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              Papaya was the only studied food found to halt breast cancer.    Papaya is a store-house of cancer-fighting lycopene. The intense  orangey-pink colour of papaya means it is chock full of cancer fighting carotenoids. Not only beta carotene, but lycopene is found in abundance.      Papaya restore the cell cycle to eliminate cancer.Organo-sulphur compounds called isothiocyanates are found in papaya. In animal experiments, isothiocyanates protected against cancers of the breast,  lung, colon, pancreas, prostate, as well as leukaemia, and they have the potential to prevent cancer in humans. Isothiocyanates have shown themselves capable of inhibiting both the formation and development of cancer cells through multiple pathways and mechanisms.     The fruit and other parts of the papaya tree, also known as the paw paw tree, contain papain and chymopapain, powerful proteolytic enz...

A New National Savings Certificate from India Post. Some of  its features for our Readers  Investments in Certificate will earn Interest at the rate of 8.7% p.a. compounded semi-annually.     On investment of Rs. 100, the depositor will get Rs. 234.35 on maturity of the Certificate.           This Certificate will be available in the denominations of Rs. 100, Rs. 500, Rs. 1000, Rs. 5000 and Rs. 10,000.         There is no upper limit for investment in the Certificate.          This Certificate can be transferred from a post office where it is registered to any other post office and it can be pledged as a security. For More info : click Here

Dear Friends,   The Changes in Tatkal Scheme of Indian Railways come into effect .   Some info for our Valuable Readers.  The new Tatkal booking scheme in which the train reservation period has been reduced to one day from two days will come into effect from Monday. Besides, other changes to facilitate availability of Tatkal scheme to bonafide passengers will be applicable from that day as part of the measures decided by railways to prevent misuse of the facility. As per the decision, the restriction period for agents is being extended from one hour to two hours (8 am to 10 am) and there will be no refund on confirmed Tatkal tickets except during cancellation of trains and late running of trains. "It was necessary to make changes in Tatkal scheme as there were many complaints against Tatkal bookings. We had to take some steps to prevent its misuse. All these changes will be effective within a week," Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi had said earlier while an...

During Children's Day, we come across the following lines. " Their world is innocent .  Protect them" " Their freedom is priceless.  Encourage them" "Their dreams are fragile. Nurture them " These lines make lot of thoughts in our mind. Are our children  enjoying the fun and happiness of Childhood now.? The Answer is a Very Big NO . The yesteryear children heard stories from their grand parents. They played with their friends in the streets. They make paperboats during rain.  etc etc. etc. Their life is full of fun with playing.                                            Now we think about the present situation ? Let us take a third standard student After school hours , she has to go to Talent exam class (1 Hour) - Now Time is 5.30 This...

The Precisous Postal Department of India is going to Change its Rate of Interest of many schemes.   A gist is furnished below.   Mat urit y period for Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) and National Savings Certificate (NSC) will be reduced from 6 years to 5 years. (ii)             A new NSC instrument, with maturity period of 10 years , would be introduced. (iii)            Kisan Vikas Patras (KVPs) will be discontinued . (iv)             The annual ceiling on investment under Public Provident Fund (PPF) Scheme will be increased    from Rs.   70,000 to Rs..1 lakh. (v)              Interest on loans obtained from PPF will be increased to 2% p.a.from existing 1% p.a.     (vi)           Liquidity of...

 Ramanujan's work in his handwrting.  Dear Friends, Many of us know that the famous English film " Tomorrow Never Dies ".  But a good news now is  the Director of that  Film Roger Spottiswoode is now directing a film on Our Mathematical Genius  Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan.  Born in Erode on 22.12.1887, Tamil Nadu, India, to a poor Brahmin family, Ramanujan first encountered formal mathematics at age 10. He had an astonishing Natuaral ability.  He mastered " Advanced Trignometry at the Age of 12. He worked as a clerk in the Accountant-General's office at the Madras Port Trust Office to support himself.In 1912–1913, he sent samples of his theorems to three academics at the University of Cambridge. Only Hardy recognised the brilliance of his work, subsequently inviting Ramanujan to visit and work with him at Cambridge. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. During his short lifetime, Ramanujan ind...

The Magic Letter C could not be ignored by the persons using computers.  Because the Language C has done many magics in developing high level languages. How many of us know that Dannis Ritchie who invented the Spectacular language died on Oct 12 2011 ? He was an american computer Scientist.  He created the C programming language and, with long-time colleague Ken Thompson. Our blog remembers his contribution to tech world at this time. Post by - A.Sankara Mahadevan