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NEW SPECIES OF ANCIENT MARINE REPTILE PLIOSAUR

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June 16, 2017

A new "highly unusual" species of the ancient marine reptile called pliosaur from the early Cretaceous period of Russia has been recently described by an international team of researchers. The new species, described in the journal Current Biology, has got its name from Mongolian mythology.

"The new pliosaur - Luskhan itilensis - has got its name from the Mongolian mythology, where Luus-khan stands for a spirit and master of water, and Itil is the ancient Turkic and Mongolian name for the Volga," said one of the study authors Nikolay Zverkov from Lomonosov Moscow State University.

The pliosaur skeleton was found in 2002 in the Cretaceous deposits (the Hauterivian age of the early Cretaceous Period, about 130 million years ago) on the banks of the Volga River. Presence of several unique features puzzled the researchers so they had to gather additional data, related to pliosaur morphology, and conduct several additional morphospace analyses.

Contrary to all other advanced pliosaurs, traditionally considered to be unexceptionally macropredators, Luskhan had an elongate skull with slender snout and relatively small teeth. The latter denotes adjustment to a diet of medium-sized prey: fish and squid. At the same time, Luskhan showed remarkable resemblance in the form of a skull and snout with representatives of a group of the Cretaceous plesiosaurs (the Polycotylidae family). "So, the new discovery has shown that ecomorphological diversity of pliosaurs was wider and their evolutionary history is more complicated than previously thought," Zverkov said.

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BOLLYWOOD ACTRESS GETS INJURED ON THE SHOOTING SPOT

August 18, 2017

B-Town actress Prachi Desai gets injured on the sets of Kosha. The Rock On 2 fame actress was shooting for her upcoming film Kosha in one of the sets in Mumbai, and the scene demanded the actress to jump over with supporting ropes from a two-storey building and she had to land on the ground and chase a car. The actress convinced the director that she would be doing the stunt by herself and while doing the stunt, the actress fell to the ground and suffered severe injuries. Prachi Desai was immediately rushed to the hospital where she was given first aid and reports say that the actress will be on bed rest for next two days post which she will be back again to the sets of Kosha to finish her last schedule of the film.

Google delays white Pixel 2 orders by a month

October 24, 2017

Google has delayed the delivery of some of its newly-launched white Pixel 2 devices by up to a month as it is having a hard time keeping the smartphone in stock."Some people who ordered a white Pixel 2 and received an estimated ship date of late October are receiving emails saying their order has been delayed by up to a month," a report in The Verge said late Monday.To make up for the delay, Google is now offering these customers a free Live Case, which normally sell for $40.Based on Reddit reports, the issue is limited to the 64GB model of the white Pixel 2 thatA -- along with nearly every other model -- remained out of stock or on a multi-week delay from Google's online store.In India, Pixel 2 is priced at Rs 61,000 for the 64GB variant.The pre-orders commence from October 26. The devices will be available in over 1,000 stores across the country and on Flipkart, starting November 1.

INFOSYS NAMES TVS CAPITAL EXECUTIVE AS DIRECTOR

July 01, 2017

Infosys Ltd appointed TVS Capital Funds Ltd Vice-Chairman D. Sundaram as an independent director on its board, the software major announced on Saturday."Sundaram is appointed as independent director with effect from July 14 on the recommendation of the company's nomination and remuneration committee of the board," said the IT giant in a statement here after a regulatory filing on the BSE. A fellow of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants, the Chennai-based honcho was Vice-Chairman of Hindustan Unilever Ltd, the Indian arm of the Dutch-British transnational consumer goods firm Unilever Group, which he joined in 1975."Sundaram brings extensive experience in the field of finance and strategy execution. I am sure the board will benefit from his expertise," said Infosys Chairman R. Seshasayee in the statement.