New Delhi : Oxford Bookstore, Connaught Place witnessed the launch of the most anticipated debut book of 2019 “Chronicles of the Mortal Vishnu” by a young author from Assam, “Antar Atreya”. Mr. Pushkar Raj Thakur and Mrs. Geetika Saigal were the guest of honour.

Antar Atreya wrote his first book “Classic Suspense Stories“ at the age of 14 which was a huge success. He has been a co-author with renowned novelist ‘Durjoy Dutta’ in “Pocket full O’ Stories”.

Speaking at the event, the author – Antar Atreya talked about his immense love for the characters of Baahubali(The Movie), and the Avengers, and how other genres have helped his writing process.

“Thrillers, Love Stories, Suspense, War, Mythological Fantasy Genres, my interests in books are wide and varied, and as such they help me form my vision, and spark the imagination for my stories. Bhagwat Geeta and various mythological books have helped me in my research work, right from being an UPSC aspirant, to finally becoming an author. My current favourite authors are Amish Tripathi & Dan Brown”.

Book Review 

The story of the book set in the next Treta Yuga starts from the theory of creation of Universe and how mankind came into existence. It then depicts how civilizations emerged and social norms, political structures and economic models were shaped with time.

The shift of the world from good to bad and bad to worse explains how greed, lust, selfish motives and other vices made the mankind turn corrupt. The mentor of mankind, the powerful first born- Prathamjiv creates a clan of Daityas and with invincible power he becomes a dictator, ruling the entire earth without the ideals of justice, equality and freedom.

When the earth is gripped with tyrannical rule, two prodigal warriors start their journey of becoming heroes; essentially to liberate the mankind from adharma. As their stories progress, the book is full of adventures, adrenaline twists and turns and many memorable scenes. In particular the battles depicted in the story are very real and detailed, full of strategies and counter-strikes and it makes the readers imagine every scene very clearly. Apart from the battle scenes, there are many more hypnotic sequences like a chase and couple of fight scenes in the Kailash mountain region and the flow of river Ganga from Lord Shiva’s hair-locks. The book also shows mystic creatures like Yakshas and Narklokis and describes their ways of life in an exciting way.

Another notable point of the book is the use of romance in a strong manner and the female characters are shown to be really empowering and mighty.  Full of many characters with their own sub-plots, the book is truly an epic saga with various twists that would surprise the readers many-a-times. The ending of the book is a huge world war which has been written like a screenplay and readers can visualize the events in it.

Simon Newton is a Bodyguard, Private security Specialist, Owner, and Director at Askari Secure Ltd that he formed in 2009. Simon is also a highly successful actor.

Siman said that providing private security services to celebrities and high profile businesses is not an easy task. It needs persistent courage, planning, and implementation to ensure security remains impregnable. Bodyguard and now an actor, Simon Newton has been perfect at it, leading him to the creation of the finest private security company in the United Kingdom.  

Simon Newton served as part of the British Military during the 2000s and mastered the skills of security and manoeuvre of high-risk situations. Simon also was the preferred choice of British Foreign and Commonwealth Office as Close Protection Officer in Afghanistan. Later, he was tasked as Ship Security Officer by an American Oil Company KBR to help protect their Crude Oil and LPG tankers across the Indian Ocean from pirates and external threats.  

After his return from Afghanistan and the Middle East, Simon started his career as a private bodyguard, leading to the creation of Askari Secure Ltd. in 2009. In the past decade, Askari Secure has become one of the leading private security companies operating from the heart of London serving a variety of clients in diverse industries.  

There is no denying that Simon Newton has had an illustrious career both as a private security bodyguard, as well as an actor. His ability to detect threats and provide full-proof security measures made him the top choice for Members of the British Parliament, global energy companies, television celebrities, Middle Eastern Royalty, five-star hotels, and asset managers. 

Many of his well-known private security engagements include bodyguard services for Michael Jackson, Naomi Campbell, Kendall Jenner, and recently Bella Hadid.  

In recent years, Simon Newton has also been part of high budgets Hollywood blockbusters like Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Green Zone, and Final Score where he doubled as Dave Bautista. Simon has also been an active and notable addition to many men fashion shoots since 2016. 

Today’s topic is on the person who is supremely talented Person who is Running successful Business at a very young age he is charming, talented actor and also National level cricketer who has played Ranji for Rajasthan. We are talking about young and Energetic Business man Gaurav Gaur.

Rajasthani: Gaurav Gaur is from Jodhpur Rajasthan born on 9th Dec 1984. Gaurav is a Dreamer, Believer, Workaholic, and Athlete from childhood and now an Achiever at very young Age. 

Family: Gaurav belongs to a very good and intelligent family as his Father was Government Employee and her Mother was a Principal. Gaurav was a dedicated student and why not when your parents are at this level so education comes in his blood. 

Early Life: Good Student and National Level Cricketer: Gaurav did his schooling from Saint Anthony’s school of Jodhpur. Then he did his engineering in 2006 from RIET College and he completed an MBA from Pune’s symbiosis.

• Gaurav was very good cricketer his Dream was to play for India but unfortunately it didn’t happen but he played up to Ranji level which is also an achievement because cricket in India is Religion and so many people today wants to play in Ranji but they didn’t get chance to play but he was fortunate to play for his state in Ranji Trophy which is not a small thing.

Business at very Young Age: Gaurav started his own work in 2004 while he was studying one of her friends was interior designer she and Gaurav together decided to start their own firm name “O REAL IMAGINATION” and from their Gaurav Gaur’s Business journey started.

• Gaurav has always Dream Big in his Life and also works hard for what he has achieved. Currently, Gaurav Gaur is managing Director at Â“Fuchsia Bridal Couture” which is well-known brands many famous Bollywood actress like Karishma Kapoor, Bhagyashree, Amrita Rao, Surveen Chawla, Urvashi Rautela are his regular customer and many more from Bollywood. Gaurav Gaur’s FUCHSIA BRIDAL COUTURE is famous for its designs and style which is loved by all the celebs in B-TOWN.

• Gaurav Gaur is Managing Director at Â“ELITE MISS RAJASTHAN” which is very famous and also the biggest beauty pageant of Rajasthan. Most of the beautiful models have been part of this organization.

• Gaurav and his team has worked hard and handled this firm beautifully they have given the opportunity to many young talented and beautiful girls of Rajasthan and a  platform for all who want to make their mark in the fashion Industry.

• Aditi Hundia who represented India in MISS SUPRANATIONAL which is third most reputed beauty pageant of the world was from Gaurav Gaur’s Elite Miss Rajasthan. 

• Gaurav Gaur is also Managing Director of Â“JAIPUR COUTURE SHOW” this is most talked about fashion show famous due to the presence of Bollywood ‘s high profile stars are part of it and they even grace this show with ramp walk.

• Till now Gaurav Gaur and his team have managed six shows. They organize this show for two days where India’s most talented Designers showcase their talent with at list FIVE to SIX Bollywood stars do ramp walk in this show. It is not an easy thing to do and they have done it all the shows successfully till now and the way they are working we might see people from outside India will join this show in future for sure because good things come in limelight faster in today’s Digital World. We feel not only Bollywood but we might see celebs from every place in the near future.

Talented Actor with Charming Looks: Gaurav Gaur is also a talented Actor with charming looks; he has worked in several videos which are available on YouTube and running successfully. The kind personality Gaurav Gaur has we might see him in movies in coming years for sure.

Giving back to Society: His life thoughts are beautiful he want to serve our people he thinks God has very kind to him now it is time to serve people and he does many things in return and never showoff things as he says society has given me so much now it’s my time to give something back to our society.

Life Mantra: Gaurav Gaur life Moto is simple just live life with full and work hard for the things you want, love people around you, and be happy and make others happy that’s the life we have one short life to live so spread love, help others and motivate people.

Wish him all the Luck: We wish Gaurav Gaur all the best for the Bright future and also wish him more success in life. We need people like him who understand the social responsibility of helping people around them which is necessary to build a Powerful Nation. Once the entire Businessman like him will understand the responsibility like him our India will surely grow faster than ever because we are blessed with super minds what we need is a platform for them and motivated then giving belief that you can do it.

Mobile apps are the future of the technology world. Every company and individuals demand apps for their marketing and they’re convenient as we all know today three types of apps running in the market. If you are having a Business owner or starting a new one and you don’t have an App that’s a big mistake, you will be left behind against your competitor.

Jared has worked extremely hard to achieve this much success in his life. Jared shifted to Miami to do progress in life. He is basically from Florida. He is the founder of the excellent techno company called NXTVL TECH in MIAMI. The next IT hub of America.

Jared left his job to make his own company. Jared spent a year in Silicon Valley one place to another and gathered knowledge as much he can. He still remembers that time for him it was an excellent time he was crossing to the big offices every day like facebook, twitter, google etc.

Jared said his first app was a dating app in 2014, and from there, his journey started in as an App developer and then an Entrepreneur. He says that he is inspired by Elon musk, Steve jobs. 

Jared and his team are top apps developing company in Miami. More than 35 mobile apps have been published this year in the App Store in just one year time, and by 2020 they are planning to launch more than 70 apps, wow that’s amazing. 

He feels all the new developers in this market who wants to do good for long term has to be good in Designing and Programming skills to stay in this competitive market.

Last year for Jared and NXTLVL TECH team was excellent. And 2019 has also been superb till the halfway stage of the year. More than 35 apps are already launched and more in pipeline till 2020. Jared Company has ten live apps on ios which is a fantastic thing.

The debate has intensified in India as to the merits of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) or what is commonly referred to as e-cigarettes, with passion displayed on both sides of the argument. Despite it being a relatively contemporary debate, research has been undertaken for over ten years and it is clear that these new technologies do not pose significant health risks. 

Nonetheless, ENDS are incorrectly viewed as equally harmful as conventional cigarettes. However, an objective review of the evidence is unequivocal in the benefits of the category with the objective of harm reduction. They can play a critical role in addressing a major public health crisis in India and the world.  ENDS are not risk-free, but even the most stubborn critics in the tobacco control movement must now acknowledge that they are a much less harmful alternative to tobacco cigarettes. And smokers not intending or unable to quit must have access to less harmful alternatives.

The science proves that e-cigarettes give smokers what they seek – nicotine – without the harm associated with tobacco combustion toxicants. Findings from Public Health England show that e-cigarettes are 95 per cent less harmful. My own research into chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a major cause of tobacco related death that was tracked over a 3.5 year period found that regular use of vaping products ameliorates several health effect indicators in COPD and demonstrates that these beneficial effects are likely to continue in the longer term. By markedly reducing the number of conventional cigarettes smoked per day and hence exposure to their numerous hazardous toxicants, EC use may not only enhance COPD outcomes, but may also bestow an overall health advantage.

Although reducing the negative health burden of tobacco smoking is a clear priority for COPD patients who smoke, high failure rates are frequently reported in these patients. Moreover, approved smoking cessation therapies (ie, nicotine replacement therapy, bupropion, and varenicline) only seem to promote modest enduring cessation in smoking COPD patients. This is because the subjects may find it challenging to completely stop using nicotine and/or require longer treatment regimen, support, or nicotine maintenance to possibly aid in attaining continued abstinence from smoking. For these individuals, tobacco harm reduction (THR), that is, the use of combustion-free nicotine delivery systems  could be a pragmatic compromise with the possibility of significant health gains. Although it is important to acknowledge that nicotine is a potent psycho-stimulant and young people should avoid its use, in conventional cigarettes, it is not nicotine but tobacco combustion chemicals that are the overwhelming cause of tobacco-related disease and death. As respiratory physicians, we should be more concerned of the damage associated with the harmful and potentially harmful constituents generated after combustion than nicotine consumption per se.

A rapid reduction of smoking prevalence has been shown in all countries where the tobacco harm reduction principle, including regulating ENDS, has been integrated with existing tobacco control policies. I believe that full substitution of tobacco cigarettes with these new technologies may well reduce the risk of future tobacco-related diseases. I’m not saying these new technologies will completely solve the problem, but neither will the tobacco control policies we have now. I believe an integration of two solutions, like new nicotine delivery systems and tobacco control policies, would lead to the best results, as currently shown in those countries where e-cigarettes have become popular.

The advisory from the Indian government to prohibit ENDS does not take into account that it is incumbent upon a welfare oriented government to work together with the scientific community to better protect the millions of Indian smokers by adopting a harm reduction strategy. 

A tool that helps tackle nicotine addiction and also helps reduce the use of traditional tobacco-based cigarettes is an opportunity that cannot be missed. It is an opportunity for society to address one of the world’s most serious public health issues by taking advantage of technological innovation allowing much less harmful nicotine consumption. India and the world needs to recognise the potential of ENDS in reducing the adverse health effects of smoking.

(The Author is Riccardo Polosa: MD  PhD, is the Director of the Institute for Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology of the University of Catania. The views expressed are personal.)

Yatendra Meghwal the, young Entrepreneur is an inspirational personality gaining success at a very tender age. Yatendra Meghwal is the founder of the “Artist Mine Music” which is famous for Rap music and also provides a platform to rising artists. 

He believes Rapper don’t get chance in India as many say that music does not belong to India. But he believes something else he thinks Indian youth today loves rappers as we can see too many of them are getting huge success and appreciation for their work. He also believes rapping is going to stay in India for long as India needs a new trend in music like western countries to have from many years.

Yatendra Meghwal started promoting young Rappers around India by providing the opportunity and a platform from his own company Artist Mine Music. They have already launched a few good albums and many more to come in a shorter period of time.

Yatendra belongs to middle-class family his father is an engineer, mother a housewife, he left his studies in 11th standard and started to work on his dreams. He struggled for 5 long years to find the right path for his life and in 2017 he got the opportunity to do a live concert and this was a turning point for his journey of success in Music started.

He said that his dream is to take Artist Mine Company at bigger level where the whole world can recognize the power of Indian Rappers and make this company one of the biggest Music Company in near future which will promote not only musicians, singer but it will promote young Rappers by giving them belief and support

At a time when disinformation and mistrust of the news media is growing, a free press is “essential for peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights”, said the UN Secretary-General, in his message for World Press Freedom Day, marked on Friday.

No democracy is complete without access to transparent and reliable information, said António Guterres, describing unfettered journalism as “the cornerstone for building fair and impartial institutions, holding leaders accountable and speaking truth to power.”

This years commemorations which began on Thursday across the world, are focussing on the powerful role that good reporting plays in championing democracy and free elections, when disinformation is becoming a larger problem in even the world’s oldest and most sophisticated democratic systems.   

“Facts, not falsehoods, should guide people as they choose their representatives”, said the UN chief, noting that “while technology has transformed the ways in which we receive and share information, sometimes it is used to mislead public opinion or to fuel violence and hatred.”

According to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), almost 100 journalists were killed going about their work in 2018, with hundreds imprisoned. A total of 1,307 journalists were killed between 1994, and last year.

Mr. Guterres said he was “deeply troubled by the growing number of attacks and the culture of impunity…When media workers are targeted, societies as a whole pay a price.”

Latest research has shown that zinc oxide nanoparticles can prevent fat accumulation in the liver and thereby prevent Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). 

The research by IIT Mandi recently published in the journal of Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine has shown using cell and mice models that zinc supplementations either in the form of nanoparticles or salts are effective in reducing fat accumulation in the liver and inducing peripheral insulin sensitivity. 

The researchers first treated human hepatocellular carcinoma cells with zinc oxide nanoparticles and tested the lipid accumulation in the cells in comparison to untreated cells. They also injected the nanoparticles into the bodies of mice fed with fatty diet and monitored cell signaling, gene expression and also assessed the cellular energy levels.  The mice were also subjected to glucose tolerance tests to assess insulin function and compared with mice fed with normal diet and fat-fed mice not treated with the nanoparticles.

In the cell tests, the researchers found that the presence of zinc oxide nanoparticles prevented accumulation of fat in them. In the mice models, they found that the zinc supplements prevented the cellular factors that enhance fat storage in the livers of fat-fed mice. In nutshell, Zinc supplements ameliorate fatty liver disease through negative energy balance, and hepatic lipogenic regulation in diet-induced obese mice.

The research team was led by Dr. Prosenjit Mondal, Assistant Professor, School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, and Dr. Debabrata Ghosh from CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow, 

Liver, the largest internal human organ, secretes bile, stores glucose in the form of glycogen, and converts vitamins, minerals and amino acids into their biologically absorbable forms. While hepatitis viral infections and alcohol-induced liver malfunctions used to be the main cause of liver diseases in the past, the dramatic shift towards sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy food habits has caused them to be outpaced by Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease or NAFLD. 

“NAFLD is a condition in which the body creates too much fat that gets stored in the liver cells, called steatosis, which could lead to scarring or cirrhosis, and eventual liver failure”, says Dr. Prosenjit Mondal. 

WHO reports that the number of deaths due to liver diseases in India was 259,749 in 2017. Nearly 120 million Indians are estimated to suffer from NAFLD, with a higher incidence rate amongst obese and diabetic people.

“Insulin resistance is one of the hallmarks of NAFLD”, the researchers write in their article. In addition to converting blood glucose into storable forms such as glycogen, insulin also induces lipid generation from non-fat sources, a process called lipogenesis. A complex array of cellular factors and enzymes regulate lipogenesis. When this signaling becomes faulty, due to bad lifestyle and/or genetic predisposition, insulin function is impaired and there is excess lipogenesis, resulting in increased fat accumulation in the liver.

The study was funded by Seed Research grant from IIT Mandi, and Science & Engineering Research Board grant, India to Dr. Prosenjit Mondal.

Co-investigators on the study were research scholars, Ms.  Surbhi Dogra, Ms. Khyati Girdhar, Mr. P. Vineeth Daniel, Mr. Swarup Chatterjee, Mr. Abhinav Choubey & faculty Dr. Subrata Ghosh from IIT Mandi and Dr. Satyakam Patnaik and Aditya K Kar from CSIR-IITR.

Forex business is enormous, and we see more than 5 trillion dollars transactions every day. We have seen many giants in this business, who have earned huge from this market and we might see another one in this market called Shaun Lee. 

Shaun Lee might not be as experienced in terms of years, but he is way ahead than the many masters of this Forex market of making trading strategies.  The secret of success is his discipline he knows when to trade and when not to, he knows when to take a risk and when to take a courageous step which makes him different from others in Forex trade and giving him the success in a short time.

He also takes care of his downside while he is trading he always stops at the right time in trading to which helps him to remain safe in the downside. Shaun’s trading style is little different than other traditional traders. He knows when he is Right and when he can be wrong, and that’s helping him to get more success from this market. He has achieved this level without any mentor he has managed everything on his own.

Forex trade is 24 hours market, so Shaun plans everything smartly and remains active while placing a trade. He is practical in building his position in every trade, and he knows what to do when the market runs in his favour. All his preparation and great focus on the market is helping him to achieve success in forex trading.

Apart from his trading, he shares his knowledge to his fans on YouTube channel of his company Astron Forex. He explains everything with live videos, and many of his videos are very famous and trending high on YouTube with lots of subscribers and viewers.

Shaun Lee remains busy because of his work he, enjoys his work and likes to share his videos on YouTube. In his free time, he likes to drive hot wheels beautiful luxurious cars. Shaun also likes to post his philosophies, photos and everything on his Instagram page here’s the link of his page instagram.com/shaunleeofficial/ and his YouTube Astron channel link youtube.com/user/ReclaimReality.

Scientists from 21 research institutes globally, claim to have successfully completed sequencing of 429 chickpea lines from 45 countries to identify genes for tolerance to drought and heat. The study also mapped the origins of chickpea and its ascent in Asia and Africa.

Dubbed as the largest-ever exercise of whole-genome resequencing of chickpea, the team led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in close collaboration with the BGI-Shenzhen, China, involved 39 scientists from leading research institutes world over. 

In simple terms, this means potential development of newer varieties of chickpea with higher yields, which are disease-and-pest-resistant, and better able to withstand the vagaries of weather, a statement by ICRISAT said. 

The results of the three-year-long efforts have now been published in Nature Genetics online with the title, ‘Resequencing of 429 chickpea accessions from 45 countries provides insights into genome diversity, domestication and agronomic traits’.

More than 90% of chickpea cultivation area is in South Asia. Drought and increasing temperatures are said to cause more than 70% yield loss in chickpea globally. Chickpea being a cool season crop is likely to suffer further reduction in productivity due to rising temperatures.

“The genome-wide association studies identified several candidate genes for 13 agronomic traits. For example, we could identify genes (e.g. REN1, ß-1, 3-glucanase, REF6) which can help the crop tolerate temperatures up to 38oC and provide higher productivity,” says Dr Rajeev Varshney, the project leader and Research Program Director, Genetic Gains, ICRISAT.

Dr Xu Xun, CEO and President, BGI Research, China, co-leader of the project said, “BGI is very excited to work with CGIAR institutes like ICRISAT in high-end science research which could enable development of drought and heat-tolerant chickpea varieties for India and Africa. BGI has been enjoying a collaboration with ICRISAT for the past decade and we look forward to work together on many exciting projects in the years to come”.

The study established a foundation for large-scale characterization of germplasm, population genetics and crop breeding. It also helped understand domestication and post-domestication divergence of chickpea.

“This new found knowledge will enable breeders to enhance the use of diverse germplasm and candidate genes in developing improved (Climate-change ready) varieties that will contribute significantly to the increased productivity and sustainability of agricultural development in developing countries,” said Dr Peter Carberry, Director General, ICRISAT.

The study was done in close collaboration with partners from the National Agricultural Research Systems. India, for instance as the biggest consumer of pulses in the world, faces increasing production gap. This new research could take India closer towards attaining self-sufficiency in pulse production.

“This is a significant contribution to global agricultural research and these unique, scientific solutions will help mitigate issues the world is facing right now. Science is key to ongoing efforts within ICAR and ICRISAT and also the way forward for agriculture in the country,” said Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education & Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).

The study also confirms that chickpea came to India from Fertile Crescent/ Mediterranean via Afghanistan and may have been introduced back to the primary centers of origin after 200 years. The new study speculates about possible introduction of chickpea to the New World directly from Central Asia or East Africa rather than the Mediterranean.

“Our study indicates Ethiopia as secondary center of diversity and also maps a migration route from Mediterranean/ Fertile Crescent to Central Asia, and in parallel from Central Asia to East Africa (Ethiopia) and South Asia (India),” Dr Varshney added.