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Avatar Posted by kiran 64 days ago (http://www.expressindia.com)
Category: Society | Tags: bmc hookah bandh hookah shops
Civic chief’s affidavit to HC says places serving hookahs are violating licencing conditions, BMC to conduct raids

Restaurants serving and selling hookahs in the city will soon have to shut shop, as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to impose a ban on hookahs in restaurants. read more »
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Avatar Posted by limin 68 days ago (http://www.ndtv.com)
Category: Society | Tags: hiv mumbai police aids hiv-aids cop
The number of police personnel who have tested positive for HIV-AIDS from January this year has increased by 4.4 per cent.

According to the statistics prepared by the Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre (VCTC) of the police hospital, from January this year till date, the number of police personnel have tested positive for HIV has gone up by 4.4 percent.

In 2007, the percentage for the read more »
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Avatar Posted by kiran 102 days ago (http://www.mumbaimirror.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: adhar kendra household help servants maids plumbers electricians cooks
BMC to set up Adhar Kendras, or service centres all over mumbai to provide reliable servants, maids, plumbers, electricians, cooks etc. They will provide phone numbers for such domestic help. Although this sounds almost like a yellow pages, The Adhar Kendras will be manned by NGOs or community based-organisations (CBO) but BMC will provide the infrastructure, including land, building and furnitur read more »
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Avatar Posted by helo 232 days ago (http://mangalorean.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: it doctor raids bookie gambler agent
(IANS) The Income Tax (IT) department Thursday raided three doctors, a ticketing agent and a professional gambler in the city.
The raids were conducted on the clinics and residences of the doctors in Ghatkopar and Malad suburbs.
IT commissioner S.M. Murthy told IANS, "Raids have been conducted on all the properties of three doctors, one gambling king and a ticketing agent." read more »
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Avatar Posted by marine 240 days ago (http://indiainteracts.com)
Category: Mumbai | Tags: mumbai hospital college aids research
Aiming to improve HIV-related research in India, a government-run hospital in Mumbai has joined hands with a New York-based medical college to hold a clinical training course in AIDS research. A team of five faculty members, including two Indian Americans Sarita Shah and Neel Gandhi from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is conducting the course at the B.Y.L Nair Hospital to promote a culture read more »
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Avatar Posted by limin 277 days ago (http://in.reuters.com)
Category: Society | Tags: mumbai dabbawallah aids meal box
Thousands of Mumbai's office goers, who have their lunch delivered from home by the city's famed tiffin couriers, found an extra helping on Friday - not of food but advice on fighting AIDS.

An "AIDS kit", comprising a car calendar and fliers on testing and counselling tied neatly with a red ribbon, was distributed ahead of World AIDS Day on Saturday. read more »
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Avatar Posted by limin 284 days ago (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Category: Society | Tags: aids maharashtra hiv
In a shocking revelation, the Upper House was informed that there were over 60,000 full-blown cases of AIDS in the state while 2.85 lakh people were detected with HIV. As many as 184 cases of children, who were diagnosed to be HIV positive, were registered at the AIDS treatment centre at Yavatmal on November 14. read more »
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Avatar Posted by asthipanjar 423 days ago (http://www.mid-day.com)
Category: Relationships | Tags: sex education schools
Some people say it is a good idea, some are horrified when they hear about it.

There are different ways to look at it.

1) Considering the problem of AIDS and teenage pregnancies, it is better that students learn about sex and get sex education. Already there is a lot of sex on TV and in cinemas. Movies and dances are often vulgar. TV advertisements hint at sex. Children and teenagers are cu read more »
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