New Delhi, Jan 24 : A 31-year-old woman has died of bird flu in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, in the Northwest of the country.
The woman got infected after a visit to a local poultry market on Jan 10, said Wan Xianyan, Deputy Director of the regional health department.
She was then rushed to the '' Chinese center for disease control and prevention'', where her infection with the H5N1 strain of avian influenza was reveled.
New Delhi, Jan 24 : Administrative Reforms Commission and former Karnataka Chief Minister M. Veerappa Moily has accomplished something few politicians can ever dream of – writng an epic poem and then getting it translated in Hindi.
Literary critics have described Moily’s Sri Ramayana Mahanveshanam as the best Ramayana in Kannada after Kuvempu’s.
Moily shared his analysis and experiences with those present at the launch of the Hindi translation of the second volume of his 2,600-page book at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) here on Friday.
New Delhi, Jan 24 : Indian unit of General Motors Corporation (GM Corp), which has two assembly plants in the country, launched a four-wheel drive, automatic transmission Chevrolet Captiva in New Delhi.
According to Karl Slym, the President and Managing Director of GM Corp, the new version brings superlative comfort and ease of driving, combined with unbeatable value; safety, security and luxury to the customers.
New Delhi, Jan 24: The entire nation became one in fervently praying for the speedy recovery of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh who is undergoing a coronary artery bypass surgery today at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.
A diabetic patient, Dr. Singh was admitted into the hospital for the coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The family members of the Prime Minister are in the capital.
New Delhi, Jan 24 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is undergoing heart surgery today at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.
A team of 11 doctors from Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai led by Dr Ramakant Panda, are performing Dr. Singh''s coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The operation is expected to last upto 6- 8 hours.
According to hospital sources, during the surgery, doctors will try to develop an alternate route for the supply of blood by sidelining the blocked part using graft of arteries and vessels derived from other parts of the body.
New Delhi, Jan 23 : India flaunted the best of its military hardware, including the latest weapons, planes, battle tanks and missiles at a full dress rehearsal of the Republic Day parade on Friday.
Amongst the proudly displayed equipments were the BrahMos and the Agni-3, which are long-range missiles, T-90 tanks and Akash
(surface to air) missile.