Why disaster risk management must be given top priority
http://cdrn.org.in/show.detail.asp?id=22881
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eFarm’s efficient supply chain pays farmers bette
Read the complete story at: http://goo.gl/SA6O6
[Reproducing my article for ThinkChangeIndia]
Agriculture suffers in India in spite of the fact that a vast majority of Indians depend on it. Government interventions in terms of minimum support prices, farmers’ markets as well as technology interventions like mobile-based update on weather and soil quality have resulted only in piecemeal success, if any, in improving the farmer’s income. When Venkata Subramaniam, an IIT graduate, chose to leave his job in the IT industry and decided to use his skills in the ailing agriculture sector, he found that the single biggest factor that works against the progress of the farmers is the lack of a reliable market. As a result, he founded eFarm, a social enterprise and an end-to-end agricultural supply chain platform that sources the produces from the farmer and supplies to the food-based business houses like restaurants in Chennai. From his first-hand experience in selling vegetables in local markets, Venkata Subramanian believes that providing an organized supply chain for the farmers and by optimizing it, he can source the farmer’s produce at a higher price, supply it for cheaper to his customers and still make profit.
eFarm operates by identifying the production details from their pool of farmers, as well as the customer’s demand in advance, matching the demand and supply using simple IT-driven order matching system and supplying the produce, sometimes after some value addition like cutting or peeling. This seems fairly simple and commonplace. However, in the business context, it scores over the conventional mandis in that, while mandis supply only in bulk (say 40kgs) eFarm supplies the quantity that the customers request, which not only minimizes wastage, but also reduces the cost for the customer.
Since its founding in 2008, eFarm has won the IIM-Kozhikode Whiteknight business plan contest in 2009 and participated in a couple of others apart from catching quite a bit of media attention. In an interview to The Hindu he outlined a few unique ways in which eFarm improves the livelihood of the farmers. He says, since farmers don’t sort their produce according to quality, middlemen cheat the farmers by undervaluing the quality of the produce and hence paying them lesser. Similarly, since farmers don’t weigh their products accurately using standard weights, middlemen easily cheat them by under-quoting the actual weight.
eFarm not only helps the farmers but also helps physically and mentally challenged people, by providing job opportunities. For example, their IT-enabled infrastructure that eFarm uses the match the demand and supply is run by the physically challenged and they provide jobs for mental health outpatients from The Banyan to do peeling and cutting of vegetables.
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Pakistan failed to take action against the plotters of Mumbai attack after three years even-- Som Parkash Retd IAS Officer & State Vice President Bhartiya janta party Punjab
Pakistan failed to take action against the plotters of Mumbai attack after three years even------Som Parkash Retd IAS Officer and State Vice President Bhartiya Janta Party Punjab
Phagwara, November 27, 2011 (Rajneesh Madhok) A large number of Phagwara citizens paid solemn tributes to the victims and martyrs of the 26/11 terror attack. The people had gathered at Shri Bhameshwari Durga Mandir Phagwara on the third anniversary of terror attack organized by Young Peace Council, Punjab.
Mr. Som Parkash Retired I.A.S. Officer and State Vice President BJP in his speech said that though India has provided all the evidences available by our government to take action against the plotters but Pakistan has failed to take decisive action against the plotters though three years have been passed. While delivering his lecture he stressed in loud voice that Corruption should also be wiped out alongwith Terrorism.
Mr. Tejasvi Bhardwaj, Ex Chariman Improvement Trust Phagwara In his emotional speech narrated the incidents of 26/11 and paid tributes to the departed souls. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dasour President of Young Peace Council Punjab paid homage to the men in uniform who gallantly laid down their lives in the line of duty.
Dr. Yash Chopra While paying homage to the departed souls and the distinguished sacrifice of Mr. Hemant Karkare requested the audiences to keep a minute’s silence in the memory of 18 security personnel those laid their lives for noble cause.
Mr. Sushil Sharma praised the role of Mr. Tukaram Omble by saying that he took the bullets in his chest but did not allow terrorist Ajmal Kasab to escape, but the sacrifice of our young soldiers like Mr. Karkare, Tukaram and Vijay Salskar is fruitless as the terrorists those have sacrificed hundreds of people and made loss of crores of rupees to our nation are still enjoying the VIP treatments in jails.
Mr. S.P. Oberoi who did a remarkable role of releasing the youths from Dubai’s jails said that we are still waiting for Pakistan to act decisively to bring to justice the perpetrators of the mindless violence that was unleashed on Mumbai.
Mr. Ashwani Kholi, President of Young Peace Council, Punjab, Mr. Chander Mohan Gulati and Project Director Mr. Bhupinder Sharma and Director Rachpal Singh Bhatti respective authorities of the organization said that whether our grievances will come to end any day or not. When all the evidences had been provided to Pakistan then why not the civilian court prosecuted the people involved in the conspiracy and the perpetrator of this crime.
Ex Municipal Council President Mr. Malkiat Singh Raghbotra said that Kasab’s day begin with breakfast of banana, milk and poha—rice flakes with potatoes and in lunch and dinner delicacies are being served to him. The Government has spent corers of rupees on his security but after getting death penalty he is still enjoying VIP treatment.
During this function Commemorating the sacrifice of departed souls an Air-conditioned ambulance put in to the service of the public.
Mr. S.P. Oberoi who has played remarkable role in getting the persons released in Dubai’s jails got honoured. While honouring Mr. Oberoi The Chief Guest Mr. Som Parkash said that his role is quite remarkable and everybody should praise his performance for the service of humanity.
Mr. Ashok Grover and Master Balkrishan Sabharwal got honoured due to their remarkable and incredible contribution in social and religious field.
In this function among other dignitaries Rajneesh Madhok, Advocate Lokesh Narang, Joginder Pal Bholi, Ram Chander Singh, Hariom Gupta, Brajesh Trehan, Niraj Bakshi, Kuldip Sharma, Gurmeet Singh, Dhanpat Rai, Harish Kumar, Adviser Pt. Sudershan Bhardwarj, Inderjit Sharma, Dr. K.K. Verma, Dev Shrama M.C., Bibi Sarbajit Kaur, Ramesh Jordan, Devinder Sapra M.C., Gurdeep Deepa, Ramesh Sachdeva, Sanjay Chahal, Ballu Walia, Harish Mishra, All India Hindu Suraksha Samiti’s Deepak Bhardwarj, Shiv Sena (Bal Thakre)’s Mr. Inderjit karwal, Dr. Jawahar Dhir, NRI Police Station Hoshiarpur’s incharge mr. Amrik Singh Chahal, Advocate S.L. Virdi, Varinder Kumer, Bajrang Dal’s Leader Mr. Shiv Saini, Punit Mishra, Jaswant Singh, BSP Leader Parveen Banga, Shromani Akali Dal Badal’s Senior Leader Sukbir Singh Kinra etc attended the occasion. .
------Rajneesh Madhok,
B-xxx/63, Nehru Nagar,
St. No. 2, Railway Road,
Phagwara-144401 (Pb)
01824-262569 (O), 268210 (R), 094173-06415 (M)
E-mail: Rajneesh_madhok@yahoo.com ; rmadhok_pgm@bsnl.in
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Fighting for women’s rights
Women are fighting in every walk of life. especially in Pakistan conservative community , where strict law has been enacted by the people of that areas , so great incident , Miss Saeeda Mir Who has completed law degree from reputed university. Pakistan: Saeeda Mir, who came first at the International Book Writing Competition-USA in June, dreams of becoming a lawyer to fight for women’s rights in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B).She competed against 1,900 people of all ages, as there was no age restriction , and stood first. “My accomplishment has made me and my family proud and I hope the President Pakistan acknowledge my achievement and give me the pride of performance award to encourage me,” said the 21-Yeare-old Mir from Sultaanabad, an underdevelopment area of Gilgit. She added there are very few educational facilities in G-B, and there is no separate women’s university.| Hoe that in future that women will be empowered through Education. in Pakistan we are spending only 2.5*% of national income which is very less than other countries , so we should pay attention on this subject which is very vital b for socio Eco DFEVELOMENT . economic Development and social development can be achieved through giving full support and education . Such is seen in this case.
She believes her plans of following a career in law are in line with the deplorable condition she considers women to be in. She says they are facing numerous challenges. She has received a sex year scholarship at people’s Law College in Hawaii, Los Angeles. She plans to pursue a degree in International Law and aspires to become a Judge in Gilgit after completing her studies.
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Seeking Trainers & Service Providers in Bombay
Dear all,
I hope you're doing well. Our client, a corporate foundation in Mumbai, wants to organize welfare activities for the large number of drivers and other factory staff. Some of the activities that they are considering organizing are:
- Talks or workshops on stress management
- Talks or workshops on anger management
- Soft skills training
- Training in spoken English
- First aid training
- Talks on personal hygiene
- Talks or consultations around financial literacy
- Talks on nutrition and diet
- Talks or workshops on use of tobacco-related substances
- Lecture on traffic rules and driving skills
If you are a doctor or medical institution, we'd like to know if you're interested in offering eye, dental or general check-ups and minor treatments to these employees.
We are aware that you or your organization conduct such activities and wanted to understand the possibility of working with you.
Here are a few additional details about the foundation:
* The foundation plans to extend its services to 1500 - 2000 employees in Mumbai
* Only a fraction of these employees (10%-15%) can attend the sessions at any given point in time. It may therefore be necessary for you to conduct multiple sessions per day / per week
* The sessions will be voluntary for employees to attend
Please provide us with the following details:
1. Description of the services that you offer
2. The format in which you offer them (e.g. one-day workshop / 2-3 hour talk) and the number of participants per workshop / session that you need (minimum and maximum)
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Himalayan countries urged to own their green tech boom
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http://cdrn.org.in/show.detail.asp?id=22868
Himalayan countries should support and invest in green technologies if such initiatives are to succeed and bring benefits to the economy in the long term, a meeting has heard.
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Humanitarian aid: European perspective
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http://cdrn.org.in/show.detail.asp?id=22862
Today's "humanitarian landscape" has changed. The scale of the humanitarian challenges has grown bigger and more complex. European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response (Kristalina Georgieva) described challenges and priorities for the European humanitarian actions in perspective.
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[Health] Notes from Cancer By Dr B S Srinath from Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital & Resarch Center
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http://shankaracancerfoundation.org/
In the next 9 years incidence of cancer will double.
In 2010 6L american had cancer 70L died all over the globe
In USA, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 2 men will develop cancer in their life time
1/4th of the deaths in US are due to cancer. 15% over the globe
In some nations cancer will surpass heart diseases
Cancer is a life style disease - US has higher incidence than developing countries. Tobacco or Alcohol
15% of school children are already smoking in India
30% of students in college are taking pan masala
Tobacco contains nicotine (brain stimulator but it tires it also) and along with it go a group benzathrines - HCs that cause cancer. 54 benzathrines in Tobbaco - isolated - each one capable of causing cancer. When you have so many of them chance of getting a cancer is much higher.
Pan Masala is a recent origin about 20 yrs ago. Small pieces of tobacco from cigarettes was told sold to companies for insecticides - Tobacco Dust. Someone found it an idea to add menthol to it and sandal power with sugar and elaichi, areca and they had the pan masala. A very potential carcinogen. When it sits in the inner lining (mucous) it causes fibrosis. Teeth get stained, inflexible tongue, mouth, etc - verucous cancer - oral cancer I think. Chuna causes food pipe cancer. Pics of very gory oral cancer shown due to chewing of tobacco.
Alcohol - universal solvent used in pharmaceutical companies, etc. If one drinks along with smoking/tobacco they make use of the benthrazines completely which is inviting a lot of trouble - urinary cancer, oral cancer, etc.
Hepatitis B is not for tuberculosis alone can cause liver cancer.
HIV infections brings down the immune system of the body, increasing the cancer incidence - lymphoma
Uterine cervix cancer due to flavilo virus. Studies show that infection leads to cancer - predisposing factor.
Hereditary? Out of 100 only 7 are hereditary. 93% are not. Number of cancers that are hereditary is very low - a cancer of eye for example. Any hereditary cancer poses lot of problems. A couple should not have children - etc. Eg Hereditary intestine cancer. You can take out the intestine of the person but what about their decendants? People don't wish to learn about such conditions. Adoption to the rescue again!
Diet - cause of cancer - wrong diet - cancer causing diet or not eating diet which avoids cancer.
Pickles in a jar only remove it occasionally - preservative is salt - when it is less - fungi (white layer) is produced which causes oesophagus (foodpipe) cancer. In Japan, Chinese food pipe and stomach cancer is high. It is because they eat pickled fish. Salt turns into - Sodium nitrite formed is a carcinogen. Barbecued meat has smoke absorbed which is a carcinogen - so if u take boiled meat it is better.
Vitamins A, B, C & D, Trace minerals - seleniums, manganese, zinc, copper, etc. stabilize humans cells and lining of cells. When deficient increase chances of cancer.
We can cure up to 60% of the cancer. People still think cancer is synonymous with death. Why me attitude?
Effects of Cancer -
* Late diagnosis (esp so in India)
* Disbelief
* Anger
* Depression
* Denial
Spread of Cancer (Metastasis)
If breast cancer spreads to lungs it behaves like breast cancer. It is difficult to deal with it. You need to treat both primary and metastatic side. In stage 3 or 4 costs are in lakhs and cure rates are less than 30%
How to play? "It is not whether to play but how to play" from a book written by a guy who suffered from Lung Cancer. You have been dealt a bad card so play smart! :)
"Don't tell my family. I just want to die" One example - a man has 2 daughters - 4-5 lakhs in gratuity - the daughters are 18 & 23 and studying. Don't want to get treated - let them use the money.
Modes of Treatment
1. Surgery is the main treatment - you need to prove the diagnosis. Remove of the lumps sometimes the treatment itself is removal.
2. Radiation Therapy - linear accelerators and constrict the size of lumps/tumors. E.g Radioactive iodine settles in thyroid gland helps treat the thyroid gland cancer. Iridium, Gallium, Strontium, etc.
3. Chemotherapy - intravenous or through mouth medication. It is used to treat disseminated cancer spreading across the whole body. You can burn (radiation) the body or surgery then u use chemotherapy. Cancer cells are gluttons take away oxygen and multiply very fast, so they are not very strong so the chemical substances can harm them more. If the tumor is growing rapidly then this helps.
4. Rehabilitation
Cancer is curable...
IF DETECTED EARLY!
Society can't afford cancer patients - too expensive, incidence is higher in productive age 44-55 years in India (mostly bread winners) 60-70 in US.
Going through cancer is like a penance - the family can't support - they get exhausted. If they bring the patient to blr - can't stay so they go back to bring money, they don't turn up, patient lie untreated for the lack of money.
I know one kid whose brother was mortgaged for his treatment. We tried to help the family but eventually the funds burnt out and we had to back out...
"With fire gold shines better" - Rigveda
Understand cancer and you can win over it!
Don't smoke and drink, eat well, etc. You can save several Crores for the nation.
Symptons -
Early singals of cancer - very vague -
1. Persistent cough - it could be lung cancer
2. Losing weight - unexplained loss of weight
3. If there is a mole becomes big and itchy - sign of cancer
4. Unexplained bleeding nose, gums, menstrual flow, intestines, etc.
5. Difficulty in swallowing food etc.
You know ur health best. If something is amiss then u shud take care. If you don't feel like eating well then... Have an annual check up with ur Family Doctor - thorough checkup. Health takes the last priority in India with ourselves and the govt. We do fire fighting. People ignore warning signals.
It is very difficult to detect as the body does not recognize cancer as external - alien body. Cancer is within so...
Stages - if the lump is less than 2 cms long in breast or lining or similar places it is stage 1 mostly but it varies.
Stage does not really matter. When clinical assessment - it might be stage 2 but by the time treatment has been done what stage it is really impt not the earlier one.
Each cancer is a different disease in itself.
PET CT scan - Positron Emitron Tomographine - mixture of glucose and F18 is easily picked up by cancer cells (as they are the hungry lot). F18 is capture on a screen on radiation and you can find the infected organ/parts. If it is bigger than .5 cm than this is not as effective a detection.
Stem cells are useful. When a child is born do preserve the cord blood - contains a lot of stem cells. These are useful so might be a good idea. In future if the child has any disease then it will help. Also, it can help anybody who match possibly parents. Stem cells become parts of body.
Dr Srinath is raising funds for a center to do research and treating of economically challenged community - http://shankaracancerfoundation.org/donors.html
For additional details please contact:
Dr.B.S.Srinath,
Managing Trustee,
097400089974
drbssrinath@gmail.com
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IAG North Zone Meeting for the Second State DRR Congress
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http://cdrn.org.in/show.detail.asp?id=22860
The aim of the congress is to strengthen existing networks and provide a common platform for stakeholders implementing DRR, to share common approach while implementing DRR with other practitioners, to advocate and demonstrate effective DRR initiatives, to exchange ideas and knowledge and document the existing DRR good practices and to strengthen the institutionalization of unified humanitarian response in the state of West Bengal.
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Disaster Preparedness 2011: Is there a hole in your disaster recovery plan?
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http://cdrn.org.in/show.detail.asp?id=22867
A good disaster recovery plan includes all of the processes, policies and procedures necessary for your company to continue operating its critical technology systems after a disaster. The “classic” disaster recovery (DR) scenarios -- such as floods, earthquakes and hurricanes -- are widely understood. However, the disasters most commonly faced by businesses are not those recognized by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), but the more mundane power outages, cyber-attacks and vendor issues. Yet, in all cases, you need to be prepared.
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National Social Entrepreneurship Forum and FMS-Delhi present an introductory conference on Social entrepreneurship on 28th Nov-2011
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https://www.facebook.com/events/130846893689228/
National Social Entrepreneurship Forum and FMS-Delhi are holding the inauguration of NSEF-FMS chapter at FMS, Delhi which will involve a introductory conference on Social entrepreneurship on 28th Nov-2011 betwen 4.30 to 6PM. Reputed speakers from diverse backgrounds will be present at the event and will share their experiences and stories. Anyone who is looking forward to learn about social entrepreneurship, understand about Social Businesses and Entrepreneurship and connect to like minded people are welcome to attend the event.
Students and working professionals may register at http://bit.ly/rLiuDM, if they wish to participate/attend the event. There is no registration cost for the event, but registration ends on a first come first serve basis.
Confirmed Speakers include :
1.) Mr. Anoop Kaul, Head of Financial Inclusion, BASIX
2.) Mr. Ashish Rajpal, Founder & MD, idiscoveri (http://www.idiscoveri.com/), Harvard & XLRI Jamshedpur.
3.) Ms. Reshma Anand, Founder & CEO, Earthy Goods (http://earthygoods.co.in/), MBA IIM Bangalore
4.) Ms. Bhavna Toor, Director, NSEF, MBA NYU Stern
For more details visit https://www.facebook.com/events/130846893689228/
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Need Volunteers for Education Projects !!
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http://www.indiasudar.org
Elevate India though Education !! We need volunteers to extend our Education Service !!
Connect with Us @ www.facebook.com/indiasudar
Join with Us @ www.indiasudar.org
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eFarm’s efficient supply chain pays farmers bette
Read the complete story at: http://goo.gl/SA6O6
[Reproducing my article for ThinkChangeIndia]
Agriculture suffers in India in spite of the fact that a vast majority of Indians depend on it. Government interventions in terms of minimum support prices, farmers’ markets as well as technology interventions like mobile-based update on weather and soil quality have resulted only in piecemeal success, if any, in improving the farmer’s income. When Venkata Subramaniam, an IIT graduate, chose to leave his job in the IT industry and decided to use his skills in the ailing agriculture sector, he found that the single biggest factor that works against the progress of the farmers is the lack of a reliable market. As a result, he founded eFarm, a social enterprise and an end-to-end agricultural supply chain platform that sources the produces from the farmer and supplies to the food-based business houses like restaurants in Chennai. From his first-hand experience in selling vegetables in local markets, Venkata Subramanian believes that providing an organized supply chain for the farmers and by optimizing it, he can source the farmer’s produce at a higher price, supply it for cheaper to his customers and still make profit.
eFarm operates by identifying the production details from their pool of farmers, as well as the customer’s demand in advance, matching the demand and supply using simple IT-driven order matching system and supplying the produce, sometimes after some value addition like cutting or peeling. This seems fairly simple and commonplace. However, in the business context, it scores over the conventional mandis in that, while mandis supply only in bulk (say 40kgs) eFarm supplies the quantity that the customers request, which not only minimizes wastage, but also reduces the cost for the customer.
Since its founding in 2008, eFarm has won the IIM-Kozhikode Whiteknight business plan contest in 2009 and participated in a couple of others apart from catching quite a bit of media attention. In an interview to The Hindu he outlined a few unique ways in which eFarm improves the livelihood of the farmers. He says, since farmers don’t sort their produce according to quality, middlemen cheat the farmers by undervaluing the quality of the produce and hence paying them lesser. Similarly, since farmers don’t weigh their products accurately using standard weights, middlemen easily cheat them by under-quoting the actual weight.
eFarm not only helps the farmers but also helps physically and mentally challenged people, by providing job opportunities. For example, their IT-enabled infrastructure that eFarm uses the match the demand and supply is run by the physically challenged and they provide jobs for mental health outpatients from The Banyan to do peeling and cutting of vegetables.
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Pakistan failed to take action against the plotters of Mumbai attack after three years even-- Som Parkash Retd IAS Officer & State Vice President Bhartiya janta party Punjab
Pakistan failed to take action against the plotters of Mumbai attack after three years even------Som Parkash Retd IAS Officer and State Vice President Bhartiya Janta Party Punjab
Phagwara, November 27, 2011 (Rajneesh Madhok) A large number of Phagwara citizens paid solemn tributes to the victims and martyrs of the 26/11 terror attack. The people had gathered at Shri Bhameshwari Durga Mandir Phagwara on the third anniversary of terror attack organized by Young Peace Council, Punjab.
Mr. Som Parkash Retired I.A.S. Officer and State Vice President BJP in his speech said that though India has provided all the evidences available by our government to take action against the plotters but Pakistan has failed to take decisive action against the plotters though three years have been passed. While delivering his lecture he stressed in loud voice that Corruption should also be wiped out alongwith Terrorism.
Mr. Tejasvi Bhardwaj, Ex Chariman Improvement Trust Phagwara In his emotional speech narrated the incidents of 26/11 and paid tributes to the departed souls. Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dasour President of Young Peace Council Punjab paid homage to the men in uniform who gallantly laid down their lives in the line of duty.
Dr. Yash Chopra While paying homage to the departed souls and the distinguished sacrifice of Mr. Hemant Karkare requested the audiences to keep a minute’s silence in the memory of 18 security personnel those laid their lives for noble cause.
Mr. Sushil Sharma praised the role of Mr. Tukaram Omble by saying that he took the bullets in his chest but did not allow terrorist Ajmal Kasab to escape, but the sacrifice of our young soldiers like Mr. Karkare, Tukaram and Vijay Salskar is fruitless as the terrorists those have sacrificed hundreds of people and made loss of crores of rupees to our nation are still enjoying the VIP treatments in jails.
Mr. S.P. Oberoi who did a remarkable role of releasing the youths from Dubai’s jails said that we are still waiting for Pakistan to act decisively to bring to justice the perpetrators of the mindless violence that was unleashed on Mumbai.
Mr. Ashwani Kholi, President of Young Peace Council, Punjab, Mr. Chander Mohan Gulati and Project Director Mr. Bhupinder Sharma and Director Rachpal Singh Bhatti respective authorities of the organization said that whether our grievances will come to end any day or not. When all the evidences had been provided to Pakistan then why not the civilian court prosecuted the people involved in the conspiracy and the perpetrator of this crime.
Ex Municipal Council President Mr. Malkiat Singh Raghbotra said that Kasab’s day begin with breakfast of banana, milk and poha—rice flakes with potatoes and in lunch and dinner delicacies are being served to him. The Government has spent corers of rupees on his security but after getting death penalty he is still enjoying VIP treatment.
During this function Commemorating the sacrifice of departed souls an Air-conditioned ambulance put in to the service of the public.
Mr. S.P. Oberoi who has played remarkable role in getting the persons released in Dubai’s jails got honoured. While honouring Mr. Oberoi The Chief Guest Mr. Som Parkash said that his role is quite remarkable and everybody should praise his performance for the service of humanity.
Mr. Ashok Grover and Master Balkrishan Sabharwal got honoured due to their remarkable and incredible contribution in social and religious field.
In this function among other dignitaries Rajneesh Madhok, Advocate Lokesh Narang, Joginder Pal Bholi, Ram Chander Singh, Hariom Gupta, Brajesh Trehan, Niraj Bakshi, Kuldip Sharma, Gurmeet Singh, Dhanpat Rai, Harish Kumar, Adviser Pt. Sudershan Bhardwarj, Inderjit Sharma, Dr. K.K. Verma, Dev Shrama M.C., Bibi Sarbajit Kaur, Ramesh Jordan, Devinder Sapra M.C., Gurdeep Deepa, Ramesh Sachdeva, Sanjay Chahal, Ballu Walia, Harish Mishra, All India Hindu Suraksha Samiti’s Deepak Bhardwarj, Shiv Sena (Bal Thakre)’s Mr. Inderjit karwal, Dr. Jawahar Dhir, NRI Police Station Hoshiarpur’s incharge mr. Amrik Singh Chahal, Advocate S.L. Virdi, Varinder Kumer, Bajrang Dal’s Leader Mr. Shiv Saini, Punit Mishra, Jaswant Singh, BSP Leader Parveen Banga, Shromani Akali Dal Badal’s Senior Leader Sukbir Singh Kinra etc attended the occasion. .
------Rajneesh Madhok,
B-xxx/63, Nehru Nagar,
St. No. 2, Railway Road,
Phagwara-144401 (Pb)
01824-262569 (O), 268210 (R), 094173-06415 (M)
E-mail: Rajneesh_madhok@yahoo.com ; rmadhok_pgm@bsnl.in
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Fighting for women’s rights
Women are fighting in every walk of life. especially in Pakistan conservative community , where strict law has been enacted by the people of that areas , so great incident , Miss Saeeda Mir Who has completed law degree from reputed university. Pakistan: Saeeda Mir, who came first at the International Book Writing Competition-USA in June, dreams of becoming a lawyer to fight for women’s rights in Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B).She competed against 1,900 people of all ages, as there was no age restriction , and stood first. “My accomplishment has made me and my family proud and I hope the President Pakistan acknowledge my achievement and give me the pride of performance award to encourage me,” said the 21-Yeare-old Mir from Sultaanabad, an underdevelopment area of Gilgit. She added there are very few educational facilities in G-B, and there is no separate women’s university.| Hoe that in future that women will be empowered through Education. in Pakistan we are spending only 2.5*% of national income which is very less than other countries , so we should pay attention on this subject which is very vital b for socio Eco DFEVELOMENT . economic Development and social development can be achieved through giving full support and education . Such is seen in this case.
She believes her plans of following a career in law are in line with the deplorable condition she considers women to be in. She says they are facing numerous challenges. She has received a sex year scholarship at people’s Law College in Hawaii, Los Angeles. She plans to pursue a degree in International Law and aspires to become a Judge in Gilgit after completing her studies.
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Seeking Trainers & Service Providers in Bombay
Dear all,
I hope you're doing well. Our client, a corporate foundation in Mumbai, wants to organize welfare activities for the large number of drivers and other factory staff. Some of the activities that they are considering organizing are:
- Talks or workshops on stress management
- Talks or workshops on anger management
- Soft skills training
- Training in spoken English
- First aid training
- Talks on personal hygiene
- Talks or consultations around financial literacy
- Talks on nutrition and diet
- Talks or workshops on use of tobacco-related substances
- Lecture on traffic rules and driving skills
If you are a doctor or medical institution, we'd like to know if you're interested in offering eye, dental or general check-ups and minor treatments to these employees.
We are aware that you or your organization conduct such activities and wanted to understand the possibility of working with you.
Here are a few additional details about the foundation:
* The foundation plans to extend its services to 1500 - 2000 employees in Mumbai
* Only a fraction of these employees (10%-15%) can attend the sessions at any given point in time. It may therefore be necessary for you to conduct multiple sessions per day / per week
* The sessions will be voluntary for employees to attend
Please provide us with the following details:
1. Description of the services that you offer
2. The format in which you offer them (e.g. one-day workshop / 2-3 hour talk) and the number of participants per workshop / session that you need (minimum and maximum)
3. If it would be possible for you to offer multiple sessions per day / per week
4. Resource requirements per session / workshop (venue, chairs, printed material, etc) that you would want us to arrange
5. The cost per session / per workshop
6. Any samples of your training module (text or video), if possible
7. Any other details
We would appreciate a reply at the earliest (by the 27th of November). Apologies for the short notice. Please note that indications of cost at this stage are merely for preliminary consideration and detailed proposals / costing can be done at a later stage. We look forward to hearing from you. Please call us at 022 4264 1892 or 022 4264 6520 if you have any questions or write to us at Siddharth@samhita.org
About Us
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Himalayan countries urged to own their green tech boom
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Himalayan countries should support and invest in green technologies if such initiatives are to succeed and bring benefits to the economy in the long term, a meeting has heard.
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Humanitarian aid: European perspective
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Today's "humanitarian landscape" has changed. The scale of the humanitarian challenges has grown bigger and more complex. European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response (Kristalina Georgieva) described challenges and priorities for the European humanitarian actions in perspective.
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[Health] Notes from Cancer By Dr B S Srinath from Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital & Resarch Center
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In the next 9 years incidence of cancer will double.
In 2010 6L american had cancer 70L died all over the globe
In USA, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 2 men will develop cancer in their life time
1/4th of the deaths in US are due to cancer. 15% over the globe
In some nations cancer will surpass heart diseases
Cancer is a life style disease - US has higher incidence than developing countries. Tobacco or Alcohol
15% of school children are already smoking in India
30% of students in college are taking pan masala
Tobacco contains nicotine (brain stimulator but it tires it also) and along with it go a group benzathrines - HCs that cause cancer. 54 benzathrines in Tobbaco - isolated - each one capable of causing cancer. When you have so many of them chance of getting a cancer is much higher.
Pan Masala is a recent origin about 20 yrs ago. Small pieces of tobacco from cigarettes was told sold to companies for insecticides - Tobacco Dust. Someone found it an idea to add menthol to it and sandal power with sugar and elaichi, areca and they had the pan masala. A very potential carcinogen. When it sits in the inner lining (mucous) it causes fibrosis. Teeth get stained, inflexible tongue, mouth, etc - verucous cancer - oral cancer I think. Chuna causes food pipe cancer. Pics of very gory oral cancer shown due to chewing of tobacco.
Alcohol - universal solvent used in pharmaceutical companies, etc. If one drinks along with smoking/tobacco they make use of the benthrazines completely which is inviting a lot of trouble - urinary cancer, oral cancer, etc.
Hepatitis B is not for tuberculosis alone can cause liver cancer.
HIV infections brings down the immune system of the body, increasing the cancer incidence - lymphoma
Uterine cervix cancer due to flavilo virus. Studies show that infection leads to cancer - predisposing factor.
Hereditary? Out of 100 only 7 are hereditary. 93% are not. Number of cancers that are hereditary is very low - a cancer of eye for example. Any hereditary cancer poses lot of problems. A couple should not have children - etc. Eg Hereditary intestine cancer. You can take out the intestine of the person but what about their decendants? People don't wish to learn about such conditions. Adoption to the rescue again!
Diet - cause of cancer - wrong diet - cancer causing diet or not eating diet which avoids cancer.
Pickles in a jar only remove it occasionally - preservative is salt - when it is less - fungi (white layer) is produced which causes oesophagus (foodpipe) cancer. In Japan, Chinese food pipe and stomach cancer is high. It is because they eat pickled fish. Salt turns into - Sodium nitrite formed is a carcinogen. Barbecued meat has smoke absorbed which is a carcinogen - so if u take boiled meat it is better.
Vitamins A, B, C & D, Trace minerals - seleniums, manganese, zinc, copper, etc. stabilize humans cells and lining of cells. When deficient increase chances of cancer.
We can cure up to 60% of the cancer. People still think cancer is synonymous with death. Why me attitude?
Effects of Cancer -
* Late diagnosis (esp so in India)
* Disbelief
* Anger
* Depression
* Denial
Spread of Cancer (Metastasis)
If breast cancer spreads to lungs it behaves like breast cancer. It is difficult to deal with it. You need to treat both primary and metastatic side. In stage 3 or 4 costs are in lakhs and cure rates are less than 30%
How to play? "It is not whether to play but how to play" from a book written by a guy who suffered from Lung Cancer. You have been dealt a bad card so play smart! :)
"Don't tell my family. I just want to die" One example - a man has 2 daughters - 4-5 lakhs in gratuity - the daughters are 18 & 23 and studying. Don't want to get treated - let them use the money.
Modes of Treatment
1. Surgery is the main treatment - you need to prove the diagnosis. Remove of the lumps sometimes the treatment itself is removal.
2. Radiation Therapy - linear accelerators and constrict the size of lumps/tumors. E.g Radioactive iodine settles in thyroid gland helps treat the thyroid gland cancer. Iridium, Gallium, Strontium, etc.
3. Chemotherapy - intravenous or through mouth medication. It is used to treat disseminated cancer spreading across the whole body. You can burn (radiation) the body or surgery then u use chemotherapy. Cancer cells are gluttons take away oxygen and multiply very fast, so they are not very strong so the chemical substances can harm them more. If the tumor is growing rapidly then this helps.
4. Rehabilitation
Cancer is curable...
IF DETECTED EARLY!
Society can't afford cancer patients - too expensive, incidence is higher in productive age 44-55 years in India (mostly bread winners) 60-70 in US.
Going through cancer is like a penance - the family can't support - they get exhausted. If they bring the patient to blr - can't stay so they go back to bring money, they don't turn up, patient lie untreated for the lack of money.
I know one kid whose brother was mortgaged for his treatment. We tried to help the family but eventually the funds burnt out and we had to back out...
"With fire gold shines better" - Rigveda
Understand cancer and you can win over it!
Don't smoke and drink, eat well, etc. You can save several Crores for the nation.
Symptons -
Early singals of cancer - very vague -
1. Persistent cough - it could be lung cancer
2. Losing weight - unexplained loss of weight
3. If there is a mole becomes big and itchy - sign of cancer
4. Unexplained bleeding nose, gums, menstrual flow, intestines, etc.
5. Difficulty in swallowing food etc.
You know ur health best. If something is amiss then u shud take care. If you don't feel like eating well then... Have an annual check up with ur Family Doctor - thorough checkup. Health takes the last priority in India with ourselves and the govt. We do fire fighting. People ignore warning signals.
It is very difficult to detect as the body does not recognize cancer as external - alien body. Cancer is within so...
Stages - if the lump is less than 2 cms long in breast or lining or similar places it is stage 1 mostly but it varies.
Stage does not really matter. When clinical assessment - it might be stage 2 but by the time treatment has been done what stage it is really impt not the earlier one.
Each cancer is a different disease in itself.
PET CT scan - Positron Emitron Tomographine - mixture of glucose and F18 is easily picked up by cancer cells (as they are the hungry lot). F18 is capture on a screen on radiation and you can find the infected organ/parts. If it is bigger than .5 cm than this is not as effective a detection.
Stem cells are useful. When a child is born do preserve the cord blood - contains a lot of stem cells. These are useful so might be a good idea. In future if the child has any disease then it will help. Also, it can help anybody who match possibly parents. Stem cells become parts of body.
Dr Srinath is raising funds for a center to do research and treating of economically challenged community - http://shankaracancerfoundation.org/donors.html
For additional details please contact:
Dr.B.S.Srinath,
Managing Trustee,
097400089974
drbssrinath@gmail.com
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IAG North Zone Meeting for the Second State DRR Congress
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The aim of the congress is to strengthen existing networks and provide a common platform for stakeholders implementing DRR, to share common approach while implementing DRR with other practitioners, to advocate and demonstrate effective DRR initiatives, to exchange ideas and knowledge and document the existing DRR good practices and to strengthen the institutionalization of unified humanitarian response in the state of West Bengal.
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Disaster Preparedness 2011: Is there a hole in your disaster recovery plan?
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http://cdrn.org.in/show.detail.asp?id=22867
A good disaster recovery plan includes all of the processes, policies and procedures necessary for your company to continue operating its critical technology systems after a disaster. The “classic” disaster recovery (DR) scenarios -- such as floods, earthquakes and hurricanes -- are widely understood. However, the disasters most commonly faced by businesses are not those recognized by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), but the more mundane power outages, cyber-attacks and vendor issues. Yet, in all cases, you need to be prepared.
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National Social Entrepreneurship Forum and FMS-Delhi present an introductory conference on Social entrepreneurship on 28th Nov-2011
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National Social Entrepreneurship Forum and FMS-Delhi are holding the inauguration of NSEF-FMS chapter at FMS, Delhi which will involve a introductory conference on Social entrepreneurship on 28th Nov-2011 betwen 4.30 to 6PM. Reputed speakers from diverse backgrounds will be present at the event and will share their experiences and stories. Anyone who is looking forward to learn about social entrepreneurship, understand about Social Businesses and Entrepreneurship and connect to like minded people are welcome to attend the event.
Students and working professionals may register at http://bit.ly/rLiuDM, if they wish to participate/attend the event. There is no registration cost for the event, but registration ends on a first come first serve basis.
Confirmed Speakers include :
1.) Mr. Anoop Kaul, Head of Financial Inclusion, BASIX
2.) Mr. Ashish Rajpal, Founder & MD, idiscoveri (http://www.idiscoveri.com/), Harvard & XLRI Jamshedpur.
3.) Ms. Reshma Anand, Founder & CEO, Earthy Goods (http://earthygoods.co.in/), MBA IIM Bangalore
4.) Ms. Bhavna Toor, Director, NSEF, MBA NYU Stern
For more details visit https://www.facebook.com/events/130846893689228/
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Need Volunteers for Education Projects !!
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Elevate India though Education !! We need volunteers to extend our Education Service !!
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