Most Zimbabweans – about 70 per cent of the population – live in rural areas and are engaged in smallholder agriculture. These smallholder farmers, particularly in the country’s low rainfall areas, are extremely food insecure and have little or no access to new technology. They suffer from low incomes and a generally low standard of living, […]
Article 209 of Pakistan Constitution empowers President to take action against a judge
In clause five of article 209 of Pakistan Constitution it is mentioned that if on information received from the Council or any other source, the president is of the opinion that a judge of the Supreme Court or of a High Court ,- (a) may be incapable of properly performing the duties of his […]
An investigational antiepileptic drug with novel mechanism is safe and effective.
According to a study published in the April 10, 2007 issue of Neurology, an investigational drug with a novel mechanism of action is safe and effective. The new drug, retigabine, acts through a novel mechanism, different from the existing antiepileptic drugs. It acts by opening potassium channels. The drug has been tested in partial onset […]
Is Cutting the Male Appendage An AIDS Miracle?
Male circumcision (the cutting of the foreskin from the male penis) is increasingly gaining currency among medical researchers as an alternative method to reduce HIV-infection. But will this solution really work? Researchers say that if all men in sub-Saharan Africa — the worst HIV/AIDS affected region in the world — were circumcised over the […]
DNA test only way out for this rape accused
Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, India Apr 4—A rape accused demanding justice, a woman, who has just given birth to a child as a result of this heinous crime and the newly born infant, whose DNA test would be conducted in order to establish the paternity. All these persons are part of a sordid drama enacted […]
Half of Top Enterprise Open Source Projects Don’t Offer Enterprise Grade Support, OpenLogic Study
Research Also Shows Open Source Usage Skyrocketing in the Enterprise, Sharp Increase in Demand for Support and Policies BROOMFIELD, Colo. –February 7, 2007 –OpenLogic, Inc., a leading provider of software, stacks and support that enable enterprises to easily deploy and manage customized open source environments, today announced the […]