National Archives asks artists to donate items
The National Archives wants the country’s noted painters and writers to share their personal collections of letters, diaries or other items of archival value. With this aim in mind, NA is currently busy talking to over 100 eminent painters and writers based in India and abroad.
AIIMS to start emergency medicine class
The Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre of All-India Institute of Medical Sciences has got the go-ahead for a new course dealing with emergency medicine from the Medical Council of India.
City yet to get 47 auto weather stations
Just how would be the weather during the Commonwealth Games-2010? The weather department would have liked to answer the question in much greater detail. However, with only 97 days left for the Games, it will have to “observe” and “forecast” with the help of 13 automatic weather station (AWS), against a planned 60 such stations.
Work on nodal hospitals still in disarray
With less than 100 days to go for the Commonwealth Games 2010, the status of nodal hospitals that were supposed to be readied for medical emergencies during the Games seems far from satisfactory.
ISO 14001 certification for Rashtrapati Bhavan?
The Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the President of India, may get an ISO: 14001 certification soon as the team of international auditors from Bureau Veritas (BVQI) start audit.
Prez to host girl who walked out of her wedding
During her wedding ceremony when Bulti Bagi, 20, rubbed off her vermilion after getting to know of her in-laws’ dowry demands, no one thought that this act of courage of hers could make a her a guest
Safdarjung gets gamma camera to detect cancer
Safdarjung hospital has acquired a gamma camera to help detect cancer in the body. The service will be free for BPL families and Central government health scheme card holders.
LCD to display patient status
The Jayaprakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre, popularly known as AIIMS Trauma Centre, has installed LCD screen on which details of patients and doctors attending them will be flashed to help anxious rel
AIIMS gets ‘arm’ to assist spine surgeons
The premier medical institute All India Institute of Medical Sciences has acquired O-arm imaging machine. “We have acquired an O-arm machine for spinal injury surgery. This machine helps minimise the risk and one can see image of any body part in real time and with this the chances of going wrong become negligible,” medical superintendent Prof. M.C. Mishra said.
Grades 1st time, girls continue good show
For the first time in the history of board examinations, the students could not figure out “how much exactly they had scored” with the Central Board of Secondary Education announcing the grading-based results for Class 10 on Friday. And not many seemed to mind that. A large number of them were relieved as there were neither any toppers, nor any failures. Meanwhile, the old story of girls outshining boys continued.