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M ember of Par liament extendsfull suppor t for M edical College

Port Blair, Aug 25: Rubbishingall media reports, which saidthe lone Member of Parlia-ment o f Andaman andNicobar Islands is against thesetting up of a Medical Col-lege in Andamans, the Mem-ber of Parliament today saidthat he fully supports thismove of Administration andGovernment of India.

“ I never opposedMBBS College. Islands mustget Medical College but myrequest is that the fund sanc-tioned by Government of In-dia for this purpose must beutilized fully,” the MP said.“If the Administration can set

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up this Medical Collegein Society Mode thenopen it in society modeif not open it in PublicPrivate Partnershipmode but these Islandsmust get a quality Medi-cal College and qualityfaculties. Right amountof funds must be spentin this regard. I fullysupport setting up ofMedical College inAndamans,” he said.

The MP de-manded starting of PostGraduation courses to-gether with MBBS college inAndaman and Nicobar Is-lands so that these Islands getSpecialists and Super special-ists, who can treat serious pa-

tients in these Islands.“I never said close

down MBBS college and setup PG College,” the MPclarified. (See page 7)

INHUMAN ATTITUDE OR SHEER NEGLIGENCE

ANDAMAN SHEEKHA EXCLUSIVE

A Cow Elephant suffers tw o bulletinjuries during Musth Elephant Shootout

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Mayabunder, Aug 25: Whenthe entire Andaman andNicobar Islands, includingthe Administration slowlyforgot about the recent MusthElephant Shootout case,Andaman Sheekha team con-tinued investigation in this

matter, to bring out the hiddentruth about the entire episode.

To the utter dismay ofAndaman Sheekha team, itwas learnt that a cow elephant‘Tara Kumari’ had sufferedtwo bullet injuries during theMusth Elephant ‘SanjeevPrasad’ shootout case.

According to reports,‘Tara Kumari’ suffered onebullet injuries on her tail while

another bullet entered herright thigh, causing seriousinjuries.

The elephant is re-portedly struggling withpain since that day. The bul-let on the tail was somehowremoved by the Mahout butthe Mahout and the owner ofthe Elephant have no ideaabout the where-about of the

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Child with blood cancer made to suffer

Jet Airlines refuses totake Blood Cancer Pat ienteven after issuing t ickets

Port Blair, Aug 25: Parents of

a child, having blood cancer,today reached Port Blair air-port with the child to boardflight for Chennai. Poor par-

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No direct ‘love jihad’ reference at BJP meetVRINDAVAN: The term 'lovejihad' did not make it to UP BJP'sresolution passed at its execu-tive meet on Sunday. Nonethe-less it was present in undertonesthat made references to "mis-conduct" with women of onecommunity by men of anothercommunity. "Rajya mein ek vargvishesh ki mahilaaon se ho rahedurachaar aur usme ek vishesh

varg ke logon ka sammilit honamahaj samyog hai ya yojana,yeh chinta ka vishay hai (in-stances of misbehaviour withwomen of one section by menof one particular section,whether just a coincidence or bydesign, is a matter of concern),"said the resolution. Earlier, dur-ing a discussion on politicalresolution, a party member said

"love jihad" — a term used forMuslim boys "luring" Hindugirls into relationships and laterconversion and marriage — wasan issue of grave concern inWest UP and the party must findways to tackle the problem.

However, UP BJP chiefLaxmikant Bajpayi, who chairedthe session, did not respond tothe suggestion.

Tremor FeltPort Blair, Aug 25: Anearthquake measuring 4.4on the Richter scale hitAndaman Islands today at1413 IST. The epicenter ofthe quake was latitude 14.29

North and Longitude 93.36East. The depth of thequake was 05 Kilometres(Ocean part), INCOIS,State Control Room PortBlair sources said.

Death mournedPort Blair, Aug 25: The SouthAndaman Teachers’ Branchof the Non-Gazetted Gov-ernment Officers’ Associa-tion, A&N Islands havemourned the demise of Smt.

Molina Kaur, Staff Nurse,49, w/o Shr i BhupenderSingh, PST who died yester-day at Apollo Hospital,Chennai, a communicationreceived here said.

Island candidates must be given preference in

the vacancies under A&N Admn. by UPSC: Kuldeep

Port Blair, Aug 25: Writing aletter to Mr. Narendra Modi,Prime Minister with copiesto the Lt Governor, ANI andChairman UPSC the PCCPresident Kuldeep RaiSharma has advocated for thelocal youths for allowing fareopportunity by the screeningcommittee of UPSC whileshort listing the name of thecandidates for selection to aparticular post.

Kuldeep has submit-ted that very often the candi-dates from Andaman &Nicobar Islands are not spon-sored by the UPSC for va-cancies of gazette posts aris-ing in the Departments ofAndaman & Nicobar Admin-istration even though the ap-plicants/candidates being fullyqualified and experienced interms of the eligibility criteriaprescribed in the RecruitmentRules of the said posts whenthe candidates from otherparts of India who are spon-sored by the UPSC in no waypossess higher qualificationand experience than the leftout applicants /candidatesbelonging to A&N Islands.

While citing refer-ence to the recent advisementmade by UPSC vide Advt.No.07/2014 for filling up of 13

posts of Assistant Professorsin Dr BR Ambedkar Instituteof Technology, Pahargaon,Port Blair, Andamans,Kuldeep said that many localcandidates possessing requi-site qualification and experi-ence has come up with griev-ance of not having been is-sued the call letter for appear-ing in the selection for theposts. He has further referredinstances when the aggrievedlocal candidates from A&NIslands have to approachcourt of law for getting theirnames sponsored by thescreening committee ofUPSC and with the interven-tion of the Court could suc-ceed in getting their namessponsored through UPSC.

Ultimately, when se-lection to the posts took placethese candidates got selectedby the selection committee ofUPSC various department ofA&N Administration likeBRAIT , DSS etc. He hasalso stated that the studentsfrom these far flung Islandsin pursuit for having a bettercarrier prospect go to main-land of India to acquire higherprofessional education by in-curring huge expenditure oneducation, boarding, lodgingand travel etc. and when they

are not even considered forappearing for selection to theposts under the A&N Admin-istration being fully qualifiedand more experienced thanthe other shortlisted candi-dates they feel embarrassedand dejected. With no privateemployment being available inthe Islands and governmentbeing major source for pro-viding employment opportu-nity Kuldeep has requestedhas thus that candidates fromthese Islands are given fareopportunity and preferenceby the screening committeeof UPSC while short listingthe name of the candidates forselection to a particular post.

Special Committee of Administration

meets PRI members of Diglipur Sub Division

Diglipur, Aug 25: A meetingwith PRIs members o fDiglipur Sub-Division washeld today under the Chair-manship of Shri G.N. Sinha,PCCF (Wildlife) along withShri G.L. Meena, Secretary-cum-Director (Tpt.) in thepresence of the Deputy Com-missioner, N&M Andamanand Asst. Commissioner,Diglipur regarding the griev-ance of the general public.

Issues relating to for-est, health, transport and rev-enue department were raisedby the members present. Themajor issues related to re-quirement of sawn timber,posting of additional doctors

& specialists in health insti-tutions of Diglipur, shortageof buses and pendency in rev-enue cases were discussed.

It was decided thatrequirement of timber by govt.depts. will be met by Govt.Saw Mill, Betapur so thatSamarius Mill will cater to theneeds of the general public ofDiglipur. Additional buseswill be provided by the Trans-port Dept.

On the spot deci-sions and solutions regard-ing most of the issues weretaken. The public were as-sured that rest of the issueswill be decided at appropri-ate level with immediate ef-fect, the Asstt. Commissioner,Diglipur informed in a com-munication.

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CME programme on “Oral Pre-CancerousLesions” held at Ayush Hospital

Port Blair, Aug 25: Director-ate of Health Service in as-sociation with Rotary Club ofPort Blair jointly conducted aCME programme on “OralPre-Cancerous Lesions” on23rd August at Ayush Hospi-tal, Conference hall.

Introductory speechabout SRM Dental College &Hospital, Chennai was givenProf. Dr.K.Ravi, Dean, andHead of Department of Orth-odontia. Prof. Dr.K.Rajkumar, Vice-Principal,Head of Department of OralPathology, SRM Dental Col-lege & Hospital, spoke on“Significance and Pathogen-esis of Oral Sub Mucous Fi-brosis” a precancerous con-dition and Prof. Dr. KrishnaKumar Raja, Head, Depart-ment of Oral Surgery, SRMDental College & Hospitaldelivered a power point pre-sentation on “Surgical Man-agement of OSMF(Oral SubMucous Fibrosis)”.

D r . R . R a m y a ,Reader, Department of Oral

pathology, SRM Dental Col-lege & Hospital. Presented apower point presentation on“Rationale behind collectingSaliva, Serum & Biopsysamples & importance of fol-low-up”.

The following speak-ers were given memento byRotary Club of Port Blair andcertificate of appreciationfrom Directorate of HealthServices. Dr. S. K Paul, Di-rector of Health Servicegraced the occasion.

General Physicians,

Dental Surgeons, Specialistsfrom G.B Pant Hospital andPrivate Dental Surgeons andDoctors of AyushHospital(Homeopathy andAyurvedic) attended theCME programme with an in-teractive session. Vote ofthanks was proposed byDr.Dinesh, Dental Surgeon& President of Rotary Clubof Port Blair. Rtn.Dhinakaran and Rtn. AmitGoenka was present duringthe programme to coordi-nate.

Gambling raids by districtSpecial Police Team: 11 Arrested

Port Blair, Aug 25: In a crack-down on gambling activities,the South Andaman DistrictSpecial Police team compris-ing of ASI M. Abdul Rasheed,HC Sanjay Kujur, constablesAshish Mallick, Abhay Kr.Yadav, Mohd. Imran and M.Raja Rao raided differentgambling dens, arrested 11persons and seized Rs.26500/- under A&N Islands Gam-bling Regulation, 1951.

In the first raid on24.08.14, the team raided a

gambling den at nearRajastan temple and nabbedfour persons, namely M.Murugeshan (40) yrs, R/oNear Rajasthan Temple, (2)Monoza Laskar, (27) yrs, R/o Near Joggers Park, (3) R.Selvam, (35) yrs, R/o DairyFarm and (4) K. Jayapal,(42)yrs, R/o RGT Roadalongwith playing cards andRs.14000/- in cash.

Meanwhile, in an-other raid on same day i.e(24.08.2014), the team raided

a gambling den near ShadipurMedical and arrested sevenpersons namely (1) Rahat Ali,(48)yrs, R/o South Point, (2)Abdul Ramzan, (29)yrs, R/oJunglighat, (3) CH.Eshwarnath, (27)yrs, R/oShadipur, (4) Abdul Hanif,(47) yrs, R/o Shadipur, (5) S.Karthick, (25)yrs, R/oShadipur, (6) Mohd., Rafique,(37) yrs, R/o Mazar Pahar, (7)S. Manimuthu, (27) yrs, R/oBhargath Line alongwith play-ing cards and cash Rs.12,500/-

PEC Student Picks holes inFB, Yahoo Security, Awarded

Puducherry/ Port Blair, Aug25: A post-graduate student ofPondicherry Engineering Col-lege (PEC) found securitybugs on the websites and ap-plications owned by Yahooand Facebook, bringing lau-rels to the Union Territoryand his institution.

Recently, AnandMeyyappan, a final year MTech student of PEC wasrewarded after he found se-curity flaws and bugs on thewebsites and reported themto the companies. His contri-bution has been listed in theirsecurity hall of fame pagewith a specialacknowledgement.

When contacted,Anand, said these websiteswere vulnerable to hackingand the personal informationcould be leaked.

The PEC studentsaid, after finding the secu-rity vulnerability of these

websites, the companies wereinformed. The companies willtake note of these and will listit for rectification, he added.

The 24-year-oldAndaman-born student saidhe would be going ahead withfurther research with the aimof making the Internet a saferplace.Anand was felicitatedat a function in PEC recentlyfor his feat. He said he hadalready received job offers,but wanted to complete theMTech course in informationsecurity before joining anyfirm.

Port Blair, Aug 25: 15thNirankari Blood DonationCamp organized by the SantNirankari Charitable Founda-tion branch Port Blair held atSant Nirankari SatsangBhawan, Junglighat, PortBlair on 24th August, 2014.The Andaman & NicobarAIDS Control Society tookblood from the Nirankari Vol-

unteers.The Zonal Incharge,

West Bengal, Mr. ArjanSingh Ji, also attended thecamp. He informed that thesource of blood is only humanbody. Blood does not distin-guish on the basis of cast andcreed, it suits to every per-son. The colour of blood is red

15th Nirankari BloodDonation Camp Held At SantNirankari Mandal, Junglighat

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EDITORIAL.....Agent LIC

The Delhi Times on Sunday brought anold truth of advertising to the fore. Itvaguely refers to the fact that sometimesin highlighting a product, say a ready-to-serve pudding, you may not show the bowlof a higher brand. What would happen thenis that the housewife, who is the targetcustomer, may actually start buying suchbowls by the dozens rather than the pud-ding. That would be a classical but unin-tended transference of exposure. The ad-vertiser, if clever, may still not lose, if hegoes to the bowl manufacturer that he hadintentionally put that brand of bowl, andmay some amount be parted for his in-tended efforts.As you see in the pictureabove, a vendor, either out of craft or igno-rance stamped someone’s LIC ad on theshoulder of the blockbuster movie and man“Man of Steel”. Note that place and tim-ing is important. As newspapers comefolded, on a droopy forcibly lazy Sundaymorning, my first impressions were thatIndia’s sociailist era’s biggest financial in-stitution, LIC had come of age in avertisingits selling prowess. Sure, the LIC agent,can fly, is water proof, indestructible, andalways at your service, more promptly atyour “funeral service” . Here’s what yourguy was worth, he’ll say to your spouse,bringing a lost smile back, as you manageto pull up an eyelid, one last time. That’swhat the competition of FDI can do evento public financial institutions, is whatflashed for seconds, before the paper un-folded to declare the timings of the HBOscreening.Besides the “third party” insur-ance, the other two personal ones you mayneed, namely, life insurance, and medicalinsurance, do require some solicited ad-vice. These days it is rather common tobuy medical insurance at least between theRs 50 lakh and Rs 1 crore bracket. Thereare those who proudly declare their insur-ance premiums at weekend cocktails. Thereis one serious advice. See that your GP, oreven the closest doctor friend is not in thegathering. Or the next time you complainof a little chest discomfort, and you are ina five-star facility, with pink, smiling nursesaround, and a team of doctors behind greenmasks, staring at you with the sort of con-cern you find rather uncomfortable. Oh!angels yes, and godly figures too, but notyet, O Lord!Life Insurance Corporationof India has perhaps been the largest fi-nancial institution of India, over decades.First because in socialist India it was mo-nopolistic, and second it operated like atrue government enterprise, where all sortsof proofs could be asked, from whetheryou ever existed, you had a lookalikebrother, and whether the young youthfulface can be extrapolated to the sunken eyes,dragging cheeks and scraggy neck, not tomention the clearing on the top.I believe, ashorter lifespan by about ten years or sothan what it is now, could be one reason,why the government coffers were so un-yielding, but so was the lifespan of theagent, even the top boss. It was a shortfuse lifespan and economy anyway.Thepresent LIC, though a conglomerate ofaround 245 private insurance companies,over 150 years, was created by an Act ofthe Parliament in 1956. In 2006, it contrib-uted 7% of the GDP. It is still a monopolyand is a public sector company. Of late itsperformance has improved, partly due tolongevity, which means through your medi-cal insurance, and largely because of itsholdings in elite nifty companies to theextent of Rs 250 lakh crore; these includeRIL, SBI, HDFC, PNB, Cairn, but mostintriguingly its largest holding is in ITC.Ido not know if smokers are aware, or aredeliberately kept uninformed of this. Medi-cal statistics say that smoking alone is thecause of morbidity directly or indirectlyto the extent of 10%, and early mortalityin a similar segment. If that be so, the life

insurance should be paying up earlier in 10%of its customers, by sustaining investment inIndia’s largest tobacco company. It ends upchoosing its venture, hopefully by makinglarger profits. Tobacco, by this deduction, isnot a bad financial proposition. The twocupped hands protecting a flame, somehowmay be depriving the flame of oxygen by stra-tegic positioning. The sanskrit verse,“Yogakshema Vahamyaham”, which means,something close to, we take care of your wellbeing, is as good as a slogan is meant to be!Thebehemoth with a total asset value of $260bn,is a major financial tool with the governmentof India. A company with a compound annualgrowth rate (CAGR) of close to 20% in 2013,is somewhat good news, when many otherpublic sector units are in the red. Its service ininsurance is now more uniformed and regular-ized, but a lot of credit goes to veteran con-sumer lobbyists like Prof Manubhai Shah(CERC, Ahmadabad), who at one time cher-ished and won head on with the governmenton every single policy that came to their no-tice that was wrongly attended to.At the startof a perceived spurt in the economy, thereneeds to be a lot of thought behind the financ-ing and investments made by this governmentbody, to more crucial sectors, that may be thesheet anchor of an exponential growth on alonger basis. The financial body can sustain it,being a monopoly, in sectors where there is acap on FDI, and yet cannot be ignored finan-cially. Economic minds always keep an eliteair about themselves. It’s a subject few under-stand, and has a lot to do with administration,management and finally politics in implemen-tation. Generally all-rounders have a chance tosucceed more than pure deskwork scholars.This is not to draw any comparisons. At timespoliticians do better, as Roosevelt rebuilt theAmerican economy after WWII, by actuallyoverspending, while coffers were near empty.That sort of a maverick experiment has beenrepeated often, but rarely with the same andas immediate results. This includes the stimuligiven during Obama I. One of the reasons couldbe that the present war is not yet over, thoughthe American economy is certainly doingbetter.Talking of some instances where the LIChas ben pulled up at the individual customerlevel, I would remind you of this one I heardfrom India’s Ralph Nader, Prof Manubhai Shah,though the veteran often would jokingly liketo put the labels the other way round. Therewas a case where a 45-year-old took an insur-ance. As the rules are, no claim was tenablebefore 90 days after registering for a policy.As was to happen, this villager was bitten bya snake on the 82nd day of the commence-ment of the policy, and died on the 88th day.Policy compensation was denied to the widow.The Consumer Centre’s arguments before thecourt were, that since the snake bite story wastrue, that science could not pull him on foranother two days, that the Lord above madethe snake so venomous, and the man so vul-nerable, does an extra two day survival reallymatter in true sense of Law, for recovery ofinsurance. The courts conceded. The profes-sor added. He had a plan B. In case this hadnot worked, he had contacted a Parliamentaryfriend of his. The next was to raise a questionin the Rajya Sabha, and all would have beenpacked surely and neatly.Back to insurances,as times are, take a moderately cushy medicalinsurance (and don’t leak it out to your “co-brother”, more so if he be attached to medicalprofession). Life insurance? Make it large toearn interests, but beyond that, it is of no useto you, unlike your medical policy.Real moneyto be made is generally by over-valuating goods, property or cargo, and find legitimate meth-ods to get rid ot it. That’s where they say,don’t ask a millionaire how he made his firstmillion. Often it is an old junked mill his fatherran for survival. The father left uninsured, butsure enough he had insured the mill!And nowDelhi’s poet Ghalib:“Huwe mar ke hum joruswa, huwe kyon na garke dariya, / Na kabhiejanaaza uthta, na kahin mazaar hota ”

Attack Pakistan, UddhavThackeray tells PM Modi

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena chief UddhavThackeray on Monday urged PrimeMinister Narendra Modi to attackPakistan and teach a lesson for itscontinued intrusions in Indian borders.

In an edit in the party mouth-piece 'Saamana', Thackery said thatrecently Pakistan attacked 13 bordervillages, fired at 22 outposts in Jammu,leaving two dead and many more in-jured, compelling people from thosevillages to flee.

"This is the biggest incidentof its kind since 2003. In fact, in thepast one month or so, Pakistan hascarried out 25 similar attacks on In-dian territories. But we have keptmum — like some damp fire-cracker,"Thackeray said.

Terming as "a matter of se-rious concern" the Pakistani high com-missioner in India holding talks withKashmiri separatists, the Shiv Senachief said it is "futile" to hold any moretalks with the neighbouring country.

"India responded by cancel-ling the secretary-level talks, but thatis not enough — Now, we must en-ter their borders and knock themdown," Thackeray urged.

Defence minister ArunJaitley has assured a suitable re-sponse to the Pakistani aggression andhome minister Rajnath Singh hasasked the Border Security Force toinitiate counter-measures, he added.

"Now, the country is expect-ing that we should set fire toPakistan's tail and reduce it to ashes— Don't make any further delay. Actand show that this is a 'manly' coun-

try. Prove to the people of India thata 'macho' government has taken overin New Delhi. This is our plea to thecentre," Thackeray added.

He pointed out that around1,000-plus terrorists have sneakedinto the country to create bloodshedand the Indian army has discovereda big tunnel near the Chalka borderpost in Palanwala Sector throughwhich Pakistan was planning tosmuggle more extremists into India.

Referring to the ongoing po-litical developments in that country,Thackeray said Pakistan is indulgingin these acts, although, internally it isconfronting "a civil-war like situation"— people revolting against PrimeMinister Nawaz Sharif and protest-ors even blocking its parliament.

"Under these circumstances,Sharif's government is in peril and hehas no idea what is going on at theborders. Moreover, whoever is head-ing that country is immaterial as thegovernment is controlled by the army,terrorists, clerics and the ISI continu-ing to be arrogant — So nobody canpredict when the Pakistan presidentor prime minister would be ousted,"Thackeray said.

which cannot be changed with pres-sure of any religion. He also ap-praised the august gathering of thevarious humanitarian activities of themission was undertaking at a globallevel.

Speaking on the occasion, theChief Guest Shri B.P. Ray Memberof Parliament A & N Constituency,emphasized the importance ofSatguru in our life who wish to gothrough right path in our life. He alsoappreciate the missions various so-cial activities in an around AndamanIslands. Meanwhile, Shri Ray alsoappreciated the word of NirankariBaba Hardev Singh Ji Maharaj thatthe blood should not flow in the streetit should flow in the vein of the hu-man body so let us donate blood ear-

nestly in the interest of needful per-son.

Mean while Dr. Wajid AliSenior Pathologist G.B. Pant Hospi-tal, Port Blair also mentioned the im-portance of blood donation in the hu-man life to save the life in danger.This was 15th Blood Donation Campof SNM without break. He appreci-ated the good work & dedication bythe Sant Nirankari Mission towardsserving of the humanity.

Mr. R.S. Yadav, Mukhi, PortBlair branch, the Sant NirankariMandal thanked to the dignitariespresent on the occasion. Altogether105 volunteers registered their nameand out of them 75 volunteers (22female and 53 male) donated theirblood.

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ISRO’s Mars Orbiter to Reach RedPlanet's Atmosphere on September 24

Indian Space ResearchOrganization's (ISRO) MarsOrbiter is ready to enter Marsorbit. According to officials,the Mars Orbiter will enter thered planet's orbit on Septem-ber 24. Officials said that forthe success of last stage, Liq-uid Apogee Motor (LAM) en-gine firing is important.

Director-Publicationsand Public Relations, ISRO,Devi Prasad Karnik, said, "On24 September, themanoeuvring of the spacecraftwill begin around 7.30 am.The spacecraft's speed will bereduced from the currentspeed so that the Mars Orbiterenters the Martian orbit".

He also said thataround 8.30 or 9 am, they willcome to know whether theorbiter has entered the Martianorbit or not.According toISRO officials, next 30 daysof Mars Mission are very im-portant. The next major chal-lenge for space agency will beto reduce the velocity of thespacecraft to 1.6 km/sec. Itwill be brought down by fir-ing the LAM engine. From past300 days, the engine of the

spacecraft is lying idle.An of-ficial of the space agency saidthe firing should be accurate.To be captured by the Marsgravity, the velocity of thespacecraft should be closeenough to planet. Dr. KRadhakrishnan, ISRO chair-man, said that the mission hasreached at very critical phase.The mission controllers aregoing through ground imita-tions and practices to respondto emergencies, he said.

ISRO had launchedthe Mars Orbiter on 5th No-vember from Satish DhawanSpace Centre in Sriharikota.The orbiter will complete its300 days journey on 24th Sep-tember.

Current speed of theorbiter is 22 km/second. Thespeed of the orbiter will be re-duced to 1.6 km/second byLAM of the orbiter when it willreach about 370 kilometersfrom Mars.

Fluorine in toothpaste camefrom sun's dead ancestors!

The fluorine in your toothpastewas likely formed billions ofyears ago in now dead stars ofthe same type as our sun, as-tronomers said. The findingssupport the theory that fluorineis formed in stars similar to thesun but heavier, towards the endof their existence. The sun andthe planets in our solar systemhave then been formed out ofmaterial from these dead stars."So, the fluorine in our tooth-paste originates from the sun'sdead ancestors," said Nils Ryde,a reader in astronomy at Lund

University in Sweden. Togetherwith colleagues from Ireland andthe U.S., Ryde studied starsformed at different points in thehistory of the universe to see ifthe amount of fluorine they con-tain agrees with the predictionsof the theory. The researchersused a telescope in Hawaii anda new type of instrument that issensitive to light with a wave-length in the middle of the in-frared spectrum. Whereas dif-ferent chemical elements areformed at high pressure andtemperature inside a star, fluo-

rine is formed towards the endof the star's life, when it expandsto become a red giant. At thatpoint, the fluorine moves to theouter parts of the star. "The fluo-rine that is thrown out mixeswith the gas surrounding thestars, known as the interstellarmedium and from this mediumare formed new stars and plan-ets," Ryde explained. The re-searchers will now try to findout whether fluorine could havebeen produced in the early uni-verse, before the first red giantshad formed.

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Healthy diet key toboosting immunity as you age

While attempting to find whyimmunity decreases with ageleading to life-threatening dis-eases, researchers havecracked how to rejuvenateageing immune cells.

As we age, our im-mune systems decline. Olderpeople suffer from increasedincidence and severity of bothinfections and cancer. Vacci-nation too becomes less effi-cient with age.

Now, a team of sci-entists from University Col-lege, London has demon-strated how an interplay be-tween nutrition, metabolismand immunity is involved inthe process of ageing.

Professor ArneAkbar's team showed thatageing in immune system cellsknown as 'T lymphocytes'was controlled by a moleculecalled 'p38 MAPK' that actsas a brake to prevent certaincellular functions.They foundthat this braking action couldbe reversed by using a p38MAPK inhibitor, suggestingthe possibility of rejuvenatingold T-cells using drugtreatment.In a new study pub-lished in the journal NatureImmunology, the groupshowed that p38 MAPK is

activated by low nutrient lev-els, coupled with signals as-sociated with age (senes-cence) within the cell.

"It has been sus-pected for a long time thatnutrition, metabolism and im-munity are linked and this pa-per provides a prototypemechanism of how nutrientand senescence signals con-verge to regulate the functionof T-lymphocytes," Akbarexplained.In a second paperpublished in the Journal of

Clinical Investigation, re-searchers showed that block-ing p38 MAPK boosted thefitness of cells that hadshown signs of ageing.

The two studies, sup-ported by the Biotechnologyand Biological Sciences Re-search Council (BBSRC),could help enhance immunityto disease through dietary in-stead of drug intervention andhelp make existing immunesystem therapies more effec-tive, researchers noted.

Graphene rubber bands can beinexpensive body motion sensorsLondon: In a first, scientistshave treated common elas-tic bands with graphene tocreate inexpensive bodymotion sensors that canmeasure a patient's breath-ing, heart rate or move-ment.

Although body mo-tion sensors already exist indifferent forms, they havenot been widely used due totheir complexity and cost ofproduction, researcherssaid.

Researchers at theUniversity of Surrey andTrinity College Dublin havenow treated common elas-tic bands with graphene.

Once treated, therubber bands remain highlypliable. By fusing this ma-ter ia l with graphene -which imparts an electro-

mechanical response onmovement - the team dis-covered that the materialcan be used as a sensor tomeasure a patient's breath-ing, heart rate or move-ment, alerting doctors toany irregularities.

"Until now, no suchsensor has been producedthat meets needs and thatcan be eas ily made. Itsounds like a simple con-cept, but our graphene-in-fused rubber bands couldreally help to revolutioniseremote healthcare," said DrAlan Dalton from the Uni-versity of Surrey.

"This stretchy ma-terial senses motion such asbreathing, pulse and jointmovement and could beused to create lightweightsensor suits for vulnerable

patients such as prematurebabies, making it possibleto remotely monitor theirsubtle movements and alerta doctor to any worryingbehaviours," said co-au-thor, Professor JonathanColeman from Trinity Col-lege, Dublin.

"These sensors areextraordinarily cheap com-pared to existing technolo-gies. Each device wouldprobably cost pennies in-stead of pounds, making itideal technology for use indeveloping countries wherethere are not enough medi-cally trained staff to effec-tively monitor and treat pa-tients quickly," Colemansaid.

The study is pub-lished in the journal ACSNano.

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RJD-JD(U)-Congress alliance wins 6 seats inBihar, Nitish says Modi’s popularity on wane

PATNA: Nitish Kumar said onMonday that the people wouldno more be influenced by thedivisive politics and the resultsof the ten assembly seatsbypoll showed that the unityamong non-BJP parties wouldpose serious threat to the saf-fron party.

After over threemonths gap, the former CMwas in jubilant mood as sixcandidates of the new alliancecomprising JD(U), RJD andCongress won the assemblybyelection bypassing BJP andits allies which could win onlyfour seats. “The popularity ofNarendra Modi is on wane,”he commented as his staff dis-tributed laddoos to the mediapeople.

“If BJP leaders con-tinue with their arrogance the‘achche din’ (good days) forthe party will not last long. Ourexperiment is a success andpeople have rejected thecharges BJP leaders hadhurled on me. The result alsothat showed that there is nosuch vote bank of differentupper castes,” said Nitishwhile addressing the media ina small room chocked a blockwith camera crew and report-ers at his new official resi-dence, close to RJD supremoLalu Prasad’s residence.

The RJD boss whowas in Delhi was rushed toMumbai for a cardiac surgeryto be held there on Tuesday.

Asked if the similar alliancewill continue in the next as-sembly election in 2015, Nitishsaid, “For the next elections,all the parties will take a deci-sion on their own and then sittogether to finalise theircourse. We have to moveahead slowly.” He refused tocomment when asked aboutthe possibility of more non-BJPparties joining the grand alli-ance.

Nitish who wasflanked by state JD(U) presi-dent Bashistha Narain Singh,Shyam Rajak and SamratChaudhary, both ministers andparty spokesman SanjayKumar Singh, did not mentionname of alliance partners northat of Lalu Prasad. He calledthe three RJD, two JD(U) andone Congress candidates whowon the byelection as “ourcandidates” while congratu-

lating them and thanking thevoters. “I am satisfied with theresults,” he said and addednever before such national andmedia interest had been seenin any byelection in the coun-try which this one generated.

The former CM whocampaigned with Lalu Prasadin five constituencies and trav-eled together, said the rivalstargeted him and called namesbut people gave them a befit-ting reply. Nitish also clarifiedthat he not even once utteredthe words ‘jungle raj’ (forLalu-Rabri Devi regime) andsaid he had called it ‘Atank Raj’(rule of terror).

The jungle raj wordswere used by the court and theBJP, he added. “Now it hasbecome a fashion to call jungleraj 1 and jungle raj 2. I don’tthink this even deserves a com-ment by me,” he said.

Pak doesn’t want peace: BSF IGJAMMU: Against the back-drop of continuous ceasefireviolations on the internationalborder, BSF (Jammu frontier)inspector general RakeshKumar on Sunday said Paki-stan did not want peace sincethey (Pak Rangers) had notonly refused flag meetingsdespite several attempts, butalso denied any violations.

"We presume Paki-stan doesn't want peace onthe border as our 16 attemptson the hotline seeking sectorcommander-level flag meet-ings were turned down by theother side," Kumar told report-ers here. "In the recent pastalso, whenever Indo-Pak flagmeetings were held, our coun-terparts have always deniedthe ceasefire violations.They're in no mood of hold-ing a dialogue at a flag meet...We, on our part, are ready forpeace but it's now up to Paki-stan to decide whether they

want calm along borders ornot." Referring to the recentceasefire violations, he said:"Since July 16, Pakistan hasviolated the ceasefire 30times till date — of which 25violations have been wit-nessed in Ranbir Singh PuraSector."

He said the PakistanArmy was sheltering PakRangers in firing and suspi-cious movements of suspectswere also seen across theborder, but alert BSF troopshad successfully foiled everynefarious design. He said themilitants were seen at the'launching pads' on the otherside and the Pak Army wastrying hard to push them intothe Indian side. "Tight vigil isbeing maintained and a well-planned border mechanismhas been put in place to suc-cessfully foil any such at-tempts from militants," hesaid.

ents because of ill-advise, tookinfant ticket for the child, whois two year and eight monthsold. At the airport the staffsof Jet Airways refused to takethe child, Chetan Singh, in in-fant ticket and when the par-ents were informed about thematter they purchased a fullticket immediately from Jet

Airways counter.But for unknown

reasons the child was not al-lowed the board the aircrafteven after the parents weremade to buy a full ticket.Poorand helpless parents kept onpleading that they are goingfor treatment of the child buttheir requests were not heard.

However they were assuredthat with the same tickets to-morrow they will be allowedto fly but till late evening nocall came from the side of JetAirways. However, Jet Air-ways officials could not bereached immediately for acomment in this entire episodeand such behaviour.

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Port Blair, Aug 25: The provi-sional list for admission in vari-ous PG course in JNRM will bedisplayed on college noticeboard on Aug 26, 2014. Objec-tions and claims, if any, may besubmitted to the Admission Cell,JNRM, Port Blair till Aug 28.

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counseling for admission inthese courses will take place onthe same day.

The candidates haveto pay the fees on the same dayfailing which their admission willbe cancelled and next candidatewill be given admission. Thecandidate attending the coun-seling should have original TC

and mark sheets with them with-out which their admission willnot be entertained.

The counseling for re-serve category, S.T, PhysicallyChallenged and ex-servicemenwill also take place on the sameday along with the general can-didates, a communication re-ceived here said.

second bullet, which enteredher thigh.

According to reports,on the day of shooting down‘Sanjeev Prasad’ the cow el-ephant ‘Tara Kumari’ of theprivate forest Contractor wasalso present at the spot.Out of panic when the Policeand IRBn Jawans opened firetowards ‘Sanjeev Prasad’ outof nearly 250 rounds two bul-lets hit ‘Tara Kumari’.

It is reported thatsome senior police and forestofficials have completeknowledge about this inci-dent but sadly instead of treat-ing the elephant a forest offi-cial reportedly asked the Ma-hout of the cow elephant tokeep the matter secret and as-sured early treatment of theelephant.

Andaman Sheekhahas evidence which indicatethat there were also pressureon the owner and the Mahoutto keep the mouth shut in thisentire episode as if this mat-ter comes in public domain,

some senior officials will facemusic.

Height of cruelty isthat instead of promise nohelp came from the side ofForest Department till today.The cow elephant is so trau-matize that it chase her ownMahout, whenever ap-proached.

However, Mahout ofthe elephant showed excel-lent skills and someone man-aged to clean the wound yes-terday, with the help of somefriends.

While cleaning thewound one bowl of puss cameout, which shows that the el-ephant has got seriouswounds and needs immedi-ate expert medical care.

Infact the Mahout hasnow been told to get the El-ephant treated by his own.Not only this the Forest De-partment even did not providetranquilizers to the owner ofthe Mahout so that the El-ephant could be brought un-der control before starting

treatment. Andaman Sheekhahas learnt that this matter hasnot reached upto the Lt. Gov-ernor and the matter was kepthidden from him. It seemshalf-a-dozens of officers inMiddle and North Andamanhad knowledge about it, yetthe matter was not made pub-lic.Even the long press releaseissued by SP, North andMiddle Andaman had notmentioned about injuries to‘Tara Kumari’ , when uni-formed men under his com-mand had shot the elephant.Andaman Sheekha tried tocontact the SP of North andMiddle Andaman today to getthe version of Police Depart-ment but there was no re-sponse to AndamanSheekha’s phone call.

This is sad that avoiceless docile Animal wasfirst shot and then the Animalwas left inside the forest todie, is this Humanity? Is any-one in this Administrationanswerable to anything?

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