Punjabis Transfer Taste From Chicken To Prawns
Chandigarh: The all-pervasive "tandoori chicken" is being slowly nudged away from the plates of food connoisseurs in Punjab and Prawns and lobsters are taking its place//. This seems evident from the response of a large number food lovers who are thronging the ongoing seafood festival in Chandigarh these days. Punjab, which has catered to the gourmets' palates with the de...Punjab Government To Clamp Down On Sex Determination Tests
The authorities in India’s Punjab state are using decoy customers to trap doctors who conduct sex determination tests for unborn babies which // has been outlawed. The State’s sex ratio is less than 800 females for every 1,000 males. Officials said the decoy customers would be paid up to Rs.5,000 to help nab diagnostic centers indulging in illegal sex determination tests. Punjab's...Punjab Government Told To Explain Illegal Kidney Transplantations
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for a report with regard to people allegedly being coerced to sell their kidneys and has issued the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police of the Indian State of Punjab with a notice. // As many as 300 laborers in the state are reported to have lost their kidneys since the year 2001, and about 25 of them are no longer alive. The...IMA, Punjab, Gives Call For Medical Bandh On May 25
The Punjab chapter of Indian Medical Association today called a statewide medical bandh on May 25 to protest the Centre's move// to provide reservation for OBCs in elite educational institutions. At an emergency meeting of the state executive body of IMA presided by President Dr G S Gill, the members unanimously passed a resolution condemning police action against medicos in Delhi, Mu...Provisional Fees For Medical Courses Fixed By Punjab Government
The provisional fees for admittance into various medical courses offered by unaided medical institutions have been fixed by the medical education and research department// of the Punjab government. The courses include MBBS, BDS, BHMS, BAMS and other similar medical and paramedical courses. Representatives of medical institutions and students have also been invited for a consultation reg...