[h=3]Vulture count down, more Parsis go for burial, cremation[/h] Facing a growing crisis over the lack of enough vultures to consume corpses at the traditional Towers of Silence, a small band of “reformists”, including priests, from the shrinking community of Parsi Irani Zoroastrians have begun supporting alternate modes of disposing the dead. For the first time, some priests have agreed to perform last rites even for those who have been cremated or buried at a new Rs 1.5-crore prayer hall that will become fully functional from this month-end. Among them is Dastur Framroze S Mirza who has invoked the ire of the Bombay Parsi Panchayat for breaking with tradition.
On the eve of 69-th Independence Day, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattareya freed the EPFO subscribers from pasting Re. 1 revenue stamp in various claim forms,
Your smartphone is definitely not built for taking macro images. The reason is the lens and that needs to be modified. By simply extracting the lens from an old camera (even a scanner or a laser pen), you can get super macro images within a few minutes.
[h=3]Kalam award for ISRO scientist[/h] Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, on Saturday, presented the first APJ Abdul Kalam award to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientist N. Valarmathi, who led the team that successfully launched Radar Imaging Satellite RISAT-1 in 2012. Daughter of a government employee from Ariyalur, Ms. Valarmathi was presented a certificate, a cheque for Rs. 5 lakh and an eight-gram gold coin atthe Independence Day function at Fort St. George.
[h=3]26-year-old feline crowned world’s oldest living cat[/h] A 26-year-old feline in the US becomes the world’s oldest living cat, Guinness World Records said. Corduroy, which lives with his owner Ashley Reed Okura in Oregon, has turned 26 years old, an impressive age considering domesticated cats have an average lifespan of 15 years. The record-breaking feline previously held the title back in 2014, but lost out when the owners of Tiffany Two submitted a claim for the title. With Tiffany Two recently passing away at the age of 27 years, 2 months and 20 days, the record is now back in the hands of Corduroy.
[h=3]Whatsapp Message Alerts Himachal Official to Save Stranded Trekker[/h] SHIMLA: An alarming message on Whatsapp about a trekker being stranded in a mountain pass in Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil owing to injuries has led a Himachal Pradesh government official to organise his rescue. The official took the initiative on Saturday to locate the numbers of local officials concerned and sought their help to rescue the trekker, whose companion has reached Zanskar in Kargil after more than one and a half days of trekking. "This morning, I came to know from a Whatsapp group about a trekker who received serious injuries and is stranded somewhere at the base of Umasi Pass in Zanskar," Rakesh Kanwar, the deputy commissioner of Himachal's Kullu district, told IANS. Kanwar said he got the phone number of the surviving trekker Rijul Gill and established contact with him.
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[h=3]Gujarat CM Announces Ban on Use of Plastic | Aug 15,2015[/h] Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today announced a ban on the use of plastic in the state. "Keeping in view protection of environment, cattle health and cleanliness, have declared plastic ban across Gujarat," Patel tweeted after unfurling the National Flag at the Independence Day ceremony at Lunavada in Mahisagar district. Several municipal bodies in the state have already baned use of plastic bags thinner than 40 microns. Patel also mentioned it in her speech.
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