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Indian Railways SMS enquiries

TechBharat — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:26:42 +0000

Indian Railways now offers a simple way to know the status of many services through SMS. This Rail enquiry services are NOT free. They are charged a premium of Rs.3/- message.
Here is how it works:-
1) For checking your ticket reservation status:-
SMS to 139.
e.g:- PNR 1234567890
2) For Seat Availability:-
SMS Train
to 139
e.g:- Train 2993 160708 080 011 3A G
3) To get the Train ticket Fare:-
SMS Fare
to 139
e.g:- Fare 2993 160708 080 011 3A G

Enjoy your Journey !

Fashion show during Mars Mission! ;)

TechBharat — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:06:30 +0000

Hmm.. Sort of.. The only thing stopping holding a fashion show in space was the air-tight pressurized clothing the astronauts used to wear. Designer and MIT professor fused into one – Dava Newman – set a new trend by showing off a latest set of space suits for astronauts. Yes!.. Finally the curves are getting visibility even in Space!

This new set of BioSuits are designed keeping the Mars Mission in mind. That’s an arduous 6 months travel baby. In fact this new design could help astronauts maneuver better during space flights and ship repairs.

[tags]fashion show, space, space suit, mars mission, dava newman, mit[/tags]

Possible cure for Autism and HIV-AIDS

TechBharat — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:45:29 +0000

Last few days saw the discoveries of potential cure for 2 major diseases.

Cure for Autism and Metal retardation / Fragile X
BBC reported this discovery by MIT’s Picower Institute of Learning and Memory. The potential treatment would still be effective even after symptoms are already pronounced.

Breakthrough Synthetic Enzyme to snip HIV DNA out of chromosomes
Scientific American reported this potential HIV cure quoting Boston based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Virologists. They have told SciAm – and I quote – “This is the first demonstration of actual removal of the integrated virus from cells”.