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Pirates hijack ship.

A Royal navy channel sent out an urgent message.The message was that five to six unknown personnel with arms had boarded a vessel! The name of the vessel was MV Lila Norfolk and the Royal Navy   UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) was the message sender.  In response P-81 a long-range patrol aircraft was sent from Goa to track the hijacked vessel. It flew and soon made contact from where it came to know that the crew members were safe by taking  refuge in the vessel's citadel or safehouse. Total crew members were 21- six from Philippines and 15 from India.INS Chennai finally intercepted the ship.Using the P-81  aircraft,W-9B Predator drones and helicopters on the board of warship -constant surveillance was kept.A warning was given to the pirates to leave the ship immediately. They waited for sometime. After finding it clear, a Marcos team with sophisticated weapons were sent on rigid -hull inflatable boats. The whole operation took around two hours.                  

1Horsepower instead of 20.

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Those who delivers food to your doorstep usually uses around 14 to 20HP bikes. On Tuesday fuel shortage was created by the just ended trucker's strike . Syed Farooq,a delivery man, found himself without the required fuel in his bike's tank. Without any hesitation he immediately rushed to one of his friends who is the owner of a horse. He related his urgency and took his horse. He tied all the foods in the saddle and rode away.In this way he only used one HP instead 14/20Hp to complete his job. People around took his photo: After all one doesn't see a delivery man using a horse for such purpose every day!                                 Author Saibal Kumar Deb           

AI and IE.

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Artificial Intelligence is bringing a lot of changes in our present day technology. Things, that used to take a long time, could be easily done within a very short time. Inner Engineering needs only 7 steps to transform our lives. Some says that those who have gone through IE have felt a 50% reduction in stress. A study found that it could, within 6 weeks, help a person to have a restful sleep. In a study by Rutgers University anUS based Fortune 500 Company found remarkable results in their employees. After going through IE their employees experienced - significant increase in energy level, alertness and joy ! For online program there is a Satguru App which could be downloaded for free.                                          

An actor's heart attack!

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Actor & director Shreyas Talpade was not at all prepared for such an attack.He was having a busy schedule for last few years. He was quite unaware since he had never been hospitalized and thought himself quite fit. However for last few months he was feeling extreme fatigue.He took it to be normal and kept on working. The 'Housefull 2'actor was doing army training shot like falling into water, swinging on a rope etc. He repeatedly neglected the 'wake up' call.Finally he knew that he was feeling very exhausted. It was very unusual. He had a massive heart attack -the doctor diagnosed when admitted to the hospital!                     .

Open AI , ChatGPT sued !

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New York Times and Authors Guild have accused 2 tech companies of freeriding. Authors Guild first took the initiative to go to court. New York Times, the American media outlet, filed a suite against them in the Manhattan federal court too. Their accusation is also against OpenAI and Microsoft for violation of copyright. They believe that content created by someone else is being used without any permission or proper payment!   Wonder if content creator will finally get justice !!      Of course , whenever a new technology came, there was always a two sided effects.... Hence ,when Narayana Murthy or Nandan Nilekani applies AI to help the Indians to get rid of poverty, it might be a boon to many underprivileged.      

Two brave women !

There were three of them named Geeta, Parvati and Janki. They went to gather fodder in Boom forest range of Chanpawat district. The incident happened last Tuesday afternoon. Without warning a tiger pounced upon Geeta and started dragging her towards the dence forest.The tiger took her almost 40 metres away before the other two could react. However the two brave ladies now swiftly attacked the tiger with their sickles and sticks. They even pelted stones in their desperation to save their friend. Finally the tiger left Geeta who was bleeding profusely.She was taken to a hospital in Tanakpur where ,at present, she is recuperating. Salute to those brave ladies! .

Shah Rukh & DiCaprio depressed !

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It was almost decided that the movie would have the two greatest stars - Shahrukh Khan and Leonardo DiCaprio. The film was to be directed by Paul Schrader (the screen play writer for Taxi Driver). The producer Martin Scorsese   too was looking forward to   its complition. Even the name of the film 'Xtreme City ' was selected. Strangely and unfortunately the entire event didn't work out.