Science and Tech : NASA's Spitzer telescope witnesses asteroid smashup -Crash, bang, wallop

Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted a huge eruption of dust around a young star. They believe the dust cloud was the result of a smashup between large asteroids.
This type of collision can eventually lead to the formation of planets, researchers say.
Scientists had been regularly tracking the star, called NGC 2547-ID8, when it surged with a huge amount of fresh dust between August 2012 and January 2013. "We think two big asteroids crashed into each other, creating a huge cloud of grains the size of very fine sand, which are now smashing themselves into smithereens and slowly leaking away from the star," said lead author and graduate student Huan Meng of the University of Arizona, Tucson.

The aftermath of a large asteroid impact around NGC 2547-ID8, a 35-million-year-old sun-like star. Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope witnessed a giant surge in dust around the star, the result of two asteroids colliding.

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Google India's home page Doodle on August 15th 2014 : Independent India's first stamp

The doodle on the Google India home page this year is a familiar symbol - independent India's first stamp.

The first stamp issued by free India was months after Independence on November 21, 1947 and it depicted the Indian national flag with the popular slogan - "Jai Hind (Long Live India)" written in Hindi. The stamp was valued at three and one-half annas.

Google has been commemorating India's Independence Day on its India home page since 2003.

Independent India's first stamp was for three and one-half annas and was issued on November 21, 1947.

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Entertainment BO report: 'Entertainment' chugging towards Rs 50 crores

After the buzz that Salman Khan's 'Kick' created at the box office, moviegoers it seems have taken a relaxed approach towards Akshay Kumar's 'Entertainment'.

A film starring Khiladi Kumar and Tamannaah Bhatia, 'Entertainment' is a slapstick comedy film directed by director duo Sajid-Farhad. 'Entertainment' released on August 8, 2014 and according to news report in Koimoi, has been able to make Rs 43.69 crores so far.
source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/BO-report-Entertainment-chugging-towards-Rs-50-crores/articleshow/40166740.cms

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Nobel Prize winners 2014 list : Mathematics

Nobel Prize winners 2014 list  : Mathematics

Canadian-American maths wizard ​Manjul Bhargava.

Mathematicians of Indian- and Iranian-origin are among the four winners of the 2014 Fields Medal, widely considered the Nobel Prize for maths that has been broadly dominated by white males since it was instituted in 1936.

The award going to Princeton University's Manjul Bhargava, a Canadian-American maths wizard was no surprise; although he is the first person of Indian origin, he was the hot favorite in pre-award polls among peers.

The sensational co-winner is Maryam Mirzakhani, a female Iranian mathematician who teaches at Stanford University. It is the first time a female mathematician has won the Fields medal; all 52 previous winners have been men in a field traditionally dominated by the male of the species.

Expectedly, it created a ripple in the rarefied maths world.

Mirzakhani's success was "hugely symbolic and I hope it will encourage more women to get into mathematics because we need more women. I am very happy that now we can put to rest that particular 'it has never happened before'," Ingrid Daubechies, herself the first female president of the International mathematical Union (IMU), said while announcing the award.

The two other winners this year are Artur Avila from Brazil and Martin Hairer from Austria. Avila is also the first Brazilian and Latin American to win the medal.

One to four Fields Medals are awarded once every four years to mathematicians under the age of 40 years at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), which meets every four years. The presentation will take place in Seoul on Wednesday at the quadrennial IMU Congress (Hyderabad hosted it in 2010).

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Current News: New mobile App for the protection of women- SOS

New mobile App for the protection of women- SOS

Kanpur police recently have launched a new mobile app for the protection of women. It is called SOS. This application has been designed to help the users by sending an alert to the family members of that victim and also to the police control room if they face any danger.

Kanpur SSP, K S Emanuel says that they have launched this app only to decrease the rate of female molestation and eve teasing. Day by day crime against women and girl spread so widely and it has become so brutal and inhuman, a drastic step should be taken to stop this activities of the wrong doers.

There are some other company who also has launched the same application by different name.

A company named Extentia launched the SOS application for Android. In early March, the BJP launched a Raksha app for women's safety which has a one-press alert button for notifying others when fallen in distressing situations.

This SOS application only is available for Android presently but soon this too will also be applicable for the iOS.

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