Move to make HIV Tests mandatory For Soldiers In Northeast
...datory HIV tests for all new recruits to the army, navy and air force. Singh told a news conference here Saturday that all "full blown cases of AIDS" in the armed forces would be removed from service even though they would continue to get medical treatment and pension benefits. According to a reliable e...Military-based Research Labs Needed To Manage Bird Flu Threat
...th the World Health Organization (WHO). One such navy research unit located in Indonesia helped identify...sion of the bird flu. In a similar way, a US based navy lab, in Egypt detected the bird flu virus among birds in central Asia. Financial and space constrain...Fired HIV-infected Soldiers to Get Back Their Jobs
...table for work. Senior officials in the army and navy have gone through all 11 cases presented before the Court; the defense ministry will re-admit the living claimants. "We will re-enlist any persons the court determines should be reinstated to active service," the defense ministry said. The armed ...Armed Forces Introduce Yoga, Counselling to Counter Stress
...20 in the army, 24 in the air force and two in the navy and the coast guard. There were 120 suicides, i...- in the army, 23 in the air force and five in the navy and coast guard. The year 2004 witnessed 118 suicides - 100 in the army, 13 in the air force and ...Numerous Defense Personnel Granted Early Retirement Due to Mental Illness
...ho retired early, 2,064 were officers of the army, navy and air force and 37,865 were personnel below offi...m the army, 123 from the air force and 29 from the navy had been discharged during 2004-06 "on account of mental disorders, including cases of psychosis, ne......f Scientific Studies. Rivera flew on Monday in a navy airplane to take hundreds of photographs of the si...ere the water flowed through,' Mr Rivera said in a navy communique. 'This confirms that glaciers in the region are retreating and getting thinner,' he poi...