''PASHU MITRAS'' Patna Municipal Corporation to provide a shelter for stray dogs

If all goes well, Patna roads will become free of stray dogs as plans are afoot to make shelters for them where they would also be sterilized. It's not the  Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) which has come out of its slumber and become aware of its responsibility, but a private organization called Public Rehabilitation and Welfare Centre (PRWC) which plans to make a network of 'pashu mitras' who will catch stray dogs, take them to the shelter and sterilize them in a sympathetic manner.

PRWC secretary Ragini Ranjan spoke on this concept of 'pashu mitra' while addressing a seminar on 'Prevention of cruelty against animals' on Saturday. As per Ranjan, the PRWC will coordinate with PMC, animal welfare societies and veterinary colleges. "We are in talks with PMC to provide a shelter for stray dogs where they can be kept, given tranquillizers and finally sterilized. We will seek the vets' support for the purpose," said Ranjan.

The PMC always rues its manpower crunch, but the organization already has enough of it and only requires the municipal body's support. Ranjan also said counselling is also an essential part of the drive. "Even the PMC staff involved in the drive will be counselled. This will reduce the number of stray dogs and it is a proven fact that when their numbers decrease, those of horses and camels increase," she said.

When asked if there is any shelter for stray dogs now, she answered in negative and said the PRWC would appeal to the state government to provide a piece of land to make a shelter. With a team of ten members who will keep a vigil in the entire city, PRWC will start working on this drive next month.

Besides, PRWC members will also interact with local milkmen and counsel them not to administer Oxytocin, a vaccine banned for sale over the counter but used by them on cows and buffaloes for increased milk. It is not good for the health of these animals, she said.

SOURCE:Anisha Anand,TNN

Bihar Diwas celebrations organised at SK Memorial Hall in Patna

Around 2.2 crore children studying in 72,000 government primary, middle and high schools of Bihar today affirmed that they have secured promises from their parents that they will cast vote in the Lok Sabha elections. 

Diwas celebrations across the state. 

The massive election awareness campaign was taken up as part of the 102nd Bihar 

It was conducted by the education department in partnership with the Election Commission. 

Speaking about the campaign at a function organised at SK Memorial Hall here, education department's Principal Secretary Amarjeet Sinha said, 2.2 crore children enrolled in state's 72,000 schools submitted forms, filled and signed by their parents, that they would participate in voting. 

Apart from it, several cultural programmes on social issues are also being organised at the schools to mark the 102nd Bihar foundation day. 

The Bihar Diwas function was inaugurated by state Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Sinha, in the presence of several top bureaucrats of the state. 

No minister or politician could attend the programme as the model code of conduct for elections is in force. 

Kuchipudi dance exponents and Padma Shri awardees Jayaram Rao and Vanashree performed on this occasion. It was followed by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt regaling the audience with his magical touch on Mohan Veena. 

Bihar Diwas is celebrated on March 22 every year as Bihar was separated from Bengal Presidency on this day in 1902. The entire state will celebrate the occasion till March 24.

The 102nd Bihar Diwas celebrations concluded recently with the promise of a bigger and better version of the festival next year. 

The three-day celebrations organized at SK Memorial Hall were inaugurated by Ashok Sinha, chief secretary of the state and saw a range of cultural programmes. Bureaucrats and academicians made up the eager audience.We spotted IPS PK Thakur being given company by IPS PN Rai. Bureaucrats Dharmendra Kumar, Brajesh Mehrotra and Maya Shankar too were spotted enjoying the event. 

Kuchipudi dance performance by Jairam Rao and his team was the main attraction of day one. Geeta Chandran's Bharatnatyam performance wowed Patnaites on the second day. The marvellous cosmic dance of Shiva by Vakkom Sajeev describing various aspects of Lord Shiva made it a divine experience for the spectators. 

source :TOI,&PTI

Dr.Arbind Sinha,from Jamshedpur invented spray for broken bones because his mother was always tense bone pain,

Jamshedpur.   problem, suffering, pain, people usually get nervous. The pitched face it, they are doing something which is good for society. 

India - the world reaches advantage. Dr Arvind Sinha are such a person, which has not suffered the pain of mothers and drug discovery, is the misery of millions today. Dr. Sinha National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur as Senior Principal Scientist. He has invented a spray, broken bones, which do not need to add steel plates. Rather, the bones fuse to spray only.

came the idea that:-

 Dr Sinha said that my mother was always tense bone pain. Again and again the question was something that made it so that the mother could get rid of the pain. I was the group leader of NML's Bayometlrgikl department, then got the opportunity to research and drug discovery. 

Dr. Sinha, a chemical discovered in 2003, which will be added to the spray only broken bones. The chemical name,"Biomimetic Composite Nano-Sized Carbonate-Substituted Hydroxyapatite " Calcium salts and polymers, using material made before the powder. During operation is sprayed on crushed bones and plaster is sprinkled on top. Not only is added to the schedule after the bone, is rather like before.

 "An important inorganic phase for synthetic bone applications, calcium hydroxyapatite (HA, Ca₁₀(PO₄)₆(OH)₂), was prepared as a nano-sized (∼50 nm), homogeneous and high-purity ceramic powder from calcium nitrate tetrahydrate and diammonium hydrogen phosphate salts dissolved in modified synthetic body fluid (SBF) solutions at 37°C and pH of 7.4 using a novel chemical precipitation technique. The synthesized precursors were found to easily reach a phase purity >99% after 6 h of calcination in air atmosphere at 900°C, following oven drying at 80°C. There was observed, surprisingly, no decomposition of HA into the undesired β-TCP phase even after heating at 1600°C in air for 6 h. This observation showed the superior high-temperature stability of such `biomimetic’ HA powders as compared to those reported in previous studies. The former powders were also found to contain trace amounts of Na and Mg ions, originating from the use of SBF solutions instead of pure water during their synthesis. Characterization and chemical analaysis of the synthesized powders were performed by X-ray powder diffraction, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infra-red spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy

USP: Research has taken care of the powder to be made ​​so that the temperature of the air taken not to damage or take out. The powder can be placed anywhere in the room is open.

Being added by injecting bone

 

Many times due to accidental injury, broken bones, doctors and patients have trouble connecting.To overcome this problem a new technique developed by Dr. Sinha. He injected by injection of bone connecting the system is discovered. Dr Sinha has created a special injection which is injected above the bone on the wound and broken bone can be added too.

source:dainik bhaskar.com,vikash srivastava IST

California-based Indian filmmaker Ravi Verma hails from Katihar,Bihar is set to make "Viva Democracy".

          

Patna, March 27:  A documentary focusing on the nine-phased 16th Lok Sabha elections that

 involve 814 million voters. He says the purpose is to show the "people's perspective" on the

 battle of the ballot and draw a contrast between the Indian and US election processes.

"We will shoot the documentary from the first week of April till the end of the Lok 

Sabha polls in May. We will mainly shoot in Bihar as well as other places across

 India," Verma, who hails from Katihar, around 350 km from Patna, told IANS on phone 

from Rocklin, California.

He has received approval from the Ministry of External Affairs to make the film. He added that 

the purpose is to show the contrast of the election process in the two largest democracies - 

India and the US.

During the Lok Sabha elections, starting April 7, the filmmaker wishes to capture the vibrant 

nature of the polls that he grew up watching. The whole exercise of polling in 543 

constituencies at about 930,000 polling stations across the country will be over in 72 days.

Verma is keen to show how common people belonging to different economic statuses, castes,

 gender, and religions view the election. In India, elections are boisterous events with rallies and

 slogans.

Comparatively, elections in the US are sedate. "Shooting and capturing India's election from 

people's perspective is a big challenge for a documentary maker," Verma said.

An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Kanpur, Verma, who migrated to the US 

in the 1990s, has maintained a strong bond with his hometown. He owns a software firm in 

California and he set up its subsidiary firm in Katihar in 2005.

In 2013 he released "Journey of the Heart", a documentary sponsored by the 

Government of India.

Last time he had brought crew from Hollywood to Bihar to shoot the film, but this time he plans

 to use local talent to capture the election. He has been training a group of youngsters in Katihar

 in cinematography and sound techniques.

source :By Imran Khan | IANS India Private Limited,The Republic News Network

Bihar is only state developing more than 800 acres grassland for Tiger reserve.

India's biggest grassland of over 800 acres in its only tiger reserve in the state's northeast to provide a wildlife friendly environment for the big cats whose numbers have doubled in the last three years.

"We have decided to turn 800 hectares of forest in the tiger reserve into the biggest grassland in the country. The work has already begun to clean the bushes of unwanted species like mikenia, eupatorium and phoenix – which are the main cause of fires – to convert it into a grassland," Santosh Tiwari, director-cum-conservator of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in West Champaran district that borders Nepal, told IANS, in an inteview.

Tiwari said there is no place in the country with such a large grassland.

"We have estimated we will spend Rs 2 crore (Rs 20 million)," he said, adding that lack of funds had delayed the project. One other major problem is that residents of bordering villages of Uttar Pradesh used the core forest area of the reserve for grazing their cattle.

"We will have to fence and develop grassland to check the grazing of cattle," Tiwari said.

He said that after the grassland was fully developed, it will become a safe zone for tigers as well as deer in the reserve. More grassland will support more prey animals, which will in turn support more tigers.

According to him, the Madanpur forest range in the tiger reserve is home to many herbivores because the rich alluvial soil enriched by the river Gandak has favoured the growth of grasses. The grasses in the reserve include imperata cylindrica, saccharum spontaneum and saccharum munja.

Samir Kumar Sinha of the Wildlife Trust of India, which is helping the forest department to develop the grassland, said the tiger reserve had more grassland in the past; this gradually turned into woodland due to lack of management. People also turned them into agricultural land.

Thanks to the improvement in the condition of the grassland, the number of tigers in the reserve has more than doubled in the last three years. Mixed forest vegetation is crucial for the herbivores as they are important sources of food. The availability of quality food boosts their chances of breeding.

"We have counted 22 tigers in the reserve at present on the basis of camera trap census," Tiwari said. The number of tigers was only 10 till 2010.

"In last three years, the population of tigers has jumped like never before in the 899 sq km reserve. Besides, intensive patrolling by local youth played a major role in checking the entry of poachers and others in the reserve," Tiwari noted.

source :dna-Agency: IANS