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'Fresh approach vital for women & child health'
Manipal: A fresh approach, focusing on gender and taking into account indoor pollution and women's education, was necessary to solve the problems of low birth weight in babies and anaemia among women and children, according to Dr N K Ganguly, director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
Silent computer revolution engulfs rural India
New Delhi: From tribals of Adilabad district in Andhra Pradesh to villagers in Jodhpur and slum dwellers on the outskirts of Delhi, a silent computer literacy revolution is taking shape, courtesy the government, non-governmental organisations, and some Information Technology (IT) education institutes.
Kabul Museum – ruined by Afghan's bloody feuds
New Delhi: They came in a military vehicle wanting to check the sprawling museum
building, recalls the curator.
Pharmaceutical ethics – in need of urgent reforms
Pharmaceutical ethics, alias pharmacoethics, can be reckoned as the mother of all business ethics. Pharmaceutical industry, for ages, is revered and trusted for its life-saving research in eliminating dreadful diseases, promoting longer, healthier and happier life. The awe, however, is chiefly imputed to drug discovery.
Don't shout in media glare, children tell MPs
New Delhi: If Members of Parliament (MPs) thought everything was fine with the way they conduct themselves in Parliament, here is a word of caution from the country's children, don't "shout" in the glare of cameras.
'Pather Panchali' tops chart in BFI Web poll
London: Satyajit Ray's universally acclaimed film 'Pather Panchali' made in 1955 was adjudged the top Indian film while 'Masala' directed by non-resident Indian Srinivas Krishna, has topped the British Film Institute's (BFI) Web poll for South Asian Cinema.
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