Katra/Jammu, October 05(Scoop News)-The Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand, accompanied by Minister for Tourism, G.A. Mir, today inaugurated Eight day long Navrata Festival-2013 by lighting the sacred Jyoti here at Katra, the base camp of the holy cave shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Ji . The Navratra festival is being organized by Shri Mata […]
Look at the richness of dress in Tamil Nadu
The men are simply clad in a white dhoti and white shirt, for the women have taken all the rich colors and textures of the silk sarees and the cotton hand looms, the likes of which you shall not see elsewhere. Kanjeevaram, Dharmavaram, Arni, Kod ambakkam, Uriyur, Salem, Coimbatore, Kalakshetra-these are Synonymns of sarees. Look […]
Mitral (heart) valve replacement surgery and nutritional counseling
Mitral valve replacement surgery is used to replace a diseased mitral heart valve with a natural or artificial valve. The valve is removed and replaced with an artificial prosthetic valve by sewing into the remaining tissue from the natural valve. Throughout the world, 95 per cent of all valve replacements are performed for mitral or […]
In China, Recent Scandals Show Ongoing Battle for Food Safety
Written by Marta Cooper , Global Voices A slew of food scandals have occurred in China in recent weeks, highlighting the country’s ongoing challenge with maintaining levels of food safety. Most recently, a report on broadcaster CCTV2 revealed that a Shanghai producer of steamed buns (mantou) used contained dye and excessive amounts of artificial sweetener in […]
In China, Playing Revolution on Twitter
Written by John Kennedy Have the Chinese caught the freedom flu, or is China’s Jasmine Revolution a bunch of amplified wishful thinking spread almost exclusively on Twitter? Why was everything posted on Twitter? Why is there no leadership? Numerous arrests have been made, computers and cellphones seized and, already, charges of state subversion have been […]
Romantic Ooty
Romantic Ooty. Ootacamund better known as Ooty is one of the most romantic hill stations of South India. It is also called Udhagamandalam by Tamil people. The name Ootacamund came from “Ottekalmunde” which means a Toda village. Ooty is situated in Nilgiri hills. It used to be called Blue Mountains by the local people. […]