Indian scientists found galaxy ‘Saraswati’ in space

PUNE: For the first time in the country, a team of Indian scientists has claimed to have discovered an "extremely large supercluster of galaxies", Saraswati, in the universe.




"Since the light from this galaxy has just reached us, we will be able to study how it (galaxy) was in the past," is what the scientists have to claim.

This ultra large structure is on the direction of constellation Pisces and 400 light years away from Earth. "This is a very high concentration of galaxies in the universe and it is very rare. Few such structures have been observed till now and this is definitely a first from India as all authors are Indians," said Shishir Sankhyayan from IISER, who is a co-author.

Sankhyayan said that while in 1989, Somak Raychoudhury, now director of IUCAA, had discovered such a super cluster of galaxies, he was then in the UK for his PhD at Cambridge University. "Earth, which belongs to Milky Way galaxy, is actually also a part of a supercluster called the Laniaka supercluster," he added.


ince the galaxy that has been discovered is far away from earth, the light has taken that much more time to reach Earth. This means what the scientists have observed is actually the past. "This helps us understand how the universe must have been many many years ago. Dark energy, as we all know, is behind the expansion of the universe but nobody has ever actually detected it. But everybody is studying this and the discovery of Saraswati will help us understand the dark energy and what part it plays in the expansion and other evolution of the universe," added Sankhayayan.


In a press statement, Joydeep Bagchi from IUCAA, the lead author of the paper, said, ''We were very surprised to spot this giant wall-like supercluster of galaxies, visible in a large spectroscopic survey of distant galaxies, known as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. This supercluster is clearly embedded in a large network of cosmic filaments traced by clusters and large voids. Our work will help to shed light on the perplexing question; how such extreme large scale, prominent matter-density enhancements had formed billions of years in the past when the mysterious Dark Energy had just started to dominate structure formation.



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Shruti Haasan to become Producer

Shruti Haasan is currently very much busy with her career. These days, she is running out of offers but still, she is showing a good promise. 

She has lost a couple of prestigious projects in the recent past. Shruti Haasan is a multi-talented actress who always wanted to shine like a diamond in whatever field she selects. She is a person who can also sing, compose music and even perform on the stage. 

The fans are currently very upset that the actress is not doing so great in her career. The buzz is that she already runs a production house and she is now planning to come out with the production of a couple of interesting projects. Shruti is planning to support talented musicians with this production house. The actress recently confirmed it in an interview.

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Indian IT Companies suffer from another US VISA Problem!.

NEW DELHI: After the Donald Trump administration's intended tightening of the work visa rules that has come as a blow to the Indian IT companies, the US government's latest announcement to delay the so-called "startup" visa could impact Indian entrepreneurs.



 The visa programme was approved in January by the then Barack Obama administration and was meant to allow foreign entrepreneurs who started companies in the US to live in that country — a longstanding demand of the Silicon Valley. It was supposed to come into effect on July 17.

Immigrants have started more than half of US startups valued at $1 billion dollars or more, and are key members of either management or product development teams in more than 70% of these companies, according to a 2016 study by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), a US-based non-profit nonpartisan public policy think tank. Out of these, people of Indian origin have founded almost 30%.




Indian-American technology entrepreneur and academic Vivek Wadhwa called the policy "brain-dead" and a "lose-lose" for the US. "Without doubt, bringing in entrepreneurs creates American jobs and expands the economy, it is the closest thing there could be to a free lunch for the United States. This is a lose-lose for the US and for the entrepreneurs who would have come here but it will benefit the countries where they would have come from."

As per the NFAP study, 14 Indian-origin entrepreneurs have started billion dollar companies in the US which are collectively valued at $19.6 billion. The foundation had evaluated 87 startup companies valued at over $1 billion as of January 1, 2016, for the study. The Obama administration's idea was to keep high-calibre talent who come to the US for studies but return to their countries and start businesses that become huge successes.

Puru Vashishtha, a Valley-based Indian entrepreneur-investor who studied at Stanford University, said the startup visa would have been great for Indian and Israeli students. "Imagine if Vinod Khosla had to come back to India to work in Infosys. That would have been a big loss for innovation. Unfortunately, it's already happening now, due to difficulties faced by international students and immigrants to become entrepreneurs. Countries like Canada are taking advantage of it, but they don't have big enablers that Silicon Valley provides and a big market that US readily provides," he said.


Vashishtha added that he has witnessed the struggle of many of his Stanford friends without the startup visa. "These were highly trained, best minds in the world. They wanted to do product startup in the Valley. Unfortunately, because of being a foreign national, even a top university graduate does not get the same options as rest of her US classmates. This is regressive and it deprives the US from significant value creation and job creation. startup visa was a big hope."



According to a 2012 study, companies founded by immigrants in the US have created more than 10 million jobs and over $4.5 trillion in annual revenue.

On Monday, the US Department of Homeland Security issued a memo saying that the rule will now be launched on March 14, 2018 and it will solicit comments from the public about rescinding the rule, and "may ultimately eliminate the program."

"Given the real shortage of tech talent in the US, this startup visa would have been a great enabler. It has the potential to take the innovation to the next level. This move to cancel it is a big setback," said Vashishtha.


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Model dies after 100 plastic surgeries

Popular model Kristyna Martelli who is known for her extremely outrageous figure died while undergoing a plastic surgery procedure. The stunning lady, who grew up in Quebec, reportedly had more than 100 plastic surgeries on her body since the age of 17.




In a post from her website, Kristyna had explained why she loved to enhance her body through plastic surgeries which she describes as her passion and hobby. She once said, ''The reason of all my surgeries is simply because I wanted to bring my body looks to another level and I regret nothing about any of them.''

According to reports, she suffered a seizure and died of a heart attack while doctors performed a butt implant surgery. Prior to her death, Martelli described all her surgery procedures till date totally worth and went on to say that plastic surgery is something everyone should do.

In her short lived career she underwent nose jobs, face fillers, as well as numerous breast and buttock enhancements. Kristyna's craze for surgeries earned her a modelling career and over 620 thousand Instagram followers on social media.


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BCCI asked to announce coach today

NEW DELHI: After the three-member Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman, put the appointment of next India coach on hold despite completion of the interview process, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) has asked BCCI to not delay the announcement further and name the coach today (11th July).



In a press conference on Monday, Ganguly had stated that the CAC will have a detailed chat with Kohli once he is back from the West Indies as he needs to understand how coaches operate. However, according media reports, CoA has told BCCI to merely let Kohli know about the candidates interviewed and the interview process and name the coach promptly.

The CAC interviewed five candidates for the post of head coach and at the end of it said that they needed more time to come to a final decision. Tendulkar joined in through video conference.
The fresh delay in the appointment of a coach comes 47 days after the BCCI invited applications for the role. "What we have decided is that we will hold on for the time being (on) the announcement of the coach.

 We need to talk to a few more players, especially the captain, and then make an announcement because we feel that there is no hurry at the moment," Ganguly said, adding that the new coach would be given a contract till the 2019 World Cup.



Ganguly made it clear that they are looking at the bigger picture for the next two years and will take a decision in the best interest of Indian cricket.

Terror attack on Amarnath Devotees.

1. Seven Amarnath Devotees were killed and 14 others injured when terrorists opened fire on a bus near Batengoo in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Monday.





2. This is not the first-time Amarnath pilgrims have been attacked. In July 2001, a militant hurled two grenades at a camp and later opened fire near the Amarnath shrine killing nearly 13 people. The next year, even though nearly 15,000 security personnel and policemen were deployed to offer protection to the pilgrims, terrorists killed eight pilgrims and injured 30 in an attack on the Nunwan camp on the way to the Amarnath shrine.



3. This latest attack on Monday, coming as it did on the first day of "shravan" and associated with the Hindu god Shiva who is central to the pilgrimage - added to the outrage over the killings. Police sources said the terrorists initially attacked a police bunker at Batengoo. The police returned the fire. It was after this that the bus was attacked. Initial reports said the bus was not registered with the Amarnath shrine board and was travelling after permitted hours and therefore without adequate security.





4. Several parties, including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party, the National Conference and the Congress called for a bandh in Jammu on Tuesday to protest the killings. "We have called for Jammu bandh tomorrow against the death of seven Amarnath pilgrims in a terror attack at Anantnag," VHP spokesman Rajesh Kumar said






5. Senior Union home ministry officials are scheduled to visit J&K on Tuesday. They include minister of state for home Hansraj Ahir and Kashmir joint secretary Gyaneshwar Kumar. J&K governor NN Vohra has also called for a meeting in Srinagar, said ANI. Separately, a high-level meet is underway at home minister Rajnath Singh's residence to discuss the attack.



6. Meanwhile, CRPF officials told ANI the Amarnath yatra will continue from Jammu Tuesday. "It's being investigated by J&K police. Yatra is going on, we will ensure that it goes on peacefully", said a CRPF official. Union home minister Rajnath Singh has spoken with J&K governor N.N. Vohra and chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and has assured full assistance to help the injured.



7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday night strongly condemned the dastardly terror attack on the pilgrims in Kashmir. He said that India will "never get bogged down by such cowardly attacks and evil designs of hate". The PM said he spoke to J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and assured all possible assistance.

8. J&K's chief minister said the terror attack on the pilgrims is a "blot on all Muslims and Kashmiris". "Pilgrims come to Kashmir every year for the yatra despite all the difficulties. And seven people died today. I have no words to condemn it. I hope the security forces and the Jammu and Kashmir police arrest the perpetrators forthwith and take stern action against them," the chief minister said.



9. Opposition leaders also condemned the attack. "This is a grave & unacceptable security lapse. The PM needs to accept responsibility and never allow it to happen again," Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said. "Every right-thinking Kashmiri must today condemn the killing of the Amarnath yatris... These terrorists are the enemies of Kashmir & Kashmiriyat," said former J&K chef minister Omar Abdullah.



10. The President and the two Presidential candidates strongly condemned the attack. "Strongly condemn attack on Amarnath Yatris in J&K; grieve the loss of innocent lives," said President Pranab Mukherjee. "Deeply saddened at loss of innocent lives. My thoughts and prayers are with bereaved family members and those injured," said Meira Kumar, the opposition's Presidential candidate. Ram Nath Kovind, the NDA's presidential candidate, condemned the attack and also cancelled his tour of Gujarat on Tuesday, sources said.


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Sensex, Nifty close at record high

Sensex and Nifty consolidated on early gains on Monday as both the indices ended on record highs gaining over 1 per cent each. The 30-share BSE Sensex closed at 31,715.64 up by 355.01 points( 1.13 per cent), while the broader 50-share NSE Nifty ended at 9,763.05, gaining 97.25 points (1.01 per cent).

The indices set record high more than once during the day as the 30-share BSE Sensex hit all-time high of 31,768.39, gaining a whopping 407.76 points while the broader NSE Nifty touched the peak point of 9,772.20, rising by 52.90 points. The startling spike in the markets is mainly on the back of global cues with most of the European markets opening on a strong positive note for the day.


Stock markets saw another major happening when trading was halted in the NSE or National Stock Exchange due to "technical glitch". "Due to technical reasons in the cash market, trading has been stopped in cash and F&O (futures and options) segment of the NSE," the exchange said. However, at 12:30 pm, trade finally resumed after being shut for almost the entire morning session.

Bharti Airtel stocks ended gaining more than 5 per cent with TCS, Wipro and Coal India being the other major gainers. Reliance Industries Limited hit 52-week high during the day.


Mahindra and Mahindra, HDFC and ITC lost moderately on an otherwise encouraging day for investors.
                     

Market breadth was solidly positive on both the indices.

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