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GNS Jammu, September 17 : Dr. Surinder Singh, Director-in-Charge, National Institute of Biologicals, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, has been featured in the list of the world’s 40 most influential people in the global Parma industry, three times in a row, for his valuable contribution to the pharmaceutical industry. Adjudged by a panel of experts of the UK Pharma magazine ‘World Pharmaceutical Frontiers’, the definitive yet diverse list includes names like Bill & Melinda Gates; President Barrack Obama; Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO; and Bill Clinton, founder William J Clinton Foundation, amongst others. The list comprises of renowned businesspersons, philanthropists, scientists, regulators and legislators. Dr. Singh has been recognized for the valuable contribution he has made towards improving   India ’s regulatory system in his capacity as the former Drug Controller General of   India . The magazine has lauded Dr. Singh’s achievements of launching a pharma co-vigilance

GNS JAMMU SEPT  17: An ambitious project to salvage Kashmir’s lifeline river Jhelum has started to yield positive results with the Jammu and Kashmir government maintaining that the flood threat triggered by recent incessant rains subsided due to ongoing conservation measures in the river in north Kashmir. Jhelum which is a main source of irrigation in the Valley has been marred by extensive siltation in last few decades. In absence of any conservation measures, the river had lost its carrying capacity and led to blockage of its lone outflow channel in Baramulla, posing a risk of floods in the Valley. After decades of inordinate delay, the Jhelum Conservation Project was launched by the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, from north Kashmir’s Baramulla district earlier this year. The conservation efforts received a major boost after the Government procured two state-of-the-art dredgers manufactured in the United States for undertaking dredging operation. “ The ongoing conservation

157 hospitals, nursing homes lack fire safety measures in J&K Tahir Mushtaq  GNS JAMMU, Sept 17: Raising question mark over the safety measures of the hospitals, majority of the Government as well as private hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir have been found lacking equipment to tackle the fire incidents.  Sources said that a survey conducted by the government with the help of Fire and Emergency Services Department has found that most of the hospitals are poorly prepared for any major fire incident, which could be life threatening for hundreds of patients and people visiting the hospitals.  At the same time, the administration of all the Government hospitals and nursing homes was directed to equip their health institutions with the required firefighting equipment to avoid any untoward incident that results in loss of life and property.  A senior officer said that during the survey across the state, the Fire Department inspected a total of 157 hospitals including Govern

                                       GNS BHADERWAH,SEPT17--For the second consecutive day, protests continued in Bhaderwah against a blasphemous film made by an Israeli- American Jew. Hundreds of students of Govt Degree College Bhaderwah ,Govt Hr Sec School Boys and girls registered their protests against the controversial film "Innocence of Muslims" and chanted anti-US slogans across the town after taking out a procession .Soon after the Degree College and schools opened today morning, hundreds of students took to streets and chanted anti-US slogans. The protesters demanded stern action against the film maker and said he should be punished in such a way so that in future nobody should dare to do such infamous act.Shouting slogans ‘Down with America and Israel’, the protesting students said they can tolerate everything but such blasphemous things against the last prophet Muhammad (SAW), his companions and holy Quran can’t be tolerated at any cost. “We can take any extr

               GNS Srinagar   Sept 17 : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said   Srinagar   must get its share of development commensurate with its historical importance, economic significance and tourism potential. The top brass of the party including its patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, former deputy chief minister Muzaffar Hussein Baig, senior leaders Molvi Iftikhar Hussein Ansari and Tariq Hameed Qarra today reiterated their commitment to carry forward the implementation of its vision for a holistic development of the summer capital at a party workers convention in Batmaloo constituency. Mufti said   Srinagar   was central to the development roadmap of the party forKashmir. “During the brief tenure from 2002 we initiated a holistic development ofSrinagar   city which unfortunately was subverted by our successors out of sheer political vengeance and small mindedness” he said. He said   Srinagar   is the political, social and cultural nerve center of   Kashmir   and its infras