by rakesh | Sep 6, 2006 | World News
Teams are evaluating data on what might have caused a voltage spike in the fuel cell’s coolant pump that cools the fuel cell system. Mission
managers will hold a meeting at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday to assess the
issue. There will be a news conference on NASA TV at the conclusion
of the meeting.
During STS-115, the astronauts will deliver and install a girder-like
structure, known as the P3/P4 truss aboard the station. The
35,000-pound piece includes a set of giant solar arrays, batteries
and associated electronics. The arrays eventually will double the
station’s power capability.
Atlantis’ crew, Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Chris Ferguson and mission
specialists Dan Burbank, Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper, Joe Tanner and
Steve MacLean, a Canadian Space Agency astronaut, remains at Kennedy Space Center.
by rakesh | Sep 6, 2006 | Business
Tata Motors has discussed the need for urgent action with insurance companies and the All India Surveyors Association for speedy survey and repair approvals. The guidelines for repairs and the survey, including the charges allowed, have already been circulated to all company dealers and authorised service centres.
Arrangements have been made for expeditious supply of spares. The company has received support from vendors and suppliers of lubricants, anti-rust treatment, car cleaning and refurbishing, branded accessories etc for special attention to cater to large volumes and special discounts of upto 25% on most of the treatments. Dealers have also been advised to offer 25% discount on repairs, not covered by insurance companies.
Additional manpower and dedicated teams have been deployed to attend to flood-affected vehicles on all seven days of a week for the next few months.
Of the about 1000 Tata Motors vehicles affected by the floods, approximately 700 have already been brought to the company’s dealers and authorised service centres, since August 17. Of these, about 150 vehicles have already been delivered back to customers after necessary repairs.
by rakesh | Sep 6, 2006 | Env & Geography
This was informed by the Vice Chairman of Narmada Valley Development Authority, Shri Uday Kumar Verma here in a high level meeting called to review progress of the Narmada Valley projects. Shri Verma said that Mann Project would irrigate about 19 thousand hectare annually. The Member (Engg.) Shri Virendra Kumar Pareekh informed that by the year 2010 the irrigation from Narmada Valley projects is estimated as much as 5.76 lack hectare.
Shri. Verma said that upto March 2006 the ongoing NVDA projects have created irrigation potential of 89640 hectares and all efforts would be done to achieve the yearly targets. He informed that NVDA. is concentrating on catchments area treatment, soil conservation practices and educating farmers in canal irrigation and cropping patterns. Based on geographical, and climatic conditions of the Project area separate plans would be made for each project and would be implemented involving local farmers. Vice Chairman informed that besides power and irrigation benefits, other issues like fisheries, water transport, Eco-tourism etc are being taken care of to exploit every possibilities of public welfare. Shri. Uday Kumar Verma informed that NVDA is working on a plan to extend irrigation facilities to the farmers of those 121 villages which lies in the periphery of Indira Sagar Reservoir. A special power line would be laid in these villages so the farmers could take the water to their fields using pumps.
by rakesh | Sep 6, 2006 | Env & Geography
Wednesday, September 06, 2006 11:18 IST Ministry of Science & Technology PARTIAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON...
by rakesh | Sep 6, 2006 | Business
Elizabeth Barroso, now 24, began experiencing chest pains and difficulty breathing after using Ortho Evra(R) for only three weeks in 2004. She spent eight days in the hospital, where doctors treated her for blood clots in her lungs. Ms. Barroso had no prior history of such problems.
After being released, Ms. Barroso was prescribed blood-thinning medication for 10 months. She became pregnant in October 2004, but later suffered a miscarriage. When she later became pregnant in 2005, Ms. Barroso was forced to endure daily self-injections of blood thinners to prevent another miscarriage. Due to her injuries from Ortho Evra(R), all of Ms. Barroso’s future pregnancies will carry a risk of miscarriage and will require similar treatment.
“This young lady’s life was put in jeopardy by a company that made a harmful product,” says John David Hart of the Law Offices of John David Hart in Fort Worth, Texas. “And the tragic thing is the company continues to market and sell this product even today.”
The case is the latest of many against Johnson & Johnson, which earlier this year settled other cases involving Ortho Evra(R) and the development of blood clots.
The complaint filed in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, says the package insert that came with Ortho Evra(R) was misleading and in direct conflict with Johnson & Johnson’s own data. The insert suggests the risk of blood clots among Ortho Evra(R) users is equivalent to that of women using oral contraceptives.
However, from April 2002 to December 2004, the company logged 27,974 adverse events among Ortho Evra(R) users. During that same time period, Johnson & Johnson noted only 5,571 adverse events for one of its oral contraceptives, even though it was used three times more than Ortho Evra(R).
