HOME REMEDY FOR DANDRUFF

Dandruff is the dead skin cell, it is caused by frequent exposure to extreme heat and cold. As it is normal for skin cells to die and flake off, a small amount of flaking is normal and common. Dandruff is a common scalp disorder affecting almost half of the population.

As the epidermal layer continually replaces itself, cells are pushed outward where they eventually die and flake off. In most people, these flakes of skin are too small to be visible. However, certain conditions cause cell turnover to be unusually rapid, especially in the scalp. For people with dandruff, skin cells may mature and be shed in 2–7 days, as opposed to around a month in people without dandruff. The result is that dead skin cells are shed in large, oily clumps, which appear as white or grayish patches on the scalp, skin and clothes.
Malassezia furfur species causes dandruff

Dandruff has been shown to be the result of three required factors:

• Skin oil commonly referred to as sebum or sebaceous secretions
• The metabolic by-products of skin micro-organisms (most specifically Malassezia yeasts)
• Individual susceptibility

Home Remedy
Take 2 - 3 tablespoons of Fenugreek seeds, Soak it in water and keep it overnight and take little green gram. make a paste of it then mix with curd. Let the paste over the scalp  dry by keeping it for 30-45 minutes. Wash the hair with plain water. This is the effective home remedies for dandruff treatment

NOW, TATKAL RAILWAY BOOKINGS ONLY 24 HRS IN ADVANCE

NEW DELHI: Railways on Friday decided to reduce the advance reservation period for Tatkal tickets from 48 hours to 24 hours in a move to prevent misuse of the scheme introduced to facilitate emergency travel.

Complaints of touts misusing the scheme were increasing day by day and this left Rail Bhawan mandarins worried. While there will be no refund on confirmed Tatkal tickets except in case of cancellation of trains and late running trains, the restriction for agents to book Tatkal ticket has been extended from one hour to two hours (8 am to 10 am).

Now, one has to produce identity proof to buy Tatkal tickets and there will be only four passengers per PNR for such tickets.

Tatkal reservation period was reduced from 48 hours to 24 hours to prevent misuse by unscrupulous elements who resort to speculative booking. According to the changed system, no duplicate Tatkal ticket shall be issued and it would be done only in exceptional cases on payment of full fare including Tatkal charges.

"There were many complaints regarding misuse of Tatkal tickets. The changes that will be effective within a week has been made to prevent its misuse," Vinay Mittal, chairman, Railway Board, said.

- Source Times of India.

INVISIBLE INK

Hi friends, today i like to share one interesting information that is....

Introduction
Have you ever wondered how spies and secret agents could leave secret messages? Invisible ink might sound high tech, but you can create—and read!—a top secret message with one simple kitchen ingredient: lemons. George Washington​'s army used this same concept to send secret messages during the American Revolutionary War​. What message will you write?

Background
Lemon juice—and the juice of most fruits, for that matter—contains carbon compounds. These compounds are pretty much colorless at room temperature. But heat can break down these compounds, releasing the carbon. If the carbon comes in contact with the air, a process called oxidation occurs, and the substance turns light or dark brown.

Materials

• One half of a lemon (use caution when cutting)
• One half teaspoon of water
• Small bowl
• Spoon
• White paper
• Q-tips
• A lamp with a lightbulb that puts off a lot of heat, such as a 100-watt incandescent bulb or another heat source, such as a radiator
• Optional: Pencil (to write a decoy message on your paper)

Preparation

• Squeeze the juice of your lemon half into the bowl.
• Add the water and mix with a spoon.
• Think of a secret message you would like to write—and to whom you're going to deliver it!
• Extra: If you want to be super secret, you can write a boring old message or draw a picture on the paper with a pencil before you write your secret message to disguise it even further.

Procedure

• Soak the Q-tip in the lemon juice-and-water solution.
• Use the damp Q-tip to write your top-secret message on the piece of paper.
• Wait a few minutes for the paper to dry. While you're waiting, you can switch on your lamp to give the lightbulb time to heat up (being careful not to touch the hot bulb itself).
• When the paper is dry, hold it up to the hot lamp for a few minutes (but don't let the paper get so hot that it burns). What happened to your invisible ink? How long did it take for the change to occur?
• Extra: Try this activity with other acidic liquids, such as apple juice or vinegar. Which ones work best?

Observations and results
What happened to your invisible message? What other liquids work well to make invisible ink that develops under heat?

When you painted the lemon juice solution onto the paper, the carbon-based compounds were absorbed into the paper's fibers. When you heated the paper, the heat caused some of the chemical bonds to break down, freeing the carbon. Once the carbon came into contact with the air, it went through a process called oxidation, one effect of which is to turn a darker color. Oxidation doesn't always need heat to occur. Some fruits themselves can turn brown from oxidation. Think of an apple or pear slice that is left out on the counter for too long.

Cleanup

• Use caution with the lamp, as the lightbulb can stay hot even after it is turned off.
• Have extra lemon solution? Add more water and a little sugar, and you can turn your invisible ink into lemonade! And it's no secret that lemonade tastes good.

VIDEO GAMES IMPROVES CHILDREN'S CREATIVITY

Hi friends i like share one interesting informative news  that is..... Both boys and girls who play video games tend to be more creative, regardless of whether the games are violent or nonviolent, according to new research by Michigan State University scholars.

A study of nearly 500 12-year-olds found that the more kids played video games, the more creative they were in tasks such as drawing pictures and writing stories. In contrast, use of cell phones, the Internet and computers (other than for video games) was unrelated to creativity, the study found.

Linda Jackson, professor of psychology and lead researcher on the project, said the study appears to be the first evidence-based demonstration of a relationship between technology use and creativity. About 72 percent of U.S. households play video or computer games, according to the Entertainment Software Association.

The MSU findings should motivate game designers to identify the aspects of video game activity that are responsible for the creative effects, Jackson said.

"Once they do that, video games can be designed to optimize the development of creativity while retaining their entertainment values such that a new generation of video games will blur the distinction between education and entertainment," Jackson said.

The researchers surveyed 491 middle-school students as part of MSU's Children and Technology Project, which is funded by the National Science Foundation. The survey assessed how often the students used different forms of technology and gauged their creativity with the widely used Torrance Test of Creativity-Figural.

The Torrance test involved tasks such as drawing an "interesting and exciting" picture from a curved shape, giving the picture a title and then writing a story about it.

In addition, the study found that boys played video games more than girls, and that boys favored games of violence and sports while girls favored games involving interaction with others (human or nonhuman).

Yet, regardless of gender, race or type of game played by the students, the study found a relation between video game playing and greater creativity.

ALCOHOL UPS BREAST CANCER RISK IN FEMALES: STUDY

New Delhi: A new study says drinking alcohol can increase the risk of breast cancer. That is a good enough reason why women should not knock back too many drinks, be it beer, wine or other alcoholic drinks.

While a glass of wine may help females unwind, it may also put them at a higher risk for breast cancer.

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds three to six alcoholic drinks a week showed an increased risk.

The study shows the alcohol added to whatever risk a woman already had for breast cancer.

Researchers say the trend is linked to a woman's alcohol consumption throughout her lifetime.

They said there was no difference if a woman was drinking a single serving of beer, wine or liquor.

- Source taken from IBN Live

3 PAKISTAN PLAYERS AND AGENT GET PRISON FOR SPOT -FIXING

It took exactly 15 months for the London Metropolitan Police to complete investigation and get conviction of Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer for spot-fixing in the Lord's Test last year. Delhi Police are still struggling to piece together a charge sheet 11 years after blowing the lid off the match-fixing.

Three former Pakistan international cricketers were escorted from the dock by prison officers on Thursday after being handed combined jail sentences totalling four years for their part in the spot-fixing plot in their Test match against England at Lord's last year.

Salman Butt, the Pakistan captain during that Test and a man described by Mr Justice Cooke as "the orchestrator of this activity", was jailed for 30 months.

Mohammad Asif, who bowled one of three prearranged no-balls at the centre of the conspiracy, was given a year in prison. Mohammad Amir, who at the time of his crime was only 18 years old, was given a six-month sentence. They must serve half of their sentences before release on licence, and must do so in English prisons.

It is a heavy price to pay for three men who, as the judge recognised, had until last year been "heroes" for their nation and icons in their sport.

PHILIPPINES CO TO BUY MURUGAPPA e-PUBLISHING unit

Today's News

CHENNAI: Diversified southern conglomerate Murugappa Group is selling its business process outsourcing business, Laserwords, focused on publishing industry. Philippines-based SPi Global is set to acquire Laserwords in a deal which could be announced as early as next week, said sources briefed on the matter.

Murugappa had mandated Enam to explore strategic options for Laserwords, which it acquired in 2006. "We are in final stages of a possible transaction. It could be a strategic stake sale or a full exit," senior officials of the group said. While the reason for the proposed exit by the Murugappas' is not known, sources said that the business did not grow at the pace at which the group expected it grow. The financial contours of the proposed transaction is also not known.

"We are not going to comment anything at the moment. It is speculation," a spokesperson for Murugappa said when contacted. It offered end-to-end solutions for print and media production services to leading publishers of school (K-12), higher education, academic, as well as professional and trade publications. Laserwords' clients includes Amazon, Scholastic, Pearson among others.

The company has almost all the top 10 publishers in the world. It has centres in California and Chennai.

SPi Global is a full-service BPO provider with offices and facilities in 24 locations across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. It has over 15,000 employees delivering a range of solutions in knowledge process outsourcing and customer relationship management.

- Source taken from Times of India.