विमल किशोर

Science enthusiast, Proud and Unapologetic Hindu, I love to explore Science, Culture & History related subjects, Vegetarian, Dreamer

[Shekhar Mande @shekhar_mande]

So the plot thickens :-)

Nature retracted a paper in 2011, which was originally published in 1940 & 42, and its author none other than the legendary Max Planck. But now, Nature has restored the two papers- human error!

@Nature @ScienceMagazine

@ISC

https://t.co/O84GTozAF6

[Shekhar Mande @shekhar_mande]

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee had a great vision for Indian science. Video from foundation ceremony of NCL, Pune 3-1-1950, reflects that vision. Fitting tribute to him on his 125th birth centenary would be to translate his dream into action

@CSIR_IND @csir_ncl @IndiaDST @insa_academy

[Rohit @ai_rohitt]

A man spends 50 years teaching at MIT.

He knows his time is running out.

So he records one last lecture — everything he knows, distilled into a single hour.

He died 5 months later.

This is that lecture.

The most important hour you'll watch this week. 👇
Bookmark it for later

[Debabrata Maiti @maiti_iitb]

Happy to share our latest work, now published in Nature!

Ligand-enabled remote C–H activation converts abundant saturated fatty acids into desaturated lactones.

https://t.co/cCpMO9idcM
https://t.co/Yl6ERXsAPG

Thanks to @NandanNilekani Foundation, @ANRFIndia @iitbombay @dm_lab

[विमल किशोर @vimalzoologist]

@PurnimaNath Beautifully summed up.

[Aravind @aravind]

This is the biggest joke of the year. A nation that overthrew a democratically elected government, went into anarchy, ran a pogrom on minorities, and destroyed its economy is the "Most improved nation of the year" by The Economist.

Now, the GoI, should use this report and other previous reports that The Economist has done as a hit job on India, including, those done during INC regime (very important), to ensure every Indian is reached vernacularly to destroy any remaining credibility of these western propaganda publications, and those in India who use them.

[विमल किशोर @vimalzoologist]

@iamvivekt @IISER_BERHAMPUR Congratulations Bhaiya 🎉

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

The @Uppolice has released over 60k constable vacancies, out of which 40k are reserved.

Wait, there's reservation in age limits as well. A general male candidate must be between 18-22, while reserved candidates can be up to 31.

This doesn't make any logical sense. With most seats already reserved, why impose stringent age limits on general candidates? Will a general candidate suddenly become unfit after 22 while the reserved ones stay fit and active until 31?

The worst part is that these vacancies have been released after 5 years. This means that general males, who were underage during the last recruitment in 2018, will now become overage in this recruitment in 2023 without even having had one opportunity.

This is extremely unfair @myogiadityanath. The system is already skewed against them. Age relaxation should be provided, specially because many of them have become ineligible without getting even one chance for bharti.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Steve Jobs had his best ideas while walking—this Stanford study explains why...

In 2014, a team of Stanford researchers examined how creativity levels were impacted by walking.

They conducted experiments with 176 participants that placed them in different situations:

• Walking on a treadmill facing a wall
• Walking outside
• Sitting inside facing a wall
• Sitting outside

In each situation, the participants were asked to complete a range of tasks that are typically used to measure creative thinking. For example, a test of "divergent thinking" asked the participants to come up with as many uses as possible for a set of objects.

The results were incredible:

Participants were dramatically more creative while walking than sitting.

In fact, one group of participants who took back-to-back tests, first sitting inside and then walking inside on a treadmill, saw a 60% improvement in creative output while walking vs. sitting!

Walking, indoors or outdoors, had a similar robust positive impact on creative thinking.

The authors concluded, "Many people anecdotally claim they do their best thinking when walking. We finally may be taking a step, or two, toward discovering why."

Many of history's greatest thinkers, entrepreneurs, artists, and athletes have believed in the power of walking.

It's a simple, free tool we can all use to dramatically improve our lives. Schedule more walks into your weeks.

Simple challenge for all of you:

Go for a 30-minute tech-free walk every single day this week.

• No phone
• No music
• No podcasts
• No articles
• No audiobooks

Just you, your thoughts, your gratitude, and the fresh air.

It’s a simple reset that will unlock new creativity and shift your perspective.

"Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it." - Søren Kierkegaard

If you enjoyed this or learned something, follow me @SahilBloom for more in future!

[THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13]

Shikhar Dhawan was married to Aesha Mukerji, who had two daughters from her previous marriage. Shikhar and Aesha had a son together. Yesterday, court granted him divorce on the grounds of cruelty by his wife.

The court observed :

1. The wife had agreed to live with him in India at the time of marriage but refused later due to her commitment to her ex-husband and their two daughters in Australia. She took their son with her, forcing Dhawan to live alone in India.

2. She demanded and acquired ownership of 99% of Dhawan's three Australian properties, along with joint ownership of two others, all of which he had purchased with his money.

3. She purposely sent defamatory messages about Dhawan to various authorities in BCCI, owners of the IPL team, and his fellow cricketers to pressure and humiliate Dhawan, ensuring she received her monthly maintenance on time.

4. The Court also acknowledged Aesha's dispute with Dhawan for taking his ailing father to the hospital during his COVID-19 infection.

5. In 2020, Aesha and their son came to India for an extended stay, while her daughters remained in Australia. She compelled Dhawan to send AU $15,500 monthly to her daughters from her previous marriage.

Sad what this man had to go through.

[Sankaranarayanan Rajan @sankarfr1]

Distinct localization of chiral proofreaders resolves organellar translation conflict in plants | PNAS https://t.co/SKm4hduquF

[Ajeet Bharti @ajeetbharti]

जीवन के लक्ष्य साधारण और स्पष्ट होने चाहिए। मेरा एक ही लक्ष्य है: पिछले महीने से अधिक धन अर्जित करना, यदि ऐसा न हो पाए तो मेरे पास एक सटीक कारण होना चाहिए।

परसों @Shrimaan जी और @bhak_sala (राहुल राज) जी से बातचीत में यही चर्चा हो रही थी कि ‘सादा जीवन’ का ज्ञान उन्हें नहीं देना चाहिए जिन्होंने ‘लक्जरी’ देखी ही नहीं। आपमें लग्जरी की क्षमता रहे और तब भी आप सादा जीवन जी रहे हैं, वह उचित है।

जीवन के हर क्षेत्र में उत्कृष्टता के लिए प्रयास करना चाहिए। प्रतिभा, भाग्य और अच्छे सहकर्मियों के कारण हम आगे बढ़ते हैं। परिस्थितियाँ ऐसी आती हैं कि सब नष्ट हो जाता है, जो आपने सोचा था, वहाँ की राह का पुल टूट जाता है।

वहाँ हमें आत्मविश्वास और दृढ़ इच्छाशक्ति से आगे बढ़ने की प्रेरणा लेनी चाहिए। ये दोनों ही गुण आपसे कोई नहीं छीन सकता। आपकी प्रतिभा आपको उबार लेगी यदि आपका स्वयं पर विश्वास है। केवल यह सोच कि ‘देख लेंगे, जो भी आएगा/होगा’ आपको हर परिस्थिति से निकाल लेगी। यह मेरा व्यक्तिगत अनुभव है।

धन अर्जित कीजिए क्योंकि उसके बिना विद्या, धर्म, मोक्ष आदि संभव नहीं। ‘धनात्धर्मः ततस्सुखम्’ की अवधारणा है। धन ही परिजनों का पोषण करता है, संतों की सेवा योग्य बनाता है, धर्म के अन्य कार्य करने को प्रेरित करता है। भगवान भाव के भूखे होते हैं, परंतु आपके परिजनों को आप भाव से जीवित नहीं रख सकते।

किसी का अकारण अहित सोचना या करना अनुचित है। यदि आप ऐसी नकारात्मकता से बचे रहेंगे तो जीवन सरल हो जाएगा। अकारण मानसिक व्याधि नहीं घेरेगी। दूसरों को अपने मानस में रहने न दें। वह वहाँ के अतिथि हो सकते हैं परंतु परमानेंट रेसिडेंट नहीं।

युवाओं के मन में भटकाव होते रहते हैं। आज की पीढ़ी टिकटॉक और रील्स से पैसे पाने वाले को देख कर ‘ईजी मनी’ की चाह में अपरिपक्वता के साथ, अनुभवहीनता को अतिआत्मविश्वास की गाड़ी पर बिठा कर विश्वविजय को निकल पड़ी है।

जीवन लाइक्स पाने से थोड़ा कठिन है। इंटर्नशिप करें, स्वयं को घिसें, त्रुटियों को स्वीकारें, अपमानित भी हों, तब जा कर आप उस अवस्था में पहुँचेंगे जहाँ आप स्वयं के अनुभव के आधार पर उचित निर्णय ले पाएँगे। किसी के कहे मात्र पर स्वयं को न आँके। आप कितने बड़े तोप हैं, वह आपको पता होता है, बिना गोला डाले, दूसरों के कहने पर युद्ध में न उतरें।

अनुशासन का जीवन में सबसे अधिक महत्व है। किसी भी क्षेत्र में चले जाइए, बिना अनुशासन आपका हर अर्जित नष्ट होता चला जाएगा। अनुशासन आपकी त्रुटियों को भी निष्फल कर देगा। अनुशासन के कारण कठिन कार्य भी तुलनात्मक रूप से सहज हो जाते हैं।

मैं यह केवल इसलिए लिख रहा हूँ कि जहाँ जाता हूँ, लोग कहते हैं कि ढंग के युवा नहीं मिल रहे काम के लिए। नौकरियाँ हैं लेकिन लोग टिकने के लिए तैयार नहीं। रोना भी बना हुआ है कि सरकार कुछ नहीं कर रही। स्वयं में धैर्य और अनुशासन लाइए, जीवन में सफलता और संतुष्टि मिलेगी।

अंत में, जीवन में अध्यात्म हो तो और भी अच्छा। ईश्वर के नाम से बड़ा अवलम्ब कोई नहीं। जब कोई नहीं हो तब भी कोई है, ऐसा आभास होता है। मेरे पिता कहते थे कि ‘बजरंगबली करेंगे, वो सब देख रहे हैं’। कठिनतम परिस्थितियों में उन्होंने हनुमान जी को नहीं छोड़ा, हनुमान जी ने उनको नहीं।

भगवान न हों, समझ में न आता हो कि किसको पकड़े तो भी केवल यह सोचिए कि हे परमात्मा मुझे उचित मार्ग पकड़ा दे। आपमें ईश्वर को ले कर स्वयं रुचि उत्पन्न हो जाएगी। आपके सामने राम, कृष्ण, शिव, गणेश, दुर्गा, सरस्वती, लक्ष्मी जी में कोई न कोई आ जाएँगे। कोई नहीं भी आएँ तो निराकार ईश्वर में आस्था रखिए, निराश नहीं होंगे।

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

A donkey said to the tiger, “The grass is blue.” The tiger replied, “No, the grass is green.”

The discussion heated up, and the two submitted it for arbitration, before the lion, the King of the Jungle.

The king then declared, “The tiger will be punished with one year of silence.”

The donkey jumped cheerfully and went on his way, content and repeating, “The Grass Is Blue."

The tiger accepted his punishment, but before he asked the lion, "Your Majesty, why have you punished me, after all the grass is green.”

The lion replied, "The punishment is because it is not possible for a brave and intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with a donkey."

and continued, "The worst waste of time is arguing with the fool and fanatic who does not care about truth or reality, but only the victory of his beliefs and illusions. Never waste time on arguments that don’t make sense."

There are people who, no matter how much evidence and evidence we present to them, are not in the capacity to understand, and others are blinded by ego, hatred, and resentment, and all they want is to be right even if they are not.

When ignorance screams, intelligence is silent. Your peace and quiet are worth more.

[विमल किशोर @vimalzoologist]

Septum site placement in Mycobacteria - Identification and Characterization of mycobacterial homologues of Escherichia coli MinD https://t.co/rHOxaPdmii

[Vivek Tiwari @iamvivekt]

Hirings in my group with alluring salary support 1. Research Scientist with expertise in radio frequency coil designs/RF engineering (https://t.co/i0PgFaEDIy or https://t.co/ymXgnQok7Z in electrical engineering) 2. Postdocs in MR Signal Processing. [email protected]

[True Indology @TrueIndology]

How is WAQF board able to loot lands so blatantly?

You will be surprised to know that WAQF board in India wields unquestionable power that is only matched by judiciary.

They have the power to stake claim on your property & throw you out of your own house should they decide it

[True Indology @TrueIndology]

In April 2019, my handle was suspended.

Today, twitter sent me a mail acknowledging that my suspension was a mistake. They have reinstated my account.

I am glad to be back. I thank all my suppoters and well wishers for their constant encouragement and support.

सत्यमेव जयते

[Shekhar Mande @shekhar_mande]

#AzadiKaAmritMahotsav

Tributes to Acharya PC Ray on his birth anniversary. Important to recall him in India's freedom movement. Not only did he make fundamental contributions to Chemistry (mercurous nitrite for example), but also famously stated- Science can wait, swaraj cannot

[Shilpa Bodkhe - प्रा.शिल्पा बोडखे @BodkheShilpa]

तुमचे पोट वेळेवर भरण्यासाठी यांची सुरू असलेली दगदग..??

[Ajeet Bharti | Point Blank @AjeetBhartii]

आप चाह रहे हैं कि मैं सुप्रीम कोर्ट पर फिर से रोस्ट करूँ! कितने क्यूट हैं आप? परसों ही 91-वर्षीय के के वेणुगोपाल जी को इस सरकार ने तीन महीने का एक और सेवा विस्तार दिया है।

मोदी से पंगे, शाह से पंगे, कोर्ट से पंगे… ऐसा करना कॉन्गो की नागरिकता लेने के बाद ही संभव है। धन्यवाद।