NBME – National Board of Medical Examiners Executive Board – American Association of Medical Colleges – National Board of Medical Examiners – Dr. Christopher C. Colenda
NBME – National Board of Medical Examiners Executive Board – American Association of Medical Colleges – National Board of Medical Examiners – Dr. Christopher C. Colenda
Dr. Christopher C. Colenda, III, MD, was elected to a two-year term as an at-large member of the National Board of Medical Examiners Executive Board, he serves as The Jean [...]
RPSC ~ RPSC 2009 ~ RPSC Exams Details ~ Rajasthan Public Service Commission ~ www.rpsc.gov.in
RPSC ~ RPSC 2009 ~ RPSC Exams Details ~ Rajasthan Public Service Commission ~ www.rpsc.gov.in
Rajasthan Public Service Commission, Ajmer has published Proposed Schedule For Forthcoming Interviews and Schedule of Forthcoming Examination on its website – www.rpsc.gov.in
RPSC website www.rpsc.gov.in provides latest notices, notification, interview schedule, examination schedule, forthcoming examintions, examination results, application forms and latest news [...]
Groundbreaking First Response Spray Now Available in Europe
Solution Provides 99.99 Percent Reduction of Many Dangerous Pathogens
UNION, Ky., April 15 /PRNewswire/ — Union Springs Pharmaceuticals, LLC today
announces the European distribution of its flagship product, MyClyns, a
portable spray that reduces 99.99 percent of many harmful pathogens and helps
prevent infection. European first responders and public safety officials will
now have access to the spray, which is [...]
Peace Arch® Entertainment Provides Update Regarding the Filing of Its Second Quarter Financial Information
TORONTO–(Business Wire)–
Peace Arch® Entertainment Group Inc. (AMEX:PAE) (TSX:PAE), today provided an
update with respect to the Company`s SEDAR filing of its financial statements
for its second quarter period ending February 28, 2009.
As announced on November 28, 2008 and as updated on December 1, 2008, the
Company has not filed its annual financial statements for the year ended [...]
Apex court dismisses Abhinav Bharat plea against old ruling
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea of Abhinav Bharat, a registered charitable trust, to scrap a 1950 order of India’s last Governor-General and a 1960 ruling of the apex court that the two could legally help Commonwealth citizens to become Indian parliamentarians.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and [...]
Touch Diamond 2 and Pro 2 handsets announce by HTC at MWC 2009
Today an announcement related to the latest handsets was made by HTC at the Mobile World Congress in Spain, which also included the Touch Diamond 2 and the Touch Pro 2. It would be nice to know that both the sets run Windows Mobile and will be upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5.
The unique TouchFLO 3D [...]
Melbourne’s heat stops big wheel turning
Sydney – Melbourne’s record-breaking heat wave has knocked out its brand-new 120-metre observation wheel.
“The excessive heat we’ve had in Melbourne caused one of the members to buckle, and that’s created some cracking in the bracing structure up towards the hub,” Southern Star Management Group spokesman Fred Maybury said Monday.
“There’s nothing in danger of falling [...]
UNICEF, Prasar Bharati sign pact for phase two of “Facts for Life” TV show
New Delhi, Jan.28 (ANI): Prasar Bharati CEO B.S. Lalli and UNICEF India Representative Karin Hulshof have signed a broadcast agreement for Phase 2 of the Facts for Life entertainment-education drama serial, Kyunki…Jeena Issi Ka Naam Hai (Because… That’s What Life Is).
In an unprecedented partnership between India’s public broadcaster and UNICEF, the signing is a go [...]
Bleak forecasts for European car industry at Paris meeting
Paris – The global economic crisis could lead to the failure of one out of every five small and mid-sized companies in the European automobile industry, European Commission Vice-President Guenther Verheugen said Tuesday in Paris.
Therefore, Brussels must do everything in its power to protect the sector, Verheugen said at a crisis meeting of individuals from [...]
Cream containing acne drug did not cause deaths in clinical trial halted early
Washington, January 20 (ANI): While a clinical trial was halted early following the observation that patients using a cream comprising a commonly used acne drug called tretinoin seemed more likely to die than those using a placebo, evidence does not show that the excess deaths were caused by the therapy.
“The potential of retinoid compounds to [...]
The computer helper: Intel’s new i7 chips – Core 7
Washington – Move over, Core 2 Duo. Move over, Core 2 Quad. Intel’s new i7 processor is showing up in new computers around the world. Intel is billing the i7 as “the best desktop processor in the world,” and indeed it offers some substantial improvements – in both speed and architecture – over previous [...]
Incentives for overseas Indians to invest in India
Chennai, Jan 9 (ANI): Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said that the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas provides a platform to the overseas Indians to explore opportunities for investment in India.
Speaking in a plenary session of the diaspora interaction with the states in Chennai today, he said that during the 11th Plan, [...]
How cheating ants get caught red-handed
Washington, January 9 (ANI): While workers in ant society are known to physically restrain their peers from cheating the queen by having their own offspring, scientists have for the first time found how the cheaters get caught red-handed.
Jurgen Liebig and his colleagues at Arizona State University say that experimental evidence shows that chemical hydrocarbons produced [...]
Risks posed by Satyam collapse manageable: Qantas
Melbourne, Jan.8 (ANI): Qantas, which has an information technology contract with India’’s Satyam Computer Services, today said that any risks to its business in the wake of the latter’’s revelation of fraud, were manageable.
Qantas said in a statement that it had five years remaining on a seven-year contract under which Satyam provides IT application maintenance [...]
‘Horrid’ Mumbai type terror strikes harming Kashmir cause: US
Washington, Jan.8 (ANI): The United States has said that terror strikes in India, which are often termed by terror groups as a part of a ‘holy war’ or ‘Jihad’ to set Kashmir free from Indian clutches, are actually harming the cause of Kashmir.
Referring to the November.2008 Mumbai attacks, the US Assistant Secretary of State for [...]
Punjab’s Badal village produces shooting stars for Indian sports
By Avtar Gill /Karan Kapoor
Abohar/Ludhiana, Jan.7 (ANI): Punjab, which has produced many national and international sportspersons, holds a big pool of talent in its rural areas. With proper training it could be harnessed to represent the country.
Badal Village in the southwest Punjab is a one such place, which has one of the best and ultra-modern [...]
New movie shows changes in time in famous supernova remnant
Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): A new movie of data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows changes in time never seen before in a famous supernova remnant.
Nearly ten years ago, Chandra’s “First Light” image of Cassiopeia A (Cas A) revealed previously unseen structures and detail.
Now, after eight years of observation, scientists have been able to [...]
Gamma-ray burst offers first peek at young galaxy’’s star factory
Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): The brilliant afterglow of a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) has enabled astronomers to probe the star-forming environment of a distant galaxy, resulting in the first detection of molecular gas in a GRB host galaxy.
The explosion, designated GRB 080607, occurred in June last year.
“This burst gave us the opportunity to ”taste” the [...]
Water-cooler gossip can prove helpful in testing business ideas
London, January 6 (ANI): A new study has revealed that water-cooler gossip can prove very helpful in testing business ideas.
The researchers behind the study are of the opinion that the informal channels that such chat provides could prove the perfect environment to sound out ideas.
They even reveal how once a Sydney-based recruitment agency’’s managing director, [...]
India signs 2.1-billion dollar deal with Boeing for navy aircraft
New Delhi – India has signed a 2.1-billion-dollar contract with United States aerospace major Boeing for eight maritime aircraft, news reports said Monday.
The aircraft are expected to strengthen the Indian Navy’s intelligence-gathering capacities.
It is India’s largest defence purchase from the US and comes a little over a month after a terrorist attack on financial hub [...]



