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Gambia: Indian Community Celebrates Dawali
The Indian community in The Gambia, on Saturday converged at the Senegambia Beach Hotel to celebrate the Hindu festival of lights otherwise known as Dawali. This festival is said to be the most popular of all the festivals...
2008-11-08 20:19:13
Chennai, Nov 7 IANS Hosts Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra will contest the final in the boys under-19 of the junior national inter-state squash championship as both recorded straightforward victories in the semi-finals, here Friday.
SPO24SportsTN, Maharashtra in final of junior national squash Sports Chennai, Nov 7 IANS Hosts Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra will contest the final in the boys under-19 of the junior national inter-state squash championship as both recorded straightforward victories in the semi-finals, here Friday.The results: Boys 19 - Stage 2 - Semi-Final Tamil Nadu beat Tamil Nadu 'B' 3-0: Ravi Dixit beat Abhishek Pradhan 11-7 11-3 12-10; Ramit Tandon beat 2 beat Akshay Deepak 11-3 11-5 11-4; Karan Malik beat Pragun Khemka Tamil Nadu 'B' 11-8 11-5 11-9.Maharashtra beat New Delhi 3-0: Vikram Malhotra beat Shakir Hussain 11-5 11-5 11-5; Laxman Joshi beat Varun 11-8 11-6 11-7; Navin Jangra beat Ashaya Jain 11-6 11-8 11-3.Boys 15 - Stage 2 - Semi-Final New Delhi beat Maharashtra 'B' 3-0: Kush Kumar beat Anuj Bhal 11-9 11-3 11-9; Deepak Mishra beat Ishaan Advani 11-6 11-4 11-5; Aditya Advani beat Arjun Kochhar 11-1 11-7 11-5. Maharashtra beat Tamil Nadu 2-1: Mahesh Mangaonkar beat Vrishab Kotian 11-7 12-10 9-11 11-8; Rahil Fazalbhoy lost to Rishi Tandon 11-8 11-9 5-11 4-11 9-11; Shashi Pandey beat Sandeep Ramachandran 11-9 11-7 11-6.Girls 19 - Tamil Nadu beat TAmil Nadu 'B' 3-0: V. Anvesha Reddy beat Lakshya Raghavendra 11-3 11-6 11-4; Harita Om Prakash beat Shruti Dugar 11-3 11-4 11-5; Anaka Alankamony beat Saai Meera 11-6 11-0 11-3Girls 15 - New Delhi w/o Bihar.Tamil Nadu beat Tamil Nadu 'B' 3-0: Anaka Alankamony beat Divya 11-3 11-1 11-2; Aparajitha Balamurukan beat 2 Likhitta Dugar 11-6 11-3 11-5; Lakshaya Raghavan beat Ramya Roopa 11-8 11-4 11-5.--Indo-Asian News Serviceaph/pt/vt 402 Words07112227
2008-11-07 12:02:11
Sunil Jain: Life's not fair
If youre looking for evidence that the worlds not a fair place, the stock markets are a great place to look at.
2008-11-06 03:01:25
â€˜Promote sports and gamesâ€™
Belgaum: A State-level sports meet organised by the Department of Pre-University and Vocational Education and Jain College, Peeranwadi, was inaugurated at the district...
2008-11-05 12:14:51
Sunil Jain: Financing growth
Apart from the natural slowing of investments due to the collapse in global growth, the biggest impact on Indias growth prospects is going to come from India Incs inability to fund its
2008-10-30 00:14:53
Business swells for Kolkata's quacks
BUS3Business/HealthBusiness swells for Kolkata's quacksBy Sreya BasuKolkata, Oct 28 IANS They have neither MBBS degrees nor a licence to practise medicine and yet a number of quacks are running their "dispensaries" with aplomb in the heart of the city.For proof of this, one only needs to take a trip to the Jain Kunj area at Hyde Road near Taratolla in south Kolkata. Labourers of different factories and workers of the nearby Khidirpur dock mostly inhabit this area. And this is where the dens of quacks "hature" in Bengali have developed.About 10-12 of them have opened their bamboo-crafted one-room chambers in the area. They have even put up signboards in front of their dispensaries, claiming to be specialised doctors and even have hand-out prescriptions on letterheads."These degreeless doctors have been running their business for the past six years. Local people were suspicious about their background and they wrote to us in September for help," Amitava Bhattacharjee, secretary of the West Bengal unit of the Indian Medical Association IMA, told IANS here."We immediately wrote to the city police commissioner for taking necessary action. But the problem is that the practice of 'hature' doctors has not been banned in our country yet. So, there is little the police can do," Bhattacharjee added.Legal or illegal, the people of Jain Kunj and Hyde Road have no option but to depend on these quacks for medical help."Whenever a proper MBBS doctor tries to open his chamber in these areas, these degreeless doctors drive them away. And hence we don't have an option but to depend on them for medical help," said Bina Das, a resident."These degreeless doctors even sell unknown mixtures in small bottles and unidentified jacketless tablets and we have to buy them or else they refuse to examine patients," said Das."Even syringes are not disposed of after a shot. These men use the same syringe to inject various people, and that too without sterilising them. But, then, we are poor. So, we can hardly afford the exhorbitant charges of well-known doctors," Das added.On the other hand, the quacks hardly have any guilt about their medical practice. In fact, they look on it as one of the highest levels of social service."There are no proper doctors in this area, which basically consists of poor people. So what is the harm in helping these poor people with medical help You don't need to be a doctor to prescribe medicines for fever, stomach upset, burns, headaches and cough and cold," said Ramakant Nishad, one of the quacks operating in the area."As for myself, I have passed the Ayurveda medicine examination. In this area I prescribe medicines for minor diseases, push injections and dress wounds. In a way, this is one of the highest levels of social service," Nishad added.Another quack, Ashok Kumar Nag, said: "We only treat minor diseases, burns and wounds. If we find a patient's condition is serious, we immediately sent him to the nearby SSKM Hospital for full-fledged treatment.""This sort of medical practice is unethical and is running here because of the negligence of the state health department," said Dilip Ghosh, registrar of the state Medical Council.However, health department spokesperson Sanchita Bakshi said: "My department has not received any complaint about the quacks. If any complaint comes then only can we look into the matter."--Indo-Asian News Servicebs/ssp/vm615 Words**28101218
2008-10-28 03:05:09
Aparna Sen nominated to Asia Pacific Screen Awards jury
INT42 International/Entertainment/Cinema Aparna Sen nominated to Asia Pacific Screen Awards jury By Neena Bhandari Sydney, Oct 24 IANS Acclaimed Indian director and actress Aparna Sen has been nominated to the international jury for the second annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards APSA, which will be announced Nov 11 at the popular Australian tourist destination Gold Coast. "I am very familiar with Aparna's work and I am thrilled to have a filmmaker of her stature joining me on the Jury," APSA Jury President, Oscar nominated director Bruce Beresford told IANS. Sen made her debut as an actress in 1961 in Satyajit Ray's "Two Daughters" and has since acted in films of several noted film directors including Mrinal Sen, James Ivory, Tapan Sinha and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. She has directed award winning films like "36 Chowringhee Lane", "Mr. and Mrs. Iyer", and has just finished her latest production, "The Japanese Wife". A recipient of the prestigious Padmashree Award for her contribution to cinema, Sen has served on several film juries including the international film festivals of India, Moscow and Hawaii. The other members on the jury include American producer Richard Rothschild, whose production credits include "Tender Mercies" and "The Truman Show", Chinese director and professor of the prestigious Beijing Film Academy Zheng Dongtian, and Hanna Lee, producer of the 2007 APSA Best Feature Film "Miryang" Secret Sunshine, from the Republic of Korea. The inaugural 2007 APSA jury was headed by acclaimed actress and activist Shabana Azmi. "The Jury's task is formidable - they must determine winners from 33 films representing 17 countries of the Asia-Pacific region to have been nominated in this year's APSAs," Des Power, APSA Chairman, said. Indian films vying for the highest film accolade in the region include Aamir Khan's critically acclaimed "Taare Zameen Par" and Ashutosh Gowariker's historical romance "Jodhaa Akbar". The other Indian entries include "Colours of Passion" by director Ketan Mehta, Nandita Das's directorial debut "Firaaq", "Return of Hanuman" by Anurag Kashyap, "Goddesses" by Leena Manimekalai, "Mahek" by K. Kanade and "The Prisoner" by Pryas Gupta. The much talked about documentary based on Kiran Bedi, "Yes Madam, Sir" directed by Megan Doneman, "A Jihad for Love" by Parvez Sharma and "Lakshmi and Me" by Nishtha Jain are the other entries. APSA is an initiative of the Queensland Government in collaboration with CNN International, UNESCO and FIAPF The International Federation of Film Producers Associations, to acclaim films that best reflect their cultural origins and cinematic excellence. In 2008, awards will be presented for best feature film, best animated film, best documentary, best children's film, achievement in directing, best screenplay, achievement in cinematography, performance by an actress, performance by an actor. Two additional awards will be presented for outstanding achievement - The International Federation of Film Producers Associations FIAPF Award for outstanding achievement in film in the Asia-Pacific region and the UNESCO Award for outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film. --Indo-Asian New Service nb/ar/dg 518 Words 24101340
2008-10-24 04:02:09
Waltzing Matilda in Sydney
Sydney has often been voted one of the most desirable cities to live in for its picturesque settings, writes Geetika Jain.
2008-10-23 17:14:35
Call centre to monitor status of complaints
GUNTUR: The Guntur Municipal Corporation will soon set up a 24-hour call centre attached to its 103 complaints receiving centre to help citizens monitor know the status of their complaints. Municipal Commissioner Siddhartha Jain at a ...
2008-10-17 09:18:19
Youth who objected to molestation burnt to death
NAT42National/CrimeYouth who objected to molestation burnt to deathBhopal, Oct 15 IANS A police official's son who objected to molestation of a woman at a Garba traditional dance programme was burnt to death Wednesday by a mob in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district, the police said. The dispute arose Tuesday night when Vishal, 27, objected to the molestation of a woman from to his Balai community by people of the Patidar community. Vishal was son of Dashrath Singh, a town inspector attached with the Human Rights Commission at Bhopal.Members of Patidar community who had gathered for "Durga Visarjan" Goddess Durga's idol immersion programme Wednesday morning reached Vishal’s house in Karnawat village and started throwing stones. On this Vishal opened fire on the mob with a gun. But he was caught and set on fire which led to his death on the spot, said the police. The mob also torched several houses belonging to the Balai community besides setting on fire a jeep and four motor-cycles. While four people injured during the clash were undergoing treatment at Dewas hospital, one seriously injured person was taken to Indore for treatment. “The situation is now tense but under control. DIG deputy inspector general Ujjain range Vipin Maheshwari has reached the village and is personally supervising the things," Dewas Police Superintendant Mayank Jain told IANS.--Indo-Asian News Servicess/rd/jg241 Words*15101816
2008-10-15 10:03:05

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