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A Pakistani television show broadcast live a Hindu boy converting to Islam, prompting a leading daily to say that it sent "a clear signal that other religions don't enjoy the same status in Pakistan as Islam does".

An editorial in the Dawn on Friday said that it's been apparent for a while now that the country's electronic media will go to extreme lengths to spice things up and "religion is now fair game too".

"In yet another example of how the industry's commercial goals trump ethics, open-mindedness and common sense, on Tuesday a television show broadcast an imam leading a Hindu boy through a live conversion to Islam carried out in the studio as part of the show, complete with the audience joining in to suggest Muslim names for the new convert.

"There is no reason to think the boy was not converting of his own free will, but the whole event had the distinct air of being carried out to give viewers something new and different to watch, even if that meant dragging an intensely personal and spiritual experience into public view," the daily said.

The editorial said that "more disturbingly, what the channel obviously didn't stop to consider is the message this broadcast would send to the country's minorities".

"The joy with which the conversion was greeted, and the congratulations that followed, sent a clear signal that other religions don't enjoy the same status in Pakistan as Islam does. In a country where minorities are already treated as second-class citizens in many ways, this served to marginalise them even further," it rued.

The daily observed that the problem with Pakistani media is that "it is missing a responsibility chip, hurtling ahead with what seems like exciting content without stopping to consider the ethical implications or appropriateness of its programming, or the message it will send to all Pakistanis, not just those it considers the mainstream".

First Commercial Tidal Wave Power Project In U.S. This Summer
Tidal power is something that hasn't yet been commercially tried as a green electricity source in the U.S., but that changes this Summer with the TidGen project in Cobscook Bay, near to Eastport, Maine. Turbines will be anchored to the ground in water that's about 50 to 100 feet deep and will spin to generate power as the tide surges into and out of Cobscook Bay during the day. The system will initially power between 75 and 100 homes, but ultimately will generate enough to power 1,200 homes--a power of about 3 megaWatts. The project comes from the Ocean Renewables Power Company, which has been working with the Department of Energy.

Fab Rolls Out Mobile Sharing Features, Facebook Connect
Fab's mobile users, who drive 30 to 40% of the shopping site's daily traffic, are twice as likely as web-based users to make a purchase. And shoppers who use the site's social features, such as the Live Feed that shows what people are purchasing in real time, buy twice as much as those who don't. So it makes sense that Fab is adding a host of social features to its mobile app, which it launches as Fab 3.0 for Mobile today. It's also adopting Facebook Connect, so users who were previously able to see what their Facebook friends were buying on Fab can now also log into the site through Facebook. Fab, which now has 5.5 million users, says more than 20% of its daily traffic comes from social channels.

Path Adds Personal Voice Messages, Photo Filters, Movie And Book Reviews To Sharing App
Personal social network Path has added a few features in version 2.5 of its sharing app. Among those, the photo feature has been updated with filters, and Path has slapped on a bigger, better display in which to enjoy them. Invites to friends not on the intimate social network get even more of a personal touch--those can be sent along with a voice message recorded and attached. Path has also added a catalogue of movie and book reviews, through partnerships with Apple and Flixter. Path noticed updates often involved photos of movie posters or books, cofounder and CEO Dave Morin told The Verge, so they decided to add a feature that would make those shares more effective. In its latest funding round, Path added $30 million from the investors like Greylock Partners and Richard Branson.

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Any time double money! A faulty ATM in the UK started dispensing double the amount requested as people squabbled with each other to avail the sudden windfall.

Police were called to calm crowds that had gathered after the cash machine at the Nacton Road Lloyds TSB in Ipswich started dispensing "free money".

A spokesman for Lloyds TSB said it would be difficult to trace the customers affected and said it was unlikely they would try to reclaim the money.

Some 30 people are thought to have benefited from the glitch. Police officers were called to the bank at 8:05pm (local time) on Tuesday night after a concerned member of the public reported arguments breaking out among the crowd.

"The incorrect dispensing of cash is not a police issue, but we remained on scene until staff from the Lloyds bank arrived and turned off the cash machine," a Suffolk police spokesman was quoted by the Ipswich Star as saying.

Ipswich resident Emma Hutchinson said she received a phone call from an anonymous friend at around 7 pm (local time) telling her the cash machine was dispensing "free money".

"Word got around pretty quickly," she said. "My friend asked for 40 pounds and the machine gave out 80 pounds." "I initially thought I would try my luck, then got paranoid the bank would be able to find out who took the money and ask for it back," she added.

A spokesman for Lloyds TSB said: "For a very short period of time, the ATM at Nacton Road was mis-dispensing cash whilst the branch was closed. The machine was put out of service. We apologise for any inconvenience caused."

Last month there was a run on a Sainsbury's ATM in central London when it started paying out double money after an employee accidentally loaded the 10 pound tray with 20 pound notes.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan carried the London Olympic torch in London on Thursday, a day before the opening ceremony of the Games. The actor was a part of the relay team which carried the torch.

Bachchan, 69, had already tweeted that he would be carrying the torch in London on Thursday at 10.30 am.

"OK !! HERE IT IS: Have been invited by London Olympic Organizing Committee to carry the torch in the relay tomorrow...," Bachchan had tweeted.

"Honored to be asked to carry the Olympic Torch in London at Southwark around 10:30 AM !! A proud moment for me and country," he added.

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The days of cheap samosas in Pakistan is over. Ending a legal wrangle over the price of the humble samosa, the Supreme Court has set aside a notification of the Punjab government whereby the price of one 'samosa' was fixed at Rs 6.

The samosa, till early this week, was caught up in a legal tussle between the provincial government and Punjab Bakers and Sweets Federation.

In 2009, the City District Government Lahore had fixed price of one samosa at Rs 6 and magistrates imposed fine on shopkeepers for selling the same at a higher price.

The Punjab Bakers and Sweets Federation, through its President Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal, had challenged this order at the time, but the LHC had dismissed the petition.

The petitioner moved an appeal in the Supreme Court Lahore Registry arguing that Samosa is not an item notified under the Punjab Foodstuffs (Control) Act 1958; therefore, its price cannot be fixed by the provincial government.

The Punjab government's counsel submitted that the government had the power to fix prices of items that were being sold to the public at large.

The apex court, however, allowed the appeal of Punjab Bakers and Sweets and set aside the impugned notification on Tuesday.

The samosas are consumed with great relish by Pakistanis around the year but the sales skyrocket during Ramazan as it is a staple of the Iftar spread.

The apex court's involvement in issues such as fixing the prices of food items invited derision from sections of the media.

In an editorial titled "Samosa justice", the influential Dawn newspaper said: "While the commercial bakers will rejoice at the verdict, others waiting for justice in Pakistan's ever-clogged judicial system may be wondering when their turn will come".

The daily questioned whether the "superior judiciary should devise some rules and a system to fast-track more urgent and serious matters for justice rather than spend valuable time on a regulation that is virtually unenforceable in any case".

It said a visit to any market in Lahore would show that samosas are "openly being sold for much higher than Rs 6".

The editorial said: "Samosa-makers may be happy and another case struck from the superior judiciary's docket, but was it the court's best use of time at this stage?"

In the past, the apex court tried to fix the price of sugar at a time when there was an artificial shortage of the commodity in the market.

However, traders largely ignored the rate fixed by the court and sold sugar at higher prices.

The Supreme Court is currently locked in a standoff with the government over reopening graft cases in Switzerland against President Asif Ali Zardari.

The government has refused to act, saying the President enjoys immunity in Pakistan and abroad.

The court on Wednesday gave the government time till August 8 to act on its order

Few days ago, we have seen headlines in Gujarati newspapers that more than half of the pharmacy seats are vacant and suddenly nobody interested in studying pharmacy. What happen to the profession of pharmacy in Gujarat, Why it was suddenly came down. Why half of the seats are still vacant in Pharmacy colleges, Should you be careful while taking admission in Pharmacy colleges in Gujarat, It is bad situation of pharmacy profession in Gujarat or in all over India, Are pharmacy graduates getting jobs, Should you join Pharmacy profession in Gujarat, India.

All these questions are raised after seeing the situation of Pharmacy colleges in Gujarat, India. The straight forward answer to all of the above questions is No one should even consider joining Pharmacy college and Pharmacy profession. Let us explain you what is actually happening in the field of Pharmacy in Gujarat and How and When it can be changed or improved.

Pharmacy education and profession are considered under paramedical sciences and should get respect in society as a elite profession to be in. People should respect pharmacy profession as they are dealing with medicines, from raw materials, testing, manufacturing, quality control to marketing of medicines. All of the tasks to be performed by sound pharmaceutical professionals as per the definition of pharmacy profession is concerned.

But the reality is not somewhat deviating from this standards, but the definition of pharmacy profession has changed completely. Below are some shocking truths, that even you might observe around.

Most of the Pharmacy Stores are running with out pharmacist
If you go to your nearby pharmacy stores and ask them that who is the Pharmacist. Most of the time, he will not be there or you might not see him ever. As per the rules, Pharmacist should be present and deal with medicines all the time since opening till closing of medical stores. What actually wrong is Pharmacist are giving their licenses for rent to some non paramedical graduates who even doesn't know writing correct in English. Pharmacist are getting rent between Rs 1000 to Rs 4000. The person who is running a Pharmacy store is highly unprofessional person and only do a business like other business. They are interested in selling medicines which give them higher profit margins irrespective of its effectiveness. Even new pharmacy graduates, who are starting their business and do marketing. These unprofessional people running Pharmacy stores are simply ignoring them by one or another reason. They just discourage you that as a Pharmacist you can't sell your own product although it's good and effective. Means being in your own pharmacy profession, some commerce graduate or non-graduate will decide that your product is good or bad. Unprofessional people judging you that you should earn money by being a pharmacist or you just feel happy to get a monthly rent on your Pharmacy License.

It really hurts. and now Pharmacy professionals have started realizing that and new students avoiding to get into this mess.

Study burden, Time spent and Tuitions fees are just not worth it as other cheap options are available
Study burden in Pharmacy is much higher than other professional fields. For example Pharmacy graduates deals with Engineering ( Engineering Drawing, Pharmaceutical Machinates, Working Principles ), Science ( Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biotechnology ), Medicine ( Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Toxicology ), Chemistry ( Inorganic chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry ), Statistics and other field of studies. All these fields are separate and one can graduate in individual fields. Pharmacy Graduates can't excel in those fields as they are being entitled as a Pharmacy graduates and after graduation, when you are considered for job no one even consider that you have studied above subjects and you should be considered as multi talent. If you select one of the above subjects, you can graduate in each of them separately. That is much less and focused effort towards your selected profession. You are spending less time, be concentrated and thorough. So you can be genius in each of the above subjects. If you take a stance based on purely financial side, You will realize that you can graduate in other field with less amount of money as well as time spent.

For example, if you decide to be a science graduate ( B.Sc, M.Sc ) in any field, you are spending less amount of tuition fees and time  ( 3 years for B.Sc, compared with 4 years of B. Pharm ). Both the profession has same chances to get a job in private sector ( Pharmaceutical Companies ) with almost equal pay scales. So, you are loosing on both the fronts like spending more money and time to graduate and still considered same as B.Sc or M.Sc. What is the meaning to be a graduate in Pharmacy, because companies are considering science graduates specialized in individual fields of chemistry, biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, physics etc. to perform the duties in respected specialized areas.

Another example of comparing a Pharmacy Graduate with Engineering Graduate. In Engineering, If you study just diploma ( 12 +3 ) you are easily getting a pay scale in five figures, the same as if you do post graduation in Pharmacy ( M. Pharm ). Nowadays, Post graduates in pharmacy are getting 7000 as a starting scale in the open market ( Not selected from campus interviews ). If you calculate the number of years, then you are spending 3 years of diploma ( D. Pharm ), 3 years of degree ( B. Pharm )and 2 years of master degree ( M.Pharm ) means 12+3+3+2 ( 8 years of study after 12th ) and you are getting less than diploma engineer ( 3 years of study after 12th ). Right now due to the supply of so many pharmacy graduates, average waiting period after graduation is almost 2 years. You are spending more than four lakhs for B. Pharm and another four lakhs in M.Pharm in Self financed colleges. You are earning 84000 initially after waiting for two years. You have to manage everything in 7000 Rs a month including your transportation ( Approx. 3000  Rs / Month), your rent ( 5000 Rs/ Month ) because all the pharmaceutical companies are situated nearby city or town, so you have to stay in city and afford such high expenses. ( Not like someone who can survive 34 Rs a day as just not considered poor as per our Government's Planning Commission ). Other expenses are eating and drinking which will cost you around 5000 Rs a month. If you just calculate these three main expenses, you are already spending 70 % more than you are earning. How one can survive in such a high expenses.

Starting your own business will not help you as well.
We are talking of those who are risk takers and want to do something as an entrepreneur after being a graduate in Pharmacy. In Pharmaceutical business, you need to do either manufacturing by your own or contract manufacturing. In either case, the most important thing is to sell your own products in Pharmacy stores and convince physicians to prescribe your medicines. Now as we have discussed earlier that most of the Pharmacy store owners are non professionals and don't care about you, if you take your products to them. They will simply deny by saying that your offer price is too high or he can keep those medicine which nearby doctor can prescribe. Your licenses are already in the hands of non pharmacy graduates, who doesn't know the effects or side effects of prescribed medicines. They don't want you to earn money by doing pharmaceutical business. They will be one of the biggest barrier for you to sell your own medicines. Now if you go to a doctor and try to convince them, they will ask for their shares as other big companies are already giving them free trips and other articles or cash. The share is not some small amount, but ranging from 30 % to 50 % value of medicines. You will screwed up as you started a new business, so your company is not famous brand and your MRP is not as high as other branded medicines available in markets by big pharmaceutical companies. Big pharmaceutical companies can afford it, because their MRP is high. You can't afford either case ( To put MRP such a high or to give 50 % share to doctor ) Let's consider you have agreed to give 50 % to doctors for prescribing your own products, so you are squeezing your margin. But, Pharmacy Store owner ask for schemes ( up to 20 to 30 % besides a regular 20 % margin ) to put your products in his pharmacy store although doctor agreed. Again you have to squeeze your margin and you will end up with the amount of money that you have spent on your petrol to visit the doctor. It is even more frustrating and you will start compromising the quality of products to earn something decent. The outcome is you will loose your company's image as a quality product manufacturer and lined up with others to sell products as a vegetables in vegetable market.


What can be done to improve Pharmacy profession?

As such even few influenced people can't change this mess, but one can start an initiatives by being aware and make people aware about this.

No one should give their Licenses to others for Pharmacy Stores.

Always encourage our profession and small entrepreneurs like you.

Make a marketing network and help our own professional people.

Unite all together on social networking sites like Facebook to share solution & discuss ( Our group page is already on Facebook ( Support Indian Pharmacist ) )

We have started an initiative to make people aware and will soon launch a campaign with a non profit organization to help Pharmacy Graduates, we wish all the pharmacists to join and help. We will announce it on our Facebook page, so please join there.

Let's help pharmacy profession together. Also Read our story The Indian Pharmacist 


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What is GiraDora project ?

GiraDora, a leg-powered washing and drying device, makes it easier, faster, and safer to wash clothes.GiraDora is the world's first human-powered washer and spin dryer designed specifically for people living on $4-10 per day to increase efficiency and improve the experience of hand-washing clothes. Its innovative design combats several health problems such as chronic lower back pain, tenosynovitis, and respiratory problems such as Asthma associated with mold. It also allows the user to begin to break the cycle of poverty by providing income generating solutions.


GiraDora is a blue bucket that conceals a spinning mechanism that washes clothes and then partially dries them. It’s operated by a foot pedal, while the user sits on the lid to stabilize the rapidly churning contents. Sitting alleviates lower-back pain associated with hand-washing clothes, and frees up the washer to pursue other tasks. It’s portable, so it can be placed nearby a water source, or even inside on a rainy day. It reduces health risks like joint problems, skin irritation, and mold inhalation. Most importantly, it uses far less water and cleans clothes faster than conventional hand-washing.

Kareena Kapoor will be seen doing an item number in her highly talked about film 'Heroine'. The song is titled 'Halkat Jawani'. Director Madhur Bhandarkar posted Kareena's latest picture on Twitter recently. Madhur tweeted, "Scintillating & beautiful ‪#Kareena‬ in her ‪#HalkatJawani‬ look on the sets of ‪#Heroine‬." This film is expected to hit the screens in September 2012

The first trailer of 'Heroine' is out. Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, the film stars Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal in the lead roles. One of the most awaited films of the year, 'Heroine' is expected to give Kareena's film career a new dimension.

Although possibility of woman to be raped are high, one can't deny the case the other way around where man to be raped by women.  check out this shocking incident, where wives raped a Nigerian man to death.

A wealthy businessman from Nigeria - and husband to six women - died after allegedly being forced into a marathon sex session with his elder five wives after they became jealous when the man had sex with his youngest spouse.

Uroko Onoja was having sex with his youngest wife, when the remaining five came on to him with knives and sticks, and allegedly demanded that he have sex with each of them too, the Daily Mail reported.

Onoja, from Ogbadibo in Benue state, had sex with four of the women in succession, but stopped breathing while in bed with the fifth.

Two women were arrested after the incident.

Onoja reportedly returned from a bar around 3 a.m. Tuesday, and headed for the bedroom of his youngest wife.

His five other wives - who held a meeting before their husband arrived home - allegedly burst into the bedroom armed with knives and sticks to insist that the man has sex with them too.

The man reportedly resisted the demands of his wives before being overpowered.

The youngest wife said the five women ran into the forest when they realised their exhausted husband was dead.

(IANS)