"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."

- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

March 2017

The labour of love

Ramkrishna Ahirwar a young boy of would worry about his father when he would trudge to the fields from their home with an umbrella in one hand and a torch in the other during the rains His worry gave way to ideas and he decided to make an umbrella that would serve many purposes and ease out the situation for his hard working father Ramkrishna who hails from Kharmedi village in Madhya Pradesh decided to make the best use of natural resources such as sunshine He created an all purpose solar umbrella with features like LED lights that are charged by solar panels The umbrella also has a music player and a mobile charging unit As the area through which his father travelled daily was inhabited by wild animals Ramkrishna equipped the umbrella with an inbuilt siren which when activated could scare wild animals away nbsp Provision has been made

31 Mar 2017
Positive Reads

April Fools’ Day history

Today is the day of pranksters the day when all your pranks are forgiven But have you ever thought how this tradition which is hailing from centuries worldwide start from One of the popular start of this tradition was in the World War I where the soldiers started doing pranks like tying both shoe laces of their comrades and so on This was done to lighten the tense and horror atmosphere of the war But there is still no such concrete history of this day Still there are some famous stories that are believed to be the origin of this ongoing tradition I am definitely not fooling you if you might be thinking this as a prank Cheers to this jolly day The Gregorian Calendar Switch Until the second half of the th century people living in Christendom followed the calendar established during the era of the Roman Empire In

31 Mar 2017
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Bengaluru scientists develop new product that stops bleeding in 90 seconds

Researchers at the Centre for Incubation Innovation Research and Consultancy CIIRC at Jyothi Institute of Technology in south Bengaluru have come up with a product that can stop bleeding in seconds They have even applied for a patent for this new product M S Santosh along with Divakara M Bhas has developed this product which is a nbsp carboxyl-linked graphene sponge DAPGS nbsp Earlier Axiostat a sponge patented by city-based Leo Sebastian Mavely of Axiom was being supplied to the Indian Army and a few other armed forces Axiostat could stop bleeding in - minutes While Axiostat uses chitosan a naturally occurring polymer found in shellfish which stops profuse bleeding in a few minutes the graphene sponge uses medicinal amino acid and a biocompatible protein that has been extracted from a tree Santosh said that the protein derived from the bongamia tree which is used in the graphene sponge also

31 Mar 2017
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An army of cyber warriors is strengthening India’s cyber security

As the digital revolution continues at a fast pace in India its dark side is also showing up in the form of cyber threats like malware bugs and phishing Till date in India nbsp websites have been defaced and lakh infected systems have been detected Last year over million debit cards got hacked in India There is an urgent need of cyber warriors to tackle the ever increasing cyber crimes A cyber warrior is basically a security engineer who uses high-technology skills to understand anticipate and preempt various kinds of cyber threats The Indian government is taking steps to redesign the country s cyber security system Recently it created Computer Emergency Response Teams to check cyber security threats in the power sector All utilities have also been asked to start an information security management system in the organisation which would be headed by a Chief Information Security Officer CISO In

31 Mar 2017
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Rs 10 per day for students will special needs

In a bid to provide education to everyone and to increase the education in the underprivileged section Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has now announced few new schemes These schemes will make sure that there are fewer dropouts in the school and all the students from underprivileged section receive their bit of education nbsp It is usually followed that students will special need are dropped out from the schools To encourage the right to education for the students having special needs BMC has started new scheme wherein the parents and the students will be give Rs per day to attend schools There are around students in civic schools while students with special needs nbsp studying in other schools will be viable under this scheme nbsp Apart from this scheme other schemes like fixed deposits for girl students under lsquo Beti Bachao Beti Padhao rsquo project toy libraries for Balwadis and introduction of

31 Mar 2017
Good News

Composting at a Police Station

Doing their bit for the safety of the citizens is what police officials is known for But a look at the Dahisar Police station and you may find that they are also doing their bit for the environment The cops have surely set an example by converting the biodegradable waste generated in the police canteen into compost After the head constable of the police station over heard the conversation in seminar about environmental class it left him curious Bajaj Jagtap then discussed this with the senior inspector and after the nod from the seniors the police station also took the initiative in making the compost After getting help from Eco-Rox NGO for setting up the project now the police officials are taking equal interest in the project and there are few cops who have learnt the method of composting The police also took help from Civi body rsquo s solid

31 Mar 2017
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Cities in world that share names of Indian cities

We are very well familiar about the popularity of Indian culture practices and cuisines worldwide But this is something different I came across Do you know that many cities in the world share the names of Indian cities Such cities are enlisted below Delhi in New York United State U S This name was put forward because of the founder Ebenezer Foote who was compared to Mughul Emperor because of his huge wealth This place is referred in the novel quot My Side of The Mountain quot by Jean Craighead George In India Delhi is our capital city Kochi in Japan Kochi in Japan is a famous tourist attraction In India Kochi is the capital of Ernakulum in Kerala Along with the name the city in Japan shares the love for sea food as a commonality with Kochi in India nbsp Patna in Scotland The town is named after the

31 Mar 2017
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Some clever hacks to save water this summer

Water becomes the most sought after commodity in summer with residents bracing for water cuts and long wait for tankers To add to the water woes the severe heat makes us consume more water by way of drinking or bathing frequently There are some simple ways by which we can save lots of water and reduce our dependence on tankers Little drops of water make an ocean Therefore you shouldn t be surprised to know that the leaks from taps can actually save hundreds of litres of water So it is very imperative to fix all leaking taps nbsp Even a minor leak like drops per minute adds up to waste of around litres of water per day Sometimes we never come to know that water is leaking through the flush Put a bit of food colouring or liquid blue dye in your flush tank to check for leaks If

31 Mar 2017
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India now a part of International Energy Agency as an associate member

With a view to set a mark in global energy India is now a part of Paris-based body ldquo International Energy Agency IEA rdquo as an associate member IEA was founded in by developed countries after the shocking hike in oil prices all over the world India rsquo s entry in this group was announced by IEA executive director Faith Birol power coal renewable energy and mines minister Piyush Goyal and oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan Mr Birol explained that the entry of India in the organization as an important achievement for them as India is the world rsquo s third largest oil consumer It has appreciated efforts of India to provide continuous power supply to all its citizens and the brilliant achievements made by India in field of energy conservation and efficiency With India rsquo s inclusion in the committee IEA now formally covers almost percent of world rsquo s

31 Mar 2017
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