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Astroyogi.com has launched India’s first fully translated Hindi astrology portal

August 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI/Business Wire India): India’s largest astrology portal, astroyogi.com launched its fully translated Astro portal in Hindi today.

(http://hindi.astroyogi.com) This is India’s first fully translated Astrology portal in Hindi.

Astroyogi.com houses over 10,000 pages of unique content covering all areas of astrology and spirituality, including numerology, tarot, vaastu, fengshui and Chinese astrology.

With a registered userbase reaching a million and over 10 million page views a month.

“Only 10.33 per cent of the Indian population speaks and reads in English and therefore the Hindi Astroyogi portal is a strategic step forward in targeting the other 89 per cent of the Indian population,” said Meena Kapoor co-founder and CEO Astroyogi.com.

Language preference is a big market advantage in the online business. A large giant such as Google, too, provides their content in Indian Languages.

The Hindi version of the portal will showcase the entire suite of Astro services existing on the English version as well. Live phone advice, vedic astrology services, palmistry services, life prediction, career prediction, love horoscope, health forecasts, janam patrika, match making and lots more is now available to the new set of audiences.

The astrology market in India is pegged at 40,000 cr and a large part of the audience is online.

Astroyogi.com is a company dedicated to providing Astro services with a large pool of astrologers and several experts on its panel and this enables Astroyogi.com to bring to its customers the collective domain knowledge. (ANI)

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NASA astronaut becomes first man to use Twitter from space

May 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, May 14 (ANI): Mike Massimino, a member of the NASA crew sent to Hubble, has become the first man to have sent a Twitter message from out of space.

Accoridng to a report in the Telegraph, his first tweet proclaimed: “From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, and enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!”

His second, sent via the computers on board the space shuttle Atlantis, said:

“From orbit: Getting more accustomed to living in space today and getting ready for our big rendezvous with hubble.”

Twitter, the popular micro-blogging service, has been used by thousands of people in unusual and controversial locations.

NASA confirmed that this Massimino – who goes by the Twitter nickname Astro_Mike – was the first man to have sent a Twitter message from out of space.

“Tweeting happens every day down here on earth, so why not take it to beyond Earth?” said a spokesman at the Kennedy Space Centre.

Massimino started using the blogging service in April and until recently had just a few hundred followers.

He now has in excess of quarter of a million people following his updates on Twitter, thanks to his regular messages in the lead up to launch day on Monday, which gave small details about his preparations and fitness regime.

Twitter, which allows people to post small messages, of no more than 140 characters, has taken off this year, with celebrities, politicians as well as about 15 million of ordinary people using the service. (ANI)

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Tibetan Women’s Association organised Basketball tournament on Mother’s Day

May 11, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Dharamshala, May 11 (ANI): The Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) on Sunday organised a basketball tourney on the occasion of Mother’s Day in Dharamshala.

Four women teams, – the Sherabgatseling School, the Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute, the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts and the Tibetan Women’s Association (Central and Regional) – took part in the tournament.

Organizers of the tournament said the event celebrated the role of Tibetan women, whoave also been at the forefront of Tibetan struggle.

“As Tibetan women I think there is so much that we can celebrate. As refugees we have so much to feel bad and feel sad about. But as Tibetan women who have endowed the suffering, who have carried the struggle for last 50 years, I think there is so much for us to celebrate and enjoy. That’s why we have organized a sports occasion so that we can celebrate each other’s presence,” said Dhardon, TWA executive member.

“On the occasion of Mother’s Day this year we were asked to take part in this basketball tournament,” said Tsering, a player.

Mother’s Day was created at the start of the 20th century as a day for each family to honour its mother. (ANI)

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17 die in Jalaun boat mishap, rescue mission continues

April 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

SEVENTEEN BODIES of devotees who had drowned after their boat capsized in Yamuna at Beejalpur Ghat have been fished out during rescue operations, till Sunday evening in Jalaun district. Over 24 hours have passed but the operation has not concluded as the bodies of nearly 20 other devotees are yet to be fished out.

There were over 60 devotees when the boat capsized on Saturday. As many as 17 devotees managed to swim ashore safely while private divers and locals rescued eight others.

The incident occurred when devotees were returning from the ancient Jalauni Mata Temple. Rescue operations were on till Sunday night and thousands of people had gathered at the site to witness those at work.

Nine family members of head constable Mahendra Singh Senger, who is posted at Kudaura police station in Jalaun, died in the incident. Inspector General of Police (Kanpur range) Bhanu Pratap Singh visited the spot and tried to pacify the mob, which was angry at the “irresponsible behaviour” of cops of Auraiyya and Jalaun.

The cops had reportedly shirked taking responsibility on the pretext that the area did not fall under their jurisdiction. IG Singh assured the enraged people that an inquiry would be initiated.

After the boat capsized in Yamuna, villagers, who witnessed the incident, jumped into the river and made efforts to rescue those in the boat. Officials also summoned the divers of Farukkabad Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), police divers of Etawah, Auraiyya and Jalaun to assist the ongoing operation to fish out the bodies.

SP Auraiyya Nachiketa Jha said as many as 35 persons were missing.
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Malaysian Government urged to appoint a Telugu senator

March 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kuala Lumpur, Mar 27 (ANI): The Malaysian Telugu Association has asked the government to consider appointing a senator from their community to highlight in Parliament the problems being faced by their community.

MTA president M. Assaykumar said the Telugus, who will be celebrating their new year today, had contributed much to the development of the country, Makkal Osai reported.

He added that the community subscribes to Astro, but were disappointed with the time allocated for them.

Assaykumar further said that they would submit a memorandum to Information Minister Ahmad Sabery Cheek urging for additional time for the Telugu community on Minnal FM, the Tamil-based radio programme on RTM. (ANI)

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Scientists find alga that can detoxify arsenic

March 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, March 10 (ANI): Scientists have found an alga in Yellowstone National Park, US, that can detoxify arsenic.

“The alga – a simple one-celled algae called Cyanidioschyzon – thrives in extremely toxic conditions and chemically modifies arsenic that occurs naturally around hot springs,” said Tim McDermott, professor in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University.

Cyanidioschyzon could someday help reclaim arsenic-laden mine waste and aid in everything from space exploration to creating safer foods and herbicides, the scientist added.

Arsenic is the most common toxic substance in the environment, ranking first on the Superfund list of hazardous substances.

According to McDermott, arsenic is very common in the hot, acidic waters of Yellowstone and presents real challenges for microorganisms living in these conditions.

McDermott said that the acid in the soil and water are strong enough that it sometimes eats holes through his jeans when he kneels to collect samples.

McDermott has worked in Yellowstone for more than a decade and travels year-round to the Norris Geyser Basin to study the microbial mats that grow in acidic springs.

Over the years, he noticed thick algae mats that were so lush and green in December that they looked like Astro-Turf.

By June, they were practically gone.

While investigating the change, McDermott and his collaborators learned about the Cyanidiales alga and its ability to reduce arsenic to a less dangerous form.

“These algae are such a dominant member of the microbiology community that they can’t escape notice, but for some reason they have not attracted much attention,” McDermott said.

The Cyanidioschyzon algae grow all over Yellowstone, but the researchers concentrated on the Norris Geyser Basin.

The alga thrives in water up to 135 degrees Fahrenheit with a very acidic pH factor ranging from 0.5 to 3.5.

“These algae live in areas of Yellowstone that are extremely toxic with respect to arsenic,” McDermott said. “You couldn’t drink these waters even if you changed their pH,” he added.

The scientists cloned genes from the alga, then studied the enzymes to figure out how they transformed arsenic.

They learned that the alga oxidizes, reduces and converts arsenic to several forms that are less toxic than the original.

McDermott said that the scientists conducted basic research that may have implications someday for acid mine drainage and acid rock drainage remediation efforts. (ANI)

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