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 Narad's beneficial role   The moral fibre, personality the character of sage Narada has to be fully grasped against the negative standing that is latent in the term 'kalaha Priya' attributed to him, pointed out Sri k.Srinivasam in a courage. This point is explain in detail by Vyas in the Devi Bhagwat Puran as an answer to the issue that janamejaya rises with reference to kama's  as killing of 6 infants who were born to Devaki. It is said that Kansas decided to spare the  1st new born infants of Devaki knowing that only the eighth child was a real   threat . But Narad intervences and changes his decision. So JanameJaya wonder how Narad, adeva Rishi, age of Great reputation, and Janani, can prompt kamsa thus . How did the sage, the embodiment of Dharma, stop down to a bit the killing of infants? Is this not considered as a serious crime that deserve the most grave punishment?    Vyas explain that Northern character should be understood in prop...
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Acharya parampara  Every generation derives its spiritual strength from the tradition it has inherited and is also responsible to p reserve it without distortion and hand It down to prosperity. For a majority of, the Vedas are the basis of our  faith and belief . The Vedas are apaurusheya and are believed to be the very breath of the supreme Brahman. They are the authority for knowing about Brahman, the word and our own selves and how each of these has a bearing on each other , pointed out Assuri Sri Madhavachariar in a discourage.             There are both believers and non belivers in the Vedas ancient time and this has given rise to many schools of thought. So ,  some are based on the waves and also many that are opposed to the tenets of the Vedas. Even among those that accept the Vedas, their  exist different stains such as Davita ,Advaita ,Visishtadavita, and so on . Adi  Sankara has evolved the adda system and mother system o...

An ocean of surprises

  Marine researchers record a new marine  flatworm in Rushikonda beach of Visahapatnam  One balmy morning when marine biologist Sri Chakra Pranav Tamara Pali and his teammates Vimal Raj , Manish Mancik and pranav sia verma were walking along the Rushikonda during their usual research trip, they stumbled upon a brilliant blue creature making its way through the rocky tidal pools. Fascinated by the colour and the shape,they were quick to click pictures and videos.        "Initially,we thought it could be a nudibranch sea slug ;but upon close observation we realised it was very thin and had branched guts like a polyclad ",says Pranav.    The vibrant coloured benthic organism was a species of polyclad flatworm Pseudoceros galantheensis , record for the  first time in Andhra Pradesh and East Coast mainland India.      Marine flatworm also called polyclads are  usually seen in near shore areas in tropical and sub tropical a...

Measuring quakes

  What is at the heart of earthquake? Can they be predicted? Is it possible to set up early warning systems? The story so far: recently a powerful earthquake off magnitude 5.9 on the Richter scales struck a remote town in Afghanistan, killing over thousands and injuring many more. According to the U.S. federal emergency management agency, have 5.9 on the  Richter  scale is roughly equally 37x energy released by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Experts are still  trying to figure out   the best early warning  system to mitigate the damage caused by earthquakes. How do earthquakes happen? According to the theory of plates tectonics , the Earth's crust and upper mantle are made of rigid plates that can move relative to one another.slip on fault near the plate boundary results in earthquake. The points inside  the earth where the earthquake rupture starts is called the focus or hypocentre . The point directly above it on the surface of the earth ...

A "Malayali "name for a spider from "Thar desert"

Pseuodomorgus sudhii that inhibits dry grass blades has been named after archeologist Sudhikumar A new species of spider discovered from the Thar desert of Rajasthan has been named after malayali arconologist.  A new species of jumping spider, pseudomorgus , Sudhii,  has been named after SudhiKumar A.V. , head, department of zoology,  Christ College , irinjalakuda, and founder of the centre of animal taxonomy and ecology  ( CATE ) in recognition of his contribution to the field of Indian archaeology.   The the jumping spider was discovered during joint exploration of Dimitri logunov of (creator Manchester museum,  the University of Manchester UK), Rishikesh Balkrishna Tripathi and Ashish Kumar Jangid of wildlife institute of India Dehradun.                                       Female spider  The species inhibits dry grass blades of the desert. it is a f...

Four new corals recorded from Indian waters

The species newly found off Andaman and Nicobar Islands belong to the same family called flabellidae   Scientist have recorded for species of corals from the first time from Indian water. Is new species of azooxanthellate corals where found from the water of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Azooxanthellate corals are a group of corals that do not contain zubes and delete and derive not from the sun but from capturing different forms of planktones. This group of corals are deep sea representative with the majority of species being reported from death between 200 m and 1000 m. Also reported from cello coastal water unlike juice and the Zooxanthllate corals that are stricted to shadow waters.              The zoological survey of India ( zsi) scientist behind new finding tamal mondal, said all the four groups of corals are formed the same family flabellidae.               Truncotaflabellin crassum (Milne Edward and haim...