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Ten facts about Baby Falak NDTV Correspondent , Updated: January 30, 2012 15:15 IST New Delhi:  A battered two-year-old baby is fighting for her life in the intensive care unit of Delhi's AIIMS hospital. As the nation watches a heart-rending story unfold in shock and horror, here are 10 facts about the child we now know as baby Falak. Who is baby Falak? A two-year-old baby was brought to Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on January 18 with severe head injuries, fractured arms and human bite marks all over her. A minor girl who brought her to the hospital reportedly told doctors that the baby had fallen from her bed, but doctors said that claim did not match with the injuries seen on the child's body. The child is fighting for her life ever since in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital. She has been named Falak, or sky, by the staff looking after her. What is baby Falak suffering from? Doctors monitoring the two-year-old say she is a victi

Double celestial treat for sky gazers tomorrow Press Trust of India, Updated: January 25, 2012 15:31 IST New Delhi:  Sky gazers are in for a double celestial treat on the evening of Republic Day-- apart from seeing our natural satellite's ashen glow, they will also see Venus and Moon converge into a beautiful conjunction. "Moon's ashen glow or 'the old Moon in the new Moon's arms' takes place when sunlight is reflected from the Earth to one side of the Moon due to which it appears to glow faintly and the entire orb of the satellite is dimly visible," said Director of Nehru Planetarium (Nehru Centre) Arvind Paranjpye. The phenomenon is also known as Earthshine, SPACE Director C B Devgun said. "The glow on the dark portion of the crescent Moon is known as earthshine," he said. Apart from the moon's ashen glow, astro-enthusiasts will also be able to witness a conjunction of thin crescent Moon and Venus tomorrow night. "V

Dear Colleagues, Very Frequently I’ve come across this requirement when I’m asked to suggest Excel formatting solution where a user needs to highlight the complete row based on some particular value in another column/cell in the same Excel workbook. The solution is very simple, this formula applied in “Conditional Formatting” will do the trick……   =INDIRECT(" ColumnNo "&ROW())=" Value " Ex: =INDIRECT("E"&ROW())="Pending" 1.        Go to Conditional Formatting (option), 2.        Select “ Use formula ” (option), 3.        Enter the above formula with appropriate ColumnNo & Value, 4.        Select the range to which this Formatting should be applied… And u’re done. Contact me in-case of further clarification(s). G.S Virdi

Ek maut….. Un-kahi si Mujhe istemal kar ke mere apne kehtey hai, Sirf Tumhare sath he hum khush rehtey hai. Piyar toh mujh se bahut hai unko…. Fir bhi naye rishton ki chahat rakhtey hai. Dil-e-nadan ki baton ke bahar aa kar deikhein to… Hum apni marzi se kuch nahi kar saktey hai. Kaise samjhau unhe apni majboori ka sabab, Meri lakh chahaton ki bavjoot eh-kismat… Abb to mere laffz bhi un tak nahi pahuchtey hai. Dil mein paddi apni mohobatt ki laash ko, Hum chah kar bhi zinda nahi kar saktey hai. Aaj har jasbaat mar chuke hai jab dil mein mere, Wapas aa jao tum…. Jane kiyu mujhe kehtey hai. …. …. …. Wrote it on 19th Nov2011, and I'm not sure why I decided to share it today.

The Scene: A doctor entered the hospital in hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery.   He answered the call as fast as he could, changed his clothes and went directly to the surgery block. He found the boy's father going and coming in the hall waiting for the doctor. On seeing him, the dad yelled: 'Why did you take all this time to come? Don't you have a sense of responsibility? The doctor smiled and said 'I am sorry, I wasn't in the hospital and I came the fastest I could after receiving the call and now I wish you would calm down so that I can do my work'   'Calm down! What if your son was in this room right now, would you calm down? If your own son dies now, what will you do? said the father angrily. The doctor smiled again and replied doctors cannot prolong lives, go and intercede for your son and we will do our best by God's grace. 'Giving advises when we are not concerned is so easy, murmured the father'.   The surgery to

04/01/2012 Italian Sikh devotee gets punishment for not respecting “Guru Granth Sahib” Tweet Amritsar, Jan 3 (PTI) The Akal Takht today meted out ''Tankah'' (religious punishment) to an Italian Sikh devotee for failing to respect the holy text and insulting SPGC members. Acting on the complaint filed by SGPC general Secretary Sukhdev Singh Bhaur and Secretary Dalmegh Singh, Jathedar Akal Takht Gyani Gurbachan Singh announced ''Tankah'' to Italian Sikh devotee Sant Harwant Singh Daduwal here. The duo had lodged complaint with the Akal Takht that while they were in Italy to deliver copies of the Sikh holy book they were insulted and Daduwal had misbehaved with them. According to the decree, Daduwal has been ordered to à “clean utensils, dust shoes and recite the holy text of Guru Granth Sahib in a gurdwara of Italy besides offering Rs 1,100 in the Sikh shrine”. PS: I’ve updated the title line of this news article, bcoz the person who wrot

Dear Anonymous Readers, Today I’m sharing another important idea which came into my mind on 1 st Jan 2012. I’ve decided to reduce the use of FaceBook, which means that I will now be having more time to put attention into my blog. I was just thinking: What exactly I’m doing on FB? I’m not at all a popular/favorite person…. So the only option for me is to write something on my wall, and wait for somebody to comment on it. Like always: when nobody comments…. Then I start checking on my friend’s walls. But I can do this on my blog too…. I write & share something here, and will start my endless wait for anonymous readers to comment something. As usual when nobody comments on my blogs…. I can surf other blogs & subscribe to them. This way I can get news of new posts on other blogs too. I feel it’s best to stay in my own small world and keep twinkling like a little star in the darkness of night. I’m not sad to be alone…. I had been alone since my childhood, many people came… t