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AAP's Prashant Bhushan bats for lifting of AFSPA in J&K

Now people should beware of such anti-nationals and should not elect such people in forthcoming elections ! - Editor   New Delhi :  Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Prashant Bhushan today batted for the lifting of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir, saying it gave the Army immunity in cases of human rights violation while causing alienation amongst the people. "It is very important for us to win the hearts and minds of the people and prevent alienation. For that, the first thing which needs to be done is to remove AFSPA , which gives Army immunity in human rights violations," Bhushan said in an interview to a TV channel. Army's deployment for internal security purposes should be effected only with the consent of people, except in cases where the rights of minorities need to be protected, he added. Bhushan, however, seemed to have moderated his earlier stand which had him reportedly favouring the separation of Kashmir if that was...

India test-fires nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile

  India on Tuesday test-fired its indigenously developed Prithvi-II missile, which is capable of carrying 500 kg to 1,000 kg of warheads and has a strike range of 350 km, from a test range at Chandipur near here. The test was carried out as part of a user trial by the Army. The surface-to-surface missile was test fired from a mobile launcher in salvo mode from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range at about 0948 hrs. "The missile was randomly chosen from the production stock and the entire launch activities were carried out by the specially formed Strategic Force Command (SFC) and monitored by the scientists of DRDO as part of training exercise," the sources said. "The missile trajectory was tracked by DRDO radars, electro-optical tracking systems and telemetry stations located along the coast of Odisha," they said. "The downrange teams onboard the ship deployed near the designated impact point in the Bay of Bengal monitored the terminal...

Famous ‘Sri Shant Murty Vajra Vinayak Mandir’ of Bengaluru taken over by the Government !

  Bengaluru, 6th January –  On 4th January 2014, Sri Shant Murty Vajra Vinayak Mandir’, located in Jaynagar, Sector 4 was taken over by the Charity Department of Congress Government. The Government accused its trustees of financial malpractices in maintaining accounts of the temple without checking relevant papers and took over the temple. The crown of Sri Vinayak Dev and land of the temple was also taken possession of by the Government. Source:  Dainik Sanatan Prabhat

Equations and Symbolism in Hindu Scriptures

Equations and Symbolism   in Hindu Scriptures The use of symbols-letters of the alphabet to denote unknowns, and equations are the foundations of the science of algebra. The Hindus were the first to make systematic use of the letters of the alphabet to denote unknowns. They were also the first to classify and make a detailed study of equations. Thus they may be said to have given birth to the moder n science of algebra. The great Indian mathematician Bhaskaracharya (1150 C.E.) produced extensive treatises on both plane and spherical trigonometry and algebra, and his works contain remarkable solutions of problems which were not discovered in Europe until the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He preceded Newton by over 500 years in the discovery of the principles of differential calculus. click here -  http://is.gd/ clcls_250years_in_india A.L. Basham writes further, “The mathematical implications of zero (sunya) and infinity, never more than vaguely realized by cl...