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medical experts want ‘carcinogenic’ asbestos New Delhi, April 24 Addressing an interactive session here last week, Dr T. K. Joshi of LNJP Hospital said that India needed to phase out the use of asbestos, as there was overwhelming evidence of it being highly carcinogenic. The interactive session on health hazards of asbestos was held in the background of a media blitz by the Rs 2,000 crore asbestos industry, which went on to claim that white chrysotile asbestos that is being imported from Canada was safe and was being handled safely by its members. Though over 20 countries have already banned asbestos, the Centre has been dragging its feat on the issue, Dr Joshi pointed out. Contradicting a claim of a certain section of the industry that white asbestos was “safe”, Dr Joshi said all types of asbestos were among the Type A category of carcinogens identified by the WHO. It was also not true that banning of asbestos would cause an economic damage as alternatives in the form of asbestos substitute were either already available or were being developed that could effectively replace the hazardous substance, the LNJP Hospital expert asserted. The senior Pulmonology Consultant to the Apollo Hospital, Dr Avdhesh Bansal, said exposure to asbestos could cause two extremely painful, irreversible and untreatable cancers, known in medical parlance as mesothelioma and asbestosis. Dr Bansal said that once either of these manifested themselves, the patient died within 1 to 2 years. An exposure of over six months to asbestos was risky as this could result in cancer even after a gap of 20 years. That is why, workers in the construction industry and others engaged in the asbestos industry carried a risk of developing cancer in a period of 20 to 25 years, he said, adding that the country was really sitting on a time bomb as mesothelioma and asbestosis could assume epidemic proportions in the coming years. Mr Harsh Jaitli of Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), a NGO that has been actively campaigning Much before the Bhopal gas disaster in 1984, a number of workers had died of MIC exposure in the factory but this had generally been ignored by the mass media, he observed.  |
Irfan Zaman Khan to lead Delhi U-21 New Delhi, April 24 Delhi Soccer Association secretary N K Bhatia announced on Thursday that the team were selected after a 20-day coaching camp at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Mr Bhatia said Delhi will play their first match against Chandigarh on April 27, and then take on Jammu and Kashmir on May 1. The team: Goal-keepers: Manoj Mishra and Imran Ahmed Khan. Defenders: Devender Kumar Sharma, Kuldeep Singh Tariyal, Deepak K Singh, Bijender Kumar, Vinod Bisht, Bhupinder Singh and Ali Azgar. Mid-fielders: Rajesh Negi, Anil Rawat, Irfan Zaman Khan (captain), Sandeep Aswal, Bhup Singh, Kamal Deep Singh and Anant Thapa. Forwards: Saurav Bisht, Utsav Kumar Guha, Shamsher Roka and Manoj Bisht. Stand-byes: Vinod Singh, Arunendra Negi, Yashpal, Kapil Gaur and D Mukherjee. Officials: Nagendra Singh (manager) and Tarun Roy (coach). |
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ONGC power into Sood Cricket semis New Delhi, April 24 ONGC won the toss and elected to field. The Vaijayanti Academy batsmen struggled to cope up with the class bowling of ONGC. Though opener Rajesh Gupta put up a brave front, scoring 26 runs off 27 balls with five fours, the other batsmen caved in like a pack of cards as the Agra team struggled at 6 for 83. But a 62-run seventh-wicket partnership between H S Sodhi (37) and Lalit Verma (27) enabled Vaijayanti Academy post a respectable score of 162 in 35.2 overs. In reply, ONGC took just 23 overs to race to victory as their solid batting lineup did not need much exertion to gather quick runs. Khalsa College physical education director Praveen Kaur presented the Pepsi man of the match award to Rajiv Rathore. Scores: Vaijayanti Devi Academy: 162 in 35.2 overs (H S Sodhi 37, Lalit Verma 27, Rajesh Gupta 26, Gautam Vadera 1 for 3, Rajiv Rathore 3 for 22, Feroze Gyas 2 for 44). ONGC:
163 for 3 in 23 overs (Radhey Shyam 58, Sandeep Sharma 32, Rizwan Shamshed 27 n o, Vishal Pandey 2 for 22).
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Mohammedan Sporting down Air-India New Delhi, April 24 After a pedestrian first half, Mohammedan Sporting opened their account in the 55th minute through midfielder Eugene Gray while winger Awal Ibrahim added the second goal eight minutes later. Anthony Fernandez reduced the margin for Air India in the 70th minute. Both the teams forced a number of scoring chances, but they sprayed the ball everywhere, except the target. There will be no match on Friday. Air India will take on State Bank of Travancore at 4.15 pm on Saturday. |
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Millennium Cup cricket from April 26 New Delhi, April 24 Central Revenue Sports Board XI will take on Dantal Hydraulics in the opening match at the Harbaksh Singh Stadium on April 26. Mukul hits century Mukul Dagar hit a century as R P Cricket Academy beat Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan by 20 runs in the first Bhavan Under-13 Cricket Tournament, organised by Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, at its own ground. Scores: R P Academy: 260 for 6 in 35 overs (Mukul Dagar 107, 15x4, 3x6; Vaibhav 47, Harjinder 31, Puneet 38). Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan:
240 all out in 34.1 overs (Sourav Bisht 73, Ashish Verma 44, Parshant 32, Puneet Walia 3 for 21, Raghav Kakad 4 for 18, Sidharth Kartar 3 for 21). Malviya Club in semis Malviya Club, Delhi defeated Bangkok Club A team by 31 runs to enter the semi-final of the RBSC International Sixes Tournament in Thailand. Scores: Malviya Club: 91 for 4 (Dalip Chauhan 32 n o, Amit Kaushik 25, B Nair 24, Sunny 2 for 20, Kishore 2 for 28).
Bangkok Club: 60 (Jassi 25, Sunny 24, Soubodh 2 for 20, Sourav 2 for 18, Pankaj Kaushik 2 for
16). Indraprastha Academy camp The Indraprastha Sports Academy will organise a cricket coaching camp for 40 days from May 1 at the Rama Krishna School, M Block, Vikaspuri, New Delhi for boys in the age group of eight to 19 years. The selected boys will be taken on a ten-day tour of Chamba (Himachal Pradesh) in the third week of June. Details can be had from Mr B. S. Joban at tele nos: 9810852232, 23657630 and 25550497. |
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Vikaspuri Coaching Centre move up New Delhi, April 24 Though Charanjit Singh played a fine all-round role (32 and 5 for 25), poor fielding and dropped catches cost Young Star the match. Scores: Young Star Club: 143 all out in 34 overs (Charanjit Singh 32 n o, 5x4; Sudhir Rajput 23, Deepak Singh 16, Amit Solanki 3 for 20, Suresh 2 for 17, Tushar 2 for 19, Priyank Tehlan 2 for 36). Vikaspuri Coaching Centre:
144 for 7 in 33 overs (Parminder Grewal 39, 6x4; Shashikant 23, Priyank Tehlan 23, Charanjit Singh 5 for 25). Subham Club advance Subham Club defeated Khera Club by 30 runs in a league match of the second Rajdhani Cup Cricket Tournament at the Najafgarh Sports Club ground. The cameo of Harpreet Singh powers to victory. Subham Club made 177 in 30 overs for all out. Scores: Shubham Club:
177 all out in 30 overs (Harpreet Singh 75, Parvinder Singh 38, Tarun Kumar 3 for 12, Lokender Yadav 3 for 46). Khera Club:
144 for 7 in 30 overs (Sudhir Kumar 44, Kishan Kumar 40, B Singh 3 for 13, Sonu Sharma 3 for 30). |
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Mohit, Gaurav star in Daksh’s win New Delhi, April 24 Scores: Daksh:
189 for 5 in 25 overs (Mohit Kaushal 57, 45b, 4x8; Partha Gogoi 47, 4x3; Adip Raj 42 n o, 27b, 4x4, 6x1; Rajat Marwah 2 for 37; Jiten Chopra 2 for 42). KPMG:
78 all out in 16.5 overs (Gaurav Lall 18, 4x1; Varun Bassi 4 for 20, Dheeraj Bisht 2 for 14). Mohit Kaushal was named the man of the match. NIIT trounced HCL Technologies by 83 runs in another match. Electing to bat, NIIT scored 178 for 8 in 25 overs. In reply, HCL Technology garnered 95 for 9 in 18 overs. Scores: NIIT: 178 for 8 in 25 overs (Kapil Gupta 41, 4x5; Aashish Sachdeva 28, 4x5; Jeeshu Ganguly 23, 4x4; Yogesh Mehra 2 for 26, Sandeep Ahuja 2 for 28). HCL Technologies:
95 for 9 in 18 overs (Yogesh Mehra 22, 4x4; Hanush Khurana 17, 4x1, 6x1; Kapil Gupta 2 for 9, Aashish Sachdeva 2 for 19). Kapil Gupta was named the man of the match. |
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R R Gymkhana beat S B Youth New Delhi, April 24 Scores: R R Gymkhana: 253 for 4 in 40 overs (P P Singh 63, Rachit Kapoor 44, Manu Sharma 38, Hemant Bansal 34 n o, Ashish Rai 3 for 21). S
B Youth: 92 all out in 29.4 overs (Pawan Wadhwa 35, Surender Singh 29, Ankur Garg 3 for 13, Praghat Singh 3 for 12, Hemant Bansal 3 for 25). |
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