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Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Best way to pacify baby during immunisations

A spoonful of sugar solution given to babies during immunisation may reduces pain by triggering the release of pain-relieving chemicals in the body or by contacting taste receptors that induce feelings of comfort.

The lead researcher Dr Manal Kassab of the Jordan University of Science and Technology in Irib, Jordan, said: "Giving babies something sweet to taste before injections may stop them from crying for as long.Although we can’t confidently say that sugary solutions reduce needle pain, these results do look promising.”

Immunisations cannot be ignored because when the baby is 18 months old it must have had around 15 different injections to protect against various infectious diseases, including measles, mumps and rubella.Though the pain during immunisation is not avoidable , researchers have now recommended a new simple technique to comfort babies during immunisations.

A new research study states that "Babies given a sugar solution two minutes before immunisation cried far less than those given plain water".

So parents can lessen the sting of an injection using this sweet technique and can soothe their babies during immunisations.

Vaccination

Dr. Harvey Karp, a pediatrician, in the book “The Happiest Baby on the Block,”mentioned five measures known as the five S’s to soothe baby during immunisations.

*wrapping the baby snugly in a light blanket,
*putting the baby in a side or stomach position in the guardian’s arms,
*gently swaying,
*having the baby suck on a pacifier,
*and making a shushing sound in the child’s ear.

Together, these steps calm the baby by mimicking the sensations of being in the womb, according to Dr. Karp, and can be used more broadly by parents to ease a fussy or colicky baby.

Monday, 10 December 2012

List of Ministers of India 2013

The Cabinet of India consists of the Prime Minister and 35 Cabinet Ministers is the ultimate decision-making body of the Government of India.

Secretariat Building,New Delhi-Prime Minister Office

Highlights of Indian Leaders

Pres.	Pranab MUKHERJEE
Vice Pres.	Mohammad Hamid ANSARI
Prime Min.	Manmohan SINGH
National Security Adviser	Shivshankar MENON
Dep. Chmn., Planning Commission	Montek Singh AHLUWALIA
Governor, Reserve Bank of India	Duvvuri SUBBARAO

List of Cabinet Ministers, Minister of State with independent charges and State Ministers

S.no	Portfolio	Name
1	14th Prime Minister of India	Dr Manmohan Singh
	Minister of Atomic Energy
	Minister of Space
	Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Planning
2	Minister of Defence	A. K. Antony
3	Minister of Agriculture	Sharad Pawar
	Minister of Food Processing Industries
4	Minister of Finance	P. Chidambaram
5	Minister of External Affairs	Salman Khurshid
6	Minister of Home Affairs	Sushilkumar Shinde
7	Minister of Communications and Information Technology	Kapil Sibal
8	Minister of Human Resource Development	Pallam Raju
9	Minister of Law and Justice	Ashwani Kumar
10	Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers	M. K. Alagiri(Resigned on 21st March 2013)
11	Minister of Civil Aviation	Ajit Singh
12	Minister of Coal	Shriprakash Jaiswal
13	Minister of Commerce and Industry	Anand Sharma
13	Minister of Textiles	Anand Sharma
14	Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas	Veerappa Moily
15	Minister of Culture	Chandresh Kumari
16	Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation	Ajay Maken
17	Minister of Water Resources	Harish Rawat
18	Minister of Rural development	Jairam Ramesh
19	Minister of Urban Development	Kamal Nath
19	Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Kamal Nath
20	Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs	Vayalar Ravi
21	Minister of Health and Family Welfare	Ghulam Nabi Azad
22	Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises	Praful Patel
23	Minister of Labour and Employment	Mallikarjun Kharge
24	Minister of New and Renewable Energy	Farooq Abdullah
25	Minister of Panchayati Raj	Kishore Chandra Deo
25	Minister of Tribal Affairs	Kishore Chandra Deo
26	Minister of Railways	Pawan Kumar Bansal
27	Minister of Science and Technology	Jaipal Reddy
27	Minister of Earth Sciences	Jaipal Reddy
28	Minister of Road Transport and Highways	C. P. Joshi
29	Minister of Shipping	G. K. Vasan
30	Social Justice and Empowerment	Selja Kumari
31	Minister of Steel	Beni Prasad Verma
32	Minister of Minority Affairs	K. Rahman Khan
Ministers of State with Independent Charge
1	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting	Manish Tewari
2	Ministry of Tourism	Chiranjeevi
3	Ministry of Power	Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia
4	Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation	Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki
5	Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports	Jitendra Singh
6	Ministry of Corporate Affairs	Sachin Pilot
7	Ministry of Ministry of Women and Child Development	Krishna Tirath
8	Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	K. V. Thomas
9	Ministry of Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation	Srikant Kumar Jena
10	Ministry of Environment and Forests	Jayanthi Natarajan
11	Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Parliamentary Affairs	Paban Singh Ghatowar
12	Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	K. H. Muniyappa
Ministers of State
1	Ministry of External Affairs	E. Ahamed
2	Ministry of Human Resource Development	Shashi Tharoor
3	Ministry of Agriculture	Tariq Anwar
4	Ministry of Home Affairs	Mullappally Ramachandran
5	Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Prime Minister Office	V. Narayanasamy
6	Ministry of Commerce and Industry	Daggubati Purandeswari
7	Ministry of Textiles	Lakshmi Panabaka
8	Ministry of Finance	Namo Narain Meena
9	Ministry of Defence	Lal Chand Kataria
10	Ministry of Finance	S. S. Palanimanickam
11	Ministry of Human Resource Development, Defence	Jitin Prasada
12	Ministry of External Affairs	Preneet Kaur
13	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment	D. Napolean
14	Ministry of Information and Broadcasting	S. Jagathrakshakan
15	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	S. Gandhiselvan
16	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways	Tushar Amarsinh Chaudhary
17	Ministry of Coal	Pratik Patil
18	Ministry of Home Affairs	Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh
19	Ministry of Rural Development	Pradeep Jain Aditya
20	Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Power	K.C. Venugopal
21	Ministry of Agriculture and Food Processing Industry	Charan Das Mahant
21	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology	Milind Murli Deora
22	Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Planning	Rajeev Shukla
23	Ministry of Labour and Employment	Kodikunnil Suresh
24	Ministry of Railways	K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy
25	Ministry of Tribal Affairs	Ranee Narah
26	Ministry of Railways	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
27	Ministry of Communications and Information Technology	Killi Krupa rani
28	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury
29	Ministry of Road Transport and Highways	Sarve Sathyanarayana
30	Ministry of Minority Affairs	Ninong Ering
31	Ministry of Urban Development	Deepa Dasmunsi
32	Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment	Porika Balram Naik

The Seven Wonders of the World

Why Seven Wonders of the World?

The number seven was chosen because the Greeks believed it to be the representation of perfection and plenty because it was the number of the five planets known anciently plus the sun and moon.

The seven wonders were:

Great Pyramid of Giza

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Colossus of Rhodes

Lighthouse of Alexandria

Today, the only ancient world wonder that still exists is the Great Pyramid of Giza.

The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or thePyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact.Egyptologists believe that the pyramid was built as a tomb for fourth dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops in Greek) over a 10 to 20-year period concluding around 2560 BCE. Initially at 146.5 metres (481 feet), the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years. Originally, the Great Pyramid was covered by casing stones that formed a smooth outer surface; what is seen today is the underlying core structure.

The Great Pyramid of Giza

The New Seven Wonders of the World

Wonder	Date of construction	Location
Great Wall of China	Since 7th century BC	China
Petra	c.100 BCE	Jordan
Christ the Redeemer	Opened October 12, 1931	Brazil
Machu Picchu	c.1450 CE	Peru
Chichen Itza	c.600 CE	Mexico
Colosseum	Completed 80 CE	Italy
Taj Mahal	Completed c.1648 CE	India
Great Pyramid of Giza (Honorary Candidate)	Completed c.2560 BCE	Egypt

1.The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China in part to protect the Chinese Empire or its prototypical states against intrusions by various nomadic groups or military incursions by various warlike peoples or forces. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC;these, later joined together and made bigger, stronger, and unified are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall.Especially famous is the wall built between 220–206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall has on and off been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the existing wall was reconstructed during the Ming Dynasty.

Great Wall of China

2.Petra in Greek meaning 'stone' is an Arabian historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an, that is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system.

Petra

3.Cristo Redentor (English: lit. Christ the Redeemer, Portuguese: Cristo Redentor,standard) is a statue of Jesus of Nazareth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world and the 5th largest statue of Jesus in the world. It is 39.6 metres (130 ft) tall, including its 9.5 metres (31 ft) pedestal, and 30 metres (98 ft) wide. It weighs 635 tonnes (625 long,700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city. A symbol of Brazilian Christianity, the statue has become an icon for Rio de Janeiro and Brazil. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone, and was constructed between 1922 and 1931.

Christ the Redeemer

4.Machu Picchu("Old Peak") is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level.Machu Picchu is located in the Cusco Region of Peru, South America. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cusco and through which the Urubamba River flows. Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often referred to as the "City of the Incas", it is perhaps the most familiar icon of Inca civilization.

Machu Picchu

5.Chichen Itza, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the second-most visited of Mexico's archaeological sites.It was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya civilization. The archaeological site is located in the municipality of Tinum, in the Mexican state of Yucatán.

Chichen Itza
6.The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheater in Rome, Italy.It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology.

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Colosseum

7.The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage".

Taj Mahal is regarded by many as the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Islamic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish and Indian architectural styles.

In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Taj Mahal

source:Wikipedia

Thursday, 6 December 2012

What is Feng shui ?

Feng shui (wind-water in English) is more than 3000 years old ancient Chinese astrology.It brings prosperity, good health and helps to improve our life by examining the energy flowing in our surrounding environment(particular room, house, building, or garden).

Feng shui considers five elements - water, fire, wood, metal, and earth, and the external environment.

The points on the compass, with eight separate directions - north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, and northwest - are also important in Feng shui.

A feng shui expert is known as a geomancer will consult an individual's Chinese horoscope to figure out what is best for that person and use complicated mathematical calculations from the ancient I Ching, (Book of Changes), to determine what aspects of the house are out balance.

Feng Shui rules can helps to find a site where family life is more likely to be harmonious.

It can be used to decide the construction and architectural features of buildings, the placement and style of furniture, colors and decorating schemes, location of plantings, paths, and other outside features. By creating a more pleasing atmosphere, feng shui has been credited with improving family communication, restoring employee cooperation, and increasing a store's sales.

Dragon Picture

The principles can be applied to any style of building or decorating, not just to Chinese or Asian modes.

Feng shui method of astrology uses many Feng shui symbols for various purposes and assist in bringing good fortune.

eg., 1.The bat is the Chinese feng shui symbol of good fortune and prosperity.

2.The Butterfly symbol is the feng shui cure for love and romance.

3.The Laughing Buddha is a symbol for happiness and wealth in Feng shui. It is the most popular Feng shui symbol used world wide.

4.In China, the dragon is considered a feng shui symbol of good luck.

Feng shui applications in life helps to succeed in business,gain peace in life and its effectiveness made feng shui itself flourish as a popular business gaining popularity all over the world.

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Emblem of India

The Emblem of India is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Emporer Ashoka, who ruled from 272 BC to 232 BC. It is preserved in the Sarnath Museum, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.The Lion Capital was erected by Emperor Ashoka to mark the spot where Buddha first proclaimed his gospel of peace and emancipation to the four quarters of the universe. The national emblem is thus symbolic of contemporary India’s reaffirmation of its ancient commitment to world peace and goodwill. The four lions(one hidden from view ) – symbolising power, courage and confidence- rest on a circular abacus. The abacus is girded by four smaller animals—Guardians of the four directions: The Lion of the North, The Bull of the West, The Horse of the South and The Elephant of the East.

The motto Satyameva Jayate´ (truth alone triumphs) ± written in Devanagari script below the profile of the Lion Capital is part of the Emblem of India. The motto is taken from an ancient scripture the Mundaka Upanishad, the concluding part of the sacred Hindu Vedas.This National Emblem was adopted on 26 January 1950, the day that India became a republic.The emblem forms a part of the official letterhead of the Government of India, and appears on all Indian currency and Indian passports.