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DIALING IN: Indian telecommunications entrepreneur Minesh Patel has launched ‘Simple Card’ — an international pre-paid calling card — in London with a projected annual turnover of 50 million pounds. It is believed that this could revolutionise the market within the UK.

HERBAL DOCS: Haryana will introduce post-graduate courses in ayurvedic medicines as part of its plan to promote indigenous medical science in the State.

BEGGING OUT: The Municipal Corporation of Jaipur has launched a drive against its beggars to stop them from harassing tourists. At least 10,000 beggars throng tourist attractions in Jaipur.

HOOKED WITH A SONG: Amitabh Bac-hchan has released a ‘‘motivational song’’sung by Vinod Rathore for the Indian hockey team in the Olympics. The project by Today’s Pens will gift the te-am Rs 1 crore if it wins the gold medal.

DEATH CITY: An average of five persons die everyday in road accidents in Delhi alone.

POLIO JOLT: Despite the extensive polio eradication programme in Uttar Pradesh, over three lakh children in the State are yet to have their
polio drops. Forty two per cent of the total number of polio cases in the country are from UP.

COWED: Doctors in Britain believe that a baby has been born with the human form of the deadly Mad Cow disease.

BLACK RIVER: About 1,393 million litres of untreated sewage is dumped into the Yamuna everyday through 19 major drains of Delhi.

-- RADHIKA K. WANKANER

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