region polio-free as the last case of wild polio virus there was reported in Jan 2011 in India, making a regional polio-free certification possible in early 2014, a World Health Organisation (WHO) official said Wednesday.
WHO is working with countries to ensure the region sustains the gains made on polio eradication and achieves the regional polio-free certification in early 2014.
Filmmaker Karan Johar’s film “Student of The Year” releases alongside his protege Nikhil Advani’s animation film “Delhi Safari” Oct 19 and he blames the Khans for this clash at the box office.
“This year is pretty tough, there are not enough release dates available because it is such a jam-packed year. But what to do, all the Khans have booked Diwali, Christmas and Eid. So, we are releasing on the dates left for us.
Filmmaker Karan Johar’s film “Student of The Year” releases alongside his protege Nikhil Advani’s animation film “Delhi Safari” Oct 19 and he blames the Khans for this clash at the box office.
“This year is pretty tough, there are not enough release dates available because it is such a jam-packed year. But what to do, all the Khans have booked Diwali, Christmas and Eid. So, we are releasing on the dates left for us.
Siasat daily is going to organise a special programme on counseling for Engineering admissions, in which experts will guide students and parents regarding admission into engineering, reporting to colleges after web options, fee, reimbursement and engineering branches.
The programme will be held on Sunday September 9, 11 am at Moghal College of Engineering and Technology, Bandlaguda near Chandrayangutta.
Students and parents are advised to benefit from the guidance programme by arriving on time.
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Scientists now have an explanation for why green tea is good for the brain — it lies in the chemical properties that affect the production of brain cells, improving memory and spatial learning.
“Green tea is a popular beverage across the world,” said Yun Bai, professor from the Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
“There has been plenty of scientific attention on its use in helping prevent cardiovascular diseases, but now there is emerging evidence that its chemical properties may impact cellular mechanisms in the brain.”
Stung by Congress leader Digvijay Singh’s statement that Maharashtra’s Thackeray family originally hailed from Bihar, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray hit back Thursday, saying Digvijay was “mad”.
“That man (Digvijay Singh) is mad,” an irritated Thackeray burst out to reporters who questioned him on the issue.
The Congress leader, however, was only quoting from a book penned by Uddhav’s grandfather, Prabodhankar Thackeray, father of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray.
It was an unusual gift from Chinese Defence Minister Gen Liang Guang Lie to two Indian Air Force pilots — Rs one lakh in cash.
The pilots were given cash in two envelopes after they flew the visiting minister by special IAF aircraft from Mumbai to Delhi on Monday, sources told PTI here on Wednesday.
They said after seeing off Liang, the pilots checked their ‘unusual gift’ in sealed envelopes and then realised it was Rs one lakh cash in Indian currency.
About 5.4 million Australians were targeted by cyber crimes, which cost the country 1.65 billion Australian dollars ($1.68 billion) in the past 12 months, according to Norton’s Cybercrime report 2012 released Thursday.
Hackers and cyber criminals were diverting their attention to new platforms such as smart phones and social networking, the report by the anti-virus company revealed.
Globally, there were more than 556 million victims and the cost were $110 billion, reported Xinhua.
Former US president Bill Clinton has formally nominated Barack Obama as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, making a passionate plea to his countrymen to vote in his favour saying the incumbent was cool on the outside but “burns for America” inside.
Obama strode onstage as Clinton wound up his impassioned speech, and the former president bowed. Obama pulled him into an embrace as thousands of delegates jammed into the convention hall roared their approval.
The immensely popular Kolaveri Di singer, Dhanush K Raja, got one tight slap by Sonam Kapoor yesterday! Of course, there was nothing malicious about it since it was only a shot for the upcoming Eros film, Raanjhanaa.
The famous “Kolaveri di” crooner Dhanush K Raja and megastar Rajnikanth’s son-in-law got one tight slap in full public view from actress Sonam Kapoor very recently, thus sending shock waves in the media circles all over the nation!
Siasat in collaboration with Optimum Group is organizing a Seminar, Guidance lecture and spot assessment on Sunday, September 9, 11 am at Mahboob Husain Jigar hall, Siasat premises.
Chairman Optimum Group, Mr. Tahseen Hasan will deliver lecture on ‘Educational Opportunities in Canada’. M A Hameed will guide the candidates. Students are advised to bring educational certificates for spot assessment.
Details can also be had from Optimum Group on phone nos. 040-24416005 and 9701208095.
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Kate Middleton is reportedly expecting her first child with husband Prince William.
The couple, who tied the knot April 29 last year, has reportedly been trying to conceive for some time and is overjoyed over their baby news.
“Friends say Kate is convinced it`s happened, and while she and William are keeping the news close to the vest, they`re delirious with joy,” showbizspy.com quoted a source as saying.
If given a chance former India captain Sourav Ganguly is ready to take up the coaching job of Indian cricket team in the near future.
“Obviously, I have interest in coaching but only time will tell what can happen in future. If the BCCI feels that I can be a good coach, I will be ready. I feel I can create a difference in terms of the ability, form and development of the players. That will be the way for me to repay the game,” Ganguly was quoted as saying by a news channel.
Ganguly, once a strong advocate of foreign coaches, feels that it is time an Indian take over the top job.
The state government on Wednesday launched a pension scheme for over 2.5 lakh contractual teachers in Bihar with prospective effect from January, 2013.
Under the pension scheme to be managed by the asset management company – Unit Trust of India (UTI), the contractual teachers will have to contribute Rs 200 per month with the state government chipping in with equal contribution in pension account of the beneficiary.
Two cases were filed against Maharashtra Navanirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray and his cousin Udhav Thackeray in Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur on Wednesday for their hate speech against Bihari migrants.
James Quadrez, a social activist filed a case against the two in the court of Bhagalpur district chief judicial magistrate SP Malviya under various provisions of the IPC.
He alleged that ‘Bihari bashing’ by the two Maharashtra leaders in a series of hate speech had hurt the sentiments of the people of the state and posed a threat to the unity and integrity of the country.
A powerful earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale has has struck off in Costa Rican capital San Jose, the US Geological Survey said on Wednesday.
According to USGS, the major quake struck near the Pacific Coast at 8:42 am and the epicenter is reported to be in western Costa Rica about 141 kms from San Jose and 80kms from the south of the town of Liberia.
A 21-year-old woman was sexually harassed here by a Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable who has been arrested, said police Wednesday.
The incident took place Tuesday in New Delhi Railway Station’s dormitory situated on the second floor.
Following the victim’s allegation, constable Pintu Kumar, 24, who joined RPF two years ago, was arrested from his residence Wednesday. A rape case has been registered against him, a police official said.
At least two teenagers were killed and three children injured today due to an accidental explosion in Sri Lanka’s North West town of Kalpitiya, police said.
The victims in the beach in Kandakuliya had played with an object which was washed ashore around 3 pm local time.
One of them was said to have slammed the object against a turtle shell when it exploded, they said.
–PTI
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday expressed deep shock over the Sivakasi firecracker tragedy in Tamil Nadu and condoled the deaths in the accident.
“The Prime Minister has expressed deep shock over the Sivakasi fireworks tragedy in which many lives were lost in Tamil Nadu this (Wednesday) morning,” said a release from Prime Minister’s Office.
Manmohan Singh said he stood with the people of Tamil Nadu in the hour of grief and conveyed his “heartfelt condolences” to the members of the bereaved families.
Under a barrage of attack from the opposition over his record as President, Barack Obama has asserted that the US economy was definitely better off now than it was four years ago when thousands of jobs were being lost.
Obama, who took over the government when the American economy was struggling with recession, pointed out that as many as 800,000 jobs were being lost in a month at the time, suggesting that things have but improved.
Having started his journey in Bollywood with erotic-thrillers, which earned him the tag of the serial kisser, actor Emraan Hashmi says he has no plans to shed his bold image because the audience loves him that way.
Post “The Dirty Picture”, Emraan’s filmi graph has taken a new turn with movies like Vishal Bhardwaj (“Ek Thi Daayan”), Rajkumar Gupta’s (“Ghanchakkar”) and Karan Johar’s untitled film but he is in no hurry to alter his image.
Six people have been arrested for the blaze in a firecracker unit in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi town that killed 38 people, police said Thursday.
“Six people have been arrested in connection with the firecracker unit accident. The arrests include Paul Pandi who had taken the property on lease where he operated the cracker unit,” a police official told IANS from Virudhunagar district, around 500 km from here where the firecracker manufacturing hub of Sivakasi lies.
Pakistan’s fresh effort to tackle domestic counter-terrorism “betrays an utter lack of strategy”, said a Pakistani daily that called for a wholesome zero-tolerance approach towards terrorism itself.
An editorial in the News International Thursday said it was about time the country’s security tsar decided to sit down and put together a “sell-able, do-able and believable domestic counterterrorism strategy”.
With the BJP in no mood to end its Coalgate protest, the government, though determined, will find it difficult to push through the bill providing reservation in promotions for SC/ST government employees in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
Parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that the government will bring the bill in Rajya Sabha today even as his cabinet colleague Home Minister SushilKumar Shinde expressed reservations about the possibility of getting the bill cleared in the current session of Parliament, scheduled to end tomorrow.
Amid government’s concern on the issue of home-grown terror, the annual meet of country’s top police officers will for the first time have a special session on banned terrorist group Indian Mujahideen (IM), most of whose members are Indians.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will also have separate interactive session with DGPs and IGPs of all state at the three-day conference beginning tomorrow during which they will brief him on key policing and internal security issues.