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Bishnu Pada Ray meetsDr. Harshavardhan, demandsenhancement of MBBS seats

Port Blair, July 15: In order toenhance the number of MBBSseats from the Central Poolquota for the benefits of theaspiring students of A&N Is-lands, the Member of Parlia-ment, Mr. Bishnu Pada Raymet the Minister of Health &Family Welfare, Dr.Harshavardhan, further theSecretary, MH & FW and theJoint Secretary Medical Edu-cation, Ministry of Health &Family Welfare recently.

A release issued byMP office today said that fol-lowing request from theMember of Parliament, Mr.Bishnu Pada Ray, allotmentof MBBS seats from the Cen-tral Pool to A&N Islands,was enhanced from 15 to 18in 2003 by the NDA Govt.lead by Mr. Atal BihariVajpayee and most of theMBBS seats were allotted in

the reputed colleges at main-land. Subsequently, duringthe UPA Govt, the allocationof MBBS seat was graduallydecreased from 18 to 15 in2012 and 13 seats in the yearof 2013.

Bhim Raj death case, LGdirects DHS to conduct Inquiry

Port Blair, July 15: On July 07,2014, Mr. Bhim Raj, a 38 yearold youth working in PortBlair Municipal Council haddied at Sisty Nagar due to al-leged negligence of Ambu-lance Drivers. The driver hadallegedly refused to extendany help to pick up the pa-

tient, which caused delay andsubsequently death of the pa-tient.

Now it has beenlearnt from DHS sources thattaking serious note of thenews the Lt. Governor hasdirected the DHS to conductan inquiry in this regard. Fornow, according to reports theDriver has been placed undersuspension. Further detailsare awaited.

Vikram AdityaSheekha News Service

Argument over fitnessof MV Chowra, leaves 239

passengers stranded

Port Blair, July 15: As manyas 239 passengers werestranded inside MV Chowratoday for more than 10 hoursbecause of dispute over fit-ness of the vessel among a fewcrew members of the vesseland officials.

According to reportsMV Chowra, a passenger ves-sel, owned by Shipping Ser-vices but managed by Ship-ping Corporation of India(SCI), was about to sail forNicobar District from HaddoPort at 8.00 AM today forwhich passengers hadboarded the ship by 7.00 AMbut just before sailing somecrew members raised objec-tions over fitness of the shipand refused to sail.

Sources confirmedthat the objections were raised

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by three crew members duringthe last minute survey byMMD Surveyor, who report-edly had already given greensignal for sailing by issuingCertificate ‘B’. The crew mem-bers who raised objections areDeck Sarang, Engine Sarangand the Carpenter of the ves-sel.

Following objectionsraised by these crew membersthe high and dry authority

called the IRS surveyor for fi-nal word, who also gavegreen signal for the sailingafter some repair works butstill crew refused to cooper-ate and said that it is danger-ous to sail with the ship inNicobar route.

According to re-ports, finally when MMDsurveyor re-inspected theship and issued the Certifi-

INS Kuthar suffers Propeller Damage: ANCPort Blair, July 15: TheAndaman Nicobar Com-mand today clarified that INSKuthar had suffered only Pro-peller Damage in Andaman.

In a text message thePRO of ANC, Col. HarmitSingh today said that on 28Jun INS Kutha,r as part of 8ship fleet from ENC visitingPort Blair damaged a propel-

ler while entering harbour inpoor visibility due to torren-tial rains. “Presently the Shipis enroute to Vizag postcompletion of mandatedtasks. Board of Inquiry hasrecorded statements of allconcerned. Matter is underinvestigation. Details will beavailable on completion ofinquiry,” Col Singh added.

Troubling Politicsawaits Lt. Governor

A K Singh at PuducherryPort Blair, July 15: Lt. Gover-nor, Lt. Gen (Retd.) A K Singhwho has till now provided atransparent Administration inAndaman may find it difficultto handle things atPuducherry, after assumingthe additional charge ofPuducherry.

Atleast the news re-garding the last press confer-ence of Virendra Kataria, whowas removed as Lt Governorof Puducherry suggests so.

Kataria today ac-cused the All India NR Con-gress (AINRC) government ofplundering public money andletting others also to plunderit.

On Friday last, thePresident asked Kataria tostep down on the advice of theBJP-led Central Government.The ruling AINRC inPuducherry was an electoralally of the BJP.

Kataria on Tuesdayaccused the Rangasamy gov-ernment of indulging in cor-

rupt practices and violating thelaw of the land, conventionalrules and regulations. “WhenI came, plundering (of publicmoney) was the order of theday. The mantra of the govern-ment was to plunder and letothers also to plunder. Theywanted me to be a part of it.The chief secretary (Chetan BSanghi) tried his level best (tomake him part of their net-work). I rebuked him,” saidKataria while speaking to re-porters at the Raj Nivas.

Kataria said he triedhis level best to establish a“fair and transparent” admin-istration and advise the gov-ernment to act according to thelaw, rules and regulations.“This did not suit them. Theyalso tried to lure me,” hepointed out.

He said bothRangasamy and Sanghi foundhim “very inconvenient totheir way of running the gov-ernment.” He pointed out that

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NEW DELHI: The row overthe meeting of journalist VedPratap Vaidik with 26/11 ter-ror mastermind Hafiz Saeedon Tuesday stalled Parliamentfor the second consecutiveday, with government statingit has nothing to do with it. Ittermed it as “diplomatic mis-adventure of a private indi-vidual”.

Lok Sabha and RajyaSabha saw disruptions assoon as the two houses metfor the day, with oppositionCongress seeking suspensionof Question Hour to getgovernment’s response overthe “serious” matter.

Both houses wereagain disrupted during theZero Hour with Congressmembers expressing concernover the meeting and enter-ing the well raising slogans.

Finance ministerArun Jaitley told Rajya Sabhathat the government has noth-ing to do with either the visitor the meeting between VedPratap Vaidik and Saeed. “Itis a diplomatic misadventureof a private individual,” hesaid. In Lok Sabha, externalaffairs minister SushmaSwaraj said government hasnothing to do with the jour-nalist meeting Hafiz Saeed inPakistan recently.

“Categorically andunequivocally, through yourmedium, I would like to statethat the government has noth-ing to do with Ved PratapVaidik’s trip to Pakistan or hismeeting Hafiz Saeed there,”Swaraj said in the Lok Sabha.

“Neither before go-ing to Pakistan nor afterreaching there did he (Vaidik)inform us that he is meetingSaeed... It was purely a pri-vate trip and a personal meet-ing. And here, to blame thathe went as someone’s emis-sary or that the governmentfacilitated the meet is untrue,baseless and unfortunate,”she added.

Jaitley said in theUpper House that the con-cerns of the leader of the op-position are also the concernsof the entire country.

“Yesterday, I clearlysaid in unambiguous termsthat government of India hasnothing to do with either hisvisit or his meeting with some-one whom we regard as a ter-rorist,” he said. “The personor his views has nothing to dowith either the government or

'Diplomatic misadventureof private man': Govton Vaidik-Saeed meet

my party,” Jaitley said leadingto uproar with slogan-shoutingCongress members stormingthe well.

As soon as the LokSabha assembled for the day,Congress members led byMallikarjun Kharge were ontheir feet demanding a replyfrom the government on thereported meeting of the jour-nalist with Saeed, one ofIndia’s most wanted terroristswho was also the mastermindof the 26/11 attack.

When SpeakerSumitra Mahajan declaredthat Question Hour will not besuspended, Congress mem-bers trooped into the wellshouting slogans like ‘Vaidik komat bachao’ (Don’t saveVaidik), ‘home minister jawabdo’ (home minister give reply),‘Hafiz ka sach batao’ (tell usthe truth on Hafiz affairs).

Amid uproar, Jammuand Kashmir People’s Demo-cratic Party membersMehbooba Mufti and TariqHameed Karra too came tothe well protesting against thekilling of “innocent” in Gazadue to the bombing by Israel.

They were carryingplacards that read ‘Gaza needsour voice’, ‘In solidarity withGaza’ and shouted slogans like‘Speak India Speak’.

Mahajan asked themembers not to disturb Ques-tion Hour and warned the PDPmembers not to show placardsas it was against the parlia-mentary rules.

Earlier, home ministerRajnath Singh and parliamen-tary affairs minister MVenkaiah Naidu said govern-ment would make a statementon the issue of journalist meet-ing Saeed only when the chairallowed. Suspension of Ques-tion Hour is not done. Ques-tion Hour is for all the mem-bers. If you do not want theQuestion Hour, drop it. I do nothave any objection. But do notmake it (disruption) a prece-dent,” she said.

Congress leaderKharge said they tried to raisethe issue on Monday at leasttwice but in vain as there wasno response from the govern-ment which forced them tostage protest on Tuesday.

Members of Leftparties too supported the PDPprotest against Israel’s bomb-ing in Gaza and stood in theaisle demanding a reply fromthe government.

PBMC sanctions Rs. 300 to workers forrescue operation during LEHAR CyclonePort Blair, July 15: The PortBlair Municipal council in itsmeeting held on 29.11.2013adopted a resolution to sanc-tion Rs. 300/- each as incen-tive to its workers who imme-diately swung into rescue op-eration following the devastat-ing cyclone “LEHAR” thatpassed the Island on25.11.2013 and caused damagein Port Blair.

Soon after the cy-clone, a combined operationswas put forth by the workersof the council in entire munici-

pal limit to make functionalmore than 10000 street lightsincluding Sodium Vapour andtube lights. The sanitary work-ers and workers of the worksection who also joined handswith the workers of variousother departments to removesmall and big uprooted / bro-ken trees to clear the blockedroad / street for the free flowof traffic and commuters apartfrom de-silting blocked drains.As a token of appreciation, anamount of Rs. 300/- each asincentive to 416 workers of the

council were sanctioned.Mr.K. Ganeshan, Chairperson,PBMC appreciated the work-ers of the council those whodid rescue work day and nightduring and post cyclone. TheChairperson thanked the Coun-cillors who co-ordinated withthe employees of the councilin rescue operation in their re-spective ward. The Chairper-son, PBMC also thanked theLt. Governor for extending allsort of assistance and guidanceto the Council in carrying outthe rescue works.

Students advised to attend counseling session of ANCOLPort Blair, July 15: In orderto fill up few vacant seats ofAndaman College in the sub-jects BA (English), BBA, BA(Economics), B.Sc. Psychol-ogy, BA Sociology and BPAMusic, extended counselingsession will be held on16.07.2014 at 11 a.m. on-wards for candidates in the

merit list who could not takeadmission on 14th and 15thand whose names are placedin waiting list are requestedto attend the extended coun-selling session in theAndaman College, Haddo.The admission will be madestrictly in order of merit liston first come first served ba-

sis and as per the availabilityof candidates and vacantseats at the time of counsel-ling.

No subsequentclaims for admission will beentertained from any candi-date who does not attend thecounselling session irrespec-tive of their merit.

the chief secretary had goneon to the extent of directinghim to vacate the Raj Nivas byJuly 13 claiming that theUnion home ministry had is-sued a directive to this effect.

“But when I con-tacted the home ministry, thehome secretary revealed thathe did not pass any instruc-tion directing me to leave of-fice by July 13 and it is thePuducherry chief secretary,who is concocting thesethings,” Kataria said.

Kataria said he re-ceived a communication fromthe chief secretary that theAndaman and Nicobar Is-lands Lt Governor would takeadditional charge ofPuducherry on July 19. Soon asecond communication saidthe Andaman and Nicobar Is-lands Lt Governor would as-sume charge on July 17.

“It (preponing) is be-cause of the pressure of thepresent government. Theydon’t want me to stay here andtalk to you for a minute. It’s allright. It’s part of the game. Iwill remain honest and up-

Troubling Politics...right throughout my life. Icame to politics from students’movement before Indepen-dence. I was in jail when I wasonly 14 years old. I was ex-pelled from school. I wasforced to leave my district. I didmy schooling at Lahore whereI was part of the freedom move-ment. I have that backgroundand training. I don’t fit into thepresent corrupt system, whichis prevalent. I am against it(corruption) whichever thegovernment may be. So I havebeen penalized for that. It’salright I don’t mind,” he said.

To a query on ap-proving an appeal against aPuducherry court order ac-quitting Kanchi seers and 22others in the Sankararamanmurder case, Kataria said itwas the decision ofPuducherry and Tamil Nadugovernments. He claimed thatthe Puducherry governmenthad misled him and sup-pressed important facts in thecase.

“They (the officials)never told me the case pertainsto Sankaracharya. Even if they

had told me I would have noother alternative as the decisionwas approved by the chief min-ister, chief secretary, law secre-tary and Tamil Nadu publicprosecutor and others. Whatoption I have got?”

He pointed out thatthe note submitted to him aboutthe case had no mention aboutSankaracharya. “I was told itis only a case where an ac-cused under Section 302 of theIPC has been acquitted and weare going for an appeal, whichis a normal thing. See, how theytrying to trap me. What optionI have after chief minister, chiefsecretary, law secretary and TNpublic prosecutor signs thefile? I have to give valid reasonif I differ,” he said.

Hope our Lt. Governorwill leave a mark inPuducherry UT also as he didin Andaman and Nicobar Is-lands towards ensuring totaltransparency but presence ofan assembly may bring somechallenges for him. However,Andaman Sheekha is sure thatour General will overcomethese challenges very easily.

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AGM of CCS held

Port Blair, July 15: The an-nual General Body meetingof the consumers Coopera-tive Stores was held on 13thJuly, 2014 at 10 am at KhaitanKalyan Mandapam,Junglighat.The meeting was presidedover by Mr. RV Reddy,Chairman CCS who wel-comed the participants andbriefed the efforts taken bythe present management forthe betterment of the society.

Dr KChandrasekhar, Secretarypresented the Annual Admin-istrative Report alongwithaudited accounts of the soci-

ety for the year 2012-13 andBudget for the year 2014-15.It was also informed to themembers that the society hasregistered good amount ofprofit during the year 2013-14 after a long span of 12years. In the said meeting ithas been decided to distrib-ute a gift item to the share-holders of the society.

Further the Generalbody has decided to increasethe limit for purchase rebatebeing extended to the mem-bers from Rs. 300/- to Rs.500/- per month. RP Singh,Vice Chairman has proposedvote of thanks.

High wind wave alertPort Blair, July 15: Highwaves in the range of 2.5 -3.0 meters are forecastedduring 17:30 hours on 15-07-2014 to 23:30 hours of 17-07-2014 along the west coast ofAndaman Islands betweenTen Degree Channel to CocoChannel. Current speed var-ies between 63 - 82 cm/sec.Fishermen are advised not toventure into the sea.

High waves in therange of 2.5 - 3.0 meters areforecasted during 17:30 hourson 15-07-2014 to 23:30 hoursof 17-07-2014 along the westcoast of Nicobar Islands be-tween Ten Degree Channelto Great Channel. Currentspeed varies between 71 - 78cm/sec. Fishermen are ad-

vised not to venture into thesea.

The general public isadvised to take precautionarymeasures and in case of anyemergency contact in the fol-lowing phone numbers ofState Control Room, DistrictControl Room and Emer-gency Operation Centres.

State Control Room:03192- 238880 (Tele-Fax),1077(Helpline). District Con-trol Room: 03192-238881,1070(Helpline). EOC(Campbell Bay): 03193-264020, EOC (Kamorta):03193-263222, EOC (N&M):03192-262960, EOC (HutBay): 03192-284014 andEOC (Car Nicobar): 03193-265241.

Kuldeep demands modernizationof Ambulance Service

Port Blair, July 15: The PCCPresident Kuldeep Rai Sharmahas requested the Lt Governorto consider modernize ambu-lance services for the conve-nience of the patients. In his let-ter appreciating the remarkablechanges brought by him in theseislands within one year of histaking over the charges of Ad-ministrator for the welfare of thegeneral public, Kuldeep has re-quested the Lt Governor tokindly consider introducingmodernize Ambulance servicesin these islands since at presentthe serious patients, expectantmothers old age persons etc

from Diglipur, Mayabuner,Rangat, Kadamtala, Baratang,South Andaman and other farflung villages are being broughtto GB Pant Hospital for imme-diate treatment, being referredby their respective PHC andCHC hospitals and they have tosuffer various trouble whileshifting them through presentambulances. But if the Admin-istrator considers modernize am-bulances for them as a welfaremeasure, the patients will gethandy services of ECG, com-fortable stretchers, air condition,firsts aids, low jerking etc withinthe Ambulance.

Theme Based Awarenessand Education Programme

Port Blair, July 15: As a partof 100 days agenda for griev-ance Nehru Yuva Kendra,Rangat organized one dayTheme based Awareness andEducation programme on 10/07/2014 at Community hall,Kausalyanagar in which 60youths for different place par-ticipated.

On the occasion Mr.Deepak Debnath, Sarpanch ofKausalyanagar gramPanchayat was the chief guestand he inaugurated theprogramme by lighting thelamp. Under the programmethe topics/lecture onvoluntarism, general healthproblems, skill development,women empowerment andenvironment was involved anddelivered by Mr. KrishnaSwamy, PGT,G o v t . S e r . S ec . S c h o o l ,Bakultala, Mr. ArvindaBiswas, MPHW (M) medicald e p a r t m e n tKausalyanagar,Smti S.SunithaKumari, Industry PromotionOfficer, Bakultala, Miss

Sabnam Majeed, ExtentionBlock development office,Rangat and Mr.Paddev,Assistant conservatorof Forest, Forest department,Rangat respectively.

On the other hand asa part of Vanmahotsav theyouths gathered at theprogramme planted 50 sap-lings around the playground ofGovt. Secondary School,Kausalyanagar. Before plant-ing of sapling Mr. Padmadev,Assistant Conservator of for-est, Forest Department,Rangat inaugurated theprogramme by planting of sap-

ling. On the occasion Mr. A.Joseph, Forest RangerBakultala, Mr. DeepakDebnath, Sarpanch, GramPanchayat, Kausalyanagarand Mr. Arun Kumar, CampOfficer, Forest department,Bakultala were also presentand planted saplings.

All the NationalYouth Corps and Staffs ofNehru Yuva Kendra, Rangatalso planted sapling at the site.At the end of the programmeMr. Alphonce Toppo, DistrictYouth Coordinator, NehruYuva Kendra, Rangat pro-posed vote of thanks to all.

86th ICAR Foundation Day by CIARIPort Blair, July 15: IndianCouncil of Agricultural Re-search (ICAR) is one of thebiggest Network of Agricul-tural Research System(NARS) in the world and ishaving more than 100 Insti-tutes under its domain.

The ICAR hasplayed a pioneering role inushering Green Revolutionand subsequent develop-ments in agriculture in Indiathrough its research andtechnology development thathas enabled the country toincrease the production offood grains by 4 times, hor-ticultural crops by 6 times,

fish (marine 5 times and in-land 17 times), milk 6 times,and eggs 27 times since1950-51, thus making a vis-ible impact on the nationalfood and nutritional security.

It has played a ma-jor role in promoting excel-lence in higher education inagriculture. It is also engagedin cutting edge areas of sci-ence and technology devel-opment and its scientists areinternationally acknowl-edged in their fields.

As part of the IndianCouncil of Agricultural Re-search (ICAR), Central Is-land Agricultural Research

Institute (CIARI), Port Blairwill be celebrating the 86thFoundation Day on 16thJuly, 2014 at its GaracharmaResearch complex, whichwill be the attended by thescientific communities, stu-dents and progressive farm-ers.

Mr. Anand Prakash,IAS, Chief Secretary, A & NAdministration will be Chiefguest, Mr. Onit Panyang,IAS, Secretary(Agriculture,Animal Husbandry & Fisher-ies), will be the guest ofhonour and Dr. S. Dam Roy,Director, CIARI will presideover the function.


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EDITORIAL.....

Govt. says no proposal to repeal Article 370Union Minister of State for Home KirenRijiju informed the Lok Sabha on Tues-day that the NDA Government has noproposal to repeal Article 370 of the Con-stitution that grants special status toJammu and Kashmir.

"No" was the reply of Rijiju to awritten question by TMC memberSaugata Roy on whether the governmenthas any proposal to repeal Article 370.Im-mediately after NDA came to power atthe Centre, Minister of State in the PrimeMinister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singhhad said that the government was open

to debate on merits and demerits of Ar-ticle 370 and would make efforts to"convince" the "unconvinced" by hold-ing contact programmes with everysection of the society in Jammu andKashmir. Singh, who was elected fromUdhampur Lok Sabha seat in Jammuand Kashmir, had said BJP was work-ing "very professionally" on this issueand has been calling meetings in theKashmir Valley."We have succeeded inconvincing some of them (on the issueof repealing the provision)," Singh hadsaid then.

Gulf dreams, Indian nightmaresOn July 4, the extremist group Is-lamic State of Iraq and Syria released46 Indian nurses they held captivefor over a fortnight in Iraq. This endedthe ordeal of Indian nurses fromKerala, but added another woefulchapter to the history of Indian mi-grant workers in the Middle East. Itis a matter of speculation if theMiddle East dream is officially anIndian nightmare.

The fate of our nurses heldthe imagination because they foundthemselves in a setting vitiated overpolitical control of northern Iraq.And therein lay the rub: once again,the Indian worker in the Middle Eastcame into the limelight only becauseof something else — a hostage situ-ation.

Indian authorities and thepublic need no further evidence ofhow below the radar we have keptthe human rights matters of Indiansin the Gulf. Indeed, if you took thedetention of our nurses away thestory of our workers in the MiddleEast may well have escaped our at-tention. Like ants, our workers havebeen industrious in the nation-build-ing process of Middle East countries.Like ants, they have been easilycrushed.It is odd. Indian migrantworkers in the Middle East outnum-ber those in the US and UK. SaudiArabia, UAE, Bahrain, Oman,Qatar and Kuwait count more Indi-ans working there than people ofIndian origin in the US or the UK.

Yet, the perspective Indianauthorities have differs markedly infavour of those residing in the West.When an Indian woman living in Ire-land is denied an abortion and dies,it gains un-relenting public attentionin India. Indeed, it even instigates achange in the law over abortion inIreland. By contrast the horrors In-

dian masons, plumbers, pipe-fitters,au pairs and construction sites per-sonnel confront in the Middle East,elicits perhaps a sigh. This is strangefor a country with major interests inthe region.

A cable released byWikiLeaks in 2011 captured this in-difference and revealed how Ameri-can diplomats viewed India’spolicymaking towards the MiddleEast. “While India had major inter-ests in the Middle East (energy,trade, expatriate workers and reli-gious ties), it has historically hadlacklustre relations in the area,” of-ficials said.

This lackadaisical approachis bothersome. Macro-levellacklustre policymaking makes foragonising micro-level experiences.Indian workers in the Middle Easthave endured Kafkaesque trials.Consider a few.

In 2009, Habib Hussain, aman from a village outsideMoradabad in UP escaped in thetoilet of a plane from Saudi Arabiato India. Six months earlier, Hussainhad sold his land to an ‘agent’ in hisvillage and was promised a job inSaudi Arabia. In return, he was keptunder house arrest in a room at theairports in Jeddah and Medina formonths. He cleaned toilets and wasfed two meals a day and was neverpaid a salary. Till Indian authoritiesdon’t put the lives of our migrantworkers in the Middle East on thetop of the agenda, what happenedin Iraq will continue in differentforms. Indian workers will continueto suffer even as they help in thenational construction of other coun-tries and the econo-mic consolida-tion of their own country. Really, canIndia take a leaf out of the Filipinobook?

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Cause of mysterious foodallergy discovered: It is genes

Cause of mysterious food al-lergy has finally been discov-ered. Experts say it is genesthat is to be blamed.

A new study claimedto have found the reason be-hind an inexplicable food al-lergy and claimed to have anew therapy that can cure it.

Eosinophillic esoph-agitis (EoE), a chronic inflam-matory disorder of theesophagus which is promptedby allergic hypersensitivity tosome foods and an over-ac-cretion in the esophagus ofwhite blood cells called eosi-nophils. EoE is responsiblefor various gastrointestinal ill-ness including reflux-likesymptoms, vomiting, difficultyswallowing, tissue scarring,fibrosis, the formation of stric-tures and other medical prob-lems.

Scientists at the Cin-cinnati Children’s HospitalMedical Center found that amolecular pathway explicit toepithelial tissue in the esopha-gus linking a gene calledCAPN14, which becomesconsiderably up-regulated in

the disease progression. Re-searchers claimed that whenthe epithelial cells were ex-posed to Interleukin 13 (IL-13), an immune hormone anda prominent molecular activa-tor of EoE, it led remarkableup-regulation of CAPN14.The scientists illustrated thisas an epigenetic hotspot forEoE on the cells’ chromo-somes.

“In a nutshell, wehave used cutting edge ge-nomic analysis of patientDNA as well as gene andprotein analysis to explainwhy people develop EoE,”explained Marc E.Rothenberg, MD, senior in-vestigator on the study anddirector of the Center for Eosi-nophilic Disorders at Cincin-nati Children’s. “This is a ma-jor breakthrough for this con-dition and gives us a new wayto develop therapeutic strate-gies by modifying the expres-sion of caplain14 and its ac-tivity. Our results are immedi-ately applicable to EoE andhave broad implications forunderstanding eosinophilic dis-

orders as well as allergies ingeneral.”

CAPN14 encodes anenzyme in the esophaguswhich is an element of the dis-ease process called calpain14.As this calpain14 can be regu-lated by drugs, scientists arelooking forward to new thera-peutic strategies in finding newtreatment for this disorder.

“The current studylinks allergic responses medi-ated through IL-13 with anesophageal specific pathway,and answers a long-standingquestion in the allergy field ofwhy people develop tissue spe-cific disease manifestations,”Rothenberg said. “We haveuncovered that this can beexplained by the interplay ofgenetic susceptibility elementsin allergic sensitization path-ways with the newly discov-ered esophageal specific path-way. Thus, two steps are nec-essary, one dictated by allergyand one dictated by calpain14in the esophagus.”The detailsof the study have been pub-lished in the journal NatureGenetics.


Disaster Warning Sirens installedPort Blair, July 15: It is broughtto the notice of the generalpublic that Disaster WarningSirens has been installed in thepremises of Secretariat,DBRAIT,DSS Marine,Chatham Saw Mill (ForestDept),Police Station Aber-deen, Police StationPahargaon, Police StationChatham, JNRM College,Port Blair, Fish Landing Cen-tre, Junglighat, IOC, ForestGuest House Carbyns Cove,Police Station Bamboo flat,Police Station Ograbraj, Po-lice Station Chouldari, PoliceStation Humfrigunj,O.P.Wimberlygunj, O.P.Ferrargunj, Police Booth Hatitaapu, OP Tirur, Tirur JarawaProtection Post, OP

Radhanagar, Rajiv GandhiAquaculture, Kodiyaghat,Police Station Neil, Police Sta-tion Havelock, Nimbutala,Rangat, OP 19Km R.K.Pur,L/Andaman, Fire Station, HutBay (L/Andaman), EOC CarNicobar, Teressa- A.E.OfficeAPWD, Chowra- JE Office,APWD, Katchal- A.E. OfficeAPWD, EOC Kamorta andEOC Campbell Bay. The si-rens have been installed toalert the general public duringany Disaster which is blownat high pitch/volume.

The siren will betested on 3rd and 18th of ev-ery month at 1000 Hrs. dur-ing the test; the siren will beblown for two successiveblast for 30 seconds. Siren of

Electronic Display Board in-stalled at Police ControlRoom, State Control Room,Junglighat (Fisheries Dept.),Met Office. MRCC, JOC,INS Jarawa at Port Blair.Fisheries Dept. at Rangat,EOC at Mayabunder,MRCC at Diglipur, FisheriesDept. at Hut Bay, EOC atKamorta, EOC at CarNicobar, and MRCC &EOC at Campbell Bay willalso be blown in a similarmanner at 1000 Hrs.

Therefore, thegeneral public is hereby in-formed not to panic during thetest of siren and requested toremain calm during test blastof siren on the date and timespecified above.

Seva Niketan paystribute to Gunner Dilli Rao

Port Blair, July 15: SevaNiketan paid tributes to Gun-ner Dilli Rao of 51 Field Regi-ment ( Artillery), who laiddown his life fighting insur-gents in Assam on 13th July2002. At a function held onSunday the 13th July, whichwas attened by the inmatesof Seva Niketan, parents ofthe brave son, relatives paidfloral tributes to martyr at

Dairy Farm Junction. Mr.Eshwar Rao, Ex- Councillor,PBMC also paid floral trib-utes to Dilli Rao. The inmatesof Seva Niketan presented apatriotic song on this occa-sion. Gunner Dilli Rao was astudent of Govt. Sec, SchoolDairy Farm. Mr. A.Chakraborthy briefed aboutthe life of Dilli Rao to the in-mates and general public.

cate ‘B’ for the second time inthe day, the crew membershad no other option than al-lowing the vessel to sail at 5.00PM with all passengers.

By that time passen-gers had gone through hellinside the ship. Passengerswho were waiting sincemorning for the ship to saildid not even get proper food.

“Without announce-ment they issued token forlunch and 75 percent of pas-sengers did not get food in theafternoon. Later when we pro-tested they gave us foodnearly at 4.00 pm,” a passen-ger said.

Lot of passengerscame out of ship at around3.30 pm and protested againstsuch delay in sailing. Nearly15 people went back to homeand did not sail today in MVChowra.

Though it is goodthat crew members raisedquestions over condition ofthe sick ship but the timingfor raising such objections

raise many questions andlead to inconvenience of pas-sengers.

“Even if there is somesafety issues the crew mem-bers must have complainedvia proper channel or inti-mate earlier. The ship was onport since last two days andin these two days no onepointed out about the prob-lems,” said a source.

Internal sources toldAndaman Sheekha that manycrew members are unwillingto sail for Nicobar District asthat sailing takes eight longdays to continue. It is afternearly one month MVChowra was sent to NicobarDistrict following heavy de-mand from business commu-nity of Campbell Bay for thevessels because of its cargocapacity.

“Perhaps the crewmembers thought by raisingobjections at the last momentthey will be able to cancel thissailing, which did not hap-pen,” sources added.

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DATE - 15-07-2014

Govt considers toamend SC/ST Act

The Centre is considering toamend the Scheduled Castesand Scheduled Tribes (Pre-vention of Atrocities) Actand expand its presumptionssuch as punishment for ne-glect of duties by public ser-vants not belonging to SCsand STs, the Lok Sabha wastold today.

In a reply, Ministerof State for Social Justiceand EmpowermentSudharshan Bhagat said,based on the consultationprocess with all the stake-holders, amendments in thePrevention of Atrocities(PoA) have been consid-ered.

"Amendments toChapter II (Offences ofAtrocities) to include newdefinitions, to rephrase cer-tain existing sections and ex-pand the scope of presump-tions. This includes substitu-tion of Section 4 of the PoAAct, which relates to punish-ment for neglect of duties by

public servants not belong-ing to Scheduled Castes andScheduled Tribes as well astheir duties," he added.

Stating that the ob-jective of the proposedamendments in the PoA Actis to deliver greater justice toSCs and STs, Bhagat said,it would be an enhanced de-terrent to the offenders.

The ScheduledCastes and ScheduledTribes (Prevention of Atroci-ties) Bill, 2013, containingthe aforesaid amendments inthe PoA was introduced inthe Lok Sabha in 2013.However, it was not taken upby the house for consider-ation and passing.

The President pro-mulgated an ordinance in thematter on March 4 this year.

The Government onJuly 7 has approved intro-duction of the ScheduledCastes and ScheduledTribes (Prevention of Atroci-ties) Bill, 2014 in Parliament.

DBRAIT to engage guestlecturers & part time instructors

Port Blair, July 15: Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Institute of Tech-nology (DBRAIT)Pahargaon here will be en-gaging guest lecturers andpart time instructors for Di-ploma programmes for theodd semester during the ses-sion 2014-15.

The guest lecturerswill be engaged for disciplinesviz. Mathematics, Chemistry,Computer, Hotel Manage-

ment and Mechanical. Thepart time instructors will beengaged for CO/IT and Ho-tel Management.

The interested candi-dates may submit their re-sume along with necessarydocuments in person to theAcademic Cell, DBRAIT byJuly 18, 2014.

Selected candidatesshall be eligible for an amountof Rs.250/- per hour for guest

lecturers and Rs.150/- perhours for part time instructorsnot exceeding Rs.10000/- permonth. Selection will be madebased on the performance ofthe candidates in the democlasses to be conducted onJuly 19, 2014.

Topic for the democlasses can be availed fromthe Academic Cell on allworking days from July 17onwards a release said.

Campus recruitmentfor BRAIT passed outs

Port Blair, July 15: FaureciaEmission Control Technolo-gies India Pvt. Ltd. & MandoAutomotive India Limited,both based in Chennai wouldlike to recruit Electrical, Elec-tronics & Communication

and Mechanical EngineeringDiploma holders for theirunits.

Students passed outin the year 2012 and 2013from BRAIT in the abovementioned stream are

hereby informed to contactthe Training & PlacementCell on July 17, 2014 by 2.30pm with their resumes (bothhard & soft copy along withrecent photograph) a releaseadded.

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