Health bill factors in bio-terror

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080826/main7.htm
Realising the potential of terrorist attacks, the government has named bioterrorism as a major public health challenge under its brand new legislation on the subject.
The very title of the just-drafted public health bill reflects the urgency to combat new-age infections and threats, including disasters like Tsunami, epidemics like Mad Cow Disease, Avian Influenza and SARS.
Titled [...]

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India launches portal to connect the rural poor

The Government of India on Friday launched multi-lingual portal ‘India Development Gateway (InDG)’ to provide information on strategic needs of the poor and the marginalised.
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said that now rural communities can immediately access information in six important sectors, which include agriculture, rural energy, education, health and e-Governance.
Launching the portal [...]

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Bartronics takes up smart banking in Rajasthan

Bartronics India has bagged the Rajasthan government’s Bhamashah Project aimed at providing banking access to nearly 50 lakh below poverty line (BPL) families in the state through biometric cards.
The agreement to this effect was signed between Bartronics India and Rajasthan government on July 30, 2008 to initiate the first phase of the Project.
“This exemplifies that [...]

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NCM Bill leaves India govt in a tizzy

New Delhi: Defining minorities state wise in accordance with a Supreme Court directive for the Ministry of Minority Affairs in India has become a task as tough as bringing out water from a rock.
“The Bill for giving constitutional status to National Commission for Minorities (NCM) is hanging since 2004 for this reason and in view [...]

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The grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love

The grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 1: 14.
The manner: through grace. “ By grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it [...]

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ASI covers National Museum’s face

New Delhi: The National Museum—the country’s largest museum—is able to display only a tenth of its two lakh artefacts as a large part of its premises is being occupied by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
The museum’s expansion plans are being held up for the same reason. The remaining artefacts are lying in the museum [...]

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50 percent college girls in the city have sex

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1207743.cms
CHANDIGARH : It’s official. Nearly 50 per cent of girls studying in colleges across the city are indulging in pre-marital sex. Doctors are past worrying about the increasing trend of pre-marital sex — instead they are focused on adolescent contraception, teenage pregnancies and stopping the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
This startling revelation has been made [...]

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The house that Parry built

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The house that Parry built

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Online tool helps schoolchildren fare better

Educationists have developed a new web-based tool that helps primary schoolchildren to concentrate better and develop literacy skills.
The interactive educational software—’Abracadabra’—is designed to help struggling school students aged five to eight years learn basic literacy skills to equip them for the future.
The tool has just undergone a 10-week trial that has been described as a [...]

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