Health

Ranchi, Aug 22 (IANS) With the month-long worship of snake goddess Mansa Devi on in Jharkhand, many tribals are busy piercing their bodies in the belief that it will appease the deity and bring them prosperity.

The devotees pierce their tongue, hands, nose, ear and other body parts. The rituals began Saturday.

'Piercing the body is part of prayer rituals to keep Mansa Devi happy,' said B.K. Banerjee, a priest at the Mansa Devi temple in Tamar, around 75 km from Ranchi.

We cannot trust hospitals and medicines now a days. Fake medicines have crowded the market so much that we cannot find out the difference. These fake medicines will do more harm than any good as they will increase the problem further.

Hospitals rather than looking after health of people are tarnishing their name by involving in fake medicines racket. This problem happened with one of health minister's mother who was suffering from diarrhea and her situation worsened on taking fake saline. Action was only taken when his father raised his voice.

Pokhraj Is a stone which is worn on thursday for removing ill effects of planet jupiter or Brihaspathi. It is worn on Index finger. The stone is first dipped in fresh cows milk then worn. It comes in two colors i.e white and yellow. Yellow Pokhraj is also called " Pith Pokhraj ". The range of Pokhraj increases with its color. The costliest is dark yellow in colour. It is worn in gold. You cannot wear Pokhraj in silver.

The size of stone and amount of gold in which it ring will be made is decided by the Pandit.

How to make Gup Chup at home.
The following ingredients are needed -
1) Tamarind
2) Pudina
3) Dhania or Mint leaves
4) Green chillies
5) Gup chup powder for flavour
6) Bolied potatoes
7) Thin Sev
8) Plain salt and Kala namak
9) Onion
10) Ready made Gup chup pack.

Soak Tamarind according to the number of Gup chups to be made. Make a paste of pudina leaves, mint leaves and chilli. Mash the potatoes and then mix salt, finely chopped onions, red chilli powder, and thin sev. Then take water in a bowl mix all prepared paste and tamarind water, add salt to taste.

It has been found that very few Beauty Parlors maintain hygiene and cleanliness. Beauty Parlours are breeding grounds for many diseases which are unseen by our naked eyes. During Pedicure and manicure process if a skalpel is not cleaned it transmits diseases if the other person using it was infected by it. Towels used for facial, scrubbing etc should be cleaned and a towel should be used only once.

Patients with major heart ailments would not have to travel to other cities for treatment for help is at hand in the Tata Main Hospital (TMH).

Doctors of TMH attending the 17th annual conference hosted by Association of Physicians of India at the Lake Cafeteria of Jubilee Park today said efforts are on to set up a Cath Laboratory at TMH during the current fiscal.

The laboratory would help in conducting angiography and angioplasty.

At present, none of the hospitals in the steel city are equipped to attend to patients with serious heart ailments. Patients with serious cardiac problems are generally referred to Ranchi, Calcutta, Delhi, Mumbai and other parts of the country.

JAMSHEDPUR, MAY 9 : Jamshedpur Utilities & Services Company (Jusco), a 100% subsidiary of Tata Steel and the only private sector player in the civic utilities sector, is fast spreading its wings in the country, especially the water & sanitation sector.

After competing with IVRCL, Hyderabad, Jusco was recently awarded the laying of a drinking water distribution network of 73-km length in Muzzaffarpur town (2nd phase) on a turnkey basis.

Jusco sources said the PHED department of the Bihar government has fixed an 18-month deadline for completing the work (at Muzzaffarpur), which will be followed by a three-month trial run of the system and bearing of responsibility for operation & maintenance of it for another six months.

Jamshedpur, May 8: The state government’s reluctance in taking up the offer of Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (Jusco) to supply drinking water to various slums and areas in the city has added to the woes of residents.

While areas falling under Jusco are getting sufficient quantity of water, residents of areas like Mango, Jugsalai and Adityapur are facing severe water crisis. The summer heat has compounded their problems.

“This is a perennial problem. We have given several petitions to the government but nothing concrete has been done so far,” said Ram Kumar, a resident of Jugsalai.

His fish and chips the Indian way has Atul Kochar winning a BBC cook-off show, getting past 13 others in fray

London, May 7: The winning dishes were redolent of Indian kitchens and the winner went by the very unBritish name of Atul Kochar. So it was perhaps a bit ironic that the BBC should crown him “Culinary King of South-East England”—for the second year in succession. On May 4, at the end of a gruelling final against celebrity chef Stuart Gillies, the panel of three judges on the BBC’s prime time cook-off programme, Great British Menu, announced that Kochar, without doubt, was the best of the 14 in the competition.