Gujarat

Glenmark Brings to the Notice of the Authorities Irregularities of the Clinical Investigator at its Jamnagar Site in Gujarat

MUMBAI, July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - A Police Complaint has Been Lodged by Hospital Authorities Citing Fraudulent Activity by the Clinical Investigator Dr. A Bhattacharya Working at the GG Hospital and the MP Shah Medical College - Glenmark Not Only Acts as the Whistle-Blo...

HIV Awareness Increases as Condoms are Distributed in Gujarat Theatres Screening Porn Films

Gujarat, the western Indian state is ruled by Hindu zealots. But they seem to have had the sense to take precautions against HIV/AIDS by encouraging distribution of condoms at vulnerable points . The move is paying dividends, officials say. Particularly making available condoms at theatres ...

Expulsion of two HIV positive boys from Gujarat Orphanage

Two minor boys were expelled from an orphanage in Gandhidham in Kutch district of Gujarat after they tested positive for HIV.// Three months back, the brothers aged 6 and 9 were brought to the local Arya Samaj run Jeevan Prabhat orphanage by their maternal uncle. Frequent illness of the boys m...

Poultry Business In Gujarat Badly Hit

Poultry business generally has suffered after announcement of Bird Flu in India .In Gujarat it is reported that 80% of the business has been wiped out. In Utchal taluka of Surat 90,000 chickens have been culled.// Ramesh Patel, secretary of the Gujarat Broiler Farmers' Association, said Sun...

Indian Government warns Gujarat regarding possibility of bird flu

The Gujarat government has been warned against suspected carriers of the dreaded bird flu virus. The Indian Government has issued a warning to raise awareness in the State. //More than 60 people have died due to the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the Southeast Asia since 2003. "The central government ...

Health Checks on Workers Dismantling Blue Lady in Gujarat

Health check-ups of workers dismantling Norwegian cruise liner "Blue Lady", carrying hazardous asbestos, is being carried out in Alang, a shipbreaking yard in Gujarat. During a four-day medical camp, experts of the National Institute of Occupational Health will also impart training to th...

Skewed Sex Ratio! No Problem, We Will Buy Tribes - Says Patel Community In Gujarat

Patel community in Gujarat, who are known for their entrepreneurial skills and its hold over agriculture and business, are now in the trade of buying tribal girls// for their inheritance. This issue has caused a severe sociological problem in the country. One of the main reasons for the fall in...

Leptospirosis Epidemic Overtakes Gujarat

Leptospirosis has reached epidemic proportions in Gujarat according to the government there although they have denied any outbreak of plague in any part of flood-ravaged Surat.// Quoting the final report from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, State Health Secretary Amarjit Singh,...

Viral Epidemic In Gujarat

A special drive to check fever has been launched by the Health officials in Ahmedabad following 40,000 cases of viral epidemic being reported in the city in the last 5// days. Municipal Commissioner IP Gautam said, “About 1,000 paramedical staff will go house-to-house to give medicines.” Th...

French Ship docks in Alang, Gujarat

The Blue Lady, known as a jewel in the French shipping industry has anchored in the Western Indian port of Alang, the world’s biggest breaking yard, in the Gujarat State//. Asbestos –lined former ocean liner, this ship has come to India to be scrapped. Environmentalists are up in arms against ...

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Gujarat in Medical Dictionary

Hydatid disease

...sease in humans is caused by the cystic (larval) stage of the tapeworm ... Hydatid disease is not uncommon in the Saurashtra and Kutch areas of gujarat ... Hydatid cyst is a human parasitic disease caused by the larval stage of the ... Hydatid disease is endemic in cattle-raising areas...

Gujarat in Biological News

Little teeth suggest big jump in primate timeline

...poid, which the researchers have named Anthrasimias gujaratensis by drawing from the Greek word for "coal," Latin for "monkey" and the Indian State of gujarat where the teeth were found. "Anthrasimias may be the oldest anthropoid in the world," the PNAS report said -- "may" reflecting the fact that some ...

Scientists to discover why flamingos are in the pink of health -- in the poo!

...y. In Porbandar, the city which is the birthplace of Mahatma Ghandi, in gujarat to the north of Bombay, I watched 8,000 standing knee deep and happily filt...r running in from surrounding houses and factories. In western India and gujarat in particular, people love flamingos it is the states national emblem. ...

Gujarat in Biological Technology

PEAT International Commissions Plasma-Based Waste Treatment Facility Designed Specifically for Onsite Waste Processing

...a global leader in plasma-based waste remediation solutions, announced today it has successfully commissioned its first PTDR-100 system located at the gujarat Industrial Development Corporation near the Jayaben Modi Hospital in Ankleshwar, India. PTDR stands for Plasma Thermal Destruction and Recovery. The...

Gujarat in Biological Dictionary

Native state

...e on Native States from Fact Monster: ... Bikaner - Bikaner Bikaner , former native state , NW India. ... native state , now incorporated in gujarat state , W ... ... Early Development > Alaska State Council on the Arts > Native Arts ... Alaska Native artists who are current residen...