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Articles 13221 through 13320 of 20587:
- Indian Pharma For Global Tie-Ups (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Pharma industry and governments across the third world countries of ASEAN, Africa and Gulf Cooperation Council are keen to foster marketing alliances with Indian pharma industry, if the proceedings at India-Africa, ASEAN and GCC pharma and . . .
- Jatha On Aids Awareness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The spread of HIV/AIDS can be checked by adopting certain measures, said N. Lingareddy, Deputy Superintendent of Police, here on Thursday. He was participating in a jatha organised by "Abhaya Action Aids Organisation" to mark "World AIDS Day" . . .
- Apollo Hospitals To Partner With Johns Hopkins (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
To set up referral lab in Hyderabad
- Protests To Mark Ap House Fete (Deccan Herald, R Akhileshwari , Dec 03, 2005)
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly celebrates its 50 years of law-making with a series of programmes during its winter session that begins on Saturday.
- World Youth Satellite Will Be In Orbit By 2007, Says Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
He lists areas for entrepreneurship and jobs they can create
- Plan To Start Aids Control Scheme (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
To curtail rapid proliferation
The Department of Health has planned to introduce AIDS disease control programme in the district from January next in order to curtail rapid proliferation of the killer disease, said the Collector, Rajesh Lakhoni.
- Africa's Hiv Sufferers Need Access To Free Medical Care (Hindu, Jonathan Steele, Dec 03, 2005)
The West's policies are putting healthcare out of reach for the continent's poorest.
- Imperatives Of Reconstruction (Dawn, Dr Kamal Munir, Dec 03, 2005)
Nearly eight weeks after the most devastating earthquake in the history of the subcontinent, Islamabad is rife with talk of reconstruction.
- Sleuths Sniff Out Maoist Meet (Deccan Herald, Anirban Bhaumik , Dec 03, 2005)
The intelligence agencies in the northeastern states and West Bengal were put on alert following a report that leaders of some of the ultra-leftist movements across South Asia would meet somewhere along the India-Bangladesh border this month.
- Controversy In India Over Medical Tourism (International Herald Tribune, Amelia Gentleman, Dec 03, 2005)
As foreigners flock to India to find lower health-care costs and avoid long waiting times, the rapid growth of this medical tourism has begun to create significant opposition among doctors here.
- 90% Tents In Quake Areas Inadequate (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Dec 03, 2005)
UN says operations may be reduced in midwinter
* Says 40% of UN’s appeal fulfilled
* Asks NATO to leave equipment before leaving
- Apollo Group Ties With J Hopkins (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Healthcare major Apollo Hospitals group on Friday announced a strategic alliance with Johns Hopkins Medicine International for collaboration in medicine, education and research. Under the agreement, the two organisations, . . .
- Intimations Of Mortality (Indian Express, PALLAVI AIYAR, Dec 03, 2005)
Intimations of mortality
Everyone’s talking about China. Well, not quite everyone. India, which should perhaps be obsessing about its northern neighbour, is not an avid China watcher. The proportion of public discussion and media space . . .
- Mumbai Doctor Sacked For Fainting On Kalam Duty (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
J J Hospital, Mumbai, has terminated the services of its most qualified anaesthetist, Dr Sameer Kalaniya. The doctor, according to the termination letter, was punished for collapsing while accompanying President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on his Mumbai . . .
- Olive Green, Black Hole (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Dec 03, 2005)
NATO’s earthquake relief effort in Pakistan did not even involve a thousand personnel. It is now winding up, completing its tight lease of 90 days in what is a most politically sensitive region.
- Cmc Vellore Joins Stem Cell Research (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
With President Abdul Kalam flagging off a centre for stem cells research at the Christian Medical College yesterday, the renowned college and hospital in Vellore, 200 km from Chennai, will join intensive global research in stem cell applications.
- Phase-I Trials Of Aids Vaccine Over (Indian Express, Toufiq Rashid, Dec 03, 2005)
Officials say vaccine successful on healthy people, result expected in a month
- Pre-Marital Hiv Test To Be Mandatory In Goa (Deccan Herald, DEVIKA SEQUEIRA , Dec 03, 2005)
No longer will it just be sunlit beaches and surf for those wishing to tie the nuptial knot in Goa. More is in store for the young hearts.
- A Bank Robber’S Arrest Cracks J&k Terror Net (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The arrest of a bank robber on Wednesday has led the J&K Police to the network behind eight major militant strikes.
- Testing Time For Aids (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Ahead of what could be India’s biggest investment so far to check the spread of AIDS, an international management consortium will assess the National AIDS Control Organisation (Naco), health minister Anbumani Ramadoss has said.
- Footsie With Terror (Pioneer, Hari Jaisingh, Dec 03, 2005)
After 15 years of Lalu-Rabri caste-based misrule and non-governance, Bihar is once again at a crossroads. Will Mr Nitish Kumar's JD(U)-BJP combine be able to give Bihar a new direction and usher in an era of clean governance and faster development, . . .
- Public (Un) Safety Act (Greater Kashmir, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
The public safety act (PSA) which was enacted in late 70s has of late become the most dreaded legislation in this neglected land. Amended several times during President’s rule, the law authorizes the state to detain a person for two years without trial.
- Show Him The Way (Greater Kashmir, SYED QASIM KAZIMI, Dec 03, 2005)
An individual is caught in a deluge of choices and options. What to do and what to desist from. Here needs a proper guidance and a careful counseling, comments
SYED QASIM KAZIMI
- Politicians Behind Woes Of Up's Babus (Pioneer, MANOHAR SUBRAHMANYAM, Dec 03, 2005)
While politicisation of the bureaucracy is a national problem, Uttar Pradesh's woes have been exacerbated by short-sighted regionalism practiced by its politicians since the 1970s. MANOHAR SUBRAHMANYAM traces the steady road downhill for a once-proud.....
- Bird Flu: A New Dread - Iii (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 03, 2005)
Bird flu is in news making a common health conscious human so concerned about what he should or he should not do, Mehnaaz Sultan Khuroo explains in detail all about the diseases, preventions and the reality behind
- Eighty Plus And Going Strong (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 03, 2005)
Mr Balram Bhasin! Who? A younger colleague asked us this question out of sheer innocence the other day.
- Revealing Fears (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 03, 2005)
Old women can have all the fun. Women in Pushkar in Rajasthan, whether of the soil or from overseas, cannot be touched by men, even their husbands, in public unless they are old or infirm.
- Cupid Goes Online For Hiv Patients (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
“Curvy, HIV-positive female, 33, seeks muscular male with good sense of humour for friendship and maybe more.” www.thepositiveconnection.co.za is an online dating service like any other, with one exception: all its members are infected with HIV.
- Gere-D Up For A Good Cause (Deccan Herald, G Ulaganathan, Dec 02, 2005)
I never knew you guys are so popular”, said Richard Gere in Hyderabad last month at a show to promote AIDS awareness. He was referring to the two super stars of south Indian cinema, Chiranjeevi and Kamal Hassan, who joined hands with him in this mission.
- Literacy Scheme Planned For State (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Four districts in Karnataka – Raichur, Koppal, Gulbarga and Chamarajanagar – have been found to have low literacy levels, the Parliament was informed on Thursday.
- Don’T Cut That Cord Yet! (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Stem cells from the umblical cord of a baby can cure more than 75 ailments. No wonder cord blood banking is highly recommended. Hema Anand finds out more.
- Vidharbha: Cry, The Beloved Countryside (Hindu, P. SAINATH, Dec 02, 2005)
The agrarian crisis in Vidharbha has spun almost out of control. Appeals for swift measures by many have fallen on deaf ears.
- Primordial Calls Vs Politics Of Individuation (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Dec 02, 2005)
The scope and nature of the Bihar verdict are stunning. Once again, the illiterate, long-suffering people rose above caste and religion in search of a better future and proved the psephologists and pundits wrong.
- Clinic To Treat Hiv Infected At Gorimedu Proposed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Health Minister E. Valsaraj launches the administration of drug
- Free Condoms, Campaign To Boost Asia Vigil (Indian Express, Rahul Sharma, Dec 02, 2005)
Asia marked World AIDS Day on Thursday with free condoms, mobile phone games and flag-festooned rallies aimed at promoting awareness of a disease that kills millions in rich and poor countries each year.
- South African Plays Online Cupid For Hiv Patients (Indian Express, Rebecca Harrison, Dec 02, 2005)
“Curvy, HIV positive female, 33, seeks muscular male with good sense of humour for friendship and maybe more.”
- Kyoto Rules Go Through At Un Talks (Indian Express, Reuters, Dec 02, 2005)
Countries meeting at the UN environmental conference adopted on Wednesday the rules for limiting the emissions of greenhouse gases under the UN’s Kyoto Protocol, but Saudi Arabia held up a key section on policing the accord.
- Remorse, Rage In Africa Over Slow Progress Against Aids (Indian Express, ANDREW QUINN, Dec 02, 2005)
Rage and remorse marked World AIDS Day in Africa on Thursday as the continent worst hit by the global crisis remembered millions of deaths in a pandemic that even new drug treatments are doing little to slow.
- Rallies Mark World Aids Day Observance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
United efforts required to prevent the spread of HIV: Governor
- Aids: Europe Rejects U.S. Policy (Hindu, Sarah Boseley, Dec 02, 2005)
E.U. urges Africa not to heed Bush agenda
- Call For More Campaign On Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Rallies, poster exhibition mark AIDS Day observance
- Call For More Aids Awareness Campaigns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Rallies held, saplings planted as part of World AIDS Day
- Jail Staff Attend Aids Day Programme In Kollam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The Kerala Association for Social and Women's Welfare observed World AIDS Day here on Thursday by organising a sensitisation programme for the staff of the Kollam District Jail.
- Awareness Programmes Mark Aids Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
United efforts required to prevent the spread of HIV: Governor
- Organisational Health (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 02, 2005)
IS IT possible to transpose to organisations the methodology of a doctor who undertakes various tests and scans to assess a person's state of health?
- School For Hiv Infected Children In Thrissur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The State Government has decided to start an aided school exclusively for HIV-infected children, in Thrissur, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Thursday.
- Street Play, Jathas Mark World Aids Day In Shimoga (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
NGOs urged to help the Government to spread awareness on disease
- Rally Marks World Aids Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Public meeting, street play and lectures on the disease held
- Hiv Positive People Told Not To Lose Faith In Themselves (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Several awareness programmes mark World AIDS Day
- 700 Cases Of Hiv Reported Since 2002 In Hassan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Voluntary testing centres are reporting an average of 20 cases every month
4,000 people have undergone voluntary tests from September 2002
Highest number of HIV cases in Hassan taluk followed by Channarayapatna and Arsikere
- Talk About Sex, Says Pm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Singh rings AIDS alarm, asks indians to shed inhibitions to fight disease
- Wahhabi Islam: A Misnomer (Greater Kashmir, Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal, Dec 02, 2005)
Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal writes about the contribution of Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab who rose in revolt against the socio-religious corruption prevalent during his times everywhere in Ottoman provinces
Thereafter,
- Pm Calls For War Against Aids (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that the nation’s health delivery system would be restructured in the next two years to provide a comprehensive package of services to the community and to HIV infected persons.
- State Of Real Growth (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Dec 02, 2005)
When the prime minister says he wants to generate at least 10 per cent growth in India, we all not only wish it but long for it. However, what urgently needs doing is a radical correction of colonial laws that rule us in this new and highly . . .
- Facade Of Inclusiveness (Daily Excelsior, Dr Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Dec 02, 2005)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said in a widely published article titled "Open democracy and open economy" that objective of his Government is to empower the people of the country. Public investment in health and education will be increased . . .
- Saarc After Dhaka Summit (Daily Excelsior, Ajay Kaul, Dec 02, 2005)
Twenty years on, SAARC finally appears poised for a take-off. The members of the seven-nation group seem to have shed the mindset that has been mired in political disputes for years and almost brought the regional grouping to the verge of collapse.
- Waste-Water Treatment: A Community Experiment (Business Line, P. Srivatsan, Dec 02, 2005)
Clean water is as important as clean air for human life and other forms of life. Recent weeks saw widespread water-logging due to the rains in Tamil Nadu and other parts of the country.
- Tatas, Icici Bank Plan Loyalty Cards (Business Standard, Shamni Pande, Dec 02, 2005)
The Tata Group and ICICI Bank are soon going to launch their loyalty cards.
- Why Is Bihar A Failed State? (Business Line, Devendra Mishra, Dec 02, 2005)
A FEW years ago a senior advocate during a Supreme Court hearing, casually remarked that a particular government should not suffer from the `Bihar Syndrome'. It created a furore with several parties, organisations and people, . . .
- Nothing Is More Obstinate Than A Fashionable Consensus (Business Line, D. Murali , Dec 02, 2005)
Recently,the Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) spent five hours debating the rate of interest payable to more than three crore subscribers. But the board could not reach a consensus on the issue.
- Pm Calls For Cheaper Aids Drugs (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Law to empower HIV patients likely: Sibal.
- Pakistani Doctors Enjoy Free Run In Mp (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Indore has a flourishing medical fraternity — that of Pakistani doctors. A routine drive against quacks unearthed 37 such doctors.
- Roadshows, Seminars Mark World Aids Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Officials, NGOs and others take the lead in creating awareness
- Politics And Science Co-Exist: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
You have to market them to political leaders, he tells students
- Drop In Percentage Of Hiv Positive Mothers (Hindu, G.V.Ramana Rao, Dec 02, 2005)
1.6 percentage point drop in HIV positive cases in 2005
"Nevirapine" given during labour to prevent transmission of HIV to baby
Drug administered to the baby within 72 hours of delivery
Special focus on educating women on HIV, AIDS
- Let's Talk About Safe Sex, Manmohan Singh Tells India (Reuters, Kamil Zaheer, Dec 02, 2005)
India, with the world's second largest number of HIV/AIDS cases, must shed its inhibitions and start talking openly about safe sex to protect itself against the epidemic, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday.
- Aids: Inhibitions On Discussing Sex Should Go, Says Pm (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Observing that AIDS could have serious consequences for the country's economy and future, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said people should do away with traditional inhibitions on discussing matters related to safe sex rpt safe sex and all . . .
- Kalam Plea To Cmc On Aids Vaccine (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
"An effective vaccine will be a cost-effective tool for control of infectious diseases"
- District-Level Plan To Be Prepared On Aids (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Baseline survey will help identify vulnerable areas'
- Art Centre At Tirupati A Boon For Hiv Positive (Hindu, A.D. Rangarajan, Dec 02, 2005)
It will be set up at S.V.R.R. Government General Hospital
Floating population to the temple city makes it prone to risk of virus spread
CD4 count machine will enable patients monitor cell count in WBCs
- Iraq — Another Vietnam? (Dawn, Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty, Dec 02, 2005)
THE writer recalls the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings of 1966 when Senator Fulbright brought under debate the growing US involvement in Vietnam. Though the conflict was proving costly, it was considered critical to the “war against communi
- Islam’S Pioneering Role (Dawn, Bilal Ahmed Malik, Dec 02, 2005)
Despite efforts to achieve world peace in the wake of two world wars, armed conflicts remain a prominent feature of our human landscape.
- Icici Lombard To Up Health Biz To 18% Of Portfolio (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
ICICI Lombard General Insurance, the largest private non-life insurer, will increase the share of health insurance in its portfolio close to 18%.
- Strive For Aids-Free Society, Says Collector (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Youth to stay away from sex before marriage Youth urged to stay away from sex before marriage
- Viral Fever And Sanitation (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 02, 2005)
THE crisis caused by the growing number of haemorrhagic fever cases in Karachi could have been avoided if the city’s sanitation system was not in the terrible state it has been in.
- Hiv Positive Woman Lights The Lamp At Belgaum Seminar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Gesture draws loud applause at World AIDS Day function
HIV infected need to be treated on par with others
Stress on sex education in schools
Mass campaign is the need of the hour
Individuals should be helped to develop strong moral character
- Rallies Mark World Aids Day (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
NGOs asked to take effective steps to check spread of disease
- Sex Workers Cling To `Safety' To Beat Aids (Hindu, Nivedita Ganguly, Dec 02, 2005)
Their lives revolve around the threat of death every time they fulfil the urge of their clients. Being sole breadwinners of their families, they have to live with the risk every moment. And among them there are some who continue to live with the convictio
- His Way Of Spreading Aids Awareness (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
Thirty-two-year old Harikrishnan observed the World AIDS Day here on Thursday in a unique way.
- World Aids Day Observed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
March held stressing prevention
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