2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR

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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

Let the life and sacrifice of  "JesusChrist"  be a lesson to all mankind . Let it inspire all of us to put our minds  together for the peace of the world

MERRY CHRISTMAS

One day hunger strike

Dr. Hussain Randathani inaugurating one day hunger strike . 

 Valanchery Panchayath President giving lemon juice to end the hunger strike

"Malappuram" means the land of hills . These smaller hills are the aboard of special type of biodiversity . They are significant in the sense that they are the major contributers of drinking water . But they are under high threat of mining and quarrying .

  The oriole nature club members of MES KVM College Valanchery under the guidance of Prof . M . Zeenath deeply concerned about the alarming situation visited various such sites decided to conduct a one day hunger strike to open the eyes of public and government missionary on 21/12/2011,near community hall ,Bus stand Valanchery . There was a high participation of  various environmental activists.  

ORIOLE NATURE CLUB

TEAM ORIOLE agitating against land mining in valanchery 

Prof. M Zeenath leading the team

Lunar Eclipse (10/12/11)

Todays Lunar Eclipse (10/12/11)Photo

STUDY TOUR - 2011-12

Department of zoology conducted study tour for the final year BSc students to Thiruvananthapuram & Kanyakumari

RELEASE OF OSHADHA BODHI

Release of "OSHADA BODHI" (A hand book on medicinal plants)  & CD ROM prepared by Citizen's science forum

Release of OSHADHA BODHI(A hand written book prepared by CSF)by Mr. S.Sivadas (DFO , Silent valley Division , Mannarkkad)  by giving the copy to Prof.K.P.Hassan

Release of CDROM ( on medicinal plants prepared by CSF )by Prof. K.P. Hassan by giving the copy to Mr. M. Unnikrishnan (Secretary , Kuttippuram Sub_dist Science Club Assosiation )

PHOTO EXHIBITION & SEMINAR (11/11/11)

"Photo Exhibition & Seminar" conducted by Forestry club in association with Kerala Forest Department (Mannarkkad Division )

Inaugural speech by S.Sivadas(DFO , Silent valley Division , Mannarkkad)

Students watching the exhibits

PHOTO EXHIBITION & SEMINAR

"Photo Exhibition & Seminar conducted by Forestry club in association with Kerala Forest Department (Mannarkkad Division ) & Release of OSHADA BODHI (A hand book on medicinal plants) prepared by Citizen's science forum MESKVM On 11/11/11 at 9:30AM"

BAKRID WISHES

 Best wishes on the day of "Festival of Sacrifice "
                                     TeamPHEROMONES

Citizen's science forum

Release of OSHADA BODHI (A hand book on medicinal plants) prepared by Citizen's science forum MESKVM On 11/11/11 at 9:30AM"

ഓഷധ ബോധി

സിറ്റിസണ്‍ സയന്‍സ് ഫോറം

എം ഇ എസ് കെ വി എം  കോളേജ്

വളാഞ്ചേരി

KERALA FORMATION DAY

NOVEMBER 1st 2011

55th  year 

"Wishes for all Malayalees"

OBSERVATION OF MENTAL HEALTH DAY

World Mental Health Day(10/10/2011)

Students attending a seminar in connection with world mental health day at Wagon Tragedy Hall, Tirur

Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant

Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power station currently under construction in Koodankulam in the Tirunelveli district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Project investment cost to India was estimated to be US$ 3.5 billion in a 2001 agreement.

                                         

                                             

Two 1 GW reactors of the VVER-1000 model are being constructed by the Nuclear Power corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and Atomstroyexport. When completed they will become the largest nuclear power generation complex in India producing a cumulative 2 GW of electric power. Both units are water cooled water moderated power reactors. The first was scheduled to start operation in December 2009 and the second one was scheduled for March 2010. Currently, the official projections put unit 1 into operation in June 2011, and unit 2 in March 2012.

Four more reactors are set to be added to this plant under a memorandum of intent signed in 2008. A firm agreement on setting up two more reactors, has been postponed pending the ongoing talks on liability issues. Under an inter-government agreement signed in December 2008 Russia is to supply to India four third generation VVER-1200 reactors of 1170 MW. The nuclear project will be commissioned in April 2011.

When construction began, there was not much opposition against the project. Recently a slew of social workers and environmental activists have begun protests. They said the population density was too high . Protestors cite the examples like Chernobyl Russia.

They also quote the current Japan Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster during the Tsunami that affected Japan. The recent nuclear incident at Marcoule, southern France has further aggravated the protest. The protestors also say that, Germany and many other countries are reconsidering their nuclear energy policy. Japan has begun a similar discussion. The key debate will revolve around the question of relative risk posed by nuclear power plant in comparison to short and long term risk posed by current use of non-renewable energy sources such as coal.

There is also fear that the fish and other life inside the sea will be affected by the water discharged from the nuclear reactor into the Bay of Bengal]. The area around the Koodankulam reactor is home to a lot of small scale fishermen.The fear is that they might be affected[Reference Required]. However the health risk posed by nuclear reactor is taken seriously by the scientific community and safety mechanisms are being created and updated regularly to meet national and International standards,Renowned astronomer and former Greenpeace members like Patrick Moore have supported nuclear energy as a safe and clean alternative energy strategy to mitigate the effects of climate change.

The protest is as of now of a non-violent nature. However, the present Tamilnadu government have defended the Koodankulam project On September 22, 2011, the Tamil Nadu cabinet passed a resolution urging the Centre to halt the work on the plant until the fears of the local population over the safety of the plant are allayed.

People recently claimed that it would be very safe if the plant can be moved to a place near CHENNAI which has well locality near sea. so that the distribution of energy will be good enough and the loss will be minimal and this is under consideration by the government.

Wild Life Week

World wildlife week is celebrating from  2/10/2011 to 8/10/ 2011

 

Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated  to mark the occasion of the birthday of Mohandas Gandhi, the "Father of the Nation." He was born on October 2, 1869. Hence Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated every year on the 2nd of October. It is one of the three official declared National Holidays of India and is observed in all Indian states and union territories. The United Nations General Assembly announced on 15 June 2007 that it adopted a resolution which declared that the 2nd of October will be celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence.

Leptospirosis

     

Leptospirosis (also known as Weil's disease, Weil's syndrome, canicola fever, canefield fever, nanukayami fever, 7-day fever, Rat Catcher's Yellows, Fort Bragg fever, and Pretibial fever) is a disease known to cause heating up and causing redness of the hands. It is caused by infection with bacteria of the genus Leptospira, and affects humans as well as other mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles.

The disease was first described by Adolf Weil in 1886 when he reported an "acute infectious disease with enlargement of spleen, jaundice and nephritis". Leptospirapost mortem renal tissue slice. In 1908, Inada and Ito first identified it as the causative organism and in 1916 noted its presence in rats. was first observed in 1907 from a

Though recognised among the world's most common diseases transmitted to people from animals, leptospirosis is nonetheless a relatively rare bacterial infection in humans. The infection is commonly transmitted to humans by allowing water that has been contaminated by animal urine to come in contact with unhealed breaks in the skin, the eyes, or with the mucous membranes. Outside of tropical areas, leptospirosis cases have a relatively distinct seasonality with most of them occurring August–September/February–March.

OZONE DAY OBSERVATION(16/09/2011)

BY ORIOLE NATURE CLUB



"Beats Of Life"(September edition )

OZONE DAY- 2011

NOT TOO LATE

BUT IF NOT NOW

THEN WHEN ?

ONASHAMSAKAL

Pookalam of Zoology Department

First prize winner of pookalam competition held on 02/09/2011

Aadhar Number UID Card Project in India

For Enrollment-form : Click Here


What is Aadhaar?
Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique number which the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will issue for all residents. The number will be stored in a centralised database and linked to the basic demographics and biometric information – photograph, ten fingerprints and iris – of each individual.
                          Aadhaar will be Easily verifiable in an online, cost-effective way Unique and robust enough to eliminate the large number of duplicate and fake identities in government and private databases
A random number generated, devoid of any classification based on caste, creed, religion and geography

The information related to the physical attributes of a person like finger prints, facial features and iris are known as ‘Biometric’ information.
The UIDAI has decided to collect the following pieces of biometric information from the enrolls/Residents:
* Facial image

* Iris – both eyes

* Finger prints of all fingers.

Finger prints are captured in the following sequence:


1. Left hand four finger slap
2. Right hand four finger slap
3. Capture of both the thumbs