Rajeev Singh is Professor at the Department of Chemistry at Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College (ARSD), University of Delhi. He is an inorganic chemist with research specialization in Material Chemistry and Organometallics. He did his Ph. D. from the University of Delhi and was a TWAS postdoctoral fellow. His other area of academic interests are into revival, communication, and awareness of knowledge of ancient Indian sciences, IKS specially Chemistry and the contributions of Indian scientists.
#LearningNeverStops—it simply evolves. My small humble attempt at making #IKS videos using #AI for the new kids in the block. #Kanad gave the term #anu for an atom and this should be the first term and #Indianstudent should learn before he reads the word Atom.
I challenged myself to learn and experiment with Artificial Intelligence. This video is one of the outcomes of that journey. From exploring AI tools to creating this content, the entire process has been a fascinating learning experience.
The ghats of Varanasi now host the world’s first floating CNG station and a hydrogen-powered motorboat — a striking example of India’s rapid strides in science and technology. These innovations reduce emissions, improve river transport sustainability, and showcase homegrown engineering. Yet many Indians remain unaware of this milestone; wider communication and public engagement are needed so citizens can celebrate and support such green advances.
Medidas
de aumento da imunidade da Ayurveda para o autocuidado durante a crise da COVID
19
Após o surto de Covid 19, toda a humanidade
em todo o mundo está sofrendo. Melhorar o sistema de defesa natural do corpo
(imunidade) desempenha um papel importante na manutenção da saúde ideal.
Todos sabemos que prevenir é melhor que
remediar. Embora não haja remédio para COVID-19 a partir de agora, será bom
tomar medidas preventivas que aumentem nossa imunidade nestes tempos.
Ayurveda, sendo a ciência da vida, propaga
os dons da natureza em manter vida saudável e feliz. A extensa base de
conhecimento da Ayurveda sobre prevenção cuidados, deriva dos conceitos de
“Dinacharya” - regimes diários e “Ritucharya” - regimes sazonais para manter
uma vida saudável. É uma ciência baseada em plantas. O simplicidade de
consciência sobre si mesmo e a harmonia que cada indivíduo pode alcançar elevando
e mantendo sua imunidade é enfatizada em toda a Ayurveda escrituras clássicas.
O Ministério da AYUSH recomenda as
seguintes diretrizes de autocuidado para prevenção medidas sanitárias e
aumentar a imunidade com referência especial às doenças respiratórias saúde.
Estes são apoiados pela literatura ayurvédica e publicações científicas.
Medidas recomendadas
Medidas
Gerais
1. Beba água morna ao longo do dia.
2. Prática diária de Yogasana, Pranayama e
meditação por pelo menos 30 minutos, conforme recomendado pelo Ministério da
AYUSH (#YOGAatHome #StayHome #Fique seguro)
3. Especiarias como Haldi (açafrão), Jeera
(cominho), Dhaniya (coentro) e Lahsun (alho) são recomendados na culinária.
II
Medidas de promoção da imunidade ayurvédica
1. Tome Chyavanprash 10gm (1tsf) de manhã.
Diabéticos devem tomar açúcar Chyavanprash grátis.
2. Beba chá de ervas / decocção (Kadha)
feita a partir de Tulsi (manjericão), Dalchini (Canela), Kalimirch (pimenta
preta), Shunthi (gengibre seco) e Munakka (Passa) - uma ou duas vezes por dia.
Adicione açúcar mascavo e / ou fresco suco de limão ao seu gosto, se
necessário.
3. Leite Dourado - Meia colher de chá de
Haldi (açafrão) em pó em 150 ml de leite quente - uma ou duas vezes por dia.
III
Procedimentos Ayurvédicos Simples
1. Aplicação nasal - Aplique óleo de
gergelim / óleo de coco ou Ghee nas duas narinas (Pratimarsh Nasya) de manhã e
à noite.
2. Terapia de extração de óleo - Tome 1
colher de sopa de gergelim ou óleo de coco na boca. Faz não beba, bata na boca
por 2 a 3 minutos e cuspa, seguido de lavagem com água morna. Isso pode ser
feito uma ou duas vezes por dia.
IV
Durante tosse seca / dor de garganta
1. Inalação a vapor com folhas frescas de
Pudina (hortelã) ou Ajwain (sementes de cominho) pode ser praticado uma vez por
dia.
2. O pó de Lavang (cravo) misturado com
açúcar / mel natural pode ser tomado 2-3 vezes ao dia em caso de tosse ou
irritação na garganta.
3. Essas medidas geralmente tratam a tosse
seca normal e a dor de garganta. Contudo, é melhor consultar os médicos se
esses sintomas persistirem.
1 As
medidas acima podem ser seguidas na medida do possível, de acordo com conveniência
do indivíduo.
2
Essas medidas são recomendadas seguindo Vaidyas eminentes de em todo o país,
pois eles podem aumentar a imunidade de um indivíduo contra infecções.
1.
Padma Shri Vaidya P R Krishnakumar, Coimbatore 2. Padma Bhushan Vaidya Devendra
Triguna, Delhi 3. Vaidya P M Varier, Kottakkal 4. Vaidya Jayant Devpujari,
Nagpur 5. Vaidya Vinay Velankar, Thane 6. Vaidya B S Prasad, Belgaum 7. Padma
Shri Vaidya Gurdeep Singh, Jamnagar 8. Acharya Balkrishna ji, Haridwar 9.
Vaidya M S Baghel, Jaipur 10.Vaidya R B Dwivedi, Hardoi UP 11.Vaidya K N
Dwivedi, Varanasi 12.Vaidya Rakesh Sharma, Chandigarh 13.Vaidya Abichal
Chattopadhyay, Kolkata 14.Vaidya Tanuja Nesari, Delhi 15.Vaidya Sanjeev Sharma,
Jaipur 16.Vaidya Anup Thakar, Jamnagar
Isenção
de responsabilidade: O aviso acima não reivindica tratamento para o COVID 19.
DU and British High Commission announce 'The Great Debate': Inter-college debate competition on 9 January 2014 with UK trip as Prize
The British High Commission and the University of Delhi will jointly organise ‘The Great Debate: Inter College Debate Competition' on the 9 January 2014.The objective of this 'Great Debate' would be to celebrate the tradition of debate and discussion in India and the UK. The winning team will visit the UK in mid February 2014 (provided the students have their passports ready by end January).
Guidelines:
Entries of debating teams, one from each college of the University of Delhi are invited.
The topic of the debate will be uploaded on the University website a day prior to the debate i.e on 8th of January2014.
The medium of debate will be English.
There is no participation fee.
The debate will be held over one full day, with parallel preliminary rounds pre lunch (10am-1pm) and the final round after lunch (3pm-5pm). The preliminary rounds may be held in colleges or in the campus. The final round will be held at the north campus and will be judged by an eminent jury panel.
The winners from the University of Delhi (two students) are offered a one week sponsored study tour in the UK which will include visits to historical sites, cultural events, interaction with experts on a wide range of issues. This is funded by the High Commission.
Action To Be Taken
Principals have been requested to send the names of two participants from their college latest by 20th November 2013 at email id (culturecouncil_du@ rediffmail.com)
For Information
Call the Culture Council at landline 011-27667450
Visit the office of the Deputy Dean (Culture) at the Students' Activity Centre , Arts Faculty , North Campus
Contact the Debate Coordinators
Dr. Suchitra Gupta, Deputy Dean (Culture)
Dr. Sumitra Mohanty, Kirori Mal College,
Suchitra Gupta (suchitragupta.sg@gmail.com);
Sumitra Mohanty (sumitra_mohanty@yahoo.com) Details:http://www.du.ac.in/index.php?id=634&back=single&uid=317
Homeopaths believe water has memory. That is how they explain the “medicinal properties” of their concoctions. Apparently people are treated even though the pill or potion may not contain a single molecule of the medicinal agent. But does water really have memory?
That depends on how you define memory. If for water it is defined as the property to have a stable state for sometime, then it has memory, just not a very good one – 50 femtoseconds is its retention time. That’s about 60 million million times shorter than the mythical goldfish’s three-second memory.
But with that “memory”, water could not retain any useful information. The memory is just its ability to form an ordered group of water molecules that can last for 50 femtoseconds. It is a bit like a crowd of people all milling around in train station – there are pockets of order where people are standing around looking at departure boards or getting a coffee. But these groups will disperse after a while. And so it is with water – there are pockets of order where the water molecules are interacting with each other and with things that are dissolved in it, but these are lost pretty quickly.
Martin Parker
Let’s try another question. What if water had an elephant’s memory and never forgot?
In that case all the ordered pockets would hang around forever. But it wouldn’t look much like liquid water anymore. Instead it would be quite different; in fact, you would probably call it ice.
How about we try something a bit more bizarre? What if water could remember the molecules that had been dissolved in it long after the original molecules had been diluted away? And then what if that water could still act like them?
That may sound pretty outlandish, but a paper published, in the journal Nature (no less), suggested just that more than 25 years ago. Not surprisingly it proved rather controversial. Pretty soon after publication the paper was discredited, leaving no sound evidence for water being able to remember what has been in it (for any significant length of time).
But let’s ignore the evidence for a moment: what if water could retain a fond memory of long-departed solutes? In that case we’re in trouble, because, as one of my teachers used to say, “chemistry is the study of the soluble”. She meant that chemistry, mostly, involves dissolving compounds in solvents and then reacting them together to get new and interesting compounds. Water is a favourite solvent because more things dissolve in it than anything else.
However, if water can remember what had been in it then even in its purest form it would behave like it was chock full of impurities, with unpredictable results. No chemical reaction performed in water, from DNA fingerprinting to synthesis of a new drug, would ever work consistently.
But water memory isn’t just bad news for chemists – it would also affect the behaviour of your everyday tap water. One day your glass of water might have a flashback of limonene adding a pleasant hint of citrus fruit, the next it might recall capsaicin giving your water a spicy kick.
No need to worry, things wouldn’t get that far. After all you’re 70% water, life evolved in water and almost all reactions in all living things happen in water. If the primordial soup could have been influenced by non-existent chemicals then there would have been no stable environment for the life to have formed. Thus no life, no evolution and no human beings to dream up homeopathy.
Illustrations are by Martin Parker, chemistry teacher at Ampleforth College.
Mark Lorch does not work for, consult to, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has no relevant affiliations.
