With lifestyle diseases on the rise, healthcare should be future focus: Ansari

September 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Saturday said that education reform is the need of the hour, as the teachers in the country are facing professional disempowerment. "We have a situation today in which teachers are politically empowered and professionally disempowered.

August 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - A key witness of the November 26, 2008 terror attack on Mumbai, in which more than 160 people lost their lives and more than 300 were injured, is being reported as missing. According to a television channel report, Nuruddin Mehboob Shaikh was called for questioning by Mumbai police, but when he did not turn up, he was declared missing.

August 26th, 2009 MUMBAI - Vice President Mohd Hamid Ansari has on Wednesday called on scientists to exercise utmost caution in the regulation of nuclear power in the ensuring public interest and safety. Addressing the graduation ceremony of the Baba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Training School in Trombay, "our experience in regulation of a hitherto closed sector thrown open to private corporate and foreign investment has been a mixed one." Ansari said in various areas such as telecom, petroleum and gas, electricity and infrastructure development, the public perception of regulatory oversight has been dented as a result of allegations of regulatory bias and conflict of interest in corporate conflicts.

June 23rd, 2009 VARANASI - The Banaras Hindu University in Uttar Pradesh has turned to ancient holy texts to find a cure for heart ailments. Approved and allotted by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the project has given a rise to number of 'astrology hospitals' in the holy city.

May 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday said nurses have a key role to play in achieving the national objective of providing primary healthcare to all. Speaking at the presentation of the National Florence Nightingale Awards for nursing personnel, she said, "To achieve the national objective of delivering primary healthcare to all, nurses must join in the efforts to take medical services to the doorsteps of the people in villages, remote and tribal areas including economically weaker sections in cities and towns." She said they could contribute to creating awareness about healthy practices, disease prevention, and provide vital maternal and child healthcare services to the community.

May 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vice President Hamid Ansari today left for South Africa where he will represent India at the inauguration ceremony of new South African President Jacob Zuma on May 9. Ansari, who is on a three-day visit to South Africa, will attend the inauguration of Zuma, whose African National Congress (ANC) swept the general elections in the country held on April 22.

May 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vice President Hamid Ansari will represent India at the inauguration ceremony of new South African President Jacob Zuma on May 9, reflecting the importance New Delhi attaches to its ties with South Africa. Ansari will pay a three-day visit to South Africa from Friday to attend the inauguration of Zuma, whose African National Congress (ANC) swept the general elections in the country held on April 22.

April 15th, 2009 SHIMLA - It was a trip down memory lane for Vice President Hamid Ansari, who visited his alma mater St. Edward's School in the Himachal Pradesh capital on Wednesday.

April 9th, 2009 KANPUR - Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate from Varanasi Mukhtar Ansari, who was lodged in Ghazipur jail in connection with the murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai, has been shifted to Kanpur jail as per the orders of Election Commission. Mukhtar was shifted under tight security early morning on Thursday.

April 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari will begin his three-day visit to Kuwait from today. During his visit, Ansari will hold talks with the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al Jaber Al Sabah on a wide range of issues.

April 6th, 2009 KUWAIT - Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari Monday called for greater cooperation between India and the Gulf countries to combat the 'international plague' of terrorism as he began his three-day visit to the oil-rich Gulf emirate. He also sought more Kuwaiti investment in India's infrastructure development.

April 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari today left on a three-day visit to Kuwait. During his visit, Ansari will hold talks with the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al Jaber Al Sabah on a wide range of issues.

April 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari is leaving on a three-day visit to Kuwait on Saturday. Strengthening cooperation in the energy sector will be focus of his discussions with Kuwaiti leaders.

March 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - More than two-third of working women in India suffer from lifestyle diseases, according to a survey conducted by an industry lobby on the eve of Women's Day Sunday. The study, released Saturday by the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Assocham), said 68 percent of working women surveyed in the age bracket of 21-52 years were found to be afflicted with lifestyle ailments such as obesity, depression, chronic backache, diabetes and hypertension.

January 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Indonesia Monday discussed the functioning of their parliaments when a 17-member delegation from the Southeast Asian nation called on Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Hamid Ansari.