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National News
Railway officials to 'adopt' stations, trains
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) In order to make officials more accountable and involved in improving railway services, Northern Railway has come up with a new idea: get them to 'adopt' r... More
Delhi school shuts for a week after swine flu panic
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The privately run Sanskriti School here will be closed for a week after two of its students tested positive for swine flu, a teacher said Sunday.
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Two more die, swine flu toll rises to four in India
Pune/Ahmedabad, Aug 9 (IANS) A 42-year-old school teacher from a village near Pune and a 43-year-old non-resident Indian (NRI) man who had flown from the US to Ahmedabad died of s... More
Liberty, recognition for jailhouse art
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Pawan, a 20-year-old undertrial from Bihar, has found his calling after five in the confines of the capital's Tihar Jail. The inmate of the men's ward mea... More
Harnessing India's healing traditions for public health
Ahmedabad, Aug 9 (IANS) Ravaged by chronic renal failure, Radha Gulale looked more like a bloated 60 kg woman than the 10-year-old she was. Doctors had given her only a few month... More
India developing indigenous swine flu vaccine (Interview)
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) India is expected to be among the first few countries to develop an indigenous, injectable swine flu vaccine and the government has already invited health ... More
Bangalore's Gen-Z loves networking - but on the web
Bangalore, Aug 9 (IANS) It is not TV cartoons or an energetic game of football that is keeping Bangalore's youth hooked - but blogging and social networking.
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NRI with swine flu dies in Ahmedabad, wife critical
Ahmedabad, Aug 9 (IANS) A 43-year-old NRI who arrived in Ahmedabad from the US last month succumbed to Influenza A (H1NI) early Sunday, becoming India's fourth swine flu victim, o... More
Two students in Jammu quarantined with swine flu symptoms
Jammu, Aug 9 (IANS) Two students with suspected swine flu have been quarantined at a government hospital in Jammu, an official said Sunday.
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India scrambles for germ-free eggs for swine flu vaccines
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The crack team at the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, whichis charged with creating a vaccine for swine flu, is confronted with a problem -- sourcing ... More
Now Delhi University gets its own networking site
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Move over Facebook, Orkut. Here comes Delhi University's own networking site, Network DU. With over 2,000 registrations in just four weeks, this site is a ... More
Father brands kids with hot iron, held
Bhubaneswar, Aug 9 (IANS) A man was arrested in Cuttack district of Orissa for branding his two children with a hot electric iron as punishment for not studying, police said Sunda... More
Maoists kill two people in Orissa
Bhubaneswar, Aug 9 (IANS) Maoists early Sunday shot dead two people in Orissa's Rayagada district suspecting them to be police informers, police said.
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'India shouldn't sell Tamiflu in open market'
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Should India sell Tamiflu in the open market as swine flue cases continue to rise? No, say experts and health officials, warning it could lead to panic buy... More
Two more die of swine flu - four fatalities in India
Pune/Ahmedabad, Aug 9 (IANS) A 42-year-old man in Pune and an NRI who had arrived in Ahmedabad from the US last month succumbed to swine flu early Sunday, taking the toll from the... More |
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