[Goanet] Science religion
Speaking of science and religion, in many cases we see that organised religion does try to actually ignore and even subdue overwhelming scientific observations. For example the case of reincarnation has been proven over and over again but since it happens to be exactly the opposite of what is preached by the Church and some other religions, it is not recognised. Read Many Masters Many Minds by Dr.Brian Weiss to learn more about this. And I read the other day that some historians and scientists now believe that Christ was a Bodhi Satva (which is a leader-teacher of Buddism in Buddha's tradition) and that after his resurrection he returned to Kashmir (which they think is his home place) with his mother and is buried there next to Mother Mary. In fact the person buried in that particular spot is known as a recognised saint in Kashmir as well but under some other name (I forget the name now) . A Western scientist has now requested the current Farooq Abdullah Govt. for permission to exhume the two graves in Kashmir to check the DNA to establish the relation between the two persons buried there. The scientist believes that if this is established, there is sufficient evidence (and I suppose they have some other evidence as well) to prove that the person buried there is indeed Jesus. Needless to say that the Church will never ascribe to this view. However, whether the scientist will ever be able to exhume the graves is debatable because it is heavily opposed by some Kashmiris. And at a yoga lesson I learnt that the Vajrasana, which is the Islamic namaz (prayer) pose is actually a very scientific technique of keeping your spine erect and allowing proper digestion and breathing. It is said that if one practises the Vajrasana regularly during the day (remember namaz is advocated five times a day) one can be free of some 18 diseases. But quite a few of my Muslim friends did not know all this. For them the posture was just another dogma to be followed. And Goddess Kali is much abused with human/animal sacrifices linked to her. She is shown as a fiece woman with necklaces of skulls and holding a severed head in one hand and a sword in the other. The idea of showing this scary figure and linking her to God was to dispel fear and establish only love. Since love and fear are emotions that cannot be applied together. But instead people use Goddess Kali in connection with sacrifices and whatever and little is done to change this. And the old temple custom of giving up your girl child to serve the temple (devdasis) resulted in a flourishing trade of prostituition and female abuse. Don't know who actually preached it but it was certainly encouraged by temple priests. Don't know if this actually has anything to do with the subject, but couldn't resist adding it. Cheers, Sunila _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
goanet-digest V1 #3985
goanet-digest Sunday, May 19 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3985
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In this issue:
[Goanet] Silver Wedding Anniversary
[Goanet] Goan Scientist Shines in USA
[Goanet] Happy silver wedding anniversary (Mauro/Pat of Candolim)
Re: [Goanet] Mere assertions
[Goanet] 19 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
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Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 02:33:18 +
From: A. Veronica Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] Silver Wedding Anniversary
SILVER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
Today Sunday, 19th May, Roque Joyce complete 25 years of their happy and
prosperous wedded life. They are gone to Goa along with their three lovely
children Janessa, Russel Ralph to celebrate this occasion in the presence
of their closest and dearest relatives. Roque hailing from Calata Majorda
is one of the long timer Goan in Kuwait working for National Bank of Kuwait
since last 23 years while Joyce from Belloy Nuvem is also a long timer in
Kuwait. Both soft spoken, humble and pious in nature during the last 25
years led a very dedicated married life.
On behalf of all their friends and relatives in Kuwait, I wish them a Happy
Silver Wedding Anniversary and Pray to God to give them another 25 years of
prosperous married life to celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary.
Besaum Tumcher Poddonk Re Sorginchea Deva Bapachem.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
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Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 20:18:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Bradley n Clive [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] Goan Scientist Shines in USA
If anyone has more details please do share but here is
what I just found out.
Richard W. D'souza, { who is a Goan origin } and
migrated to the US, from Pakistan in 1978, invented
the Cool Mint Listerine Pocketpaks and lauched it in
October 2001.
Pocketpaks has become the fastest selling mouth
freshner generating more than $100 million in sales.
D'souza was the VP of Pfizer.
D'souza lives in New Jersey with his wife Venetia, son
Russell and fraternal twins Adrian Alicia.
D'souza is also nicknamed as Cool Dad
Seby Mascarenhas
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Bradley, CJ, Greta Seby
Maryland, USA.
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Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 18:59:52 -
From: drjcdemello [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] Happy silver wedding anniversary (Mauro/Pat of Candolim)
Very happy silver wedding anniversary to MAURO and PAT of Candolim
who celebrates their silver wedding anniversary today on 18th May.
They are blessed with two children Melvile and Daryl. May the Silver
turn to Gold.
Mauro is ex-BBME of RasAlKhaima (UAE) and Pat is ex-National Bank of
AbuDhabi. Ras AlKhaima (UAE).
Dr.Carlos
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Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 06:13:08 -
From: santoshhelekar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Mere assertions
- --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], J. Almeida [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Prejudice, or a closed mind, forms no part of
Scientific Method.
Yes, but skepticism is an integral part of the scientific method, and
gullibility has no place in it, even though the former is often
mistaken for prejudice and closed-mindedness, and the latter always
represents open-mindedness.
If religious belief can be supported through the application of the
scientific method, I would love to see the relevant scientific
evidence for it clearly stated for examination. If the evidence is so
compelling and unequivocal, one should be able to present it in a few
short paragraphs. One can of course recommend a book which one has
never read, but one then runs the risk of being embarrassed, if its
contents do not live up to its title.
The proper commonsensical approach (not just a scientific one) then
is to first read the book and decide whether it really contains the
evidence based on which one thought one had chosen to hold a
religious belief. Otherwise, one would have to find an even better
excuse to retract the original recommendation than the one provided
below.
CS Lewis offers a personal account, not formal logic,
as I said. Although it is decades since I read Mere
Christianity, I thought his literary style would form
a pleasant contrast to the Kreeft Tacelli book. If I
were to pick one, I would go with the formal approach.
Should I come across better books, I will mention
them.
Cheers,
Santosh
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Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 12:47:01 +0530
From: Joel D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Goanet] 19 MAY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
19 May 2002
CM SAYS COPS PROBING REPORT ON COMMUNAL TENSION BY CONG: Chief Minister,
Manohar Parrikar, has stated that the police were enquiring into several
Re: [Goanet] MESSAGE TO ALL GOANS!
For someone who is totally against organised religion, that is very tempting ! ;-) In any case, if all in India gave up their religion, everyone would focus on real issues like the economy, education, infrastructure, health, sanitation, and development. Instead, with the current obsession with organised religion we dig ourselves into a pit. Cheers, Sunila From: ash k [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] MESSAGE TO ALL GOANS! Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 02:15:11 -0700 (PDT) To all Goans: Vote for BJP and give up your RELIGION! ash _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] Football-India: Why India isn't good enough
FOOTBALL/WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN Why India isn't good enough ROHIT BRIJNATH PHYSICS, said the speaker. Physics? we asked. What do Newton and gang have to do with football? The place was the Oberoi Grand Hotel. The time, a decade ago. The subject, why India isn't a footballing power. And the speaker, P. K. Banerjee, once player, then coach, always raconteur. Of course, 'physics' had nothing to do with it. With due deference to the enlightened and amusing PK, it was merely a case of mangled pronunciation. What he meant was physique. Or rather the lack of it, which in his opinion was one of the primary reasons why India was unable to compete on the world stage. Full article: http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2520/25200400.htm -- Opera - The fastest browser on Earth!! - http://www.opera.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] Scientific Method
Dear Santosh, As a scientist I am interested in refutation of error. Either a conjecture is refuted or it is not. If you can unequivocally refute the factual claims relating to the death of the historical Jesus, then I urge you to take up the matter with historical experts. Present your unequivocal and compelling evidence in refutation, take the consensus of historical scholarship with you, and I will join you gladly. Attempting refutation of conjectures through compelling evidence is Scientific Method. The rest is not. As a Christian, I am not required to believe anything contradicted by evidence. Regards, Joel Almeida PS You may have as much space for your historical evidence as you require: not just a few sentences or a para. __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
goanet-digest V1 #3986
goanet-digest Sunday, May 19 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3986 - In this issue: [Goanet] Science religion Re: [Goanet] Article on Shabana Azmi Narain Kataria Re: [Goanet] MESSAGE TO ALL GOANS! [Goanet] Football-India: Why India isn't good enough [Goanet] Scientific Method RE: [Goanet] Goan Scientist Shines in USA See end of digest for information on subscribing/unsusbcribing. -- Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 12:03:59 +0400 From: Sunila Muzawar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Science religion Speaking of science and religion, in many cases we see that organised religion does try to actually ignore and even subdue overwhelming scientific observations. For example the case of reincarnation has been proven over and over again but since it happens to be exactly the opposite of what is preached by the Church and some other religions, it is not recognised. Read Many Masters Many Minds by Dr.Brian Weiss to learn more about this. And I read the other day that some historians and scientists now believe that Christ was a Bodhi Satva (which is a leader-teacher of Buddism in Buddha's tradition) and that after his resurrection he returned to Kashmir (which they think is his home place) with his mother and is buried there next to Mother Mary. In fact the person buried in that particular spot is known as a recognised saint in Kashmir as well but under some other name (I forget the name now) . A Western scientist has now requested the current Farooq Abdullah Govt. for permission to exhume the two graves in Kashmir to check the DNA to establish the relation between the two persons buried there. The scientist believes that if this is established, there is sufficient evidence (and I suppose they have some other evidence as well) to prove that the person buried there is indeed Jesus. Needless to say that the Church will never ascribe to this view. However, whether the scientist will ever be able to exhume the graves is debatable because it is heavily opposed by some Kashmiris. And at a yoga lesson I learnt that the Vajrasana, which is the Islamic namaz (prayer) pose is actually a very scientific technique of keeping your spine erect and allowing proper digestion and breathing. It is said that if one practises the Vajrasana regularly during the day (remember namaz is advocated five times a day) one can be free of some 18 diseases. But quite a few of my Muslim friends did not know all this. For them the posture was just another dogma to be followed. And Goddess Kali is much abused with human/animal sacrifices linked to her. She is shown as a fiece woman with necklaces of skulls and holding a severed head in one hand and a sword in the other. The idea of showing this scary figure and linking her to God was to dispel fear and establish only love. Since love and fear are emotions that cannot be applied together. But instead people use Goddess Kali in connection with sacrifices and whatever and little is done to change this. And the old temple custom of giving up your girl child to serve the temple (devdasis) resulted in a flourishing trade of prostituition and female abuse. Don't know who actually preached it but it was certainly encouraged by temple priests. Don't know if this actually has anything to do with the subject, but couldn't resist adding it. Cheers, Sunila _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 14:07:43 +0400 From: Sunila Muzawar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Article on Shabana Azmi Narain Kataria So now these idiots who are so obsessed with religion are fighting over it even in the USA. I would have thought they would have directed their energies towards consolidating the people of Indian origin to make a force to reckon with. Instead, small minds work over petty issues and they are busy trying to fight themselves over religion. And in the bargain they ridicule the one Muslim person who had the guts to openly tell Imam Bukhari of the Jama Masjid, New Delhi to get lost when he gave a call to Muslims in India to fight the jihad against the Americans in Afghanistan. In fact she said something to the tune of : why doesn't someone do us a favour and air drop him (the Imam) into Afghanistan, so he can fight his jihad and the rest of us can get on with our lives. Of course the Imam could not swallow that and called her a prostitute. And she replied saying if that is the way he speaks about people, his mind has little about Islam in it. Incidentally she is also the lone Muslim woman who had the guts to go on record on television and advocate an uniform civil code rather than the current many religious related personal
[Goanet] JOBS: More Indian nurses arrive in Britain
More Indian nurses arrive in Britain by Sanjay Suri, Indo-Asian News Service London, May 16 (IANS) The number of Indian nurses arriving to work in Britain has shot up 30 times over the past four years, a new report says. The report by the Nursing and Midwifery Council shows that no more than 30 nurses from India arrived to work in Britain in 1998-99. By 2001-02 that number rose to 994. The pace of migration this year is rising more rapidly. The number of applicants from India is far larger. Many more from this pool of applicants could be recruited now as shortages rise. Britain is short of at least 25,000 nurses, according to estimates by the National Health Service. But that number could rise because many American hospitals have begun to recruit nurses from Britain. The demand for nurses has shot up in the U.S. because the country is facing shortages. Nurses get paid a good deal more in the U.S. than they do in Britain. As shortages increase, the number of nurses coming into Britain will rise, the council says. Indian hospitals, already short of nursing staff, could face severe depletion of nursing staff. Record numbers of people are applying to join the register from overseas, and record numbers are being accepted, the council says. The largest number of applicants came from the Philippines. From 52 nurses in 1998-99, the number rose to 7,235 in 2001-2002. In all, 2,114 nurses came to Britain from South Africa and 1,342 from Australia in 2001-2002. More nurses are coming to Britain from all over the world. A total of 473 came from Zimbabwe, 443 from New Zealand and 432 from Nigeria. Only three nurses came from Pakistan in 1998-99. That number rose to 207 in 2001. In the year ending March 2002, 41,656 nurses and midwives from overseas (non-European Union) countries applied for registration; 43 percent more than in the previous year, the report says. More than 23,000 of these had to undertake a period of supervised practice, while only about 480 were rejected outright. The Philippines and India were the source countries for more than half the applicants. The rise in overseas applications looks set to continue, since the figures also reveal that during 2001-02, the registrations department of the council dealt with around 100,000 applications for information packs and overseas application forms. --Indo-Asian News Service =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] JOBS: US offers tremendous scope for Indian nurses -- recruiter
U.S. offers tremendous scope for Indian nurses: recruiter By Sanu George, Indo-Asian News Service Thiruvananthapuram, May 18 (IANS) U.S. hospitals require some 650,000 qualified nurses and the southern Indian state of Kerala can play a major role in bridging this gap, an NRI businessman has said. I have a contract with 20 leading hospitals in the U.S. who need 2,000 qualified nurses and I have come here to recruit them, Sam Kuzhikala said. Salaries for nurses in the U.S. range from $50,000 to $60,000 a year, he said. Nurses from Kerala have already made a name for themselves in hospitals in the Middle East, where an estimated 100,000 are employed. A majority of hospitals in India also employ Keralite nurses, though no reliable statistics are available. The only stumbling block for Keralite nurses aspiring to work in the U.S. is that they have to first clear the Cgfns examination. Cgfns is the acronym for Commission Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools, which is part of the licensing requirements to work as a registered nurse in the U.S. In India, the Cgfns test is currently conducted only in Bangalore. As of today, there is only one professional centre in Kerala which prepares candidates for this course. Apart from this, aspirants also have to clear examinations in written and spoken English. One way out would be for the government to include the syllabus for these tests in the curriculum of nursing colleges in Kerala, said Kuzhikala. The Kerala government has said it is making efforts to open a Cgfns examination centre in the state. Said M.M. Hassan, minister for non-resident Keralites: We have made contacts with the people concerned in Delhi and are hopeful that this would come through. If that happens, then nurses from Kerala could see their job prospects increase hugely. Kuzhikala also cautioned Keralite nurses who intend to go to the U.S. against being duped by unscrupulous agents and said the state government could play a role in this regard. A career in nursing is much sought after in Kerala with some 800 seats available annually in medical colleges and another 2,500 seats in private nursing schools in the state. --Indo-Asian News Service =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] Home Minister-Gujarat Rehabilitation
C-701, Swaran Jayanti Sadan, Bishamber Das Marg, New Delhi-110001 May 18, 2002 Dear Home Minister, It is reported that some of the relief camps in Gujarat are about to be closed. A letter written by Shri Bharat Bharot, a Minister in the State Government has been made public. In fact some camps were closed following an order of the Collector of Dahod to the Mamlatdars of Dahod, Jhalod and Limkheda. We demand that no relief camp should be closed until appropriate infrastructure is provided for rehabilitation of the inmates. The victims are asked to return to their homes which were destroyed by the mobs and do not exist any more. Furthermore, they are attacked by the neighbours and there are pamphlets in wide circulation exhorting Hindus not to employ Muslims and to boycott muslim shops and businesses. In such circumstances where will they return to? There is indeed, a devious plan of the State administration to shift these victims as far away from Ahmedabad as possible and out of the public eye. We urge Government to spell out clearly the amount of compensation packages to the victims, the criteria for eligibility and the timeframe for paying the compensation. There are a number of cases where victims have been given cheques worth Rs.200 and Rs.300 where their entire house has been destroyed. A person cannot even open a bank account with such amounts and they are not sufficient to buy even a door much less any sort of house. We demand that the rule that calls for a death certificate or a corpse in order for the next of kin to qualify for compensation should be waived. This rule was waived for the victims of the earthquake. In the present case many bodies have been burnt or buried in mass graves making retrieval impossible. We urge you to direct the State Government of Gujarat to take immediate action as per the above suggestions so that the confidence of the people is restored and a measure of normalcy returns to that beleaguered State. We and most members of Parliament would like to contribute to this relief effort with funds available to us under Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS). Government may permit us to do so. The situation in Gujarat is indeed a national calamity. Yours sincerely, Sd/- Eduardo Faleiro Sd/- Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav Sd/- Prof. Ram Deo Bhandary Sd/- Justice Ranganath Misra Sd/- Mirza Abdul Rashid Sd/- Smt. Sarla Maheshwari Sd/- Dr. Arun Kumar Sarma Sd/- Shri Kuldip Nayyar Sd/- B.S. Ramoowalia For any correspondence or clarification in the matter please contact Shri Eduardo Faleiro, M.P. at C-701, Swarna Jayanti Sadan, Dr. Bishamber Das Marg, New Delhi-110001 or on phone No. 3319395 or 9810028850, Fax No. 3752140, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] NEWS: India mulls options ...
India mulls options as terrorists strike again in Kashmir By Ajit Sahi, Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) India Sunday brought its paramilitary forces and the Coast Guard under the direct command of the defence services in what is seen as a slow but calibrated step to strengthen its defences as heavy firing continued on its border with Pakistan. Even as yet another brazen terrorist strike was reported on an Indian army camp in Jammu and Kashmir that killed three soldiers and a paramilitary trooper, military officials said Indian and Pakistani troops continued to exchange fire across the border for the fourth straight day. After a late evening meeting that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had with his top cabinet ministers, defence chiefs and senior security officials, External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh announced that orders placing the paramilitary forces under the command of the army and the Coast Guard under the command of the navy would be issued Monday. No other decision was announced after the meeting of the cabinet committee on security (CCS) even as reporters kept peppering Singh with questions on the possibility of war breaking out on the subcontinent. You have to read what you have to read. I do what I have to do, Singh said in response to a direct question whether signs of a war could be read in the CCS decision. Besides Singh, Home Minister L.K. Advani, Defence Minister George Fernandes, Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha and New Delhi's interlocutor on Kashmir K.C. Pant attended the meeting at Vajpayee's official residence. Army chief General Sunderrajan Padmanabhan, navy chief Admiral Madhvendra Singh and air force vice chief S.G. Inamdar also attended the meeting. Earlier Sunday, Vajpayee met opposition leader Sonia Gandhi to mull New Delhi's response to the heightened terrorist violence in Kashmir, even as the machinegun and mortar crossfire continued along the border. More than half a dozen civilians were injured in the Pakistani firing, said an Indian army officer who claimed that a dozen Pakistan army bunkers had been destroyed. In a daring strike 3 a.m. Sunday, terrorists attacked an Indian army camp at Chasana, 150 km north of Jammu, killing three soldiers and one paramilitary trooper and injuring about a dozen. The killings came five days after terrorists massacred 32 people including seven bus passengers and wives and children of soldiers near Jammu. Mounting anger in India has led many to speculate that India is contemplating a military strike against Pakistan, which it blames for a dragging insurgency in Kashmir. Following the May 14 Jammu attack, New Delhi expelled Pakistan High Commissioner Ashraf Jehangir Qazi to protest Islamabad's continued support to Kashmiri separatists. Qazi has described his expulsion as unfortunate. --Indo-Asian News Service =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
Re: [Goanet] Pre world cup report
- Original Message - From: Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 6:57 AM Subject: [Goanet] Pre world cup report Viva Germany, 2002 World Cup Champions!! :-) Marlon Marlon: You are still in 1998 !!! (Or is this a 1998 post from you ? :-)) We are in 2002 now mate. Wake up ! The final of the 2002 World Cup will be between France and Portugal ! Don't forget: You heard it here first Paulo. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
Re: [Goanet] MESSAGE TO ALL GOANS! -- RELIGION V/S ANIMISM SURVEY
In a message dated 05/19/2002 5:15:08 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For someone who is totally against organised religion, that is very tempting ! ;-) In any case, if all in India gave up their religion, everyone would focus on real issues like the economy, education, infrastructure, health, sanitation, and development. Instead, with the current obsession with organised religion we dig ourselves into a pit. In response to the above, I humbly submit: What doth it profit a (wo)man if (s)he gains the whole world, but suffers the loss of his/her soul? There is no point in trying to twist Ash's poignant prophesy for any generalizations. Religion (from 'religare') is designed to bind us back from jungle rule. IMHO, without religion, Goans would fit the computer prompt of Goons :( I would like to initiate a survey of all Goanetters on the following question: Are you for or against religion? Let us plan to close this survey at midnight, Friday, May 31, 2002. Hopefully some computer wizard will volunteer to tabulate and provide the results :-) Viva Goa, Viva Goacom! Pat de Sousa Maryland, USA =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
[Goanet] NGO for ban on Hepatitis B vaccine.
* Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service circulated by Goa Civic Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)[EMAIL PROTECTED] * --- NGO for ban on Hepatitis B vaccine. --- An NGO, Citizens for Health has suggested for an immediate ban on the administration of Hepatitis B vaccine until the same is certified to be free from all potential hazards. In their memorandum submitted to the chief minister, the NGO said it is now clear that in the US itself where the vaccine originated, there is a serious debate on the potential for disaster, through the vaccine. The fact is that the long term effects of the vaccine have not been studied or tabulated, particularly since the vaccine is less than a decade old, the Citizens for Health said. Claiming that it made some investigations in the matter, the NGO said the vaccine has led to severe health problems, adding that some diseases like Arthritis, vision problems, trigeminal neuralgia etc. It pointed out that the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons has called for an immediate moratorium on the vaccine pending further research about dangerous side effects. Children younger than 14 years are three times more likely to die or suffer from the adverse reactions after receiving Hepatitis B vaccines than to catch the disease, the NGO said quoting Dr Jan Orient, Executive Director of AAPS. Moreover, the NGO said the National Vaccine Information Centre (USA) has opposed mass vaccination of children against Hepatitis B stating, It is a national experiment on our children for a disease that is not highly contagious. --- HERALD 16/5/02 page 3 --- === GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Working On Issues Of Development Democracy === =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet === For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
