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Navy inducts stealth destroyer INS Kochi

September 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kochi, Sep 18 (ANI): The Indian Navy today inducted a stealth destroyer of Kolkata class, INS Kochi, to boost its maritime capabilities and safeguard India’s interests.

Madhulika Verma wife of Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Verma, named the second of the three Project 15-A stealth destroyers on September 18.

Mazagon Docks Ltd in Mumbai built the 6500-ton ship, named INS Kochi.

The ship has advanced stealth features, which make it less vulnerable to detection by enemy radar and will be fitted with state-of-the-art weapon systems which include the supersonic BrahMos surface-to-surface missile, the LRSAM Long Range Surface-to-Air Missiles and the MFStar multi-function radar system providing accurate data on surface and air targets.

In addition, four AK-630 rapid-fire guns and a medium range gun will boost the ship’s close-range defence capability.

The ships will also be fitted with indigenously developed twin-tube torpedo launchers and anti-submarine rocket launchers.

The NPOL developed Humsa-NG hull-mounted sonar, and two multi-role helicopters adding punch to the ship’s anti-submarine capability. The maximum speed of the ship is above 30 Knots.

The destroyer will be launched using the pontoon-assisted launch technique, to be employed for the first time in the history of indigenous warship building.

This technique helps in overcoming slipway/ draft constraints and permits launching of heavier vessels. (ANI)

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Navy to induct stealth destroyer INS Kochi on Sep.18

September 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 16 (ANI): The Indian Navy will induct a stealth destroyer of Delhi class on September 18 to boost its maritime capabilities and safeguard India’s interests.

Madhulika Verma wife of Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Verma, will launch the second of the three Project 15-A stealth destroyers on September 18.

The 6500-ton ship, to be named INS Kochi, is being built by Mazagon Docks Ltd in Mumbai. The Directorate of Naval Design has designed the destroyer indigenously. The existing Delhi Class destroyers are INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai.

In addition, four AK-630 rapid-fire guns and a medium range gun will boost the ship’s close-range defence capability.

The ships will also be fitted with indigenously developed twin-tube torpedo launchers and anti-submarine rocket launchers.

The NPOL developed Humsa-NG hull-mounted sonar, and two multi-role helicopters adding punch to the ship’s anti-submarine capability. The maximum speed of the ship is above 30 Knots.

The destroyer will be launched using the pontoon-assisted launch technique, to be employed for the first time in the history of indigenous warship building.

This technique helps in overcoming slipway/ draft constraints and permits launching of heavier vessels. (ANI)

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Fish sales shoot up during Ramadan in Kashmir

September 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Srinagar, Sept 16 (ANI): Sale of trout fish in Kashmir has been witnessing an upward trend, as Muslims prefer nutritious alterative to meat varieties during the holy month of Ramadan.

Normally people eat trout fish during whole year at different occasions. But in the month of Ramadan demand for trout fish automatically increases because of its health benefits.

Long queues of customers were seen outside the sales counter in Srinagar to take home their share.

“During Ramzan, people like to eat good food. Before Ramzan, the shop is open once a week but during Ramzan it opens twice a week. It has become preferred food,” said Kaiser Ahmad, a customer.

“I think trout fish is the best food available of all the food options available to us and that is why so many are buying it. There are no scales also. It has protein and vitamins,” said Mohammed Ashraf, another customer.

The state fisheries department is providing two kilograms per head at the rate of 150 rupees per kg.

“We have to order fish again later in the day as stock lasts only few hours. We try to supply fresh fish to our customers,” said Mohammed Hussain Wani, fisheries marketing officer.

Trout is a delicious and a very energetic food. It has a number of vitamins and doctors also advise people to use trout fish in large quantities in place of meat. By Afzal Butt(ANI)

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Long working hours make parents compromise on food choices

September 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Sept 10 (ANI): Long work hours and irregular schedules are forcing people to compromise on food choices for themselves and their children, suggests a new study.

The research team from Cornell University measured food choice coping strategies in low- to middle-income families in five categories: (1) food prepared at/away from home; (2) missing meals; (3) individualizing meals (family eats differently, separately, or together); (4) speeding up to save time; and (5) planning.

They found that fathers who worked long hours or had nonstandard hours and schedules were more likely to use take-out meals, miss family meals, purchase prepared entrees, and eat while working.

Similarly, mothers were also likely to purchase restaurant meals or prepared entrees or missed breakfast.

About a quarter of mothers and fathers said they did not have access to healthful, reasonably priced, and/or good-tasting food at or near work.

The findings suggest that better work conditions may be associated with more positive strategies such as more home-prepared meals, eating with the family, keeping healthful food at work, and less meal skipping.

“This study examined how work conditions are related to the food choice coping strategies of low- and moderate-income parents,” said Dr Carol M. Devine, RD, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, and colleagues.

“Study findings will enhance understanding of social and temporal employment constraints on adults’ food choices and may inform workplace interventions and policies…The importance of work structure for employed parents’ food choice strategies is seen in the associations between work hours and schedule and food choice coping strategies, such as meals away from home and missed family meals.

“Long work hours and irregular schedules mean more time away from family, less time for household food work, difficulty in maintaining a regular meal pattern, and less opportunity to participate in family meals; this situation may result in feelings of time scarcity, fatigue, and strain that leave parents with less personal energy for food and meals,” the researchers added.

The study appears in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. (ANI)

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Thousands pay respects to former Andhra CM Reddy

September 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Hyderabad, Sep.3 (ANI): Tens of thousands of people, from all walks of life, came out on the streets of Hyderabad on Thursday evening to mourn and pay their last respects to former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajsekhara Reddy, who died in a helicopter crash on Wednesday morning.

Shouting slogans in support of Reddy such as YSR Zindabad and Long Live YSR, the general public and Congress party supporters lined the roads of Hyderabad as the flower-decked army truck and a convoy of cars drove from the airport to his official residence – The Camp Office at Begumpet.

Many of the supporters carried placards, flags and masks of YSR, signifying the high level of grief and shock over the unexpected tragedy.

Traffic was brought to a virtual standstill in the city as mourners and supporters desperately sought to pay their last respects to the departed leader.

Political leaders, cutting across party lines, are making a beeline for the chief minister’s residence to pay their last respects to Reddy and condole with his family members.

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, and the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, are expected in the city tomorrow morning to pay their last respects to the departed leader.

Earlier, the highly charred and decomposed bodies of Reddy and four others were shifted to an Indian Air Force helicopter in Kurnool and airlifted to Hyderabad.

A post mortem of the bodies is to take place in Hyderabad this evening.

The dead chief minister’s body will lie in state at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium from Friday morning till about 1 p.m. to allow the general public and the political leadership to pay their last respects. It will then be flown to his native village in Cuddapah District for final rites. (ANI)

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Vettori included in New Zealand selection panel

August 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Colombo (Sri Lanka), Aug 24(ANI): New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has been included in the cricket selection panel, which has underwent few alterations in the past week.

From the previous panel, convener Glenn Turner is the only person to remain, while, Dion Nash has stepped down citing business and family commitments and John Wright has stepped aside to concentrate on the development area.

Vettori has been included in the selection panel along with Mark Greatbatch, who was previously a selection adviser and coach Andy Moles.

“We’ve thought through them all and we’ve made it very clear to Dan if he is sidelined with a long- term injury, he would no longer be on the selection panel. Taking on the role of captain has increased his performance on the field, so, I don’t think added responsibility is something we need to worry about,” stuff.co.nz quoted Justin Vaughan, New Zealand Cricket chief executive, as saying.

Vaughan further said that the decision was influenced by the norm of senior captains around the world having a major say in selection.

“If you look at the likes of Ricky Ponting and Graeme Smith, they have a lot of say even if they are not part of the formal decision,” Vaughan said.

He also said that Vettori’s relationship with other players is extremely strong and having him as a selector would not make any difference.

“We felt there was no point beating around the bush. We wanted Dan to have a say in the selection of his team,” Vaughan said.

Meanwhile, the old panel did name a 15-member one-day squad for the Champions Trophy in South Africa, starting from September 22.

The players are Daniel Vettori (captain), Shane Bond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Brendon Diamanti, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Gareth Hopkins, Brendon McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor and Daryl Tuffey. (ANI)

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Origins of ancient Chinese civilization under reconsideration

August 21, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, August 21 (ANI): Recent archaeological discoveries from far-flung corners of China are forcing scientists to reconsider the origins of ancient Chinese civilization.

A group of articles by Science news writer Andrew Lawler have explored how, over several millennia, China evolved from a much wider array of peoples and cultures than once imagined.

Lawler crisscrossed China recently for three weeks, traveling from the country’s steamy southeastern plains to the rugged westernmost province of Xinjiang, interviewing dozens of archaeologists at a host of sites.

This special news package puts a spotlight on how the various archaeological findings of the past decade are challenging what the Chinese people once thought about their country and themselves.

The wealth of these recent archaeological discoveries demands a re-write of some history books – and young scholars are even now questioning the existence of a legendary Chinese dynasty, the Xia.

Less willing to take ancient texts at face value than their predecessors, this new generation of Chinese researchers is relying on physical data – and more “Western” methods – in their attempts to accurately retrace Chinese history.

“The exciting discoveries made recently across China, coupled with the country’s fast-paced development, make this an opportune time to dig into new questions about China’s origins, the state of its threatened ancient sites, and the increasing expertise of its archaeologists,” said Lawler, author of the Science news package.

Lawler’s special news package on Chinese archaeology covers the accidental discovery and later excavation of Jinsha, an ancient site located near downtown Chengdu in Sichuan, and about 600 miles (1000 kilometers) from the traditional center of Chinese civilization along the Yellow River.

Long assumed to have been a cultural backwater, researchers have only recently gleaned the real history of Sichuan’s surprisingly ancient and rich culture, which is thousands of years older than they had once believed.

These recent discoveries have led Chinese researchers to acknowledge significant outside influence on their ancient culture, breaking an old taboo put in place when China was largely closed to the outside world. (ANI)

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Ponting takes rookies on a spiritual journey at Lords

July 16, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, July 16 (ANI): Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting became a tour guide for his rookie team at Lords on Wednesday.

Ponting, on his fourth Ashes tour, didn’t have to wear one of the green blazers of officials who guide visitors around the game’s spiritual home.

He took pacer Peter Siddle and spinner Nathan Hauritz, on their first visit to the home of cricket.

“It was their first time at the ground today … I had to show Sids the way out on to the ground. He didn’t know where he was going, he was walking around down the bottom there getting lost,” the Daily Telegraph quoted Ponting, as saying.

“I said ‘Out through that door, mate, through that Long Room there.’ He found his way to the nets.”

Australia boast of an imposing record at Lord’s, only losing here once in the last century _ and that was in 1934.

Ponting, who carries a scar on his right cheek after being hit by Steve Harmison at Lord’s in 2005, said his team was inspired by the history of the place.

“The history that comes with this ground and the very proud record that Australia have had here for so long makes you feel good about the place when you arrive,” he said.

“The guys in the team meeting were talking about our record here and how much everyone has been looking forward to playing here and what it means to a lot of our younger guys.

Whenever you play at these sort of venues around the world, you just feel better when you arrive,” he added.

Siddle, 24, will fulfil a childhood dream when he walks through the Long Room and charges out on to the ground when the second Test starts tonight.

“Growing up, there were two Tests I wanted to play in,” Siddle said.

“As a Victorian, it was always the MCG on the Boxing Day Test and I got that opportunity last year. The other one was an Ashes series playing at Lord’s. To get to fulfil them at such an early age is a great honour and it’s just amazing history and the tradition of playing ere. It’s going to be an amazing feeling running out on the first day,” he added. (ANI)

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‘Release of Saeed, Sufi casts shadow over Pak’s seriousness to crack down on terror’

July 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, July 8 (ANI): The subsequent release of Lashkar-e-Toiba’s (LeT) chief Hafeez Muhammad Saeed, the hardcore Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdullah Aziz, and now the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammed (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad has cast serious doubts over Pakistan’s claims that it is seriously acting against the Taliban and other home grown terror outfits, a senior US intelligence official said.

The United States is worried and at the same time skeptical over Pakistan’s claims about cracking down on certain banned terror outfits.

Washington is concerned that Pakistan has failed to keep extremist leaders such as Sufi Mohammad and Hafeez Saeed behind bars.

“While Pakistan claims it is cracking down on extremists, note how Sufi Mohammed, Hafiz Saeed and his aide, and Maulana Abdullah Aziz have been cut loose,” The Long War Journal quoted a senior US intelligence official, as saying.

Blaming the TNSM for the failure of the Swat peace accord between the Pakistan government and the banned pro-Taliban TNSM, he said Islamabad must stop relying on these militant leaders to cart a way out of the problem it is facing currently.

“Pakistan can kill all of the foot soldiers it wants to in the northwest, but until the leaders like Sufi and Saeed are taken out of the game, the gains will be temporary,” the official said.

Even as Mohammad’s release from the so called ‘protective custody’ is yet to be confirmed, it is being believed that his release may signal new negotiations being chalked out ahead of the Pakistan’s Army surge in the South Waziristan against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud .

“The timing of his release is curious, and may signal that a new round of negotiations is in the works,” the journal said.

If the Pakistan government is again trusting Sufi Mohammad for negotiations with Mehsud, it could be once again a blunder in the making for Islamabad, as he had openly supported the Taliban earlier, the report said.

“The Taliban are doing nothing wrong. The government is responsible for violations,” Sufi had said after the Swat peace deal was severed.

Meanwhile, the NWFP Information Minister, Iftikhar Hussain said the government has no information regarding the arrest or release of Sufi Muhammad.

“The provincial government has no information about the whereabouts of Maulana Sufi Muhammad,” Hussain said. (ANI)

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Earliest land vertebrates were more diverse than earlier believed

July 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, July 7 (ANI): A new study of ancient fossils has determined that the earliest land vertebrates, also known as tetrapods, were more diverse than we could possibly imagine.

The study was done by Jennifer Clack, a paleontologist at the University of Cambridge, who has studied the fossils of these extinct creatures for more than two decades.

Long before mammals, birds, and even dinosaurs roamed the Earth, the first four-legged creatures made their first steps onto land, and quickly inhabited a wide range of terrestrial environments.

“These early land vertebrates varied considerably in size and shape,” said Clack.

To understand the anatomical changes that accompanied this diversity, Clack teamed up with two biologists who work on living fishes – Charles Kimmel of the University of Oregon, and Brian Sidlauskas of the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in North Carolina.

The researchers focused on 35 early tetrapods that lived between 385 and 275 million years ago.

As a proxy for body size and shape, they examined the dimensions of a number of bones in a region of the skull known as the palate.

By tracing changes in the length and width of interlocking bones in this part of the skull, the researchers hoped to get a more fine-grained picture of skeleton evolution as a whole.

“I tend to think the genetic instructions for making a skeleton come from how you make individual bones first, and then how you fit those bones together as a refinement of that,” said developmental biologist Charles Kimmel.

When they mapped the changes in bone length and width onto the tetrapod family tree, the researchers discovered that not all bones changed size at the same rate or in the same direction.

This phenomenon can result in an overall reshaping from one lineage to the next, explained Sidlauskas.

“Sometimes a change in size can have indirect consequences for the shape of the animal. When different parts of an animal’s body change size at different rates over evolutionary time, that can generate changes in body shape from one species to another,” he added.

Moreover, some changes are consistent with an evolutionary quirk known as paedomorphosis, in which species retain in adulthood the youthful dimensions that their ancestors had as juveniles.

“Paedomorphosis is definitely there – the descendents of some groups are retaining the proportions that their juveniles had in the past,” said Clack.

These results not only help explain why early tetrapods were so diverse in size and shape, but also shed light on an important chapter in the evolution of life on land – the transition from fish to amphibians. (ANI)

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Pak Army faces massive militant force in Waziristan if Mehsud aligns with tribes: Report

July 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, July 1 (ANI): The Pakistan Army is planning an offensive against the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud in his stronghold South Waziristan, but it seems that it is unaware of the massive threat that the region has in store.

The military will have to face a formidable army of extremists if Mehsud join hands with the militant commanders of North Waziristan, The Christian Science Monitor reported an analysis in the Long War Journal, as saying.

The fears of the Taliban teaming up with the tribal leaders of North Waziristan has increased manifold, particularly after reports of the peace accord in the region being severed surfaced.

The Army must tackle these tribal commanders, the Bahadar, the Haqqanis, and Nazir, if it wants to succeed against Mehsud, as they have a combined force of 50,000 fighters, the analysis said.

These tribals leaders also run a number of terror training camps, and have been providing safe havens to Al-Qaeda and other extremist organizations.

So, the Pakistan Army must prepare itself to tackle an estimated force of 30,000 fighters under Mehsud’s command, backed by thousands of insurgents in the unfavorable rough terrains of Waziristan, the analysis concluded. (ANI)

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The “fashionable way” to stave off skin cancer

May 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 5 (ANI): Just applying sunscreen doesn’t guarantee full protection in the summer, and thus researchers have now offered insight into how some of today’s hottest fashion trends can help play it safe in the sun without leaving you feeling like a well-greased baking pan.

Dr. Susan Y. Chon, assistant professor in The University of Texas M. D. Anderson’s Department of Dermatology, has explained how the hottest trends from the spring/summer 2009 runway shows also can provide skin cancer prevention and maximize clothing’s sun protection power.

Sunglasses:

The most fabulous, current sunglass styles are those with extra-large frames that help protect the delicate skin around the eyes from skin cancer and aging. Sunglasses also should have broad ultraviolet (UV) protection that absorbs at least 99 percent of UV rays for maximum cancer prevention benefits.

Leggings:

Leggings have now become a runway staple and can go under dresses and tunics even in hot weather because they aren’t as heavy as pants. They are a great way to defend legs from UVA and UVB rays while running errands or at an outdoor barbeque.

Long Dresses:

Another leg-saving fashion trend that is extremely popular on the runways for spring/summer 2009 is the move from “mini” to “maxi”-long dresses are everywhere, and are being worn for day and night.

Hats:

Modern, wide-brimmed sun hats shield the face, neck, ears and chest from the sun. The trend this season on the runway-the bigger the brim, the better! Sun hats also should be tightly woven.

Tunic Tops:

Pretty, “boho” style beach cover-ups with long sleeves are a great way to save a person’s skin from being over exposed in a teeny-bikini. Tunic tops are not only perfect on the beach but also can transition from day to night when worn with the right accessories, like chunky bracelets, necklaces and belts.

Scarves:

Summery shawls and scarves in lightweight fabrics are back again this season.

“Women are usually pretty good about applying sunscreen to their face, but generally forget their necks and the ‘v’ of their chests. A light scarf is a great way to cover neglected skin that gets a lot of sun exposure during summer months,” said Chon.

One Piece Bathing Suits:

The new trend of one-piece bathing suits gives skin on the stomach an extra layer of protection. One-piece suits also provide more coverage of the lower back, an area often missed while applying sunscreen.

Maximize clothing’s sun protection power

“There are certain colours and fabrics that will offer more protection than others,” said Chon.

To maximize clothing’s skin cancer prevention powers, wear tightly woven, dark-coloured fabrics.

“You don’t need to wear special UPF clothing to get extra protection, just wear a sunscreen with SPF15 or higher under layers. It is absolutely possible to be fashion conscious and protect yourself from the sun. The trends on the runway this year offer more coverage. We love that! Said Chon. (ANI)

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Singapore man gets five years in jail for bomb hoaxes

May 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Singapore – A Singapore court Monday sentenced a man who masqueraded as an informant of al-Qaeda and sent bomb hoax and terrorist-related threats to five years in jail, media reports said. Josemaria Miguel Ye Yong Qiang, 40, sent a series of e-mails threatening bomb and rocket attacks on American and European airlines, the White House, Pentagon and US embassies between September 6 and 27 last year, the online edition of Straits Times newspaper reported.

Ye, who has degrees in political studies and business administration from British universities, was found to be suffering from a major depressive disorder at the time of the offences.

He claimed bad memories of living in the West for his crimes.

Ye went to internet cafes in Singapore and in Malaysia to send hoax e-mails using a fictitious name and ending them with “Long live al-Qaeda!”

On September 13 he sent a message to the Pentagon about crashing a plane in the next few days, causing the Pentagon to beef up its security measures, the report said.

Two days earlier, he had sent a hoax message to the White House on the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 incident, claiming that al-Qaeda would be launching rocket attacks on the White House to “mark the glorious events of 11th September.”

Following information from investigators in the US, police in Singapore carried out extensive inquiries which eventually led to Ye’s arrest.(dpa)

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World’s biggest radio telescope looks deep into NASA detected bright galaxies

April 24, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, April 23 (ANI): An international team of astronomers has used the world’s biggest radio telescope to look deep into the brightest galaxies that NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope can see.

The study solidifies the link between an active galaxy’s gamma-ray emissions and its powerful radio-emitting jets.

“Now we know for sure that the fastest, most compact, and brightest jets we see with radio telescopes are the ones that are able to kick light up to the highest energies,” said Yuri Kovalev, a team member at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany.

The brightest galaxies Fermi sees are active galaxies, which emit oppositely directed jets of particles traveling near the speed of light.

Some, called blazars, are especially bright because one of the jets happens to be directed toward us.

Astronomers believe that these jets somehow arise as a consequence of matter falling into a massive black hole at the galaxy’s center, but the process is not well understood.

To peer into the jets, Kovalev and his colleagues used the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), a set of ten radio telescopes located from Hawaii to St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

When the signals from these telescopes are combined, the array acts like a single enormous radio dish more than 5,300 miles across.

The VLBA can resolve details about a million times smaller than Fermi can and 50 times smaller than any optical telescope.

The new findings are an outcome of the MOJAVE program, a long-term study of the jets from active galaxies using the VLBA.

“We see the innermost few hundred light-years of these jets for even the most distant active galaxies seen by Fermi,” Kovalev noted.

Kovalev and his colleagues see a correlation between active galaxies with the brightest gamma-ray emission and those with the fastest jets.

The VLBA can study a phenomenon called “Doppler boosting”, which makes radio-emitting blobs look brighter and appear to move much faster that the speed of light.

The VLBA data show that the bigger the Doppler boost seen in a radio jet, the more likely it is that Fermi recorded it as a variable gamma-ray source.

In addition, many objects found by Fermi to be extreme in gamma-rays are broadcasting strong bursts of radio emission at about the same time.

All this points to the team’s conclusion that the portion of an active galaxy’s radio jet closest to the galaxy’s core is also the source of the gamma-rays Fermi detects. (ANI)

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Chinese envoy arrives in Taiwan to prepare for cross-strait summit

April 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Taipei – China’s senior envoy to Taiwan, Zheng Lizhong, led a group of negotiators to the island Friday for preparatory talks to set the stage for the third cross-strait summit planned later this month.

Zheng, vice chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) and his 20-member delegation were whisked to Taipei from Taoyuan International Airport amid a protest by a small group of pro-independence activists.

Shouting “Long live Taiwan independence,” the protesters said the Chinese group was not welcome in Taiwan because the Chinese government treated Taiwan as its subordinate. They were later dispersed by police.

Later in Taipei, Zhang said the major purpose of the group’s visit was to put the final touches on preparations for the upcoming cross-striat summit.

“We are here to attend the preparatory talks to facilitate the signing of three agreements in the third summit between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait,” he said in a welcoming ceremony at a plush Taipei hotel.

Taiwan and China, rivals since they split at the end of a civil war in 1949, are expected to hold their third summit in the Chinese city of Nanjing for five days from April 25. The one-day preparatory meeting will be held in Taipei Saturday to finalise details ahead of the summit. Zheng and his group will leave Taipei Sunday. (dpa)

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Macca pays tribute to late wife at Coachella fest

April 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, April 19 (ANI): Sir Paul McCartney used his appearance at California’s Coachella music festival on April 17 to pay tribute to his late wife Linda – who died of breast cancer in 1998 on the same day.

In an emotional performance, the ex-Beatle dedicated The Long and Winding Road and My Love to Linda.

He played a two-and-a-half hour set for 75,000 fans on the first night of one of the biggest festivals in the US.

Macca said that initially he was reluctant to perform on the death anniversary of his late wife but eventually agreed.

“Linda introduced me to the desert because she used to go to Arizona a lot, so I just fell in love with it,” the BBC quoted him as saying.

“At first I thought, oh god, I can’t do a show on that day. But then it was like, well, no, it’s the desert, it’s music, it’s rock ‘n’ roll… I’m doing it for Linda tonight,” he added. (ANI)

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Keith Urban’s family is his inspiration for new album

April 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, April 12 (ANI): Keith Urban’s marriage with Nicole Kidman three years ago and his becoming a father to their daughter, Sunday Rose, in July 2008 seems to have left the singer budding with inspiration for his new album.

The country musician sings of happiness and romance in his latest album Defying Gravity, which became his first #1 on the Billboard 200, selling 171,000 copies in its first week of release.

The 41-year-old recalled ‘My Heart Is Open’ was something she had said to him during the early days of their relationship while ‘Why’s It Feel So Long’ held his yearning for his wife after he dropped her at an airport.

Urban, however, insists that despite a glimpse of his family life here and there, the album was not entirely autobiographical.

“For me, writing a lot about anything personal is a difficult balance. On one hand we’re private people, yet on the other hand I write songs that are going to be about my life, my home life, my family,” the Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying.

“I guess I write about all that in a way that I’m comfortable. It doesn’t get too detailed or explicit to the point where I feel like my privacy is being invaded, but I’m able to create art from my heart and that is inspired directly by my life,” he added.

Meanwhile, his better half was overwhelmed after hearing the love song “Thank You” her country star hubby had written in her honour. (ANI)

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IMM speculators pare long US dollar positions-CFTC

April 11, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

NEW YORK, April 10 (Reuters) – Currency speculators trimmed
their long U.S. dollar positions in the latest week, according
to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on
Friday.

The value of the U.S. dollar’s net long position was $4.39
billion in the week ending April 7, down from net long
transactions of $5.16 billion the prior week.

The aggregate U.S. dollar position is derived from the net
positions of International Monetary Market speculators in the
yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, Canadian, and Australian
dollars.

JAPANESE YEN (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 25,566 26,744

Short 32,564 36,207

Net -6,998 -9,463

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 31,596 31,906

Short 27,724 29,641

Net 3,872 2,265
POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 7,150 8,487

Short 41,612 39,623

Net -34,462 -31,136

SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 3,895 4,068

Short 7,436 8,479

Net -3,541 -4,411
CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 7,397 6,453

Short 30,708 29,799

Net -23,311 -23,346
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 28,880 24,594

Short 10,764 13,307

Net 18,116 11,287

MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 17,293 12,892

Short 11,721 15,858

Net 5,572 -2,966
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars)

4/07/09 week 3/31/09 week

Long 4,359 3,583

Short 1,391 4,522

Net 2,968 -939
(Reporting by Pam Niimi; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)

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Dehra Dun’s Baba Ram Rai Gurudwara draws large number of devotees

April 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Dehradun, April 1 (ANI): Baba Ram Rai Gurudwara, a popular pilgrimage centre for Sikhs and Hindus in Dehradun, is drawing a large number of devotees of all faiths.

Located in a picturesque location, the gurudwara was built by Baba Ram Rai, the eldest son of the 7th Sikh master, Guru Har Rai.

Legend has it that Baba Ram Rai was not made the Sikh Guru by his father and was forced to move away from Punjab and settle down in Dehradun valley. After reaching the city, Baba Ram Rai built a home for himself with the support of Fateh Shah, the ruler of Dehradun.

“Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb had once invited Guru Har Rai, the father of Baba Ram Rai at his court in Delhi. But Guru Har Rai could not go, but instead sent his son. At the court, Baba Ram Rai was asked several questions on various subjects to discredit Guru Har Rai and the Sikh faith. However, the Guru answered all questions wisely and also showed them some miracles,” said R.L. Juyal, caretaker of Gurudwara Ram Rai.

“The overwhelmed Emperor appreciated Ram Rai and described him a ‘Saint’. A message was sent to Fateh Shah of Dehradun to welcome the Guru. Emperor Aurangzeb gifted seven villages to Baba Ram Rai,” Juyal added.

A large number of devotees converge at the Ram Rai Gurudwara during the annual fair, held on the 5th day after Holi. It is celebrated to commemorate the arrival of Baba Ram Rai in the city in 1699.

The fair promotes communal harmony and people from different religions and castes join in to hoist the flag. The devotees come from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and various other parts of the country.

“We pray here as we have great faith in this place. All our wishes are fulfilled. I came here when I was the minister in the year 2002. Now, I have come here after seven years and I am feeling blessed that I can raise a flag,” said a devotee.

“Long after we leave this world, our children will continue to come here to raise the flag. Our next turn to raise the flag will come in 2079. For this purpose we have submitted the names of our children. Even if we die by that time our children will come here to raise the flag,” said another devotee. By Ashish Goel(ANI)

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Nawaz holds Musharraf responsible for current Pak crisis

March 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mardan (Pakistan), Mar. 28 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif has held former President Pervez Musharraf responsible for the current crisis being faced by the nation.

He squarely blamed Musharraf for taking unconstitutional steps and making wrong policies.
“There is no doubt that none, except Pervez Musharraf, is responsible for the current crisis because of his wrong polices, especially in the backdrop of NWFP. It was Musharraf, the ex-general, who had not only bulldozed all the democratic institutions of the country, but also placed the serving Chief Justice under house arrest along with his other colleagues for the first time in the country’s history,” The Nation quoted Nawaz, as saying.

The former Pakistan premier said that only the implementation of the Charter of Democracy (CoD) is the solution of all challenges being faced by the country.

“For democratic revolution in the country, it is need of the hour that we should implement CoD. If this document is followed in letter and spirit, I guarantee that the country will come out of the crises smoothly,” he said.

Addressing the Provincial Executive Council meeting in Mardan, Nawaz said that the judiciary was restored because of the people of NWFP’s commitment to have a free and independent judiciary.

“Either it was the struggle of Pakistan’s independence or the movement for the restoration of the deposed judges, the people of the NWFP always played a vital role which is evident from the fact that they participated in large numbers in the Long March.

Former federal minister Haji Yaqoob Khan also announced to join the PML-N on this occasion. (ANI)

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