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Bhubaneswar —The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI), a network of Catholic hospitals and health care centres across the country, is to hold its a national health convention on “Strengthening Our Hospitals Health Centres and Care Centres” at National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangaluru, 13 – 16 September 2016. “OurContinue Reading

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I wish everybody could be at the Vatican on Sept. 4 for the remarkable occasion of Mother Teresa’s Sainthood. There they would meet some of the most caring people from across the world. I am fortunate to have met many of them. I first talked to Mother Teresa herself atContinue Reading

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Imphal: Sixteen years after starting her path-setting hunger strike demanding repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, Manipur’s “Iron Lady” Irom Chanu Sharmila has decided to end her fast on August 9 and contest Assembly elections as an Independent candidate. The 44-year-old iconic rights activist, who has been forciblyContinue Reading

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Panaji: Population growth in Goa has declined by nearly half in the last decade, Economic Survey 2014-15 report stated. The state’s population as per the 2011 Census stood at 14.58 lakh which constitutes 0.12 per cent of the country’s total population as against 0.13 per cent during 2001 Census, accordingContinue Reading