Black hole – The basics

A black hole is not really an empty hole or space. Black holes are points in space that are so dense they create deep gravity sinks.

It is formed by a death of a massive star. A black hole takes up zero space but does have mass, that used to be a star. And black holes get more massive as they consume matter near them.

There’s a boundary at the edge of a black hole called the event horizon, which is the point of no return — any light or matter that crosses that boundary is sucked into the black hole. It would need to travel faster than the speed of light to escape, which is impossible.

Event Horizon and Singularity

When a massive star (more than 8 times bigger than Sun) runs out of nuclear fuel in its core hen it’s gravity causes the core to collapse upon itself. This huge weight of its constituent matter falling in compresses the dying star to a point of zero volume and infinite density– called the singularity.

A black hole cannot be observed but only detected by the effects of its enormous gravitational fields on nearby matter.

In April 2019, the scientists at the Event Horizon Telescope project released the first-ever image of a black hole.

Supermassive black holes are found at the centre of most galaxies, including our own Milky Way. The one in our galaxy is called Sagittarius A*.

Interesting Facts-

If our Sun were suddenly replaced by a black hole with Mass equal to that of sun, the orbits of the planets wouldn’t change.

If you travelled close to the black hole, you could escape, as long as you don’t enter the event horizon.

If you entered the black hole, you could still see everything outside, since light can enter a black hole.

You wouldn’t notice anything special about the event horizon, since it isn’t a solid surface.

Once you enter the event horizon, you will pulled into the singularity.

Use of Cases for Data Exploration

Data exploration analyzes data to identify patterns and trends, either manually or through software tools. Data exploration identifies new insights that can help improve business performance. You can also use it to identify potential problems and areas for improvement. Data exploration is a critical step in data analysis. There are many reasons you might want to use data exploration in your business. Perhaps you want to better understand your customer base, or you want to find new growth opportunities. Maybe you’re looking for ways to improve your operations or cut costs.

Keep reading to learn more about use cases for data exploration and how to benefit your business.

 

Cases of Use For Data Exploration

 

Data exploration is an essential process for businesses of all sizes. The data that a company collects can provide valuable insights into how to improve operations, marketing, and customer experience. However, data exploration can be difficult and time-consuming without the right tools and techniques to identify helpful data patterns to inform business decisions. There are several reasons for using data exploration, including:

Identifying customer trends: By analyzing customer data, businesses can identify trends in purchasing behavior, demographics, and other factors. You can use this information to make informed decisions about what products or services to offer customers and how to market them.

Analyzing competitor activity: By studying the competition, businesses can learn what strategies they are using and how successful they are. Data exploration can also help companies understand their competition and how they stack up against them. This information can help businesses determine their strengths and weaknesses relative to the competition and make strategic changes accordingly.

Optimizing operations: Data exploration can help optimize operations by identifying areas where businesses can improve. For example, by analyzing production data, a business may discover that it’s producing more of a specific product than is needed or waste in the production process. Identifying these issues allows companies to address them and improve efficiency.

Troubleshooting: If something goes wrong in a business, it’s often necessary to troubleshoot the issue to find a solution. Data exploration can help by identifying the cause of the problem.

 

Why Use Data Exploration

 

Data exploration can also be used internally within businesses to improve operations and optimize manufacturing processes or target marketing campaigns more effectively. Additionally, data can improve employee productivity or customer satisfaction levels. Data exploration can help you understand your data.

By exploring your data, you can better understand the patterns and trends that exist within it. This can help you make better decisions about how to use that data. It also helps identify problems when exploring your data; you may identify outliers, inconsistent values, and missing data. This can help you fix those problems before you begin your analysis. You may find that certain variables are related to each other through data exploration. This can help you identify potential relationships you may want to investigate further. You may also find patterns that you wouldn’t have otherwise identified by exploring your data, helping you make better decisions about using that data. Businesses can generate hypotheses about how certain factors may influence specific outcomes and can then be tested through further analysis or experimentation.

Of course, data exploration is just one piece of the puzzle. But, data exploration can be a powerful tool for improving your business. No matter your specific goal, data exploration can be an invaluable tool. By analyzing your data in a more in-depth way, you can better understand what’s happening within your business. This can help you make more informed decisions, and it can also help you identify potential areas for improvement.

6 Ways to Get More Business for Your Ecommerce Line

 

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Since the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic, the commercial marketing industry has changed drastically. Earlier, most companies focused solely on physical sales and invested rarely in digital advertising. But with the revolutionary changes that the e-commerce sector went through, many industries came forward to adopt the latest technology to stay updated with the trends and maintain their position in the market. 

Enterprises like Escape Room Palm Springs, a Reliance store in Bangalore, or the Dark Horse publishing house in Japan have actively invested in different e-commerce marketing tips and strategies to boost their sales and brand value. And just for the big fishes and older companies, the new entrepreneurs can also invest in e-commerce to take their business to new heights of success. 

It is a smart move for the small and medium-sized corporations to pick the same and browse for opportunities through hard work to stay tough in the commercial market against their competitors. Here are 6-ways through which you can also get more business for your e-commerce line: 

  1. Know your customers 

Understanding your customers is the most crucial part of an e-commerce business. If you plan to reach out to more audiences for your brand and convert them into followers and subscribers, you must know all about them and their preferences. Here are some questions that you should keep in mind while attracting customers to your website:

 

  • What websites do these people visit? 

  • What are their hobbies? 

  • Do they have a particular affinity or interest in a service or product? 

  • How long do they usually research on the internet? 

 

Facts and details like these will help you better understand your users and their interests. It will give you the right idea about how you can draw them to your business and also sustain their attention. And by answering the above questions, you will also be able to strategize a more efficient plan to establish a more profitable marketing tactic to target them. 

  1. Increase the About Us section 

The customers generally prefer to look at the About Us section for an e-commerce website they are scrolling on and researching. This information area lets them understand the company/brand’s business ambition and whether they want to invest further in their products. 

So remember to be open in your About Us section. It is where you can go all out and share your business idea and concept, love for the products, the hard work that goes to crafting what you are providing, and how you can make the customer’s life more comfortable through your services. The more you convince the consumers that you are their friend and a great person, the more they will prefer to invest their money in your company’s products and business schemes. 

  1. Expand your demographic 

While it is a good idea to target a specific audience group to your company, you might lose many consumers in the long run if you do not expand your user base in the long run. By limiting yourself to some clients, you might restrict the growth and expansion of your e-commerce company and lose credential patrons. So focus on expanding your demographic to broaden your horizons and open new marketing opportunities to draw in and retain more customers. 

  1. Practice Quality over Quantity 

When you consider e-commerce, quality always comes before quantity. Make sure that your products and the services you provide to your customers are high-quality and satisfying to their demands. In this way, they will build trust for your business and come to rely more on your services. Your business’s reputation will grow and help you gain a trustworthy image in the commercial market. 

  1. Switch to D2C 

Gone are the days when B2B (business to business) and B2C (business to consumer) could pave the way for boosting your e-commerce as a brand in the commercial market. To get the best for your business’s marketing, switch to the D2C (direct to customer) policy for marketing and gaining customers. D2C allows you to connect directly to your clients and consumers without going through a mediator like a retailer, distributor, or dealer. There are several benefits of practicing D2C, such as: 

  • You get to retain complete control of the engagement process with the customers by avoiding any intermediate parties. 

  • You can connect directly with your clients and understand them better. 

  • It helps you establish a secure and effective connection with your target audience and thus deliver products that satisfy their preferences. 

  1. Keep an eye on the numbers and analytics

It is also crucial to focus on your analytics and inventory numbers in e-commerce. It allows you to keep a close eye on your accounting and invest wisely in your spending for advertising and marketing. Also, by focusing on the analytic points of your business, you can track your traffic sources and accordingly plan a profitable conversion rate to boost subscribers and customers for your company. Various tools help you get deep insights into the accounting and the analysis of your business. And you can use this information to get more resources and traffic activity for your website to market your e-commerce brand strategically. 

Conclusion 

So, these are the 6-easy ways that will help you get more business for your e-commerce line. We know e-commerce is growing tremendously, and it won’t be long before it may outwit the physical sales. With marketers and entrepreneurs actively competing to boost their sales and gain more customers, it is time for you to also keep up with new trends and draw in more patrons by increasing customer comfort and efficiently marketing for your e-commerce business. 

 

How did the second largest dynasty came to India?

So, the Mughals were the Muslims who created an empire in India that held power for roughly 200 years between the early 16th and early 18th centuries. Although technically the Mughal empire didn’t come to an end until after the Indian rebellion against the British in 1857.

The Mughals were not the first Muslims in India, those would have been merchants and they werent even the first muslims to rule significant parts of India. The first muslim rulers, and the honor goes to Delhi sultanates which began in 1206 in Northern India. The Delhi Sultanates didn’t last very long, and it was replaced by a bunch of regional kingdoms and one of them the Lodi Sultanate had the misfortune of falling to the founder of the Mughal dynasty, Babur in 1526.

At the height of its power the Mughal empire controlled an estimated one quarter of the Earth’s economy. It’s massive population is over 150million people which is double that of European continent at the time, this colossal state had very unlikely origins. One year after CHRISTOPHER COLOMBUS discovered the new world and failed to find a quicker route to India, a 11year old soon to be fugitive on the other side of the planet named Zaheer Alden who in later simply known as Babur meaning tiger had just inherited his fathers tiny kingdom of Ferghana(modern day Uzbekistan). over the next few years he desperately tries to survive his family, both his paternal and maternal uncles controlled armies with a goal of ending his life.

On his father’s side Babur was descended from the turco Mongol war world Tamerlane and Genghis Khan on his mothers side. Throughout his teen years he repeatedly captured and lost control of the old timur at capital of Samarkand and his home of Ferghana. after decades of his disunited family butchering each other, the weakened remnants of the once mighty Timurid Empire was swept aside by the Turkic’s and the Iranians(Safavid empire).

After left with nothing, but his mother, a bunch of trust worthy individuals and another bunch of enemies, Babur took a refuge in the mountains of Afghanistan and slowly expanded his small bunch of followers into an army seizing control of the strategically important city of Kabul in 1504. Babur maintained friendly relations with Safavid shahs of Iran from where he obtained his first fire arms, canons and more. His ultimate aim to retake Samarkand failed and his ambitions to control have turned to Central Asia of which it was ruled by wealthy Delhi Sultanates.

At the battle of Panipat(1st battle in 1526),fought between the Timurids under Babur and Ibrahim Lodi. In 1526, the Mughal forces of Babur, the Timurid ruler of Kabulistan, defeated the much larger ruling army of Ibrahim Lodi ,Sultan of Delhi. A much smaller timid army used matchlock firearms and canon behind an entrenched barricade of 700carts, defeat a much larger traditional Indian Army, 1000 elephants at the vanguard.

In the following year, Babur defeated a confederation of Rajput states solidifying his control over northern India. Babur did not get to enjoy his life long dream of establishing a great empire for very long. at the age of 47 he died of a sudden illness for which some suspected it as poisoning and other as natural death.

SC Recognises Sex Work as a Profession

Recently, in a significant order, Supreme Court has recognised sex work as a “profession” and observed that its practitioners are entitled to dignity and equal protection under the law. The court invoked its special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution. 

Highlights of the Supreme Court Judgment

Sex workers are entitled to equal protection of the law and criminal law must apply equally in all cases, on the basis of ‘age’ and ‘consent’.

  • When it is clear that the sex worker is an adult and is participating with consent, the police must refrain from interfering or taking any criminal action.
  • Sex workers should not be “arrested or penalised or harassed or victimised” whenever there is a raid on any brothel, “since voluntary sex work is not illegal and only running the brothel is unlawful”.

A child of a sex worker should not be separated from the mother merely on the ground that she is in the sex trade.

  • Further, if a minor is found living in a brothel or with sex workers, it should not be presumed that the child was trafficked.
  • In case the sex worker claims that he/she is her son/daughter, tests can be done to determine if the claim is correct and if so, the minor should not be forcibly separated.

The media should take “utmost care not to reveal the identities of sex workers, during arrest, raid and rescue operations, whether as victims or accused and not to publish or telecast any photos that would result in disclosure of such identities.

Challenges Faced by Sex Workers

Discrimination and Stigmatisation:

  • The rights of sex workers are non-existent, and those doing such work face discrimination due to their criminalised status.
  • These individuals are looked down upon and have no place in society, and most times are treated harshly by their landlords and even the law.

Abuse and Exploitation:

  • Most times, sex workers are exposed to a slew of abuses that range from physical to mental attacks.
  • They would face harassment from clients, their own family members, the community, and even from people who are supposed to uphold the law.

Drone technology will play major role in empowering farmers, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, the quantum jump in the drone industry shows the possibilities of emerging opportunities for employment in India. Inaugurating India’s biggest Drone Festival – Bharat Drone Mahotsav-2022 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, Mr Modi said, India has the potential of becoming a global drone hub and this technology will play a crucial role in several sectors ranging from agriculture, defence, disaster management, health and land mapping in the future.

Highlighting the importance of technology, the Prime Minister said, it has ensured last mile delivery and with the help of technology, target of Antyodaya can be achieved. Terming drone technology as an effective tool in delivery of services and improving ease of living, he said, it will take the farming sector to another level and it will ensure the progress of marginalised farmers.

The Prime Minister said, drones will play a crucial role in delivery of medicines and vaccines in the far flung areas of the country. With the help of drone mapping he reviewed the progress of Kedarnath Redevelopment Project, he added.

The Prime Minister said, this Government has reduced the restrictions imposed on drone sector. He said, Production Linked Incentive scheme was introduced for making a robust ecosystem for the drone sector. He urged the investors to come and invest in India’s booming drone sector. He also urged the youth to come forward and set up drone start-ups. On the occasion, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said, India has become a leader in the technology sector in the last eight years.

Drone technology will play major role in empowering farmers, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, the quantum jump in the drone industry shows the possibilities of emerging opportunities for employment in India. Inaugurating India’s biggest Drone Festival – Bharat Drone Mahotsav-2022 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, Mr Modi said, India has the potential of becoming a global drone hub and this technology will play a crucial role in several sectors ranging from agriculture, defence, disaster management, health and land mapping in the future.

Highlighting the importance of technology, the Prime Minister said, it has ensured last mile delivery and with the help of technology, target of Antyodaya can be achieved. Terming drone technology as an effective tool in delivery of services and improving ease of living, he said, it will take the farming sector to another level and it will ensure the progress of marginalised farmers.

The Prime Minister said, drones will play a crucial role in delivery of medicines and vaccines in the far flung areas of the country. With the help of drone mapping he reviewed the progress of Kedarnath Redevelopment Project, he added.

The Prime Minister said, this Government has reduced the restrictions imposed on drone sector. He said, Production Linked Incentive scheme was introduced for making a robust ecosystem for the drone sector. He urged the investors to come and invest in India’s booming drone sector. He also urged the youth to come forward and set up drone start-ups. On the occasion, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said, India has become a leader in the technology sector in the last eight years.

IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON SCHOOL CHILDREN

Social media has become the most predominant platform to interact with people. The reels that we watch in Instagram or YouTube Shorts all are a par of social media.

School students are more active in these types of platforms. One of the most major impacts that social media has had on teenagers today is how we perform in school. It is one of the most distracting activities of everyday life. Recent experiments at UCLA have shown that nucleus accumbency was very active when teenagers saw that they had received a lot of likes on their photos that would influence to further use Instagram more often.

The risks might be related to how much social media teens use. A 2019 study of more than 6,500 12- to 15-year-olds in the U.S. found that those who spent more than three hours a day using social media might be at heightened risk for mental health problems. Another 2019 study of more than 12,000 13- to 16-year-olds in England found that using social media more than three times a day predicted poor mental health and well-being in teens.

Some other major impacts that social media has had on teenagers is peer pressure and cyber bullying. On any social media site, you can send a direct message to anyone that you want without even having to their phone number or having to follow them. This makes it so easy to cyber bully someone. Peer pressure has increased ever since social media has become popular. Teenagers look at pictures/videos of their peers doing illegal things such as drugs, drinking, etc. 55% of teens tried drugs for the first time because they felt pressured by their friends. 70% of teens who smoke say that they started smoking because their friends smoke or they felt peer pressure to try smoking.

HOW TO PROTECT FROM THIS PLATFORM?

  • Set reasonable limits:
    Talk to your teen about how to avoid letting social media interfere with his or her activities, sleep, meals or homework. Encourage a bedtime routine that avoids electronic media use, and keep cellphones and tablets out of teens’ bedrooms. Set an example by following these rules yourself.
  • Monitor your teen’s accounts:
    Let your teen know that you’ll be regularly checking his or her social media accounts. You might aim to do so once a week or more. Make sure you follow through.
  • Explain what’s not OK:
    Discourage your teen from gossiping, spreading rumors, bullying or damaging someone’s reputation — online or otherwise. Talk to your teen about what is appropriate and safe to share on social media.
  • Encourage face-to-face contact with friends:
    This is particularly important for teens vulnerable to social anxiety disorder.
  • Talk about social media:
    Talk about your own social media habits. Ask your teen how he or she is using social media and how it makes him or her feel. Remind your teen that social media is full of unrealistic images.

Indira Gandhi Shahri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana

The Rajasthan government has come up with the job description under its much-touted Indira Gandhi Shahri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana. Announcing the employment scheme for urban areas on the lines of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA.

While MGNREGA assists people in rural areas, there is no such scheme for street vendors and those working at dhabas and restaurants in urban areas.

About:

  • Under the scheme, 100 days of employment per year will be provided to families residing in urban areas.
  • The ratio of cost of material to payment for labour work of “general nature” will be in the ratio of 25:75, while for special works, it will be 75:25.

Eligibility:

  • All those aged between 18 and 60 years and residing within urban body limits are eligible for the scheme, and in special circumstances such as a pandemic or a calamity, migrant labourers may be included.

Significance of Urban Employment Schemes?

  • Ensures social inclusion by strengthening the livelihood base of rural poor.
  • It gives urban residents a statutory right to work and thereby ensures the right to life (Art 21) guaranteed under the Constitution.
  • It provides employment for skilled and unskilled workers among urban youth and addresses the concerns of underemployment and unemployment.
  • Such programmes can bring in much-needed public investment in towns, which, in turn, could boost local demand, improve the quality of urban infrastructure and services, restore urban commons, skill urban youth, and increase the capacity of ULBs.

The Nation’s New Education Policy,2020

In this I want to analyze the NEP’ 2020 in the simplest way possible.

This is India’s 3rd NEP.

  • the first one was in 1968 under Indira Gandhi government
  • the second was in 1986 under Rajiv Gandhi Government
  • In 1992 under PV Narasimha Rao government the NEP was modified.
  • the third one is in 2020

The right to education was drafted under Article 21A in which the children between the age group of 6- 14years should get free and compulsory education.

2014 BJO manifesto – The New Education Policy

It was then when Ms. Smriti Irani became HRD minister in 2015, she created a new committee in which the Chairman was TSR Subramanyam. this committee submited the report on 7th my 2016.

The Objectives of the committee is to:

  1. improve the quality of education
  2. Credibility of education
  3. addressing the gaps in education implementation
  4. On october 2016, The Ministry released the drafts and gave suggestions. but nothing happened as per plan.

After this a new committee was formed in which Dr. K. Kasturirangan former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, made up a team of 9 members and they drafted the National Education Policy 2019 and this was later approved by The union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved and was passed as The New Education Policy 2020 on July 29, 2020.

3 most important changes in the NEP 2020

  • Human Resource development(HRD) ministry was renamed as Ministry of Education.
  • Government proposed that the GDP investment in education to be increased from 1.6% to 6%.
  • focusing on gross enrollment ratio, it will be increased to 50% by 2035.

everything can be done when there will be a dynamic change happens in this regular educational system. Now, that is what happened in which alongside of education, extra curricular activities, interests were given equal priorities. Also, people tend to have multiple interests in which they want to extend their career opportunities. Till 2019, students have the opportunity to either enter into any one of the field of interests like science, Arts, Commerce.

10 yearsage 10-16
2yearsage 16-18
old Academic Structure

5yearsAnganwadi/pre-school- age (3-6)
class 1 and 2 at age (6-8)
3yearsclass 3-5 at age (6-8)
3yearsclass 6-8 at age(11-14)
4yearsclass 9-12 at age (14- 18)
modified/ revised academic structure

Changes in School Education

  • students to learn coding from class 6
  • Mother tongue to be a medium of instruction till 5th grade.
  • Report card will be comprehensive based on skills+ capabilities.

Holistic Undergraduate programme:

  1. flexible curriculum, vocational subjects, Inter- disciplinary combination of subjects- which means till now we have division of backgrounds like commerce, science, arts etc., but from now there will be no division and can choose whatever they want to pursue.

Languages:

  1. offered Sanskrit in every level of education .
  2. other classical languages + literature are also available.

Academic Bank of Credits – which means if a person discontinues or chooses to pursue other background of education, till whatever education or year the person have pursued till that level the academic certification will be provided

Changes for Teachers

  1. NCERT- National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education, NCFTE 2021 was created with the help of NCERT
  2. By 2030, for teaching the minimum degree qualification/ 4year integrated B.Ed

the entire objective of NEP is, Universalization of Education Achieving Global standards of Education for which, the students who leaves or graduates will get the knowledge at global reaching.

UGC Norms for Dual & Joint Degrees in India

University Grants Commission (UGC) came into existence on 2nd December, 1953. It became a statutory body by an Act of Parliament in 1956, for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of teaching, examination and research in university education.

Recently, the UGC has released Academic Collaboration between Indian and Foreign Higher Education Institutions to offer Joint Degree, Dual Degree, and Twinning Programmes Regulations, 2022. 

Under these regulations collaborating institutes will be allowed to offer three kinds of programmes — twinning, joint degrees and dual degrees.

Dual Degree Programmes: The approved amendments include a provision for “dual degree programmes” — both the Indian and foreign institutions will give separate and simultaneous degrees for a course of the same discipline, and at the same level.

Easing Regulation: Indian universities that meet a minimum academic standard will not need UGC’s permission to offer such programmes.

Joint Degrees: Students enrolling for these programmes will have to go abroad to earn credits, but they will not have to seek admission separately while doing so.

In the draft amendments, foreign partner institutions are required to be among the world’s top 1,000 in global rankings.

Dual Degrees: For dual degrees, students will have to complete at least 30% of their course credit at the foreign institution.

  • The degrees awarded by both the Indian and foreign institutions will indicate the credits earned at the respective institutions.
  • At the end of the course, the student will be awarded two degrees, separately and simultaneously, by the Indian and foreign institution.

Twinning Arrangement: A student can study a programme partly in India and partly in a foreign university, but the diploma or degree will be awarded just by the Indian university.

  • Students will have to complete up to 30% of the course’s credits at the foreign institution by means of an exchange programme.

Exception: The new regulations are not applicable to programmes offered online and in the open and distance learning mode.

Significance: The new regulation will prompt Indian students to get a foreign degree and enhance their employability in the international market.

SHOULD THERE BE AN ANTI-BULLYING ACT?

“Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold but not bully.” RIM JOHN

Bullying is the behaviour of a person or majority group who threatens, harms, or insults another person or the minority or weak group. Cyberbullying is a form of bullying that threatens people with the use of electronic devices.

About 20% of students ages 12-18 experienced bullying nationwide. Students ages 12–18 who reported being bullied said they thought those who bullied them: Had the ability to influence other students’ perception of them (56%); Had more social influence (50%); Were physically stronger or larger (40%); Had more money (31%). Nationwide, 19% of students in grades 9–12 report being bullied on school property in the 12 months prior to the survey.

The following percentages of students ages 12-18 had experienced bullying in various places at school:

  1. Hallway or stairwell (43.4%)
  2. Classroom (42.1%)
  3. Cafeteria (26.8%)
  4. Outside on school grounds (21.9%)
  5. Online or text (15.3%)
  6. Bathroom or locker room (12.1%)
  7. Somewhere else in the school building (2.1%)
  8. Approximately 46% of students ages 12-18 who were bullied during the school year notified an adult at school about the bullying.
  9. Among students ages 12-18 who reported being bullied at school during the school year, 15 % were bullied online or by text.
  10. An estimated 14.9% of high school students were electronically bullied in the 12 months prior to the survey.

According to the UNESCO Institute of Statistics:
One third of the globe’s youth is bullied; this ranges from as low as 7% in Tajikistan to 74% in Samoa. Low socioeconomic status is a main factor in youth bullying within wealthy countries.
Immigrant-born youth in wealthy countries are more likely to be bullied than locally-born youth.

Yes, There is a serious need to have strong legislation on Anti-bullying laws in India. The government of India is taking steps to conquer bullying in schools, colleges, and on the internet.

Cyclones – Why and How are they named?

Have you ever wondered how do scientists decides the name for cyclones? Read the whole article to learn it.

Weather forecasters give each tropical cyclone a name to avoid confusion. Each year, tropical cyclones receive names in alphabetical order. Women and men’s names are alternated. The name list is proposed by the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) of WMO Members of a specific region, and approved by the respective tropical cyclone regional bodies at their annual/bi-annual sessions.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The practice of naming storms (tropical cyclones) began years ago in order to help in the quick identification of storms in warning messages because names are presumed to be far easier to remember than numbers and technical terms. In the beginning, storms were named arbitrarily. An Atlantic storm that ripped off the mast of a boat named Antje became known as Antje’s hurricane. Then the mid-1900’s saw the start of the practice of using feminine names for storms.

In the pursuit of a more organized and efficient naming system, meteorologists later decided to identify storms using names from a list arranged alphabetically. Thus, a storm with a name which begins with A, like Anne, would be the first storm to occur in the year. By the end of the 1900’s, forecasters started using male names for those forming in the Southern Hemisphere.

Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Centre. The original name lists featured only women’s names. In 1979, men’s names were introduced and they alternate with the women’s names.

Six lists are used in rotation. Thus, the 2019 list will be used again in 2025. The names of tropical cyclones over the north Indian Ocean is however not repeated. Once used, it will cease to be used again.

Why are cyclones given a name ?

Naming of Tropical Cyclones (TCs) helps the scientific community, disaster managers, media and general masses to

  • identify each individual cyclone.
  • use of short, distinctive given names in written as well as spoken communications is quicker and less subject to error than the older more cumbersome latitude-longitude identification methods.
  • create awareness of its development.
  • remove confusion in case of simultaneous occurrence of TCs over a region
  • rapidly and effectively disseminate warnings to much wider audience

These advantages are especially important in exchanging detailed storm information between hundreds of widely scattered stations, coastal bases, and ships at sea.

Criteria for name selection

  • The proposed name should be neutral to (a) politics and political figures (b) religious believes, (c) cultures and (d) gender
  • Name should be chosen in such a way that it does not hurt the sentiments of any group of population over the globe
  • It should not be very rude and cruel in nature
  • It should be short, easy to pronounce and should not be offensive to any member
  • The maximum length of the name will be eight letters
  • The proposed name should be provided along with its pronunciation and voice over

Protocol to Select a name for a cyclone

For north Indian Ocean including Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, the RSMC, New Delhi assigns the name to tropical cyclones following a standard procedure.

The naming of the tropical cyclones over the north Indian Ocean commenced from September 2004. This list contained names proposed by then eight member countries of WMO/ESCAP PTC, viz., Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand. A new list containing 169 names has been made available in 2020.

Source : Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre, New Delhi and World Meteorological Organisation

FLY HIGH

              FLY HIGH

                                         – Angelin Diana

You can fly like a Kite

To a great height

Just to shine bright

As the stars in the night

The sky’s the limit

Use every minute

Have that spirit

When you give it

You can go

With your flow

May your face glow

As you grow

In every test

Give your best

You are blessed

So never feel depressed

You and your might

Together might

Glow up the light

Am I right?

Is Earth just a round Spherical Ball? What’s inside that?

What everyone see is just a round, not round exactly but a GEOID shaped ball. Seeing the Earth as a ball and imagining it in the size of football which we all see in our science lab.

This is the 0% we know about our planet Earth. There is more to this than people just know. It’s like the rainbow flavored cake. when you see the outer part of the cake you tend to see the decoration and the whipping cream. but, when you cut it you the see the colorful layers of the cake. Earth is also the same. When you deep dig it you get to see different concentric layers which we call them as:

  • Crust
  • Mantle
  • Core – inner core, outer core
layers of Earths interior

Like all terrestrial planets, the Earth’s interior is differentiated. This means that its internal structure consists of layers, arranged like the skin of an onion. Peel back one, and you find another, distinguished from the last by its chemical and geological properties, as well as vast differences in temperature and pressure.

Most of the ancient theories about Earth tended towards the “Flat-Earth” view of our planet’s physical form. This was the view in Mesopotamian culture, where the world was portrayed as a flat disk afloat in an ocean. To the Mayans, the world was flat, and at it corners, four jaguars held up the sky. The ancient Persians speculated that the Earth was a seven-layered ziggurat (or cosmic mountain), while the Chinese viewed it as a four-side cube.

By the 6th century BCE, Greek philosophers began to speculate that the Earth was in fact round, and by the 3rd century BCE, the idea of a spherical Earth began to become articulated as a scientific matter.

  1. CORE :
  • The inner core:- radius of 1,220 kilometers (758 miles), or about three-quarters that of the moon.
  • located some 6,400 to 5,180 kilometers (4,000 to 3,220 miles) beneath Earth’s surface
  • Made of Iron and Nickel(solid form). Intensely hot and the Temperature sizzles at 5,400° Celsius (9,800° Fahrenheit).
  • The outer core:- radius stands at about 5,180 to 2,880 kilometers (3,220 to 1,790 miles) below the surface.
  •  Heated largely by the radioactive decay of the elements like uranium and thorium.
  • The outer core is not under enough pressure to be solid, so it is liquid even though it has a composition similar to the inner core.

2. MANTLE

  • Upper mantle: It is the Earths thickest layer. Spreads across  84% of Earth’s volume
  • The upper mantle, which starts at the “Mohorovicic Discontinuity”- the base of the crust extends from a depth of 7 to 35 km downwards to a depth of 410 km.
  • lower Mantle: The lower mantle lies between 660-2,891 km 
  • Very little is known about the lower mantle apart from that it appears to be relatively seismically homogeneous.

3. CRUST

  •  The crust is made of relatively light elements, especially silica, aluminum and oxygen. 
  • Earth’s crust is like the shell of a hard-boiled egg. It is extremely thin, cold and brittle compared to what lies below it
  • The thickness of the crust varies in the range of range of 5-30 km in case of the oceanic crust and as 50-70 km in case of the continental crust.
  • Along with the upper zone of the mantle, the crust is broken into big pieces, like a gigantic jigsaw puzzle. These are known as tectonic plates. These move slowly — at just 3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2 inches) per year.
  • The continents are composed of lighter silicates — silica + aluminium (also called sial) while the oceans have the heavier silicates — silica + magnesium (also called sima)