The Pain of Watching Someone Helplessly Die in Live Coverage…

August 24th, 2005 A human fetus is unlikely to feel pain before the third trimester, when consciousness begins to form, researchers from UCSF said on Tuesday in a report that could fuel debate over proposed U.S. abortion legislation.

April 7th, 2005 for those afflicted with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (DPN), Missouri Southern Healthcare has a new therapy program that has shown great strides in returning circulation to feet, lowering the pain and frequency of falls that most people with diabetes suffer. The therapy must be given in 40-minute increments three times a week for 10 to 20 weeks.

April 18th, 2004 I have started working on creating an Object database supported by RDBMS on backend. No it is not an ORM layer.

February 2nd, 2004 Much has been said about Sister Teresa (Mother Teresa to many) and her work in Calcutta (now Kolkata). The reality as we perceive from Calcutta is much different.

July 2nd, 2005 We have forked of our coverage of Stem Cell Research news and views in our recently launched The Stem Cell Blog. You will find it much more active than it was under the folds of multi-faceted Simple Thoughts Blog.

September 21st, 2007 Some raw unfiltered opinions on India today: On cricket: 1. 20/20 cricket is a joke.

January 24th, 2008 Avian Flu has affected over half of West Bengal, India. It has even been detected 40 km (kilometers) away from where I live (Kolkata).

July 18th, 2009 Arrival of high speed broadband USB modems has refashioned the way people access and used Internet. You can just plug and play with USB modems on the go.

March 2nd, 2006 Inocom (MedBridge division) designed Multilingual Medical Receptionist software had a test run in Saint John Hospital, Canada on Tuesday, where the program translated health terminology into Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Portugese, French, Russian and other languages. Health workers can ask patients questions in different languages through the computer software, which also allows the patients to see the words on the screen in their own language on screen.

August 12th, 2007 I recently started exploring a rather alarming phenomenon, which was there all along but has very recently been highlighted to me. Let's say a person has been attacked by members of a particular community.

July 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil on Saturday presented the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development to Microsoft founder Bill Gates for his charity work. Gates received the prize on behalf of his 38 billion dollars Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

April 16th, 2006 The most annoying thing about web these days is the prevalence of Macromedia Flash based eye candies and advertisement. Not only they are an irritating visual distraction (in most cases), they also consume way too much CPU.

August 15th, 2007 I wish all Indians, in India and abroad, a happy Independence day on its 60th anniversary. I hope it heralds the beginning of ongoing prosperity and happiness for the whole country.

January 6th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Following is the transcript of a recorded video message by Satyam Computer Services interim CEO Ram Mynampati: 'I am shocked and distressed by the disclosures coming from the organization. I can certainly understand and empathize with the pain that every one of you would be going through based on the events of today.

November 4th, 2008 TRAI* (Telecom regulatory body) report on growth of telecom in India for September reveals some startling facts about Mobile growth and penetration in India. Highlights are as follows: Second time India added 1 Cr mobile consumers in September.