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Monday, Aug 09, 2004

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`Meri Delhi Award' presented

NEW DELHI AUG. 8. Eminent industrialist and Member of Parliament, Navin Jindal, and 12 other personalities received the "Meri Delhi Award" for the year 2004 from the Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, on Saturday evening. Mr. Jindal was awarded for his contribution to social rights.

While the Joint Commissioner of Police, Deepak Misra, bagged the award for his service to society, Manohar Lal Aggarwal of Haldiram Bhujiya was handed over the award for his contribution to exports. Other awardes included Ashwani Kumar (Journalism), Sant Lal Aggarwal (Trade) and Rakesh Gupta of Sadhna TV (Media Service).

Senior citizen at 60 years

NEW DELHI AUG. 8. The Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has clarified that the National Policy on Older Persons, which was announced in 1999, confers the status of senior citizen on all those who have attained the age of 60 years.

In a communication to the Congress Councillor from Janakpuri, Sanjay Puri, the Union Ministry referred to a letter written to the Chief Secretaries of States and Union Territories in January and May 2003 to consider reducing the age limit to 60 years for senior citizens and providing all the necessary benefits.

With this clarification, Mr. Puri hoped that the confusion over age of senior citizens for concessions in house tax would be over. He has also brought this to the notice of the Delhi Chief Minister, the Chief Secretary, and the Municipal Commissioner seeking immediate intervention.

`Avoid extra calories'

NEW DELHI AUG. 8. "Every calorie you avoid is worth about 30 seconds of extra life," said the Deputy Dean of the Board of Medical Education, Moolchand Hospital, K.K. Aggarwal at a discussion organised here today by the Heart Care Foundation of India.

Dr. Aggarwal said giving up a piece of pizza may result in an extra three hours of life. "It is known for a long time that ants, mice and worms that eat very little live longer than those who eat a normal diet. Restricting calories without starving or going into malnutrition can benefit and reverse all major risk factors for heart diseases like cholesterol and blood pressure and offer insulin resistance and inflammatory C-reactive protein".

The total calorie intake should range between 1000 to 2000 calories and the correct diet should contain a mix of fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains, Dr. Aggarwal added.

Tributes paid to Kannada writer

NEW DELHI AUG. 8. On the birth centenary of distinguished Kannada writer, journalist and freedom fighter, Siddavanahalli Krishna Sharma, here today, rich tributes were paid by a large number of Kannada writers, artistes, professors, intellectuals and academicians.

On the occasion, the Editor of "Dehali Kannadiga", M.B. Samaga, said: "Sharma had worked for "Vishva Karnataka", a Kannada daily supporting the freedom struggle, and also published his own journals "Bhoodan" and "Sarvodaya". He also underwent imprisonment during the freedom movement."

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