The mysterious traces of water in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter came from a comet that smashed into the largest planet of the solar system in 1994, the European Space agency (ESA) has found.
ESA’s Herschel space observatory solved the long-standing mystery as to the origin of water in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, finding conclusive evidence that it was delivered by the dramatic impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 in July 1994.
In just two days, the sun erupted with three coronal mass ejections (CME) – a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of solar particles into space that can affect electronic systems in satellites.
Images of the CMEs were captured by the joint ESA and NASA Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).
A CME erupted off the sun on April 20, 2013, at 2:54 a.m. EDT.
Private lender HDFC Bank on Tuesday posted 30.1 percent rise in net profit at Rs 1,889.8 crore for the January-March quarter of 2012-13 fiscal over the same period last year.
The country’s second largest private lender had a profit of Rs 1,453.08 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.
For the entire fiscal ended March, the bank’s consolidated net profit grew 30.9 percent over FY12 to Rs 6,869.6 crore.
Gold prices maintained an upward trend for the fourth-straight day by adding Rs 200 to Rs 27,600 per 10 grams in the national capital Tuesday on sustained buying by stockists and retailers.
However, silver lacked necessary follow up support and dropped by Rs 800 to Rs 45,000 per kg.
Traders said increased buying by stockists and retailers for the marriage season and a firming global trend mainly kept an upward movement in gold prices.
Gold in New York, which normally set price trend on the domestic front, shot up by USD 19.80 to USD 1426.30 an ounce last night.
Calling coal mine allocations done in 1993 to 2010 as “unauthorised and illegal”, a Parliamentary panel on Tuesday suggested scrapping of mines that have not started production.
The Standing Committee on Coal and Steel in its report tabled in Parliament today said the mines were allocated in “most non-transparent” manner and natural resources were distributed to “few fortunates” through “abuse of power” by the then ruling dispensation.
In a joint operation conducted by the Bangalore and Tamil Nadu police show that three persons of the banned terror outfit Al-Ummah were involved in Bangalore blasts.
Their motive was to avenge the arrest of Abdul Nasar Madani lodged in a Bangalore jail for his alleged involvement in the Bangalore serial blasts case.suspects Peer Mohideen and Basheer were nabbed on Monday night, while the third accused, Kitchen Buhari, was arrested on Tuesday morning.
YSR Congress Party on Tuesday demanded the Government to convene the assembly session immediately to discuss the atrocities on women and take steps to prevent them.
Addressing a media conference here, YSR Congress spokesperson Roja questioned Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy why he has been maintaining silence over the increasing number of rape incidents in the state.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi has announced notification for the biennial election of TRS President here today.
According to the schedule, the nominations will be accepted on April 24 and the scrutiny will take place on April 25. The election, if necessary will take place on April 27. If there are two or more candidates in the fray, the election will take place at Armoor in Nizamabad.
Nayani Narsimha Reddy will serve as the Returning Officer.
–Agencies
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, who kicked off a high-voltage campaign for the May 5 Karnataka assembly polls on Tuesday, launched a frontal attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government in the state, and said that his party would heal all the wounds of the people and fight for their rights.
Former U.S. President George W Bush has said that he does not feel the need to justify himself as history will judge his actions.
According to a report in Politico, Bush has said that his new presidential library that is set to open this week will `lay out facts`, politico reports.
The library makes up for a platform where visitors can listen to virtual advisors and then make decisions that Bush had to make and has a constant reference to critics who debated him to his 2010 memoir, `Decision Points.`
Legislators of Kurnool district on Tuesday called on YSR Congress party president and Kadapa MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the Chanchalguda Jail and closeted with him for some time.
It may be mentioned here that Jaganmohan Reddy was remanded to judicial custody in connection with his illegal assets case filed by the CBI.
Yemmiganur MLA Chennakeshava Reddy, Manthralayam MLA Balanagi Reddy, Adoni former MLA Sai Prasad met the YSRCP president. Jagan’s wife Bharati Reddy also met her husband in the jail today. (NSS)
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf’s counsel Ahmed Raza Kasuri has said that his client had no faith in the Supreme Court bench hearing the treason case.
Kasuri said the Supreme Court should first address the question of formation of a larger bench on the matter or handing the matter over to the full court.
According to the Dawn, during the hearing of the case at the apex court on Tuesday, another counsel for Musharraf, Ibrahim Satti, said adding his client’s name to the exit control list was in violation of the Constitution.
Participants from all walks of life enthusiastically took part in the rally, which commenced from Khuman Lampak main stadium to the Thangmeiband Athletic Union Ground (THAU) in the Thangmeiband DM College (It was organized by the Coalition Against Drugs and Alcohol ( CADA ).) The President of CADA and its organising committee, Aramabam Rabindra told reporters that the objective of the rally was to save society from the menace of drugs.
Stating that the Opposition demand for setting up of a steel plant in Bayyaram was not at all wrong, Finance Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy has said previous YSR government had allotted Bayyaram mining area to an extent of one lakh acres to the Rakshana Steels purely for the benefit of the family of then chief minister.
Scientists have developed radioactive bacteria that could help treat patients who are suffering from pancreatic cancer.
In lab tests, the modified microbes virtually halted the spreading of pancreatic cancer in mice without harming healthy tissue, the Daily Express reported.
The bacteria, a weakened form of the Listeria bug, which causes food poisoning, and act like missiles tipped with atomic warheads.
When the bacteria infect cancer cells, they destroy them with blasts of radiation but the emissions are short-lived, so damage is largely confined to the target area.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Tuesday that the military alliance must remain vigilant on the possible spillover of Syria conflicts.
“We can all see that the situation in Syria is getting worse. And we cannot ignore the risks of a regional spillover, with possible implications for allied security,” Rasmussen said on his arrival for NATO foreign ministers” meeting.
NATO has deployed six Patriots systems in Turkey to protect the NATO country from potential missile attacks from neighboring Syria.
Banned Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Asif has said that he is disappointed and upset at the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to reject his appeal to revive his career.
Asif wanted the ICC ruling that imposed a seven-year ban, two years of which are suspended, on him to be overturned but the CAS did not find any evidence to support the pace bowler’s claim, www.PakPassion.net reports.
When Maria Sharapova underwent shoulder surgery five years ago, many thought her tennis career wouldn’t last.
But now, there is a good chance the four-time grand slam winner will play into her 30s before fully turning her attention to her numerous business interests.
“I think she’s going to play another four to five years and through the Rio Olympics (in 2016) if she stays healthy and hungry,” her long-time agent and close friend Max Eisenbud told CNN’s Open Court.
Three new studies have explored the health benefits of consumption of tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts).
Researchers found that tree nut consumption was associated with a better nutrient profile and diet quality; lower body weight and lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome; and a decrease in several cardiovascular risk factors compared to those seen among non-consumers.
The bomber held for Boston Marathon attack, Tamerlan Tsarnaev is considered to be associated with three unsolved, brutal murders of friends Brendan Mess, Raphael Teken and Erik Weissman.
Since Tsarnaev’s involvement in the Boston Marathon attack has been revealed, the bomber’s acquaintances believe him to be linked with the brutal murders as well, the Daily Mirror reports.
The report said that Tsarnaev had disappeared after the murder of Mess and is believed by acquaintances not to even have attended Mess’s funeral, even after being close to Mess.
The state government has fixed price of solar power purchase price at Rs 6.49 per unit.
The cabinet sub-committee which met here has taken the decision to buy solar power at Rs 6.49 per unit.
A decision on the surplus power generation at house tops will be taken later, Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayan Reddy said. Solar power tenders were called for and 330 companies participated in it, he said adding that the least bidder will be awarded the contract. The process will take about 30 days, he said. (INN)
As many as 5,977 Haj pilgrims from Andhra Pradesh were selected on Tuesday through Computerised Qurrah (Draw of lots) conducted by the Haj Committee of India at the Haj House at Nampally.
This year the HCI has allotted a total quota of 7322 Haj pilgrims to the state, out of which 1345 pilgrims were automatically selected under two reserved categories, i.e. above 70 years old pilgrims and those who had continuously applied for three years and were not selected yet.
TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu today said that the steel plant should come up only at Bayyaram and the natural resources should be put to use there itself.
In course of his padayatra, Naidu said that his suggestion of allotting Obulapuram mines to Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) was vetoed by former Chief Minister YS Rajsekhar Reddy.
Naidu claimed that he stalled the move of NDA government to privatize VSP and called upon the cadre to take these facts to the people.
Several retired Pakistani generals have warned that the military might react if there is any move by lawyers or the judiciary to humiliate former army chief Pervez Musharraf, according to a media report on Tuesday.
Former army chief Gen (retd) Mirza Aslam Beg said the army would not tolerate developments in the case of Musharraf after a “certain level”.
He was quoted by the Dawn newspaper as saying that certain quarters were encouraging lawyers to act against the former military ruler.
He may be making films on serious issues, but Sudhir Mishra confesses that unlike his movies, he is a romantic person in real life.
“I am quite a romantic. I was also one of those studs who always falls in love,” he told reporters here Monday at the music launch of “I Don’t Luv You”.
“Love is a difficult thing. Its not easy to maintain. In a pulpy love story they tell you lies about love, it causes great harm because it fades, reinvents. So friendship is a better word for me.”