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| 25pc Indians
suffer from allergy: Expert MUMBAI, Oct 29: As many as 25 per cent of the Indians are suffering from different types of allergies including asthma, skin irritations and respiratory disorders, according to Dr Wiqar Shaikh, an allergist and immunologist of international repute. ...more Family members set couple afire THANE, Oct 29: To register their disapproval of Pinki Dusehja’s marriage to a Pav Bhaji vendor Kamlesh Keswani her family members set the couple afire last evening in Ulhasnagar township. ..more Dabur’s new product claims to promote longevity of life NEW DELHI, Oct 29: Dabur Pharmaceuticals Limited today launched a new drug which, it claims, improves quality of sleep, increases alterness and promotes longevity among humans. ....more IIP organises week long training programme DEHRADUN, Oct 29: Long-term consequences of vehicular emissions on the country’s environment and ways and means to check pollution caused by automobiles... more |
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Benegal, Palekar
to direct films on family welfare NEW DELHI, Oct 29: Renowned film personalities Shyam Benegal and Amol Palekar will direct films on different health and family welfare programmes. The
production of such films is a part of a new multi-media ..more Gujar leaders from the
five villages of Kotla, ....more Police said today that
Mohd Munawar Ullah Shareef alias .....more |
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| White paper on ISI activities to
be tabled in Parliament: HM AHMEDABAD, Oct 29: Union Home Minister L K Advani today said a white paper on the activities of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in India will be tabled in Parliament during the Winter session commencing on November. Talking to reporters here, Mr Advani said the Advisory Committee of Members of Parliament, attached to his ministry, had recently discussed the issue as the members demanded a white paper on the continuing ISI activities in India. Mr Advani said the white paper was under preparation and will be tabled in Parliament. Stating that the overall situation on the internal security front had improved during the seven months of the Vajpayee Government, the minister said the ISI activities had, however, continued unabated. This year, the Centre had identified and demolished several centres and agents of the ISI, he added. Referring to Kashmir, he said more Army units were being sent to the trouble-torn border state to deal with the terrorist activities there. Commenting on media reports that the Centre was contemplating replacing the Border Security Force (BSF), posted on the state’s border with Pakistan with the Army, Mr Advani clarified that the BSF personnel will continue in their posts. Mr Advani said Pakistan, after its defeat in the 1971 war, had realized that it could not wage direct war against India. Hence, it conceptualised a plan which began to be implemented in the 1980s in the form of a proxy war to create instability in India and if possible, make an attempt to grab Kashmir. However, the Home Minister declared, the Vajpayee Government had firmly resolved to frustrate this plan. He himself had already toured most of the border areas of the country, barring that with Bangladesh, to take stock of the situation. Replying to a question, Mr Advani expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party would emerge victorious in the coming Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi. Asked about the BJP’s election-eve promise of renaming Ahmedabad as Karnavati, he said the issue was not on the national agenda of the coalition Government at the Centre. Meanwhile, photojournalists of Ahmedabad, who had gone to cover a function at Gandhinagar earlier in the day, submitted a memorandum to Mr Advani protesting against the manner in which most of them were denied entry by the security personnel deployed around the venue where President K R Narayanan was the chief guest. (UNI) |
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25pc Indians
suffer from allergy: Expert "Modern housing, changed food habits, consumption of more and more junk foods, pets, plants, carpets, lack of ventilation and use of air-conditioners are further aggravating the problem and very soon it may reach ‘epidemic-levels’," he told UNI. Dr Shaikh, who is attached to the Bombay Hospital, will be a guest speaker at the international Asia-pacific conference on allergy and immunology to be held at Manila, Phillipines in December. He will make a detailed presentation on allergies in India. In the Western countries, allergies have already reached epidemic levels and as many as 45 to 50 per cent of the population are hypersensitive to some thing or the other. In India, it is slightly less and around 240 to 250 million people are allergy-prone among the 970-odd million population. Modern homes with its lack of ventilation, air-conditioners, carpets and mini water-falls inside the premises promote fungus growth and dust mites responsible for allergies. The widespread use of cosmetics like lip-sticks, powders, and nail-polishes have also various ill-effects on our skins. Even some tooth pastes are allergic in nature, he added. The hair of pets like dogs and cats are known to be another causitive factor. Even skin-flakes of these animals are very dangerous. Droppings of birds like parrots, pigeons and bulbuls are also known to be allergy causing. "Say no to pets...Is how one can get rid of allergies related to respiratory organs," Dr Shaikh said. Dr Shaikh said that asthma is the second commonest allergy after sneezing. Also known as rhinitis, sneezing is quite common among Indians — mainly because of dust, pollen grains, pollutants and the "most dangerous" parthenium plant. Rhinites coupled with cough and cold aggravates the patient and in long run it may result in asthma too. The incidence of asthma and bronchitis are common in the rural areas too. Deaths are also recorded in extreme cases. Worldover, doctors are carrying out extensive research to mitigate the malady. In England, researchers have found peanuts to be a cause of allergy among kids. Some people are also allergic to pulses (dals), which result in anaphylaxis killing the affected within minutes. Contact-dermatitis, reaction from bindis, toothpaste, metals like nickel, petro-based gels, creams and ointments have also affected millions, he said. Allergies are a genetic problem as well. Research have shown that chromosome 5 and 11 are basically responsible for the transfer of allergy to offsprings. Attacking the gene structure by way of genetic engineering is one of the ways of curing allergies permanently. The in-vivo test, by putting needles in 90 spots on the skin enables the doctor to thoroughly check the substances to which one is allergic. This is also known as skin-prick test and the cost is quite nominal, he added. (UNI) Family members set couple afire The couple was dragged out of their house by girl’s mother and three brothers and set afire after pouring kerosene. Both received 50 per cent injuries and were admitted to central hospital in Ulhasnagar. Police have arrested
girl’s mother and her two brothers. One of the
brothers, who also received some burn injuries, has been
admitted to the hospital while another is absconding.
(UNI) Dabur’s new product claims to
promote longevity of life Eternex is a combination of melatonin and pyridoxine (Vitamin B 6). Melatonin is a natural substance produced in the human body at night. It helps set and control the internal clock that regulates the natural rhythms of a body. "The declining levels of melatonin are perhaps the reason why old people suffer more frequently from sleep problems," said Dr D.B.A. Narayanan, general manager of Dabur’s Research and Development Division. "Since quality sleep is essential for maintaining youth, this may be the reason why older people ask for melatonin specifically as an anti-ageing pill." Dr Narayanan said eternex is supported by strong clinical evidence. Dabur conducted the trials at apollo hospital’s sleep lab here and at the national institute of occupational health in Calcutta. The drug will be helpful for people who have trouble while sleeping, work in night shifts and travel to different time zones. For sleeping aids alone, the country’s annual market is estimated to be in the range of Rs 120 crore. Dabur Pharmaceuticals, a part of the Rs 850 crore Dabur India Limited, is expecting a sales turnover of Rs 80 crore in 1998-99. (UNI) |
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| IIP organises week long training
programme DEHRADUN, Oct 29: Long-term consequences of vehicular emissions on the country’s environment and ways and means to check pollution caused by automobiles are among the main subjects taken up at the week long training programme being conducted by the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) here for officers of the surface transport. Field problems which these officers face in the implementation of inspection and maintenance programmes for in-use vehicles are also being tackled during the course which was inaugurated on October 26. About thirty participants from Goa, Rajasthan, Delhi and Tamil Nadu are attending the intensive training along with some scientists of the IIP, said course coordinator V P Sharma. This is the second such programme being held at the IIP under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Transport, he added. Working engineers of the IIP constitute the faculty for the programme besides some speakers from other institutes including the Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi. Dr. Ranjan Bose from the Tata Energy Research Institute, Delhi, delivered a lecture on "air quality and impact of automotive emissions on environment and health" while Dr. Mukesh Saxena of the iip took up the subject of "vehicular emission measurement systems and field problems". Course participants were given an introduction to the iip and its activities by Sr K S Jauhri. Demonstrations and laboratory visits were organised for studying topics like analysis of emissions of gasoline vehicles with portable analysers, smoke measurement of diesel vehicles, mass emission measurement and type approval of portable co analyser and smoke meter. This is the fifth training programme organised by the IIP this year. The institute’s training division conducts short as well as long courses for representatives of refineries, industry and government officials in the field of petroleum and related subjects. (UNI) |
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| Benegal, Palekar to direct films on
family welfare NEW DELHI, Oct 29: Renowned film personalities Shyam Benegal and Amol Palekar will direct films on different health and family welfare programmes. The production of such films is a part of a new multi-media communication strategy, adopted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare which also includes production of audio-visual spots and interactive panel discussion. In regard to radio, half an hour programmes of folk songs anchored by well-known personalities will be broadcast on national channel and vividh bharti. In addition the ministry also plans to utilise ‘Zilla Saksharata Samities’ (ZSSs) to reach rural people in a language and medium known to them, an official release said here yesterday. Under this plan activities like kalajathas, folk songs, bhajans, kirtans, street plays, local theatre, hoardings, wall writing, rallies, swasthya melas and training of NGOs and panchayat members will be undertaken. The proposal will be implemented in consultation with national literacy mission and the Ministry of Education, the release said. (PTI) |
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| Gujjars’s not to tolerate leaders
from outside NEW DELHI, Oct 29 : Leaders of Delhi’s Gujar community today warned that they would not tolerate leaders from outside their constituencies in the Assembly elections. Gujar leaders from the five villages of Kotla, Aliganj, Pilanji and Jor Bagh which fall in the Kasturba Nagar constituency have demanded that only local leaders be considered while distributing tickets. Already Gujar leaders such as Choudhury Arjun Singh have conveyed their decision to Congress observers such as S. Muttemwar and Ahmed Patel and according to a press note, have received favourable assurances. The Gujar Welfare Association has taken a particular objection to the candidature of Jaiveer Nagar, president of the Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress who they described as an outsider and basically from Uttar Pradesh. The Gujar community, which has a predominant position in the Kasturba Nagar constituency, has made it clear that they would prefer to vote for a young candidate from their own community and with a clean image. (UNI) |
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