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  Heatwave: Karnataka faces high UV Causing Skin Cancer As the country is experiencing extreme heat, oncologists are pleading with climate change experts, politicians and the public to take note of the increasing UV Index. BENGALURU: As the country is experiencing extreme heat, oncologists are pleading with climate change experts, politicians and the public to take note of the increasing UV Index. In all, 27 of 31 districts of Karnataka, including Bengaluru, are showing UV Index readings of 12, which is considered "extreme". The UV Index for Dharwad, Kolar , Koppal and Raichur is 13 and for Yadagiri it is 12.5. Only in Ramanagara it is 11, but experts said even here it hits 12 in some parts of the day. The index indicates the amount of skin-damaging ultraviolet radiation expected to reach the earth’s surface at a time when the sun is at its high. "We only look at how weather is, but don’t talk about the UV Index. Skin cancers were rare in tropical co­un­tries like ours. ...

  India’s Killer Heat Wave The heat wave sweeping across South Asia has killed up to 2,000 people already. A respected think tank says it could be due to climate change This is the highest toll since 2003, when around 3,000 people had died within a week. At that time too, most of the deaths were in Andhra Pradesh. Meteorologists working for the governments of India and Pakistan ascribe the ongoing heat wave to winds blowing eastwards from the deserts of southern Baluchistan and adjoining areas of Iran. Their forecast is that the heat wave will continue at least till the end of the month. With throats parched and skins burning, few people have been venturing outdoors during the day unless they absolutely have to. As a result, the homeless have had the worst time of it – the three deaths in the Indian capital New Delhi ascribed to heat stroke so far have all been of homeless people. But hardly anyone in the subcontinent has been able to escape another effect of the hot dry winds blow...

             Google Chrome Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox. It was later ported to Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android, where it is the default browser. The browser is also the main component of Chrome OS, where it serves as the platform for web applications. Most of Chrome's source code comes from Google's free and open-source software project Chromium, but Chrome is licensed as proprietary freeware. WebKit was the original rendering engine, but Google eventually forked it to create the Blink engine; all Chrome variants except iOS now use Blink. As of October 2021, StatCounter estimates that Chrome has a 68% worldwide browser market share (after peaking at 72.38% in November 2018) on personal computers (PC), is most used on tablets (having surpassed Safari), and is also dominant on smartphones,...

         GOOGLE MAPS Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation. As of 2020, Google Maps was being used by over 1 billion people every month around the world. Google Maps began as a C++ desktop program developed by brothers Lars and Jens Rasmussen at Where 2 Technologies. In October 2004, the company was acquired by Google, which converted it into a web application. After additional acquisitions of a geospatial data visualization company and a real time traffic analyzer, Google Maps was launched in February 2005. The service's front end utilizes JavaScript, XML, and Ajax. Google Maps offers an API that allows maps to be embedded on third-party websites, and offers a locator for busine...

GOOGLE MAIL   Gmail   is a free   email   service provided by   Google . As of 2019, it had 1.5 billion active   users   worldwide.   A user typically accesses Gmail in a   web browser   or the official   mobile app . Google also supports the use of   email clients via the   POP   and   IMAP   protocols. At its launch in 2004, Gmail provided a storage capacity of one gigabyte per user, which was significantly higher than its competitors offered at the time. Today, the service comes with 15 gigabytes of storage. Users can receive emails up to 50 megabytes in size, including attachments, while they can send emails up to 25 megabytes. In order to send larger files, users can insert files from Google Drive into the message. Gmail has a search-oriented interface and a "conversation view" similar to an Internet forum. The service is notable among website developers for its e...

Google News   Google News   is a   news aggregator   service developed by   Google . It presents a continuous flow of links to articles organized from thousands of publishers and magazines. Google News is available as an app on   Android ,   iOS , and   the Web . Google released a beta version in September 2002 and the official app in January 2006.The initial idea was developed by Krishna Bharat. The service has been described as the world's largest news aggregator.In 2020, Google announced they would be spending US$1 billion to work with publishers to create Showcases.

  Sundar Pichai Pichai Sundararajan  (born June 10, 1972), better known as  Sundar Pichai , is an Indian-American business executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google. Born in Madurai, India, Pichai earned his degree from IIT Kharagpur in metallurgical engineering. Moving to the United States, he attained an M.S. from Stanford University in materials science and engineering and further attained an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was named a Siebel Scholar and a Palmer Scholar, respectively. Pichai began his career as a materials engineer. Following a short stint at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co., Pichai joined Google in 2004,where he led the product management and innovation efforts for a suite of Google's client software produ...

MHA holds high-level meeting for preparing national database to…Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin, 7th May 2022,  From swanky concrete jungles to tropical beaches, there are several stunning countries that are just a 5-hour flight from India. We round up a list of a few you could head to over a long weekend. Vacations outside of India are often synonymous with meticulously planned paid leaves, several overstuffed suitcases, and days spent crafting the perfect itinerary. However, if you’ve only got a few days to spare or are the kind of traveller to book tickets on a whim, there are several countries just a short flight away that will satiate your wanderlust. Besides, quick travel leaves you with plenty of time to hit up all those must-visit spots. Here are 10 countries you can head to from India that are just 5 hours away. These countries are just a 5-hour nap away from India

  W hen the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano near the remote Pacific archipelago exploded, shockwaves were felt across the world, tsunami was triggered and the ash severely damaged local areas. A new climate simulation by Nasa reveals how volcanoes could be detrimental to the planet. Extreme volcanic eruptions may destroy the Ozone layer, the shield that protects us from the deadly ultraviolet rays of the Sun, and significantly warm Earth's climate. Known as flood basalt eruptions, they could have been the reason behind Venus and Mars' present-day conditions. The new climate simulation and its findings contradict previous studies that indicated that the eruptions could work to cool the climate. WHAT IS FLOOD BASALT ERUPTION? A Flood Basal Eruption is an extreme volcanic eruption characterised by a series of eruptive episodes lasting perhaps centuries each and occurring over periods of hundreds of thousands of years, sometimes even longer. Nasa says that some happened at ab...

Who Is Elon Musk  What Was  His Strategy To Success?   "Who is Elon Musk?" explores how a boy from South Africa changed the world’s auto, banking and space industries and became the richest man on the planet.  As a child, Musk spent a lot of time coding and sold his first company for $500 at 12-years-old.   In his early career, he teamed up with his brother Kimbal to launch Zip2, an internet city guide, which was later sold for $305 million. This success sparked a new passion in Musk, who took his share of $22 million to build another company.  "I think that really whet his appetite for creating things, for doing more," Heritage Foundation fellow Kara Frederick told Fox Nation. "So, you'll see that's a common thread in his life. He doesn't just create a company, start something, take his cash, and stop. He sleeps on couches. He can barely afford to pay his rent, even though he is technically a millionaire at this point, to create more, and more, and...

Does Unplugging Appliances Really Save Money?    It seems counterintuitive to unplug appliances. After all, they're off, so why would they be sucking up energy? The fact is, your appliances actually still use energy even when they are turned off but still plugged in, according to Energy.gov. Whether the device is switched off or in standby mode, some of the worst offenders are:   :- A device that may still use energy in the form of permanently on lights or other displays showing the device is off  :-  Computers that were simply put into sleep mode :-  Chargers that still draw power even if the device is not connected :-  Media players that continually draw power, especially ones that still might scan for updates in the background :-  Phones with displays that show when not in active use, like cordless phones :-  New smart home appliances like refrigerators, washers and dryers that have always-on displays, internet connectivity and e...

How and why to plant in multiples, plus which plants to pair in your garden SOMETIMES MORE IS better. Planting in multiples, often referred to as massing, creates excitement in a garden. I’m not talking about monotonous beds of single-species plantings but creating a composition with a limited community of compatible plants and going big on the numbers. How big? Of course, that depends on the size of your garden. Richard Hartlage is founding principal of Land Morphology, a landscape architecture firm that designs and implements grand landscapes — think public gardens, private estates and artfully planted urban spaces. “We plant  en masse  when designing contemporary landscapes where the client is looking for simplicity and impact,” Hartlage says. Drifts of ornamental grasses underplanted with bulbs for seasonal interest figure prominently in these Land Morphology designs. “Only the most durable plants with multiple seasons of interest work in this scenario,” he adds. You ...

                 What Russians think of the war in Ukraine, according to an independent pollster ? As   Morning Edition 's Steve Inskeep notes, doing anything independently in Russia is tricky (the government has branded the firm a foreign agent), as is conducting polls on this topic — since the government prohibits calling the invasion a war, and dissenters are arrested. The Levada Center stays within those parameters by asking whether people support the actions of the Russian military. Volkov found that some 80% of respondents do support the military, but that group is by no means a monolith. He says about 50% have "definite support" without any qualms, but the other 30% have support with reservations. And he sees shock and anxiety across the entire group. Volkov told Inskeep that he's aware of the pitfalls with these polls, but they may still have valuable information to teach us. "We must understand that polls show us not what peop...