Monthly Archives: June 2016

Calculator girl awarded for two new records in maths

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Kanpur:

Dilpreet Kaur, known as ‘Calculator girl’ was presented the certificate by Limca Book of Records for creating two more new records including a World record and a National record on Thursday. The certificates were presented by district magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma in Civil Lines area of the city.

Dilpreet, a resident Gumti area of the city, had solved one digit hundred row addition in just 15.81 seconds, which is a World record and two-digit 50 row addition in just 21.08 seconds which comes under National record category of Limca Book of Records. “In just 15.81 seconds, the little girl solved the complex sum breaking the previous World record of 19.23 seconds, which was of Spain,” said Anant Kasibhatla, member of the Limca Book of Records team.

Similarly, she solved two-digit 50 row addition in just 11.23 seconds thus registering her name for another National record, he added.

A student of class VIII at Huddard High School in Civil Lines area of the city, Dilpreet started solving maths problems when she was in class II. “She started exhibiting her talent from her early childhood,” said Dilpreet’s father Manjeet Singh. “Looking at her passion for complex subject like Maths we did our best to support her,” he added.

Dilpreet, who solves around 5,000 Maths problems daily, credits her parents, who are into teaching profession, as her inspiration.

“I want to become a world class Mathematician,” said Dilpreet, further adding that she wants to join the IIT.
“To improve her skills, we guided her to follow ancient abacus theory for solving multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, square root and cube root. But, we did not know that her hard work would set a new record,” her mother Simran Kaur told TOI. Earlier, she had solved 100 division sums in just 96 seconds and got herself registered for the Limca Book of Records on June 20, 2015. She had also solved 1,000 sums of division in just 17 minutes.

District magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma among others, witnessed the creation of these two records.

“We all are proud of Dilpreet and wish her a great career ahead as she has miles to go,” said KB Vincent principal Huddard High School. “District magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma had also assured Dilpreet to get some time from Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for exhibiting her talent in front of him,” said Dilpreet’s parents.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Kanpur / Faiz Siddiqui / TNN / June 17th, 2016

Woman delivers 2 babies at 2 railway stations

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Lucknow:

Twenty-five-year-old Pooja Mishra would never forget her journey onboard Kashi Vishwanath Express on Tuesday, especially the distance between Lucknow’s Alamnagar and Charbagh.

Pooja gave birth to a pair of twins, the time difference between the two being 10 minutes. It is also the approximate time taken to travel from Charbagh to Alamnagar.

Elaborating, Lucknow station master Arun Kumar Dohrey said, “Pooja was travelling along with her husband Sanjay Kumar on the Kashi Vishwanath Express from Ghaziabad to Varanasi.”

A little before Alamnagar, he said, Pooja experienced labour pains, which her husband conveyed to the TTE and coach attendant.

The same information was sent to the control room at Lucknow station. “At Alamnagar, Pooja gave birth to a boy.

Then, as the train moved into Charbagh station, and the medical team prepared to administer medicines and first aid to Pooja, a girl was born,” the Lucknow station master said, adding that Dr MK Sakharwal, along with nursing team, attended to Pooja when she arrived at Lucknow station.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Lucknow / TNN / June 22nd, 2016

Rare text on earthquakes waits to be translated

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Allahabad:

With government agencies and scientists concerned about the damage caused by earthquakes worldwide, there have been many attempts to identify the signals nature sends out before such occurrences.

In this backdrop, a manuscript, which is the conversation between Parasara and Gautama Rishi (sage) on laksana (symptoms) of Bhukampa (tremors) as mentioned in Matsya Puran (epic), is kept in the galleries of National Mission for Manuscript Delhi. The rare manuscript, if deciphered, could be of vital importance.

Titled ‘Bhukampalaksana’, this 8-page book was first found in the shelves of a library in Kashmir.

Talking about the manuscript, N C Kara, coordinator at the mission who was in the city for a 21-day workshop organised by Central Library of Allahabad University, said this manuscript was preserved in the department of municipal cooperation, Karnanagar, Kashmir.

He said the material of this rare manuscript is handmade paper and is written in Sharada script, the language of the manuscript being Sanskrit. Till today, however, the 8 pages of this book are waiting to be deciphered by a scholar well-versed in the Sharda script.

Beginning of the manuscript is missing as it could have got mixed with other manuscripts. “We would be initiating the process of search for the remaining parts of this rare manuscript and also for finding a scholar who could decipher this,” said Kar.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Allahabad / by Rajeev Mani / TNN / June 16th, 2016