'As the infection source has not yet been cut off, numbers of confirmed and suspected SARS cases remain high,' Wang Qishan said.
More suspected SARS patients have been detained in several places around the country.
'When Sachin Tendulkar bats, no one in India cares if he is from Mumbai or if he is a Hindu or a Brahmin or whatever.' 'We just want him to win it for India.' 'The same is with Modi and the people who voted across caste and regional lines for him.' We want him to win it for India,' says Madhu A K.
There is no disruption of flights of Indian Air Southeast Asia in view of the threat of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
He returned from New York and complained of high fever, fatigue and body ache.
The US-led war against Iraq and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome have led to sharp decline in demand for air travel and raised costs on account of aviation turbine fuel, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.
Air-India has decided to further curtail its services to Hong Kong following a drop in loads due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome scare as well as a directive from the Indian Pilots Guild asking line pilots not to operate on this sector.
'An elephant has to behave like an elephant and not shy away from confronting the jackals,' argues Colonel (Dr) Anil A Athale.
Muslims need to get out of their Isolation Syndrome, argues Mohammad Sajjad.
South Africa Test captain Graeme Smith has been withdrawn from their last three one-day internationals against Pakistan because of "post concussion syndrome", team manager Mohammed Moosajee said on Wednesday.
To truly love your woman, you must know how her body functions.
"It takes away from the entire hard work of the designer. "That 15-second-long walk of showstopper is all that is remembered about that show."
Hindi cinema witnessed unique facets of womanhood, her complexities and morality this year.
'When, finally, my bedroom was declared odour-proof (which it isn't -- for the record), I moved back in with a sense of relief -- only to find I couldn't sleep on a bed any more, having grown unaccustomed to such luxury after 10 days of camping out,' says Kishore Singh.
But 'the threat of SARS import through international travel is great', the health ministry said in a statement.
The Asian economy is likely to suffer a loss of $11-50 billion following the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic, a study by industry chamber Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry said.
In 2004, India's IT spending is expected to grow 19.5 per cent, while that of China is forecast to expand 16.9 per cent, IDC said.\n\n\n\n
A United Nation's body on Thursday pegged down India's economic growth prospects to 5.1 per cent in 2003 from an earlier projection of 6.0 per cent, mainly due to the impact of Iraq war, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Tuesday that the deadly flu-like disease Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) could cut growth in China, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Like their international peers, Indian CEOs too have a significant portion of their incomes coming from stock options and performance-linked bonuses
The condition of BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya, who underwent an angiography at a hospital, in Kolkata, on Thursday night following chest pain, is stated to be stable.
The death toll from suspected Acute Encephalitis Syndrome touched 102 on Monday with 25 more children succumbing to the disease in the last 48 hours in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts, officials said.
Bihar's Muzaffarpur district has again been hit by encephalitis with 6 children dead in the last twenty-four hours. The death toll has risen to 9 and over two dozen children suspected to have contracted the illness have been admitted to different hospitals.
After months of anticipation (and 31,000 submissions from the British public), the Britain's Duchess of Cambridge's final selection of images for Hold Still is available to view on the National Portrait Gallery's website. Designed to "capture and document the spirit, the mood, the hopes, the fears and the feelings of the nation" during lockdown, the project brings together 100 moving amateur shots of everything from at-home haircuts to make-shift classrooms; exhausted NHS staffers on duty to dedicated postmen in superhero costumes; pensioners FaceTiming with their grandchildren to mothers cradling their newborn babies. Below, see 22 remarkable images from Hold Still - then head to the The National Portrait Gallery website for the full exhibition.
