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Becoming healthy, Ayurvedic way New Delhi, December 3 A team of Ayurvedic doctors including Dr Om Prakash Divedi, Dr Damodar Singh Shastri, Dr Kamla Rani and Dr Ravi Bhusan Vatsayan attended on the patients. The diagnosed people were also given essential medicines.The organisation has been conducting such camps from time to time in different area of the Capital. |
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Hepatitis Day today New Delhi, December 3 The programme, which includes poster session and a lecture on ‘viral hepatitis – our misconceptions’, would help create awareness specially among school-children and high-risk groups about the importance of safe water, sex and blood transfusions in preventing the spread of hepatitis, joint coordinator of the ‘Hepatitis Day’, Dr S. K. Sarin, said here today. It would help in dispelling many misconceptions on “viral hepatitis” like the imposition of strict dietary restrictions on patients, which might actually hamper their recovery, he said. An acute viral hepatitis was self limiting and in more than 99 per cent of the cases no medication is needed. |
Sunil Kumar posts comfortable
victory New Delhi, December 3 The regular exposure in foreign conditions seems to have done a world of good to Sunil’s game, as he played confident, no-nonsense tennis to subdue compatriot Gupta.But another Indian, third seed Rohan Gajjar, was not so lucky as he went down crashing to Yu-Da Shieh of Chinese Taipei in three sets 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Second-seeded Amanjot Singh of India made mincemeat of Tejeshwar Chigaleri 6-1,6-2 while eighth-seeded Nishank Mishra outgunned Chueh-Cheng Shih 6-1, 6-2. In other boys’ matches, Divij Sharan beat Natapong Pongkunsub 3-6, 6-0, 6-4; Woo-Ram Kim beat Vikas Punna 3-6,6-1, 6-3; sixth-seeded Anuwat Dalodom beat Nihal Advani 6-4, 6-1; Seung-Jae Lee of Korea beat Mahir Nisar of Pakistan 6-3, 6-2; Tai Wei Liu of Taipei beat Saurabh Singh 6-2, 7-6 and Somdev K Devvarman beat Ivan Kokurin 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. In the girls’ section, top-seeded Sania Mirza led the Indian Charge, beating compatriot Nidhi Shah 6-0, 6-1 though eighth-seeded Sasha Abhraham became a first round victim when she crashed to a 4-6, 3-6 defeat against Eun-Hee Sungh. In other matches, Chin Wei Chan of Taipei beat Ankita Bhambri 6-2, 6-2; Sung-A Hong of Korea beat Saranya Pattabi of India 6-1, 6-3; sixth-seeded Diana Julianto of Indonesia beat Preeti Rao 6-1, 6-3; Laosirichon Pichaya of Thailand (fourth seed) beat Preethi Shravan 6-3, 6-1; Ji-Young Kim of Korea beat Chun Ning Tgseng of Taipei 6-0, 6-1; Isha Lakhani beat Asha Nandkumar 6-0, 6-0; Ting Wen Wang beat Jharna Nansi 6-0, 6-0; Sanaa Bhambri beat Krushmi Chheda 6-2, 6-3; Samrita Sekar beat Medini Sharma 6-2, 6-2; Ttze-Ling Kuo of Taipei beat Sandra Sasidharan 6-3, 2-6,6-3 and Lata Assudani beat Ragini Vimal 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. |
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ONGC win Shastri hockey
opener New Delhi, December 3 Tuesday’s fixtures: Indian Airlines vs IHF Juniors; Air India vs Bharat Petroleum; Dhaka XI vs Punjab and Sind Bank. The matches will start from 11.30 am—Shivaji Stadium. |
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Uma Bharti vows to make sports set-up
dope-free New Delhi, December 3 Inaugurating the multi-disciplinary workshop organised by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in collaboration with the Australian Sports Commission as part of the Indo-Australian Memorandum of Understanding signed in February in 1999, at the Indira Gandhi indoor stadium here on Monday, the Minister said there were two main aspects of sports which need to be extensively discussed—performance and doping. Ms Bharti said, “India has a lot to achieve in sports and we can learn a lot from Australia, which is a leading country in sports”. She said it was perhaps for the first time that the entire Indian sports fraternity, representing the Indian Olympic Association, national sports federations/associations, sports control boards, State Governments/Union Territory Administration, doctors, sports scientists, coaches, sports goods industries, eminent sportspersons, sports administrators, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, as well as the SAI, were attending the workshop. She hoped that all the participants will not only be benefited by this week-long workshop for implementing their respective sports programmes but their synergy will also help in achieving excellence in sports at international level. She said this would help India in finding a suitable place in the global map of sports. The workshop, under Australian experts, will cover topics on varied subjects—like performance planning for elite athletes, strengthening and conditioning facilities management, skill acquisition, application of sports science to coaching and sports administration and management, international sports development and accreditation systems in sports education. |
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Indian Open Golf to return to Delhi
Club New Delhi, December 3 As a significant part of its commitment, the Royal Challenge Golf and Club Accessories, the premium brand of golf equipment and accessories from Shaw Wallace, will sponsor India’s flagship golfing event, the US dollar 300,000 Indian Open, for the next five years, till 2006. In addition, Royal Challenge will also sponsor a four-leg national Royal Challenge Grand Prix for the first time in India. Significantly, the Indian Open will return to the Delhi Golf Club after a gap of seven years. History was created in Delhi in 1991 when Ali Sher became the first Indian in 25 years to win the event. Ali Sher’s performance inspired a whole generation of golfers—Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa, Arjun Atwal, Gaurav Ghei, Feroz Ali and Arjun Singh, among others, who have distinguished themselves in professional golf in India and abroad. This includes three consecutive Indian wins at the Indian Open itself—by Feroz Ali in 1998, Arjun Atwal in 1999 and Jyoti Randhawa in 2000.0. Last year, Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee broke the winning spree of the Indians at home when he held back a strong international and Indian challenge to win the title. Announcing the landmark association between Shaw Wallace and the IGU, the president of the IGU, Mr Raghu Modi, said, “The IGU is delighted to announce that Shaw Wallace has come forward with a very comprehensive plan to support golf in India”. He said for the first time in the century-old history of golf in India Shaw Wallace would not just sponsor the Indian Open, but also tie-in a programme that encompassed four national events as well as significant efforts to make premier quality golf equipment accessible to aspiring golfers and also educate them on the sport. “We are confident that the company will take the game to greater heights and the Royal Challenge Indian Open will become a bigger and better event”, he added. Mr M.R. Chhabaria, Managing Director of Jumbo Group and Shaw Wallace Group of Companies, said, “The association will encompass all aspects of the sport over the next five years. We are proud to associate Royal Challenge with a sport that shares its values of rare character and spirit. We are also happy to bring back the Indian Open to the DGC after seven years”. The Indian Open will offer a prize money of approximately Rs 1.5 crore with the winner getting about Rs 25 lakh, making it the richest golf event in South Asia. The participating field is expected to comprise 100 foreign players and more than 40 Indian professionals. The Royal Challenge Indian Open will be the 38th edition of the event, making it the longest running annual international fixture. Mr Ravi Krishnan of the International Management Group (IMG) said, “Golf is the foundation of the IMG’s growth and success. In the nearly four decades since Arnold Palmer became the IMG’s first golf client, the sport has become a truly global industry, largely shaped by the IMG’s unique skill in client representation, event marketing, and television representation, production and distribution”. Mr Ravi Krishnan said in 2000 all four major championships were won by IMG clients as the PGA Championship, the British Open and the US Open were won by Tiger Woods and the Augusta Masters by Vijay Singh. |
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Golf for
corporate bigwigs New Delhi, December 3 The Corporate India Team to play in the World Corporate Golf Challenge at La Manga, Spain, will be selected on the basis of the corporate teams' performance in the invitational meet. The winners will make the grade. The event features two categories--corporate team and individual stable ford- and will provide an ideal platform for India's corporate golfers to compete with their peers in the international arena. Corporate teams from all over the world, who have won their respective national golf championships (each licensed to the World Corporate Golf Challenge Ltd. in London) will be representing their country at the world final of the corporate championship. In the Corporate Teams Category, each team would comprise of two members who will play an 18-hole tournament. In the individual stable ford category, the participants will compete in three handicap divisions--under-14, 14-19 and also in 20-24. Many leading names in the corporate sector will be teeing off for the top honours. |
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Panjab, Punjabi score big
wins New Delhi, December 3 Vivek Dahiya scored the first goal in the first half. On resumption, Ravinder and Virender Singh struck a goal each to complete the tally. In another match, Punjab Agricultural University, Patiala, trounced Ram Manohar Lohia University, Avadh, 6-0. Roop Singh scored four goals to steal the spotlight, while Gurdeep Singh accounted for the other two goals. Kumaon University, Nainital, beat Gurukul University, Hardwar, 6-2. Tapin Harbola (2), Ramesh Kumar, Varun Belwal, Kundan Singh and Bhopal Singh were the goal-scorers. Tuesday's fixtures: C S Azad, Raipur, vs Ambedkar University, Agra; Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, vs Bundelkhand; Kurukshetra vs Allahabad; MJP, Rohilkhand, vs Jammu. The matches will start at 11 am on the Khalsa College ground. |
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Jharkhand School thrash Bal
Bharti New Delhi, December 3 Ashok Kachap, Pascal Kujur and Rajesh Toppo scored a goal each to complete the rout of the local Air Force School. Indian soccer star Baichung Bhutia will be the chief guest during the under-17 semi-final match between MPLL Adarsh Inter-School, Faisabad, Uttar Pradesh, and Government Higher Secondary School, Aizawl, Mizoram, at 3pm tomorrow. Tuesday’s fixtures: Shree Kamlakar School, Varanasi (UP) vs SAIL School, Bokaro (1 p m). |
IN PARLIAMENT New Delhi, December 3 Nearly 200 ‘dangerous’ flats were under the process of demolition, the Minister of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation, Mr Ananth Kumar, said today and added that disciplinary proceedings were initiated against 32 officials. While 10 officials had major penalty imposed on them, cases against three officials had been closed and six had been under various stages of disciplinary proceedings. Fortunately, none of the flats declared dangerous had been allotted, the minister said. The minister also said that the government’s national agenda to provide housing to all had set a target of constructing additional 20 lakh houses every year. Under the programme, Delhi would be given assistance to build 30,620 units. Meanwhile, the Union Minister for Health, Dr C. P. Thakur, told the Rajya Sabha that the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved the proposed Indraprastha Medical College at Safdarjung Hospital. The number of seats for the MBBS course in the proposed college was 100, of which 23 would be reserved for the SC/ST candidates. Those who have cleared the Delhi Pre-Medical Test would not be eligible for admission in the academic year 2001, Dr Thakur informed the Rajya Sabha. The minister also informed the House that there was a proposal to link the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences to some of the state capitals, particularly the North East, for
tele-consultation. The programme was aimed at providing a national-level
tele-consultation service from all super-specialty departments of the AIIMS by linking them up with the regional and district level centres of
tele-medicine. Concerned with the pendency of cases in courts, particularly involving undertrials, the central government had sanctioned a scheme to set up 1,734 fast track courts on the basis of the recommendation of the 11th Finance Commission. Such fast trial courts had disposed of 612 cases in the NCT of Delhi since October 2001, the Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs, Mr Arun
Jaitely, said while answering a question regarding the special courts. The government had proposed to set up a Mother Dairy outlet at CPWD Complex in Vasant Vihar, the Minister of State for Agriculture, Mr Hukumdeo Narayan
Yadav, said. There were about 236 fruit and vegetable Mother Dairy outlets in and around Delhi, he said and added that the Mother dairy had applied to the Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty for land for the proposed outlet. However, it was yet receive land. The state-of-the-art Instrument Landing System
(ILS) at IGI Airport installed in 1999 was declared operational as Cat II. The International Civil Aviation Organisation experts had found the system fit for Cat III A and there was no need to upgrade this, the Minister of Civil Aviation, Mr Shahnawaz Hussain said. The system was likely to be declared operational for Cat III A after obtaining the authorisation of the Director General of Civil Aviation, the minister said. Meanwhile, the Union Tourism Minister, Mr Jagmohan, pointed out that the Tourism Department of the national Capital had taken up with the Delhi Police for setting up a cell called Delhi Tourist Police to provide safety and security to foreign as well as domestic tourists. |
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