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Sati Raises its Ugly Head in Madhya Pradesh

...rayan (33) -- they prevented police personnel from rescuing the widow as she was being devoured by the flames. According to the prosecution in the case, the victim's relatives assaulted the police personnel and prevented them from removing the woman from the pyre. "The family of the deceased were aware of...

Neurological Damage Can Be Reduced By Stem Cell Transplants

...mice that had stroke. The transplants appear to be rescuing the dying cells, he said. Borlongan said researchers hope that over the next year, to test their treatment in larger animals, such as primates and pigs. Stating that there's no indication yet that the treatment will work in humans, and the lead r...

Birds Being Shot Owing To Bird Flu Fear: Wildlife Experts

... addition to the resident birds, the officials are rescuing more than 200 birds every year. It has been feared that the decomposed swan found near the harbour in Cellardyke, Scotland has been infected with bird flu. A similar strain of the H5N1 virus that infected birds in Ruegen Island in the Baltic Sea has ...

Marathon Kid Budhia’s Health Not Compromise

...Das said. Das and his wife adopted Budhia after rescuing him from a slum. He had been sold to them for a paltry sum of Rs.800 by his impoverished mother. Das helped the boy become a running sensation. Budhia became a celebrity after his non-stop 60 km run between Puri and Bhubaneswar last year. He runs ...

Remove Stigma to Defeat HIV/AIDS in India, says UN Envoy

... of Impulse NGO Network, a rights group working in rescuing women trafficked from the northeast. "But in reality, many of these women were pushed into the notorious world of prostitution." The group has rescued about 50 girls from various parts of India in the past two years. Source-IANS...

Stress Could Kill Brain Cells, Says a Recent Study

...to examine what role antidepressants might play in rescuing the cells. However other experts believe there is evidence to suggest that mild stress could be protective. The rule of thumb seems to be - a little stress is good for you but severe or unpredictable stress is bad, they contend....

New Study Reveals That Firefighters Are Prone To Heart Attack

...es higher than during non-emergency duties such as rescuing a cat from a tree. Stefanos Kales of Harvard Medical School and colleagues say episodic physical and psychological stress, carbon monoxide and toxic chemicals in smoke, and lack of physical fitness appeared responsible for it. Even though fire sup...

Doctors Strike Paralysed Health Services in Bihar

...n a strike to protest the failure of the police in rescuing two abducted school students who are close relati...e Thursday to protest the failure of the police in rescuing Saurav, 12 and Gaurav, 12. Both the boys are student of DAV school at Barauni Refinery in the distri...

Plan to Contain Drug Resistant TB Launched-WHO

...s affected by these two disease types, potentially rescuing the lives of 1.2 million people. It also underscores the urgency with which basic tuberculosis control and investment in crucial areas such as bolstering diagnostic laboratories, increasing infection control and surveillance and stepping up funding...

Motorists Getting Greyer, Greener, Thriftier: Nissan's Ghosn

...ieved legendary status in the automobile world for rescuing the loss-making Japanese automaker from the brink of bankruptcy. Nissan has been slow to embrace hybrid vehicles, which are equipped with an electric motor and a standard petrol (gasoline) engine, making them much more economical and environment-fr...

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