Experts fear global dengue pandemic Singapore, October 1:The world is seeing an explosion in dengue infections as the virus-carrying Aedes mosquito adapts to city environments and grows immune to traditional methods of population control, a panel of experts in Singapore said today.... Women 01 Oct, 2005
10,000 dengue cases in S’pore Singapore, September 19:Singapore said today dengue infections in the city-state has reached a new all-time high of 10,237 this year, and warned that authorities were prepared to enter and inspect vacant private premises for mosquito breeding sites,... Women 19 Sep, 2005
Excuse inexcusable Japanese Encephalitis (JE) has so far killed 274 people while hundreds of patients are undergoing treatment in different local hospitals of the country. Given the low level of public awareness and poor access to health posts or hospitals, the problem... 15 Sep, 2005
Govt provides mosquito nets Kathmandu, September 11:The Ministry of Health and Population has distributed 41,000 mosquito nets in the most affected districts to protect the public from Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and other vector borne diseases such as filaria, dengue and malaria.... Travel 11 Sep, 2005
Encephalitis kills another 53 in India Lucknow, September 8:The death toll from an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in northern India reached nearly 600, officials said today, as another 53 people died overnight. Authorities struggled to find money for pesticides that could stop the spread... Women 08 Sep, 2005
Master strokes of history Musharraf’s Republic, hailed by the English-speaking chattering classes as the beginning of a brave new world, now betrays every sign of being stranded in a morass of boredom and predictability. Nothing so highlights the predictable as the... 05 Sep, 2005
LETTERS Reduce fuel consumption: I would like to differ with Pratik Pradhan’s views expressed in his letter “Price hikes” (THT, August 25). It is a fact that petroleum prices have gone up in the international market. Consequently, NOC is obliged to hike... 25 Aug, 2005
SNIPPETS Bus mishap claims 19BEIJING: A speeding bus hired to take young children home from school plowed into a crowded sidewalk in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, killing 19 people and injuring 16, state press said on Wednesday. The bus apparently... Women 24 Aug, 2005
CREDOS : Distortion — II The debate has intensified among yoga scholars and teachers as yoga practice has grown in popularity. Between 1998 and 2005 alone, the circulation of the 30-year-old Yoga Journal tripled. Now there are yoga cruises, yoga book clubs, yoga dating... 10 Aug, 2005
MIDWAY : Monsoon revisited Biswas BaralGod’s perennial bliss to this part of the world is pattering its way into Nepal again. After one of the hottest summers in recent history: a summer spent, skimping the all-too-sunny daytimeappointments, taking in inordinate quantities of... 10 Jul, 2005
Iraq: Bush runs out of new ideas Simon Tisdall George Bush’s speech to the country from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, was an opportunity to show he knows what he is doing in Iraq. It was a chance to demonstrate that, despite past mistakes, he has a plan that will work. Bush also... 03 Jul, 2005
TOPICS : NASA bombs a comet — for science Peter N Spotts Hours before July 4th skyrockets burst into sparkling showers, NASA plans a celestial display of its own. Around 1:52 a.m. East Coast time, a dishwasher-size projectile from the agency’s Deep Impact spacecraft is slated to burrow into... 03 Jul, 2005
