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- K’Taka Works On Infrastructure Policy After Plan Panel Rap (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Mar 28, 2007)
With the Planning Commission asking Karnataka to put in place a new infrastructure policy, in order to be eligible to avail Viability Gap Funding from the Center for Public . . .
- Crisis Ahead (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Mar 27, 2007)
With the UN Security Council slapping yet another sanction against Iran for its refusal to suspend its uranium enrichment programme, the noose is gradually tightening around the Islamic Republic.
- Fight Against Aids Taken To Campus (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2007)
Jntu students to be trained in spreading awareness
- Welfare Programmes To Get Priority In Bbmp Budget (Hindu, Afshan Yasmeen, Mar 24, 2007)
NGOs may be roped in to monitor implementation of projects
More old age and short stay homes planned
Social Welfare Department likely to be overhauled
- Infection Of Rumour (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 23, 2007)
There is no imminent threat of another wave of HIV infections; AIDS is now in its post-epidemic phase, says James Chin.
- Education — A New Dimension To India-Bangladesh Relations (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Mar 23, 2007)
India providing education and vocational training to the Bangladeshi youth can help ease tensions and develop a strong long-term relationship.
- A Significant Pilot Study (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 21, 2007)
Tamil Nadu has been in the forefront in implementing HIV/AIDS prevention and control measures since the early 1990s and the latest initiative to be undertaken by the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society (TANSACS) along with the World Food Programme . . .
- Afghanistan's Silent Plague Of Aids (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2007)
Sitting and eating quietly on his father's lap, the 18-month-old boy was oblivious to the infection running through his veins.
- Nutritional Supplement Support For Hiv-Aids-Affected Launched (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2007)
It will be provided at all 15 anti-retroviral therapy centres in Tamil Nadu
Rs. 45 lakh estimated outlay
Five more ART centres to be opened
- Aids: Judd To Garner Rich People’S Support (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 17, 2007)
Hollywood star Ashley Judd wants to carry the voice of 5.2 million HIV-infected Indians to the rich and famous to gain support and create awareness to fight the disease.
- A Nutritional First From Tn For Hiv Patients (Statesman, Radhika Giri, Mar 17, 2007)
Tamil Nadu today became the first state in the country to launch a free nutritional supplement programme for people living with HIV/AIDS with a Rs 45 lakh grant from the United Nationals World Food Programme (UNWFP).
- Condom Drive Targets Indian Women (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 16, 2007)
Female sex workers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are to get 60,000 condoms as part of a government sponsored Aids prevention initiative.
- Aids On The Rise In Kadapa District: Official (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2007)
One lakh persons to be trained on prevention; awareness campaign to be launched
Rs. 7.50 crores allotted for AIDS care centres
The dreaded disease is on the decline in 15 districts
- Tamil Nadu Deploys Female Condoms In War Against Aids (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 15, 2007)
Tamil Nadu today launched a significant social initiative to introduce female condoms across the state, backed by the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society (TANSACS) and the Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust (HLFPPT).
- There Is No Need To Be `Trip'ped By Patents (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 14, 2007)
While it is important to adhere to the TRIPS Agreement, there is no need for the economy to do a `kamikaze' over it.
- New Plan For Nutritional Support To Hiv Positive Kids (Hindu, Bindu Shajan Perappadan, Mar 14, 2007)
"Likely to take care of 60 % of the calorie, protein and micronutrient needs per day"
- Against Monopoly (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Mar 14, 2007)
YUSUF K. Hamied is the chairman of Cipla, one of India's largest pharmaceutical companies and the country's fifth largest private spender in research and development.
- Crash Course Ahead (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 14, 2007)
The standard reaction from the Government of India to any independent, international report that shows official goings-on in an unflattering light is denial.
- Aids Awareness Programme In Full Swing In Erode (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2007)
"A couple of years from now I would have passed out of school and might lose touch with a few friends, but what I wish should remain unchanged is the school's Red Ribbon Club (RRC), and its efforts in spreading AIDS awareness among students," says . . .
- Aids And Hiv Awareness Campaign Ends In Salem District (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 09, 2007)
The District Level Communication Campaign on HIV/AIDS organised to spread awareness among people concluded here on Wednesday.
- Aids Scare (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Mar 08, 2007)
A fair is not the place where people go to get themselves checked for the HIV virus.
- Assam Reports Hiv Suicides, Treatment A Distant Dream (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2007)
At least a dozen HIV-positive people have committed suicide in Assam in the last few months while hundreds of others are struggling for survival, as there is virtually no access to treatment.
- Students To Spearhead Aids Awareness Efforts In Schools (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2007)
Unicef official hails Chennai Corporation's peer education initiative
- The Suicide Armada In Afghanistan (OutLook, B. Raman , Mar 07, 2007)
Strategically, the Neo-Taliban's conventional battles have been more significant, but tactically, its repeated acts of suicide terrorism result in new recruits and aids its PSYWAR against the Karzai government.
- Activists Protest At Novartis's Patent Law Challenge (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2007)
Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceuticals group, yesterday faced angry protests over its decision to press on with a legal challenge to Indian patent law that health activists claim threatens to create a “medical apartheid” by restricting poor . . .
- Pocketing People's Money (Pioneer, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Mar 06, 2007)
A visionary Budget collects wealth to create greater wealth, but P Chidambaram's exercise falls way too short of expectations, says Bulbul Roy Mishra
- Strides Aids Drug Gets Usfda Nod (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2007)
Strides Arcolab said it has got its first, but tentative USFDA approval for an NDA (new drug application) for a combination anti-AIDS drug.
- Epidemic Of Deadly Fakes (Deccan Herald, DONALD G MCNEIL JR, Mar 06, 2007)
Asia is seeing an “epidemic of counterfeits” of life-saving drugs, experts say, and the problem is spreading. Malaria medicines have been particularly hard hit; in a recent sampling in Southeast Asia, 53 percent of the anti-malarials bought were fakes...
- Budget Takes Pointers From Economic Survey (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Mar 05, 2007)
The `Economic Survey for 2006-07' is a remarkably transparent document that brings into the open critical economic issues facing the country, such as the overheating debate, inclusiveness of growth and leveraging the demographic dividend.
- Fallacious Finance (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 05, 2007)
It seems the Dream Team of the PM, Finance Minister, Mr Montek Ahluwalia and their acolytes may take India on a magical mystery tour of economic hallucinations, fantasies and perhaps nightmares.
- Taking Aids Awareness To The Grassroots (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2007)
KSACS launches project in 28 grama panchayats
Project is targeted at those in the 15 to 45 year age group
Sub-centres to be set up in every panchayat
- On The Fast Track (Frontline, Ramesh Susarla, Mar 05, 2007)
The district administration is racing ahead with development schemes, aided by the civic bodies, particularly the Guntur Municipal Corporation.
- Hiv-Aids Care Facility For Madurai (Hindu, Shastry V Mallady, Mar 04, 2007)
To be established on the lines of Tambaram facility
- Mp Cong Sees ‘Indecency’ In Aids Campaign (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Mar 04, 2007)
The Sangh Parivar may have earned itself a reputation for prudery, but in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress is giving it a healthy challenge by opposing photographs of human anatomy used in adolescence education programmes in schools . . .
- Review On Hiv Status In State Brings Cheer To Ngos (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2007)
Prophylactic usage among sex workers improves
Prevalence of HIV remains between 1.5 and 2 per cent
32,000 women are HIV+ out of 16 lakh deliveries performed every year
- Mp Cong Sees ‘Indecency’ In Aids Campaign (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Mar 03, 2007)
The Sangh Parivar may have earned itself a reputation for prudery, but in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress is giving it a healthy challenge by opposing photographs of human anatomy used in adolescence education programmes in schools, saying it’s an . . .
- The Suicide Armada In Afghanistan (OutLook, B. Raman , Mar 03, 2007)
Strategically, the Neo-Taliban's conventional battles have been more significant, but tactically, its repeated acts of suicide terrorism result in new recruits and aids its PSYWAR against the Karzai government.
- Patent Incremental Innovations? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 02, 2007)
Novartis AG’s challenge to Sec 3 (d) of the Patents Act, 1970, and the report of the Technical Expert Group (TEG) has sparked off a new debate on the patenting of trivial changes that some describe as incremental innovation.
- Asian Countries Unlikely To Meet Un Goals (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2007)
The Asia-Pacific region has done much to fight poverty, but no country is on track to meet a set of UN-agreed goals that range from stemming AIDS to reducing infant mortality, experts said today.
- Rs. 15,291 Crore For Health Sector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2007)
Focus on National Rural Health Mission; efforts to contain AIDS
Emphasis on mother and childcare
Allocation hiked for HIV/AIDS prevention
- Patent Incremental Innovations? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 01, 2007)
Novartis AG’s challenge to Sec 3 (d) of the Patents Act, 1970, and the report of the Technical Expert Group (TEG) has sparked off a new debate on the patenting of trivial changes that some describe as incremental innovation.
- `Budget Has Not Done Enough For Farm Sector' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2007)
Kumaraswamy, Yediyurappa concerned over rising inflation
Support has been limited to two farm universities
The Centre should adopt bold measures to help farmers
- Out Of Political Compulsions (Deccan Herald, Alok Ray, Mar 01, 2007)
High inflation and slow progress on poverty alleviation are major political liabilities.
- More Funds For Rural Health Mission (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 28, 2007)
The government's flagship National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has got increased allocation in the central Budget for 2007-08 with major emphasis on mother and child care and prevention of communicable diseases.
- Patent Incremental Innovations? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 28, 2007)
Novartis AG’s challenge to Sec 3 (d) of the Patents Act, 1970, and the report of the Technical Expert Group (TEG) has sparked off a new debate on the patenting of trivial changes that some describe as incremental innovation.
- In-Laws Kill Indian Woman Over Aids Suspicion (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2007)
A sick woman in eastern India was beaten to death by her in-laws because they suspected she had AIDS and feared she would infect the rest of the family, a newspaper said on Monday.
- Preventing Aids (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 26, 2007)
A WORLD Bank team recently called on Sindh’s health minister to express alarm over the mounting figures for HIV/Aids patients in the province.
- How Europe Cares For The Disabled (Business Line, Mohan Murti, Feb 26, 2007)
Over three years ago, I had the opportunity of making my way to London's Curzon Soho for the debut screening of Kroko, a powerful German film featuring real-life disabled actors and teenage tearaways.
- One Track Minds ~ Aids Activists Ignore Methods Of Hiv Spread (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2007)
Overestimation of the contribution of commercial sex in India’s HIV/AIDS epidemic is leading to ignoring other important ways of HIV spread such as injection drug use (IDU), men having sex with men and exposures in healthcare and cosmetic . . .
- Abbott's Aids Drug In A Patent Spot In India (Business Line, P.T. Jyothi Datta, Feb 21, 2007)
At the heart of a patent-related wrangle in Thailand, Kaletra - the AIDS-drug from the US drug-maker Abbott Laboratories seems to be in a patent spot in India as well. The patent application on the soft gel (SG) version of Kaletra seems to be . . .
- Livelihood Project For People Living With Hiv (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2007)
Surakshita Project, launched by the Krishna District Lorry Owners Association (KDLOA), has begun a lifeline project for people living with HIV/AIDS with help from the Delhi-based Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
- India's Cheap Drugs Under Patent Threat (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2007)
A court challenge to India's patent laws by the pharmaceutical giant Novartis could cut the supply of affordable medicines to treat Aids and other epidemics in the developing world, aid agencies say.
- Profit Vs People’S Health Needs (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 16, 2007)
The pharma lobby likewise wields power, thanks to its money clout, and gets governments to change their health policy decisions to suit manufacturers’ profit calculations.
- Atomic-Scale Pics Show Chink In Hiv’S Armour (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2007)
Researchers on Friday would deliver a rare piece of good news concerning the struggle against AIDS, saying they have identified an area of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that revives hopes for an antibody-based vaccine.
- Cipla's Global Malaria Initiative (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2007)
Country’s second-biggest drug maker Cipla, which slashed prices of generic AIDS drugs internationally, is soon to champion another global move to contain malaria.
- Albina Du Boisrouvray (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2007)
A French countess, Time magazine's hero of '03 and founder of the international NGO FXB, which works in the area of HIV, on her plans for India
- Drug Company Tries To Block Generic Rival (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2007)
A drug company will sue the Indian government today in a case that campaigners fear will drastically cut the chances of people in poor countries getting cheap medicines that could keep them alive.
- Students' `Banner Of Revolt' Against Hiv-Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2007)
Bharathidasan College for Women inaugurates Red Ribbon Club
- "Hiv-Aids Test Must Be Made Mandatory Before Marriage" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2007)
Council conducts survey to promote awareness of safe sex among couples
- Patent Holders Challenge Cheap Drugs (WhatIsIndia Publications, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2007)
A court challenge to India's patent laws by the pharmaceutical giant Novartis could cut the supply of affordable medicines to treat Aids and other epidemics in the developing world, aid agencies say.
- Cheap Medicine, Costly Treatment (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 13, 2007)
A single issue in India’s high court will affect the availability of reliable drugs in the world’s poorest countries and the future development of India’s pharmaceutical industry.
- Smoking Out A Tradition (Deccan Herald, MICHAEL JANSEN, Feb 10, 2007)
The total ban could change the social habits of the French society where the cigarette has not only been part of the daily routine but also of history.
- Chinese Transparency Is Telling (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 09, 2007)
To boost its image China has allowed foreign media to report on Beijing Olympics whereas its own Press faces severe restrictions, says Audra Ang.
- Shilpa Meets Mps In Commons, Thanks Blair (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 08, 2007)
Indian actress Shilpa Shetty met British Parliamentarians on wednesday and watched Prime Minister's question time in House of Commons.
- Shilpa Calls On Blair In Parliament (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 08, 2007)
Actor Shilpa Shetty, winner of the "Celebrity Big Brother" show, was on Wednesday the cynosure of all eyes at the House of Commons where she met British Prime Minister Tony Blair and attended a luncheon with leading MPs.
- Avaaz: The Online Voice Of Change (Tribune, Andrew Buncombe, Feb 08, 2007)
George Bush, Vladimir Putin and Jacques Chirac are in bed, fast asleep.
- Double Whammy For Security Forces In Chhattisgarh: Naxals & Malaria (Indian Express, Nitin Mahajan, Feb 07, 2007)
The security forces in Chhattisgarh have one more group to fight apart from the Naxalites—mosquitoes. The insects seem to be taking a heavy toll on security forces killing 23 personnel so far, including 17 from the Naga battalion, part of Indian . . .
- New Environmental Body (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 06, 2007)
France has proposed a new environmental body that could police, monitor, and hold responsible nations that over-use resources in the name of development and received support of several nations but not the US, China, India, and Russia.
- Hiv Drug Trial Stopped (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Feb 05, 2007)
Joint trials of a microbicide to prevent HIV infections during sex conducted in India and Africa were aborted after safety reasons cited by an independent scientific committee concluded that there was increased risk of HIV infection for women.
- Defend Indian Patents Act, Says Cpi (M) (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Feb 03, 2007)
"Mobilise opinion against greed for profits by pharma firms"
Novartis' case, precursor to more challenges
Pharma firms trying to "evergreen" old patents
- Anti-Aids Gel Trial Called Off (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Feb 03, 2007)
In what may adversely affect managing AIDS in Bagalkot, an international trial of an AIDS-preventing vaginal cream has suddenly been called off following preliminary evidence indicating that the gel may actually help infect the volunteers rather . . .
- Novartis Files Suit Against India Ruling On Drug Patents (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2007)
A legal challenge to the Indian patent law filed Monday could block the supply of cheap, Indian-made generic copies of cancer and AIDS treatments to the developing world, patients' rights advocates said.
- India Trials Of Anti-Hiv Gel Halted Over Risk To Women (Indian Express, ANURADHA MASCARENHAS, Feb 02, 2007)
Trials of a microbicidal gel to prevent HIV infection during sex have been halted in India and Africa after an independent scientific committee found that the active ingredient, cellulose sulphate, increased the risk of women contracting the virus.
- Scientists Call It An Unexpected Setback (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, Feb 02, 2007)
Advanced clinical trials in India, South Africa, Benin and Uganda have indicated that microbicide gels, which offers protection against AIDS are actually increasing the risk of infection.
- Protection Against Aids: Trials A Setback (Times of India, Kounteya Sinha, Feb 02, 2007)
Advanced clinical trials in India, South Africa, Benin and Uganda have indicated that microbicide gels, which offers protection against AIDS are actually increasing the risk of infection.
- Women's Initiative To Fight Hiv Stigma (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 01, 2007)
Women living with HIV/AIDS in the State are coming together to launch an initiative to tackle issues of stigma and discrimination faced by HIV-positive men and women in their daily lives.
- Aids Activists In Us Bat For India, Take Up Cudgels Against Novartis (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Jan 31, 2007)
Taking up cudgels on behalf of India and poor patients in the Third World, American AIDS activists have mounted a major offensive in Washington against Swiss drug major Novartis, which is currently challenging Indian patent law in a Chennai court.
- Hundreds Protest Indian Patent Law Challenge By Swiss Company (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2007)
Hundreds of Indian activists protested in New Delhi on Monday against a challenge to the country’s patent law by Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, saying the move could leave millions without access to affordable medicine.
- Aids: "Foreign Tourists Carry A False Notion" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 31, 2007)
Report of AIDS Control Programme-III
5 million Indians employed in tourism industry
Rajasthan receives fair to heavy flow of tourists
- First India-Russia-China Structured Meeting (WhatIsIndia Publications, Aravind Sitaraman, Jan 30, 2007)
India, Russia, and China will hold their first structured foreign ministerial meeting in New Delhi seen as an effort to coordinate response and efforts in international affairs, although the foreign ministers have met thrice over the last 2 years.
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