Imagine visiting a government hospital that can give your average high-priced private hospital a run for its money in cleanliness, has a staff who is amicable and safety of patients is not compromised at the drop of a hat. This is all set to be reality.

About 100 protesters from various Kashmiri Pandit groups in the capital vented their ire at Union minister Saifuddin Soz's doorstep on Sunday after he reportedly refused to hear them out on the revocation of land allotment to the Amarnath shrine board.

The next act in the nuclear-deal drama will unfold after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh holds talks with President George Bush in a pre-breakfast meeting on July 9 on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Japan. That's when he is expected to team up with Bush to run the last lap on a deal that continues to teeter on the precipice.
In fact, Singh is expected to direct his officials to complete the safeguards agreement with IAEA after his return from Hokkaido in Japan.

For long, Maharashtra and Gujarat have been hailed as the commercial and manufacturing hubs of the country. Figures on foreign direct investment also suggest that they are among the states attracting the biggest investments. Yet, they have been among the laggards when it comes to creating non-agricultural or manufacturing jobs.

Madrid: Iran on Wednesday refused to follow Saudi Arabia in raising its crude production to calm volatility in the international oil markets, even as it remained ambivalent on whether Tehran will use oil as a weapon to retaliate if its nuclear installations came under attack from Israel.

Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Wednesday said that economic growth may moderate to about 8%, or a tad lower to 7.9% in the current fiscal, even as he pointed out that inflation would not affect expansion in medium or long-term basis.

Chicago: Normal cells in the blood that play a role in healing wounds may also be creating the right conditions for cancer cells to spread, US researchers said. They said fibrocytes, blood cells derived from bone marrow, could explain how healthy cells become habitats for cancer.

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a potential new weapon against avian flu. Researchers have immunized experimental animals against various strains of the virus by delivering vaccine via DNA constructed to build antigens against flu, along with a minute electric pulse. Such an approach could allow for the build up of vaccine reserves that could be easily and effectively dispensed in case of an epidemic.

Chewing tobacco and snuff are less dangerous than cigarettes but the smokeless products still raise the risk of oral cancer by 80%, the World Health Organisation's cancer agency said. The review of 11 studies worldwide showed people who chewed tobacco and used snuff also had a 60% higher risk of oesophagus and pancreatic cancer. The researchers who published their findings in Lancet Oncology, found frequency of use varies greatly both across and within countries, depending on sex, age, ethnic origin and economic background, and were highest in the US, Sweden and India.

London: The London Eye gives you a bird's eye-view of the city at 440 feet. How would you like to go higher, say, 440,000 feet? A prototype of the craft you would ride for such a space venture was unveiled in Salford on Tuesday. Rocket maker, Steve Bennett, says it is possible in the very near future for tourists to take a ride in outer space.

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