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A remarkable by-pass surgery of a 55 year-old man, whose heart was on the right side, has been completed successfully by a team of doctors at the Chettinad Hospital, earlier this month.

The surgery took 3 and half hours. The chambers, valves and major vessels of the patient's heart were in the reverse position. This condition is called situs inversus solitaris with dextrocardia.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation is developing foliage penetration radar to track activity in jungles and help the paramilitary forces fight Naxalites.

DRDO has undertaken technologies to support security forces in operations, including nuclear, biological and chemical attacks, in a low-intensity conflict setting.

DRDO Director-general Dr V. K. Saraswat said that his organisation opened a Low Intensity Conflict Division that would cater to weapons, equipment and life support systems for the paramilitary and police forces.

The British administration is all set to ask TV heads to add up more references to contraceptives and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in their respective programs.

Functionaries are likely to say that their appraisal of well-known TV programs did not find adequate sex scenes showcasing the characters discussing contraceptives including condoms.

They will reportedly say that proper review of 350 episodes of soap operas and comedy shos showed that just 7% of sex scenes had the characters talking about protected sex.

A report, entitled Mis-selling Sex, to be released by the health section, will call on telly writers to include more dialogue regarding contraceptions and plot lines showcasing the outcomes of unsafe sexual relationship including unwanted pregnancies and illness.

With the opposition looking ready to hit the administration on different issues comprising price increase, the initial day of Parliament’s Budget meeting on Feb 22 is likely to be a stormy affair.

The conference will start with the customary President Pratibha Patil’s lecture to the combined sitting of both the Houses on Monday.

The BJP, the Left and other parties have asked that a talk on the flaming problem of growing costs be taken up on the initial day of the 90 days long assembly on Tuesday.

The BJP and the Left parties have signaled interruption of proceedings in case the problem of price increase was not taken up for conversation on February 23.

The purple and red variety carrots are as rich in nutrition as orange ones, an appraisal from Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety said.

The review assessed the peak advantages of this food are the phytochemical content and roughage.

Carotenoids are compounds, which are accountable for the multi-shades of carrots ranging from yellow to orange and red. Anthocyanins offer the purple carrots their bluish-red shade.

Scientists from the University of Wisconsin - Madison recommended that red carrots offer the inhibitor lycopene. Yellow carrots may serve as an option bioavailable source of lutein.

The central banking institution has asked nationalized banks to offer up banking facilities in all rural communities, remote regions and human habitations all over the country,

RBI deputy governor Subir Gokarn made this announcement.

At an outreach camp organised by RBI in a far-flung Mizoram village, Mr. Subir said that it is crucial for every adult Indian resident to have an account in the bank account since a scheduled banking institution is not only a secure place to deposit their funds, but also a channel that connects the account possessor with the payment and settlement platform allowing trouble-free transmission and payments everywhere in India.