The week between April 24 and April 30 is marked as World Immunization Week. India has already weeded out Polio but several other life-threatening diseases remain. What should be the next priorities? Virologist and pediatrician Dr. Jacob John shared his perspective with IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue.
Q. Sir, I am a Physician. Every year in India a number of Patients especially Pediatric die due to viral diseases eg meningitis, encephalitis, RTI, GI Inf etc. In majority of cases no bacterio/micro diagnosis is established. Don't you think we need to focus on that rather than treating with unnecessary antibiotics? Asked by: Dr Ketan
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05:14 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir today lost its only all-girls rock band, Pragaash, as its three teenage members decided to call it quits, a day after the Grand Mufti issued a fatwa terming singing as un-Islamic and asked them to abandon it. The band hit the limelight in December 2012 when they won the annual 'Battle of the Bands' in what was their very first public appearance. But things went downhill when...
07:05 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir's first girl band on Monday decided to quit following a fatwa against them. ...
06:52 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Clarifying his statements that prompted the Income Tax officers' body to seek an apology from him, former Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari on Saturday denied threatening I-T officers who are probing allegations of dubious funding of his firm, Purti Group. "I never threatened the IT Department or its officials. I have full faith in the professional integrity of the department." Gadkari said in a statement. ...
07:38 PM, Jan 27, 2013
Kabul: The Afghan Taliban said on Monday they were doing everything in their power to try to kidnap or assassinate Britain's Prince Harry, who arrived in Afghanistan last week to fly attack helicopters. Queen Elizabeth's grandson is in Afghanistan on a four-month tour, based out of Camp Bastion in volatile Helmand province, where he will be on the front line in the NATO-led war against Taliban insurgents. "We are using...
03:51 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Milan: Italy's competition regulator is threatening Apple Inc with further fines of up to 300,000 euros ($381,000) if it does not offer local customers a free two-year warranty as demanded by Italian law, a source close to the watchdog said on Sunday. In Italy consumers who buy electronic products and other durable goods have the right to get two years of free assistance, irrespective of other warranties offered by a...
10:23 AM, Jul 02, 2012
London: A book analysing the flaws in economy that led to the current financial crisis by an Indian-origin professor of finance at the University of Chicago has won the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award for 2010. The 30,000 pounds prize was on Wednesday night awarded to Raghuram G Rajan, for his book, 'Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy', published by...
03:41 PM, Oct 28, 2010
Mumbai: Close on the heals of RTI activists Satish Shetty and Datta Patil being brutally murdered in Maharashtra, another RTI activist Anwar Shaikh has approached the Bombay High Court, saying he has received death threats and has demanded protection. The court has admitted his plea for hearing. Shaikh said: "I got a threat saying forget about the cemetery otherwise you will be shot, I said do what you want so...
08:56 AM, Sep 23, 2010
B.Sc student said 'Lal Salam', salutation used by Maoists, in her SMS. ...
03:03 PM, Aug 20, 2009
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01:15 PM, Oct 07, 2008
Chennai: By scoring his first ODI century in nearly two years here on Sunday, he virtually got rid of the monkey off his back and was pleased to hit top form at the right moment, said Yuvraj Singh following his maiden cricket World Cup hundred in Indias Group B game against the West Indies. Coincidentally, Yuvraj's previous century (131) was also against the West Indies at Kingston, Jamaica, in June...
08:14 PM, Jan 04, 2008
Mumbai: Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has joined Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir in filing an appeal against his ban with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland. Butt and Amir filed appeals last week but at the time it was unclear whether Asif planned to follow suit after the trio were found guilty of corruption by an ICC tribunal in February for bowling deliberate no-balls in a...
12:19 PM, Dec 24, 2007
A letter threatening to kill Karunanidhi was received on Thursday. ...
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