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The designer of WHO approved safe syringes has been trying to meet the Health Minister for 3 years.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 www.indianexpress.com
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Health
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Kolkata: Although a study commissioned by the Health Ministry has indicated that injection practices in the country as appalling, Union Health minister Ambumani Ramadoss has not found time to meet the inventor of a WHO-approved safe syringe who has been trying for three years to do so.
"I have been trying to meet Dr Ramadoss for the past three years, but have not been able to see him," Marc Koska
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Nine candidates from the fairer sex are contesting against Sheila Dikshit.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 www.mid-day.com
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Cities
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Delhi: Delhi has had a woman chief minister for the past 10 years. But it seems women in the chief minister's New Delhi constituency are not impressed. This time, nine candidates from the fairer sex are contesting against Sheila Dikshit.
None of them seem to stand a chance of winning against the Congress mascot, but they want to take this election as an opportunity to express their "displeasure"
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Sheila-Dikshit
Soumya-Viswanathan
Nimmi-Sayed
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Amid pitched battles between the military and LTTE in the Muhamalai sector in the Jaffna Peninsula
Monday, November 17, 2008 justsamachar.com
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Foreign Affairs
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COLOMBO: Amid pitched battles between the military and LTTE in the Muhamalai sector in the Jaffna Peninsula, the Air Force bombed ‘identified LTTE targets’ on Sunday.
After the capture of Ponneryn, the LTTE’s last strategic sea base on the western coast of the Indian Ocean, the military is targeting LTTE bases in Muhamalai, which are used to mount attacks on soldiers in the Jaffna Peninsula.
The
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At least seven people have been killed by suspected Maoist guerrilas in two separate incidents in Bi
Monday, November 17, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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At least seven people have been killed by suspected Maoist guerrilas in two separate incidents in Bihar, police said Monday.
A group of armed Maoists shot dead four members of a family late Sunday night at Kohbarba Rasulpur village in East Champaran district, about 250 km from here, said District Superintendent of Police NH Khan.
"Armed Maoists first surrounded the village, attacked the house of
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Maheshwari
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It can't be a Common Admission Test if there are no surprises and CAT 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Education
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NEW DELHI: It can't be a Common Admission Test if there are no surprises and CAT 2008 was no different. For over 250,000 candidates from across the country seeking admission to the elite Indian Institutes of Management on Sunday, the surprise came in the form of more questions and more marks.
The toughest test for entry into any academic institution in the country had 90 questions this year comp
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Ex-student and artist brings out a magazine issue devoted only to exposing India’s premier arts scho
Saturday, November 15, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Most annual magazines are fawning tributes to people or trends but a former student of the Sir JJ School of Art has come out with a special issue that promises to turn the practice on its head. Satish Naik has devoted the 352-page issue entirely to 'exposing scams' in the famous institution where he spent seven years as a student of GD Art and Interior Decoration.
Naik launched the Marathi maga
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Anand Jon, the celebrity Indian fashion designer, has been convicted by a Los Angeles court of rapin
Friday, November 14, 2008 ibnlive.in.com
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Foreign Affairs
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New York: Anand Jon, the celebrity Indian fashion designer, has been convicted by a Los Angeles court of raping and sexually assaulting seven aspiring female models of age between14 and 21 years.
Thirty four-year-old Jon, whose rise to fame has been designing dresses for celebrities like Paris Hilton and Janet Jackson, now faces life imprisonment. The sentencing is scheduled for Jan 13.
The 12-m
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Celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon was convicted on rape and sexual assault charges.
Friday, November 14, 2008 www.indianexpress.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Los Angeles: Celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon was convicted on Thursday of raping and sexually assaulting aspiring models as young as 14.
Jon, 34, a rising designer who had dressed socialite Paris Hilton and singer Janet Jackson before his arrest last year, faces possible life imprisonment after a Los Angeles Superior Court jury found him guilty on 16 criminal counts.
The crimes involved lew
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Foot falls asleep often and there are cuts or bruises on it that have no sensation, take note, as it
Friday, November 14, 2008 www.mumbaimirror.com
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Health
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If your foot falls asleep often and there are cuts or bruises on it that have no sensation, take note, as it might be a case of a diabetic foot.
With World Diabetes Day falling on Friday, experts have a word of advice. Leading a life of discipline and being cautious with one's feet is the key to living with diabetes. Diabetes is a growing problem on the Indian subcontinent and in the Middle East
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Ashok-Jhingan
Centre
Delhi
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The US publication Forbes, out of the 40 Indian billionaires, 15 residing in Mumbai have a combined
Thursday, November 13, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Nations
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With as many as 15 billionaires, country's financial hub-- Mumbai-- has emerged as the city housing the highest number of India's richest people in the Forbes list.
According to the US publication Forbes, out of the 40 Indian billionaires, 15 residing in Mumbai have a combined wealth of USD 62.42 billion.
In the league of 40 billionaires, there are five people from Mumbai, including the countr
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Mukesh-Ambani
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