Country's largest power generation and other heavy equipment maker, Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has informed that it has secured an order worth Rs 3,150-crore contract from the Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company for installing main plant package (steam turbines and generators).

It should be noted that this is the first order secured by BHEL for the new-rating units of 600 MW.

Apparel and accessories player Cantabil International is preparing to set up 280 outlets of its 'Cantabil' and 'Lafanso' brands across the country by March 2010.

The newly planned stores would be spread across metros, tier-I and tier-II cities and each store would be of 500-6,000 square ft in area. Out of total proposed stores, 80 would be Cantabil (premium segment) and 130 would be Lafanso (discount segment).

Modi government is gearing up to fight Hepatitis-B outbreak which has claimed 37 lives according to official number. However the State Congress spokesman and the former leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Arjun Modhvadia, claimed that the epidemic has taken life of not less than 60 people in Modasa alone.

Government has planned to vaccinate all people in Modasa in 62 booths by 2000 health department employees. Government has also ordered all the hotels and restaurants in Modasa town in Sabarkantha district in north Gujarat to be closed. Various team of experts visited the affected area.

The Union minister for health and family welfare, Anbumani Ramadoss said that social stigma attached to mental illness can be removed only in long run.

Mr. Ramadoss also expressed unhappiness with the running of the National Mental Health Programme (NMHP).

The health minister talked about the situation of mental illness treatment facilities at the silver jubilee celebration of Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF) on Sunday.

Recent research revealed that little progress has been made in providing facilities to workers to tackle repetitive strain injuries (RSI) in the UK. Findings indicated that
213,000 people had hand, arm, shoulder and neck problems last year caused or exacerbated by work.

It also showed that workers in Devon and Cornwall have some of the highest rates of RSI.

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy claims that it is legal duty of the employers to prevent foreseeable risks of injury or illness in their workers.

Arthritis is one of the leading causes of disability and autoimmune diseases.