Category Archives: Livelihood

Corporal lab – Clinical trials sustain Ahmedabad’s Riot Victims

Posted on November 29, 2008 by Ravleen

Clinical trials sustain Ahmedabad’s riot victims When her husband took chronically ill after communal riots drove them to Juhapura, a ghetto on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, poverty made life seem unmanageable. Free will then became a matter of Rs 8,000 … Continue reading →

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[Research] Arsenic linked to diabetes

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Ravleen

Even in low and moderate levels, the element is harmful High inorganic arsenic exposure to diabetes has been established earlier by studies in Bangladesh, Taiwan and Mexico. But the effect of low and moderate levels of arsenic was unknown. A … Continue reading →

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15 Rules Of Life In Delhi

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Ravleen

Today I got this interesting mail from one of my friends with 15 Rules about Living Life in Delhi. Delhi is known for its multi-ethnic culture. Anyone can survive in Delhi by hard or easy way. The Other Side Law: … Continue reading →

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Ten Difficult Ways to Save the Environment

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Ravleen

So here is a list of 10 difficult (easy with practice) steps that you could learn and follow to make the environment green and friendly. Take a bus and leave your car home. Don’t ever drive an SUV (sports utility … Continue reading →

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Double Standards

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Ravleen

While the Agarias wage a constant struggle with the forest department, the government has allegedly turned a blind eye to pollution by two soda ash-making units run by major industrial groups. At Mithapur in Jamnagar district’s Okha taluka there are … Continue reading →

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Biometric Data to keep tap on Beggars

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Ravleen

At the end of a daylong futile search for job, Mohammad Javed made his way to a temple in Old Delhi’s Meena Bazaar in the hope of getting some prasad. Little did he suspect a ‘raiding squad’ swooping down on … Continue reading →

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Culprit Iron in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s – Cause

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Ravleen

The cause of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases has long intrigued scientists. Researchers of University of Warwick and IIT, Kanpur, zeroed in on a protein, the malfunctioning of which, they say, could be a possible cause for the diseases. The study … Continue reading →

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Bring back the Cadaver – Organ Donation

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Ravleen

“I understand it is not easy for the living to donate a kidney; but then why is the government not encouraging transplants from cadavers,’ asks esrd patient Nozeer H Canteenwala. This aspect of the problem has been obscured in the … Continue reading →

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