Rakesh Sharma Turns 70: Know Some Facts About First Cosmonaut Citizen to Travel in Space

                        

The outer space has a been an intriguing topic. With so many researches and findings of exploration in space over the years, there are many who aspire to go out there and experience the world from outside at least once. Indian scientists and cosmonauts too are working hard to explore more into the outer space but it was Rakesh Sharma who was the first Indian to venture into space. Born on January 13, 1949, today marks the 70th birthday of first Indian cosmonaut who went in space. He was a former Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11, launched on 2 April 1984. He was on a week-long mission to space station Salyut 7. Shah Rukh Khan’s Biopic on Rakesh Sharma Gets a New Title, Will Be Called Saare Jahaan Se Achcha.

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Sharma was born in a Punjabi family in Patiala. After completing his education he joined as a cadet with the Indian Air Force in the year 1966. He was just 18 years of age then. He was later appointed as a test pilot by the Indian Air Force. He was excellent at his job and in the year 1982 he went to become a cosmonaut and go in space as a joint program between the  Indian Space Research Organisation and the Soviet Intercosmos space program. On his 70th birthday today, let us know some more facts about him.

• Rakesh Sharma spent 7 days, 21 hours and 40 minutes aboard the Salyut 7 Orbital Station.
• It was Sharma who gave the slogan of "Sare Jahan Se Accha" in response to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's question of how India looks from the outer space. A patriotic song by the same title became popular while India was reeling under the colonial British rule.
• While in space, he performed various experiments along with his team. He also experimented with practising Yoga and studying its effects on the body in space.
• After returning from space, he was conferred with the honour of the Hero of the Soviet Union.
• He is also the recipient of India's highest peacetime gallantry award the Ashoka Chakra.
• He joined the  Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in 1987 and retired from flying in the year 2001.Rakesh Sharma is indeed the pride of the nation and held our country's name in high regard. To document his life and achievements, a movie is also going to be made on him

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5 Foods You Should Be Eating Ahead of Allergy Season

                      If you've ever suffered from hay fever, you know just how difficult it can be to deal with. Symptoms of the seasonal bug include a runny nose, a tickly throat, and itchy, watery eyes and can easily be mistaken for a common cold. According to Bio-Kult's nutritional therapist, Hannah Braye, hay fever is a "skewed reaction of the immune system, whereby sufferers react to inhaled pollen released from local trees, grasses, and flowers."

Although it's hard to deal with hay fever, there are clever ways to lessen its symptoms, one of them being through food. To counteract the inflammatory symptoms using food, Hannah recommends "reducing intake of pro-inflammatory foods such as sugar, refined carbs, vegetable and sunflower oils, and trans fats found in processed foods, whilst following an anti-inflammatory diet, high in antioxidants and phytonutrients from colourful fruit and vegetables."

Probiotics

According to Hannah, "around 70 percent of our immune cells reside in the lining of the digestive tract and are supported and influenced by a diverse range of gut bacteria." With hay fever being an irritation of the immune system, consuming probiotics - which contribute to gut health - can be an easy way of strengthening your immune system's fight against hay fever.

Essential Fatty Acids

Good fats from foods such as avocado, salmon, and chia seeds have great anti-inflammatory properties that can help lessen the effect of inflammatory symptoms such as a runny nose and watery, itchy eyes.

Ginger and Turmeric

Ginger and turmeric don't just make a powerful cold remedy; when combined with other anti-inflammatory ingredients, they can also be turned into a potent tonic that keeps hay fever away.

Foods Rich in Vitamin C

Foods like oranges, lemons, and kiwis, which contain high amounts of vitamin C, also contain another powerful antioxidant called quercetin. Together, quercetin and vitamin C provide immune-boosting and antiallergenic properties.

Apples

Apples aren't just full of fibre, they're also packed with antioxidants and polyphenols such as quercetin, which has antiallergen properties that can help bolster your fight against hay fever.

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The Bitcoin Casino That’s Making Indians Rich: Early Adopters Are Becoming Crorepatis But Most People Think Its Too Good To Be True

 new online casino, Grand Mondial, is using the power of Bitcoin to offer insanely high odds but most people are still skeptical and unwilling to invest. One man’s story proves that if you have the courage to drop the initial deposit, you can come out a multi-millionaire in a matter of minutes. He took the leap and now owns twelve properties in five different countries.

Naveen Jain hadn't slept in weeks. He had recently lost his job, his savings were almost out, and he had a long list of debt that were going to bounce at the end of the month. He was about to sell his flat and his car, and had a dreadful feeling that his wife would leave when she found out just how bad the financial situation actually was.

This desperate situation is what led him to researching quick ways to make money online. You've probably seen them all by now: "Binary options", "copy the WallStreet traders", "sign up to this twenty step course to become a millionaire like me". Most of them claim to be simple and easy to follow but then end up demanding a ton of money and even more time.

None of them actually seem to work.

Naveen Jain: "Most people ignored the casino because they didn't know what BitCoin was. They don't trust it because it seems too good to be true. I proved that this isn't the case.".

Naveen knew all about these get-rich-quick shams flooding the internet which is why he paid attention to an article that most people until then had chosen to ignore. They simply saw it as too good to be true. People are scared of the unknown and Bitcoin is still relatively unknown in Canada.

The article in question wrote about an online casino that uses the power of Bitcoin to offer players insanely high odds:

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Serbia president's plane--------------- trouble -----------------------------------caused by coffee spill

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An investigation into the sudden plunge of the Serbian president's plane has shown that it was because the co-pilot spilled coffee on the instruments panel, aviation authorities said Tuesday.

                                  The investigation results show that the co-pilot accidentally activated the emergency slat extension when trying to clean the coffee from the panel. That reportedly caused the plane to dive and the brief shutdown of one of the engines. Unsurprisingly, there was panic among passengers.

                                     The captain then stabilized the aircraft and returned to the capital, Belgrade. Slats are located on leading edges of the wings and are used by pilots to change the aircrafts' angle of descent.

Initially, President Tomislav Nikolic's press office said last Friday that the plane made an emergency return because of engine failure. Nikolic was en route to the Vatican for an official visit, which was canceled.

Nikolic's associates then spoke of the plane shaking violently and being tossed all over the cabin. They said the president will use only commercial flights, because the 34-year-old government Falcon 50 has a history of inflight problems.

Serbia's aviation authorities say that the co-pilot has been suspended.

Columbia Scientists Invent a Camera That Powers Itself — No Battery Necessary

Have you ever pulled out your camera or smartphone to take a photo, only to find that your device has run out of power? A new discovery out of Columbia University may someday eliminate that scenario in a flash.

On Wednesday morning, a team of engineers from Columbia announced the creation of a camera that is completely self-powered — no battery, no charging cables, no solar panels. The camera’s sensor contains technology that can take in the light in a room and transfer it into usable energy.

So, as long as there is enough light, the research team’s camera would be able to snap one photo per second, forever.

The camera is currently a prototype, though lead researcher Shree Nayar of Columbia said a self-powered camera could eventually make its way to wearable devices, Internet of Things gadgets, and smartphones. He also said it could hypothetically even charge the battery of your gadget while it isn’t in use.

“We’re in the middle of an imaging revolution,” Nayar said in a phone interview with Yahoo Tech. “And in many of these [emerging] fields, you will want the camera to be a standalone device. You can’t have hundreds of sensors and wires; you want to be able to deploy the camera in a very easy fashion.”

In the prototype, the camera’s pixels (which live in the sensor) not only measure the light in the resulting photograph, as they typically do; they also “harvest” that light to charge the camera’s power supply. The camera doesn’t contain a battery; it has a capacitor that instantly translates the light into energy that powers the camera. (Nayar said a future model could contain a rechargeable battery.)

With only the light from a standard house lamp, the camera’s energy level stays stable while taking one photo per second, as the chart below shows.

A chart maps the brightness in the room against the voltage in the camera. At around 200 lux –– standard room brightness –– the voltage in the camera remained constant, even as the camera took photos. (Photo: Shree Nayar, Columbia University)

We are probably at least several years away from a camera — or a smartphone camera — that houses this technology. Manufacturing something like this on a grand scale, Nayar said, would take either a large investment or the cooperation of a manufacturer with ample resources and a working supply chain.  

The Columbia team will present its findings at this month’s International Conference on Computational Photography at Rice University, where it will also be looking for collaborators for building out the rechargeable technology. Here’s hoping they find some –– for our poor smartphone battery’s sake.

China fines Alibaba $129,000 for pricing violations

          China's e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group, has been fined 800,000 yuan ($129,000) by the price bureau in eastern Zhejiang province for violations by third-party sellers during promotions on its e-commerce platforms.
      Since Alibaba turned "Singles' Day", a November 11 Chinese response to Valentine's Day, into an online shopping festival in 2009, the event has grown to similar proportions as Cyber Monday and Black Friday in the United States.
Sales of more than $9 billion were achieved at last year's event, and the company has copyrighted the phrase "Double 11", a reference to the date (11/11), which in turn, refers to the status of single people.

                  "The company has been fined 500,000 yuan ($81,000) for matters related to Singles' Day pricing by third-party sellers on our Tmall marketplace in 2013 and 2014 and 300,000 yuan($48,000) for pricing in other promotions in 2013 and 2015," Alibaba Group said in a statement on Friday.

While pricing is handled by third parties, not directly by Alibaba, the group said, it would nevertheless reinforce pricing rules and regulations with sellers to protect consumers.
                      The 27,000 vendors featured on Alibaba's Singles' Day shopping sites hope to boost sales and gain customers, but some have complained that discounts and cut-throat corporate rivalry undercut the benefits.
                     Alibaba has had occasional difficulties regulating its sprawling e-commerce empire, which now includes online markets such as Taobao; Tmall, a platform for larger retailers linked to Taobao; group-buying site Juhuasuan and the original flagship platform Alibaba.com, which links exporters with foreign buyers.
                 In 2011, Alibaba.com was hit by a scandal when sales staff colluded with professional criminals to defraud foreign customers, leading to multiple arrests and the resignation of then Chief Executive David Wei.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Alibaba was also publicly chastised by regulators for failing to control the sale of counterfeit products on its platforms, an accusation echoed by trade groups and regulators in the U.S., where the company is listed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           In February Alibaba said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had sought more information about a reported talk between its executives and China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce regarding sales of counterfeit goods, which the company did not mention in its IPO prospectus prior to listing. Alibaba shares have lost more than a fifth this year, with analysts citing concern about counterfeits along with lacklustre third-quarter earnings and waning investor excitement after last September's record-setting $25-billion IPO.