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12 more swine flu deaths take India's toll to 48 New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Twelve more swine flu deaths were confirmed in India Friday, taking the total number of deaths from the H1N1 virus to 48, the union health ministry said here.

The maximum deaths have been reported from Maharashtra where 27 people have died. The state, which is the worst hit by the virus, recorded six deaths in the last 24 hours.

The country also reported 138 new cases of influenza A (H1N1), taking the total number of infected people across the country to 2,539.

Apart from Maharashtra, two people died in Karnataka, three in Gujarat and one in Tamil Nadu. Eleven deaths have been reported in Karnataka so far.

It is followed by Gujarat where five people have died. In Tamil Nadu and Delhi, the number is two each, and in Kerala one person has fallen victim to the deadly virus.

At a conference of state health ministers in New Delhi Friday, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that 36 deaths had been reported till Thursday.

But he admitted that there has been some confusion about the death toll and the officials are checking the figures with the state governments.

'There is no need to panic as the country has so far managed to control the spread of virus,' he said.

I.R. Perumal, principal secretary of health and family welfare in Karnataka, said the state has recorded 11 deaths from swine flu.

'In our state, there were 211 positive cases reported so far. Of which 11 have died due to late diagnosis,' Perumal told IANS at the sidelines of the state health ministers conference.

'Over 100 of the total cases have been cured and discharged. We are ready to tackle the spread of the virus,' he added.

According to the health ministry, about 13,364 people have been tested so far out of which 2,539 tested positive for Influenza A H1N1.

The 138 new cases were recorded from Mumbai (6), Pune (62), Ahmednagar (1), Nanded (2), Akola (1), Jalna (1), Kolhapur(1), Nasik (3), Nagpur (2), Chennai (10), Delhi (12), Bangalore (19), Bijapur (1), Kolkata (3), Silchar(1), Ernakulam (7), Kota (1), Srinagar (2), Jammu (1), Agra (1) and Raipur (1).

Only three patients, who tested positive, had travel history.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), about 182,166 laboratory confirmed cases of H1N1 have ben reported till Aug 13. About 1,799 deaths have been reported worldwide, maximum from Mexico and the US.

Friday, August 21, 2009

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Dil Bole Haddippa! Movie Preview

Dil Bole Haddippa! Movie Preview

Yash Raj Films' next release DIL BOLE HADIPPA, a romantic comedy set in Punjab, is a celebration of the never say die spirit of India. Here, for the first time, the dynamic duo of Shahid Kapoor and Rani Mukherjee, take you on a hide and seek game of romance, passion and dreams.

Directed by debutant director Anurag Singh and produced by Aditya Chopra DIL BOLE HADIPPA stars Shahid Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee, Anupam Kher along with Rakhi Sawant and Sherlyn Chopra, Dalip Tahil, Vallabh Vyas, Vrajesh Hirjee. DIL BOLE HADIPPA releases worldwide on 18th September 2009.

Synopsis:

Veera (Rani Mukherjee) is a fire-cracker of a girl who lives in a small village but dreams in 70mm. She works in a local theatre group but dreams of playing cricket in the big league. Yes, believe it or not, she wants to play with Tendulkar and Dhoni for India.

While Veera dreams on in India, Rohan (Shahid Kapoor) is an accomplished captain of a county cricket team in England. Rohan returns to India to captain his father's cricket team which has been losing consecutively for the last 8 years.

In a village where girls don't play cricket, Veera has to put on a turban and beard and become a man to fulfill her dreams. Her brilliance on the field earns her a place in Rohan's team and Veera Kaur becomes Veer Pratap Singh.

And then begins a roller-coaster journey of Veera, Rohan and Veer filled with music, romance and comedy through Punjab and beyond.

This tale of turbans, twists and tricks will make your heart go - Hadippa!

Character briefs

Rohan Singh (Shahid Kapoor)

Rohan comes from England but is bowled over by India. With loads of panache and classic wit, he's born to win. Dynamic and debonair, he's one cricket captain whose charisma is hard to resist.

Veera Kaur (Rani Mukherjee)

Veera is all the festivals and colors of India rolled into one. Bold, beautiful, passionate and unpredictable, she knows she has only one life to live all her dreams. The world's her play-ground and she's the champ.

Vikramjit Singh (Anupam Kher)

Vicky is a modern day Indian farmer, whose staple diet is: pure love for his son Rohan, obsession for cricket, boundary-less friendship (with Lucky) and undying patriotism.

Liyaqat Ali Khan (Dalip Tahil)

Lucky hails from Lahore but lives in his friend, Vicky's heart. A livewire, he's the perfect hotline between India and Pakistan.

Shanno Amritsari (Rakhi Sawant)

Shanno Amritsari is the desi bomb babe of the Jigri Yaar Dance Company. A dancing queen, she's a dish who's on everyone's wish list.

Soniya (Sherlyn Chopra)

Soniya, the reigning Miss Chandigarh has her heart set on Rohan. These stylish long legs can conquer any turf they want.

Chamkila (Vrajesh Hirjee)

Chamkila is Veera's loyal friend and Shanno's loyal admirer. He believes he's made for the movies, of the movies and by the movies.

all about swine flu

Influenza spreads between humans through coughing or sneezing and people touching something with the virus on it and then touching their own nose or mouth.[76] Swine flu cannot be spread by pork products, since the virus is not transmitted through food.[76] The swine flu in humans is most contagious during the first five days of the illness although some people, most commonly children, can remain contagious for up to ten days. Diagnosis can be made by sending a specimen, collected during the first five days for analysis.[77]

Recommendations to prevent spread of the virus among humans include using standard infection control against influenza. This includes frequent washing of hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially after being out in public.[78] Chance of transmission is also reduced by disinfecting household surfaces, which can be done effectively with a diluted chlorine bleach solution.[79] Although the current trivalent influenza vaccine is unlikely to provide protection against the new 2009 H1N1 strain,[80] vaccines against the new strain are being developed and could be ready as early as June 2009.[81]

Experts agree that hand-washing can help prevent viral infections, including ordinary influenza and the swine flu virus. Influenza can spread in coughs or sneezes, but an increasing body of evidence shows small droplets containing the virus can linger on tabletops, telephones and other surfaces and be transferred via the fingers to the mouth, nose or eyes. Alcohol-based gel or foam hand sanitizers work well to destroy viruses and bacteria. Anyone with flu-like symptoms such as a sudden fever, cough or muscle aches should stay away from work or public transportation and should contact a doctor for advice.

Social distancing is another tactic. It means staying away from other people who might be infected and can include avoiding large gatherings, spreading out a little at work, or perhaps staying home and lying low if an infection is spreading in a community. Public health and other responsible authorities have action plans which may request or require social distancing actions depending on the severity of the outbreak

treatment

If a person becomes sick with swine flu, antiviral drugs can make the illness milder and make the patient feel better faster. They may also prevent serious flu complications. For treatment, antiviral drugs work best if started soon after getting sick (within 2 days of symptoms). Beside antivirals, supportive care at home or in hospital, focuses on controlling fevers, relieving pain and maintaining fluid balance, as well as identifying and treating any secondary infections or other medical problems. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the use of Tamiflu (oseltamivir) or Relenza (zanamivir) for the treatment and/or prevention of infection with swine influenza viruses; however, the majority of people infected with the virus make a full recovery without requiring medical attention or antiviral drugs.[82] The virus isolates in the 2009 outbreak have been found resistant to amantadine and rimantadine.[83]

In the U.S., on April 27, 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued Emergency Use Authorizations to make available Relenza and Tamiflu antiviral drugs to treat the swine influenza virus in cases for which they are currently unapproved. The agency issued these EUAs to allow treatment of patients younger than the current approval allows and to allow the widespread distribution of the drugs, including by non-licensed volunteers.[84]

swine flu awareness

swine flu awareness is needed, but there is no need to be panicky and join the publicity propaganda carried out by media and others which acts as a vehicle to spread misconception than to spread scientific information.

These are few facts about swine flu when discussed with the leading epidemiologists.

1) Swine flu, that is H1N1 flu is not new, first detected in 1987

2) Infective stage of flu is 5 days, 1 day before and 4 days after onset of symptoms

3) The best way to prevent it spreading is asking patients having symptoms of flu like fever, cough and running nose to take rest at home for 4 days so he does not transmit it

4) Masks are of limited value if any, in this disease, it can spread through droplets on your skin, through contact etc, and I have seen that the masks in Pune are worn as fashion statement, while walking on road today morning I saw people wearing masks coming out for a morning walk with their dogs!, many wearing masks around their necks, and so on, in fact these masks shall act as the vehicles to carry the virus, instead, avoiding crowded places or cinema halls or malls where air conditioners are on, is advisable, because you get recalculated air, where the virus density multiplies

5)Death after H1N1 flu is not common, in fact infections like measles is taking toll of thousands more every year, and we are oblivious of the facts. Swine flu is being blown out of proportion by media trying to create hysteria among lay people.

6) Fever accompanied by respiratory distress, should be immediately notified which is likely to be a complication of H1N1 flu

7)The mortality is less than .01 percent of those affected, that means may be one in 10,000 affected is likely to suffer the life loss.

8) If you remember, 2 years ago SARS was blown out of proportion, what happened? Humans develop immunity to the virus, the same is going to happen, we develop immunity in due course of time, the virus is in the air, you can not stop it, our body is already developing the immunity so nothing to panic.

We need to take care of children and elderly who have less immunity and do not let them go to crowded places that are all.

WE MUST START THIS CAMPAIGN OF NOT TO BE AFRAID OF THIS FLU AND LET YOUR DAILY WORK CONTINUE AS NORMAL, NO MASKS FOR ORDINARY CITIZENS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS OR SPECIFIC EXPOSED TO LOT OF CROWDED ENVIRONMENTS MAY BE BENEFITTED, NOT PROVEN.

I am amazed to hear that people are selling masks of RS 20 each which are available to less than Rupee 1 in the market.

See who is getting benefitted?

Dr.Amey Potnis

How to Evaluate Stocks.....?

How to Evaluate Stocks.....?
Posted By - DR.AMEY POTNIS
Warren Buffet is considered to be a genius when it comes to stock investment. He recommends an important thing to the investors that the stock (company) you are thinking to buy or invest should have been around for at least ten years. There are a number of factors to be considered befere investing in a stock. This article will help you in understanding such factors.

Techniques to Evaluate Stocks
Following are the things that will guide you in taking an investment decision. They will show you the strength of the financial position of a company. So that it will be easy for you to select a stock and invest in that.
Company History
Dividend
Market Cap
Cash Flow
Price Earnings Ratio (P/E)
Return on Assets & Return on Equity (ROA & ROE)
Financial Leverage
Company History
It is better to invest in companies that have in existence from minimum 10 years. Over the course of a decade, many things can happen to a company. There will be good times and bad times for everything. If a company can survive the bad times for at least ten years then they are more likely to handle future bad times with equivalent skill. So if a company has been around for at least ten years then you can choose these companies to invest. But remember along with this you have to consider other factors also.

Dividend
A dividend is an amount paid out by the company to its existing share holders. Dividends can be paid out at various times of the year, most of the times it seems to be given out on a quarterly basis. These dividends are especially useful for long term investors because your dividends will compound over a period of time.

Market Cap
A market cap is basically how much sales a company will generate in a given year. Invest only in companies with a market cap of a hundred million or more. Anything less than this and the company might go bankrupt if their sales don't pick up.

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Cash Flow
Cash flow generally indicates how much profit the company makes per year. If the company has a good cash flow then they are more likely to avoid bankruptcy. And it is great news for investors. Banks or other similar financial institutions are examples of high cash flow. This is mostly due to these companies accept deposits and offer loans to people. Financial institutions can be great stocks.

Price Earnings ratio (P/E)
P/E stands for Price Earnings Ratio. This generally tells you what people expect from this stock. If the P/E ratio is between 10 and 30 then it is considered a reasonably stable stock. On the other hand, if it is really high then that means people have high expectations on this stock. And if those high expectations are not met then the stock is much more likely to lose investors, which will lead the stock to lose its value drastically, this is something that you don't want to happen. So if the stock has a high P/E ratio just be aware of the possible outcomes. If the stock is above 25 then it is usually considered as high.

Return on Assets & Return on Equity (ROA & ROE)
ROA stands for Return on Assets and ROE stands for Return on Equity. Normally, investors like to see both of these figures going up or staying stable over a period of years. If the ROA or ROE is negative or falling, you should think twice about purchasing that stock.

Financial Leverage
Financial leverage generally tells us how much the company has acquired in debt. You should try to avoid investing in companies that have a financial leverage higher than 5. But again, it is normal for banks and other financial institutions to have a financial leverage ratio more than 5.

Picking stocks is a difficult work. It takes time and patience to learn all of the jargon and other tricks of the trade. But when the day is done, you'll be glad to see that your hard work is paying off.

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Instructions for Equity Traders/Investors
Following are the things to be considered by an equity trader before executing the trade. Successful stock trading involves many factors such as selecting a good company, diversifying the portfolio, support of a good broker, etc. If you are lacking any of these factors, it affects your trading very badly. Following are the things to be taken care by an investor before trading or investing.
Know your Risk Tolerance
Invest in the company not in the stock
Know your broker
Reduce your risk by diversifying
Know your risk tolerance
Understanding yourself is very important; you should know your risk tolerance, how much you can afford to invest, how much loss you can suffer, etc. Before investing in any type of stock, know how much risk you are willing and capable to take. In simple terms it means having a look at how much money you can afford to lose.

Invest in the company not in the stock
People normally go behind the stocks without knowing much about the company. Some stocks might perform well in short term without a strong base of business but this growth is not stable. If a company has to perform well in long run it should have a strong and deep rooted business. It is always better to invest in such companies than going behind market trend.

Know your broker
Take time to understand your broker, enquire about his history, past performance, commission charged, etc. Sometimes brokers might have a vested interest in some stocks, including ownership of the stock, in this case they might compel you to buy more stock to raise prices. This could be false inflation of the stock's value therefore making it even more risky.

Reduce your Risk by Diversifying
Reduce your risk in stock investments by diversifying. Purchase good stocks from different industry, this will help you to reduce the investment risk because if one stock fails badly, the other will generate profit this will help you to avoid the overall loss.

There are thousands of stocks in the market to choose from, how do you determine the one that best suits for you? After all, if you pick incorrectly, you could lose all of your hard-earned money. But if you can understand the terms mentioned above then the likelihood of you losing your money will diminish significantly and the chance of making huge profits is more.

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