Ramesh Said Bt Will Destroy Brinjal’s Ayurvedic Value,Experts Beg To Differ: Latest Updates About Ramesh Said Bt Will Destroy Brinjal’s Ayurvedic Value,Experts Beg To Differ:

One of the claims Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh made to justify his freeze on Bt brinjal was that the Bt gene would “destroy the medicinal properties of brinjal” which is used in several “traditional” forms of medicine.

This claim, too, is being contested by experts as Ramesh comes under increasing pressure from within his government — the Prime Minister has called a meeting after Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar warned against “ad hoc” decisions on GM food that could set the “clock back” and demoralise Indian scientists.

“I have also been informed that Indian systems of medicine, including ayurveda, siddha, homeopathy and unani, use brinjal as a medicinal ingredient both in raw and cooked form for treatment of respiratory diseases and that the entire brinjal plant is used in such preparations,” said Ramesh in his written statement while announcing the freeze.

A BEST Bus Hits Another In Malad,13 Injured:At least 13 people sustained minor injuries when a BEST bus dashed into another bus stationed at a bus stop in Malad on Monday morning.

All those injured were rushed to Bhagwati civic hospital, but were later released after basic first aid, informed the police.

According to witnesses, the incident happened at Bangur Nagar bus stop where the bus number 256 was stationed.

There were at least 50-60 passengers inside the bus at that time.

The witnesses added that, suddenly another BEST bus dashed into the one that was stationed.

“The driver of the bus number 205 lost his control , because of which he hit the one that was stationed,” said Sahil Khan, an eyewitness.

The witnesses added that a mob which gathered at the spot, tried to attack the bus driver of the bus number 205, but a police team which reached the spot, brought the situation under control.

Stay On Sukhna Scam General’s Court Martial:The Armed Forces Tribunal on Monday stayed court martial proceeding against retired military secretary Lt Gen Avadhesh Prakash in the Sukna land scam.

The court martial, ordered against Prakash after his indictment by a court of inquiry (COI), was to start on February 25 in Kolkata.

A two-member tribunal bench quashed the findings of the COI, which had indicted Prakash for using his official position to pressure the staff of the 33, Corps — based in Sukna, West Bengal — to facilitate the transfer of a plot of land to his family friend, Dilip Agarwal.

The Bench ordered a fresh CoI, to be completed within two months.

Observing that army rule was “violated” during the COI, the Bench said Prakash would get the chance to cross-examine the six witnesses who deposed against him. “It will be open to the petitioner to lead any evidence by calling witness or producing documentary evidence,” it said.

Latest Updates Lincoln Tunnel Traffic, Lincoln Tunnel Closed, Holland Tunnel, Moon And Stars,Scott Trade,New York City’s Lincoln Tunnel has reopened to traffic after a crew completed emergency repairs to a pothole on a road leading from the tunnel to the New Jersey Turnpike.

Emergency repairs in a bridge deck near exit 15E began around noon and were completed by about 6 p.m., said Joe Orlando, a spokesman for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Delays of up to a half hour are reported in Manhattan near the tunnel entrance by 1010 WINS News radio station.

Hawk Panther: latest news about updates in Hawk Panther ,hawkpanther, les singer, bloom box wikipedia, bloom energywikipedia, marianne baronin brandstetter, I see that a couple of posts have no comments on them and I kind of wondered why? I reasoned that I said nothing that anyone felt was worth commenting on, which is fair enough. Comments really inspire me to write more, so I thought about what to do? What I thought is that rather than just post pictures of my mechs, sans pretty much anything, I would add some comments and fluff, which will hopefully generate more comments.My favourite Battletech mechs come mostly from the anime show Fang of the Sun Dougram, known in Japan as Taiy? no Kiba Daguramu. This is one of three shows that FASA used the mechs from for their Battledroids game, which due to Lucas Films owning the word “droid” was renamed Battletech. The other two shows were Crusher Joe, known as Kurassh? J? where the Locust battlemech and Galleon light tank designs came from, and the series Super Dimensional Fortress Macross known in Japan as Ch? Jik? Y?sai Makurosu, which actually translates as Super Spacetime Fortress Macross, which is of course the show that was the basis for the TV series Robotech by Harmony Gold.

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Ruby Dee -Ruby Dee Quotes – The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within — strength, courage, dignity~ Ruby Dee

~There was so much meanness in the atmosphere, … but marvelous things pierce through the darkness of poverty and racism. You meet all kinds of people that help put life in perspective and turn the horror into some kind of lesson or avenue of awakening that lives with you all your days~ Ruby Dee

~We’ve got to start saying ‘No further. This must stop~ Ruby Dee

~The greatest gift is not being afraid to question~ Ruby Dee

~Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God’s desperate intent that we love each other. The music people . . . they give thanks for the gift and reflect the love~ Ruby Dee

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LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday decided to invoke the National Security Act (NSA) against offenders found engaged in dealing/trading in, or manufacturing fake drugs in the state. The extreme measure shall be resorted to in case of grave and extreme cases to rein in the drug mafia.

The decision by a high-level committee follows the Allahabad High Court rap for slackness in containing spurious drug racket and a two-month deadline to the government to set its house in order. The court’s warning comes at an opportune time when everything — from fake blood to fake life-saving antibiotics like Ciprofloxiciline, third generation of Cephalosporin and Carbpanem, substandard painkiller Voveron and insulin to a simple paracetamol tablet — find a ready and unsuspecting market.

ISLAMABAD : The state Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has issued a tender to import 50,000 tonnes of white sugar from global sources, the agency said on Saturday.

Bids from pre-qualified and non-prequalified foreign suppliers should be received by Feb. 20, and the bids would be opened the same day, the agency said in a notice published in newspapers.

HONG KONG: Most Asian stock markets fell Thursday as the dollar strengthened after the Federal Reserve signaled it would start undoing some of its emergency supports next year as the economic recovery gathers pace.

Major indexes were down by about 1 percent or less. The dollar gained ground against most currencies, sending the euro to its lowest point in months and weighing on commodity prices.

The Fed, while reiterating its pledge to keep interest rates near zero, noted improvements in the economy at the close of a two-day meeting Wednesday and detailed plans to begin removing a number of its extraordinary lending measures in 2010.

The news stirred speculation the central bank might increase interest rates sooner than expected, leading many investors to shift back into the greenback. America’s ultra-low borrowing costs have contributed to a weaker dollar this year, with traders selling it for higher-yielding assets like stocks, commodities and foreign currencies.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 stock average shed 13.61 points, or 0.1 percent, to 10,163.80, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slid 260.26 points, or 1.2 percent, to 21,351.48.

Elsewhere, Korea’s Kospi dropped 1 percent to 1,647.84, Taiwan’s market lost 0.1 percent and India’s Sensex was down 0.4 percent. Shanghai’s market tumbled 2.3 percent to 3,180.86.

Australia’s market bucked the trend, adding 0.2 percent.

Wednesday in the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average fell 10.88, or 0.1 percent, to 10,441.12, after rising as much as 58 points.

The broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 1.25, or 0.1 percent, 1,109.18. It is up 22.8 percent for the year. The Nasdaq composite index rose 5.86, or 0.3 percent, to 2,206.91.

U.S. futures retreated, suggesting a lower open on Wall Street Thursday.

The dollar, meanwhile, traded higher at 90.05 yen from 89.75 yen. The euro dropped over 0.8 percent to $1.4413 from $1.4534.

Oil prices fell in Asia, with benchmark crude for January delivery down 37 cents to $72.29. On Wednesday, the contract surged by $1.97.

LONDON : Oil prices fell Thursday on profit-taking, a day after rising sharply as official data revealed strengthening energy demand in the United States, the world’s biggest consumer, traders said.

Brent North Sea crude for delivery in February dropped 37 cents to 73.92 dollars a barrel in early London trading. The January contract had expired on Wednesday, priced at 73.55 dollars.

New York’s main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in January, slid 40 cents to 72.26 dollars a barrel on Thursday.

Oil prices had soared by 1.50 dollars on Wednesday following the latest snapshot of US energy inventories.

The US Department of Energy (DoE) said distillate stockpiles sank by a heavier-than-expected 2.9 million barrels last week, indicating a pick-up in heating fuel demand.

Data for distillates, which include heating oil, are being closely tracked amid the start of the northern hemisphere winter.