Actress Aishwarya Rai though regular to attend on the Cannes red carpet, her visit to the 65th edition of the film festival is having a gracious cause and it is meant to help raise funds to fight against AIDS at an auction there.
The actress will be at Cannes on May 24-25 and attend L’Oreal Paris – amfAR (The American Foundation for AIDS Research) dinner and it is going to raise funds for the fight against AIDS.
“It is truly memorable to think that I am going to support to …

A research conducted at Oxford University suggests that fat is accumulated in the waist as soon as we eat and the process of storage is very faster than it was thought earlier.
Researchers said that the fat is accumulated in the waistline within hours after eating and added that it could be accurately said as ‘a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips.’
Scientists say that the food eaten later in the day particularly likely to be stored around the middle.
The present findings indicate that we become fat …

Odisha: Odisha’s Ganjam district shows the symptoms of Chickungunya and it is feared to have outbreak sooner. Many of the local people at Boxipalli village show symptoms of the mosquito-borne viral disease.
A team of doctors containing malaria officers, para-medical staff arrived the village Boxipalli to collect blood samples to confirm the spread of Chickungunya.
Chief Medical Officer S.K. Patnaik said, ‘everything is being done to control the disease if any is affected.’
He added that many of the villagers showed symptoms of Chikungunya, particularly among fishermen and two more developed …

Gosport, Hants: Chloe Dennis, 7, awoken by her mother’s screams as she nearly reached the point of delivery and contractions started abruptly in the mid night and she didn’t call for any midwife, but did herself.
Without anybody nearer to her, she went into action, by taking a towel to keep her newborn sister in a clean and warm towel.
Chloe Dennis, bravely did all and comforted her mother during the entire task and prepared her mother to go to hospital by packing necessary things to make the visit to the hospital …

London: Claire Lomas, 32, physically unfit, paralyzed from chest participated in a marathon with determination and incredible focus crossed the 26.2 miles in 16 days.
Clarie finally inched across the London Marathon finishing line last Tuesday and Clarie let out a roar of joy and pain.
Clarie, being paralyzed from the chest down, had achieved something beyond the ability of many able-bodied people.
Clarie challenged the doctors who treated on her said that she would never walk again.
It was the biggest miracle that Clarie gave birth to a beautiful …

An U.S government-funded panel consisting of scientists and doctors recommended a HIV drug used in treating patients with HIV to be used by healthy people to prevent HIV infection.
The recommendation of the panel came to light after an 11-hour meeting of the panel in Silver Spring, Maryland, a lengthy public comments session and heard by U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA), though it is not necessary for FDA to follow panel’s recommendation for approval of a drug.
Many health experts hope that “AIDS-free generation” is within reach by approving …

India: It is estimated that about 3.9 lakhs children in India died in the year 2010, nearly about 18 percent of the deaths were due to pre-term complications. Pneumonia caused death of one in four under five deaths.
Diarhhea is also found to be one of the cause of death and took 2.1 lakh children accounting to 12.6 percent of all infant deaths.
It is estimated that about 16 lakh children in India died during the year 2010 and mostly half of them died within 28 days of their life accounting to …

Mrs.Felicia Boots, 34 was arrested on suspicion of killing her two children by smothering. The Police have been given permission to take another 24 hours to enquire her in their custody.
She was arrested following the death of her two children, ten week old son Tej and 14 month old daughter Lily Skye at their house at Wandsworth.
Mrs. Boots was examined by doctors and declared medically fit to enquire her by police.
Mrs. Boots who was arrested on suspicion of killing her two children when her husband Mr. Jeff found …

International Nurses Day is celebrated since 1965 and International Council of Nurses (ICN) started celebrating it. Though, there were request in U.S even in the year 1953 to celebrate and mark the day as ‘Nurses Day.’ It was failed and not fulfilled by disapproval by the then President.
In January 1974, the decision was made to celebrate the International Nurses Day on May 12, since the anniversary of birth of Florence Nightingale falls on May 12, the founder of modern nursing system.
ICN, since the year 1974, involves themselves …

Premature birth is world’s greatest concern and it is the biggest killer worldwide after pneumonia. The data collected around the world by experts look into the possibility of preventing and saving newborns from the killer factor premature birth.
The birth of the child which is to be a joyous event, ends in death often if the baby is born too early.
The event of ‘born too soon’ occurs in one baby for every 10 babies globally. Carole Presern, a midwife says, “It’s a devastating experience. It touches you and you …