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MIC urges Universiti Malaya to maintain its Indian Studies dept’s name

August 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 29 (ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress chief S. Samy Vellu has urged Universiti Malaya’s vice-chancellor Ghauth Jasmon not to change the name of university’s Indian Studies Department.

“He has to listen to the views of the Indian community. Tamil is our life,” he said when asked to comment on Ghauth’s statement over renaming the department to Indian and South Asian Studies department.
Ghauth had reportedly said that although the name of the department would be changed, its programmes would be maintained.
“We will not accept any changes to the Indian Studies Department because it was the Indians who contributed to the department’s existence and it is also our pride,” the New Strait Times quoted Samy Vellu, as saying.
He said he was informed by Human Resources Minister Dr. S. Subramaniam that the cabinet has agreed to maintain the during a recent Cabinet meeting.
“It has been agreed by the Cabinet. So, there must not be any change in the name,” Samy Vellu said.
He noted that the ISD was created from money collected from Indian estate workers in the early 1950s under the “Save Tamil Fund.”
“The department has many historical values for the Indian community. Changing its name would mean showing disrespect to the Indian community,” he added. (ANI)

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Indian NGOs want Malay Govt. to save Indian Studies Dept at University of Malaya

August 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Aug 18(ANI): A group of India-based Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have expressed their wish for the Malaysian Government to intervene in the controversy surrounding the Indian Studies Department (ISD) at the University of Malaya, to solve the issues immediately.

According to reports, a meeting was also organised by the Tamil Foundation in Kuala Lumpur to talk about means to save the department.

Spokesperson for the group, S. Arumugam said that their goal is to ensure that the department remained intact, and not be absorbed into another newly formed department, The Star online reports.

The ISD has been tangled in a leadership crisis of late, and in a recent scandal misconduct was found in the marking of PhD thesis papers where several undeserving students were awarded with first class honours degrees.

Earlier, a heated argument was also reported among the teaching staff, citing appointment of a non-Indian head of the department. (ANI)

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‘Molecular key’ to successful blood stem cell transplants identified

April 23, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, April 23 (ANI): Researchers at University of British Columbia have identified a ‘molecular key’ that has the potential to increase the success of blood stem cell transplants.

Blood stem cell transplants are currently used to treat diseases such as leukemia, Hodgkin’s lymphoma and aplastic anemia.

During the procedure, donor blood stem cells – which can produce red and white blood cells and platelets – are injected into the recipient to produce new blood.

The stem cells then need to travel to the thymus – an organ near the heart – and produce T-cells, a type of white blood cell that orchestrates the body’s immune system.

A common problem with blood stem cell transplants is the failure of stem cells to repopulate the thymus and generate T-cells. Without T-cells the patient is unable to fight infection and post-transplant prognosis is poor.

Now, Prof. Hermann Ziltener and his research team at UBC’s Biomedical Research Centre have identified a molecule called S1P that can tell the thymus to ‘open the gates’ and accept more stem cells.

“This discovery gives us a handle on determining whether the thymus will be receptive to migrating stem cells. By treating patients with drugs that control S1P, scientists can now manipulate the thymic gates to either open or close,” said Ziltener, a professor in the Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

The new study is published in the April issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine. (ANI)

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9.9 Media co-founder selected for FORTUNE, US State Dept. Global Women’s Mentoring Program

April 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Apr 8 (ANI/Business Wire India): Anuradha Das Mathur, one of the founders of 9.9 Media, has been selected for the prestigious FORTUNE magazine and US State Department Global Women’s Mentoring Program.

This unique program combines the study of U.S. business culture with a working mentorship program that enables talented, emerging women business leaders across the globe to spend a month in the U.S. to enhance their capabilities and propel their careers forward.

Top American female executives – FORTUNE’s Most Powerful Women – mentor these emerging leaders to support them in their professional growth. FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit and the U.S. State Department established the Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership in May 2006.

Mathur will join 35 rising star women from around the world for the 2009 FORTUNE program slated to take place from April 26 to May 21. The program participants are fully funded by their mentor’s company.

The three-phase program opens with an orientation session in Washington, DC, where the participants meet with senior women in government, academia and business to discuss the importance of public-private partnerships, learn of American best practices in business and government and engage in interactive leadership and communications training sessions.

The international participants are then paired with one of FORTUNE’s Most Powerful Women Leaders from companies like Time, Inc., Avon, Xerox, Wal-Mart, Microsoft, and Exxon Mobil in cities across the United States.

For three weeks, American and international participants work together in mentoring relationships to share the skills and experiences necessary for strengthening women’s leadership.

Throughout the mentorship process, participants shadow a powerful woman leader and take away best practices that they can apply to their professional lives at home. The program concludes in New York City, where the participants have meetings with Goldman Sachs, Solera Capital, and Good Morning America, and to discuss lessons learned and plans for future activities.

There are now 84 FORTUNE/State Department alumnae around the world.

Mathur co-founded 9.9 Media with four other colleagues in September 2007. She is a graduate of Lady Sri Ram College, University of Delhi, and has an MA in Economics from Trinity College, Cambridge University.

She will be mentored by Patricia Fili-Krushel, who is Executive Vice President of Administration of Time Warner Inc. and is one of its senior coporate officers. Before joining Time Warner in July 2001, Fili-Krushel was CEO of WebMD Health and President at ABC Television Network. Last year, Suma Krishnaswamy, founder of Bangalore-based Cambium Biotechnologies, was selected for the program from India and mentored with Diane Gulyas, Group Vice President, DuPont Performance Materials. (ANI)

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TERI, SPIB to host international conference on ‘Biopesticides: Stakeholders Perspective’

April 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Apr 7 (ANI/Business Wire India): The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in collaboration with the Society for Promotion and Innovation of Biopesticides (SPIB) will organise the Fifth International Conference from April 26-30 in New Delhi.

The conference will witness the presence of about 600 delegates from around the globe to deliberate on the advancement and promotion of biopesticides from the “stakeholders’ perspectives”.

The conference will have insightful sessions on sustainable agriculture, environmental protection, eco-restoration and climate change.

A special exhibition-BioFair 2009 will feature organizations and industrial companies involved in the field of biopesticides and related topics.

Enthused by the opportunity that ICOB will be held in India, Dr Seema Wahab, Advisor, Dept of Biotechnology, Govt. of India and Organizing Secretary, ICOB-V said “This is the first International Conference on Biopesticides bringing India in the forefront in this specific area which is very important and relevant for sustainable agriculture and environmental protection”.

The conference will provide a platform for its stakeholders participating from various parts of the world-researchers, scientists from public and private sectors, planners, industrialists and end-users to share their knowledge, experiences and learning related to the development, production and application of biopesticides.

The participants will also elaborate the constraints they face, which will help in finding solutions collectively and in evolving a sustainable perspective plan for value chain network to increase the use of biopesticides.

Elaborating on the relevance of Biotechnology and TERI’s role to popularise its use, Dr. Nutan Kaushik, Fellow TERI said, “Food security is a major concern that needs to be tackled and is incorporated in National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) issued by the Government of India. For the past two decades many pests and diseases as major and limiting factors have affected the productivity of several crops. Crop protection plays an integral role in the global production of food which must satisfy increasing consumer demand. Concerns over the environment and human health impacts of chemical pesticides have led to considerable interest in the development of an alternative control method. Keeping this in mind, the conference will be of utmost importance.”

This conference is a part of the series of international conferences held previously in Thailand (1996), China (1998), Malaysia (2002), and Thailand (2005), promoted by the University of California, Riverside, USA, and Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

It would bring to the fore, the fundamental and applied research on various aspects of biopesticides in pest and disease management in agriculture, forestry, public health, and the urban landscape. (ANI)

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TERI, SPIB to host international conference on ‘Biopesticides: Stakeholders Perspective’

April 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

The conference will witness the presence of about 600 delegates from around the globe to deliberate on the advancement and promotion of biopesticides from the “stakeholders’ perspectives”.

The conference will have insightful sessions on sustainable agriculture, environmental protection, eco-restoration and climate change.

A special exhibition-BioFair 2009 will feature organizations and industrial companies involved in the field of biopesticides and related topics.

Health dept, docs discuss way out of tricky organ donation issues

April 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

CHENNAI: If the blood relative of a brain-dead patient is in need of a vital organ, can the family who is willing to sign papers for donation
demand that the organ be given to the relative? Is the doctor or hospital coordinating a cadaver organ donation liable if the organ retrieved loses it vitality? If the organs of a brain-dead person, the result of a road accident, is removed, will it mean tampering with evidence in a medico-legal case?

These and other related questions came up for a detailed discussion on Saturday when doctors from at least 50 hospitals in Tamil Nadu, mostly licensed transplant centres, met officials from the state health department at a workshop on cadaveric transplantation in Tamil Nadu’, organised by the director of medical services and rural health. The workshop was organised to discuss the Transplant of Human Organs Act 1994 and a series of government orders issued by the health department since January 2008 to promote cadaver transplant.

Over the past six months, the state has seen a rapid increase in organ donation. Forty kidneys, 14 livers, six hearts, 26 corneas, 14 heart valves and skin were harvested from 20 cadavers. Health secretary V K Subburaj said that the meeting was called to discuss problems the network faced in the last six months. “We are sure in the next few months we would be able to streamline the system for cadaver organ donation that would possibly reduce the need for any live donors,” he said.

IT secretary PWC Davidar, instrumental in issuing the government orders (GOs) while he was in the health department, discussed the GOs. “These are not just a set of rules written to be filed as orders. We want every hospital to certify brain death,” he said.

One city-based doctor wanted to know if the donor’s relatives had the right to dictate who the recipient should be. “In one case, the donor’s brother was blind and was waiting for a corneal transplant. They were willing to donate all the organs but requested that one eye be used for his brother. It was tricky situation and we did not know how to handle it,” he said.

Most government officials were for hospitals remaining firm. “With the present rules we don’t have provisions for that. We only encourage voluntary donation with no strings attached,” said Dr J Amalorpavanathan, convenor, cadaver transplant programme.

After hearing out narrations of several incidents, Davidar said that the department would look at options such as passing government orders that could deal with such special situations. “Sometimes, when the donor’s blood relative is in need of an organ, we will have to work it out as well,” he said. “We are also working on orders for organ transplant in medico-legal cases,” he said.

Presently, doctors take in only those cases where the cause of death is ascertained as a road accident. “We also take written consent from the investigating officer that the organ donation will not hamper investigations,” said Dr Amalorpavanathan.

Doctors clarified that no doctor or hospital was legally bound for the viability of the organs before or after transplants. Hospitals agreed to pay Rs 10,000 as annual fee for being a part of the organ sharing network. They decided that a website giving limited information about organ donation and organ sharing would help the public and ensure patient confidentiality.

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IFS babus booked for not helping district poll officer

April 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

THE NAINITAL District Administration has registered cases against six officials including four Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers for not cooperating with the District Election Officer in carrying out the polling preparations for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. “A First Information Report has been registered against the six officials for willful disobedience to the administration’s directions pertaining to the ongoing preparations for the forthcoming general elections,” said District Magistrate (DM) Haritash Gulshan, who is also the District Election Officer.

The cases against the officials concerned were registered at the Malli Tal Police station on Wednesday, he said. “The action was initiated after the officials failed to provide the District Election Officer lists of personnel who were to be assigned poll-related duties,” the DM said.

“They failed to respond to the directions despite several reminders,” the DM told HT. The officials against whom the cases have been registered are Executive Engineer, National Highway, Public Works Dept (PWD) (Haldwani), Executive Engineer (PWD) (Ramnagar), Divisional Forest Development Manager (Lalkuan), Divisional Forest Development Manager (Haldwani), Divisional Forest Officer, Terai (East) and Divisional Forest Officer, Terai (Central).

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Sacked Muslim cop called “f***ing Paki” to sue UK police dept for racism

March 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Mar. 10 (ANI): A Muslim cop has claimed that he was forced out of his job after his colleagues referred to him as “f***ing Paki”, and poked fun at his beard.

Former PC Javid Iqbal alleged that Bedfordshire police officers of white ethnicity told him that they were superior to him, and hence forced him to walk home from jobs instead of sending a police car to pick him up.

The Sun quoted Iqbal, as saying, “My beard is an important part of my religion, my identity and my life. There is no other reason for me having a five-inch beard. I am proud of it and it was never a problem in the 18 months I served as a special constable.

I devoted myself to the force voluntarily before I became a PC. I believed in putting something back into society.”

Iqbal had just returned to work after nine months leave on full pay with depression when he was given the boot for poor performance.

Bedfordshire Police stated: “A student officer’s services were dispensed with in August 2008 on grounds of capability.”

However, Iqbal claimed that he was sacked by Bedfordshire Police after fellow officers launched a “smear campaign” making complaints about his performance.

He said officers gave “negative statements” to superiors about him, including an allegation he failed to help a colleague arresting a violent man. He was cleared when CCTV showed he was dealing with other people.

“I’m disgusted I was bullied because of my beliefs. I’ve no doubt institutional racism played a part in this. White officers used to pull faces when they were asked to go on patrol with me,” he said.

He will put his case to an employment tribunal, claiming religious and racial discrimination plus unfair dismissal, saying that shortly after he joined a PC training course in 2006, he became a victim of racial abuse. (ANI)

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Rose culture blooms in Nagaland

January 15, 2009 By Rajesh Leave a Comment

Kohima, Jan.15 (ANI): Moving on the path of self-reliance, and in an effort to encourage youth, Nagaland has undertaken a new venture — rose cultivation.

Over 500 square meters of area have been set aside for its cultivation under the supervision of the state’s Department of Horticulture. Technical know how from private companies is being provided.

The cultivation of roses has brought new hope to local entrepreneurs.

Watienla Jamir, Joint Director, Horticulture Dept, Nagaland, said: ” We wanted to find out the potentiality of growing rose in Nagaland, whether the quality would be good. So, around one hectare area was initiated in the Yisemyong government farm, and we found that the quality was good and of International standard and it was serving as an eye opener and model for entrepreneurs.”

Anungla, one rose exporter, said: “I want to encourage the youth in Nagaland that being a part of this is very profitable for us and been engaged in something is a wonderful experience and beneficial for each and everyone of us.”

With over 20 self-help groups undertaking rose cultivation projects, the state has produced 12 lakhs (1.2 million) stems of cut roses till now with annual sales in 2008 standing at crores of rupees.

The cultivation of roses has acted as a source of employment for youths and is helping them to undertake productive activities.

Yachbeiu, a rose cultivator, said: ” The state government directive to display roses is a good encouragement to us beneficiaries. I believe it would rope in good money and promote rose cultivation. An idle mind promotes anti-social activities and ill thoughts, so I believe being engaged in whatever constructive activity, would usher in peace in our land.”

Neisakuono, a local resident, said: “Rose has good market value as it is bought for all special occasion, to decorate houses, to gif others and in programmes. People buy a lot so it has a good market generating income.”

Implemented by the Department of Horticulture, Government of Nagaland, the cultivation of roses on a commercial scale started in 2004-05. The state has received many awards for its achievements in the floriculture sector.

With the high demand for roses across the globe, Nagaland’s decision to explore this market will act as a catalyst for economic development. y Vibou Ganguly (ANI)

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MIC urges Universiti Malaya to maintain its Indian Studies dept’s name

‘Molecular key’ to successful blood stem cell transplants identified

TERI, SPIB to host international conference on ‘Biopesticides: Stakeholders Perspective’

TERI, SPIB to host international conference on ‘Biopesticides: Stakeholders Perspective’

IFS babus booked for not helping district poll officer

Sacked Muslim cop called “f***ing Paki” to sue UK police dept for racism

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