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240 Hours And Counting As Mahajan Continues To Battle For Life

... physics and journalism as well as postgraduate in political journalism. Elected to the Lok Sabha in 1996, Pramod Mahajan was political advisor to then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1998 before becoming a minister handling the ...

‘Family Honour’ Hinder Pakistani Girls In Getting Educatin

...tunities for paid work, voting, and other forms of political and community participation". The report quoted Naseem, a mother from Lodhran in southern Punjab, as saying: "Our village elder, my father, said that if our daughter goes outside the village to study, it will become a problem of our honour." The f...

Abuja Challenges the Government

...in most of the countries is the proof of a lack of political will in these countries. Director-general of the African Council of AIDS Service Organisations (Africaso) Tadinane Tall said that the 15 % target set in 2001 was insufficient to address the challenge. This has become so due to the fact that most of t...

Merciless Lathi Charge of our Meritorious Medicos

...n India the problem is highly complex. The current political agenda is powered by coalition Government with regional powers ruling most of the decision making or more often decision postponement. There is seldom a unison view on any of the important issues and often the government continues to drag and postpo...

Delhi Hospitals Cancel Holidays And Recalls Doctors

...gree with the government's version. It's more of a political statement rather than a solution. The statement holds no meaning and we want everything in black and white," said Subhash Aggarwal, working committee member of IMA. "They should debate the issue with us and give us a concrete solution. Till that ti...

Understanding World Hunger and Malnutrition

...Webb. Secondly, the absence of conflict, such as political instability, does not prevent or resolve wasting i...found that, "…stability, economic growth, and even political transparency are not in themselves sufficient factors to overcome the persistence of wasting in marg...

Healthcare System Remodelled - Iraq

...so a serious concern. It stems from both prolonged political sanctions in the region and mismanagement that impeded the success of the United Nations' oil-for-food program in the country during the 1990s. ‘The feedback provided by the nurses in this study demonstrates clear priorities that can facilitate bot...

South African Died By A HIV Shunned Drug

... objective decision-making about medical subjects, political measures coming from within the heart of the ANC is creating confusion around medicine and creating direct pressure on many individuals not to take the drugs. The enormous support given by President Thabo Mbeki, pushed the health minister, Manto Ts...

The Government’s Balancing Act on Reservatio

...e of 65. The decision backed by across-the-board political consensus brushes aside the National Knowledge Commission's objections. Two members of the Commission have already resigned over the issue. The move also comes amid nation-wide protests against OBC reservation in higher education proposed by the HRD ...

Interim WHO Chief Confirms 'No radical changes' in WHO

...al treatment, Nordstrom said 'There is now a major political commitment to equitable access to drugs for people. Three years back the difference was amazing. Everyone realises now the importance of getting drugs to people in poorer countries.'...

Quota System: Diverting Attention From The Real Problem

...sue has been put on the national agenda by India's political leaders when the country is facing so many other m...roblem should be on the national agenda of all the political parties. They should consider establishing thousands of schools like The George Foundation at Shanti...

Mass Leave By Doctors Leaves Patients Helpless

... accept. We are not against any caste but just for political purposes, a section of society should not be neglected," said N.P. Singh, general secretary of the MAMC faculty association. "Give reservation to the underprivileged but it should be restricted to only one generation. I have seen third generation p...

Supreme Court Verdict Gives Hope to Striking Medicos

...ng OBCs. "These questions have serious social and political ramifications and this court will deal with it appropriately," the Bench said while deciding to examine the effect of the implementation of the policy. Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian, who accepted the notice on behalf of the Centre, ...

Supreme Court Verdict Gives Hope to Striking Medicos

...ng OBCs. "These questions have serious social and political ramifications and this court will deal with it appropriately," the Bench said while deciding to examine the effect of the implementation of the policy. Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian, who accepted the notice on behalf of the Centre, ...

Students to Evaluate the Performance of Teachers

... who heads the reform committee and teaches at the political science department. The teachers will be judged by students on their ability to complete the course on time, number of classes taken and the way they explain important topics and subjects to students. 'We have been working on the project for two ...

US $ 22 Billion Required Yearly to Fight AIDS: UN

...ened its session, sharp differences erupted at the political level with diplomats virtually deadlocked on the declaration which it is expected to issue at the end of the meeting. Secretary-General Kofi Annan joined the fray, strongly rejecting the Islamic countries contention that homosexuals, prostitutes and...

Division Among Delegates To Dilute UN's AIDS Plans: Activists

...ened its session, sharp differences erupted at the political level with diplomats virtually deadlocked on the declaration. The debate was over well know issues including mention of condoms and of vulnerable groups such as sex workers and gay men, empowerment of women and the need to expand definition of unive...

Students in Pakistan Protest Against Dance, Music in Curriculum

...outh wings had reservations, they should ask their political wings to raise the issue in parliament. (Source: IANS News)...

Supreme Court Ruling On Health Care Not Respected. Alleged Physician

...verage. It’s a violation of the judgment. Just for political expediency, many Quebecers are going to suffer and eventually to die,' Chaoulli said. In a decision that surprised many observers, the Supreme Court said that a Quebec government ban on private health insurance for services already covered under Me...

Caffeine Makes People Persuade Easily

...ey do things like listening to advertisements or a political speech on the radio or TV, reading a film review, or in a business meeting to discuss work-related issues. Instrumental process like changing the attitude was also confirmed from the previous research with caffeine saying it increases the brain's a...

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