked funds for the development of the new capital of Andhra Pradesh and for development of Telangana after the bifurcation of Andhra.

The decision to set up Andhra Pradesh Capital Development Fund and Telangana Development Fund was taken by TANA Executive Committee at the request of several TANA members who wanted to take a constructive role in the development of the two new states.

Negative social talks trigger hypertension in women

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If you want to keep away from hypertension, avoid negative interpersonal interactions.

Unpleasant or demanding interpersonal encounters increase hypertension risk among older adults, especially women, new research warns.

While negative interactions predicted hypertension risk among women, the same was not true for men.

“Women are particularly sensitive to negative interactions,” said Rodlescia Sneed of the Carnegie Mellon University.

Green tea daily reduces pancreatic cancer risk: Study

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The cup of your favourite green tea is full of health benefits and now researchers have found that an active compound in green tea also reduces the risk of pancreatic cancer.

In lab research, EGCG, the active biologic constituent in green tea, changed the metabolism of pancreatic cancer cells by suppressing the expression of the LDHA enzyme associated with cancer.

The researchers also found an enzyme inhibitor, oxamate – known to reduce LDHA activity – operated in the same manner: It also disrupted the metabolic system of pancreatic cancer cells.

CM warns indiscipline would not be tolerated in police dept

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In the wake of open display of friction in the city police top brass, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today warned that government would not tolerate any indiscipline in the police department.

“We will not tolerate any indiscipline in the police department. We are going to initiate strict action against those who violate discipline,” he said but maintained that there was no infighting in the police department