Ibrahim Jaffar-Arctic Seas Are Becoming Acidic Rapidly Due to Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Research

Scientists from Norway's Center for International Climate and Environmental Research in their report unveiled that the Arctic seas are becoming acidic rapidly because of carbon dioxide emissions. Widespread changes were observed in the ocean chemistry of Arctic. 

The scientists explained that even if the carbon dioxide emissions stopped; it would still take thousands of years for the chemistry of Arctic Ocean to revert back to the pre-industrial levels. 
A lot of creatures such as the commercially important fishes would be affected because of this. The scientists additionally forecasted that a lot of changes in marine ecosystem will also take place. But what these changes would be is hard to tell. 

It is an already established fact that the carbon dioxide leads to warming of the plant, but it is not known to a lot of people that it also make the alkaline seas even more acidic when these seas absorb carbon dioxide from air. This absorption is faster in cold waters and therefore the Arctic sea is very vulnerable. It is worth noticing that the recent decrease in the summer sea ice exposed the sea surface to atmospheric carbon dioxide. 

The vulnerability of Arctic is intensified because of the increasing flow of freshwater from the melting land ice and rivers. This is so because freshwater is not that effective at neutralising the acidifying effects of carbon dioxide. 

Nordic Seas are other seas that are acidifying over range of depths, quickly in the surface waters as well as slowly in the deep waters. 

Ibrahim Jaffar-Nevada Became First US State to Legalise Online Casino

Nevada, in the month of April 2013, became the first US State that allowed its residents to play online poker for money, legally. Online Poker gained legitimacy in Nevada in February 2013. Other states that will legalise online poker soon in US are Delaware and New Jersey. 

The Nevada Gaming Control Board issued the 30-day license to enable the websites for competing against each other for the customers. The first legal online poker website to go live in Nevada is UltimatePoker.com. Ultimate Poker is the subsidiary of Station Casinos that operate 16 casinos in Las Vegas. 

US authorities claimed that online gambling can generate billions of dollars. Every year, around 10 million US citizens play online poker. However the sites are all offshore, which means that federal authorities as well as state make no money at all. 

US had imposed a ban on online gambling in 2006, but the rules could be relaxed now. 

Rules for playing online poker legally

• Under Nevada license’s terms, the players should be at least 21 years of age.
• The players should be the residents of Nevada. 

In the year 2010, a research conducted by Gambling Commission found out that there were approximately 450000 problem gamblers in UK. They had an average debt of 17500 pound. 

The first online casino of the world was created 20 years ago by the Microgaming Software Systems, which are based on Isle of Man.

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Ibrahim Jaffar-Official Online Portal of INTRA-IPS Launched in New Delhi

The official online portal of INTRA-IPS was launched by S. Jayaraman (Special Secretary-Internal Security), Ministry of Home Affairs at New Delhi on 8 April 2013. The address of the INTRA-IPS online portal is http://intraips.gov.in.

Features of this new online portal are as follows:

The online portal will facilitate information about the Indian Police Service Civil List, Immovable Property Returns, Latest notifications/circulars, Rules, Police Medal Awardees list etc. related to all IPS officers all over India.

The Ministry of Home Affairs will issue new e-mail addresses to All Indian Police Service (IPS) officers.

Knowledge Management System (KMS) will also be a part of the online portal. In this KMS, the IPS officers will be facilitated to upload as well as share the knowledge resources, which according to them are fruitful for the IPS community.

Ibrahim jaffar-Railway Budget New Plans and Schemes

According to Ibrahim jaffar news Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal presented the Union Railway Budget for 2013-14 in Lok Sabha on 26 February 2013. Some of the New Plans and Schemes proposed in Railway Budget 2013-14 are as under:

• Proposal for setting up of Railway Tariff Regulatory Authority formulated and at inter-ministerial consultation stage.
• To provide a memorable experience to the visitors especially the children, a revamp plan will be rolled out for National Railway Museum in 2013-14.
• To create a corpus for meeting IR’s committed liabilities for debt servicing of JICA and World Bank loans taken for the DFC Project, it is proposed to set up a new Debt Service Fund.
• In order to meet the growing demand, 72 additional services in Mumbai and 18 in Kolkata are being introduced. Besides, rake length is being increased from 9 cars to 12 cars for 80 services in Kolkata and 30 services in Chennai.
• A target to complete 500 km of new lines has been set for 2013-14.
• There is target to convert 450 km of MG/NG lines to broad gauge during 2013-14. 
• Announcement of  resumption of work on new line projects of Chickmagalur - Sakleshpur and Bengaluru - Satyamangalam, which were pending for want of resources and other mandatory clearances, after State Government of Karnataka agreed to give land free of cost and bear 50% of the cost.

Ibrahim jaffar- National Science Day was Celebrated Countrywide

According to ibrahim jaffar National Science Day: It is celebrated every year in India on 28 February 2013.
National Science Day was observed on 28 February 2013. The theme of 2013 was Genetically Modified Crops and Food Security. The day is observed on the 28th of February every year to popularise science and its applications among school and college students. National Science Day is observed in honour of Nobel laureate and physicist CV Raman’s discovery of the Raman Effect, which he announced on this day in 1928.

Various activities like debates, quiz competitions, exhibitions and lectures were organised to mark the occasion.
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3-Week-Old White Tiger Cub Died At National Zoological Park, Delhi-Ibrahim jaffar

According to Ibrahim jaffar
New Delhi, National Zoological Park: A White Tiger cub died here on 1 February 2013.

One out of two recently born white tiger cubs died in Delhi zoo on 1 February 2013. Two white tiger cubs were born in January 2013. Now the zoo has two adult male white tigers as well as five adult females. 

One of the female white tiger was agreed to be exchanged with the cougar pair in Russia’s Zoo. The white tiger cub was small enough for the authorities to even determine its gender. With the birth of these twin white tigers, it was for the first time that zoo crossed the number of white tigers as conservation breeding programme part.

Cyber World or the Real World?- Ibrahim jaffar

The Youth and their Perspective on Spatial Development

By Ibrahim jaffar

Internet has evolved from being a mere search engine; it has become a “sanctuary” for the youth of today. Facebook and Twitter are only some of the social networking sites that have their young minds preoccupied: they post status updates about the new kid on the block, they blog when they want to rant about bad grades or heartaches, they send “tweets” or short messages to their idols to get an “RT” (re-tweet), and post pictures of things they own on Instagram. The addicting routine of typing and clicking has the average teenager voluntarily confine himself/herself in the comfort of his/her room. But is this enough to completely rob the youth of the vision to see beyond their laptop computers? Do they even have the time – and the heart – to make a difference in the city they live in?

A series of participatory workshops conducted by Sintana Vergara and Julianne Baker Gallegos of World Bank proved that not all members of the youth sector have fallen prey to the allures of the cyber world.  In an effort to find out what attributes the youth want to see in his/her respective city come 2025, Vergara and Gallegos interviewed low-income to professional youth of age 15 to 30, residing in Tokyo, Manila, Bangkok, and Washington DC. In the course of the workshops, the interviewees were made to describe their city using just one word, answer questions about how they visualize their city in pairs, and asked to submit photos that depict the city they live in.

My faith in today’s younger generation was restored upon seeing the results of the study. Majority of the participants actually desire to affect change in their communities – some even came up with individual actions on how to implement these changes. These actions all depend on the unique experiences the interviewees have as members of society. The results also showed that the youth want their cities to eventually practice sustainable consumption, grant its citizens mobility, be habitable, be secure, be free of pollution, be run by competent government officials, be resilient, provide basic necessities and opportunities to the citizens, and to exhibit high levels of human capital. Each attribute previously listed were heavily influenced by what the youth feels is missing from his/her beloved city. Those from Manila and Washington DC, for example, ranked poverty and access to basic commodities and opportunities as the most important attributes of the said cities.

The advent of technology brought with it convenience, and a string of possibilities that continues to bridge gaps and make differences across the globe. Power has definitely shifted to our fingertips, giving us the chance to do great things with it. Looking at the big picture, it is the youth who has the bigger responsibility, as every choice he/she makes may lead to a reshaping of the physical and systemic aspects of the nation. In a world that has fast been engulfed by an all-encompassing “net”, knowing that its future leaders still harbor the dream of making the world a better place to live in is, in itself, a reassuring nod to those of us who have been doing our duty to maintain stability in our own communities.

Reference: Global youth assert their visions for the city of 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2012, at http://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/global-youth-assert-their-visions-for-the-city-of-2025

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