ISRO , Indian space & research organization has launched Bhuvan, a satellite mapping tool similar to Google Earth and Wikimapia.

Bhuvan was launched on 12th August 2009.

Bhuvan offers resolution up to 5 metres and is said to be a competitor to Google Earth.

“Bhuvan will be able to give you an image from only 10 meters away”, isro spokesman said.

Check the Official site www.bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in

Bhuvan can take closer pictures of the Indian Subcontinent as compared to the Google Earth.

Instructions to Download Bhuvan

Click link http://bhuvan2.nrsc.gov.in/Bhuvan/WebClient/PresentationLayer/WebClient/index.aspx

Step 1: Open link
Step 2: Register
Step 3: Login
Step 4: Download plugin and run
Step 5: Again click Above link

Bhuvan is capable of taking a zoom level of up to 10 meters, while Google Earth features a zoom level of up to 200 meters.

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Swine flu is spreading like wild fire in India.

Indian Yoga Guru and Herbal Specialist Swami Baba Ramdeo claims that Swine flu is caused by the lack of resistant power inside our bodies.

He has suggested some tips to save ourselves from the deadly swine flu so below is the list of remedies which claim to treat or prevent Swine flu.

Giloy / Giloy Herb

Take GILOY herb (AMTA) one foot long branch and seven leaf of TULSI and mix it and collect juice of this mixture in a vessel. Boil this juice and drink it. This herbal juice will increase our body resistant up to three times. By which we can “save” from H1N1 Flu.

Nilgiri oil

Use Nilgiri Oil drops on handkerchiefs and masks and inhale regularly as one of the preventive measures against swine flu.

The Perseid meteor shower is happening tonight between midnight to 5 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12. It will be visible in most of North America.

Late Tuesday night is an option as well.

The Perseids are bits of debris from the Comet Swift-Tuttle. Every year around August the Earth passes through these debris streams.

“They are typically fast, bright and occasionally leave persistent trains,” says a SPACE.com Columnist. “And every once in a while, a Perseid fireball will blaze forth, bright enough to be quite spectacular and more than capable to attract attention even in bright moonlight.”

God has a show in store for tonight for those who are up or wish to stay up. Remember, to give credit where credit is due.

The best times to watch:

1. between midnight and dawn Wednesday

2. 4am-5am EST.

3. 1-2am PST

4. After daybreak in Europe.

A typhoon is pummeling Taiwan causing the worst flooding in 50 years, not to mention hotels fleeing, um, tumbling into the sea.

Emergency supplies are being delivered by bicycle.  How would you like that job?

“Hey Wang! The hotel fell into the sea from the winds. Would you mind taking this food on your bicycle to the residents who are stuck out in the winds and raging sea?”

Morakat means ‘emerald’ in Thai.

It means havoc, craziness, death, missing people in Taiwan right now.

Let’s hope casualties are kept to a minimum.

The lucky man who actually gets to sit in this amazing Treetop Office is the designer itself — Peter Frazier, a custom experience consultant who chiseled out this monumental office amongst the trees above Chuckanut Bay in Bellingham, Washington.

This lofted cube serves as an office and a guest room (who would not want to be his guest) with a green roof atop. And not only does it look stunning, it’s also doing its little deed to protecting the environment as Peter doesn’t need to commute while his office won’t pollute.

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The Greenpeace report — Slaughtering the Amazon — that reveals how supply chains for a number of footwear companies intersect with the deforestation in the Amazon Biome  has left a lasting impact on a few companies .

It was Nike first that issued an order to its suppliers that it will not use the leather coming from the cattle raised in Amazon Biome. Nike ordered its suppliers to create a leather tracking system by July1,2010. Following in the footsteps of Nike, it is Timberland that has vowed to clean up its leather supply chain ensuring that it will not contribute to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in any manner.

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The first swine flu death in Indiahas been reported in Pune, where Riya Shiekh, a 14-year old schoolgirl died at the local hospital.

The city of Pune in India

A resident of Pune’s Camp area, the little girl has been admitted to the private Jehangir hospital on July 27. Two days later she has been taken to ICU and put on a ventilator. Another two days later, on July 31, Riya tested positive for swine flu only to die on August 3.

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