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Saturday
A 3 year old boy died in Spain after his mother left him in the back of  a car for five hours in sweltering temperatures , she forgot to drop the boy off at Nursery on her way to office.

Playback singer S.Janaki escapes miraculously when her car capsized near Erode after fatally hitting a 46 year old man on a two wheeler.

The world’s oldest man and one of the last surviving world war I veteran Henry Allingham dies at the age of 113 at St.Dunstan’s care home, Brighton.

A man in North Carolina calls 911 before robbing a bank. He insisted that he should be arrested. The man has quit his job and given all his possessions to a roommate before going to the bank.

Zhoo Ping a Chinese from Jilin set to enter the Guinness World Records after making a wedding dress as long as 1579 meters for his lady love.

Sunday
A one foot tall two foot wide, 151, pound cupcake made in Minneapolis Mall of America has been certified as the Worlds longest Cupcake.

Terry a snail was declared the world’s fastest of its kind, slithering to victory in an annual snail race in Eastern London, taking 2 minutes 49 seconds to cover 33 centimeters.

76 year old Traffic Ramasamy evicts 100 pavements shops in T.Nagar on his own. He filed over 120 petitions to the corporation to clear the pavements which proved futile, hence he got into action.

A researcher at the Royal London Hospital says that a dose of baking powder or Sodium Bi-carbonate used in baking cleaning acid indigestion slows a decline of the kidney function.

A Florida dentist is being sued for allegedly dropping tools down the throat of a 90 year old patient who had to undergo several medical procedures to remove tools, but he never fully recovered and died one year after the incident.

Monday
A British man and a Spanish woman have finally got married 16 years after they drifted apart. Reunited by a love letter lost behind a fire place and it was found when the builders were removing the fireplace during renovation.

A new study by Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research says that intelligence starts before birth and kids who have healthy growth in the wombs also have higher memory and literary skills in early primary school.

A 23 year old destitute and distressed mother from Chennai offered to sell her 3 year old son in the streets of Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh has been put up at a Swadha Shelter Home.

Five Andhra Pradesh students represented India in the week long 40th International Physics Olympaid at Mexico bagged 4 gold and one silver medal and established that they are also some of the best physics students in the world.

11 year old Michael Lagravere has become the youngest Franco Mexican bull fighter performing the show recently.

Thuesday

Aung San Suu Kyi the pro democracy leader and noble laureate has been felicitated with Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation by the South African based Mahatma Gandhi Foundation.

Anthony Lesley an amateur astronomer in Australia finds giant hole size of the Earth in the gaseous atmosphere of the planet Jupiter, Confirm Nasa Officials.

A new study published in the latest edition of the developmental Psychology Journal says that babies as young as six months can understand dogs.

An Islamic Court in Malaysia has sentenced a part time model Muslim women to six lashes with a rattan cane and a fine of 1400 dollars for having a beer in a night club.

A giant chocolate soaked sponge cake half the size of a car was unveiled in North Australia in a world record breaking attempt. The 1.3 tonne Australian specialty cake known as a Lamington took 3 days to bake.

Wednesday
The Desy Research Institute says the most intensive and brightest X - Ray beam of this world has been generated inside a 2300 meter circular tunnel under the German city of Hamburg.

U.S and Canadian Universities have decided to build the worlds largest telescope worth 1.2 billion dollars in Hawaii which will allow scientist to see some 13 billion light years away.

20 year old Rachel Christie has been crowned the first black miss England in the competitions history.

A meteorite that was found in the middle of a corn field in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande Do Sul has been sent along with Brazilian researchers to Canada for chemistry study.

A married couple and an 18 year old boy friend of the baby’s mother have been accused of letting rats bite a 6 week old girl and chew off her toes at their cluttered Ohio mobile home.

Thursday
Researcher from the Anthropology survey of India says that the Aborigines of Australia are of Indian origin. A group of hunter gatherers may have reached Australia 50000 years ago via South East Asia.

Australian Police arrested a postal worker in South Wales state for keeping more than 50,000 letters in his home without delivering them.

A 28 year old women in Ecuador is auctioning her virginity on the internet to raise money for vital treatment for her mother. Up to now she has received bids topping 2 million sterling pounds.

A 48 year old woman declared dead at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital sprang back to life when the body was about to be lowered into a grave at Salem.

A cobra snake spotted near the desk of the Chief Minister Naveen Patnayak early in the morning stalled the proceedings of the Orissa Assembly . A joint search operation is on but the snake is yet to be found.

Friday
Tanya Angus of London is 6’ 6’’ tall weighs 220 kgs and still grows. She gained 10 inches in 12 years as a result of a rare growth.

Henry Makra, Director of a Research group of the Blue Brain project says that an artificial human brain could be built within a decade. He has already created a fully functional rat brain.

45 year old Barry Shell, a Canadian who won a 44.4 million dollar lottery was arrested no sooner he pocketed the lottery cheque because he had an arrest warrant against him since 2003.

A dalit woman ,her son and friend were allegedly abused and beaten up by some upper caste men in a village near Patna for listing to popular songs on a mobile phone.

A drunken driver who killed 4 people while fleeing a car accident has become the first driver in China to be sentenced to death for endangering public safety.

The Egmore Rail Over bridge side wall and pedestrian pavement which was in a broken and damaged condition for a long time is finally getting renovated by the civic authority. A new side wall and slabs for pedestrian footpath is getting ready. The renovation work is in progress and is expected to be completed within a weeks time. The Egmore bridge is a important linking Gandhi Irwin Road and the Poonamallee High Road.

The photograph taken shows Thiru T.M. Anbarasan, Hon’ble Minister for Labour, Government of Tamil Nadu distributing Rs.6000 to 82 women under the Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy Maternity Benefit Scheme in the presence of Mr. A.Duraivelu, Chairman of Alandur Municipality. The Vice-Chairman-N.Chandran, Engineer- N.Mahesan, Municipality Commissioner- N.Manoharan, Town DMK Secretary- P.Guna and all the Alandur Municipality Councillors were present on the occasion and participated in the function.

Nandini Voice For the Deprived, a Chennai based NGO is providing scholarship to the poor school students in Tamil Nadu studying in Govt owned and Aided schools to the best of its capability.
According to N.S.Venkata raman, Trustee of Nandini Voice for the Deprived states that the that Government owned and Government aided schools are collecting fees under various pretext like parent teacher association, fees for notebooks, building fund etc. from the students, which are unauthorized and against the rules and regulations of the government.

The worst affected are the poor families, desiring to see their children adequately educated, are driven from pillar to post to find money to pay to the school authorities and often go into debts at exorbitant interest. N.S.Venkataraman told Chennai Plus reporter that the Government owned and Government aided schools, collecting such money from students are doing great disservice to the cause of education of the poor school students. “This is a tragic condition that the only hope for poor families to improve themselves by adequately educating the children is being defeated”, he adds.
Let the Govt of Tamil Nadu to look into this problem of poor students and ensure that the Govt owned and aided schools would not collect money from the students.

Nandini Voice for the Deprived is at No-M 60/1, 4th Cross Street,
Besant Nagar,Chennai-600090. For details contact 24916037.

The railway track compound wall between Kodambakkam and Mambalam railway stations is in danger of collapsing on both sides: on the one side due to encroachments of slums at Mambalam High Road and on the other because of the many openings made in the compound wall. A part of the compound wall collapsed on Subramaniyan Nagar main road, near Chakrapani street junction. People trespassing, crossing and soiling the track, are also a nuisance to the Kodambakkam area residents. Will the Southern Railway look into the above grievances and do the necessary?

In order to strengthen the security system at Chennai Central Suburban Railway Station platforms, the Southern Railway authorities have installed closed circuit television cameras ( CCTV’s) have been installed at strategic points to monitor the public movements and to prevent untoward incidents. The Minister of State for Railways E.Ahamed stated that the CCTV’s were installed at a cost of 5 Crore. The Minister also stated that Biometric Identification Technology System would be introduced in suburban trains instead of the conventional methods of using keys.

Bronchial asthma is a lung disorder characterized by periodic attacks of wheezing alternating with periods of relatively normal breathing. Bronchial asthma is usually intrinsic (no cause can be demonstrated), but is occasionally caused by a specific allergy (such as allergy to mold, dander, dust).

Symptoms can occur spontaneously or can be triggered by respiratory infections, exercise, cold air, tobacco smoke or other pollutants, stress or anxiety, or by food allergies or drug allergies.  The muscles of the bronchial tree become tight and the lining of the air passages become swollen, reducing airflow and producing the wheezing sound.  Mucus production is increased.
Typically, the individual usually breathes relatively normally, and will have periodic attacks of wheezing. Asthma attacks can last minutes to days and can become dangerous if the airflow becomes severely restricted.

Prevention  : Decrease or control exposure to known allergens by staying away cigarette smoke, removing animals from bedrooms or entire houses, and avoiding foods that cause symptoms.  Allergy desensitization is rarely successful in reducing symptoms.

Symptoms are wheezing, usually begins suddenly, composed of a sequence of attacks (episodic) ,may be worse at night or in early morning, increased by exposure to cold air ,increased by exercise, resolves spontaneously, good relief from bronchodilators (drugs that open the airways), rales, cough with sputum (phlegm) production containing mucus (mucoid sputum), cough increasing recently , shortness of breath aggravated by exercise, shortness of breath occurs only when wheezing, breathing requires increased work, intercostals retractions

In homoeopathy medicine like ars alb, Nat sulp, Ipecac, Blatta, Spongia, Kali carb, Mephitis, Carbo veg  are used for the treatment. The proper analysis of the case with the qualified homoeopathic physician will give the better results.

For further details, contact:

Dr. R. Vijay Anand
Asst.Prof,
Sri Sai Ram Homoeopathic
Medical College.
Vijay Homoeo Clinic, Dharma Towers New No 88
Nelson Manickam Road, Choolaimedu, Chennai – 94
Mobile : 94441 08041

The photograph take shows the newly developed and created road side public park at Conran Smith Road, Egmore , opposite the CMDA Building. The Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday, 24th July 2009 had inaugurated 38 public parks which were constructed at a cost of 9.5 crore in various parts of Chennai city located at K.K.Nagar, Anna Nagar, Villivakkam, Royapuram, Chepauk, Koyambedu, Saligramam, Pudupet, Saidapet Taluk Office road Thiruvanmiyur, Poonamallee High Road near Ega signal etc. According to official sources the Chennai Corporation maintains about 270 public parks, 400 road side parks and 170 traffic islands.

The new plan to clean the city Coovum river water is getting ready. The Chennai City River Conservation Project which had center’s assistance of Rs 720 crores during the year 2000 became unworthy even though the work entrusted to government agencies like Chennai Corporation, PWD, CMWSSB and the TamilNadu Pollution Control Board etc. According to K Ramadoss, President, North Chennai District Exnora said that the concept on Singara water ways besides the total eviction of slum dwellers and promote afforestation on the river banks Chennai will remain a dream until the interception of sewage flow into different city canals is stopped. Mr. Ramadoss further stated that the neglected city waterways needs to be desilted and cleaned by the civic authorities before the monsoon season begins to avoid flooding of low lying areas.

Tambaram Community Development Society - TCDS, is a voluntary organization based in Vandalur, had recently organized a School kits distribution  programme  at Somangalam High school near to Kundrathur . Around 520 Dalit children from 11 villages received school bags and note books freely. The Centre for the church and global AIDS sponsored for this programme. Ms. Julie White the representative of this organization distributed all the gifts to the poor and needy children. The aim of the programme is to reduce the dropout from these villages and encourage the children to go school. The parents and the children were happy about these gifts. A.Dhanaraj, Director of TCDS told Chennai Plus reporter that the Tambaram Community Development Society, is a non profit and non Governmental organization which provides self dignity, self reliance and relief to the poor and disadvantages communities through its various empowerment and upliftment programmes. Since its inception in 1985, Tambaram Community Development Society has been implementing various Integrated Human Development programmes for the marginalized society like Dalits, Tribal folk and the backward communities.  Those who are interested in supporting the activities of TCDS are welcome. For further information contact TCD Society at No-1/ 556, Thiruvalluvar Street, Muthamizh Nagar, Vandalur, Chennai-48. For details contact A.Dhanaraj, Director of Tambaram Community Development Society on 22397785.