DINESH KARTHIK [WIKI], [PROFILE], [MARRIAGE],[]BIOGRAPHY]

DINESH KARTHIK WIKI:-

Krishna Kumar Dinesh Karthik ( pronunciation (help·info)) (born 1 June 1985) is an Indian wicketkeeper-batsman who made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2004 and has been a regular member of the team for varying periods since then, including a stint in 2007 as a specialist opening batsman and non-wicket-keeper. Karthik was a batsman in his junior career, but turned to wicket-keeping in order to improve his future prospects.

Rising through the junior ranks, Karthik made his first-class debut in late-2002 for Tamil Nadu as a 17-year-old, and was dropped in his first season despite his healthy run-scoring because of his problematic glovework. He fought his way back into the team and after playing for India at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup, made his ODI and Test cricket debut in late 2004.

• Full name Krishnakumar Dinesh karthik

• Born June 1, 1985, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu

• Current age 32 years 201 days

• Majorteams India, Abahani Limited, Albert TUTI Patriots,Delhi Daredevils, Gujarat Lions, India A, India Blue,India Under-19s, Indian Board President's XI, Kings XI Punjab,Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, South Zone,Tamil Nadu

• Also known as Dinesh

• Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman

• Batting style Right-hand bat

• Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Career Information:-

Test debut

vs Australia at Wankhede Stadium, Nov 03, 2004

Last Test

vs Bangladesh at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Jan 17, 2010

ODI debut

vs England at Lord's, Sep 05, 2004

Last ODI

vs Sri Lanka at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Dec 17, 2017

T20 debut

vs South Africa at The Wanderers Stadium, Dec 01, 2006

Last T20

vs W indies at Sabina Park, Jul 09, 2017

IPL debut

vs Rajasthan Royals at Feroz Shah Kotla, Apr 19, 2008

Last IPL

vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Green Park, May 13, 2017

DINESH KARTHIK HEIGHT & DINESH KARTHIK WEIGHT

Height (in Feet-Inches & Meters): 5' 7"
Height (in Meters): 1.70 m
Height (in Centimeters): 170 cm
Weight (in Kilograms): 75 kg
Weight (in Pounds): 165 lbs

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Dinesh Karthik Marriage / Girlfriend






Dinesh Karthik is tied the knot with Nikita Karthik in 2007. However the problem and complication has been set in their life and they got divorced. In november 2013 dinesh got engaged with india squash player Dipika Pallikal. The ceremony was simple and done with presence of his close friends and family.

Virtual Worlds are Useful for Children

A research report says that virtual worlds can be important places where children practice what they will do in real life. They are also a powerful and attractive alternative to more passive adventures like watching TV. The research was done with children using the BBC's Adventure Rock virtual world, aimed at those aged 6-12.It surveyed and interviewed children who were the first to test the game.

The online world is a theme island built for the BBC's children channel by Belgian game maker Larian. Children explore the world alone but they use message boards to share what they find and what they do in the different creative studios they find around the virtual space.

At times children were explorers and at others they were social climbers eager to connect with other players. Some were power users looking for more information about how the virtual space really worked. The children could try all kinds of things without having to be afraid of the consequences that would follow if they tried them in the real world. They learned many useful social skills and played around with their identity in ways that would be much more difficult in real life.

According to the study what children liked about virtual worlds was the chance to create content such as music, cartoons and videos.

The publishers of the report say that virtual worlds can be a powerful, engaging and real interactive alternative to more passive media. They urged creators of virtual spaces for children to get young people involved very early on because they really do have good ideas to add and they are very good critical friends.

NASA at 50

NASA was established on July twenty-ninth, nineteen fifty-eight when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act. The agency was created mainly because of competition between the United States and the former Soviet Union.

The Soviet Union had become the first country to put an object into orbit around the Earth. The successful launch of the Sputnik satellite on October fourth, nineteen fifty-seven marked the start of "the space race."

NASA began operations on October first, nineteen fifty-eight from headquarters in Washington, D.C. Its first major goal was to show that people could survive and work in space. This was called Project Mercury. NASA chose seven military pilots to be the nation's first astronauts.

But in April, nineteen sixty-one, the Soviets put Yuri Gagarin into orbit around the Earth. NASA had been beaten to its first goal. Soon, however, President John F. Kennedy gave NASA a greater goal, bigger than anyone had considered at that time. He made this statement on May twenty-fifty, nineteen sixty-one.

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind or more important to the long-range exploration of space. And none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish."

 Project Mercury was a success scientifically and in the opinion of the American public. All of the first six space flights were in small one-man capsules.  Tom Wolfe wrote a book about the first astronauts and their flights, called "The Right Stuff." These brave astronauts became American heroes. They included John Glenn who was the first American to orbit the Earth in nineteen sixty-two.

The next step was Project Gemini. These spaceships could hold two men. The flights showed that astronauts could fly in space, do complex tasks like linking with other space vehicles and even work outside their spacecraft.

Project Apollo

Project Apollo was NASA's biggest effort up to that time. The Apollo spacecraft could hold three astronauts. It was powered by a huge Saturn Five rocket, the first rocket designed by NASA only for space exploration. But the project began with tragedy. In early nineteen sixty-seven, three astronauts were killed in a fire while testing Apollo One.

Space scientists learned important lessons from the disaster and the following missions were successful. The most exciting one was Apollo Eleven. It landed astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon's Sea of Tranquillity . Hundreds of millions of people around the world watched Neil Armstrong take his first step on the moon on July twentieth, nineteen sixty-nine.

Five more flights landed on the moon, ending with Apollo Seventeen in nineteen seventy-two. A total of twelve Americans walked on the moon. Steven Dick, NASA's chief historian, has written about the effect of the Apollo project on society, especially its view of Earth from the moon. He wrote: "The photographs of 'Earthrise", and of the full Earth as a blue marble suspended in space, fragile and without national boundaries, changed humankind's view of Earth forever."

The success of Apollo ended the space race.  It also provided a chance for Americans and Soviets to join in the first international space flight, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in July of nineteen seventy-five. The project was the start of cooperation in space. It was also the end of the first part of NASA's manned spaceflight program.

Space Shuttle Program

In nineteen seventy-two, President Richard Nixon approved a completely new space project. It would be the world's first reusable space vehicle. The project was the space shuttle program--officially known as the Space Transportation System. Shuttle Columbia, one of five orbiters, made the first flight of the program in April, nineteen eighty-one.

The space shuttle program has carried many satellites into orbit. It has launched several space exploration vehicles such as the Galileo and Magellan spacecraft. The shuttle also put the Hubble Space telescope into orbit and has serviced the thirteen-meter-long telescope four times. Hubble has discovered planets beyond our solar system and confirmed black holes. It has even helped scientists know the exact age of the universe.

The space shuttle program is closely linked with international efforts to have a permanent presence in space. The shuttle has helped build the International Space Station whose first crew arrived in November of two thousand.  The Space Station is expected to be completed in two thousand ten. That year will also be the last for space shuttle missions.

But NASA's space shuttle program has also been marked with tragedy. In January of nineteen eighty-six, the shuttle Challenger explodedseventy-three seconds after launch, killing all seven astronauts. Two years later, the shuttle program returned and flew eighty-seven successful missions. But tragedy struck again in February, two thousand three.  The shuttle Columbia came apart while re - entering the Earth's atmosphere. Seven more astronauts died. These incidents remind everyone of the risk of space travel and the bravery and sacrifice of the astronauts.

Unmanned Spacecraft

In the last fifty years, NASA has sent robotic spacecraft to the moon and all the planets. In the nineteen sixties, the space agency first started to explore other planets with the Mariner probes. A series of Mariner spacecraft visited the planet Venus. Years later, the Magellan spacecraft mapped Venus in great detail.

In nineteen seventy-four, Mariner Ten visited Mercury, the closest planet to the sun. NASA returned to Mercury in two thousand eight with the Messenger spacecraft. 

Among the most successful of NASA's robotic explorers are the Voyager One and Two spacecraft. They built on the success of the earlier Pioneer Ten and Eleven.  Voyager One visited Jupiter and Saturn. 

Voyager Two added Uranus and Neptune to the list of planets NASA has visited. It discovered rings and many new moons orbiting those worlds. Today, Voyager One has travel l ed farther than any other object made by humans. It is almost sixteen billion kilomet re s from the sun, beyond the reach of the flow of particles known as the solar wind.

The Galileo mission to Jupiter and the Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn have greatly increased our knowledge of the two giant planets.

NASA has visited Mars more often than any other planet.  Mars continues to interest scientists searching for life because it is known to have water. Mariner spacecraft first visited the planet in the nineteen sixties. In the mid nineteen seventies, the Viking One and Two spacecraft returned detailed pictures of the red planet.  The Viking project also put landers on Mars and tested its soil.

More than twenty years later, NASA returned to Mars with its Global Surveyor. Several missions to Mars during this period failed. But spacecraft like the Mars Odyssey and the Mars Exploration Rovers have gathered huge amounts of information about the planet. The Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, continue to operate on the red planet along with the Phoenix Mars Lander. 

We have had time to discuss only a few of the most interesting programs of NASA's past and present. Today, NASA is a huge agency with almost nineteen thousand employees who work at ten main cent re s around the country. Its budget for two thousand nine is about seventeen and a half billion dollars.

NASA is already planning the next generation of exploration vehicles. They include the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle and a reusable moon lander. And NASA plans to establish a cent re to produce power on the moon by two thousand twenty-four.

Yet the return to the moon is only the first small step. Anyone who works for NASA will tell you that Mars is the next goal for human spaceflight. And there is no reason to think that the urge to explore will end after that goal is reached.

Air Force One - A Special Plane for the American President

Air Force One is a symbol of the United States Presidency. Each time the President travels overseas or across the country he does so in his high-tech jet. It is his own flying office and serves as a commando bunker in times of war and when the United States is at danger, as during the 9/11 attacks.

The plane is a Boeing 747 that has been changed and reconstructed to suit the president’s needs. It is as tall as a six storey building and as long as a city block. Air Force One can travel at a speed of up to one thousand km an hour and fly as high as 15 000 metres. With a full tank it can travel half way around the world.

Inside Air Force One looks more like a business office than an airplane. There are three decks: The lowest deck of the plane is the cargoarea. It holds the luggage, food and other equipment. The middle deck is the passenger area. The President and his staff work here. In addition to the President’s bedroom, there are bathrooms, and other private rooms. The president and his advisors get together for meetings in special conference rooms. There is a separate area for reporters who travel with the president. The upper deck consists of the cockpit and the communications room. All together about 70 passengers and 26 crew members can travel on board Air Force One.

Special Features

As Air Force One is not a normal plane it has special features that other jetliners do not have. An onboard doctor travels with the President at all times and there is even a small operating room on the plane.

The 747 can be refuelled in mid-air and is therefore able to stay skyborne without landing for a long time. It has 85 onboard telephones, two-way radios, fax machines and computer connections. The President and his advisors can get into contact with almost anyone in the world while flying at 15,000 metres.

Air Force One is stationed at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Every time the President travels, a helicopter, Marine One, brings him from the White House to Andrews.

History

Until World War II not very many presidents travelled far away from their home country. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president to fly to a conference in Casablanca, Morocco. He went by plane because it was too dangerous to travel by ship. German submarines wereconstantly attacking Allied boats.

Regular travelling became popular towards the end of the 1950s when presidents started using a Boeing 707 to travel abroad. In November, 1963 it took John F. Kennedy to Dallas, Texas. After the assassination of the president the body was taken back on the same plane in which Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as Kennedy’s successor.

In 1990 the old 707 was replaced by the 747 that is still in use today.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 – An Unsolved Mystery

On March 8, 2014 a Malaysia Airlines jet carrying 239 people on board vanished from the radar screens. The Boeing 777 was on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it disappeared . Almost three years later the three countries that looked for the missing plane, China, Malaysia and Australia, announced that the search was being called off. The disappearance of  Flight 370 is surely one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all times.

About an hour after it had taken off from Kuala Lumpur the pilots  communicated with ground control for the last time. Then the jet changed its course and turned south, flying towards the Indian Ocean. Investigators claim that the plane had flown for at least another 5 hours before crashing into the sea.

In July 2015 , part of a wing was found on Reunion Island. Since then over 20 objects  from the missing plane have been found. The plane’s flight recorder, which could unravel what happened on board, was never found.

In the last three years search crews scanned  over 120 000 square kilometres of the Indian Ocean. However, officials say that it is virtually impossible to pinpoint  the exact location of the crash. The most expensive airplane search in history  cost about 150 million dollars. Despite the best technology available, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370  could not be found.

Support groups who represented the relatives of the passengers said they were disappointed that the search had been called off.

Laser Pointer Incidents on the Rise

Laser pointer attacks against aircraft pilots are on the rise. They are becoming a growing threat to passenger planes, especially during take-offs and landings. In the United States alone over 3000 laser pointer incidents are reported every year.

More and more commercial airline pilots have reported laser pointer attacks in which flashes of light temporarily blind their vision. A recent study has found that laser pointers can cause permanent eye damage to pilots as well as .

In February, a Virgin Atlantic flight to New York JFK had to return to London Heathrow because a laser light had been shone into the cockpit.  In the same month, Pope Franciscus' flight from Cuba to Mexico was targeted by a laser beamer during landing. In New Zealand, there have been reports of rescue helicopters being targeted by laser pointers.

While in the past laser pointers only had about 1 milliwatt of energy , they have become much more powerful today. Laser pointers with a thousand milliwatts of energy  can be purchased on the internet for $30 or less.

Most attacks are carried out by young men or boys, who are often not aware of the dangers of laser instruments. According to psychologists, playing around with guns and other weapons is something that typically attracts males.

Laser pointers are normally used for presentations and outdoor entertainment, like laser shows. Astronomers use them to point at stars. Scientists have been using such instruments for various tasks.

World's Largest Offshore Windfarm

The largest offshore windfarm in the world will be built about 20 km off the Scottish coast. According to the Norwegian energy company Statoil, which will operate the the windfarm, turbines will generate about 30 megawatts of electricity through wind power by the end of 2017.

While wind turbines on land stand on massive concrete and steel foundations, building them in the open sea is quite a challenge. Existing wind turbines  in the ocean have all been anchored to the ocean floor, which can only be done in shallow water. Statoil's new turbines will be fixed to a steel tube that floats in the water. With this new technology it will be possible to make use of wind power in deeper waters.

Offshore windfarms are spread out over much of northern Europe, especially in the shallow waters of the North and Baltic Seas,  but China and Japan have also built wind turbines off their coasts. Currently, offshore wind energy makes up only about 3% of the total wind power that is produced on earth.

The first offshore windfarm was built off the Norwegian coast in 2009. The open sea offers a lot of potential for energy because winds are strongest there.

Myanmar – Opening Up To the West and Moving Towards Democracy

Myanmar, once called Burma, has been one of the most isolated countries in the world. However, since March 2011, when Myanmar’s first civilian government in decades took office, it has been moving towards democracy, if only one small step at a time.

After decades of authoritarian rule, Myanmar’s military has decided to step down from power. Most generals have realized that the country has, economically, fallen behind their neighbors. They have decided to open themselves to the western world and end the economic sanctions that have been in place for some time. Many citizens in Myanmar, however, are skeptical. They think that once the country has been accepted in the west the political tide will turn against them.

In the last 5 decades Myanmar has developed into one of the most backward countries in Asia. Its people are among the poorest. Schools do not have enough teachers and some universities have been closed because of possible student unrest. Buildings need to be repaired , most of the infrastructure is old-fashioned and goes back to British colonial rule. Many Burmese fled the country and are living in exilesomewhere else.

All over the country signs of democracy have emerged. Hundreds of political prisoners have been set free. Myanmar’s media has received more freedom, although it is still controlled by the government.

The government is allowing trade unions to form. Environmental and human rights organizations have sprung up all over the country. People are not scared of the military any more. They actually believe in democratic reforms and that their life is about to change for the better.

The military leaders have released Myanmar’s most prominent opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from house arrest after 15 years. She is a very popular figure in the country, mainly because her father was one of the founders of the Burmese army and was killed shortly before the country got its independence from Great Britain in 1948. She won the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against military leaders in 1991. The opposition leader hopes that the military will help her change the face of Burma.

Aung San Suu Kyi wants to wake up her people and tell them that the time has come to take responsibility for their future. Her party, the National League for Democracy, was not allowed to take part in the general election of 2010 but will play a role in future elections in Myanmar.

Of the many problems that face the new government in Burma, two stand out. For over 15 years Myanmar’s leaders have been looking to China for help, especially after economic sanctions had been placed on them. Chinese businessmen and companies have invested heavilyin Myanmar. And the Chinese have also supplied the military junta with weapons. In return the Chinese were allowed to build a vitalpipeline through Myanmar, which transports oil and gas back to Central China.

Myanmar has strained its relationship with China, especially after a contract for a hydroelectric power station near the China-Burmese border had been signed. Critics say that most of the electricity will go to China while Burma itself will profit only little. On the other side China has warned Myanmar not to open up too much to western influence.

Another problem that the government faces is the conflict with its ethnic minorities, which make up a third of the population. Political experts claim that peace and stability will come to the Southeast Asian country only if it can settle the disputes with its minorities.

Even though there are signs of Myanmar’s new direction towards democracy, many things need to be done before the west is willing to invest large amounts of money in the country. Mobile phone connections lag behind, the Internet is very slow and banking system is out-of-date. Railroads, airports and roads desperately need overhauling. But western countries, nevertheless, are keeping an eye on Myanmar. It has oil and gas reserves, as well as timber and valuable metals. With a population of 60 million it is one of the big markets in Asia.

Israel Settlements in the Occupied Territories

Since Israel occupied the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights during the Six Day War of 1967 they have been building settlements for Jewish settlers in this region. There were also new towns in Gaza but Israel called all settlers back in 2005. Although the peace accord signed with the PLO in Oslo prohibited the building of new settlements the Israeli government is continuing to grant their construction.

The international community regards these settlements as illegal and the United Nations has repeatedly condemned the Jewish state for building them. The Jewish settlements in the occupied territories are one reason why peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are at a standstill. Amnesty International and other human rights organizations argue that constructing settlements on the Palestinian territory is a violation of human rights.

Today, about 350 000 settlers live in over a hundred settlements in the West Bank. Another 300,000 live in East Jerusalem, 20,000 live on the Golan Heights. Some of the settlements are recently built small cities with their own infrastructure, urban services and transportation; others have been built in the suburbs of big cities like Hebron. Recently the Israeli government has authorized the construction of four new settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Originally the Jewish settlements were constructed in order to stop Palestinians from obtaining their own state and to establish a buffer zone between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

Settlers have largely come to the region for economic reasons. Israel’s government offers certain bonuses to people who are willing to settle there.  Goods produced in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are subsidized by the government. Tax cuts and other economic incentives motivate Israelis to move to the occupied territories. On the other side there are religious fanatics who believe they are returning to their biblical homeland. They regard Arabs as aliens in their country.

Most new settlers enjoy the advantages of their new home. While Israeli settlements offer jobs to Palestinians who would otherwise be unemployed, there is regular tension between settlers and Arabs.

Many settlements are built on the best farming land. Palestinians accuse Israelis of consuming too much water and leaving them only little. Reports of violence on the side of settlers who lash out at Palestinians are not uncommon. 

The future of the Jewish settlements is only one issue that needs to be resolved in order to achieve a lasting peace agreement in the Middle East. Other issues are the future of Jerusalem and the borders between Israel and a new Palestinian state.

The World's Most Dangerous Countries

Somalia was named the world’s most dangerous country in 2009. The warzone in Afghanistan came in second and unstable Iraq third. A list of the world’s most dangerous countries was put together by a risk assessment group that rated crime, police protection, the risk of terrorism and stability in the world’s nations.

Somalia was number one on the list for many reasons. The biggest danger is piracy. Modern pirates have captured over 40 ships in the past year; however, the country itself is also deep in chaos. Warlords and paramilitary groups rule a state, in which there is no real government.

Afghanistan is a war-torn country in which the Taliban still have much power. Many political experts believe that it is still a main base for Al Qaeda terrorists. Iraq still has an unstable government. Nobody knows what will happen when the Americans leave Iraq.

Other countries at the top of the danger list are African nations like Congo and Sudan. Mexico is thought to be the most dangerous area in Central America because of crime and drug trafficking in the northern part of the country.

The most dangerous states in the world have one thing in common. They have never been functioning democracies. They have always been ruled by dictators or foreign countries that left nothing behind.

The safest countries in the world are in Europe. Small, rich nations like Liechtenstein or Luxembourg have almost no crime.