Quick notes: Turban Myths, Weaver's Hut...

• Panjab University receives very good scores for citation impact, which means its academics are producing research widely used and valued by the academic community around the world. India's top university.



• Almost all men in the U.S. who wear turbans are Sikh Americans. Americans believe “Sikh” is a sect of Islam. Standford.edu: Post-9/11 “Turban Myths” in America



• Judge tells Sikh man, 'Remove That Rag'



• Workers at Cooper Tire's China joint venture have been striking for about three months against India's Apollo tires' deal to buy Cooper. Workers' right to strike there might be restricted to foreign owned businesses.



• Mercury is hardly used in Japan but high concentrations have been detected at the peak of Mt. Fuji due to contaminated air flowing over from China. China's latest export.



• Other uses of Coconut: Carbon from coconut shell is in high demand in the manufacture of Supercapacitors, like the one used in the latest Mazda-3's i-Eloop system.



• Bano Fatima, with her cousin Nabila Kidwai, established Weaver's Hut, a small-scale social enterprise: 22-yr-old helps weavers, wins global award.