Participating in the NASA program of the world winning Bangladeshi team

The Dhaka Times Desk For the second time from Bangladesh, the world winning team 'Team Diamonds' from Bangladesh of NASA Space Apps Challenge organized by NASA in 2022 participated in various programs at the NASA headquarters located in Washington DC at the invitation of the US National Space Agency NASA.

The NASA Space Apps Challenge organized by NASA is organized in Bangladesh every year under the supervision of BASIS and in collaboration with BASIS Students Forum. NASA Assistant Chief Scientist for Exploration and Applied Research Mamata Patel Nagaraja inaugurated the program at NASA headquarters.

The members of the world champion team 'Team Diamonds' in the category of 'Most Inspirational' in 2022 are - Tisha Khandkar (team leader), Munim Ahmed, Inzamamul Haque Sonnet, Abu Niaz and Zareen Chowdhury.

Team Diamonds' project 'Diamond in the Sky' is an interactive learning game, developed for children. Through this gaming app, kids will learn about the changes in stars (change in color, brightness, mass), the reasons behind it. By playing the game, kids can start from creating their own stars to predicting the stars' patterns, color changes, brightness, mass changes.

Tisha Khandkar, team leader of Team Diamonds said about the participation in the event, “We were invited to participate in the NASA program on June 5-6 at the NASA headquarters in Washington DC. It was basically a celebration event with the winners of different years. During the two-day program at NASA, we participated in various networking and orientation discussions with NASA scientists on various aspects of working together with them in the future.”

In this regard, Basis President Russell T Ahmed said, Basis has been organizing the NASA Space Apps Challenge in Bangladesh for the past 10 years. Winning the title of World Champion of the NASA Apps Challenge is undoubtedly a great achievement. I congratulate all members of Team Diamonds for participating in the NASA program at the invitation of the US National Space Agency NASA. Also, I would like to thank everyone concerned, especially NASA Space Apps Challenge Bangladesh 2022 convener Tanveer Hossain Khan, NASA Space Apps Challenge Bangladesh advisor Ariful Hasan Apu, advisor Mahdi-Uz-Zaman and project coordinators.

Note that Bangladesh's 'Team Voyagers' has won the world champion in the Best Storytelling category of the NASA International Space Apps Challenge 2023. With this, Bangladesh became the world champion for the third time in a row and for the fourth time in total. In 2025, 'Team Voyagers' will participate in the same program held at NASA headquarters. News bulletins.

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How to prevent dengue

Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral fever. This fever is different from other viral or bacterial fevers. However, this fever is not contagious in any way. This viral fever can occur alone or in combination with other viruses (chikungunya, yellow fever, Burma forest, flu, respiratory syncytial) and bacteria (pneumococcus).

Dengue fever is divided into two categories depending on the severity of symptoms and fever.

1. Common dengue fever

2. Dengue fever with bleeding.

In the case of common dengue fever, the following symptoms are mainly seen-

1. Sudden high fever lasting 2 to 7 days.

2. Severe headache.

3. Pain behind the eyes.

4. Along with the fever, red rash appears all over the body.

5. Severe pain in whole body as well as back pain.

6. Nausea or vomiting.

7. A rash or red bumps on the skin.

In case of dengue fever with bleeding:

1. Bleeding from nose, mouth or vomiting with high fever within 2 to 48 hours.

2. Fluid accumulation in chest or abdomen along with fever.

If any of these symptoms appear, seek medical attention immediately.

On the other hand

Wait at home for the first 3 days of fever. On the other hand, sponge the whole body with water every now and then. This will reduce the level of fever. Drink enough water and rest. After that, if the fever does not decrease or if it continues to increase after some time, consult a doctor immediately.

Things to do to prevent Dengue:

1. Try to keep the surroundings of the house as clean as possible.

2. If there are flower tubs or broken plastic bottles, can shells, tires or polythene inside the house, clean them quickly and drain the accumulated water from the flower tubs.

3. Spray or fog at least 3 times a week to kill mosquitoes.

4. You can keep mosquito repellent cream with you while going out.

5. After evening, younger and older members of the household should use mosquito nets.

6. Clean up any accumulated rain water, as this is the time when Aedes mosquitoes lay their eggs.

7. On the other hand, you can use mats along with mosquito nets to avoid mosquito infestation.

8. Since Aedes mosquitoes bite during the day, it is important to avoid sleeping with mosquito nets while sleeping during the day. Source: https://dmpnews.org