Gold price touched historic high of Rs 20,835 per 10 gram — over Rs 24,300 per tola (11.664 gram) — in the domestic market on Friday, the closing day of the week. If the current bullish trend continues, soon the price will cross Rs 25,000 per tola in the domestic market, according to the gold traders. Due to the huge price rise in crude prices that touched the historic high of $110 per barrel, slow down of US economy, weak global stock market and further weakening of dollar has been pushing the price of gold up in the last months. The price of oil is up by 256 percent in the past five years. In the international market also, Gold has hit a new milestone Friday, rising to $1,000 an ounce for the first time. The price of gold has jumped nearly 20 percent since the start of the year after rising nearly 32 per cent in 2007. Lower interest rates — and the prospect of more rate cuts by Fed — bringing the dollar's value down makes dollar-based commodities like gold cheaper for foreign buyers. The weak currency has also made gold more attractive because the metal is a hedge against inflation, according to experts. Leading dailies report
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Breaststroke record for Rimal
KATHMANDU
Bibidha Rimal set a new national record in women's 100m breaststroke in Fourth Pramod Memorial Age Category and Open Swimming Championship on Thursday.
Rimal bettered own national record of 1min 28.87secs that she set in the Tenth South Asian Games to set a new national record of 1min 27.54secs. Nayana Shakya and Sudha Shrestha stood second and third respectively.
likewise, in women's 50m butterfly, Nayana Shakya stood first at 36.13secs while Bibidha Rimal and Karishma Karki followed at second and third place respectively. Meanwhile, Karishma Karki won 100m backstroke while Chandra Mahato won men's 100m butterfly event. Sailesh Rana completed a hat trick of titles taking men's 100m freestyle event and men's 50m freestyle to go with 50m breaststroke that he won finishing ahead of Shanta Kumar Rai and Prasiddha Jung Shah who stood second and third respectively.
In men's 50m backstroke, Pushpa Lal Shahi claimed first position while Kisim Lal Tharu and Sailesh Rana stood second and third respectively.
Other winners: Girls' U-14 50m breaststroke - Surangana Bomjan; Girls' U-10 50m breaststroke - Shristi Piya; Girls' U-17 50m freestyle - Dristi Bam; Girl's U-12 50m breaststroke - Jenisha Malla; Boys' U-12, butterfly - Sugam Khadka; Boys' U-17 50m backstroke - Tek Bahadur Tamang; Boys' U-14 50m breaststroke - Saran Sunuwar; Boys' U-10 50 m freestyle - Sirish Gurung
Rimal bettered own national record of 1min 28.87secs that she set in the Tenth South Asian Games to set a new national record of 1min 27.54secs. Nayana Shakya and Sudha Shrestha stood second and third respectively.
likewise, in women's 50m butterfly, Nayana Shakya stood first at 36.13secs while Bibidha Rimal and Karishma Karki followed at second and third place respectively. Meanwhile, Karishma Karki won 100m backstroke while Chandra Mahato won men's 100m butterfly event. Sailesh Rana completed a hat trick of titles taking men's 100m freestyle event and men's 50m freestyle to go with 50m breaststroke that he won finishing ahead of Shanta Kumar Rai and Prasiddha Jung Shah who stood second and third respectively.
In men's 50m backstroke, Pushpa Lal Shahi claimed first position while Kisim Lal Tharu and Sailesh Rana stood second and third respectively.
Other winners: Girls' U-14 50m breaststroke - Surangana Bomjan; Girls' U-10 50m breaststroke - Shristi Piya; Girls' U-17 50m freestyle - Dristi Bam; Girl's U-12 50m breaststroke - Jenisha Malla; Boys' U-12, butterfly - Sugam Khadka; Boys' U-17 50m backstroke - Tek Bahadur Tamang; Boys' U-14 50m breaststroke - Saran Sunuwar; Boys' U-10 50 m freestyle - Sirish Gurung
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Monday, March 17, 2008
Blue Whale life
The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on earth - even larger than the dinosaurs, weighing up to 180 tonnes or more. It is slow reproducing and long lived, with a life span of at least 80 years, probably more.
A newly born blue whale is 7m long and weighs 2,500 kg. It drinks 400 - 500 litres of milk a day and gains about 100 kg of body weight each day. Blue whale calves remain with their mothers for six months; when weaned they are 14- 15 m long and weigh around 20 tonnes. Female blue whales give birth to a single calf once ever two or three years after a pregnancy of about a year.
A blue whales eat mostly krill (tiny shrimp like creatures) and feeds by lunging at speed into a krill swarm, engulfing both krill and water, taking tens of tons of water into its mouth. A pleated pouch on the underside of the mouth expands to let the water in, a curtain of baleen plates, which hang from the upper jaw, blocks the exit of the krill and then the pouch and tongue push the water out. Once the whale's head is above the water,it can swallow the krill. An Antarctic blue whale can eat up to 3,500 kg of krill a day but they eat only in the feeding season. For the rest of the year they do not eat at all.
Blue whales are fast swimmers, able to reach 50 kph over short distances. This, and their great strength, protected them from whalers for many centuries - a blue whale struck with a hand harpoon would run out all the line in a whaling boat and would tow the boat under if the line were not cut quickly. But the invention of the harpoon cannon changed that and blue whales became prime targets because of their large size. In the Antarctic 99.5% of the population was caught and it is not known if it will ever recover. Catches of blue whales off the coast of Japan peaked in 1911, with a catch of 243 and fell to 7 a year by 1964 when catching was ended.
A newly born blue whale is 7m long and weighs 2,500 kg. It drinks 400 - 500 litres of milk a day and gains about 100 kg of body weight each day. Blue whale calves remain with their mothers for six months; when weaned they are 14- 15 m long and weigh around 20 tonnes. Female blue whales give birth to a single calf once ever two or three years after a pregnancy of about a year.
A blue whales eat mostly krill (tiny shrimp like creatures) and feeds by lunging at speed into a krill swarm, engulfing both krill and water, taking tens of tons of water into its mouth. A pleated pouch on the underside of the mouth expands to let the water in, a curtain of baleen plates, which hang from the upper jaw, blocks the exit of the krill and then the pouch and tongue push the water out. Once the whale's head is above the water,it can swallow the krill. An Antarctic blue whale can eat up to 3,500 kg of krill a day but they eat only in the feeding season. For the rest of the year they do not eat at all.
Blue whales are fast swimmers, able to reach 50 kph over short distances. This, and their great strength, protected them from whalers for many centuries - a blue whale struck with a hand harpoon would run out all the line in a whaling boat and would tow the boat under if the line were not cut quickly. But the invention of the harpoon cannon changed that and blue whales became prime targets because of their large size. In the Antarctic 99.5% of the population was caught and it is not known if it will ever recover. Catches of blue whales off the coast of Japan peaked in 1911, with a catch of 243 and fell to 7 a year by 1964 when catching was ended.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
A RHINO'S STRANGE COMPANIONS
The Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), is a living relic of a more pristine period in the earth's history, and must surely be one of Nature's most interesting and least understood animals.
Being a foster mother to any wild animal is a most enlightening experience. It affords a unique opportunity to learn and understand the animal in a very intimate way; to observe and study behaviour patterns and to fathom an ancient and complex mind. And, as time passes, so a window opens to reveal "the inside story" of the animal, and, in the case of a rhino, the inside story of an almost prehistoric creature that has been unchanged for millions of years.
All wild animals, save the Primates, amongst whom we are classified, have a genetic memory termed "instinct"; that mysterious "sixth sense" denied us humans. It is instinct that dictates a lot of their actions, particularly matters important to survival, and instinct is particularly strong in the more ancient species such as rhinos. Theirs is a hidden and complex world of scent and chemistry, their social system is complex, their body language and vocalisations subtle and their very rigid territoriality often confusing.
Through millennia, in conjunction with this ancient species, have evolved parasites that are specific to rhinos; for instance, the tiny flies known as Lyperosia that breed in their "middens" or communal dungpiles and which swarm and alight on the animal in soft clouds, particularly during the dry seasons. Another, very interesting fly known as Gyrostigma, resembles a wasp, and is a beautiful metallic blue with scarlet legs and head stripe, but devoid of mouth parts. Once this fly has hatched from a pupa in the ground, it must find a living rhino within its five day life span in order to to begin its mysterious life-cycle anew.
Nobody knows how long a bot remains in the stomach of the rhino, but eventually it is passed in the dung to pupate in the ground with the first rains, but only if the rains are going to be substantial and conditions promise to be just right - otherwise the bots simply stay put until the next season, sometimes appearing briefly at the anal orifice to take a look around, and if conditions don't suit them, hurrying back in!
The eggs of the Gyrostigma fly, which are minute, oblong shaped and white, are laid in the soft striated indentations of the skin around the neck and head, and after some six days hatch into tiny "inchworms" no larger than the comma of a typewriter. At first it was assumed that these worked their way along to either the nose or mouth of the animal, but in fact, by observing them on our orphans, we discovered that they simply bore straight through the hide and from there somehow end up within the stomach itself.
Most rhinos also have lesions behind the shoulders and under the chin and stomach. These obviously itch and irritate, because they are rubbed against rocks and trees until they become open weeping wounds that stubbornly resist healing. The culprit for these lesions is apparently a filarial worm that again is specific to rhinos in Africa, but is known amongst horses in the far East. It is on these wounds that we have applied Negasunct with a good deal of success. We have tried many other medications over the years, but none has done the job as well as the Negasunct which has always very kindly been donated to us by Bayer in Switzerland for our orphaned rhinos.
The vector of the Rhino filarial worm is thought to be another fly known as Rhinomusca which resembles the common housefly and again is specific to rhinos, feeding on their blood. Rhinomusca flies are often found in and around the filarial lesions, but also easily draw blood through the skin itself. Despite the ancient English saying -"a hide like a rhino", the skin of a rhino is extremely sensitive. Touch a rhino with a feather, and it will immediately respond. Rhino skin has an ample blood supply very close to the surface and, in fact, when the animal is in poor health, the skin "bleeds", coating the animal. in a what looks like tar, but, in fact is dried blood.
Being a foster mother to any wild animal is a most enlightening experience. It affords a unique opportunity to learn and understand the animal in a very intimate way; to observe and study behaviour patterns and to fathom an ancient and complex mind. And, as time passes, so a window opens to reveal "the inside story" of the animal, and, in the case of a rhino, the inside story of an almost prehistoric creature that has been unchanged for millions of years.
All wild animals, save the Primates, amongst whom we are classified, have a genetic memory termed "instinct"; that mysterious "sixth sense" denied us humans. It is instinct that dictates a lot of their actions, particularly matters important to survival, and instinct is particularly strong in the more ancient species such as rhinos. Theirs is a hidden and complex world of scent and chemistry, their social system is complex, their body language and vocalisations subtle and their very rigid territoriality often confusing.
Through millennia, in conjunction with this ancient species, have evolved parasites that are specific to rhinos; for instance, the tiny flies known as Lyperosia that breed in their "middens" or communal dungpiles and which swarm and alight on the animal in soft clouds, particularly during the dry seasons. Another, very interesting fly known as Gyrostigma, resembles a wasp, and is a beautiful metallic blue with scarlet legs and head stripe, but devoid of mouth parts. Once this fly has hatched from a pupa in the ground, it must find a living rhino within its five day life span in order to to begin its mysterious life-cycle anew.
Nobody knows how long a bot remains in the stomach of the rhino, but eventually it is passed in the dung to pupate in the ground with the first rains, but only if the rains are going to be substantial and conditions promise to be just right - otherwise the bots simply stay put until the next season, sometimes appearing briefly at the anal orifice to take a look around, and if conditions don't suit them, hurrying back in!
The eggs of the Gyrostigma fly, which are minute, oblong shaped and white, are laid in the soft striated indentations of the skin around the neck and head, and after some six days hatch into tiny "inchworms" no larger than the comma of a typewriter. At first it was assumed that these worked their way along to either the nose or mouth of the animal, but in fact, by observing them on our orphans, we discovered that they simply bore straight through the hide and from there somehow end up within the stomach itself.
Most rhinos also have lesions behind the shoulders and under the chin and stomach. These obviously itch and irritate, because they are rubbed against rocks and trees until they become open weeping wounds that stubbornly resist healing. The culprit for these lesions is apparently a filarial worm that again is specific to rhinos in Africa, but is known amongst horses in the far East. It is on these wounds that we have applied Negasunct with a good deal of success. We have tried many other medications over the years, but none has done the job as well as the Negasunct which has always very kindly been donated to us by Bayer in Switzerland for our orphaned rhinos.
The vector of the Rhino filarial worm is thought to be another fly known as Rhinomusca which resembles the common housefly and again is specific to rhinos, feeding on their blood. Rhinomusca flies are often found in and around the filarial lesions, but also easily draw blood through the skin itself. Despite the ancient English saying -"a hide like a rhino", the skin of a rhino is extremely sensitive. Touch a rhino with a feather, and it will immediately respond. Rhino skin has an ample blood supply very close to the surface and, in fact, when the animal is in poor health, the skin "bleeds", coating the animal. in a what looks like tar, but, in fact is dried blood.
Rhinos have myopic vision, but this is no handicap, but merely that they don't need their eyes in view of the sophistication of their other senses. For instance, they have phenomenal hearing. Our orphaned rhinos can detect the approach of another rhino half an hour before the animal actually becomes visible. A rhino's "Come Here" call to a loved one is no more than a soft exhalation of breath that is barely audible but which obviously carries far and is used mostly between mother and young. The rhino repertoire of louder sounds is equally as impressive -- long drawn out snorts that resemble a nose blow which signify alarm, a mewing noise like a kitten which is a "wanting" sound, and a loud terrifying roar more akin to the voice of a lion when angry and prepared for combat.
Chemistry plays probably the most significant role within a rhino's life. By kicking their dung with the hind feet, they demarcate boundaries and territory and leave their specific scent trail on the ground for others to know where they have gone. By contributing their dung to the communal dungpiles, they alert all others within the community to their presence and establish their right to "belong". By squirting their urine against shrubs and bushes they advertise their rank and status through hormones, in the case of the females, also indicating estrous cycles and in the case of-the males alerting others to dominance and rank which are important parameters for breeding. The memory of a rhino is also phenomenal. Having carefully and meticulously explored their surroundings only once, a new orphan can then take it at a gallop and never collide with any obstacle, moving swiftly and surely simply by memory and scent.
The role of rhinos within the environment is a very important one. The Black Rhino is essentially a browser, feeding mainly on shrubs, legumes and noxious weeds, many of which are poisonous to other animals. By cleanly clipping larger branches and twigs, they promote fresh soft shoots that sustain a large variety and number of other herbivores during the dry seasons. By ridding the pastures of toxic weeds, they inhibit their spread, thereby improving the grazing for others. They are a highly successful species in terms of Nature, moderate in their food requirements, modest in their need for space. Were it not for the insane demand for their horn in the Far and Middle East, and indeed, for all their body components, which are enmeshed in myth and superstition, rhinos today would be as numerous as they were when the world was new. Only man's insatiable greed has pushed these wonderful animals to the very brink of extinction, so that today they teeter on the very edge of annihilation. And if they do go, the world will be the poorer for their passing; one of many unforgivable sins which must be laid firmly at the feet of mankind.
Chemistry plays probably the most significant role within a rhino's life. By kicking their dung with the hind feet, they demarcate boundaries and territory and leave their specific scent trail on the ground for others to know where they have gone. By contributing their dung to the communal dungpiles, they alert all others within the community to their presence and establish their right to "belong". By squirting their urine against shrubs and bushes they advertise their rank and status through hormones, in the case of the females, also indicating estrous cycles and in the case of-the males alerting others to dominance and rank which are important parameters for breeding. The memory of a rhino is also phenomenal. Having carefully and meticulously explored their surroundings only once, a new orphan can then take it at a gallop and never collide with any obstacle, moving swiftly and surely simply by memory and scent.
The role of rhinos within the environment is a very important one. The Black Rhino is essentially a browser, feeding mainly on shrubs, legumes and noxious weeds, many of which are poisonous to other animals. By cleanly clipping larger branches and twigs, they promote fresh soft shoots that sustain a large variety and number of other herbivores during the dry seasons. By ridding the pastures of toxic weeds, they inhibit their spread, thereby improving the grazing for others. They are a highly successful species in terms of Nature, moderate in their food requirements, modest in their need for space. Were it not for the insane demand for their horn in the Far and Middle East, and indeed, for all their body components, which are enmeshed in myth and superstition, rhinos today would be as numerous as they were when the world was new. Only man's insatiable greed has pushed these wonderful animals to the very brink of extinction, so that today they teeter on the very edge of annihilation. And if they do go, the world will be the poorer for their passing; one of many unforgivable sins which must be laid firmly at the feet of mankind.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
6 peoples were injured in clash
Six persons were injured in a clash that ensued following a heated discussion among students, school management members and parents over hiring subject teachers at Rajai Janaklal Secondary School in Siraha, Monday. Tenth grader Dipendra Mahato was critically injured in the incident. The others injured are Birendra Yadav, Shiva Kumar, Dhaniram, Ramavatar and Ram Kumar Yadav.
2pm noodles in new pack
KATHMANDU,
Asian Thai Food launched ‘2pm reloaded’ through a nationwide multimedia campaign with a slogan ‘Slim and Tasty, Prize ma Masti’. Under the scheme the company has offered new 2pm brand of noodles in anew taste to its consumers and also an opportunity to win millions in cash prizes. “The new improved 2pm is the result of the company’s efforts to provide its consumers with better tasting noodles,” the company said in a press release issued on Monday. Likewise, the company has placed coupon inside every 2pm packet containing a hidden prize amount in a rectangular box which can be seen by placing a decoder,” says the release. The campaign uses the term WATTEEZ to communicate the advertising message.
Asian Thai Food launched ‘2pm reloaded’ through a nationwide multimedia campaign with a slogan ‘Slim and Tasty, Prize ma Masti’. Under the scheme the company has offered new 2pm brand of noodles in anew taste to its consumers and also an opportunity to win millions in cash prizes. “The new improved 2pm is the result of the company’s efforts to provide its consumers with better tasting noodles,” the company said in a press release issued on Monday. Likewise, the company has placed coupon inside every 2pm packet containing a hidden prize amount in a rectangular box which can be seen by placing a decoder,” says the release. The campaign uses the term WATTEEZ to communicate the advertising message.
7 peoples injured in accidents
Seven persons were injured in road accidents in Dhading district, on Monday. A bus driver and five passengers were injured when a bus was hit by a truck at Gajuri in the district. Similarly, one Devimaya Basnet was seriously injured when a Mahindra jeep hit. When she was riding somersaulted at Jogimara-9 in the district the same day.
Monday, March 10, 2008
World Link offers low cost for international calls
KATHMANDU,
World Link Communications Pvt. Ltd has partnered with American company Net2Phone to launch Voice-ove-IP (VOIP) services in Nepal. Issuing a press release, the company said the VOIP services would allow internet users to make low cost international calls by using prepaid internet calling cards that would be available for Rs 250 and Rs 500 at all World Link branches and outlets in the Kathmandu valley. "Using the cards, users can call USA for Rs 4 per minute, India for Rs 8 and Saudi Arabia for Rs 12," reads the release.
Election Commission asks parties to register
KATHMANDU,
The Election Commission (EC) on Monday invited more political parties interested to take part in the CA poll to apply for party registration in accordance with Article 142 of the interim constitution.
The constitution states that any political party not represented in the interim parliament has to produce 10,000 signatures from its supporters to register with the Election Commission (EC). The Election Commission (EC) has said political parties which were already registered for CA polls with the EC need not apply for registration. To date, Election Commission (EC) has recognised 61 parties and given them election symbol.
The Constituent Assembly Elections: hindrances and hope
The Constituent Assembly Polls around the corner, YCL cadres are being dragged into more than one controversy, with condemnations of trying to disrupt the elections. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday condemned the Maoist attack against NC activists including Badu two days ago in Darchula district. The human rights watch dog has also slammed Maoists for reviving the United Revolu-tionary People’s Council. The Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML, the two major factions of the ruling seven-party alliance Thursday flayed the Maoist decision to revive its United Revolutionary People’s Council (URPC). Though Senior Maoist leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai has claimed that the United Revolutionary People’s Council (URPC) is not a “parallel government”.
The assurance of the Maoist leader aside, Young Communist League (YCL) Ganesh Man Pun claimed that they are capable of capturing the entire Kathmandu in just five minutes. He was speaking at a protest function in Ratnapark to protest against police action at YCL offices Wednesday.
The assurance of the Maoist leader aside, Young Communist League (YCL) Ganesh Man Pun claimed that they are capable of capturing the entire Kathmandu in just five minutes. He was speaking at a protest function in Ratnapark to protest against police action at YCL offices Wednesday.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Kamalari girls begin
With the great Tharu festival of Maghi just round the corner, people of that community now seem very busy fixing the price of kamalari girls, as though they are commodities.
People from well off families are now visiting the Tharu community to procure girls as kamalari ( girls children taken as domestic help for a year at a certain price).
The price of a kamalari would be fixing between her parents and clients after much bargaining.
Bishram chaudhari, an emancipated kamaiya (bonded laborer) at Bijayanager said that local landlords and some people from urban areas have begun to visit the kamaiya settlements seeking young girls for kamalari. "I have tried my best to persuade the Kamaiya n0t to continue the practice".
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