Vishwa Gujarat: May 2015

Sunday 31 May 2015

Indian-American scientist finds new way for kidney diagnosis

In a major success, an Indian-American scientist and his colleague have identified a new, less-invasive method to provide diagnostic information on kidney disease and its severity. They used an optical probe and Raman spectroscopy to differentiate between healthy and diseased kidneys. “There are some molecules that must be responsible for these different Raman signals, but we don’t need to know...

The best minds in the field of laporscopic surgery came together here on Sunday to celebrate the silver jubilee of the first laparoscopic surgery in India. On May 31, 1990, the first laparoscopic removal of gall bladder (laparoscopic cholecystectomy) was done by T.E. Udwadia, general surgery specialist at Hinduja Hospital in Mahim. At a conference here in the presence of...

Actor Sidharth Shukla will join Bharti Singh as the host of “India’s Got Talent”, which is entering the semi-final stage. The “India’s Got Talent” stage is not a new one for Sidharth, who was seen as a guest performer during the auditions phase where he had impressed judges Kirron Kher, Karan Johar and Malaika Arora Khan, with his illusionist act....

Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s hopes of a happy farewell were squashed after the veteran left-handed batsman was left out of the 14-man West Indies squad for the first Test against Australia starting here on Wednesday. Chanderpaul, the second highest run-scorer for the Caribbean outfit, is only 45 runs behind that of Brian Lara’s 11,912 runs. But recently in his last series against...

Singer Britney Spears enjoyed time with her two sons Jayden and Sean who each had fun with their skateboards. “Just your typical proud skate mom,” Spears wrote on Instagram after posing with her sons, reports eonline.com. She also added a video of her son showing off his skateboarding skills.

Gaana.com is back after warning from across the border

Gaana.com, one of India’s most popular streaming music sites, was down for many hours on Thursday, apparently after the site’s user database was breached by a Pakistani hacker. The site is now back. The hacker Mak Man posted on Facebook that he had managed to gain access to details of 10 million users. He posted a screenshot of the SQL...

Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) today reported 22.5 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 234.9 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. The company’s consolidated net profit in the corresponding quarter of FY 2014 was Rs 191.7 crore, Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation said in a regulatory filing. The consolidated total income decreased from Rs 484.2 crore...

Hamburg : Hamburger SV have avoided a first-leg loss against Karlsruhe SC club thanks to Ivo Ilicevic’s late equaliser on 1-1 in Bundesliga’s promotion play-off game. Second-division side Karlsruhe gave the hosts a hard fight at the Volkspark stadium, yet they remained wasteful on the finish allowing first-division side Hamburg to snatch a late draw on Thursday, reports Xinhua. Karlsruhe...

Leeds : New Zealand will be without injured all-rounder Corey Anderson when they seek to square the Test cricket series against England at Headingley. Anderson didn’t take part in the team’s final training session ahead of second and final Test starting on Friday and a team spokesman confirmed that he would not play in the five-day contest, reports cricket.com.au. The...

We do love a cheeky film premiere and it’s not because of the movie on show either. It means all the celebrities are drawn out in their finery and we get to crush all over their flash dresses and occasionally weep at how wrong they got it too of course. But Nargis Fakhri couldn’t have got it more right at...

Washington : The US Department of Justice has indicted former speaker of the House of Representatives, Illinois Republican Dennis Hastert, who allegedly paid some $1.7 million to cover up financial misconduct and hid from the FBI information on large cash withdrawals, Efe news agency reported. The US Attorney’s Office said on Thursday that Hastert, who left office in 2007, was...

They are pampered with infrastructure and other facilities available in a mega city but when it comes to physical attributes and abilities, city youths are no match for their counterparts from less developed small towns and tribal areas. This glaring difference came to fore at the physical examination round of the selection process for constables in Gujarat Police at various...

The smartwatch has a small, second screen in the strap that can be viewed when you hold it at eye level. The company says that you will be able to view a second display which is 20 times larger than the watch’s main display. Lenovo says the smartwatch uses “optical reflection” to achieve this. The second display can be used...

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit West Bengal June 6 to address party workers, a party leader said. Besides holding a meet with party workers in the city, Gandhi would visit a jute mill in Hooghly district. “Gandhi would hold a meeting with party workers at the Netaji Indoor Stadium and also visit the Victoria Jute Mill,” a Congress...

You may have seen Chris Gayle doing the `Gangnam` on field but now watch him doing Bhangra with Virat Kohli, Mandeep Singh in Royal Challengers Bangalore`s dressing room

Melbourne : Cricket legend Glenn McGrath will run his eye over the next generation of Australian pace bowlers next month when a contingent from the National Cricket Centre (NCC) travels to India for specialist preparation at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai. McGrath is a coaching director at the academy which will welcome a group from the National Performance Squad...

Los Angeles : Singer Taylor Swift has reportedly asked Calvin Harris to move into her Los Angeles apartment. The “Bad Blood” hitmaker has told the superstar disc jockey that she wants to take their romance to the next level despite only meeting at the BRIT Awards in February. Harris is said to have accepted her offer to move and has...

Los Angeles : Reality TV Star Khloe Kardashian has announced her clothing boutique Dash, which she founded with her sisters Kourtney and Kim Kardashian West, will now offer a personal styling service. Khloe wrote: “Personal styling is happening @DASHBoutique! Schedule an appointment and get some top notch service! You will leave looking GORGE!!! (sic).” The stores can currently be found...

Salman Bhai has arrived! Sit tight and watch the adrenaline-pumping teaser of the biggest film of the year – “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”. Star cast – Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan & Nawazuddin Siddiqui Directed by – Kabir Khan Produced by – Salman Khan & Rockline Venkatesh Music by – Pritam

There are so many actresses in Bollywood industry who went topless to make their place in the glamour world. Well not just topless, there are some who even didn’t felt shy to pose nude shots. Shedding clothes is not a big deal for some Bollywood actresses but such types of acts have always been unliked by our society. However still...

Supernovas Help Keep Galaxies Clean!

Acting as a maid service of the universe, Supernovas have helped clean up galaxies. It seems these explosions that mark the end of a star’s life work hand-in-hand with super massive black holes to sweep out gas and shut down galaxies’ star-forming factories. Recent research, led by Michigan State University astronomers, finds that the black holes located at the cores...

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Delocious punjabi chana masala recipe

(measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml) main ingredients: 1½ cups white chickpeas/kabuli chana/garbanzo beans 4 cups water for pressure cooking the chickpeas 1 tsp salt for the ground masala paste: 5 dry chillies – i have used 2 guntur red chillies and 3 kashmiri red chillies (reduce as required, if the red chilies are hot)...
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GSEB 2015, 12th science and GUJCET results online today

Gujarat Board (gseb.org) is going to announce the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) 12th class 4th semester science stream results 2015 on Thursday, May 28 (today).

GSHSEB Conducting main and supplementary exams every year in March and July. The SSC examination is conducted in March every year for more than 9 lakh students. The HSC General Stream is conducted for more than 4.5 lakh students. 98 subjects are covered and question papers in English, Hindi, & Gujarati. In 2014 GSEB Board overall pass percentage for the 12th class was 88.73%.

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Everest glaciers at risk of disappearing

Glaciers in the Everest region could shrink at least 70 percent or even disappear entirely by the end of the century as a result of climate change, scientists warned on Wednesday.

Researchers in Nepal, the Netherlands and France studied weather patterns on the roof of the world and then created a model of conditions on Everest to determine the future impact of rising temperatures on its glaciers.

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Manmohan Singh meets Modi

Hours after rebutting BJP’s allegations of corruption and policy paralysis against the erstwhile UPA government, former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here. Manmohan Singh’s office said the meeting took place on an invitation from Modi. It said the two leaders discussed the country’s economic situation and foreign policy issues. Modi also tweeted about the...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed satisfaction that multi-modal platform for Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI) was speeding up decision-making processes in vital projects and important areas of governance. Interacting with officials of PRAGATI, he said the spirit of problem-solving and swift implementation, which was being generated through the PRAGATI interactions, was gradually spreading to all areas of...

Hyderabad : The heat wave sweeping across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana claimed over 200 more lives since Tuesday, taking the toll to 1,360. Officials on Wednesday night said 157 people succumbed to sunstroke in Andhra Pradesh while 70 died in Telangana since Tuesday. There was no respite from the blistering heat as both the states recorded temperatures three to seven...

Los Angeles : Actress Eva Longoria feels “lucky” to have inherited olive skin and a flawless complexion which has kept her looking youthful. The former “Desperate Housewives” actress has revealed she feels privileged to get genes of her Mexican American parents, Ella and Enrique. “I’m lucky to have good genetics and great olive skin, so the (ageing) process is not...

Every day was like a party on the sets of Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne Do, but by the end of it, actor Ranveer Singh craved for some “Bhansali action”. Dil Dhadakne Do is about a dysfunctional family’s cruise trip, and the entire film shoot was a sort of a picnic for the star cast. Ranveer is happy to have worked...

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Salman Permitted to go to Dubai by HC

The Bombay High Court, on Tuesday, gave permission to actor Salman Khan to travel to Dubai for an event on May 29. Khan was given bail regarding the offense of culpable homicide not amounting to murder for the death of one person sleeping on the steps of a shop when his car rammed into a Bandra laundry in September 2002....

North Sound (Antigua) : Guyanese opening batsman Leon Johnson says he intends to use the three-day warm-up match against Australia, which starts on Wednesday, to force his way back into the West Indies side. Johnson, who is leading the President’s XI against the Aussies, was left out of the Caribbean squad for the recent three-match Test series against England which...

Even though Mohun Bagan need just a point from their final I-League match against Bengaluru FC on Sunday to regain the football championship after 13 years, coach Sanjoy Sen says they will be going for all three points instead of sitting back and aiming for a stalemate. “We will play for a win. If we play with a defensive mindset...

All players in the Indian cricket team will have to undergo a fitness test before leaving for Bangladesh. While cricketers, who have recovered from an injury, are usually asked to undergo a fitness test, this will be the first time in a long time that the entire squad is being scrutinized. The fitness test will be conducted on June 6....

The nation on Wednesday remembered Jawaharlal Nehru on his 51st death anniversary. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics for much of the 20th century. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian independence movement under the tutelage of Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its establishment as an independent...

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi paid homage to nation’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 51st death anniversary on Wednesday. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi also paid homage to Nehru on the micro-blogging site twitter. vice-president Rahul Gandhi took on Twitter. Rahul Gandhi Tweeted, Paying tribute #RememberingNehru Paying tribute #RememberingNehru pic.twitter.com/SeVin3CM54 — Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) May 27, 2015 Also Read...

Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari paid homage to nation’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 51st death anniversary on Wednesday. The commemoration took place at Nehru’s memorial in New Delhi. Mukherjee laid a floral wreath on the memorial along with Ansari, opposition Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other party leaders. The nation on Wednesday remembered...

Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday announced the provision of Rs 50,000 crore for development of roads in Bihar. Addressing Bharatiya Janata Party workers in Patna to mark one year of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, Gadkari said: “This year itself, this amount would be used for road construction in Bihar.” He said the...

In a new interview, Meek Mill denies that he and girlfriend Nicki Minaj are preparing to wed. The 28-year-old rapper presented the 32-year-old star with a 15-carat heart-shaped white and yellow diamond ring last month, but insists they aren’t engaged. Asked about their relationship, the ‘Amen’ hitmaker said: “It’s definitely real. But it ain’t really time to get married yet....

Former Australia fast bowler Brett Lee on Tuesday said former India skipper Sourav Ganguly would do “a great job” if made India’s new head coach. Following Duncan Fletcher’s departure, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will announce its new coach and revamped support staff prior to the team departing for the tour of Bangladesh on June 7....

The Swiss Federal Office of Justice says six soccer officials have been arrested and detained pending extradition at the request of U.S. authorities ahead of the FIFA congress in Zurich. The citing anonymous law enforcement officials, said the U.S. federal charges include racketeering, money laundering and wire fraud and span two decades of misconduct in soccer’s world governing body. More...

Our Teachers have scolded us, but they teach us a good personality and life lessons that help us in our whole life as well as shaping our personalities for life. Here are some best bollywood teacher that give us a unique message. Vidya Balan in ‘The Dirty Picture’ ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 9 The Dirty Picture is...

Have a Look at 10 Unknown Facts Of Celebrities ! Nawazuddin Siddiqui ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 10 He used to earn by working as a chemist in Uttar Pradesh. Then, he moved to Delhi and worked as a watchman for one and a half years.

Strong leadership, well-capitalised institutions needed: RBI Governor

There is a need for stronger political leadership globally and better capitalised multilateral institutions for widespread legitimacy, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Friday. “We need strong political global leadership so that collectively we come out with better policies than what we have now,” the central bank chief said while delivering the R.Venkataraman endowment lecture on “India and the International...

Jaipur: Rajasthan Hon. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje would flag off the Jaipur Metro Rail on June 3. “The CM will inaugurate the metro rail at a function here on June 3,” Jaipur Metro PRO Yashwant Kumar said. The first phase of the Jaipur Metro project, which was initiated by the previous Congress government, is being constructed in two parts —...

One-day visit to Gujarat Congress, leader and MP dipendra singh Hooda said in an exclusive interview with Vishwa Gujarat that BJP ideology is to neglect the poor and to support the rich. BJP has given more importance to mass politics than on class politics. Farmers and people of every class are unhappy under BJP’s rule. BJP has always favoured the...

Akshay Kumar has over the years enthralled us in numerous roles on the big screen. Now while the actor is currently working on his next venture Singh is Bliing, we hear that action star has decided to launch his own clothing range. Akshay Kumar took to Facebook and shared a picture of a t-shirt from the line asking fans for...

Muhammad Ali broke down barriers and “…shook up the world.” He was “The People’s Champion” and “The Greatest.” Now, his legacy lives on through his grandchildren, Nico and Biaggio. Nico has taken on the burden of carrying his grandfather’s name by lacing up boxing gloves and stepping in the ring, while Biaggio tackles a new challenge for the Ali name...

When it comes to pop heartthrobs, there’s nobody quite like Latin sensation Enrique Iglesias. Writing songs that make the listener swoon since his first English album in 1999, the Spanish singer knows a thing or two about romance, which is why we wanted to revisit his extensive catalogue of songs and pick out his most romantic lyrics. 1. "Heart Attack"...

Los Angeles : Actress Katie Holmes says she would rather sleep than spend time doing her makeup. The “Miss Meadows” star confessed she has developed a quick and easy beauty regime because she prefers to stay in bed in the morning. “My schedule is pretty busy, so I’ve learned to do my makeup quickly because I prefer to sleep. I’ll...

Los Angeles : Actress Eva Longoria reportedly wants to launch her own fitness empire and create her own series of diet and fitness DVDs. According to a source, the 40-year-old, who is currently focusing on producing other shows and owns her own Mexican restaurant, is eager to create her own diet and fitness DVDs targeted at Hispanic women, reports okmagazine.com....

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