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Odisha government eyes Portuguese sea food market.
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The son of Hollywood’s actors Jackie Chan has been charged with drug offence and if convicted, singer Jaycee Chan could face up to three years in prison. Chinese prosecutors in Beijing charged Jaycee Chan, for sheltering others to use drugs, more than 4 months after he was detained. In August, the police detained Jaycee at his apartment with Taiwanese movie star Ko Kai along with 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of Marijuana. Police informed that both Jaycee and Ko were tested positive for Marijuana and admitted using the drug. Jaycee Chan’s this act was embarrassing particularly for his more famous father, Jackie Chan. Jackie Chan came forward and apologized over his son’s arrest, saying that he is “heartbroken” and “ashamed”. “Regarding this issue with my son Jaycee, I feel very angry and very shocked,” Jackie Chan said on his microblog. “As a public figure, I’m very ashamed. As a father, I’m heartbroken,” told Jackie Chan.

The son of Hollywood’s actors Jackie Chan is in trouble

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Why India has to launch satelites from Kourou french guyana even when they have their own launch pads?

Why India has to launch satelites from Kourou french guyana even when they have their own launch pads?

The Guiana Space Centre or, more commonly, Centre spatial guyanais (CSG) is a French and European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana. Operational since 1968, it is particularly suitable as a location for a spaceport as it fulfills the two major geographical requirements of such a site: it is quite close to the equator, so that the spinning earth can impart some extra velocity to the rockets for free when launched eastward, and it has uninhabited territory (in this case, open sea) to the east, so that lower stages of rockets and debris from launch failures cannot fall on human habitations. Kourou is located approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi) north of the equator, at a latitude of 5°10'. The near-equatorial launch location provides an advantage for launches to low-inclination (or geostationary) Earth orbits compared to launches from spaceports at higher latitude. For example, the eastward boost provided by the Earth's rotation is about 463 m/s (1,035 miles per hour) at the Guiana Space Centre versus about 406 m/s (908 miles per hour) at the United States east coast Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center spaceports which are at 28°27′N latitude in Florida. The proximity to the equator also makes maneuvering satellites for geosynchronous orbits simpler and less costly.

Why a bird does not get electric shock when they sit on electric wire?

Why a bird does not get electric shock when they sit on electric wire?

Usually,when a bird sits on a wire its body touches the wire only and no other thing.Thus no potential difference is created for the current to flow through the bird's body and so the bird doesn't get an electric shock.  Incase the bird would have touched anything else(such as another wire or a nearby wall) at the same time it was sitting on the wire, a potential difference between the two parts of the bird's body (touching two different things)would have been created and it would have got an electric shock. Consider the two terminals of a battery.When we take a wire a connect it to one of the terminals while keeping the other end in the air, no current flows through it.  Now if you connect the two ends of the same wire to opposite ends of the same battery,current will flow through it due to the potential difference between the two ends of the battery.(This can be verified by connecting a bulb to the wire which glows on the account of the current passing through it due to the potential difference).  The same happens in the case of a bird.Usually,when a bird sits on a wire its body touches the wire only and no other thing.Thus no potential difference is created for the current to flow through the bird's body and so the bird doesn't get an electric shock.  Incase the bird would have touched anything else(such as another wire or a nearby wall) at the same time it was sitting on the wire, a potential difference between the two parts of the bird's body (touching two different things)would have been created and it would have got an electric shock.

Why snakes are poisonous?

Why snakes are poisonous?

Snake venom is a form of saliva loaded with enzymes. The primary purpose is to assist in digestion, it is also used in defence. Many years ago, it was discovered by vets that if a pet cobra had it's fangs removed, then it would develop a lump near the tail caused by constipation and could die if not treated for constipation. Snakes can precisely control the amount of venom being injected. They give each other love bites, very slowly and with affection, An angry bite can be a snap bite or a very angry chewing bite when the aim is to pump as much venom as possible into the victim. The venom consists of blood poisons and nerve poisons, the predominantly blood poison venoms cause internal bleeding as blood capillaries break down. There are examples of viper bite victims in Africa that have lost flesh from arms or legs as areas of flesh have broken down due to enzyme action.   The difference in snake venom strengths has everything to do with the choice of natural prey, and the likely resistance to venom acting as an aid to digestion before the meal is swallowed. This has been known by snake handlers for a very long time. Scientists could learn from snake handlers. It is a bit strange that we focus so much on how deadly Australian snakes are. They may have highly toxic venom but fatalities are very rare.  World wide deaths from snake bite are hard to accurately determine but estimates range from 20,000 to around 100,000 per year (and probably mostly children working in fields). The majority are in India and SE Asia and typically occur in rice paddies and plantations.  That is a lot of people; more than Rabies, about the same as Cholera and much more than Japanese Encephalitis and snake bite has now been recognised by WHO as a neglected tropical disease.  And yet I have met plenty of English folk and Americans who happily traipse about India and Asia but are fearful of visiting Australia because of all our 'deadly creatures' - weird stuff.