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Aurangabad becomes second city to perform heart transplant

Aurangabad on Wednesday has become the second city in Maharashtra state to have performed a heart transplant successfully Mumbai is the first to when it comes to heart transplant procedure Previously two attempts were failed to transport a beating heart from Aurangabad to Mumbai in last year But Wednesday rsquo s attempt proved to be successful Now patients wouldn rsquo t need to travel to Mumbai for a transplant Transplant took place at the CIIGMA hospital To follow the procedure of a heart transplant hospitals need clearances Highly sophisticated equipments and infrastructure is also required Doctors from Mumbai Pune as well as Aurangabad were part of the team The procedure started around in the morning and took three hours to complete After that a green corridor was created from Aurangabad to Pune where a -year-old farmer was suffering from liver cirrhosis Travelling from Aurangabad to Pune usually takes more than

3 Feb 2017
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World's longest human chain to be formed in Bihar supporting liquor ban

To showcase its commitments towards liquor ban state of Bihar is planning to form the world rsquo s longest human chain in which over Cr people will participate The chain will be around km long informed Bihar Chief Minister CM Nitish Kumar The human chain will be formed at AM on January st for half an hour Human chain in North Bihar will cover km and in South Bihar it will be km long connecting all districts The Chief Minister further said that government officials teachers students above class V and members of NGOs will also participate in this nbsp human chain The human chain will help to support liquor ban enforced in April this year which will continue till March nd next year CM said

14 Dec 2016
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Indian President launches campaign to end child labor, child slavery.

Yesterday on the occasion of his st birthday President Pranab Mukherjee launched a campaign to end child labor child slavery and violence against children Mr Mukherjee launched the Million for Million Campaign organized by Kailash Satyarthi Children s Foundation Around children participated in it The campaign aims to mobilise million youth and children to support the million underprivileged children across the world During this launch Pranab Mukherjee stressed the need of including children in the education system and also underlined the need to keep children safe and healthy There are around million children who are still kept deprived of schooling and basic education He assured firm steps from government to educate children He further mentioned that it is only appropriate that this campaign begins from India which has one of the largest populations of youth in the world He expressed a hope that in coming five years the campaign will

12 Dec 2016
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IIMC and two other Indian institutes join Google News Lab University Network.

Indian Institute of Mass Communication IIMC has bonded with a team of communication schools around the globe in Google News Lab University Network To inform in detail about this initiative IIMC issued a statement saying in today rsquo s time of digitized media this program will provide IIMC students with the necessary information of vital online facilities such as Google Search Google Maps Google Trends and Google Earth Google News Lab rsquo s Training and development Manager Nicholas Whitaker wrote in a medium Com post that The Google News Lab Network is developed to deliver in-person and online training and support to professors and students on various topics of importance such as Google tool fundamentals immersive storytelling data journalism Google Trends and many more Apart from IIMC Symbiosis college of Pune and St Xavier rsquo s from Mumbai are also joining the Google Lab Network The Network bonds schools in

6 Dec 2016
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Indian Wild Royalty

Bengal tiger The name itself inspires majesty and pride India is proud to be a home to them nbsp But then why are special efforts required to conserve them Bengal tigers are at the top of the wild food chain When tigers are safe many other environmental factors are protected Research has shown that with one tiger we can protect almost acres of forest nbsp A well balanced eco system can cater both men and animals sufficiently with food water and climate It is the National Animal of Both India and Bangladesh This royal animal is now belongs to the endangered category of UN list A century ago tigers were all across the Indian subcontinent Rising human population farming development and spread of infrastructure activities led to a major decline in tiger habitat This forced tigers to scatter into small and divided habitats International ban on tiger trade began in

6 Dec 2016
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Don’t exchange, use your old 500 Rs. notes

To ease the pressure on the bank staff that has devoted incredible man hours to serve the people in the entire two weeks and the efforts common men have been putting following the demonetization policy announced earlier in this month the government has extended the use of old Rs notes till nbsp December With this the exchange load in banks would be drawn down and lesser crowds would be seen around But the notes would no longer be in use hence they need to be deposited over the counter The government even declared to use the old notes for payment of fees in state and central govt schools and colleges including municipality schools Pre-paid mobile recharges could be made foreign tourists can exchange currency upto Rs per week nbsp nbsp nbsp

25 Nov 2016
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Big companies also join in the demonetization league

While the Government declared the notes of high denomination illegal two weeks past the nation and its economy is facing scarcity in cash Several companies have been lending huge support to their employees by mobilizing ATMs and temporary cash counters Companies like Infosys MakeMyTrip Yatra com Godrej Vodafone Flipkart Ericsson India Mahindra amp Mahindra Chaayos and Marico have been quite active with the transactional requirements of their employees While some companies are allowing some time for their employees to go for currency exchange at banks Flipkart the E-commerce giant has tied with banks to facilitate counters within the office in Bengaluru branch where of the employees already exchanged the old notes with new ones Godrej group has tied up with ICICI Axis bank has organized micro-ATMs for big firms like Tata M amp M and Infosys etc Also companies are spreading staff regarding using more plastic money and also granting

24 Nov 2016
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Do We Feel It?

They brought her home when she was just born She was a playtime partner for the kids in the family They spent a lot of time together in the garden Initially the family even considered her as a lucky charm for the year she was brought went very prosperous The kids would bring flowers and colourful pebbles to decorate her place Even when the family set out for small vacations she waited with all her love During night time while the family slept she used to stay awake and cleansed the air around to give them fresh oxygen for the next day Summers were a great time as the family spent maximum time with her in the garden relishing coconut water Years passed and she grew up with time Her world of believes led her to assume that the family loved her the same way as she does But as

24 Nov 2016
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PM receives surprise on survey results on App

Amid the chaos that rsquo s seen everywhere in the country some political parties have been against the move Earlier this week PM Narendra Modi requested people to let him know what they feel about his decision of demonetization through the mobile application he had introduced The survey was conducted on the NaMo App to know how many Indians are in favor of the decision Among the lakh citizens present on the App a whopping number of resulted in favor of PM Prime Minister thanked everyone who lent their support and encouraged the government in making the country walk towards progress This survey itself stands in the history as never earlier did people participate in such a big number in concern with any political issue nbsp This enormous response was found only in a span of hours While some opposition parties are still finding loopholes in the move this survey

24 Nov 2016
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