Articles: Fraud Investigation Finds Satyam Auditors Guilty
Region: IndiaIn line with the general apprehension in India that a fraud of the magnitude of Satyam could not have taken place without the active connivance of auditors has proved right when the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has clearly held Price Water House Coopers (PW) guilty of the falsification of accounts of Satyam while giving clean chit to the independent directors. The SFIO also did not find any clean evidence against the then whole time director and senior executive R.Mynampati. Whi... more
Views: 1901Dalit Student Moves SC Against Racial Discrimination by IIT Kharagpur
Region: IndiaAfter Delhi IIT, it is the turn of Kharagpur IIT, which is facing a racial discrimination charge against a Dalit student, as per a writ filed by the 23 year-old student in the Supreme Court (SC) on 17th Feb’09 accusing IIT Kharagpur (West Bengal) for expelling him for the second time in two years for leading a group of 14 Scheduled Caste students to protest against racial bias and discrimination at the institute. However the institute director D. Acharya taking to press denied the alle... more
Views: 2481Supreme Court Orders Stern Action Against Ragging In Institutions
Region: IndiaActing on the recommendations of R.K.Raghavan Committee, the Supreme Court (SC) today (11th Feb’09) empowered professional bodies and colleges to suspend students involved in ragging- without immediate probe in appropriate (serious) cases pending final decision and give opportunity to the student concerned (later) to have his say- while observing that, “Ragging in essence is human rights abuse.” Expressing anguish the court observed that seniors under the garb of &lsqu... more
Views: 2129Second Google 4 Doodle contest
Region: United StatesGoogle has announced 2nd Google 4 doodle contest where all K-12 students are invited for designing homepage logo. This year's theme is “What I wish for world”. To participate in the contest a school has to register with google and a teacher has to submit doodle on behalf of the student. Registration closes at 11:59:59 PM Pacific time on March 17, 2009, and all Doodles need to be submitted by March 31, 2009. The finalist can win prizes such as their Doodle on the Google... more
Views: 3039California woman gave birth to Octuplets
Region: United StatesNadya Suleman, a woman from California gave birth to octuplets on 26 th January'2009, in which 6 are girls and two are boys. She is already a mother of six including a set of twins. However, the Hospital staffs have refused to release the name of the mother, also declining to comment on whether she had received fertility drugs that have been linked to instances of multiple births. However her mother, Angela Suleman told Los Angeles Times that her daughter underwent through fertilit... more
Views: 3077A Look at Catalepsy
Region: MissouriCatalepsy is a condition in which a person loses their desire to move. He does not adjust his body into appropriate and comfortable positions. His arms and legs can be placed in bizarre positions, as though he were a wax figure. A patient with catalepsy is said to be in a catatonic state. He can hold his trunk and limbs for long periods of time in almost any position in which they are placed. For example, if a doctor places the patients hands over hi... more
Views: 2083A Close Look at Parasitic Diseases
Region: MissouriIt’s a disease caused by a living plant or animal called a parasite. The parasite lives in or on the body of another plant or animal and feeds on it’s tissues. In general, all diseases which are caused by living parasites are called parasitic diseases. Bacteria are living parasites, but so many diseases are caused by them that bacterial diseases are usually grouped separately. Parasitic diseases include those caused by plants such a... more
Views: 2982Amazing Cats: Siamese Cats
Region: MichiganSiamese cats usually appear in two color types: seal point and blue point. The seal point is more common. The seal point Siamese cat has a light colored body with darker colored ears, face, feet and tail. These darker markings are called “Points.” Blue point Siamese cats have the same body color, but their points are blue instead of dark brown. Chocolate point and lilac point Siamese cats are color variations of the two color types. &nbs... more
Views: 2027A Look at Appendicitis
Region: MissouriAppendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix. It results from an infection caused by bacteria. The appendix becomes swollen and filled with pus. It may break and cause an infection of the surrounding organs of the body. The pus may otherwise be walled off and form an abscess. An attack of appendicitis generally begins generally begins with a pain which starts in the lower right side of the abdomen,... more
Views: 1601Educated Women at Higher Risk for Breast Cancer
Region: Japan
It's National Breast Cancer Awarness Month, and campaign organisers and sponsors want as many women as possible to know about the risks of breast cancer in the hope that more women or even men may go to recieve regular screenings for breast cancer. According to this survey the risk is not same for everyone. That is why you are not going to do screening at every age. But how many people really know they are in the low risk group or high risk group remains questionable. The st... more
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