Swearing-in Of Girija Prasad Koirala Postponed Due To Ill Health

The swearing-in ceremony of Nepal’s new prime minister Mr. Girija Prasad Koirala, which was scheduled to take place on Friday was put off// due to ill health, but his party sources informed that his condition is stable and improving. The 84-year-old, appointed prime minister by King Gyanendra ...

Koirala's Temptation and Gamble

... It was a gamble for Nepal's Prime Minister girija Prasad Koirala who, despite his indifferent health and much against doctor's advice, //couldn't "resist the temptation" of coming to the SAARC summit....

Nearly 2,500 Mentally Ill Women in Delhi are Destitute: Abdul Kalam

...can work for the creation of hundreds of rehabilitation centres and thousand after-care-homes and halfway homes across the country. NCW Chairman girija Vyas said that India is home to five million mentally ill women, of which nearly 100,000 need long tern rehabilitation. "We are focusing on this issue...

Five Million Indian Women Suffer Mental Illness

...health in 21st century is a great threat. We think India needs to review its archaic law and broaden the scope of mental health," said NCW chairperson girija Vyas. On the occasion of International Women's Day Thursday, NCW will focus on women's mental health and ask the central government to do so as ...

TCS Signs Deal With Singapore's Parkway Hospitals

... clinics globally. "The association between two leading industry players in the Asia-Pacific region will create greater value for the customers," girija Pande, executive vice-president and regional director of TCS Asia Pacific. Source-IANS...

Nepal's Most Influential Woman 'Critically' Ill

... Kathmandu: Nona Koirala, Prime Minister girija Prasad Koirala's sister-in-law and Nepal's most influential woman, is "critically" ill, //battling jaundice, kidney problems and other infections in h...

Dengue Outbreak Feared in Nepal

...cording to unofficial figures four towns across the border in Nepal remain tense. Besides Nepalgunj, they are Biratnagar, home of Prime Minister girija Prasad Koirala, Chitwan, a popular tourist destination famed for its one-horned rhino and alligator population, and Birgunj, Nepal's industrial hub. ...

Despite High Literacy Rate Female Foeticide is on the Rise in Kerala

... "In order to tackle this issue we are meeting women from various sections of society on Sep 28." The minister was responding to a remark by girija Vyas, chairperson of the National Commission For Women, that she was surprised to hear from experts that female feticide happens in Kerala too. ...

Fuel Price Hike Triggers Violent Protests In Nepal

...ch has made fuel 11 to 25 percent costlier. The student wings of two of the leading parties in the coalition government, including Prime Minister girija Prasad Koirala's Nepali Congress party and the youth wing of the Maoist guerrillas brought transport to a standstill in over a dozen places in the cap...

Girl Students Sexually Harassed by Security Forces in Nepal

...tivists here. // Children as Zone of Peace, an umbrella of 36 rights organisations, says it has been urging the new government of Prime Minister girija Prasad Koirala to withdraw security forces from all occupied schools but to no avail. "Now there is a democratic government that says it is comm...