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Wish you a quick recovery Mr. Singh so that you can resume your office soon. The Indian Prime Minister underwent his 2nd bypass surgery at AIIMS. An 11-member team from the AHI led by Dr Ramakant Panda performed the beating-heart operation on 76-year-old Mr. Singh. The whole country is anxious and the business stocks are sensitive to the health outcome. The benchmark BSE index fell more than 1.5 percent before regaining a little ground. India will celebrate its Republic day on 26th January which he will not be able to attend.

The U.S. government is advising consumers to avoid cookies, crackers, ice cream etcN made with peanut butter or peanut paste. As you already might know, an investigation is going on about an outbreak of salmonella illness that is believed to have killed six people and sickened at least 485 others across the country. It is unclear how the peanut products were contaminated with Salmonella species. Infact many of the nations large scale manufacturers and retailers are voluntarily withdrawing peanut butter products from their shelves. If you are one of the concerned U.S. resident worried about the kind of products that are suspected to be infected with Salmonella, check out the following link on the website of F.D.A. It maintains a periodically updated list of food products subject to recall in the United States since January 2009 related to peanut butter and peanut paste recalled by Peanut Corporation of America. Link: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/

You might have already read the news item on the U.S. Airways passenger plane as it conducted an emergency landing into the Hudson River Jan. 15, 2009. The video of that incident is there in Youtube. The video was captured by Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service. This is one of the hottest videos on Youtube right now with more than 3 Lakh views.

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Trivandrum Medical College Alumni Association was found in September 2006.The alumni association has promised to take over 2 wards in the Medical College. As part of the scheme the association will take over the Burns ward of Trivandrum Medical College for upgradation as a modern burns unit. The remuneration for the staff of the Burns unit will also will be paid by the association! The association has also promised to renovate the old auditorium of the Trivandrum Medical College.               Technorati Tags: alumni