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Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams is likely to participate in the 58th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) to be held here in September.
She may also interact with Indian scientists on the advances in space exploration during a special plenary session of the world’s largest and most authoritative forum of the global space community. The meet is scheduled to be held Sep 24 to Sep 28. National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) director K. Radhakrishnan told reporters late Thursday that they were waiting for Williams’ confirmation. The who’s who in the space field, including NASA administrator Michael Griffin will attend IAC-2007, the theme of which is ‘Touching humanity: space for improving quality of life’. Heads of 24 space agencies, scientists, policy makers, regulators, global industry professionals from aerospace and allied industries would attend the event, which provides an opportunity for the scientific fraternity to showcase their work to the world. The Congress is hosted by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Astronautical Society of India (ASI) in conjunction with global organisations. This is the second time India will be hosting the prestigious event. The 39th IAC was held at Bangalore in 1988. Coinciding with the IAC-2007, an international space exhibition will also be held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC). Around 2,500 space professionals and students engaged in space activities from across the world will participate in the event and 200 global organisations will take part in the exhibition. The event is expected to attract over 10,000 business visitors. ‘The entire event is developed as a strong business platform through the international exhibition, business conclave, business-to-business (B2B) meetings and an Industry Day,’ Radhakrishnan said. ‘IAC-2007 has special significance because this is the 50th year of the launch of Sputnik signifying the beginning of space age, the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year and also the 40th year of the United Nations Outer Space Treaty. To commemorate these events, special care has been taken to present appropriate plenary events, highlight lectures and technical sessions befitting the occasion,’ he said. Added K.R. Sridhara Murthi, executive director of Antrix Corporation: ‘We are expecting a large participation in the exhibition from the US, Europe and Asia. It is a great opportunity for Indian companies to leverage this platform by participating in the Congress and international exhibition. This event should pave the way for more international tie-ups and businesses.’
President Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam will be conferred with the King Charles II Medal by the Royal Society, UK after the July 19 presidential polls in view of the week-long period of mourning for former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar. The medal is being given in recognition of Kalam’s extraordinary contributions to the promotion of science and science in society in India. He is only the second person to receive the prestigious accolade. The award, which is only for the heads of state, was previously given to Emperor Akihito of Japan in 1998. "President Kalam has led India at a time when science and technology investment in the country has radically increased. He has played a major part in preparing a road map for transforming India from developing status into a developed nation. As a scientist himself he has also made a great contribution to scientific advances in his country," said Lord Martin Rees, the president of the Royal Society. A ceremony to award the medal was to be held in Delhi and London today. The Royal Society will now confer the medal at a later date.
Why is radioactivity dangerous? Radioactivity is dangerous because it can expose people to a harmful dose of radiation even without being aware of it. A number of small doses received over a very long time could lead to leukaemia or cancer in later life. Radiation can lead to the retention of a potentially harmful amount of radium in one’s bones. Radioactivity resulting from nuclear bomb tests can cause ingenuous quantities of radiostronium and radiocaesium to get into food. A radium compound was once used in the manufacture of luminous paint for the numbers on clocks, watches and instrument dials. The girls who painted these had a habit of putting the brush in their mouths to get a fine pointed tip. In those days the danger was not realized, and, over a long period, many workers absorbed enough radium to cause death in later years.
How can we see heat? You may not know it, buy your body is giving off heat rays. So is everything else around you. The strength of these rays, which are also known as infrared rays, depends on how warm or cold things are. Special cameras and instruments can pick up these heat rays and turn them into pictures. In this way, it is possible to detect and see things in complete darkness. Some burglar alarms work in this way, and so do night sights used on guns. It’s also possible to take heat pictures of objects that show how hot or cold various parts of them are. This is very useful in finding out where heat is escaping from a building, for example, or if a part of the body is unusually hot or cold. After the earthquake in Mexico City in 1985, these special instruments were used to locate survivors buried in the rubble.
What makes the holes in a piece of bread? The holes in a piece of bread are made by bubbles of gas. In bread-making flour and water are mixed to form a dough. Then a small amount of yeast is added to the mixture. Yeast is type of fungus which grows very quickly when it is warm and damp. While growing, it gives off a gas which bubbles up through the dough, making it expand. It is yeast which gives bread its particular flavour and appetizing smell. No one knows when yeast was first used to make bread, but it must have been many thousands of years ago. According to one story, the idea was the result of an accident. Some yeast is said to have got into the dough by chance and made it rise. Because this loaf was twice as big as normal, people thought it must be magic. But as the bread tasted better than the usual flat, heavy loaves, they soon used yeast to make all their bread. Cakes also have holes in them made by bubbles of gas. But these are made by a different substance which leaves practically no flavour. This substance is baking-powder, which is a mixture of tartaric acid and bicarbonate of soda. When these two chemicals are mixed together, wetted and heated, they react to produce carbon dioxide. This gas bubbles through the cake mixture to make it rise while being baked.
What makes a boomerang? It is the built-in skew or twist in a boomerang combined with its spinning motion that makes it return to the thrower. At first people believed that air, pressing on the lower flat surface and passing over the upper rounded face, was responsible for the return flight. But T.L. Mitchell, a Scottish explorer of Australia, gave the true explanation early in the 19th Century. The curved throwing stick is used chiefly by the aborigines of Australia for hunting and warfare. (They also use a non-returning kind of boomerang.) The boomerang is held at one end, above and behind the thrower’s shoulder, with the concave edge to the front, and swung forward rapidly with the flat side underneath. Just before it is released, it is gives extra power with a strong wrist movement. If thrown downward or parallel to the ground it sweeps upward to a height of 50 feet or more. When thrown so that one end strikes the ground, it ricochets into the air at terrific speed, spinning endwise. It completes a circle 50 yards or more wide and then several smaller ones, up to five, before it drops to the ground near the thrower.
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to submit the guidelines and regulations issued to stop frequent unsolicited calls made by various banks and mobile service providers to cellphone users. Terming unsolicited telemarketing calls to cell phone users as "nuisance", a two-member bench headed by Justice AK Mathur asked the government to submit the rules and regulation by the next date of hearing, which is July 27. The move comes after Vivek Tankha, counsel for petitioner Harsh Pathak, told the court that despite the government’s persistent claims of various steps taken to stop telemarketing calls, it has done nothing to put an end to the woes of the telephone subscribers and protect their privacy. Pathak had filed a public interest litigation against indiscriminate telemarketing calls, contending that these calls invaded privacy of the citizens as they are made at odd hours without any concern that they might be interfering and distracting the attention of a phone user from a possibly important work. On Pathak’s lawsuit, the court had earlier issued notices to the Ministry of Law and Justice, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, Hutch, Reliance Infocomm, Idea Cellular, Bharti Tele-Ventures and Citibank, HSBC, Standard Chartered, HDFC and ICICI.
France’s Renault may partner Bajaj Auto Ltd. on a proposed plan to make a $3,000 car, the Economic Times newspaper said on Friday.
The partnership could be part of "a larger alliance" between the two companies covering commercial vehicles, as well, it said. Initial discussions have already begun and Bajaj Auto’s managing director, Rajiv Bajaj, will meet Renault officials in Paris shortly, the paper said, citing unidentified sources. Asked on Thursday if Bajaj Auto was in talks with foreign car makers for its small car project, Executive Director Sanjiv Bajaj had told Reuters "not to my knowledge". Bajaj Auto, India’s No. 2 motorcycle maker, is developing a cargo carrier, its first four-wheeled vehicle, and has said it was studying the feasibility of making a small car. Bajaj has said its car would not be as cheap as the one from Tata Motors Ltd., priced at just under $2,500 and scheduled for launch in 2008. Carlos Ghosn, who heads both Renault and Nissan Motor Co., has said Indian joint venture partner Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. would be a "natural partner" if they were to develop a small car. Mahindra, which makes the no-frills Logan sedan in India, has however, played down the mounting speculation that it would partner Renault on its small car project.
Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor’s debut as a producer is not going well, at least in the United Kingdom.
Kapoor’s movie "Gandhi My Father", which focuses on Mahatma Gandhi’s strained relations with his son, Harilal, has sparked off protests within the Brit Indian community, weeks before its release in Britain. Calls to halt the release of the film were sounded yesterday, prompting his great-grandson, Tushar Gandhi, to urge protesters to see the film before condemning it. The protesters do not believe that a film about the father of their nation should explore Gandhi’s family crises. Razi Ahmad, the secretary of the Gandhi Sangrahalaya, a research centre in Patna, has urged President A.P.J.Abdul Kalam to intervene and stop the film from being screened. "The name of Mahatma Gandhi or that of any other national leader should not be used for commercial purposes. It is against the law of the land. We are of the view that any attempt to tarnish the image of national heroes should not be permitted," Ahmad was quoted by The Times, as saying. Tushar Gandhi, the grandson of Manilal Gandhi, the second of Gandhi’s sons - told The Times that people should give the film a chance, that he was impressed by its sensitivity, despite his own initial concerns before seeing it. "It is a very well-made film. It is sincere to the subject," he added. Directed by theatre personality Feroz Abbas Khan,The film is shot in Hindi and English, and will be released in Britain and India on August 3.
