Quick notes: Cataract microsurgery, Internet blackouts...

• In 5 Minutes, He Lets the Blind See: Dr. Sanduk Ruit has pioneered a simple cataract microsurgery technique that costs only $25 per patient and is virtually always successful. Indeed, his "Nepal method" is now taught in U.S. medical schools.



• Good to know: Bihar government currently spends 24 per cent of its budget on education, higher than any other state government... How Bihar changed under Nitish Kumar



• Defeat dents BJP's Rajya Sabha hopes: The party cannot even hope to retain its current four MPs in the Rajya Sabha from Bihar, let alone increase its tally.



• Internet Blackouts by 2020: The global population's eagerness to get itself and everything it owns online is leading to a data explosion that is consuming 40 percent more power every year and the Internet's power demand could soon rival the world's available power resources.



• Tata Advanced Systems: Boeing partners with Tata to build Apache fuselages in India



• Automatic Emergency Braking: “Forward-collision warning with automatic emergency braking is the biggest safety advancement since the introduction of stability control over two decades ago”.



• Not allowed to succeed:

And we ask why the Barkhas and the Sardesais control the narrative flow in India? Because we are never allowed to succeed by our own people!

— Dr Praveen Patil (@5Forty3) November 8, 2015

Quick notes: Koh-i-noor, Costly comment...

• Queen may face legal challenge: A lobby group headed by businessman David de Souza is mounting a legal challenge against Queen Elizabeth II demanding the return of the world famous Koh-i-noor diamond to India. The last Sikh ruler, Duleep Singh, a 13-year-old boy, was made to travel to Britain in 1850 when he handed the gem to Queen Victoria.



• Bhagwat words untimely: "Sangh’s chief said that review reservation. People believe that the BJP will follow whatever is the diktat of Sangh."






• Advice for Modi:

@NarendraModi should take other help than @RSS_Org . Art of Living, for instance, has a fantastic grassroot base https://t.co/ScG86rNzNf

— Francois Gautier (@fgautier26) November 8, 2015




• Animals as food: The shoe’s on the other foot now - those who want to kill animals and eat them ought to justify their view. It shouldn’t be the other way round.”

Can Bihar Be Turned Around?

Will Nitish Kumar and Biharis be successful in turning around their state? Or will the likes of Lalu Prasad Yadav and his goons bring back their Jungle Raj?

Lalu - the Living Political Cartoon

Having transfixed everyone's attention with his antics in government, Lalu Prasad Yadav will now entertain onscreen, immortalized in cartoon form. Behold - Lalu the animated movie.

And here's an example of his long career in public entertainment - howsoever unwitting.