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U.S. firms probe Taiwan supplier after suicides TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Apple , Hewlett-Packard and Dell said Wednesday that they’re investigating working conditions at Taiwan’s Hon Hai Group after a mounting number of suicides at their contract manufacturer. Apple is “saddened and upset” by the suicides and has a team evaluating Hon Hai’s countermeasures, said Steve Dowling, a spokesman for the maker of iPhones and iPads. HP said it’s investigating Hon Hai’s practices and Dell said it’s examining reports on the world’s largest contract manufacturer, also known as Foxconn Technology Group. The probes add to the pressure on billionaire Chairman Terry Gou, who Wednesday opened Hon Hai’s biggest Chinese production site to the media to defend working conditions that some labor-rights groups describe as a “sweatshop.” The fallout threatens to disrupt a $40-billion-a-year (U.S.) operation that builds everything from iPhones to desktop computers and televisions. The chairman’s opening of the ma

. Bihar's Super 30 coaching centre in Time magazine best list   PATNA: Super 30, Bihar's free coaching centre which helps economically backward students crack the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE), has been selected by The Time Magazine in the list of The Best of Asia 2010.   "It is a matter of great pleasure that the Time Magazine has included our school Super 30 in the list of The Best of Asia," Anand Kumar, the institute's director-cum-founder, said.   "Time Magazine has described Super 30 as the Best Cram School in its list," he said.   Every year, about 230,000 students take the exam for a seat in the IITs but only 5,000 grab it. "Last year, 30 of them came from one coaching centre in Patna, capital of the impoverished north Indian state of Bihar. That may not seem like many, but for the Super 30 centre it's a pass rate of 100 percent," the magazine said in its latest issue.   &

. Dawood Ibrahim moves to 4th place on Forbes MOST-WANTED List New Delhi:  India’s most wanted and Pakistan’s guest for years, Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, seems to be nudging his way up on the list of infamy. He is ranked the “third most wanted fugitive in the world”, as per the latest list of such people released by US magazine  Forbes . In the previous and the first edition of the list in 2008, Dawood had been placed fourth. This time he has replaced Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov. The latter is a major figure in international Eurasian organised crime whose involvement has been found in cases ranging from “drug distribution, arms sale to trafficking in stolen vehicles”. Tokhtakhounov is “suspected of fixing everything from beauty pageants to Olympic events”. He has moved down to number six. The top spot remains unchanged and is firmly held by Osama Bin Laden, followed by “world’s most notorious drug trafficker” Joaquin Guzman who “continues to become more powerful”. He heads Mexico’s Sinal

. Diabetes has been diagnosed as a chronic disease. The disease affects a person’s capability to manufacture insulin . Insulin is a hormone that allows cells to metabolize glucose. The deficiency of insulin results in an excess of blood glucose. A diabetic patient needs to monitor blood glucose levels and to take insulin injections. Diabetes has the potential to cause damage to the renal, neural and cardiovascular systems, besides creating a number of complications. A diabetic patient may experience symptoms such as excessive thirst, urination and hunger. Diabetes also compromises the body’s capability to cure wounds and ulcers. Other symptoms if diabetes includes fatigue, weight loss and irritability. Diabetes is basically of two types, namely, Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.  Type 1 diabetes is a condition in which the body is incapable of manufacturing insulin. Type 2 diabetes is an acquired condition that is reversible in a large number of cases. Type 1 Diabetes can be t

. Now, a daily shot can halt diabetes in 6 days NEW DELHI: It comes as a new hope for people with type-1 diabetics, fed up of taking lifelong insulin shots in their abdomen and thighs. In what is being termed as a major breakthrough, scientists are clinically trying a new drug which shows potential of stalling and reversing type-1 diabetes in less than one week's time. A drug, named Otelixizumab, that has to be given as a daily jab for six days in a row, could help preserve the patient's natural ability to produce insulin for years. It does so by halting damage to the pancreas, allowing it to carry on producing its own insulin. Type-1 diabetes, which tends to affect young people, more often occurs when the immune system starts to attack healthy tissues such as insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Once a person suffers from full-fledged type-1 diabetes, there is no other cure but lifelong insulin shots. Dr Anoop Mishra, head of the department of diabetes of Fortis Ho

. Nos BESIDE THE HEADING TAB, IS THE RANK:   Sl District Area A Rank Population 2001 P Rank Headquarters STATE 1 24 Parganas (North) 4,094,000 297 8,934,286 2 Barasat WEST BENGAL (19) 2 24 Parganas (South) 9,960,000 73 6,906,689 6 Alipore WEST BENGAL (19) 3 Adilabad 16,128,000 16 2,488,003 139 Adilabad ANDHAR PRADESH (23) 4 Agra 4,027,000 302 3,620,436 46 Agra UTTAR PRADESH (70) 5 Ahmedabad 8,086,000 107 5,816,519 10 Ahmedabad GUJARAT (26) 6 Ahmednagar 17,048,000 13 4,040