Clouds Over Mussoorie

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

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Clicked by Anam Saeed.

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Swasthya Slate: A Revolutionary Affordable Innovation

Posted on August 3, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

Here is a different type of slate.

Swasthya Slate

It is not hard to see the power of your phone or tablet being able to do ECG, measure your heart rate, blood pressure, blood sugar, know the status of pregnant mother, help in monitoring mothers during birth and knowing whether a patient has malaria or dengue.

Swasthya Slate is a powerful device that allows Android Tablets and Phones to conduct around 33 diagnostic tests on the mobile device. This Swasthya Slate includes specialized apps that help users perform a variety of screenings and health analysis protocols. It allows users to deliver fast and accurate care at home, in clinics and just about anywhere.

It was made by Dr. Kanav Kahol of Public Health Foundation of India as the Leader of Division of Affordable Health Technologies. The project was supported by President of PHFI Dr. K Srinath Reddy and funded by research division headed by Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayanan.

The slate also contains decision support tools to enable users to deliver quality recommendations for achieving better health.

It also works as Human GPS!!

Delhi government has also integrated it with their Mohalla Clinic initiative and health care system

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Plant Invaders on “Plants: From Roots to Riches”

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Rashid Faridi

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Plant Invaders on BBC Radio 4 at 13:45 British Summer Time on 31 July 2014

Podcasts and Downloads from the series

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The Victorians’ pride at the effortless movement of plants around the world during the late 19th century was having an unwelcome side effect. Invasive species were beginning to wipe out native populations of plants. With no natural predators to control them, one man’s flower was turning into another man’s weed.

Prof Kathy Willis hears how during the late 1800s, many invasive species from Japanese knot weed to Himalayan balsam to water hyacinth came from deliberate introductions and asks if today, trying to control them is ultimately futile?

As historian Jim Endersby explains both Charles Darwin and Kew’s director Joseph Hooker were the first to examine the impact of invasives, having noticed on the island of St Helena and Ascension Island the effect on native plants.

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Eid Prayers at Lucknow

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Rashid Faridi
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Photo Credit: Amir Hussain, Chowk, Lucknow

A HUGE Congregation

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