Weekly BLITZ SALUTES India Today Group

For a personal reason, I have to visit Dhaka prison (Dhaka Central Jail) quite frequently. indiatoday-logoA few days back, when I went there, there was a man in the VISITORS AREA, a man in his fifties weeping like a baby. He was yelling “O’ Allah, why didn’t you rather take him forever?” If anyone has ever visited the place, knows, it’s a place with huge commotion and hardly you know what the other person is saying from a distance of even 2 feet.

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Should asthma control us or we control asthma?

Bobby Ramakant

 

Managing asthma and controlling it well is the only way to live normally. Despite knowing this evidence-based fact and also recognizing estimates of alarming asthma rates in children and adults, most governments have neglected asthma control and not done enough.  Professor (Dr) Rajendra Prasad, Director, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute in Delhi, said to Citizen News Service (CNS) that asthma is a chronic and lifelong disease. It is important whom we consult and also to be regular with medicines as well as to be regular in consultations with the treating doctor.

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India Exposed in Conspirator Roles in Nepal

Dirgha Raj Prasai

 

Since 2006, we Nepalese people are suffering from the traitors’ regime. In the name of democracy the leaders such as Girija Prasad became engrossed in power politics and used their position to drain state treasury. They deceived democracy and themselves. As per the agreement reached with the King on 24 April, 2006, Girija Prasad took oath of Prime Minister in accordance to the 1990 constitution in the palace. Continue reading

Access to medicines is key to reducing suffering from asthma

Bobby Ramakant

 

Asthma causes disabling symptoms in millions of people who struggle to breathe, making ordinary activities extraordinarily difficulty – things like going to school, working at a job, looking after children or aging parents, running or even walking. About 235 million people in the world suffer from asthma and the number is increasing – asthma is a neglected epidemic.

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GREATEST EVER Islamic Union in Bangladesh

by Sayyed Nasrullah

An organization, who were practically ‘anonymous’ hardly three months back, became talk of the country when they announced a GRAND GATHERING in April.  On 6th of April 2013, Hefazat e Islam, a ‘non-political’ organization announced their program of having a GRAND RALLY in Bangladeshi Capital Dhaka’s prime business hub-Motijheel pursuing trial of the ‘atheists’ who defamed Prophet of Islam  by writing objectionable stuffs in their BLOGS. HI

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Prison

by Benjamin Pogrund, Jerusalem

 

Palestinian prisoners have been in the news lately with two highly publicised deaths and a hunger strike. Israel’s response was to open the doors of a prison to scrutiny.  More than 50 journalists from world media went on a rare four-hour visit last month  to Ofer prison, a half-hour drive from Jerusalem, getting briefings from officials and limited access to prisoners and cells. Prison

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Asthma control requires affordable, accessible quality-assured essential medicines

by Bobby Ramakant

 

“It’s time to control asthma”, according to this year’s World Asthma Day theme, but the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) says the low availability and the prohibitive cost of asthma inhalers continue to be serious challenges in low- and middle- income countries.  With the vast majority of the 235 million people affected by asthma living in such limited-resource settings, The Union established the Asthma Drug Facility (ADF) to help overcome these barriers.

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