Varuna
20000 Varuna is a large trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered in November 2000 and named after the Hindu deity Varuna, one of the oldest deities mentioned in the Vedic texts.
Putin and Xi meet in Beijing. RT / Ruptly
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing during a state visit to China on Thursday. It is Putin's first foreign trip since he was sworn in for a fifth term as president earlier this month.
Rhiphonos (designated drivers, perimeters, boundaries) sextile Varuna (ceremonies to confirm positions).
The leaders shook hands outside the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square and listened to a military orchestra that performed the two countries' national anthems. They later posed for photographs before leaving for a meeting between delegations from the two nations.
Putin is being accompanied by multiple state ministers, who will participate in negotiations on projects aimed at deepening bilateral ties.
A family in Mundaguda of Boipariguda block all set to sell their harvest to TDCC. Pragati Prava
Savitri Bisoyi, 42, was all smiles as she earned 18,000 rupees ($216) by selling five hundred kgs of tamarind harvested from her four trees this year. Earlier, she would lease out the trees at 1,500 to 2,000 rupees ($18 to $24) each and, at best, earn a meager sum of 6,000 to 8,000 rupees ($72 to $96).
Sun (those in authority (thanks to governmental outreach, people in Odisha, in India's east, are now part of the digitized world)) square Varuna (competent (empowered tribal women, reducing dependency on intermediaries)).
"All women collectors of non-timber forest produce (NTFP) in the 22-gram panchayats (the village governing unit) under six 'blocks' of Koraput district earned a good profit this year. They sold their harvest to Tribal Development Co-operative Corporation Limited (TDCC), a government body, at a minimum support price (MSP), fixed by the government - 3,600 rupees ($43) per quintal - thanks to the power of digitalization," Pushpalata Bisoyi told RT.
The NTFP market in Odisha is estimated at tens of millions of rupees annually. Products like tamarind, vegetable gum, seeds for sal trees, lac resin, honey, and medicinal herbs are highly sought-after in national and international markets.
King Charles III sits with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness in Buckingham Palace, London, Britain, September 17, 2022. AFP / Stefan Rousseau
The Jamaican government will introduce a bill next month to sever the country's ties with the British monarchy, possibly removing King Charles as the head of state by 2024, legal and constitutional minister Marlene Malahoo Forte told Sky News on Thursday.
Saturn (justice, law, authority figures (Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs)) quincunx Varuna (sovereign, competent, regulating without force (although most Jamaicans now favor republicanism, many "had warm affection and identified with Queen Elizabeth II")).
"While the United Kingdom is celebrating the coronation of the King, that is for the United Kingdom," Malahoo Forte told Sky. "Jamaica is looking to write a new constitution which will sever ties with the monarch as our head of state."
Malahoo Forte explained that her government will follow King Charles III's coronation this weekend by introducing a bill aimed at making Jamaica a republic. It could take around nine months to pass, and would be followed by a referendum giving the Jamaican people the final say on breaking away from the UK.
Earliest known signs of cannabis smoking unearthed in China. Photograph: Xinhua Wu
Incense burners found at 2,500-year-old cemetery suggest intentional use of the plant to get high.
Ceres (relationship with Nature, growing, herbs, plants) trine Salacia (able to work with the unseen) opposite Venus (cohesion) sextile Makemake (meditations to unify the minds of several). Vesta (devotion, sacrifice) square Varuna ("induced" journeys as in shamanically led vision quests).
Scorched wooden incense burners unearthed at an ancient burial ground in the mountains of western China contain the oldest clear evidence of cannabis smoking yet found, archaeologists say.
Residues of high potency cannabis found in the burners, and on charred pebbles placed inside them, suggest that funeral rites at the 2,500-year-old Jirzankal cemetery in the Pamir mountains may have been rather hazy affairs.
Discovery
2000 WR106/20000 Varuna is a large classical Kuiper belt object. It is probably a dwarf planet. It rotates rapidly and hence its shape is probably very elongated.
Varuna was discovered on 28 November 2000 by Robert McMillan of Spacewatch and has been precovered in plates dating back to 1954.
Varuna is named after a Hindu deity. Varuna was one of the most important deities of the ancient Indians, and he presided over the waters of the heaven and of the ocean and was the guardian of immortality. Due to his association with the waters and the ocean, he is often identified with Greek Poseidon and Roman Neptune. Varuna received the minor planet number 20000 because it was the largest cubewano found so far and was believed to be as large as Ceres.
