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President Patil congratulates Barack Obama
New Delhi, Nov 5 ANI: President Pratibha Patil today congratulated Senator Barack Obama on his election as the next President of the United States of America. In her message, the President said, "Excellency, please accept my heartiest congratulations on your election as the next President of the United States of America. "The people of India, who have closely followed the U.S. election process with unprecedented interest, see your election as a historic mandate of the people of the United States of America," she added. Patil said that our Governments have traditionally enjoyed warm and friendly relations based on our common traditions of democracy, rule of law and the affinities between our pluralistic, secular, multi-cultural and open societies. "India and the United States of America should build on the strong partnership that has been developed in recent years and strengthen our bilateral co-operation to the mutual benefit of our peoples - even as we work together to face the unprecedented common challenges at the global level relating to the changing climate, threats from the dark forces of terror, and energy, health and food security," she added. ANI read more
Punjab shows the way to raise awareness about organ donation
Ludhiana, Oct 29 ANI: Though organ transplantation in India was started in 1971, the donations from cadavers were negligible. However Punjab has recently made a beginning in spreading awareness about organ donation and raising health issues related to organ transplants. Through cadaver donation, different organs like heart and parts of lungs and liver can be transplanted to eight patients and can also benefit 50 others in various ways. But it is not practiced in India.At the 19th annual conference of Indian Society of Organ Transplantation in Ludhiana, experts expressed their opinions on legal, ethical and social issues in organ transplantation.he speakers from executive, legislative and judiciary fields, who participated in the conference, agreed to make presumed consent of the clinically dead person into a law so that their organs can be used to save the lives of others.Every year, up to 1,50,000 people need kidney transplants but only 5,000 undergo a transplant because of lack of organ donation in India. "The conference will help in spreading the message among masses about the need for organ donation. Doctors will also get the latest updates about the drugs, prevention of organ rejection and about various techniques of organ transplantation. People will also get the message that there is a shortage of organs and that there is a need for awareness programs," said Dr. Baldev Singh Aulakh, chief organisor of the organ transplantation seminar.With three eye donation banks having been proposed in the state, Punjab is tackling the issue of organ transplantation seriously. In addition, the government also plans to set up 75 eye donation centers at the subdivision level. Earlier, there was not even a single eye donation bank in the entire state.But, rising awareness about organ donation is the buzzword now, non-government organizations NGOs, social workers and the government is organizing awareness camps in rural as well as urban areas.People are now being urged to discard superstitions and change their attitudes towards organ donation as well as eye donation and come forward to make it a family tradition. "Organ shortage is a worldwide problem. Demand is not as per the supply. In developed countries deceased organ donation is a common phenomenon. In US 80 per cent of transplantation is done from deceased donors whereas in developing nations like India, it is just 0.1 per cent," said Dr. Baldev Singh. "Study has proved that it helps to have separate teams to guide the kins of brain dead to donate the organ. The team of professional counselors talks to doctors and people in the process of organ donation. In Spain and some of the states of USA this is very successful," said a professor of medicine, University of Minnesota, USA.Experts believe 70 percent of the organ donations in the UK are through cadaver donations, and through raising awareness it can be practiced in India as well. By Karan Kapoor ANI read moreUS General warns Iraqi military will be crippled if foreign
London, Oct 29 ANI: A top US general is learnt to have warned Iraq that its Iraq’s military would be crippled if foreign forces were withdrawn from there. The warning comes in the backdrop of repeated statements by the Iraqi government to foreign troops that they were no more required in the country.Senior American officer in Iraq, General Raymond Odierno is believed to have presented Iraq’s leaders with an inventory detailing the collapse of the Iraqi security services “if forces were pulled back to barracks”.Iraq has repeatedly demanded a renegotiation of a security agreement with America which would authorise continued US combat operations against terrorism until 2011, reported The Telegraph.Recently, at a cabinet meeting Baghdad made changes in both wording and content of a proposed security deal from America, despite US officials saying that the document was “final” after months of tense talks with Baghdad.Behind the scenes, angry confrontations have taken place over Baghdad’s backtracking on the deal, as all three Iraqi military services remain crucially dependent US training and support.If Iraq fails to sign the deal, America would cut off 6.3 billion dollars in bilateral aid and halt military sales to the tune of 10 billion dollars.Besides, failure to adopt a “Status of Forces Agreement Sofa” with America and Britain by the end of the year, would mean the foreign troop presence in Iraq constituted an illegal occupation under international law. ANI read moreMadonna, Ritchie spying on each other
ENT8Entertainment/ShowbizMadonna, Ritchie spying on each otherLondon, Oct 28 IANS Pop superstar Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie are spying on each other - reportedly with the help of their staff - as part of their bitter divorce battle. According to thesun.co.uk, the couple's lawyers are seeking statements from business and house staff about the behaviour of their bosses. The evidence is to be used in the divorce and any custody battle involving their children Rocco, 7, and adopted son David Banda, 3. Madonna wants them to live with her and her 12-year-old daughter Lourdes in New York, but Ritchie wants to educate them in Britain. The battle of separation is getting uglier. Madonna wants her staff to support her against Ritchie who, according to the singer, has "emotionally abandoned" her.--Indo-Asian News Servicesev/mv/mr143 Words28101227 read moreLawson amazed Oz bowlers did not try to intimidate Indian ba
Sydney, Oct 24 ANI: Pakistan cricket coach Geoff Lawson is amazed at the lack of aggression displayed by the Australian pace attack, and said Brett Lee did not have the height to trouble Indian batsmen on their own pitches. The Pakistan coach said he could not understand why the Australian quicks, with the exception of Peter Siddle with the first ball of his Test career, did not try to intimidate the Indian batsmen with short-pitched bowling. "It was a different game when India was bowling, a different ball and a different pitch," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Lawson, as saying. "The Australians were very defensive. They need to be more aggressive with the ball. I was amazed in the second innings that they didn't seem to bowl a bouncer in the first five overs," he said. "If someone didn't bowl me a bouncer in the first five overs I would be pretty sure I wasn't going to get one. Gautam Gambhir was charging down the wicket at the pacemen. He hooks and cuts in the air, that is how you get him out in one-day cricket and I don't see why Test cricket would be any different," Lawson added. Lawson, a former NSW bowling coach, believes Lee needs to find other ways to succeed on India's unresponsive pitches because he does not deliver the ball from a high trajectory, unlike the steepling 20-year-old Ishant Sharma. Asked what Lee needed to do to improve, Lawson said: "He needs to be a foot taller. They are flat wickets, he slides on, and he is not doing anything much with it." Lawson said he intended to complete his contract with Pakistan, who by next January's landmark series against arch rivals India will not have played a Test for 13 months because of a succession of terrorist bombings in the country. ANI read moreRussia to offer $26 bn rescue package for beleaguered banks
BUS9Business/InternationalRussia to offer $26 bn rescue package for beleaguered banksMoscow, Oct 18 RIA Novosti Russia's central bank will place a financial rescue package of up to $26.6 billion in unsecured loans Monday to bail out banks from the ongoing liquidity crisis.Only banks rated by the international agencies Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service will be able to apply for the six-month loans. The relief package and the eligibility criteria were approved by the Russian parliament and signed into a law Friday by President Dmitry Medvedev.A government source said around 120 banks would be able to apply for the bailout. He said the government was only prepared to protect the country's key banks, and that the state might go for larger stake in some of the banks.The finance ministry has previously held similar auction, with around $30 billion already disbursed. Apart from the rescue package, the country's largest state-run bank Sberbank will receive a $19 billion loan from the central bank, with the first tranche of $5.7 billion expected to be transferred next week, an insider said. "The agreement has been signed. The funds are likely to be transferred next Tuesday or Wednesday," the source said. --RIA Novostidkg/jg219 Words18101226 read moreRitchie's dad calls Madonna 'beastly'
ENT11Entertainment/ShowbizRitchie's dad calls Madonna 'beastly'London, Oct 18 IANS British director Guy Ritchie's father has described his daughter-in-law Madonna as "beastly" for her comments on her break-up with his son.According to thesun.co.uk, Guy's father John Ritchie said it was "horrid" to read about how Madonna called Guy an "emotional retard" in front of thousands of fans at a concert.The 78-year-old said: "She's being beastly. She is saying, 'Did you ever love me' It goes back to a time when she fell off her horse and she's blaming him for that. She's calling him an emotional retard. When he's being bashed by her it's horrid."Her “emotionally retarded” swipe at Guy came on stage in Boston.According to reports, Madonna and Ritchie's divorce deal is worth 60 million pounds. The pop superstar is to pay the director 20 million pounds nearly $35 million in cash, and properties worth many more millions. --Indo-Asian News Servicesev/mv/jg168 Words18101224 read moreSuu Kyi appeals against prolonged detention
INT16International/Politics/RightsSuu Kyi appeals against prolonged detentionYangon, Oct 11 DPA Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has submitted an appeal against the government's latest extension of her house arrest - arguing that it violates the country's laws, sources said Saturday. The appeal was handed over to authorities by Suu Kyi's lawyer Hla Myo Myint at the military's new capital of Naypyitaw Thursday, said sources from the opposition party National League for Democracy NLD. Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, has spent about 13 of the past 18 years under house arrest in her family's Yangon compound. The head of the NLD party, which won the 1990 general election, has been kept in near complete isolation since May 30, 2003, when she was charged with disturbing the peace by campaigning in the provinces. Under Myanmar emergency law, political prisoners can only be kept under detention for a maximum of five years on charges of disturbing the peace. But Suu Kyi's detention was extended last May for another six months, raising legal questions. Myanmar's ruling junta has been sending mixed signals about the duration of Suu Kyi's incarceration. There have been hints that she may be released within six months. Many observers believe it is unlikely that she will be released before the next general election, slated for 2010. The NLD party won the 1990 polls by a landslide, but the military government - which has ruled since 1962 - refused to accept the results. Suu Kyi is widely seen as Myanmar's democracy icon, and is one of the few opposition leaders with enough popular and international support to undermine the military's monopoly of political power in the southeast Asian nation.--DPAskp/jg306 Words11100900 read moreAfghan president reshuffles five cabinet ministers
INT48International/Politics/TerrorismAfghan president reshuffles five cabinet ministersKabul, Oct 11 DPA Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced Saturday a reshuffle in five ministries including the interior portfolio, amid mounting concerns about insecurity and rule of law caused by Taliban-led insurgents and criminal gangs in the war-torn country. Mohammad Hanif Atmar, former education minister, replaced Zarar Ahmad Muqbil as country's interior minister, Karzai's office said in a statement. Muqbil, who had served as a interior minister since the formation of Karzai's elected government in late 2004, was appointed minister for refugees and repatriation. The reshuffle in the interior post was deemed a key plank in a programme to reform the infamous police forces of the country, who are widely accused of corruption and misuse of their power. The move was also aimed to address Western frustration with Karzai's government, which is viewed as ineffective outside the capital Kabul. There are more than 80,000 police forces in the country. The poorly trained and equipped forces have borne the brunt of Taliban-led insurgency, as compared to Afghan army soldiers or foreign troops, the are present in the most remote areas of the country. More than 750 police forces have been killed in violence so far this year, while more than 900 police personnel were killed in conflict last year, according to interior ministry's tally. The reshuffle also included ministries of education, agriculture and parliamentary affairs. Gholam Farouq Wardak was appointed education minister, while Mohammad Asif Rahimi was designated minister for agriculture. Former governor of southern Kandahar province Assadullah Khalid was appointed minister for parliamentary affairs. Khalid, who took part in several anti-Taliban operations in the province, was accused by some Western countries of corruption and being incompetent to rule one of the country's most importantprovinces, which is also a main hotbed for Taliban insurgents. The presidential statement said the list of appointees would be sent to the lower house of parliament for a vote of confidence.--DPApb/jg357 Words11101735 read moreLuck saved travelers from June 2007 terror strike at Glasgow
London, Oct.10 ANI: Luck played a huge and significant role in saving hundreds of travellers at Glasgow Airport in June 2007 from an attempted terror strike by Indian-born medics Dr. Bilal Abdullah and Dr. Kafeel Ahmed, investigators have told a jury here on Thursday.Islamist extremists tried to set off a suicide blast by driving a jeep into the main terminal building on the busiest day of the year, a jury heard. The vehicle, which was packed with gas canisters and fuel containers, caught fire but was stuck in the doors of the terminal and failed to explode. The Sun quoted prosecutor Jonathan Laidlaw , as saying: "It was simply luck that protected the people of Scotland." It was alleged Dr Bilal Abdulla, 29, a junior house doctor at the oyal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, who lived in Houston, Renfrewshire, and Dr. Mohammed Asha, 27, were behind the attack hours after they botched two car bombs in London. "These two were intent on committing murder on an indiscriminate and wholesale scale," Laidlaw claimed.It was alleged that Kafeel Ahmed, who suffered fatal burns on the attack in Glasgow, was the third man in the terror cell. Laidlaw claimed the terrorists launched the airport attack on June 30 last year knowing they had only a limited time before they were caught following the failed London bombings.Laidlaw alleged that Abdulla, who was arrested at the airport, had been in the passenger seat and had sprayed petrol around the inside of the vehicle. He added: "Material found in their possession after their arrests reveals they both hold or adhere to extreme Islamic belief and that both share, despite their profession and their obligation to save life and avert suffering, the same extreme religious and murderous ideology as has inspired other terrorists who have struck and threatened this country in recent years."Abdulla and Asha deny conspiring to murder and to cause explosions likely to endanger life. The trial continues. ANI read more| << < 1 2 3 4 ... > >> | ||
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