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Of consumerism, market euphemism, and the Union Budget
Monday, the fate of the economy will be sealed. Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance Minister, will lay down the growth agenda for the economy. Yes, growth. This is evident from the fact that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has always focused on the growth agenda along with rural development including healthcare and education for ...
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15 - 30 minutes old  | - MoneyControl | Dr Srinath Reddy said the National Rural Health Mission needs far greater strengthening in terms of several of its components in order to yield the expected outcomes. “We require greater strengthening in terms of the human resources for health. We need more doctors, nurses, and auxiliary nurse midwives.”... |  |
1 - 2 hours old | - MoneyControl | Motilal Oswal has come out with its earning estimates on Pharmaceuticals Sector for the quarter ended June 2009. According to the research firm, Cadila Healthcare\'s June quarter sales are expected to go up by 16.7% to Rs 815.1 crore on YoY basis.... | |
2 - 4 hours old | - MoneyControl | Religare Hichens Harrison Research has come out with its earning estimates on Pharmaceutical Sector for the quarter ended June 2009. According to the research firm, Piramal Healthcare\'s June quarter sales are expected to be flat at Rs 708.3 crore on YoY basis.... | |
4 - 6 hours old | - NDTV | The increasing number of swine flu cases in the country -- 56 so far is -- is worrying authorities. And now that the virus has spread to smaller towns and monsoon hit the country, patients with respiratory problems like asthma need to be extra careful.
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| - MoneyControl | Monday, the fate of the economy will be sealed. Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance Minister, will lay down the growth agenda for the economy. Yes, growth. This is evident from the fact that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has always focused on the growth agenda along with rural development including healthcare and education for ... | |
10 - 12 hours old | - Times of India | The case of a 29-year-old, who continued to remain H1N1 positive even after 2 weeks of treatment, has doctors and health department officials in a tizzy.... | |
12 - 14 hours old | - CNN | A former hospital employee may have exposed hundreds, or even thousands, of surgical patients to hepatitis C after taking their fentanyl injections and replacing them with used syringes filled with saline solution, authorities say.... | |
14 - 16 hours old | - DNA India | 16 of 63 temple elephants and 24 of 160 privately-owned elephants have contracted the disease... | |
16-18 hours old | - Times of India | A video released on Thursday showed Michael Jackson vigorously practicing a song-and-dance routine days before his death, supporting accounts he had been in good health.... | |
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pJuly 3: The Centre on Friday appeared to be treading with caution on the controversial law relating to same gender sex following the Delhi high court verdict on Article 377 on Thursday. Home minister P. Chidambaram said that the government will only take ... | |
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pJuly 3: Continuing with its strategy to counter global financial meltdown and bring the country?s economy back on higher growth trajectory, the government is all set to provide an additional Rs 40,000 crores from the Interim Budget (Rs 285 lakh crores). T... | |
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pJuly 3: Commending railway minister Mamata Banerjee for doing a quot;competent jobquot; at a very short notice, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said her Railway Budget will make train travel a quot;desirable experiencequot;./p
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| - NDTV | Being gay in India may now be legal but how will the order work on the ground? Home Minister P Chidambaram along with his cabinet colleagues Law Minister Veerappa Moily and Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad held meeting to analyse Delhi High Court's judgement decriminalising same gender sex.
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18-20 hours old | - Hindustan Times | Six private members' bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha, including one seeking to provide compensation to the victims of Naxal violence and another on prevention of unsolicited calls on mobile phones.... | |
20 - 24 hours old | - Hindustan Times | Twelve new cases of swine flu were reported in the country on Friday, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases to 128, health officials said in New Delhi.... | |
| - Indian Express | Home Minister P Chidambaram along with his cabinet colleagues Law Minister Veerappa Moily and Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad held meeting to analyse Delhi HC's judgement.... | |
| - Indian Express | Home Minister P Chidambaram along with his cabinet colleagues Law Minister Veerappa Moily and Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad held meeting to analyse Delhi HC's judgement.... | |
Earlier News | - BBC | The UN’s top health official has said the worldwide spread of swine flu is now unstoppable. Are you concerned?... | |
| - BBC | A 19-year-old man has died after contracting swine flu in London, health authorities confirm.... | |
| - MoneyControl | Cipla touched an intraday high of Rs 260 and an intraday low of Rs 246.25. At 2:03 pm, the share was quoting at Rs 256.50, up Rs 8, or 3.22%. It was trading with volumes of 139,332 shares. Yesterday the share closed up 1.41% or Rs 3.45 at Rs 248.50. ... | |
| - Times of India | Researchers also found that people who live alone in middle age and are widowed or divorced have the highest chances of developing dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.
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| - BBC | Men who drink four pints of beer a week could be increasing their lifetime risk of needing hospital treatment, a study says.... | |
| - BBC | More funding needs to be ploughed into research into the "forgotten cancer" of brain tumours, campaigners say.... | |
| - BBC | Former Philippine President Cory Aquino has stopped treatment for cancer, prompting prayer vigils for her by both fans and foes.... | |
| - DNA India | Displaying exemplary determination and courage, the victim of the gangrape at the District Institute of EducationTraining (DIET), Patan, has stood sixth in Patan district.... | |
| - DNA India | A moneylender, Monty Barot, has been arrested by Karanj police for allegedly assaulting a cancer patient in the Ahmedabad Rural Court Campus. ... | |
| - Economic Times | The government may well have to walk a tightrope as it attempts to strike a balance between continued stimulus to the economy and restoring fiscal health. ... | |
| - DNA India | The programme will be the first-of-its kind in South Asia.... | |
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What does Corporate India want from the Finance Minister? ... 