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Ten facts about Baby Falak NDTV Correspondent , Updated: January 30, 2012 15:15 IST New Delhi:  A battered two-year-old baby is fighting for her life in the intensive care unit of Delhi's AIIMS hospital. As the nation watches a heart-rending story unfold in shock and horror, here are 10 facts about the child we now know as baby Falak. Who is baby Falak? A two-year-old baby was brought to Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on January 18 with severe head injuries, fractured arms and human bite marks all over her. A minor girl who brought her to the hospital reportedly told doctors that the baby had fallen from her bed, but doctors said that claim did not match with the injuries seen on the child's body. The child is fighting for her life ever since in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital. She has been named Falak, or sky, by the staff looking after her. What is baby Falak suffering from? Doctors monitoring the two-year-old say she is a victi

Double celestial treat for sky gazers tomorrow Press Trust of India, Updated: January 25, 2012 15:31 IST New Delhi:  Sky gazers are in for a double celestial treat on the evening of Republic Day-- apart from seeing our natural satellite's ashen glow, they will also see Venus and Moon converge into a beautiful conjunction. "Moon's ashen glow or 'the old Moon in the new Moon's arms' takes place when sunlight is reflected from the Earth to one side of the Moon due to which it appears to glow faintly and the entire orb of the satellite is dimly visible," said Director of Nehru Planetarium (Nehru Centre) Arvind Paranjpye. The phenomenon is also known as Earthshine, SPACE Director C B Devgun said. "The glow on the dark portion of the crescent Moon is known as earthshine," he said. Apart from the moon's ashen glow, astro-enthusiasts will also be able to witness a conjunction of thin crescent Moon and Venus tomorrow night. "V

Dear Colleagues, Very Frequently I’ve come across this requirement when I’m asked to suggest Excel formatting solution where a user needs to highlight the complete row based on some particular value in another column/cell in the same Excel workbook. The solution is very simple, this formula applied in “Conditional Formatting” will do the trick……   =INDIRECT(" ColumnNo "&ROW())=" Value " Ex: =INDIRECT("E"&ROW())="Pending" 1.        Go to Conditional Formatting (option), 2.        Select “ Use formula ” (option), 3.        Enter the above formula with appropriate ColumnNo & Value, 4.        Select the range to which this Formatting should be applied… And u’re done. Contact me in-case of further clarification(s). G.S Virdi