Dengue outbreak plagues Singapore Singapore, September 11: Minister calls for a ‘no-compromise’ campaign to check disease. A dengue fever outbreak has plunged Singapore into its worst health crisis since the 2003 SARS epidemic, forcing officials to speed up a campaign against the... Women 09 Nov, 2005
Delhi reports 23 new dengue cases New Delhi, October 15:Dengue fever seems to be spreading in the Indian capital with 23 new cases reported till Saturday, taking the total number of affected people to 339, municipal authorities said. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials said... Women 15 Oct, 2005
Encephalitis claims 15 more in India Lucknow, October 9:Japanese encephalitis claimed 15 more lives in northern India, as a health official today expressed surprise that the recent outbreak, which had appeared to be fading, was spreading again.The outbreak has killed 1,038 people, mostly... Women 10 Oct, 2005
Patients head abroad despite facilities here Kathmandu, September 24:Lack of referral facilities to the cancer hospitals by major hospitals of the country has resulted in cancer patients going to India and abroad. This, while hospitals in the country can well provide quality service. Mahendra... Travel 25 Sep, 2005
Jakarta plans anti-polio drive JAKARTA: Indonesia said on Monday it will begin a new wave of mass vaccinations against polio as four new cases brought the number of infections to 50. Authorities described the speed at which Indonesia’s first outbreak of polio in a decade has... Women 20 Jun, 2005
SNIPPETS Avalanche kills sevenSRINAGAR: An avalanche swept a hillside in Kashmir on Monday, killing seven shepherds and injuring at least five others, police said. The avalanche hit Hanjipora village, smashing the log cabins of the shepherds, known as... Women 30 May, 2005
IN OTHER WORDS Good workNext month Rotary International turns 100. Among others, Rotary clubs are celebrating the imminent global eradication of polio. Twenty years ago, there were a thousand new cases of polio every day. Now polio strikes only about 1,000 children a... 12 May, 2005
Fence mending Chief Justice Hari Prasad Sharma’s avowal to uphold independence of the judiciary on the occasion of the Law Day is an attempt to put at rest the controversy triggered by his statement in Australia about the efficacy of February 1 move. But let it... 09 May, 2005
Indonesia gears up to curb polio outbreak Agence France PresseJakarta, May 6: Indonesian health authorities today said they were now treating five cases of polio, raising fears of a wider outbreak more than a decade after the crippling disease was believed to have been eradicated... Women 06 May, 2005
Delhi records 21 more meningitis cases Himalayan News Service New Delhi, May 6: The worst meningitis outbreak in the Indian capital in two decades has killed 15 people and affected 112 people, with 21 new cases being reported today.“Till today 112 cases have been reported, of which 21 are... Women 06 May, 2005
World Bank announces new programme to fight malaria Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, April 26:The World Bank today announced a new ‘global strategy and booster programme’ to fight against malaria. According to a World Bank press release, the programme is being launched realising the need for a... Horoscopes 26 Apr, 2005
Loads of cases It is no longer news that the Supreme Court is overloaded with cases. But what is interesting is that many of them are minor cases. As the Supreme Court is the court of last resort, it has to hear writ petitions, as well as appeals when litigants are... 28 Mar, 2005
