NatGEO: 2018

Saturday, 29 December 2018

Here’s all That you Want to Know About the Statue of Unity

World’s tallest, the Statue of Unity is an honorable tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the Iron Man of India. Overlooking...

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10 Interesting Things to do in Kerala that you shouldn’t miss trying!

Kerala and its tourist places have always been something that makes traveling a heartening experience. Pampered a little extra by...

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Indian Tourism Ministry Develops new Guide app for 5 Iconic Sites

Indian Tourism Ministry plans to boost its potential by developing a mobile application to be an audio-video guide. The proposal...

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Luxury Cruises in India to Sail on the Eastern Coast

The growing popularity of luxury cruises in India is further picking pace. As in the Western Coast of the country,...

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Best Things to do in Gujarat for Unforgettable Memories

The frontiers of West India, especially Gujarat has earned its position among the best holiday destinations in India. Owing to...

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NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Return to Earth After 197-Day Mission in Space

Three members of the International Space Station’s Expedition 57 crew, including NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, returned to Earth Thursday, safely landing at 12:02 a.m. EST (11:02 a.m. local time) in Kazakhstan.

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12-Day Dwijing Festival in Assam Promoting River Tourism to begin from December 27

Dwijing Festival in Assam enters its 3rd edition this year. The 12-day festival starting from December 27, 2018 to January...

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NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Returns to Earth After 197-Day Mission in Space

Discover The New Routes Leading to Ladakh

Travelers can now take the new routes to Ladakh, the high-altitude cold desert in Jammu and Kashmir. Now, there are...

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Quickly Make a Map Poster From Any Urban Location on Earth

Figuregrounder by Hans Hack is a fun tool that lets you create a simple map poster in seconds.

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3D Map of Puerto Rico’s Forest Shows How Hurricane Maria Reduced Tree Height

Researchers who compared before and after LiDAR measurements of Puerto Rico's tropical forests found that Hurricane Maria damaged or uprooted 40-60% of the tallest trees.

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NASA Administrator Statement on Passing of Rona Ramon

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine about the passing of Rona Ramon, widow of Ilan Ramon:

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Bettina Inclán Named to Head NASA Office of Communications

Bettina Inclán has been named by Administrator Jim Bridenstine to be NASA’s Associate Administrator for Communications.

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NASA Begins America’s New Moon to Mars Exploration Approach in 2018

NASA welcomed a new administrator, Jim Bridenstine, deputy administrator, Jim Morhard, and chief financial officer, Jeff DeWit, in 2018. Their focus is on firmly establishing the groundwork to send Americans back to the Moon sustainably, with plans to use the agency’s lunar experience to prepare to send astronauts to Mars.

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Interesting Geography Facts About the US-Canada Border

Here are some interesting geography facts about the Canada–United States border.

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NASA Sends CubeSats to Space on First Dedicated Launch with US Partner Rocket Lab

A series of new CubeSats now are in space, conducting a variety of scientific investigations and technology demonstrations, following launch Sunday of Rocket Lab’s first mission for NASA under a Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) contract.

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Mapping the Last Wilderness

An international group of scientists led by James E. M. Watson and James R. Allan mapped the world’s remaining terrestrial wilderness in 2016. In 2018, they completed their work by producing a map ofintact ocean ecosystems.

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Indian Nationals get Visa on Arrival Facility when traveling to Myanmar

Indian tourists visiting Myanmar get good news, as they are eligible for the visa on arrival facility. In a recent...

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NASA TV to Air International Space Station Crew Landing

Three residents of the International Space Station, including one NASA astronaut, are scheduled to wrap up their stay aboard the orbital laboratory Wednesday, Dec. 19.

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Industrial Fishing Has a Global Impact on Bird Populations

A study published in Current Biology - from the Sea Around Us project at the University of British Columbia and French National Center for Scientific Research in Montpellier - provides evidence that industrial fishing practices are starving seabirds around the world.

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Things to Do in Jaipur that Will Make You Fall in Love with The ‘Pink City’

Jaipur, a pink jewel in the crown of ‘Rajasthan’ evoke thousands of thoughts about royalty, experiences, hospitality and what not!...

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NASA Contracts for Engineering, Technical Support Services

NASA has selected Analytical Mechanics Associates in Hampton, Virginia, and New Horizons Aeronautics in Chantilly, Virginia, to perform engineering and technical support services (ETSS) for the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.

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NASA Awards Contract for Programmatic, Institutional Assessment Capabilities

NASA has awarded a contract to Booz Allen Hamilton of Houston to provide independent programmatic and institutional assessment capabilities at the agency’s Johnson Space Center, also in Houston.

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NASA’s Newly Arrived OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Already Discovers Water on Asteroid

Recently analyzed data from NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has revealed water locked inside the clays that make up its scientific target, the asteroid Bennu.

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10 Unique Experiences in Auli in Winter

Blissful beyond words, Auli is a charming hill town in Uttarakhand. Although famous as a paradise for skiing lovers, the...

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Famous tourist places to visit in Andhra Pradesh which are a must include on your bucket list

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MANA _ India's last village

A journey with mesmerizing view of river Saraswati flowing in one side and enjoy the feeling of being involved with nature while any one will visit India's last village named as MANA. It is a small hamlet 3 km north of Badrinath, where small village houses, narrow lanes leading up towards mountains are natural scenic beauty.

Location

Mana is about 50 kms from Josimath. Both the Badrinath and Mana is situated at the altitude 3100 mts. The village is covered with snow during winter mid-November onwards and remain inaccessible for few months.

Mythology

Mana is also known as Mani Bhadrashram in Hindu scriptures. Situated on the slope of stabilized debris in the Alakananda at the confluence of two rivers, it was known in the celestial Era,
when Gods roamed the Earth; as Manibhadra Ashram, giving its name Mana; from here one path leads to Kailas (Celestial Abode of Shiva ).

Inhabitants

The region is peopled with the Himalayan semi-nomads with some 150 in numbers who form small group, similar to the Jadhs, and move down, in winter to Josimath and Chamoli, when the village is deserted and covered with a thick blanket of snow.

Mostly Rajputs, the people who are poor, are known as the Marchyas, and have lost their traditional ties with Tibet and China without gaining any substitute. With the mechanization of the roads however, many changes are coming into their way of life.

Women are knitting woolen clothes and every backyard grows vegetables of some kind i.e. sustainable living and few shops are open to make their livelihood a little better.

Mountaineers and tourists visit the area to climb Neelkantha and Chaukhamba, dotted with military posts all along up to the Mana pass on the border, 6.4 km away.

The villagers of Mana are closely linked with the activities of Sri Badrinath temple and annual worship of Mata Murti. On the closing day of temple, a choli is presented by Molpas of Mana to the Deity, to keep Him warm during winter. This is a part of rituals and the choli is spun and woven at Mana.

Its surroundings -

Ghanteswari Temple

It is one of the holy temple situated in village, where large bells are in the ear of Devi and it is believed that anyone tell a lie, the bell will automatically rang soon after.

Keshavprayag

It is situated very near to Mana where Saraswati river make its confluence with Alakananda river through a hanging valley. Rising near mana pass on the border, the Saraswati emerges from a lateral glacier about 3 km from north of MAna and the ancient trade route to tibet goes along its course. During the months from October to May the waters of Saraswati are blue and beautiful, contrasting with colourless waters of the Alkananda.

Bhim Shila

On the outskirts of Mana village there is natural bridge, a huge boulder, lying across the river. The boulder, it is said was put into by lord Bhim, (supposedly where Bhima moved a rock for Draupadi to cross the river) while they were on their way to heaven. The steps which are like the ice formation of the Satopanth glacier are believed to be the "Stairway to Heaven". The Bhimpul or Bhim shila provides a spectacular and awe-inspiring sight at the Saraswati, with deafening roar, thunders down the scrlptured gorge and churns out milky white strands of water. Unfortunately, the bridge has no protective railings.

Vyas Gupha

Along the river side road from Keshovprayag, the cave is situated known as Vyas Gupha where Vyasdev composed the account of the Mahabharat and gave to the world the immortal words of lord Krishna, when he exhorted the unwilling Arjun to plunge into the battle and enunciated the"Bhagvat Geeta" the lord Krishna's philosophy of life. Faithful Ganesh, to whom the poet dictated the words, lived in the adjoining cave. he wrote it is believed, on the massive rocks that abounded in the area, and closely on the outskirts of the cave are the records of the manuscript, piled up one on top of the other.

Vasudhara Falls

Nature has not stinted in lavishing beauty, both awesome and majestic. At the distance of 8 km from the main shrine of Badrinath and 5 km from the Mana village are the extravagantly beautiful and mighty Vasudhara falls where, with a backdrop of snow capped mountains and glaciers and set in an area of rocky heights, the Vishnu Ganga (Alakananda) falls from a height of 145 mts breaking into a myriad crystallize reflection of a rainbow.

Satopanth Tal

The tracking route has extended from Vasudhara falls to glaciated lake known as
Satopanth tal. It is 25 km away from Badrinath with rugged terrain, covered with snow, generally explored by mountaineers with a height of 14000 ft, 1.5 km wide.

It is believed that lord Branbha, Vishnu,Shiva meditated in three corners of this triangulated lake and still do. This lake is known as Holy Trio or Lake of Divinity.

How to reach

This trip can be included with Valley of Flowers trek or while visiting to Badrinath by adding one or two days. You have to reach Josimath.

1. Reach Haridwar by train from your location.
2. Haridwar - Joshimath ( 280 km, appox 10 hours by road, via Rudraprayag will be better)
3. Joshimath - Badrinath (25 km) and Mana (3 km), by hiring car or by public transport.
# Pandukeshwar is an important place where vehicle movement has been controlled in one way in different timings.

Season to visit

May - June is the ideal time to visit but you can also go in last week of October but it become in accessible from mid November. During monsoon though the place receive less rainfall but the road condition may be bad due to landslide upto Badrinath.

Suggested Itinerary

Day 1 - Badrinath to Mana village on the way Keshavprayag, Ghanteswari Temple, Vyas Gupha,

Bhim Shila.

Day 2 - Mana - Vasudhara falls - Mana ( Round trek 10 km) & Badrinath by car.

# Day 3 - Vasudhara falls - Chakratheertha ( Trek 10km)

# Day 4 - Chakratheertha - Satopanth -Chakratheertha ( Round trek 10 km, including glacial walk)

# Day 5 - Chakratheertha - Vasudhara falls - Mana

Accommodation

Its very hard to find any proper accommodation or hotel in Mana as there are few hundreds of people live but one or two homestay can be available.

Its better to drive down for 3 km to Badrinath where numerous modes of accommodation are available like Hotel Devlok, Yatri Niwas, Tourist Rest House of GMVN, Yoga Badrinath, Jagirdar G/House, Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Badrinath Temple G/House etc.

These Wolves in Minnesota are Very Very Territorial

Researchers with the Voyageurs Wolf Project released maps showing 68,000 GPS-locations of seven wolves being tracked.

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NASA InSight Lander 'Hears' Martian Winds

NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander, which touched down on Mars just 10 days ago, has provided the first ever "sounds" of Martian winds on the Red Planet. A media teleconference about these sounds will be held today at 12:30 p.m. EST (9:30 a.m. PST).

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NASA TV to Air ‘Spirit of Apollo’ Tribute from National Cathedral

This month marks the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 8 mission, which was the first to bring humans to another world as they orbited the Moon on Christmas Eve, 1968.

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Coverage Set for Russian Spacewalk at International Space Station

Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station at 11 a.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 11, to conduct a six-hour spacewalk.

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NASA Highlights Asteroid Bennu, Earth’s Polar Ice at AGU Meeting

NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Dec. 10-14 in Washington.

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NASA Sends New Research, Hardware to Space Station on SpaceX Mission

Experiments in forest observation, protein crystal growth and in-space fuel transfer demonstration are heading to the International Space Station following the launch Wednesday of SpaceX’s 16th mission for NASA under the agency’s Commercial Resupply Services contract.

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How to Make Map Ornaments and Christmas Decorations

If you want to lend a geographic touch to your Christmas celebrations, check out these ingenious crafting ideas for making Christmas decorations and ornaments from old and printable maps.

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Florida Students to Speak with First Cuban-American Astronaut on Space Station

Elementary school students from Florida will talk live this week with the first Cuban-American astronaut to live and work aboard the International Space Station.

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UN Environment 2018 Emissions Gap Report Looks at How Effective Countries are at Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The UN Environment 2018 Emissions Gap Report has calculated the lengths countries who have pledged to reduce their emissions must go in order for their efforts to be effective.

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NASA'S OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Arrives at Asteroid Bennu

NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft completed its 1.2 billion-mile (2 billion-kilometer) journey to arrive at the asteroid Bennu Monday.

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NASA Astronaut Anne McClain and Crewmates Arrive Aboard Space Station

Three crew members are adjusting to life on the International Space Station after a successful launch and docking of their Russian Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft Monday.

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NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Set for New Space Station Mission After Abort

NASA astronaut Nick Hague, who was forced to abort his recent mission to the International Space Station, is scheduled to launch again Feb. 28, 2019, from the Baikonour Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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NASA Administrator Statement on Passing of George H.W. Bush

The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine about the passing of former President George Herbert Walker Bush:

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India is the centrepiece of Oppo's global growth strategy: India president Charles Wong

Wong's comments follow the departure of the company’s India managing director Yi Wang amid widening of losses and intense competition in India. Analysts attributed the losses to high marketing spends in the country.

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NASA Awards Optical Telescope Assembly for Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope Mission

NASA has awarded a contract to Harris Corporation of Rochester, New York, for the Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA) for the agency’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission.

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Instagram's new feature allows users to share Stories with a select group

Starting today, users can create a list of their close friends and share more personal moments with them. This feature will be available on Instagram's iOS and Android apps.

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Two New Domestic Cruises to be Launched in Mumbai

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PhonePe users can now directly book IRCTC train tickets on the app

PhonePe has partnered IRCTC to launch a micro-app on its platform, three months after signing a deal to facilitate digital payments on IRCTC app.

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Grab, Go-Jek wage street fight for SE Asia 'super-app' supremacy

The goal is to become the indispensable "super-app" for countries with a collective population of over 650 million

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Oppo India MD quits amid widening losses, intense competition in market

Oppo Mobiles' India managing director, Yi Wang, has stepped down from the post amid widening losses for the Chinese smartphone maker and growing competition in the local market.

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Vivo plans to invest over Rs 4,000 crore in India

Vivo’s existing plant over 50 acres in Greater Noida has completely localised production, with even components such as printed circuit boards being manufactured locally. The company has invested Rs 300 crore in this facility.

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Are Chinese video apps violating the Indian law?

The apps have benefited mightily from the short-video craze that’s taken hold among preteens and adolescents but this is putting them in danger from predators, experts said.

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NASA Announces New Partnerships for Commercial Lunar Payload Delivery Services

Nine U.S. companies now are eligible to bid on NASA delivery services to the lunar surface through Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contracts, as one of the first steps toward long-term scientific study and human exploration of the Moon and eventually Mars.

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NASA TV to Air Next International Space Station Crew Launch, Docking

Three space travelers, including two astronauts on their first flight, are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Monday, Dec. 3 for a six-and-a-half month mission.

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Ad buyers skeptical as Snap looks beyond teens for growth

Wooing older people to Snapchat, known for disappearing messages and cartoon selfie photo filters, could alienate its cult following of youngsters, ad buyers have warned the company

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WhatsApp to add two new features in the next beta update

The features are reportedly available for Android users with beta versions 2.18.362 and 2.18.363, respectively along with iOS users.

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Odisha Tourism set to Gain International Footfall With New Campaign “Odisha by Day, Hockey by Night”

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Indian smartphone sales grew a record 26% during Diwali, online channels sell half the devices

The top three smartphone brands - Xiaomi, Samsung and Realme - captured 57% of the overall Diwali festive season smartphone sales.

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Xiaomi India nears Rs 23,000 cr in revenue within 4 years of operations

Xiaomi, which has unseated Samsung from volume leadership in the smartphone market in late 2017 and has now unshackled the TV industry with aggressive pricing, is bigger in revenue than combined sales of local operations of Sony and Panasonic.

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NASA Provides Live Coverage of Spacecraft Arrival at Asteroid That May Have Answers to the Origin of our Solar System

NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is scheduled to rendezvous with its targeted asteroid, Bennu, on Monday, Dec. 3 at approximately noon EST.

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NASA Television to Air Launch of Next Space Station Resupply Mission

NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 1:38 p.m. EST Tuesday, Dec. 4, for the launch of its 16th resupply mission to the International Space Station.

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NASA Awards Employee Relocation Services Contract

NASA has awarded a contract to Franconia Real Estate Services, Inc., doing business as Allegiance Government Relocation, of Woodbridge, Virginia, to provide employee relocation services for the agency.

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GPS

GPS (Global Positioning System ) is a satellite based technique where 24 satellite, currently 30 satellites are used in 6 orbits to monitor entire earth surface. It not only helps to identify exact location of any place but also very useful for different military activities.

Theses all information are quite well known fact about GPS but today we will discuss about GPS device and how it works and its extensive use in our daily life.

GPS Mechanism - The network has been set up by 30 satellites orbitting around the earth with an altitude of 20000 kms. Among these satellites atleast 3 will coincide with their network and send their data regarding latitude, longitude and height of the place from MSL. This operation is based on a simple mathematical principle called Trilateration.

These satellites will rotate around the earth in sun-synchronous manner with a definite interval. Now the signals which are sent to the device in a speed of light will be processed in a few seconds and display the designated data. GPS satellites have atomic clocks to keep accurate time.

Device Mechanism - Our ancestors did a great job to frame a map by doing extreme level of calculation and measurements. Now a days we can easily find out any place over the earth surface without knowing them well by help of a small device called GPS receiver.

There are 27 satellites ( 24 are in operation and 3 are extra) orbiting the Earth by making two complete rotation in a day from the height of approx 20000 kms from MSL. A GPS receiver's job is to locate 4 or more satellites, find out their distance from each of them and finally find out it's own location. To do this receiver has to know two things -

1. The location of at least 3 satellites
2. The distance between the device and each of those satellites.

The GPS receiver figure out these two things by analyzing high frequency, low power radio signals from satellites. These radio waves are electromagnetic energy which travel at a speed of light. The receiver can calculate how far the signals has traveled by timing how long it took to arrive. Satellites start transmitting the signals in the form of pseudo-random code and receivers start to receive the same with a little lag of time which is exactly equals to travel time of the signals. The receiver multiplies this time by the speed of light to determine how far the signal traveled.

In order to do this measurement the satellite and receiver's clock have to be synchronized down to the nanosecond. To make satellite positioning system by using synchronized clock, both the devices and satellite have to use atomic clock which are very expensive. To overcome this problem the device resets its clock to be in synchronize with satellite's atomic clock. The receiver does it constantly whenever its remain on, which means accuracy become as atomic clocks used in satellites.

Once the receiver able to do this calculation , it can tell you Lat. , Long. , and Altitude of your current position. To make this navigation more user friendly, most receivers plug this raw data into map files stored in memory. A standard GPS receiver will not only place you on a map at any particular location, but will also trace your path across a map as you move. If you leave your receiver on, it can stay in constant communication with GPS satellites to see how your location is changing.

Application in Daily life - Such GPS systems are used widely in navigation purposes like live mapping, tracking any gadgets, cab driving and many more. Here are some few possibilities and benefits in our busy and hectic life.

1. Know where your children are using GPS tracker device with them
2. Keep tracking of your elder family members in their trip, so that they don't wander off alone.
3. Book a cab like UBER using GPS and know their location when you are in rush.
4. Track your electronic gadgets like mobile phone, camera, laptops if lost them in some where.
5. Plan a road trip around interesting points, landmarks with a specific track by helping GPS devices.
6. Get emergency road side assistance with traffic updates for reaching a place within a short time.
7. In aviation and shipping transport GPS is widely used in state of Radar for navigation.
8. Find different amusement points easily like restaurants, movie points, park, museum etc with an associate route direction in pre-loaded maps like google map.
9. With the help of GPS surveying landscapes, buildings and large infrastructure can be done easily. Also it is used in mapping sector, including aerial mapping GIS.

Such GPS devices and trackers are available in different online and offline stores in worldwide in a cheap rate and some recent smartphones can also be used as GPS device with their in built technology.

Snapchat launches Discover in India with 10 new partners

This is the first time Snapchat has offered local publisher content in India, and follows recent announcements of other expanded Discover offerings within the last month in the UK, France, Germany, Norway, and the Middle East.

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Chinese smartphone brand Comio to exit India

Comio had entered India in September 2017 and had plans to invest over Rs 500 crore in the country by 2019, including manufacturing, R&D and marketing.

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Xiaomi in active talks with two new component partners for local production: Manu Jain

Xiaomi is in active discussions with two more component partners to set up factories to support its growing operations in the country, especially its smartphones business where it has emerged as the market leader.

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NASA Awards Launch Range Operations Services Contract

NASA has awarded a contract to LJT and Associates Inc. of Columbia, Maryland, to provide launch range operations support at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia.

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NASA Administrator to Announce New Moon to Mars Partnerships with US Companies

NASA invites media to its headquarters in Washington for the announcement of new Moon partnerships with American companies at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 29.

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Lenovo's India smartphone sales at Rs 6,881 crore for FY18

Lenovo’s profit last fiscal was Rs 95 crore as compared with Rs 105 crore in FY17, reflecting the profitability of the PC business.

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The Insider’s Guide to Best Honeymoon Destinations in Europe

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Climate Change Impacting Sea Turtles

What Mass Audobon describes as a, “weather system of gale force winds” is now causing frozen turtles to wash up on New England beaches.

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NASA InSight Lander Arrives on Martian Surface to Learn What Lies Beneath

Mars has just received its newest robotic resident.

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Chopta Valley is a hill station located in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand state of India. The most beautiful scenic beauty of this place is the green valley at the height of around 2750 mts.

It offers you majestic view of snow covered Himalayan ranges with blue sky from lush green medows.

There are few sight scenes around this valley and it is noted as the starting point of Tungnath temple and Chandrashila.

Chopta and its surroundings-

Tungnath -

It is the highest temple of Lord Shiva situated at the height of some 3600 mts. and also known as one of the famous panch kedar shrines i.e. Kedarnath, Tungnath, Rudranath, Madhyamaheswar and Kalpeshwar. Apart of this unprecedented Himalayan view is simply unexplainable.

Chandrashila -

It will give you mesmerising 360 degree view of Himalayan mountain peak like Nanda Devi, Kedar, Chaukhamba etc from a height od 4000 mts. It is 1 km from Tungnath and 3 km from chopta valley through trecking. According to Indian mythology it is the place where Lord Rama meditated after defeating Ravana.

Deoria Tal -

It is a glaciated lake formed by glacial erosion in ancient times and located 3 km from Sari village of Chopta. It will give you panoramic view of different peaks like Bandarpunch, Nilkantha, Kalang, Kedar etc.

How to Reach -

Chopta is a hilly village located on the route of Rudraprayag - Ukhimath - Gopeshwar highway NH58. It can also be reached by road through Ukhimath to Joshimath. It is 40 km away from Ukhimath, 63 km from Rudraprayag and 225 km away from Haridwar which will take 9-10 hours to reach.

By Road Chopta can be reached from either Ukhimath, or from Rudraprayag or from Haridwar through motorable road (NH 58). Garhwal Himalayan bus services are also available to connect Ukhimath with Joshimath by which one can reach Chopta.

By Train any one can reach upto Rishikesh 209 km away from Chopta and then avail cars, bus for it.

By Air you have to reach Jolly Grant airport located in Dehradun 226 km away and the avail cars, taxis to reach either Rishikesh, Rudraprayag, Ukhimath.

As per my opinion by road or train will be better than airways.

Best time to visit in Chopta is October to December and for snow trekking is January to March.

Package - Different tour packages like travelling, trekking, camping are available from Rs 1500/- to 4200/- by Garhwal tours or Uttarakhand Tourism.

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