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True Stories | Reconstructing Sonali Mukherjee
Livemint Sonali’s surgeries were made possible by generous donations from non-governmental organizations, individuals, corporate firms and media houses, apart from the prize money of Rs.25 lakh—about Rs.16 lakh after income-tax deduction, which she won at … |
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A narrative of Gandhi and Mandela
Daily News & Analysis In recent weeks, my thoughts have often been with Nelson Mandela, as he remains hospitalised in Pretoria with a lung infection. Despite his condition, his 95th birthday in mid July was marked with respect and love — testament to the unique position he … |
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There Are So Many More Options If You Want To P*ss Off Liberals
Raw Story I highly recommend Alex Pareene’s dead-on description of what’s going on with Ted Cruz and the Republicans who, while also batshit themselves, at least are reality-attached enough to oppose a government shutdown as a petulant kind of revenge for … |
University of Pune to encourage students to pledge organsTimes of IndiaPUNE: The University of Pune (UoP) has initiated steps to incorporate organ donation pledges on the identity cards of students who are above the age of 18 and who voluntarily make s…
Now, angioplasty can remove even 100% heart blockTimes of IndiaCHENNAI: There is no need to go under the knife even if there is a 100% block in a coronary artery and the block can be removed through angioplasty, say a section of doctors. Japanese docto…
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INDIA FINDS A MARKET FOR THEIR SUB STANDARD COAL IN SRILANKA?
Lankaweb I do not know what concessions Srilanka gets agreeing to this deal from India and whether they would supply good coal from another country or the Indian coal which has high ash content of 45%. Coal is cheap, plentiful and dirty — as cheap as dirt, as … |
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Climate Change Linked to Increased Aggression and Violence
Ring of Fire They found an increase in reports of domestic violence in India and Australia at times of drought; land invasions in Brazil linked to poor weather; and more controversially, a rise in the number of assaults and murders in the US and Tanzania,” The … Does new research explain the link between climate change and conflict, or …Carbon Brief (blog) Extreme Violence and Climate Change Linked by ScientistsGuardian Express Climate Changes Fuel Civil Strife And Global Conflict, Says New ReportHuffington Post UK Health24.com –National Geographic all 111 news articles » |
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Vision regained, beliefs blinded
Times of India The generosity of Pateliya’s family has touched those working to encourage organ donation. The large family is solely dependent on fishing and struggles to make ends meet. The family does not even own a boat and its members work as sailors for other … |
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Heart disease campaign for women
Times of India MUMBAI: ‘Queen of Heart‘ campaign has been launched to reach the estimated 450 million women in India to create awareness on cardiovascular diseases which is seen to be killing more women than all the cancers combined. A campaign supported by … |
Military.comMarine Recruit Survives Medical MysteryMilitary.comHe reported for training with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, and was assigned to Platoon 3065. Training was going well for him until the company began basic water survival t…