 Toronto Star |
World’s most dangerous jobs: India’s agate grinders die making cheap jewlery
Toronto Star Moreover, it has been shown to cause lung cancer and it makes its sufferers three times more likely to contract tuberculosis, which is endemic in India. Since PTRC began screening agate workers for silicosis in 2007 in conjunction with doctors at … |
 Daily News & Analysis |
Narendra Modi at the heart of BJP reshuffle
Daily News & Analysis Will the rise and rise of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi help the BJP? Opinion is divided as strongman Modi took the centrestage in a major reshuffle within the party. Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and political pundits were divided on whether … |
 Scientist (blog) |
Models of Transparency
Scientist (blog) Rainbow trout develop liver cancer in response to environmental toxins. And zebra?fish—small, striped fish indigenous to the rivers of India and a widely used model organism—are susceptible to both malignant and benign tumors of the brain, nervous … |
Raw StoryWhy the rejection of Novartis plea is a huge victory for IndiaFirstpostAfter the granting of compulsory license by the government of India in March last to an Indian company (Natco Pharma) to locally produce Nexavar, a liver-kidney cancer drug…
 Times of India |
What’s causing that cough?
Times of India Prolonged coughs can be a sign of anything from asthma and heartburn to more serious lung disease — especially in smokers who often wrongly assume their cough is just par for the course. Here are the six most common cough causes, and their treatments. |
|
What’s on for Monday April 1, 2013
Portsmouth News Admission by donation of £1 per head. PORTSMOUTH: meet Buckland Community …. Lunchtime Theatre Organ Concert. Performed by John Wadley (Emsworth). …. Reiki Therapy, Metamorphic Technique and Indian Head Massage. Drop-in therapy session, … |
 Times of India |
Karan Johar’s little film has a big heart
Times of India Karan Johar has cast the daughter of an office peon at Yash Raj for his segment in ‘Bombay Talkies’. Apparently, during one of his many visits to the studio, KJo came to know the daughter of a certain peon nurtured dreams of acting in a film and she … |
|
GIFT road to slice through Indroda Park
Times of India I made it clear that the Government of India would not agree to dispense with the green lung of the capital. I had told the roads and buildings department to take the road through the fringes of the park.” Indroda is spread over a vast area and … |
|
The Radioactive Ghost of Chiang Kai-shek
CounterPunch China and Taiwan, as well as the US and India and other states that continue to support nuclear power post-Fukushima, are not as prepared as Japan was. This is a cause for concern, … In the late 1970s, Dr. Chang Kuo-lung (張國龍), a Yale-trained … |
 Indian Express |
Behind the Scorecards
Indian Express As India inched closer to a second World Cup, a giant tumour, eventually 15cm x 11cm x 13 cm was growing within Yuvraj and pressing against his lung and artery. He couldn’t sleep, he was throwing up, he was constantly breathless and he was winning man … Yuvraj Singh cancer memoir ‘shares grief’BBC News |