Sangeetha G In Chennai

Stories by Sangeetha G In Chennai

Want to know your roots? Buy this kit

Want to know your roots? Buy this kit

Rediff.com   9 Jul 2007

The Public Participation Kit is made available by the Society under its five-year Genographic Project, co-funded by IBM and the Tedd Wait Family Foundation.

IT cos open doors for visually challenged

IT cos open doors for visually challenged

Rediff.com   12 Jun 2007

As part of their special responsibilities, Information Technology industry in India is slowly opening its eyes towards the visually challenged by offering them jobs, training and even taking up infrastructural modifications to accommodate them.

Uncertainties over gold hallmarking on

Uncertainties over gold hallmarking on

Rediff.com   1 Jun 2007

Lack of security provisions coupled with inadequate infrastructure and lukewarm response from jewellers have put the government decision of making hallmarking mandatory for gold from January 1, 2008 into uncertainties.

Expired drugs:  Rs 500 cr loss for pharma cos

Expired drugs: Rs 500 cr loss for pharma cos

Rediff.com   25 May 2007

India's pharmaceutical industry is losing around Rs 500 crore (Rs 5 billion) annually on account of destruction of expired drugs, hitting the bottom line of drug manufacturers, especially the small and medium ones.

Credit card holders pay Rs 6000 cr as extra charge

Credit card holders pay Rs 6000 cr as extra charge

Rediff.com   3 May 2007

Credit card holders in India, who pay the highest rates of interest in the world, have been ripped of Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) as "extra charges" by banks in a span of ten years, according to a rights group.

Washington varsity takes up study on Ayurved

Washington varsity takes up study on Ayurved

Rediff.com   5 Mar 2007

The eight-member Indian team of Ayurvedic and Allopathic doctors is headed by Dr Ram Manohar of the trust and the six-member US team is led by Dr Daniel E Furst of the University of Los Angeles.

Want to live longer? Try red mushroom

Want to live longer? Try red mushroom

Rediff.com   6 Dec 2006

The medicinal properties of various varieties of red mushroom, especially those found in India, have special reference in the ancient Ayurvedic texts.