Month: September 2014

Russian developers have created a new anti-selfie mobile app that tracks your face in real time and applies filters that obscure your face in funny ways.

In less than two weeks of its launch, the app called SLMMSK has been used in more than 6,000 Instagram photos and has made it into the top-100 free apps on the Russian App Store.

Developed by Vladimir Shreyder, the creator of the famous Glitche app, the app includes a face recognition algorithm.

It has 10 facial filters – from a semi-transparent puzzle to extended emoji icons.

Actress Jennifer Aniston, who admits she’s “eased up” her workout regime, says it’s important to take time off from working hard in the gym to simply enjoy life sometimes.

The 45-year-old, who sticks to a combination of running, yoga and climbing to maintain her A-list figure, insists she has slackened her routine over the last two years and is constantly changing the ways she keeps fit, reports bangshowbiz.com.

A 40-year-old man was today allegedly abducted and sodomised by two persons in Sihani Gate area here, police said.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Ranvijay Singh said the victim, a resident of village Ataour, was abducted from his native village to a deserted area near a temple by Titoo and Vishram.

After tying both his hands and legs, they sodomised him,the DySP said, adding, the victim was referred to government hospital for medical examination, which confirmed the commission of unnatural offence.

One fine morning this summer, Indian-American Frank Islam received an unexpected call from the US President, Barack Obama.

The call was neither for a fund raiser, nor for discussing any policy issues, but to “appreciate” the desk in Islam’s library, which is a replica of the Resolute, the desk in the White House’s Oval Office.

A 150 metres long tunnel which was recently discovered ear a forward post along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu region’s sensitive Pallanwala sector, was apparently aimed at infiltrating terrorists, Defence spokesperson said here today.

“Having failed to infiltrate terrorists across the Line of Control in the Jammu Division, there was an attempt to construct a tunnel across the Line of Control (to facilitate infiltration)”, he said.

Iran has unveiled a new surface-to-air missile and two radar systems it claims will boost the country’s defense capabilities.

Air defense chief Gen. Farzad Esmaili says the missile will enable Iranian forces to “shoot down any hostile target,” even at high altitudes.

He says the Talash-3, or Endeavor-3 missile was successfully test-fired recently. Esmaili’s speech was broadcast on state TV today.

The Election Commission today rejected suggestions that Electronic Voting Machines being sent to Jammu and Kashmir for the coming Assembly polls were manufactured in Gujarat and have been manipulated.

In a letter to J and K Panthers Party leader Bhim Singh, the EC said the EVMs are not manufactured by any Gujarat-based company. It also said the voting machines are tamper proof and there is no scope of manipulating it due to “inbuilt” safeguards.

Struggling with her form, India’s top shuttler Saina Nehwal has split with National coach Pullela Gopichand and sought the help of former chief coach Vimal Kumar to prepare for the prestigious Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

Saina had broken her 20-month long Super Series title draught, winning the Australian Open in June and also performed well at the Uber Cup in May but fitness issues forced her to withdraw from her title defence of Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

The Narendra Modi-led government is performing “very well” and most of the people in the country believe this, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.

“Eighty per cent people in the country believes that the Narendra Modi-led BJP government is performing very well,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.

Singh was responding to a question on Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s attack on the NDA government over “price rise” and her party’s allegation that there was rise in communal tension in the country as the new dispensation completes 100 days in power.

Institute of Objective Studies (IOS), New Delhi conferred Maulana Syed Mustafa Rifai Jeelani Nadwi with Shah Waliuallah Award for his scholarly contributions in the field of Islamic Sufism here at Darul Uloom Sabeelur Rashad on August 23.

Moulana Rifai is the 10th person who received the prestigious award. The award also included Rs one lakh. The other recipients of the award are: Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi, Qazi Mujahidul Islam Qasmi, Prof. Nejatullah Siddiqui, Maulana Shahabuddin Nadvi, Prof. Yasin Mazhar Siddiqui, Dr. Tahir Mahmood, Prof. Faizan Mustafa and Dr. Afroz Alam.

A delegation led by Mr. Allah Bakash former president District Congress Committee (D.C.C), Minority Dept., Mysore, felicitated Ms. Syeda Iisha, assistant commissioner and sub divisional magistrate, Mysore, here on August 16.

Ms. Syeda was recently nominated as an Assistant Commissioner of Mysore Sub Division. The delegation expressed their gratitude to the State government for the appointment.

Mr. Iqbal Ahmed, State secretary, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Minority Dept.; Mr. Radiulla Khan general secretary DCC, Minority Dept., were also present.Courtesy:KArnataka Muslims

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) in association with the All India Muslim Personal Law Board will be organizing an interactive session to discuss the present situation and the role of media at BIFT Hall, Darussalaam Building at 11:30 am here on September 3.

Moulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, eminent scholar and all India president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind will be speaking on the role of media in shaping opinions of the public.Courtesy:Karnataka Muslims

http://www.karnatakamuslims.com/portal/interactive-session-on-islam-and-muslims-media-projections/

Eight years of long wait finally ends. Indiranagar’s 100-feet road was renamed after folklore expert and freedom fighter S.K. Kareem Khan here on August 31.

On the occasion, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, said that “S. K. Kareem Khan was a multifaceted personality who refused to take the government pension given to freedom fighters. He was a towering personality who rose above caste, creed and religion.”

‘Institute award’

Make it a point not to miss family dinners to connect with your kids and help them cope with cyber-bullying.

Like traditional bullying, cyber or internet bullying can increase the risk of mental health problems in teenagers just as well as the misuse of drugs and alcohol do, says a new study.

Cyber-bullying involves the posting of rumours and gossips about people on the internet, with an intent to defame.

Actress Lindsay Lohan is reportedly seeking hypnotherapy to help her give up smoking before her West End theatre debut later this month.

The 28-year-old will be part of “Speed-the-Plow” play and will perform from Sep 24 till Nov 29 here, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“Lindsay knows that all eyes will be on her and she’s worried that if she really starts to crave nicotine when on stage, it’ll put her off,” a source was quoted by The Sun newspaper as saying.

Filmmaker Karan Johar, who is associated with Hindi commercial blockbusters, is hopeful that English language movie “Finding Fanny” will open avenues for more such cinema.

“Finding Fanny” narrates the story of five oddballs who venture out in search of Stefanie Fernandes. And on their journey, they find meaning to their otherwise pointless lives.

Karan’s good friend Homi Adajania has directed it and the former feels that “Finding Fanny” is a step ahead of the latter’s directorial venture “Being Cyrus”.

People with fat around their abdominal area are at greater risk of developing hypertension (high blood pressure) when compared to those with similar body mass index (BMI) but fat concentrations elsewhere on the body, says a study.

“Having centrally located fat when you look in the mirror tends to correlate with higher levels of fat inside the abdomen,” said senior author Aslan Turer from the University of Texas, Dallas.

For this study, researchers followed 903 patients for an average of seven years to track development of hypertension.

A new study has showed that bats emit “echolocation sounds” and they are equipped with a spatial map that represents different echo delays that helps them to adapt to external factors.

The study conducted by Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM) examined that the number of activated neurons in bats’ brain increased when they flied in too close to an object.

President Pranab Mukherjee has said that it is the universities which need to create the right environment for encouraging entrepreneurial qualities among its students.

Mukherjee was addressing the students at the 14th Convocation of University of Jammu on Monday.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl against England in the fourth One-Day International (ODI) of the five-match series being played at Edgbaston here Tuesday.

Squads:

India: Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dhawal Kulkarni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami.

England: Alastair Cook (captain), Alex Hales, Gary Ballance, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Steven Finn, James Anderson, Harry Gurney.

Match details:

The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday ordered a complete ban on animal sacrifice, which is still rampant in various places of religious worship in the state.

The court was hearing a PIL seeking a complete ban on animal sacrifice. The petitioner had photographs, which projected the magnitude of the menace when such sacrifices take place on religious occasions.

A new study has revealed that increase in obesity cases has also contributed in boosting the prevalence of diabetes.

An increase in body mass index (BMI) over time is the most important factor contributing to the observed increase in diabetes prevalence since 1976.

In a major boost to the Indian scientific community, the Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan), on its maiden tryst with the red planet, has completed 300 days of its journey in space and is just 23 days away from reaching its intended orbit.

“Mars Orbiter Mission completes 300 days in space. Just 23 days more to reach Mars”, Indian Space Research Organisation said in its micro-blogging site.

Amid a weak trend overseas and profit booking by speculators, gold prices fell 0.26 per cent to Rs 27,860 per 10 grams in futures trade. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for delivery in October eased by Rs 74, or 0.26 per cent, to Rs 27,860 per 10 grams in a business turnover of 346 lots. Likewise, the metal for delivery in far-month December shed Rs 78, or 0.24 per cent, to Rs 28,059 per 10 grams in 11 lots.

India is going to be a “very important” player globally and the stronger it becomes, the more beneficial it will be for world peace, a senior Obama Administration official has said amid preparations here to give a red carpet welcome to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

There is a “sense that there is a natural convergence, a natural convergence of views between India and the US both in terms of wider Asia Pacific region, Indian Ocean region as well as a broader view globally,” US Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Puneet Talwar told PTI in an interview.