Jittery govt rewrites H1N1 rules
Report cases to govt facility, pvt hospitals told
New Delhi, August 4
Rattled by the death of 14-year-old Reeda Sheikh, a Pune girl, who died of swine flu yesterday, following wrong treatment, the government today asked all private health facilities to report suspected Influenza A H1N1 cases to the government system, which alone is currently equipped to test and treat cases.

Editorial: Death in Pune Rida’s aunt Ayesha Shaikh and father Sajid Shaikh address the media in Pune on Tuesday, a day after Rida died due to swine flu at a hospital. — PTI

Kin threaten to sue hospital
M’rashtra invokes Epidemic Act in 2 districts
Mumbai, August 4
A day after a teenaged girl in Pune died of swine flu, the Maharashtra government declared the districts of Pune and Satara epidemic-hit. "The Maharashtra government has invoked the Epidemic Diseases Act in the two districts," Health Minister Rajendra Shingane told reporters here.

Parliament clears landmark Education Bill
New Delhi, August 4
Sixty-two years after Independence, India today formally committed itself to providing free and compulsory elementary education to children aged 6 to 14 years, with the Lok Sabha passing the Right of Children to free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2009.

No takers for machine detecting fake currency
Chandigarh, August 4
There is a machine to detect counterfeit currency. But it is not available in the market. While scientists at the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) not only developed an Automatic Counterfeit Currency Detector (ACCD) and secured international patents, for yet unknown reasons nobody has come forward to manufacture and market it commercially.

Dhumal flaunts forensic evidence against ex-CM
Shimla, August 4
Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal today claimed that the Central Forensic Laboratory at Chandigarh had authenticated the voice in the controversial CD as that of the present Union Minister of Steel, Virbhadra Singh, even as the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau registered an FIR against the former CM and his wife, among other people, under section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Saeed’s release rocks Parliament
New Delhi, August 4
Clumsily handled terror issue by India against Pakistan again rocked the Lok Sabha today with almost the entire opposition stating the matter as serious development which had hurt India’s self respect.

HC seeks details of Tirumala temple property Hyderabad, August 4 The affairs of Tirumala temple, the country’s richest shrine, have come under judicial scrutiny with the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking details of its properties including gold and jewellery donated by devotees over the years.