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New policy on Indian medicine opposed Jhajjar, March 16 He said that the new policy would go against the interests of the private practitioners who hold degrees in the Indian Systems of Medicine which include Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha. The association also handed over a memorandum addressed to Union Minister for Health C. P. Thakur through the Deputy Commissioner in which it objected strongly to the government’s move that the syllabus of the ISM in the undergraduate courses would not contain more than 25 per cent of the modern medicine and would cover only pre-clinical and para-clinical subjects for the purposes of providing basic medical knowledge for diagnosis and not for treatment and also opposed lessening the minimum education qualification for the admission in the ISM. |
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BODY & MIND The ICARE Charitable Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute housed in Sector 26, Noida, has started holding free eye screening camps on Saturdays to cover all sectors in the satellite town. The first such daylong camp was held on March 2 on the hospital premises in Sector 26. According to Dr Surbhit Choudhry, Vitreo-retinal specialist at the hospital, the screening includes vision check, recommending power of the lens, slit lamp examination for detection of conjunctivitis, cataract and silent eye diseases as glaucoma. Of the 88 persons who attended the first camp, 42 were diagnosed as suffering from one eye ailment or the other. Of these, 11 were taken up for cataract surgeries and two were given medication for glaucoma. The hospital is credited with holding rural outreach programmes for the last 12 years and plans to hold camps in Vasundhara Enclave, Greater Noida and Nethari village near
Noida. Recognised by the World Bank, the 75-bed ophthalmic hospital has been working in the field of preventive and curative eye care for all sections of the community, particularly the poor, needy and elderly from the rural areas. A glaucoma research centre has also been set up in the hospital six months ago to tackle glaucoma. Glaucoma can cause permanent blindness if not detected on time.
Ray of hope Endolite India Ltd., a joint venture of the International Society for Human Welfare and Rehabilitation (ISHWAR) and UK-based Blatchford & Sons Limited has recently launched Mercury Foot in India to cater to the needs of foot amputees. Priced at Rs 30,000, Mercury Foot combines active heel and toe springs to give a moothfoot action. The innovative foot design combines carbon springs with a lightweight ally chassis. The foot has a light anatomical foot cosmesis, which can be replaced and has a cosmesis attachment component. Initial tests have shown that the Mercury Foot measures up positively against competitive feet designed for similar levels of activity. The added adjustment features enable the individual achieve a smooth and lively walking action. Director, Endolite India Ltd., Brigadier (Retd.) V K Bajaj says that the designers have added a clever pyramid shift facility, which provides the prothetist up to 15 per cent spring stiffness adjustment for fine tuning the foot to the wearer.
Non-surgical option Indian women who cope with the problem of urinary incontinence can now look for Contiform in chemist shops and drug stores. Invented by a Sydney-based specialist gynaecologist, Dr Nicholas Biswas, Contiform has been introduced in the Indian market by Free Spirit Unlimited Pty Limited, an Australian company. The product was launched recently by Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr C.P. Thakur. Speaking at the function, the India-born doctor said that urinary continence affects quality of life. He said that surgical options are time-consuming and costly. Dr Biswas further said that urinary incontinence is a silent problem, which affects at least one in three women at some stage in life. It is a worlwide problem and affects at least six per cent of the total population. Only one in three women report their problem while the rest suffer in silence. According to conservative estimates, about 15 million persons in Australia, UK and USA suffer from urinary incontinence. A majority of these lead a sedentary lifestyle to reduce incidence of urinary leakage. Contiform offers a discreet way of preventing everyday personal wetness and gently exercises pelvic floor muscles. It assures the user control of urinary incontinence by immediate support to the bladder and urethra and restores normal anatomical position. Contiform is being sold over the counter in UK and Australia since 1998.
Award for
women Prof Indira Nath, an internationally renowned authority on leprosy and former Head of the Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences is among the five recipients of this year’s UNESCO-backed L’Oreal Award for Women in Science. Prof Nath is among the five persons (one from each Continent) chosen for the award by a 15-member jury. At present, he is the Professor of S.N. Bose Research, one of the five named national professorships endowed by the Indian National Science Academy in recognition of outstanding achievements in research. She has received the award for the Asia/Pacific region for her path-breaking work in the area of leprosy, which affects nearly 1.5 million people the throughout the world, particularly in India and the Asian continent. She has identified a mechanism associated with the triggering of the pathology-a deficiency in the immune response system. This discovery constitutes a significant advance towards the development of treatment and vaccine for the disease. The awards were presented by the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura and Chief Executive Officer of L’Oreal, Lindsay Owen-Jones at a function at UNESCO headquarters in Paris recently. The objective of giving the awards is to reward women scientists with outstanding careers and “whose research, whether fundamental or applied, has created new and revolutionary methods for better treatment of diseases and betterment of human living conditions.” L’Oreal tied up with UNESCO in 1998 to promote the role of women scientist through the `Women in Science’ programme. Every year, five L’Oreal-UNESCO awards are given to outstanding women scientists throughout the world whose research efforts in Life Science represent major progress. |
Vinod, Vishal win in qualifying rounds New Delhi, March 16 Vinod Sridhar beat Jason Torpey of Great Britain 6-0,6-4 while Vishal Punna got the better of Vijay Kannan who retired in the second set, when Punna was leading 7-6 (7-5), 3-2. Punna had earlier beaten Anant Sitaram 6-3,6-4 to move up. Kamala Kannan fell in the second round, after getting a bye in the first, when he lost to Peng Sung of China 6-4,6-3. Other talented Indian players like Vivek Satyajit, Chatwinder Singh, Vijendra Laad and Nishank Mishra also could not get past the initial hurdles. In other matches, Elnan Dooyev beat Oki of Japan 6-4, 6-4, Sanchai Ratiwatana of Thailand beat Akash Sharma of India 6-1,6-2, Ben-Qiang Zhu of China beat Ajay Choudappali 6-1, 6-2, Marian Leysek of Slovakia beat Rathindra Kakati of India 6-3,6-4, Febi Widhiyanto of Indonesia beat Benjamin Balleret of France 6-3,6-4, Yu-ji Wang of China beat Amod Wakalkar of India 4-6,6-3,7-6 (7-3), Hendri-Susilo Pramono of Indonesia beat Vivek Satyajit of India 6-0,6-4, Prima Simpatiaji of Indonesia beat Raviv Volkovitzky of Israel 6-4, 6-3, Remco Pondman of Netherlands beat Chatwinder Singh of India 7-5, 7-6 (7-5), Mohamed Dakki of Mauritious beat Nishank Mishra 6-2, 6-1, Igor Levine of Russia beat Hao Lu of China 6-4,6-2 and Ti Chen of Chinese Paipei beat Kai-Lung Chang 6-2,6-4. |
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India F2 Futures Tennis
Tournament in Delhi New Delhi, March 16 The participating countries are: Argentina, France, The Netherlands, Great Britain, Uzbekistan, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Monaco, Greece, Israel, China, Mauritious, Germany, Indonesia, Yugoslavia, Thailand, Austria, the United States, Spain, Japan, Morocco and India. Fifty-six players will battle it out in the singles qualifying rounds, to make the main draw of 32 players. The winner of the singles title will earn 12 ITF points, while the runner-up will gain eight points. The same points system will prevail in the doubles title win too. The singles winner will also pocket a prize money of $1,300 while the doubles winners will get $630. The runner-up in the singles event will get $900m and the semi-finalists $480 each. Brig R S Randev is the tournament director and Mr Puneet Gupta the tournament referee. The chair umpires will be Mr Nitin Kannamwar, Mr Kishore Choudhry and Ms Namrata Choudhry. The matches will begin at 9 am daily. |
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Ferreira to feature in ESPN online New Delhi, March 16 Michael Ferreira’s name got associated with billiards more than five and a half decades back when he was in his teens, and he is considered a connoisseur of the cue sport now. Ferreira, a lawyer, is associated with the World Pool and Billiards Association and is also the coach of India’s billiards and snooker teams. Imparting his enormous knowledge of the game and skill to the youngsters is his way of repaying to the game that brought him worldwide recognition. Ferreira, who was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 1984, is also the recipient of some other coveted awards. He was awarded the International Fair Play Award by the International Olympic Committee in 1983 and was also voted the ‘sportsman of the year’ in 1970, 1977 and 1983. Sports fans can ask questions to Ferreira by dialling 9628-400-400. |
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Hanish Arora slams double
century New Delhi, March 16 Put into bat, Taj Group openers Hanish Arora and Nigal Grocock put on a 208-run partnership for the opening wicket. Scores: Taj Group of Hotels: 306 for 2 in 30 overs (Hanish Arora 212 n o, Nigel Groucock 33, Dipesh Chandran 2/55). Pizza Hut: 165 in 24.1 overs (Dipesh Chandran 82, 8x4; Dipender 15, Nitin Bhasin 2/37, Manoj Kumar 2/37, Hanish Arora 2/41).
Inter-Chamber Cricket The first-ever Inter-Chamber Cricket Tournament, organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will be held on Sunday, March 17, at the Siri Fort Sports Complex, Asiad Village. Teams from PHDCCI, CII, FICCI and Assocham will be competing in the tournament. Union Minister for Law, Justice and Company Affairs Arun Jaitley will be the chief guest. |
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Timex to start new campaign New Delhi, March 16 Timex has been consistently promoting its brands through cricket and fashion events in India. Apart from the DD Wisdon 20:20 cricket analysis programme on TV, there was the Timex-sponsored Left vs Right cricket match between Test cricketers led by Indian captain Saurav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar respectively, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai last year. |
Order to file case against HVPN employee
Panipat, March 16 One Chattar Singh of Noorwala village had lodged a complaint alleging that he had applied for changing the meter to the HVPN authorities. However, he continued to receive the electricity bills on the average basis. On October 21, 2001 two employees of the HVPN came to him and demanded a bribe of Rs 1,000 for replacing the damaged meter, but he refused to oblige them. Then on November 22, 2001, the HVPN office imposed a penalty of Rs 16,971 on him. When the complaint was listed for hearing in the last monthly meeting of the District Public Relations and Grievance Committee, an enquiry to be conducted by the SDM Panipat, Satbeer Singh Saini was ordered. In the enquiry, the complaint was found correct.
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Ban on loudspeakers in Panipat Panipat, March 16 Under the Act, no person shall use or operate any instrument without prior permission of competent authority in or on any premise, any road, streets, thoroughfare or any other public or vacant place at such pitch or volume that is audible beyond the precincts. The order, which has been issued under Section 144 of the CrPC, will remain in force till May 15 this year. |
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