Shobhan Singh
Trivedi hot topic on Twitter post-budget
Union railway minister Dinesh Trivedi became one of the top 10 trending topics on Twitter, after he announced the budget on Wednesday.
Is your child a fussy eater? blame TV
A pan-India survey of children with fussy eating habits has revealed that 86 per cent of children in Mumbai in the three to seven age group are fussy-eaters, the younger ones more so. The national version of this figure stands at 88 per cent.
Breast cancer is most common
Breast cancer has now become the most common type of cancer, which is increasingly affecting women in the urban areas. According to a recent study conducted by the World Health Organisation, factors like late marriage, late childbirth, alcohol, late and low amount breastfeeding have led to an increase in the incidence of cancer. Globally, six lakh people die of cancer every month and 6.3 lakh deaths in India annually occur due to cancer.
Team denies existence of TDR TB
Denying the existence of Totally Drug Resistant (TDR) Tuberculosis, the Central team, which held its final meeting at St. George’s Hospital Complex on Wednesday claimed that the fatal form of TB, which had created panic in the country was in fact Extra Extensively Drug Resistat (XXDR) TB.
‘Heart disease to affect 65m Indians by ’15’
A recent paper published in the British Heart Journal has made a startling revelation that coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common non-infectious disease in India, and is likely to affect over 65 million Indians by 2015.
Drug-resistant TB: Patients to be quarantined
Following the death of two more Total Drug Resistant (TDR) tuberculosis patients in Mumbai, the Union and the state governments has decided to take urgent precautions and quarantine them immediately.
Theatre veteran Satyadev Dubey dies
The enfant terrible of Hindi theatre, Satyadev Dubey, died on Sunday afternoon after a prolonged illness.
Anna: No need to go to court
After nearly a week of going back and forth, Team Anna and India Against Corruption has finally got some good news. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has decided to give them a concession for renting the MMRDA ground in the Bandra-Kurla Complex, from the earlier estimated `12 lakhs down to `7.78 lakhs now.
Anna gets Mumbai venue at lower rate
Team Anna got some good news Friday. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Devel-opment Authority gave a concession for renting the MMRDA ground in Bandra-Kurla complex, down from `12 lakhs to `7.78 lakhs.
My friend, my lover, my mentor... he’s gone: Lajmi
Music maestro Bhupen Hazarika died in a hospital in Mumbai on Saturday after multi-organ failure. He was 86.
