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A melée of careers
With mind-boggling choices in careers, parents and children are at crossroads unable to decide the best. Career melas organised by several institutions help a great deal in bringing awareness with various courses and opportunites, writes USHA RAMAN.
Health
Facelift fracas
WANT A facelift? Here's some good news. Women in Britain are being offered "temporary facelifts" in the High Street by Boots, the first store to sell Botox treatment. Customers have to just walk into a shop and pay 200 pounds for an injection of ...


Help for the disabled
FOOD SUPPLEMENTS given to children with learning disabilities have had some dramatic results, say researchers. One child's reading improved by the equivalent of four years after taking supplements for three months. In another case, a child's ...
Right to anonymity
BRITISH MINISTERS are willing to change the law to enable children conceived with donor sperm to trace their biological fathers. "However, the new legislation will not place donors under financial obligation to their offspring and will not be ...
Drug to slash clotting risk
RECENT RESEARCH led to a new blood-thinning drug which cuts the risk of potentially deadly blood clots in patients who have had hip surgery. Fondaparinux is the new type of synthetic anti-clotting drug which was developed by French pharmaceutical ...
Lifestyle
Jewellery for workplace
With the launch of its Collection `g' range of jewellery, Tanishq offers a perfect solution for working women.
Chop it right
From towering heads of hair to coloured, curled and streaked looks, women have been following the hairdressing, styles and trends quite closely. A peek at what's in this monsoon.
Monsoon dressing
`Oorja' showcases the latest collections by popular designers for the monsoon in an exhibition of haute couture from June 19 to 21.
Personality
Enlivening the cultural scene
`Anubhav', a new institute of music and dance started by Anupama Kylash and Anasuya Murthy, will be inaugurated tomorrow with a unique presentation titled `Anubhav - images of art' based on life's varied experiences by young artistes of the twin c ities.
One from the mind
Arvind Chenji has done his bit to make photography a lucrative and exciting profession. What it takes to be successful in one's field though is to be a visionary first, he feels.
Pioneer in bhangra pop
Known for his feel-good compositions and hi-energy music videos, the prince of bhangra was in the twin cities with his lively Bhangra-techno fusion.
Full of spark
Sushant Singh as the firebrand Sukhdev in `The Legend of Bhagat Singh' managed to hold his ground as the comrade of Bhagat Singh, rather Ajay Devgan. This promising actor is inching his way up in Bollywood.
Showbitz
Channel moves
RAVINA KOHLI, President of Star News, seems to be ringing in several changes at the channel. The latest seems to be Sanjay Pugalia's move as Director, Star News, from Zee News, which he currently heads in Delhi. Pugalia and Kohli worked ...
`Kkusum' will soon be fit again
KKUSUM MAY be winning accolades aplenty for Ekta Kapoor, but Nausheeen Sardar Ali, who plays the title role, was recently injured in a car accident. A slight drizzle in the wee hours of the morning, caused her car to skid over an oil spill ...
Kapil Dev will spell Sony
IF KAPIL DEV always spelt Palmolive shaving cream for you, things are now going to change. Kapil has been appointed brand ambassador for three years for Sony Entertainment Television and Sony Max. The channel seems to be following a sporting ...
What price winnings?
A recent winner of the Star Plus show, Khulja Sim Sim, Kumar Kashinath Kale, (how lucky can you get? A triple letter `K'!) won goods supposedly worth Rs. 96,750 only to have them valued and discover that the gifts were not even worth Rs. ...
Jailhouse tale
PRIYA RAMAN, who debuted in Valli opposite Rajinikanth years ago, was unable to carve a very memorable name in Tamil films, but her stint in Malayalam cinema has been impressive, with Sainyam opposite Mamootty, Arthana, ...
K magic in Kannada too
THE BALAJI TELEFILMS serial Kavyanjali directed by Ravi R Garani is riding a wave of success and garnering high TRP ratings. Ravi Garani is so pleased with the serial's performance that he has nothing but praise for producer Ekta Kapoor ...
Together again
SHABANA AZMI debuted on television in the serial Anupama, directed by Arun Frank, and is now set to work again under him in Chalo Ek Bar Phir Se, where her co-star is Milind Gunaji. The serial, which revolves around marital ...
Green Notes
Easy to grow house plants
A climbing evergreen Mexican plant with dark, shiny and heart-shaped green leaves, the cheese plant is attractive and easy to maintain.

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