Aizawl, SepT 2 (IANS): The United Nations (UN) will support Mizoram in prevention of HIV/AIDS and in management of prisons in the northeastern state, an official said here Thursday.
Cristina Albertin, representative of the New Delhi-based United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – Regional Office for South Asia (UNODC-ROSA), made the announcement while addressing a …

NEW DELHI: The dengue menace showed no signs of abating in the national capital where the number of cases crossed 1,000 today with 77 more patients testing positive for the vector-borne disease.
Last year, the number of dengue cases crossed 1,000 only in the month of November.
Of the 1,014 cases so far, 993 have been reported …

New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) With 32 more people tested positive for H1N1 virus and 25 for dengue today, the total number of swine flu and infection by female Aedes aegypti mosquito cases rose to 461 and 322 respectively so far this year, health officials said.
“The total laboratory confirmed swine flu cases in the city …

August 16th, 2010: A total of 125 persons have been found HIV positive in Mizoram in the month of July, 2010 while 113 persons were tested positive for HIV in the month of June.
The data, issued by Mizoram State AIDS Control Society, says that total number of HIV positive persons in Mizoram has gone up to …

New Delhi, Aug 12 (PTI) Swine flu cases continued to surge in the national capital as 20 more people tested positive for the H1N1 virus today.
With this, the total number of laboratory confirmed swine flu cases in the city rose to 254.
“Swab test of 20 more people was detected positive for swine flu virus. A …

India’s telecom regulator said today that mobile number portability (MNP) will be implemented nationwide from October 31. MNP is a service that allows a mobile user to change his operator while retaining the number.
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The new BlackBerry’s exclusive launch has the industry abuzz with what the new product will offer. ThinkDigit.com takes a look at the reviews so far.
What was known as the BlackBerry Bold 9800 is now officially the BlackBerry Torch, a QWERTY-slider phone that’s powered by a 624MHz Marvell processor, and runs on BlackBerry 6 OS.
Some blogs …

Kohima, Aug 12, 2010:  The Project Director of the Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NACS) Dr Neiphi Kire has said there are 19,000 suspected HIV/AIDS positive persons in the state, out of which a total of 10,000 persons have been detected so far.
Dr Kire was addressing the inaugural function of a five-day Refresher Training for …

New Delhi, August 10, 2010 (PIB): The norms for granting assistance to poor patients under Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant (HMDG)are as under:
(i). Poor patients with family income less than Rs.75,000/- annually and suffering from major illness and requiring one-time treatment in government hospitals/institutions are eligible for financial assistance under HMDG.
(ii). Financial assistance limits are as: …

Thu, Aug 5: Forty US billionaires pledged to give away at least half of their wealth to philanthropic purpose in response to a campaign by Microsoft chief Bill Gates and legendary investor Warren Buffet.
Among those who pledged their contributions are New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, noted Hollywood director George Lucas and media mogul Ted Turner.
The …

Aizawl, Aug 04 (PTI) Mizoram Chief Secretary Van Hela Pachuau today said the state government would initially incur an additional expenditure of around Rs 236 crore for implementation of the enhanced salaries for the government employees as per the central sixth pay commission recommendations.
Addressing a press conference here Pachuau said the Pay Commission recommendation as …

Kolkata, Jul 29 (Agencies): Good news for Reliance prepaid subscribers in the north-east. Reliance prepaid subscribers in the north-east can now enjoy roaming facility while traveling through any of the seven north-eastern states including Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland.
For example, a Reliance prepaid subscriber in Tripura can now roam to six …