Over 1400 km long Highways worth Rs 15,592 crore to boost the economy of the State
Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for 16 National Highways projects with a total length of 1411 kms worth Rs 15,592 crore in Andhra Pradesh. The event was presided by the Chief Minister Shri Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy. Union MoSs Gen (Retd) Dr V K Singh and Shri G Kishan Reddy, Ministers from the State, Members of Parliaments, MLAs and senior officers from the Centre and the State.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Gadkari said that the length of National Highways in Andhra Pradesh before May 2014 was 4193 Km, which has now increased to 6860 Km. Thus, there has been increase of 2667 Km (64%) in NH length during past 6 years. He informed that works costing Rs 34,100 crore are under DPR Stage and targeted for completion by 2024, while works costing Rs. 25,440 crore are under implementation. He said, 50-60% progress has been achieved in projects costing Rs 18,100 crore. The Minister invited the Chief Minister to Delhi at an early date to discuss and resolve pending issues. He assured his total support in sanctioning maximum number of developmental projects for the State.
He informed that 5000 Km of National Highways are being developed as a part of Bharatmala Pariyojana in the State. In addition, 400 Km of Port Connectivity Roads will also be developed under Bharatmala Pariyojana. He said, The Bharatmala Pariyojana was conceptualized through a scientific study of freight traffic movement between key origin-destination pairs to enable efficient freight and passenger movement. 35,000 km of National Highways are being developed as a part of Bharatmala Pariyojana in the country.
The Minister said, in line with the Prime Minister’s vision for a New India, development of world-class transport infrastructure has been prioritized, through initiatives such as the Bharatmala Pariyojana, India’s largest ever infrastructure development programme. Many flagship corridors such as Delhi Mumbai Expressway, Delhi Amritsar Katra Expressway, Chennai – Bengaluru Expressway, Anantapur – Amaravati Expressway etc. are being developed as a part of Bharatmala Pariyojana.


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What an eventful weekend! The legendary “Storm Dnegel” has come and gone. Fish have been flung onto our streets, buildings evacuated, walls broken, homes flooded and trees uprooted. Given the latter, I would have preferred they named the Storm Ian, given the minister’s penchant for uprooting trees in his road-widening crusade.
Inevitably, many have asked on social media whether this storm is a sign of things to come, given the accelerating pace of climate change. This has probably been one of Malta’s worst storms on record, with a wind speed of 101 km/hr reached in Gozo; a national record since such measurements began.
We might expect future Storm Dnegels to become part of our average winter conditions
People are right to make such a link.
You see, climate change is analogous to loading the dice. In a relatively stable system, 1s and 2s have an equal chance of appearing as much as 5s and 6s. However, thanks to mankind’s addiction to fossil fuel burning we are, in effect loading these dice, making it more likely to give us 5s or 6s of weather extremes. In future, we may also be getting the previously inconceivable 7s and 8s, never before experienced by humanity in its history.
Climate models have long predicted that with increased temperatures, you get greater moisture in the atmosphere and stronger winds, leading to a greater likelihood of intense precipitation and erratic weather conditions. This storm might be a sign of things to come, and we will be more familiar with it in the future. We might expect future Storm Dnegels to become part of our average winter conditions.
As expected, climate change discussions elicit many backlashes from climate denialists, who relish their trolling skills on social media. “These weather extremes have always happened in the past! I remember such a storm in 19_ _ [insert date]!” Sure, dear denialists, but the trend of their increased occurrence is measurable and can be seen around the world in our data. “The Earth’s climate has always changed in the past!” Sure, dear denialists, but what we are seeing is unprecedented in both scale and speed, and is causing massive damage worldwide.
“You’re all making a fuss, there is no link between fossil fuels and climate change”! This perhaps is one of the more bizarre claims by the denialist front, given that they are very willing, it seems, to believe the science that enables the computer technology they work with and allows their daily life to actually continue. Yet they deny climate science because it is too complex for them to understand… or perhaps because it doesn’t suit their world view.
As worried and anxious as we are with the prospect of climate change, we are not doing nearly enough to deal with it
And here, dear reader, lies the crux of the matter.
You see, as worried and anxious as we are with the prospect of climate change, we are not doing nearly enough to deal with it. And no, I’m not talking about switching off a light bulb in an empty room or taking the bus (though these are good things, mind you!).
I’m talking about who we vote for. Globally, people seem to consistently vote for politicians who repeatedly favour the very policies that further cement us into a world addicted to fossil fuel consumption. We have some gems, locally. Is there a problem with traffic in Malta, one of the countries with the highest car ownership rates in the world? Sure, let’s widen the roads to accommodate it, not deal with the culprit – sheer car use. Is there a problem with construction waste? Sure – let’s dump it in the sea and build a new island, instead of forcing the producers of that waste (*cough* developers *cough*) to actually pay a high cost for squandering building material instead of reusing it. Not only that – let’s also dig a tunnel to Gozo, to make sure that we will be forced to build a new island!
This brings me to comment on one of the more bizarre things yesterday that caught the attention of many.
I am referring here to the Prime Minister’s statement on One Radio. While the storm was in full swing, he rightly advised people to stay inside unless absolutely necessary. He also absolutely was spot on in praising the incredible work of the priceless work of the Police, the Civil Protection Department, Clean Malta, and St John Ambulance.
Sometimes, I wonder if our Prime Minister and his fellow ministers are just closeted climate deniers
Bizarrely, however, he followed it up with a justification for the tunnel between Malta and Gozo, which is so self-contradictory that I am surprised he didn’t see it himself.
If in such events people are to stay inside, why then should we provide a tunnel for Gozo commuters? Perhaps so that everyone can huddle inside the tunnel while the waves roar overhead? It is important to note that the ferry still worked well, even during this storm. Furthermore, people can join the dots and can see that this tunnel and some heinous projects in the pipeline would generate huge amounts of construction waste that will overwhelm the current system of quarry infilling, forcing us to have no alternative but to dump it in the sea – and thus going for land reclamation. Where? Along the very coast that was subjected to the full brunt of the waves this weekend.
Sometimes, I wonder if our PM and his fellow ministers are just closeted climate deniers. Clearly, the warnings of science don’t seem to affect them. They attend big UN conferences and talk about the urgent need to address climate change and prepare for climate change, and yet they are all too willing to spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer’s money on projects that fly in the face of climate change. How else can we explain their wilful adoration of an economic system that worships money at all costs while causing untold environmental damage? How else can we explain the shocking statements of our Minister for the Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change for his encouragement of land reclamation, calling it sustainable?
We are still in time to prepare for the changes ahead, and to slow or mitigate climate change. For that, however, we need to stop voting for people who have the same mindset that set the problem in motion in the first place
With such politicians at the helm and with radio silence on the matter from the main party in the opposition, how can we hope to start adapting to the climate impacts long foreseen and currently coming into fruition?
What is being done to prepare low-lying areas and infrastructure for the greater storms to come and rising sea levels? When parts of Msida, for example, become permanently inundated (a likely scenario given accelerating sea level rise), how can we justify our present inaction? I wonder how our PM and his fellow ministers go to sleep at night, knowing they are subjecting their children to a lifetime of increasingly high rolls of the dice in the climate system. But as long as their blessed GDP targets are achieved, all is well I guess, for them. What a sad story for the rest of us!
We are still in time to prepare for the changes ahead, and to slow or mitigate climate change. For that, however, we need to stop voting for people who have the same mindset that set the problem in motion in the first place. The definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. We need to stop being mad, and urgently start worrying for our future. We cannot take it for granted.
John Paul Cauchi studied medicine in Malta and got a Masters degree in Environmental Public Health in London. He’s now pursuing a PhD in Australia and his research involves looking at how the interaction between food security and health is influenced by Climate Change in the remote Pacific Island nation of Kiribati. He hopes that through his research and environmental activism, he can help our societies address the climate crisis, which stem out of a great imbalance between human activity and the limited resources of our planet and urgently needs to be addressed.
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With CMOSens, the sensor element, amplifier and A/D converter form a single unit on the same silicon chip. The digital intelligence combined with the CMOSens sensor allows for the generation of a fully calibrated, temperature-compensated output signal. The CMOSens 'intelligence' integrated on the chip thus makes processing the generated data exceptionally easy.
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Here are the 10 movies everyone’s watching on Netflix right now, according to FlixPatrol:
Hustle (2022) – A basketball drama about a down-on-his-luck scout who discovers a talented player in Spain and tries to bring him to the NBA.
The Woman King (2022) – A historical epic about an all-female military unit in West Africa who fight against colonizers in the 1800s.
Senior Year (2022) – A high school cheerleader wakes up 20 years later and decides to go back to school to finish her senior year.
The Sea Beast (2022) – An animated adventure about a monster hunter who befriends a young girl who stows away on his ship.
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) – A war drama about a group of German soldiers who experience the horrors of World War I.
Spiderhead (2022) – A science fiction thriller about a prisoner who volunteers for a drug trial that makes him feel no pain.
The In Between (2022) – A romantic drama about a teenage girl who is able to communicate with her dead boyfriend.
Love & Gelato (2022) – A romantic comedy about a young woman who travels to Italy to fulfill her late grandmother’s wish to find love.
The Weekend Away (2022) – A thriller about two friends who go on a weekend getaway and one of them ends up dead.
The Bad Guys (2022) – An animated action comedy about a group of criminals who try to become good.
Please note that this list may vary depending on your region and other factors.

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We all know the music business is changing, so I won’t bore anyone with my lamenting, my sighing and hand-wringing or any other ings that show displeasure and uncertainty. But one discussion that is often lost in this huge topic is the question of the album. Is the album a needed format or is it obsolete? Is it even worth it to make one these days??
The concept hasn’t been completely abandoned but I know many bands that have no interest in albums at all, for various reasons. 1- it takes a lot of time and money to make one. 2- people rarely buy them. 3- it’s not how music is consumed anymore. All of these reasons are valid. Sure, some artists will be stuck on the album, it’s all about a full idea, the cohesiveness of a bunch of songs put together, blah blah. And for some bands, that can work. But for most artists, and especially new artists, it’s maybe not logical to put all your eggs in one basket. As with the speed of the Internet, the speed of music consumption is super fast. You’re better off putting out singles on the Internet, leaking them one at a time, because that’s how people are getting music these days.
Take, for example, Pitchfork’s track reviews. Often, they are reviewing songs off a MySpace page. Today they posted a review of “Feel It All Around” by Washed Out, which is some dude in South Carolina with electronic toys. He doesn’t yet have an album out (though Mexican Summer is releasing an LP in October, can’t find deets) and his songs are obviously home made and DIY- which is really cool don’t get me wrong, and, for the record, I like the songs, but the point i’m trying to make is this: tracks are hyped these days, not albums. This guy’s forthcoming album could suck, but it doesn’t really matter, people will remember the leaked tracks, so heavy handedly hyped online. Artists were once judged by the quality of their albums, if you had a good single and a shitty record, you were deemed a one hit wonder and reduced to VH1 reruns. Today that’s not the case at all.
(For the record let me state that I am a believer in albums, I like listening to a band for more than 3 or 4 minutes, it’s probably good for the brain, too.)
Another example: The Very Best (Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit (a name i hate!!)) have been giving shit away for free for what feels like forever. First there was their free download last year that everyone has, and in the past couple of months they’ve been leaking tracks slowly and purposefully on the Internet. Just yesterday we got the third leak from the Warm Heart of Africa album as an “exclusive” on the FADER. The track, “Rain Dance,” features MIA. The album is out today on iTunes and Oct. 6 on CD and vinyl. Will anyone buy it? Does the track giveaway marketing actually inspire people to buy the album after they’ve gotten so used to getting bits of it for free? I’m not sure. I hope so. I think.
This exact topic is being discussed today at 2 EST on Soundcheck. Live stream here.

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There was a hole in my floor.
It was a giant hole, right in the middle of my Thurston room, filled with water, twigs and mold. We must have called FIXit more than a dozen times, and each time we were assured someone would be in to resolve the issue “soon.”
But it didn’t take long to get sick of “soon.” We went to our house proctor, who, upon taking one lone step into our room, was assured: This was an emergency. So then emergency FIXit was called. Four times.
In situations like this, the Center for Student Engagement should serve an active bridge between students and the University offices.
The CSE should not only interact with students and their individual needs. If it is tasked with handling student issues, it should be equally involved with the organizations that directly deal with students’ lives.
FIXit has a “longstanding and productive partnership with Student and Academic Support Services – specifically GW Housing, the dean of students and the Center for Student Engagement,” University Spokeswoman Jill Sankey said.
That makes sense; it is the CSE’s job to connect the administration with its students: the center takes note of student needs and then passes those concerns on to the administration.
But what’s the next step after the understanding? That’s where it’s unclear. There is a stark difference between words and actions, and as great as it is to see the CSE ask students about their needs, how exactly does any actual improvement get done?
Take FIXit for example. FIXit normally takes four to five days to respond to routine repair requests and about 24 hours to respond to emergency requests. But understandably at the start of the year, there are more requests than usual, which means that timeframe is harder to stick to.
Hence, a moldy floor for two weeks.
A FIXit that is efficient and responsive is not just a student concern, it is a student need. FIXit is directly involved in student life, and its effectiveness helps the University feel like home to new students, like myself.
The CSE should do more than take student complaints one-by-one and instead look at the bigger failings in the system.
CSE is innovative and its intentions are good. Without a doubt, the administration and its students should be closer. There needs to be an organization that exists in order to track and respond to students’ principal needs.
It turned out that our air conditioner was leaking beneath our floor, causing the tiles to bubble up and come off. The plumber who came to take a look, sighed and said, “This whole floor should’ve been replaced over the summer.”
Marissa Fretes is a freshman majoring in English.

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The German Bundestag passed new wiretapping laws for secret services and the Federal Police
In future, German secret services will be able to remotely access private computers or telephones with spy software. They will be allowed to intercept not only ongoing but also „inactive“ communications, i.e. to read out data stored on the devices. This was decided in the Bundestag today with the votes of the ruling coalition of Conservatives (CDU/ CSU) and Socialdemocrats (SPD). The vote was on a „Law on the Adaptation of Legislation on the Protection of the Constitution“, which is intended to facilitate the „reconnaissance of serious threats to our democratic constitutional state“. „Germany: Trojans for all“ weiterlesen
The planned EU e-Evidence regulation is intended to force Internet service providers to cooperate more with police and judicial authorities. However, a survey shows that the companies already comply with their requests voluntarily. But they are often incorrect and thus rejected.
The police from Germany, France and Great Britain request by far the most data from Internet service providers. This is the result of a study by the SIRIUS project, which Europol has published on its website. 38% of all requests (67,991) come from German authorities. Although the so-called G6 countries (Germany, France, the UK, Poland, Spain and Italy) represent half of the EU population, their authorities are responsible for around 90% of crossborder internet surveillance activities.
The SIRIUS platform located at the police agency Europol in The Hague is intended to facilitate the exchange of knowledge on electronic evidence. Via a secure connection, authorities in all EU member states can obtain information on how to query Internet service providers. This applies to traffic, user and content data, which are released in different ways. SIRIUS also contains instructions for „Open Source Internet Searches“ (OSINT) and for conducting queries on user data from various service providers. This enables the persons behind IP addresses or mail accounts to be determined. „Europol Study: Disclosure of electronic evidence often fails due to incompetence of authorities“ weiterlesen
13 Internet companies operate a database with videos and images, the upload of which is to be prevented. The information on the files comes from police authorities. Many companies react promptly to notifications for deletion, but the European Commission nevertheless threatens to impose a legal framework. „Illegal“ content should in future be detected and removed „proactively“.
An upload filter against the distribution of „terrorist content“ currently contains 80,000 image files and 8,000 video files. This is the message of the current „Progress Report towards an effective and genuine Security Union„, which the European Commission now regularly publishes. The content to be removed is stored in a „Database of Hashes“ currently operated by 13 Internet companies, including Facebook, Google and Youtube. The number of contents stored there has more than doubled in six months. „88,000 files in the upload filter for „countering radicalisation““ weiterlesen


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An experimental cancer drug made from a molecule found in a Himalayan fungus known as “caterpillar fungus” has shown early promise as a new treatment for patients with advanced tumours in a small clinical trial.
The new chemotherapy variety, known as NUC-7738 by researchers at the University of Oxford, is made from cordycepin, first found in a parasitic fungus species called Ophiocordyceps sinensis.
Commonly known as “caterpillar fungus,” thanks to its ability to kill and mummify moth larva in the wild, the active ingredient has been used as a herbal remedy in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries.
Now, researchers at the University of Oxford, in partnership with U.K.-based biopharmaceutical company NuCana, are testing the proposed anti-cancer, anti-oxidant, and anti-inflammatory effects of the compound in a small phase one trial involving 28 patients with advanced tumours that were resistant to conventional cancer treatment.
Cordycepin, referred as 3'-deoxyadenosine (or 3'-dA), is a naturally occurring nucleoside analogue. These analogues can be used in therapeutic drugs, including antiviral products used to prevent viral replication in infected cells.
Because the naturally occurring form of cordycepin breaks down quickly in the bloodstream, researchers altered the compound to make it resistant to this process, allowing it to enter cells independently.
The latest research shows that these changes make the proposed drug’s anti-cancer properties up to 40 times more potent than cordycepin alone.
According to trial findings published in early September, the patient cohort showed “encouraging signals of anti-tumour activity and prolonged disease stabilization" when given weekly escalating doses of NUC-7738.
"These findings provide proof of concept that NUC-7738 overcomes the cancer resistance mechanisms that limit the activity of 3'-dA and support the further clinical evaluation of NUC-7738 as a novel cancer treatment,” the researchers reported in their paper.
Once the safety of the drug has been demonstrated in Phase 1 of the trial, the researchers will begin planning for Phase 2.

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After you have rested up in your hotels in Lesotho, it is a great time to take a tour of some of the villages. The best transportation option for touring Lesotho is by pony. It is a good idea to call ahead in order to make reservations for the pony tours. This will ensure your place in the group. Reserve cheap hotel deals in Lesotho near Malealea if you want to tour one of the most interesting villages.
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A passenger ship moored near the Oostelijke Handelskade, Amsterdam
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The passenger ship in the present lot shows the colours black and yellow which are emblematic of the Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland. This Amsterdam based shipping company was founded in 1870 and mainly operated a paggenger and cargo service between the Indonesian colonies and The Netherlands. Until this time, most ships on this route were sailingvessels and the relatively late introduction of steamships was not always uncomplicated.
When the Noordzeekanaal opened in 1876 connecting Amsterdam to the North Sea, the heavy metal ships had much easier access to the North Sea. This resulted in the building of large warehouses along the Oostelijke Handelskade which can still be seen today.
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Specialist Sarah Reynolds on the women whose work made waves in Victorian Britain, from Emma Sandys to Laura, Lady Alma-Tadema
Artists, patrons and critics have argued for centuries over the right way to frame a painting. Ultimately, it’s a matter of personal taste, says Andrew Graham-Dixon
Works by Miró, Klee, Degas, Cézanne and more, offered in the Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper sale on 21 June at Christie’s in London
Our specialists’ tips, from what to look for in a glaze to how to read hidden stamps. Illustrated with works offered in Picasso Ceramics — Online, 15-22 June 2018
From Connecticut to Kent in southeast England, homes with links to such classic works as Desire under the Elms, Lord of the Flies and The Deep Blue Sea
The Belgian collector, antiques dealer and designer outlines what the art and objects in his library mean to him


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Donal Ryan and Sarah Winman in conversation with Evelyn O’Rourke
Join Evelyn O'Rourke as she hosts Donal Ryan and Sarah Winman in conversation.
Donal's new novel From a Low and Quiet Sea is the fourth from the multi-award-winning author of The Spinning Heart. From war-torn Syria to small-town Ireland, the lives of three men are drawn together in the most unexpected of ways. Farouk's country has been torn apart by war. Lampy's heart has been laid waste by Chloe.
John's past torments him as he nears his end. The refugee. The dreamer. The penitent. Drawn together in the most unexpected of ways. In Sarah Winman's latest book, Tin Man, a triad also takes centre stageas she explores the relationship of Ellis and Michael, who have been inseparable since boyhood, and Annie, who walks into their lives, changing nothing and everything.
Tin Man is a novel infused with memories and a story about alternative lives that might have been lived had circumstances been different.

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‘Give Pricing Details of Rafale Deal in 10 Days,’ SC Tells Centre
A few hours after the Supreme Court asked the Centre to put forth the pricing details of the 36 Rafale fighter jets India is buying from France, in a sealed cover within 10 days, while agreeing that "strategic and confidential" information need not be disclosed, a top government official told The Times of India that the the Centre had no intention of doing so.
Speaking to the newspaper, the official reportedly said that the Centre was following the Court’s instructions, where the latter had told Attorney General KK Venugopal that if the Centre couldn’t share the “exclusive details” of the price with the court, then it should file an affidavit saying so.
The Centre, thus, would in all probability file an affidavit to this regard, on the premise of need for “utmost secrecy about weaponry and fitments of the fully loaded fighters”, the source added.
In an order given earlier on Wednesday, 31 October, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi gave some more leeway to the government, which has been arguing that the pricing details are so sensitive that they have not even been shared with Parliament.
The court has ordered that the Centre must bring the details of the decision-making process of the deal into the public domain, except those that are confidential and have strategic importance.
The bench said the information must be shared by the government within 10 days and the petitioners could respond in the next seven days. It posted the matter for its next hearing on 14 November.
CBI Inquiry Will Have To Wait, Let’s Get Its House in Order First: SC
"If pricing is something exclusive and you are not sharing it with us, please file an affidavit and say so," the bench told Attorney General KK Venugopal in its oral observations.
It was hearing four petitions, including one by advocate Prashant Bhushan and former ministers Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha, who are seeking a court-monitored CBI investigation in the procurement of the fighter jets.
"That, you will have to wait," the CJI said, adding, "Let CBI put its house in order first."
He also said the documents placed by the Centre before the court are covered by the Official Secrets Act.
The bench, also comprising Justices UU Lalit and KM Joseph, said the "core of information" that can be brought into the public domain should be shared with the "petitioner and petitioners in person".
In its order, the bench observed that none of the petitioners have questioned the suitability of the Rafale jets, their equipment, and their utility to the Indian Air Force.
"What has been questioned is the bonafides of the decision-making process and the price/cost at which the same is to be procured," the bench said.
The bench also noted that following its 10 October order, the government has placed before it a note giving details of the steps taken in the decision-making process leading to the procurement of the 36 Rafale fighter jets.
At this stage, the bench said, the court did not want to record any finding or view on the documents placed before it.
It also observed that information regarding induction of the Indian offset partner must be given to the court and to the petitioners.
When a counsel appearing for AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh told the bench he had also filed a petition in this matter, the court asked, "What is his interest? We don't have to entertain so many petitions."
No More Excuses: Congress
Petitioner Arun Shourie said that the court’s order was a substantial step forward. “The court’s order is a very substantial step forward. All details relating to price, relating to selection of offset partners and relating to procedures, the court has expressed the desire to look into all of them,” he said.
Soon after the hearing, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala took to Twiiter and said that the "scam is now fully ripe for an investigation."
He added that the corruption boat of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will no longer sail and the apex court orders will expose the “truth of Rafale.”
India signed an agreement with France for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft in a fly-away condition as part of the upgrading process of the Indian Air Force equipment. The Rafale fighter is a twin-engine Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) manufactured by French aerospace company Dassault Aviation.
Indian Air Force had advanced a proposal to buy 126 fighter aircraft in August 2007 and floated a tender. Following this, an invitation was sent to various aviation companies to participate in the bidding process.
(With inputs from PTI)


This Day in Music History: Janis Joplin is found dead, The Smiths make their live debut
1963 – A 17-year-old Eric Clapton makes his first appearance with The Yardbirds at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, England. He replaces their original guitarist Anthony “Top” Topham.
1963 – Dusty Springfield interviews The Beatles when they appear on the British TV show Ready, Steady, Go.
1968 – Cream begins their announced farewell tour with a performance at Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California.
1968 – The Beatles record “Martha My Dear.”
1969 – Creedence Clearwater Revival start a four week run at #1 on the US album chart with “Green River,” the group’s first US chart topper.
1970 – Janis Joplin is found dead at the Landmark Hotel in Los Angeles from an accidental heroin overdose shortly after she finished recording her sophomore solo album, Pearl. She was just 27.
1974 – Thin Lizzy debut their new two new guitar players, Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson, at tonight’s concert in Wales.
1980 – Four members of Fleetwood Mac join the University of Southern California Country marching band at halftime of a football game to give them a platinum album for playing on their song “Tusk.”
1982 – The Smiths make their live debut at the Ritz in Manchester, England, supporting Blue Rondo A La Turk.
1982 – Squeeze breaks up for the first time (they reunite in 1985, break up again in 1999, and reform once more in 2007).
1986 – Newsman Dan Rather is attacked by a man who hits him from behind and repeats the phrase, “Kenneth, what is the frequency,” prompting REM to write the song “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?”
1996 – Van Halen announces that Gary Cherone, formerly of Extreme, would replace Sammy Hagar as singer of the band.
1997 – Farm Aid returns to Illinois for the first time since it started in 1985, selling out the New World Music Theater in Tinley Park. The performers, including The Dave Matthews Band and Beck, raise over $1 million for US farmers.
2006 – Barbra Streisand’s tour opener at Philadelphia’s Wachovia Center is the highest single event gross in the 10-year history of the arena, pulling in $5,265,600 from 16,510 attendants.


1 Why a small dip in oil price matters an awful lot (Phillip Inman in The Guardian) After a mini rally, oil prices are falling again. From $62 a barrel 10 days ago, Brent crude has slipped to $58.43. It may not seem like much of a cut after the collapse in world oil prices that sent Brent tumbling from $115 to $45 a barrel between last June and January, but it is still significant.
The reason this turn in the price of oil matters can be seen in every corner of the world economy: when fear of a new cold war or a eurozone break-up hangs over every corporate and government decision, cheap energy lightens the load. Manufacturers have benefited from cheap imports of oil. Households have more spare cash after lower costs at the pumps. There are unwelcome side-effects, and nothing written here takes into account the climate change effects, but for the developed economies it is a boon.
Many economists expected last year’s slump to prove temporary. The forecast rested on the assumption that a low oil price would force out firms involved in costly extraction. But they were wrong that this alone would squeeze the supply of oil to such an extent that prices would start to rise. Analysts have pointed out that the fracking rigs left in operation have become more efficient – extracting more oil and gas out of the ground than before.
More importantly, the countries outside Opec (which has maintained output levels) are pumping more oil to make up for lost income. Russia is a case in point. So looking ahead, should prices start to climb again, the ceiling will be much lower than the $110 price common from 2009 onwards. And the carbon-fuelled growth that most economies rely on will continue for a little while yet.
2 BHP Billiton profits down by nearly a third (BBC) Profits at mining giant BHP Billiton have been hit by the falling price of iron ore, coal, copper and other commodities. Underlying profit for the half-year to 31 December fell by 31% to $5.35bn, but that was better than industry analysts were expecting. To compensate for falling prices BHP has made deep cuts in its spending on exploration and other investment.
“We started to prepare for a sustained period of lower prices almost three years ago by increasing our focus on efficiency and lowering our investment,” chief executive Andrew Mackenzie said in a statement accompanying the latest results. BHP is planning to move its aluminium, manganese into a separate company, which will also hold nickel and silver mines and some coal mines in Australia and South Africa.
The company has also been hit by falling oil prices. Last month BHP Billiton announced a 40% reduction in its US shale oil operation. By the end of June it plans to have reduced the number of shale rigs from 26 to 16.
3 The myth of Europe (Omaira Gill in Khaleej Times) Crisis, economy, catastrophe, Europe. These are all Greek words, and today I’ll share with you how the continent of Europe got its name, which has its roots in the Greek myth of Europa. The story of Europa always makes me feel a little sad, seeing as at the heart of it is a woman born in Asia who is taken to another continent by force, never to see her homeland again.
In the Greek myth, Europa was a beautiful maiden. One day, the god Zeus noticed Europa among some other young women and was struck by her beauty and grace. He devised a cunning plan to lure Europa away. One day, when Europa and her female companions were playing on a shore and collecting wild flowers, Zeus transformed himself into a dazzling white bull, swimming up to the shore and grazing placidly nearby.
Europa was taken by the bull, and in time approached it to admire it more closely. Eventually, she was persuaded to sit on the bull’s back for a ride, which is when Zeus in the guise of the bull took off at great speed, running through the meadows and swimming into the sea.
Eventually the bull arrived on the island of Crete, where he let Europa disembark and revealed his true identity as Zeus. Europa remained in Crete for the rest of her life and became another of the greedy god’s many conquests. She gave birth to three sons, Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon.
Europa’s brothers searched high and low for her, ending up in Asia Minor, but they were unable to locate their sister. As a sign of his love for her, Zeus named the continent of Europe after her. When I read the myth of Europa for the first time, it left me feeling despondent.All I could think about was poor Europa pining for her homeland, for Asia, the places and people she grew up with.
She was made to give up everything she knew just because a god couldn’t take no for an answer. Not all Greek myths are happy, although this one probably falls into the ‘Happy’ category for nearly everyone reading it except me. To me, it reads like a tragedy. No one I’ve ever spoken to in Greece has felt sorry for Europa. It just goes to show what perspective can do.


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The Academy Awards are back, the biggest night in the film calendar. I feel like it would be predictable journalism to start with a joke about last year’s La La Land-Moonlight debacle, but it is looking good for this year’s ceremony because it really couldn’t go any worse than the last one. The 2018 ceremony is sure to be characterised by one thing, and that is the power of women. The MeToo campaign, a celebration of women calling out against men in the film industry who have committed sexual abuse, has dominated the earlier awards shows in the season. Stars turned up dressed in black for the Golden Globes and acceptance speeches were filled with empowering support for women in the industry who have been silenced throughout history. It therefore only seems apt that most of this year’s frontrunners are led by strong female lead characters.
The first being the Golden Globe winner ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’. This black comedy-drama stars the mesmerizingly brilliant Frances McDormand, as quirky as ever, playing Mildred Hayes, a woman recovering from the rape and murder of her daughter. She positions signs on a quiet road in her town to target police chief Willoughby, played by Woody Harrelson and racist young officer Dixon, played by Sam Rockwell, who failed to solve the murder case. Both are nominated for Supporting Actor with Rockwell likely to take the prize. This would be an apt winner, with the ideas of the metoo campaign shining through. Frances McDormand is often unpredictable when in the public eye, as is director, Martin McDonagh, so expect an energetic on-stage display should it win best picture, which it could easily do.
Probably the biggest rival for Three Billboards is fantasy drama ‘The Shape of Water’. This is the tenth directorial work of Guillermo Del Toro, best known for Pan’s Labryinth. Sally Hawkins stars as a mute cleaner who discovers a mystical water creature in a tank and works hard for its survival. This film undoubtedly won’t appeal to all, but those a fan of original, non-mainstream fantasy works will love it. Should Sally Hawkins beat McDormand for best actress, she will become the first actor to win for a non-speaking role since 2012, where Jean Dujardin became victorious for ‘The Artist’. It has received the most nominations out of all the films this year with 13, only one less than the all-time record, including nods for supporting actors Richard Jenkins and Octavia Spencer, and Alexandre Desplat’s beautiful score.
The final major contender is Lady Bird, the directorial debut from indie-comedy powerhouse Greta Gerwig. Stepping away from the starring role, in the likes of the fantastic ‘Frances Ha’ and ‘Mistress America’, Gerwig has been made only the fifth female director to be nominated in the Best Director category, and on her very first directorial production, which she has also written. Lady Bird stars Saiorse Ronan as a high school student battling relationships with her mother, played by Laurie Metcalf, and potential love interests played by rising stars Timothee Chalamet and Lucas Hedges. This indie flick is not typical best picture, since it seems quite minimalist and stripped back, but I could see them opting for Lady Bird this year, as a film where a woman is involved in all stages of production; the film also hits all the key nominations across the board.
However, my personal favourite film of this awards season was Call Me By Your Name, the gay romantic drama from Luca Guadinigno. This tells the story of 17 year old Elio, played by the outstanding Timothee Chalamet and his bond with a doctoral student who comes to stay with his family, played by Armie Hammer. The beauty of this film lies in its setting of 1980’s Italy, the scenography creates a perfect backdrop to the gentle and sensitive nature of the story. Set to the music of Sufjan Stevens, Call Me By Your Name provides goosebumps throughout the whole two hours, concluding with a particularly emotionally fuelled final couple of scenes. This would win best picture for me, but it perhaps is too much of an alternative arthouse choice to gain a majority with the voting Academy.
The remaining Best Picture nominees include the Winston Churchill drama, ‘Darkest Hour’, for which Gary Oldman looks the frontrunner to take Best Actor. Although, this is likely to perform better at the upcoming BAFTA’s, being a more straightforward British film; the Academy generally prefers to award a wholly unique production, as seen with previous winners Slumdog Millionaire, The Artist, 12 Years a Slave, Moonlight and Birdman. Christopher Nolan’s war drama ‘Dunkirk’ was considered the frontrunner at the early stages of the awards season, but its lack of nominations aside from in the technical categories, holds back its chances. Horror-Thriller ‘Get Out’ has overperformed, especially for a film released early the previous year, including a nomination for British lead Daniel Kaluuya, previously seen in Black Mirror’s ‘Fiften Million Merits’. As has ‘Phantom Thread’, the latest Paul Thomas Anderson, and the supposed final film ever for Oscar favourite Daniel Day Lewis. The final best picture nomination is for Washington Post drama ‘The Post’ which was only picked up one other nomination, for Meryl Streep in lead actress, but this is no surprise seeing as she is nominated for next to every film she does.
So, on 4th March expect a less glitzy and more serious night, with the focus now on the politics of film making. The host is rather boringly Jimmy Kimmel; in a year dominated by women, it would have been appropriate to choose a woman to deliver what will be a scathing opening speech about the current crisis in Hollywood. Nevertheless, it will still be a successful night in celebrating another fantastic year in film, which has seen a ground-breaking selection of films brought to mainstream cinema.
WHAT WILL WIN: THE SHAPE OF WATER
WHAT SHOULD WIN: CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
WHO WILL WIN: GUILLERMO DEL TORO- THE SHAPE OF WATER
WHO SHOULD WIN: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN- DUNKIRK
WHO WILL WIN: GARY OLDMAN- DARKEST HOUR
WHO SHOULD WIN: TIMOTHEE CHALAMET- CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
WHO WILL WIN: FRANCES MCDORMAND- THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI
WHO SHOULD WIN: FRANCES MCDORMAND- THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
WHO WILL WIN: SAM ROCKWELL- THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI
WHO SHOULD WIN: SAM ROCKWELL- THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
WHO WILL WIN: ALLISON JANNEY- I TONYA
WHO SHOULD WIN: LESLEY MANVILLE- PHANTOM THREAD
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
WHAT WILL WIN: THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING MISSOURI
WHAT SHOULD WIN: LADY BIRD
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
WHAT WILL WIN: CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
WHAT SHOULD WIN: CALL ME BY YOUR NAME


Companies, organizations and individuals continue to attempt to lend support to the COVID-19 pandemic supply effort. We will be providing regular updates about these initiatives where necessary in an attempt to ensure that the 3D printing community is aware of what is being done, what can be done and what shouldn’t be done to provide coronavirus aid.
University Hospital Leuven in Belgium has begun using the Materialise Passive NIP (non-invasive positive end-expiratory pressure) mask to treat its first patients. The device is meant to deliver oxygen and high pressure to a patient’s lungs, pushing back the fluids in the lung to allow for greater oxygen absorption into the bloodstream. The mask is made up of a 3D-printed connector that holds together three standard medical devices—a mask, an air filter and a PEEP valve—and is hooked up to an oxygen source. The hospital has determined that the mask works simply and that the combination of its filter and tight seal could reduce the spread of aerosols.
Prof. Arne Neyrinck, Anesthesiologist at UZ Leuven, said of the device, “The genius is in its simplicity. The NIP solution consists of commonly available components, which makes it straightforward to install and easy to use.” He added, “You only have to apply the mask, adjust the desired PEEP level, and that’s it. The mask generates the PEEP itself. There is no need for complex calculations. And since the NIP solution works with oxygen flows between 5 and 15 L/min, it can be applied in any standard hospital room which has an oxygen supply.”
Neyrinck pointed out that the device could be used to support patients being weaned off of invasive ventilators in order to possibly discharge them from the ICU a day sooner or patients with low oxygen saturation that do not require ICU treatment.
Materialise is in the process of working with hospitals on post-market clinical trials for additional guidance regarding how to best use the device. The 3D printable connector is now commercially available in select European countries hospitals as an emergency solution in compliance with local regulation.
Imperial College London is using 3D Systems’ Figure 4 system to create a handheld diagnostic device for molecular testing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The lab-on-a-chip platform is meant to perform an analysis of nasopharyngeal samples in under 30 minutes. A batch of over 100 units will be manufactured for clinical validation at Hammersmith Hospital in London this June. Production will then be increased over the next six months to perform 1,000 tests monthly.
In the U.K., 3D printing curriculum developer PrintLab and Manchester Metropolitan University’s PrintCity digital manufacturing center are offering a free lesson plan for creating COVID-19 solutions. The lesson is meant to teach students about the transmission of viruses on commonly touched surfaces, encouraging them to create items that can be attached to surfaces to reduce the spread of disease. The ‘Pandemic Products‘ lesson includes educational videos, as well as TinkerCAD and Fusion 360 tutorials.
3D printing service bureau FATHOM is leveraging its in-house Multi Jet Fusion technology to 3D print nasopharyngeal test swabs with the ability to make 100,000 weekly. After FATHOM customer Abiogenix designed the most-preferred swab, according to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s recent clinical trial, the service provider is aiming to ramp up production to a million swabs per week.
Private wireless company Rajant Corporation in Pennsylvania is leveraging two ‘Ender Pro 3’ 3D printers to produce PLA face masks. These masks cannot be used to substitute N95 masks, having not been certified, but the company believes they can be used in the general population. To learn more about the differences between various masks (and their safety), read our interview with Dr. Beth Ripley, Director of the VA 3D Printing Network. To learn more about the variety of ventilator projects (and their safety), read our interview with Todd Goldstein, PhD, director of 3D Design and Innovation at Northwell Health.
As the pandemic continues to grip the world, we will continue to provide regular updates about what the 3D printing community is doing in response. As always, it is important to keep safety in mind, remain critical about the potential marketing and financial interests behind seemingly good humanitarian efforts from businesses, and to do no harm.
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Ted Rogers Centre & Related Events
Zebrafish for Precision Medicine Conference – Toronto – September 27-29
Cardiac Physiome 2017 – Toronto – November 6-9
Medicine by Design Symposium – Toronto – December 5
** To inform us of an event, please contact email@example.com
ESC Congress – Barcelona – Aug. 26-30
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress – Vancouver – Oct. 21-24
Till & McCulloch Meetings – Mont-Tremblant, Que. – Nov. 6-8
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions – Anaheim, Calif. – Nov. 11-15
Heart Failure Update 2017
The Canadian Heart Failure Society and the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research united to co-host Canada’s largest meeting devoted to heart failure. This special event will offer the latest information for the practising clinician and nurse, and a simultaneous stream focused on investigative research – truly bench to bedside.
Sessions featured an interactive roster of expert plenaries, case-based panel discussions, workshops and debates targeted at health-care professionals and investigators whose focus is improved heart failure treatment and prevention.
Ted Rogers Centre Scientific Symposium 2016
Our first major international conference launched in Toronto in May 2016. The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research Scientific Symposium united the cardiovascular community in southern Ontario and beyond to participate in advanced concepts and conversations around heart failure.
This two-day event featured leading experts across multiple disciplines including keynote speakers Dr. Hugh Watkins (University of Oxford, at left), Dr. Mikhail Kosiborod (Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute) and Dr. Adrian Hernandez (Duke University). Click here for recorded sessions from this event.


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