Nevada (USA): Mayor of Sparks, one of the fastest growing cities of Nevada (USA), has “proclaimed” October 25 as “Rajan Zed Day” after the acclaimed religious statesman Rajan Zed. Geno R. Martini, Sparks Mayor, today handed over the proclamation to Zed, which read: “religious statesman Rajan Zed has brought honor to the State of Nevada [...]
Aligarh: Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis, the Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University launched the website Sir Syed Today (http://www.sirsyedtoday.org) in the central hall of Maulana Azad Library, AMU. The website has been designed by Dr. Masarrat Ali, an AMU alumnus from USA. Dr. Masarrat Ali claimed that this is the first and largest digitization [...]
(CNS) Infection and communicable diseases form a large part of the health care burden in India, despite the ongoing progress made to combat and control life threatening diseases. Amongst these, the most difficult to treat infections are those that the patients pick up while in a hospital, says Dr Sudhir Krishna, consultant pediatric surgeon at [...]
Cancers in all forms are causing about 12 per cent of deaths throughout the world. In the developed countries, cancer is the second leading cause of death accounting for 21% (2.5 million) of all mortality. In the developing countries, cancer ranks third as a cause of death and accounts for 9.5% (3.8 million) of all [...]
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh): Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister Himachal Pradesh said that His Holiness Dalai Lama was a symbol of peace, humanity, love and tolerance and said that 50 years stay of His Holiness in Himachal Pradesh was a matter of pride for the people of the Himachal. Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal was chief [...]
Nahan (Himachal Pradesh): International wrestler the Great Khali would reach in his home district on 3rd May after completing WWE and Ten sports promotional tour to Delhi and Mumbai. Khali is India with his with his wife Harpinder Kaur since 27th April. As per as the information Khali would fly to Amritsar in Punjab on [...]
New Delhi: In a glittering ceremony held in New Delhi, Carzonrent (India) Pvt. Ltd., India’s largest personal ground transportation company, was awarded the prestigious Bird Express Travel World Awards for Excellence in operations under the Best Car/Bus Operators category. The award was given to honor Carzonrent’s initiatives for successfully introducing and implementing innovative technology in [...]
Kalpana Palkhiwala writes: Climate Change is a long-term phenomenon and has been duly recognised by the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change. The international community including India is actively engaged in finding ways and means of preventive climate change. The Copenhagen Accord and the CoP decisions concerning the Adhoc Working Group (AWG) for Long Term Cooperative [...]
Paonta Sahib: On April 29th, 2010, Tibetans in Paonta Sahib commemorated the 12th anniversary of the Tibetan Martyr’s Day to pay homage to fellow Tibetans who selflessly sacrificed their lives for the cause of Tibet and its people. Regional Tibetan Youth Congress and Regional Tibetan Women Association of Paonta Sahib held a mass prayer meeting [...]
Shimla: Municipal Corporation Shimla has introduced ‘Door to Door Garbage Collection Scheme’ for Shimla town. Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, launched the scheme from his official residence, Oakover today. Speaking on the occasion Himachal Chief Minister said that ‘Shimla Environment, Heritage Conservation and Beautification (SEHB) Society had been constituted under the aegis of Municipal [...]
Aligarh: Dr Syed Faiz Zaidi, English Teacher, Senior Secondary School (Boys), Aligarh Muslim University has been invited as a trainer for Madarsa English Language teachers’ workshop being held at Delhi from May 3-14, 2010. He would be working as a local trainer along with Professor Gretchen Coppedge, English Language Fellow from United Sates of America. [...]
New Delhi: The Solicitor General of India, Gopal Subramanium along with Indian Ambassador to the United States, Meera Shankar met with the Attorney General of the United States, Eric Holder and representatives of Department of Justice in Washington last evening and held detailed discussions. The two partners agreed to take suitable steps to bring about [...]
P.K. Mohanty writes: Over the years, India has developed a strong capability in producing generic medicines in almost all the therapeutic categories. These medicines are being sold mostly as branded medicines which pushes up the retail price of these medicines. There is still a large population of poor people in the country which finds it difficult to [...]
New Delhi: SapientNitro has announced that it has opened an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Located in the Dubai Media City Free Zone, it marks the company’s foray into the region. The company’s Dubai office will serve the integrated marketing needs of Mars and other marketers in the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation [...]