Stray dogs get past civic body in Bhubaneswar

civic body official claimed that they had intensified sterilisation and dog catching activities mainly around Kalinga Stadium, Exhibition Ground and major roads of the city, but the lack of kennels was making it difficult to control them."We did intensify dog catching activities around the event venues and major roads, but in the absence of infrastructure we are unable to fully contain the menace," said in-charge of animal birth control programme Subhransu Mishra. He added they were conducting 300 sterilisations a month.According to the veterinary department, the population of stray dogs in the city was around 20,000 during 2014-15. The figure has increased to 42,000 at present. A veterinarian said that if the BMC continued the practice of steady sterilisation, the dog population would increase manifold."We are helping the civic authorities in catching stray dogs and conducting sterilisations. However, the number of such operations should be increased to a 1,000 per month, rather than the present 300. If that is not done, it will be difficult to control their growing population," said People for Animal Convener Amulya Nayak.Amiya Mishra, a visitor to the city festival on Wednesday, said that it was disgusting to see that the civic body did not have the ability to control stray animals. Dailyhunthttps://diigo.com/0dm7sk

Thanks to science, 100-year life firmly within our grasp

The average life expectancy in developed countries currently stands at around 80 years, the age when things usually start going wrong with the human body. The metabolic system generates products our body doesn't know how to eliminate, without long-term damaging, leading to ageing. But now, experts working on regenerative medicine say treatment at the cellular and molecular level may be able to arrest this deterioration. Scientists such as Dr Aubrey De Grey, chief science officer at the SENS Research Foundation, who researches ways to reverse the ageing process, thinks it a matter of 15 years. 'We have to intervene at the basic level of cells and molecules to reverse the process of ageing; it is akin to fixing the wear and tear of a car,' says Dr Grey. What does this mean for India? Researchers working on therapeutic genome editing are hopeful that some of these highly advanced techniques could be available in the country in the next couple of decades. 'If you look at diseases per se, therapeutic gene editing has the potential to reverse diseases that happen due to mutation in genes. It is growing at a very fast pace and clinical trials are already in place in several countries. In next 20-30 years, it should be out in market,' says Dr Debojyoti Chakraborty, senior scientist, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology. His work focuses on correcting blood-borne disorders that are an India-specific problem. 'However, faulty genes is just a part of the problem, there are also several other factors such as environmental factor, unhealthy lifestyle that leads to serious health conditions, for which awareness is needed at a different level,' he added. In 2016, India launched The Longitudinal Ageing Study (LASI) to collect scientific data on economic, physical and social well-being of the elderly population. Currently, 65% of the country's population is under 35, which means by 2050, there will be 350 million people above 60. The 60-plus population accounts for 9% of the country's total population, which translates into roughly 103 million people. But there are other practical problems. 'For a country like India, where childhood mortality is still a huge concern, with diarrhoea and pneumonia killing a majority of children, living past 100 years is still not practically possible. By the time people reach 70-75, risk of non-communicable diseases such as heart diseases, stroke, and certain cancers increases. Pollution is proving to be a big health concern,' said Dr AB Dey, head of geriatric department, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi. Dailyhunthttps://justpaste.it/68zqm

The hint's right there

The resultant words are: ATE, HATE, MATE, MADE, SCRAPE, PETE, BITE, RIDE, STRIPE, SLIME, PINE, QUITE, SITE, ONE, HOPE, SLOPE, COPE, TAPE, CAPE, BREATHE, CUBE, TUBE, USE, HUGE, RAGE. -- J Vaseekhar Manuel, orcontactme@gmail.com The magic alphabet is 'e'. The answers are: AT/ATE, HAT/HATE, MAT/ ATE, MAD/MADE, SCRAP/SCRAPE, PET/PETE, BIT/BITE, RID/RIDE, STRIP/STRIPE, SLIM/SLIME PIN/PINE, QUIT/QUITE,SIT/SITE, ON/ONE, HOP/ HOPE, SLOP/SLOPE, COP/COPE, TAP/TAPE, CAP/CAPE, BREATH/BREATHE, CUB/CUBE, TUB/TUBE, US/USE, HUG/HUGE, RAG/RAGE..PS::The silent 'e' in the above words is called the 'marker'. It is not pronounced in any of these words and changes the meaning and pronunciation. It also makes the 'g' soft in the above examples. I really enjoyed doing this challenge!! Thanks and Regards, Paripreet Kaur (10 years), d/o Charanjit Singh Pardesi, cspardesi@gmail.com (Yes, but what if I had given the target word as PAT? -- MS)(The other one was: 'Three chess players agree to play a series of games for a prize which would go to the first player to win two consecutive games. The players draw lots to see which two shall play the first game and from then on the winner plays against the person who just sat out. Assuming the three players to have exactly equal skills, what are their respective chances?') If we consider the chances before lots are drawn, it is simply 1/3 for each player. The winning probability of the two friends who play first is equal and will be (1/2^2 + 1/2^5 + 1/2^8 + ....) + (1/2^4 + 1/2^7 +...) = 5/14. The winning probability of the third friend who sits idle in the first game is 2*(1/2^3 + 1/2^6 +....) = 2/7. -- Saifuddin S F Khomosi, DubaiSay A and B play the first game and C sits out waiting. Logically A and B have equal chances of winning the prize because skills and all conditions are the same for both. C in his first game will be playing against a winner. So he has to win the first game to have any chance of winning the prize. Chance of losing the first game and still have the chance of winning the prize is available to A and B but not to C. Hence A and B have equal chances but better than C to win the prize.-- Raghavendra Rao Hebbani, rao.raghavendrah@gmail.com Assume the correct time is T. T can be before 11:55, between 11:55 and 12:25, between 12:25 and 13:05, or after 13:05. Since the average timeouts is given as 30 min, a total of the timeouts = 90 min. If T is before 11:55, we have (11:55-T) + (12:25-T) + (13:05-T) = 90 min = 1 hr30min ; 3T = 11:55 + 12:25 + 13:05 -1:30 = 35:55; T = 11:58:20; This violates the assumption that T is before 11:55; So 11:58:20 can not be the correct time. if T is between 11:55 and 12:25, we have (T-11:55) + (12:25-T) + (13:05-T) = 1:30; T = -11:55+12:25+13:05-1:30 = 12:05; So 12:05 can be the correct time. if T is between 12:25 and 13:05 we have (T-11:55) + (T-12:25) + (13:05-T) = 1:30; T = 11:55+12:25-13:05+1:30 = 12:45; Here timeouts are 50 min, 20 min and 20 min. This violates the condition that all three timeouts are different. So 12:45 cannot be the correct time. if T is after 13:05, we have (T-11:55) + (T-12:25) + (T-13:05) = 1:30min ; 3T = 11:55 + 12:25 + 13:05 +1:30 = 38:55; T = 12:58:20. This violates the assumption that T is after13:05; So 12:58:20 cannot be the correct time. So the only correct solution is 12:05. -- Mohanachandran R, mohanachandran@gmail.com But Google this now Granted the log accelerating through water can never exceed 100 degrees C due to latent heat of vaporisation, what about the resultant envelop of steam surrounding the log? Can't that temperature be high enough to leave scorch marks on the wood's surface? (Submitted by Dhruv Narayan, dhruv510@gmail.com) Sharma is a scriptwriterand former editor ofScience Today magazine. (mukul.mindsport@gmail.com) Dailyhunthttps://able2know.org/user/huaansaangs/

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Simmba is a Ranveer Singh party

n fact, Simmba seems to be the love child of Chulbul Pandey and Bajirao Singham. There is the cool factor - right down to the stylish RayBans and moustache from Dabangg - and the power - Crash! Boom! Whack! Thwack! - from Singham. And this man could give Deadpool a run for his motormouth. When he isn't delivering lines like "You are my bhai from another aai", Simmba - who robs the rich but doesn't give to the poor - dances at rave parties where he's landed up for a police raid.The story of Simmba, however, is as old as Bollywood itself. A corrupt cop has a change of heart when a young girl he considers his sister is brutally raped and killed. A loose remake of the 2015 Telugu film Temper, Simmba's fun first half gives way to melodrama post-interval. The tempo flags and though the film attempts to focus on a relevant theme, it comes off as tone-deaf in parts. Simmba talks about women's emancipation and safety but makes its female characters largely perfunctory. In her second film, Sara Ali Khan has precious little to do but makes the foot-tapping Aankh marey a treat. A few contemporary cases of violence against women are mentioned but the tenor soon turns preachy. The best way to watch Simmba is to just sit back and enjoy the masala madness you've signed up for. Shetty has a blast both with comedy and action, but unlike his previous films, cars are not sent flying in Simmba. people are. There are some well-mounted action set pieces, with Simmba letting his fists do the talking in a post-interval scene at the police station being a treat for the action fan. And then, of course, there is Singham - Ajay Devgn in character - who struts in to make Simmba an even more fun watch. Just that shot of Ranveer and Ajay walking in slow motion to a mash-up of 'Mann bhanwar uthe, tann sihar uthe, jab khabar uthe ke aawe Singham' and 'Aala re aala Simmba aala' is enough to make the Bolly masala movie fan happy. Not to mention that superstar cameo at the end - we won't spoil it for you - that seems to hint at a Singham-Simmba-Sooryavanshi (yup, that's the name of the new cop on the block) film. Rohit Shetty Cinematic Universe, anyone? Bring it on! Dailyhunthttp://www.itsarab.org/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/33477/Default.aspx

Hello, 2019: Revelry and reflection greet new year

Christina Aguilera pumped up the crowd, performing in a snow-white dress and coat while partygoers danced in their rain ponchos. Bebe Rexha sang John Lennon's Imagine just before the midnight ball drop. The celebration took place under tight security. Partygoers were checked for weapons and then herded into pens, ringed by metal barricades, where they waited for the stroke of midnight. But the weather forced police to scrap plans to fly a drone to help keep watch over the crowd. Revelers paid up to $10 for plastic ponchos trying to stay dry. Umbrellas were banned for security reasons. Rio De Janeiro More than 2 million people celebrated the new year on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. A 14-minute fireworks display ushered Brazil into 2019 only hours before far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro will be sworn in as president. Many Brazilians were on the road to the capital of Brasilia on Monday night to watch the former army captain's inauguration Tuesday afternoon. The last evening of 2018 in Rio was 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29 degrees Celsius), and many Brazilians took a dip in the water and made their offerings to Yemanja, a sea goddess in the Afro-Brazilian Candomble faith. London Britons ushered in the new year with the familiar chimes of Big Ben, even though the world famous clock has been disconnected for more than a year because of a conservation project. Parliament announced last week that the clock's massive bell would sound to mark the new year with the help of a specially built electric mechanism to power the hammer, which weighs about 440 pounds (200 kilograms). The clock mechanism, which has kept time since 1859, has been dismantled as part of the renovation work. New Year's Eve without Big Ben would be positively un-British. The comforting chimes are used by TV and radio stations throughout Britain to herald the moment of transition from the old to the new year. Paris Parisians and tourists gathered on the Champs-Elysees to celebrate New Year's Eve under heavy security. Anti-government protesters from the yellow vest movement have issued calls on social media for 'festive' demonstrations on the famous avenue. Paris police set up a security perimeter in the area, with bag searches, a ban on alcohol and traffic restrictions. The Interior Ministry said Sunday that the heavy security measures are needed because of a 'high terrorist threat' and concerns about 'non-declared protests.' President Emmanuel Macron gave his traditional New Year address to briefly lay out his priorities for 2019, as some protesters angry over high taxes and his pro-business policies plan to continue their demonstrations in coming weeks. Ahead of midnight, a light show with the theme of brotherhood took place on the Arc de Triomphe monument at the top of the Champs-Elysees. Berlin Tens of thousands of people celebrated the start of 2019 at Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate. The annual New Year's celebrations took place amid tight security, with about 1,300 officers deployed throughout the heart of the German capital and revelers banned from taking fireworks, bottles or large bags into the fenced-off party zone. By midnight, Berlin police reported fewer incidents than in previous years. Vatican City Pope Francis has rounded out the most problematic year of his papacy by presiding over a vespers service and praying before the Vatican's giant sand sculpture Nativity scene. During his homily Monday, Francis lamented how many people spent 2018 living on the edge of dignity, homeless or forced into modern forms of slavery. Accompanied by his chief alms-giver, Francis then walked out into St. Peter's Square, where he greeted pilgrims and prayed before the Nativity scene, carved out of 720 tons of packed sand. On Tuesday, Francis will celebrate Mass to mark the start of a new year and officially leave behind 2018, which saw a new eruption of the clergy sex abuse scandal. United Arab Emirates Fireworks crackled at Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, as hundreds of thousands of spectators gathered downtown to watch the spectacular display. The fireworks replaced last year's somewhat anticlimactic LED lightshow that ran down the facade of the 828-meter-tall (2,716-foot-tall) tower. Cafes and restaurants with a view of the Burj Khalifa charge a premium for their locale on New Year's Eve. Casual sandwich chain Pret a Manger, for example, charged $817 for a table of four. That price gets you hot and cold drinks and some canapes. For burgers near the action, fast food chain Five Guys charged $408 per person for unlimited burgers, hotdogs, fries, milkshakes and soda. Elsewhere in the United Arab Emirates, the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah attempted to set a new Guinness World Record with the longest straight-line display of fireworks reaching 7.35 miles (11.83 kilometers). Thailand While many celebrate New Year's Eve with fireworks, hundreds of Thais traveled to Takien Temple in a suburb of Bangkok to lie inside coffins for traditional funeral rituals. Participants believe the ceremony — symbolizing death and rebirth — helps rid them of bad luck and allows them to be born again for a fresh start in the new year. They held flowers and incense in their hands as monks covered them with pink sheets and chanted prayers for the dead. 'It wasn't scary or anything. It is our belief that it will help us get rid of bad luck and bring good fortune to our life,' said Busaba Yookong, who came to the temple with her family. Philippines Dozens of people have been injured ahead of New Year's Eve, when many across the Philippines set off powerful firecrackers in one of Asia's most violent celebrations despite a government scare campaign and threats of arrests. The Department of Health said it has recorded more than 50 firecracker injuries in the past 10 days. That is expected to increase as Filipinos usher in 2019. Officials have urged centralized fireworks displays to discourage wild and sometimes fatal merrymaking. The tradition stems from a Chinese-influenced belief that noise drives away evil and misfortune. Earlier Monday, suspected Muslim militants remotely detonated a bomb near the entrance of a mall in Cotabato as people did last-minute shopping ahead of celebrations. Officials said at least two people were killed and nearly 30 wounded. China New Year's Eve isn't celebrated widely in mainland China, where the lunar New Year in February is a more important holiday. But countdown events were held in major cities, and some of the faithful headed to Buddhist temples for bell-ringing and prayers. Beijing held a gala with VIP guests at the main site of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The event looked ahead to the 2022 Winter Games, which also will be held in the Chinese capital. Outdoor revelers in Beijing had to brave temperatures well below freezing. Additional police were deployed in parts of Shanghai, where a New Year's Eve stampede in 2014 killed 36 people. In Hong Kong, festive lights on skyscrapers provided the backdrop for a fireworks, music and light show over Victoria Harbor on a chilly evening. Kiribati The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first in the world to welcome the new year, greeting 2019 with muted celebrations after spending 2018 on the front line of the battle against climate change. Kiribati is made up of low-lying atolls along the equator which intersect three time zones, the first of which sees the new year 14 hours before midnight in London. Much of the nation's land mass, occupied by 110,000 people, is endangered by rising seas that have inundated coastal villages. The rising oceans have turned fresh water sources brackish, imperiling communities and raising doubts the nation will exist at the next New Year. Former President Anote Tong said the only future for Kiribati may be mass migration. The new year was welcomed in the capital, Tarawa, with church services and mostly quiet private celebrations. Australia An estimated million people crowded Sydney Harbor as Australia's largest city rang in the new year with a spectacular, soul-tinged fireworks celebration. One of the most complex displays in Australia's history included gold, purple and silver fireworks pulsating to the tune of '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,' made famous by Aretha Franklin, who died in August. The show used 8.5 tons of fireworks and featured more than 100,000 pyrotechnic effects. Earlier, a thunderstorm drenched tens of thousands of people as they gathered for the traditional display, creating a show of its own with dozens of lightning strikes. In Melbourne, 14 tons of fireworks deployed on the ground and on roofs of 22 buildings produced special effects including flying dragons. In Brisbane, people watched as fireworks exploded from five barges moored on the Brisbane River. South Korea After an eventful year that saw three inter-Korean summits and the easing of tensions over North Korea's nuclear program, South Koreans entered 2019 with hopes that the hard-won detente will expand into a stable peace. Thousands of South Koreans filled the streets of the capital, Seoul, for a traditional bell-tolling ceremony near City Hall. Dignitaries picked to ring the old Bosingak bell at midnight included famous surgeon Lee Guk-jong, who successfully operated on a North Korean soldier who escaped to South Korea in 2017 in a hail of bullets fired by his comrades. A 'peace bell' was tolled at Imjingak, a pavilion near the border with North Korea. Las Vegas No place does flashy like Las Vegas. It rang in 2019 with fireworks shot from casino-resorts and superstar performances from Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, Gwen Stefani and others. Celebratory midnight toasts were anchored by an 8-minute firework show on the Las Vegas Strip. The pyrotechnics were choreographed to a soundtrack that includes Frank Sinatra's 'Luck Be a Lady,' Lionel Richie's 'All Night Long' and Dion's version of 'I Drove All Night'. New Year's Eve is worth more than $400 million to Vegas. Security is a high priority for police on the Las Vegas Strip, where a gunman in 2017 opened fire on a country music festival, killing 58 people and injuring hundreds of others. Police, including rooftop snipers and plainclothes and uniformed officers, were out in full force along with federal agents. Authorities also restricted revelers from bringing backpacks, ice chests, strollers and glass items to the street celebrations. Dailyhunthttp://www.chaipaai.com/author/meekneekitto/

US midfielder Christian Pulisic to join Chelsea from Borussia Dortmund next season

That certainly has to do with his American origins, and so it wasn't possible for us to extend his contract."— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) Borussia Dortmund has agreed with @ChelseaFC on the transfer of Christian Pulisic for a fee of €64 million  Pulisic will remain at BVB on loan until the end of the season. pic.twitter.com/jAur5xWwuQ — Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) January 2, 2019 Zorc says Dortmund decided to accept Chelsea's "lucrative" offer. function catchException() {try{ twitterJSDidLoad(); }catch(e){}} function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}} function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}}Dailyhunthttps://www.vox.com/users/zeekrpheek

Delhi's dreamcatcher: Anamika Haksar on films, penury and making it to Sundance

What it's about The film got its name, Haksar says, via one of her aunts. 'She told me an anecdote about hailing a tonga driver who had an emaciated horse. He refused to take her, saying he had to feed his horse jalebis.' The combination of ironic humour, a fading tradition of tongawallahs, a poorly fed horse and an impoverished driver who had probably not had a jalebi himself in months, got to her, she says. Born to Kashmiris settled in Shahjanabad, she says the cultural oasis of Old Delhi had always fascinated her. 'So many migrants from so many regions of the country, surviving together.' It took over seven years to make Ghode Ko Jalebi…, which traces the lives and dreams of beggars, pickpockets, street singers, hawkers and rickshaw pullers in Old Delhi. A still from Ghode Ko Jalebi Khilane Le Ja Riya Hoon, which combines documentary footage, animation and folk art to tell of the dreams and nightmares of Old Delhi's beggars, pickpockets, hawkers and rickshaw pullers. The film weaves a tapestry of the real and fantastical, its documentary footage overlaid with animation and paintings based on folk styles. The dreams are cryptic, charged, emotional. A pickpocket dreams of Mickey Mouse in a remand home. In a vendor's nightmares, he sees his children in his village home burning. Why dreams? 'The narrative moves from moment to moment, there is no particular storyline. The structure of the film mirrors the winding streets and lives of the homeless, who don't have a structured life and who don't know what will happen next.' Haksar says she picked these characters because they are generally seen as types, or tasks, rather than individuals. She created a list of about 25 questions — on fears, imagery, dreams, oft-felt emotions, attitude to money, daily routines. Actors Gopalan and Ravindra Sahu play a labourer-activist and a pickpocket respectively. 'I handed the questionnaire to a theatre colleague of mine who lives in old Delhi because it's better to do it that way than to just descend on people from the outside. We spoke to 75 people over two years,' she says. Based on the answers to her questionnaire, she created her four key characters — a pickpocket, played by theatre actor Ravindra Sahu, a snacks vendor played by actor Raghuvir Yadav, a labourer-activist played by theatre actor Gopalan and a conductor of heritage walks played by playwright and actor Lokesh Jain. Making it Her crew greatly informed how the film turned out, Haksar stresses. 'I took an eight-month course in filmmaking and I had the direction part under control. But I didn't know about things like lensing, or how to place the camera,' she says. 'There were political issues too. There was a woman on the streets. She had been raped 10 times. Where do you place your camera when you show her? My cinematographer, Saumyananda Sahi, is a very conscious person. He prioritised her dignity over the idea of a good shot.' 'This film takes a lot of risks and pushes the frontiers of Indian cinema. Haksar has used animation and magic realism to tell a story that is humanist in intent, backed by years of research. It's wonderful that festivals are supporting such work, because this is not a film that would otherwise easily find a theatrical release,' says Meenakshi Shedde, film curator and South-Asia consultant for the Berlin film festival. Gautam Nair, the sound designer, used ambient sound only; nothing was dubbed in a studio. Sundance will bring the film the attention it so desperately needs, Haksar says. 'I'm broke. I can't even afford to put up some screens and hire some projectors so that the people in my movie — these people who live on the streets of Old Delhi — can watch it. Sundance is a huge honour and it may help me get a theatrical release for the film too.' Already, the film has been screened at this year's Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival and has won a best debut director award at this year's International Film Festival of Kerala. But so far, only two of the people she interviewed have seen it. 'One works with me,' Haksar says. 'The other is a domestic worker who is very vocal. She said, 'Didi yeh normal toh nahi hain. Thodasa hatke hain. Par hamare baare mein hain aur sachchai hain isme. (It's not a regular film. It's different. But it's about us and there is truth in it)'.' the trailer here: Dailyhunthttps://anotepad.com/notes/fkkip9

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