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Satellite will spread
medical awareness
What is India News Service,
Friday, 11 March 2005, 1800 hrs IST
Medical advice through
satellite
will be offered soon, Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman G Madhavan Nair said on Thursday.
Currently, Visveswaraiah University in Bangalore is connected to 100 engineering colleges. Students
are being taught through the satellite using video-conferencing, Mr Nair said at Tenali on Wednesday after receiving the prestigious Nayudamma Memorial Award.
ISRO will join hands with 20 agencies to fully utilise EDUSAT\92s capacity to impart education to students in remote areas. The backward Chamarajnagar district in Karnataka has been selected to teach 50,000 schools, he said.
Referring to telemedicine, Nair said 20 superspecialty hospitals in metropolitan cities have been selected to connect with 80 district hospitals in the country and provide expert medical advice to people in the rural areas. People in the distant north-eastern region, Andaman and Nicobar islands and Jammu and Kashmir have benefited from the programme. The facility proved very useful when the tsunami struck the Indian coast, he added.
Jharkhand House adjourned till March 15, NDA holds emergency meeting:
NDA legislature party leader Arjun Munda has regretted that the UPA was 'not allowing' the Supreme Court order to hold the trial of strength of the Shibu Soren government.
Centre not make Presidential reference: Centre is understood to have on Friday decided against making a Presidential reference to the Supreme Court on its order in the Jharkhand Assembly
case.
Mulayam dares Cong again:
Samajwadi Party supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday warned of serious consequences including public revolt if the Congress-led UPA tried to topple his Government.
Left refuses mediator for bilateral dialogue with Pak:
Veteran Left leaders told Pakistan President General Musharraf that India does not regard the US as a mediator for solving problems in bilateral relations
Two rapes, four murders every hour in India:
How crime prone is India? Every hour, 25 violent crimes take place in the country while 59 housewives commit suicide every
day.
Reservation Bill an eyewash, says SC commission chairman:
Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, Dr Suraj Bhan, on Thursday termed as an "eyewash" the Reservation Bill tabled by the UPA Government in the Rajya Sabha. He also protested against the apathetic attitude of the UPA Government in not giving him the status of a Cabinet Minister.
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States
DMK stages walkout after member\92s eviction:
Jayalalitha accused DMK members of lowering the dignity and decorum of the House by making snide remarks when ruling partymen spoke.
10 ministers inducted in Haryana cabinet:
Former PCC president Birender Singh, state Congress working president Randeep Surjewala, steel tycoon O P Jindal are among the inducted ministers.
35 BJP MLAs rebel against Modi:
Amid allegations of tapping of their phone calls, over 35 BJP MLAs from Gujarat today met senior party leader Keshubhai Patel to air their grievances against Chief Minister Narendra Modi\92s style of functioning.
Gujarat tops the list in cyber crimes, followed by Andhra: Of a total of 1,310 people arrested in the country for cyber crime under the IPC, 551 belonged to Gujarat, followed by 390 from Andhra Pradesh and 160 from Uttar
Pradesh.
Neighbours
Fourth round of Tibet, China talks soon:
Though India supports the talks between the Tibetan government in exile and China, India also recognises Tibet as an integral part of China.
View from abroad
NRIs incensed over move to rename Durban street:
Point Road is infamous for prostitution and re-naming it after Mahatma Gandhi hasn\92t gone down well with locals.
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Trouble awaits Modi in US:
A human rights organisation has attempted to scuttle Mr Modi\92s role as chief guest at a convention here, by getting people to distance themselves from the event.
Curry 5 pc of London's biz pie: Curry is not just seducing gastronomes but also gradually seeping into the economy.
10 South Asians in race for White House Fellowships:
Ten South Asian Americans, most of them of Indian origin, are among the finalists for the 2005-06 White House Fellows Programme - one of the most prestigious programmes for leadership and public
service.
Overall
India will pioneer satellite medical advice:
ISRO is planning to use its educational
satellite to spread medical awareness in the country.
China, Tibet will talk soon: India is for dialogue, but now accepts Tibet
as part of China.
Jharkhand House was adjourned: Soren's position as chief minister hinges
on how the legislators crumble.
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