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a conspiracy

N.korean officials denounced a conspiracy the news in sept.08,that kim jong II was seriously ill.he had missed the celebrations of the 60th year of the country's founding.

india's heart disease burden

a study says by 2010,india will carry 60 p.c of the worlds heart disease burden

you smoke ,office pays

if a staff member smokes in the office ,the organisation will be fined,say a new rule issued by Union Health Ministry.

english -medium schools

enrolment in english -medium schols in india has gone up from 4.3% to 6.3% in two years ending 2005-06.

mercy kiling

voluntary euthanasia is promoted by the voluntary euthanasia society or exit.voluntary euthanasia includes active steps for taking life and the with holding of life-supporting treatment.this practice was decriminalised in the netherlands in 1993.a law in 2001 made it fully legal undeer certain conditions.

the thai -soccer connections

thaksi shinawatra,former thai prime minister ,who lives in self exile in londo own the soccer team manchester city.he was deposed in a military coup while he was abroad in 2006.

titanic momentoes

millvina dean,96,is the remaining survicor of the titanic disaster.she has auctioned the momentoes from the trip to pay her nursing home expenses.

a verdict against PM

thailand's constitutional court ruled in sept.08 that the prime minister samak sundaravej must resign for having breached the constitution by doing paid work as a television chef.

honour on 83rd birthday

singer bhupen hazarika was awarded the asom ratna for his contribution to music on his 83rd birthday.the highest honour in assam,it consists of a citation and cash award of Rs.20 lakh.

nehru professorship

cambridge university launches nehru professorship to celebrate contenary of javaharlal nehru's arrival at trinity college.

IT and BPO service

according to a survey ,more than a fourth of the 100 best IT and BPO providers across the globe are headquartered in india.

president's salary

the president of india's salary has been raised to Rs 1,50,000 a month and that of the vice president to Rs 1,25,000 .the governor's salary is rs 1,10,000 now.

nurses for AIDS care

indian nursing counsil is to train 100,000 nurses in AIDS care and treatment,with a $31 m ,aid from global fund for AIDS,tuberculosis and malaria,geneva.

527 girls for 1000 boys

sex ratio has declined further in five northern states .in punjab ,there were only 527 girls for every 1000 boys in 2005.

income over Rs.10 lakhs

number of taxpayers earning Rs 10 lakhs a year reached 177,500 in 06-07(against 97,412 in 05-06) a number expected to go still higher in 07-08.

weapons in africa

about 95 p.c of kalashnikov rifles in africa -the most commonweapon in civil wars and other conflicts there -come from outside the continent.NGOs have been trying for a ban on weapons sale and transfers where they are likely to be used to commit serious human rights violations

alexander technique

a system designed to promote well -being through the control of posture(named after the australian born actor and educationist frederick mathias alexander,1869-1955)

tobacco,the killer

the smoking rate for men in india is 29 p.c , while it is three per cent for women.tobacco chewing rate is 29 p.c for men and 12 p.c for women .smoking and chewing tobacco have resulted in over 800,000 deaths in the country,it is estimated.

adam's apple

a projection at the front of the neck formed by the thyroid cartilage of the larynx (so named from the notion that a piece of the forbidden fruit became lodged in adam's throat).

adonis

an extremely handsome young man (from the name of a beutiful youth in greek mythology)

eponyms

an eponym is a word derived from the name of a person .this could be the name of a real,fictonal,mythical or spurious charecter or person .many familiar english words are eponyms as they have been derived from someone's name