Need more busses in the route no. 222

This is with regard to the 222 no. buses operating between koti and patancheru. These buses travel via lingampally,  hafeezpet, kondapur, hitech, madhapur, jubilee hills, lakdikapul, abids and vice versa. I would like to bring to the notice of APSRTC, that the number of these buses operating in the route no. 222 are very less. Only metro express buses are plied. There are no ordinary 222 buses. Due to their less number commuters like me are facing a lot of problem. Especially in the peak hours. We are forced to wait for a long time at the bus stop and if we get the bus it will be so crowded that some people are forced travel on the footboard endeagering their lives. I request the concerned authorities to look into this matter and increase the 222 buses at least in the peak hours.

"The above paragraph has been published in Times of India news paper on the backside of the front page" dated 4th August 2011.

Every day i wait for a very long time at the bus stop. I wait for about a minimum of 30mins to a maximum of 1 hour. Sometimes even longer. Even after waiting for such a long time whats the use, i get one bus with lot of crowd in it. With no option left i try to get inside the bus, but the people standing on the footboard restrict the path. I push them hard to get in. Then i search a suitable place to stand. Most of the people stand near the entrance and a void space will be there deep inside the bus.I go to the last and stand, wait for someone to empty the seat. If i am lucky i get the seat quickly if not,  when my final stop is approacing then i get a seat. 

Speech by the Missile Man of India - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

This is a very famous speech delivered by Mr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam at the European Union of Parliament on the occasion of golden jubilee of European Union.

Here is a synopsis of the speech, he said..........

When there is righteousness in the heart
there is beauty in the character
when there is beauty in the character
there is harmony in the home
when there is harmony in the home
there is order in the nation
when there is order in the nation
there is peace in the world.

Hearing this speech everyone in the European union stood up and applauded the president. He made us proud. Long live  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

SAS Websites

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http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/sscc/pubs/4-18.htm 

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Footboard Menace!!

This is a common problem faced by most of the commuters travelling in city buses. The culprits for this problem are young men. Most of them are students persuing their studies. They are not understanding how grave this can become. Standing on the footboard causes inconvenience to people to get in and get down from the bus. They completely block the way of the public at the foodtboard. Eventhough there is lot of empty space inside the bus and empty seats available, these guys never get inside and sit, they just prefer to stand at the footboard. It is ok to stand at the footboard if the bus is packed to the full, but it should be preferred rarely incase of emergency or if the buses movement is less.

Even if seats are not available and there is space in the aisle to stand, then they should prefer standing. This way it does not cause any inconvenience to others. 

As the footboard area is packed, persons standing in that area cannot feel what is stolen from their pockets. Some of the people are taking advantage of this situation and are trying to steal the valuables from the people.  I don't think it is necessary to tell the young people it is not correct to stand at the footbaord, because these people are well educated and they need to use their commonsense to judge good and bad. Since these people are not bothered about others inconvenience, strong steps must be taken by the RTC.

RTC should give full rights to the conductor to fine whoever is standing at the footboard. If the bus is very rush and is unavaoidable for few people to stand at the footboard, then fine can be avoided. But if the bus is free and if the conductor finds anyone standing then this rule should be applied and concerned people should be fined accordingly. This rule if implemented footboard menace can be brought down considerably.

Footboard Menace is not observed only in buses, but now it is also observed in Metro trains. Even here young people of late stand at the entrance of train compartment and block the way. Strict action must be taken by the Railway board as well to prevent this menace. Imposing fine is the only way to bring it down.

Why We Disagree!! - Swami Vivekananda

This is a very famous speech delivered by Swami Vivekananda at the parliament of religion held at Chicago, USA. The topic of the speech is "why we Disagree". It was given at a period when we were not born, but has so much meaning and its so inspiring. Each and everyone must listen or read this speech.  Here is a small synopsis from the speech. Its a story about two frogs....

A frog lived in the well. It was born there and grew up in the same well. Due to the abundant food resources such as algae, insects etc., the frog was healthy and fat. On a good day, another frog from a ocean came and fell into the well. The frog from the well inquired the other frog from where it has come. The frog replied that it has come from a ocean. The frog from the well asked if the ocean is as big as its well. The other frog laughed and replied saying that the ocean is very big and it cannot be compared with the well. The frog from the well was very angry and said its a lie and you are a liar, my well is bigger than any other.

Similarly people also think in the same way. Every person whether he is a hindu, christian or a muslim sits in his own little well and thinks that is the whole world.

We need to change our thinking, we need to understand that there is only one world and we need to live and let live in prosperity.

"Appreciate everyone and criticize none"!! 

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Principle of Spectrophotometer

The purpose of spectrophotometer is to detect the quantity of the samples such as DNA, RNA and proteins. It involves passing of the monochromatic light (light of single wavelength) through the sample. The reason for this is Nucleic acids and proteins absorb light at specific wavelength alone. For example

DNA - 260nm
RNA - 260nm
Proteins - 280nm

There are certain other compounds that absorb light of 230 nm. They are Guanidine and Phenol. 

In order to calculate the concentration of nucleic acids and proteins, a formula is deduced from the law called Beer lamberts law. According to this law...

The amount of radiation absorbed may be measured in a number of ways:

Transmittance, T = P / P₀

% Transmittance, %T = 100 T
 
Absorbance,

A = log₁₀ P₀ / P
A = log₁₀ 1 / T
A = log₁₀ 100 / %T
A = 2 - log₁₀ %T

The absorbance can also be formulated as below 

A=ebc

Where A is absorbance (no units, since A = log₁₀ P₀ / P )
e is the molar absorbtivity with units of L mol^-1 cm^{-1
b is the path length of the sample - that is, the path length of the cuvette in which the sample is contained. We will express this measurement in centimetres.
c is the concentration of the compound in solution, expressed in mol L-1}

The reason why we prefer to express the law with this equation is because absorbance is directly proportional to the other parameters, as long as the law is obeyed.

Hope For Hockey

http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/04/07/stories/2008040760970400.htm


The above link has a small article written by me and published in "The Hindu" news paper.


In a country where hockey is the national game, players losing to England in the qualifying match is not tolerable. For the first time in Indian hockey history India won’t be participating in the Olympics. It’s time to see who the people responsible for this setback are; the first person would be K.P.S Gill. As the president of IHF for many years, he has to take responsibility for this dismal performance. He should step down and make way for someone who is dedicated and can steer the team to regain its past glory.

Jagadish K.V 
Gachibowli 

Plastic Carry Bags

Recently the government of Andhra Pradesh has banned the use of plastic carry bags with thickness less than 40 microns. The move has come very late, before us most of the other states have already banned the plastic carry bags.

Why plastic carry bags of less than 40 microns are banned? How does the thickness of the plastic carry bag play a role? These are some important questions for which we need to know the answers.

Plastic carry bags are made from polyethylene, which consists of long chains of ethylene monomers. This is non degradable. The plastic carry bags of less than 20 microns thickness are non degradable and non recyclable, which is the most important reason for the ban. However carry bags with 40 microns thickness and more, even though are non degradable but can be recycled.

Whatever steps the government is taking is not enough. Everyday tonnes of plastic is dumped in the garbage which is affecting our environment in different ways.

Blocking the drainage systems and thereby contributing to flooding.
Cause floating marine debris in the ocean.
Cattle sometimes consume the plastic from the debris. This plastic then chokes their intestine, due to which they cannot take any food and slowly die due to hunger.  
Tonnes of plastic are dumped on the earth surface, in course of time the soil becomes toxic due to presence of non degradable plastic and thereby turning it infertile for cultivation.

These are few examples of how the plastic is affecting our environment.

Only we can save our environment, possibly by.......

Ban completely the usage of plastic in any form.
Always carry cloth bags when visiting a market. 
If you are forced to use plastic, then use only thick plastic carry bags and dispose them properly so that they can be collected for recycling.
Get two dustbins, mark one as "wet" and other "dry". Add vegetable garbage into wet dustbin and add plastics, broken, non working  bulbs and tubes etc., into dry dustbin. The garbage in the wet dustbin can be used as bio fertilizer in the gardens. The garbage in the dry dustbin can be sent for recycling.

These are few thoughts from my end. I know there are many nature loving people out there with novel thoughts. Think and implement your thoughts to protect the nature. We can make a difference.

"Save the environment for future generation"

Why is DNA, the genetic material. Why not RNA?

No, both DNA and RNA are considered to be genetic material. However DNA is the genetic material in almost all the organisms, except few viruses which have RNA as their genetic material. 

The reason for DNA being the genetic material comes from its stability. DNA is more stable than RNA.
DNA as we know has deoxyribose sugar, it lack the 2' -OH group, whereas RNA posses the 2' -OH group.
Because DNA lacks the OH group it is less reactive, it doesnt easily react. However RNA reacts easily due to the presence of -OH group.

What's the difference between DNA and RNA?

DNA and RNA, both are nucleic acids. They are composed of repeating units of nucleotides. Again each nucleotide consists of a sugar, a phosphate and a nucleic acid base. The main difference comes from the sugar present in DNA and RNA. The sugar in DNA is deoxyribose whereas in RNA it is ribose. The deoxyribose sugar lacks 2' hydroxyl (oxygen-hydrogen atom combination called a hydroxyl).






Another difference comes from the composition of the nucleotides. DNA has repeating units of Adenine, Guanine, Thymine and Cytosine. However RNA has all the bases except Thymine, instead of thymine it has Uracil.

Aeroplanes traffic across the world in a day

China's Bullet Trains!! What about India ? ?

This is about the news i heard about china in a news channel. Its about the bullet trains in china. It seems that china has over 150 bullet trains operating. These are not ordinary trains, they are high speed trains which travel at 350 kmph.  Presently they are operating between beijing and shangai. In ordinary train it takes 12 hours to travel from beijing to shangai and viceversa. But the bullet train just takes 4 hours to cover the distance.

Nothing new about the bullet trains, they are already there in europe, japan etc., but when it comes to china its new. Its about the growth of china. Growth in terms of technology. Their desire to prove their dominance.

We need to appreciate the communist government in china, its they who are pushing the chinese power to the extreme. They are slowly but carefully moving up the ladder in all departments. Competing with the so called dominant nations, in technology, research etc.,

If we are talking about china, then we need to talk about india as well. Since there is no difference between both these nations, except the language. Mostly, both the nations are same, consider population, culture, natural resources.

If that is the case why india does not have the bullet trains. If china has 150, cant india have atleast one. we need to ask ourself the question why??

If you think deep, the answer is simple its the people. The people of china are against corruption, the flow of money is streamlined to reach proper channels so that it can be spent on development, welfare. Why talk about the people, because its the people who form the government and run it.

Consider the same for india, its rich in everything over china, but still.... they do not have the technology. Here the people are choosing wrong persons as their representatives. Because of this, flow of money is not streamlined, whoever is running the government they are misusing the funds allotted, using it for their own benefit instead of investing in development and welfare.

This is an unending discussion. But would request everyone to stop corruption, stop blaming the politician alone. Think whether we are electing the right people? Let the end of corruption begin from us, rest will change automatically.

I wish to see a day when india has its own bullet trains, atleast one!!