The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil has condoled the passing away of Dr. H.N. Sethna. In her condolence message the President has said, “Dr. Sethna played a crucial role in the successful conduct of India’s first peaceful nuclear test in 1974. His contributions to development of nuclear energy for peaceful purpose were very important. In his passing away we have lost a well-known nuclear scientist and a true patriot.
In a special humanitarian gesture, Railway Women’s Welfare Central Organization (RWWCO), a noted voluntary organization of the wives of Indian Railway officers, has come forward to make a donation to Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for extending help in the rehabilitation of the victims of the nature’s fury in Leh (Jammu & Kashmir) which happened on August 6, 2010.
The Department of Posts (DoP) opens about eight lakh new “Mahatma Gandhi NREGS’ accounts every month across the country. Till 30th June 2010 has DoP opened 4.48 crore accounts under the scheme and disbursed an amount of Rs. 3,406 crores in the current financial year. More than 95,000 post offices are engaged in disbursement of wages under MGNREGS.
MUMBAI: Budget airline, IndiGo, has partnered with TATA AIG to offer an insurance package, Domestic TravInsure, to its passengers.
Advinus Therapeutics, the research-based pharmaceutical company promoted by the Tata Group, on Monday announced the discovery of a novel molecule for the treatment of type II diabetes GKM 001. The molecule is an activator of glucokinase; an enzyme that regulates glucose balance and insulin secretion in the body.
Special traffic arrangements will be implemented at Happy Valley tomorrow evening (September 8) to minimise the inconvenience caused by traffic diversions to road users.
The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health received one report of an influenza-like illness (ILI) outbreak in a school affecting four persons during the 24 hours ending at noon today (September 7).
The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health today (September 7) repeated its call for vigilance against flu as report about a three-year-old boy suffering from Influenza with serious complications was received.
Police are anxious to locate the next of kin of an old man who died in Yuen Long on June 9.
The National Institutes of Health will launch a multi-year study this fall to look at the potential health effects from the oil spill in the Gulf region. The Gulf Worker Study, announced by NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., in June, is in response to the largest oil spill in U.S. history, caused by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Collins pledged $10 million in NIH funding for the study’s initial phases.
After reopening earlier this year following a major refurbishment programme, the hotel has been receiving rave reviews from guests and industry professionals alike. The latest assessment of Wyck Hill House by Gloucester-based arts and leisure magazine SoGlos, describes the 18th century manor as “country house elegance at its best”.
The Hotlist includes the Top 10 Holiday destinations for value, romance, wellness, all-inclusive and culture, in worldwide destinations for travel between October 2010 and June 2011. The Kuoni Top 10 Holiday Hotlist can be found online on Kuoni’s website.
Dennis Beckmann, BP’s on-site coordinator, commented, “There are many aspects of this overall cleanup plan that are unprecedented. In the area of environmental analysis, we have worked with TestAmerica for many years and we knew we could count on them to deliver. We needed capacity for immediate results for complex analyses, which you can see we have here in ‘Lab City’ as it’s called. And, we needed all of this virtually overnight as our response plan needs were immediate. TestAmerica delivered on all those fronts.”
"This is a very important agreement for us, as it is the first agreement signed since opening the office in Poland. It shows that the interest for our security products in the Polish market is on the rise, but it also increases our exposure in Poland", says Piotr Laskowski, VP Partners Poland. "The strength of the new partnership is further emphasized by the fact that Telsar has a very broad experience in the creation of architecture, implementation and subsequent support on systems. With the cooperation with Telsar, we will start to target more specific industries within the industrial and health care sector which will hopefully increase our customer base in the polish region", Piotr continues.
