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Friday, Jul 08, 2005

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New British Council chief in India

NEW DELHI: Rod Pryde is the British Council's new Director for India and Sri Lanka. He began his tenure on Monday.

This is his first posting in India. Prior to taking up his responsibilities in India, he was Assistant Director-General for the British Council at its headquarters in London.

"I am delighted to be here in India, a country which displays the aspirations of an upcoming global power combined with its incredible history and culture," said he.

Lawyers' strike

NEW DELHI: The Delhi and the New Delhi Bar Associations will observe a strike on Friday to protest against some amendments carried out to the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005.

According to a press statement issued by the Coordination Committee All Bar Associations of Delhi, the lawyers would abstain from work at Tis Hazari and Patalia House courts. The Bar Associations have objected to changes in the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act which make it mandatory for the parties to appear at the time of the grant of anticipatory bail on application moved by the public prosecutors, which they feel would make the anticipatory bail procedure redundant.

Garmentech opened

NEW DELHI: The Director-General of Korea Trade Centre, Fe Myeong Kee, inaugurated the sixth edition of Zak Garmentech International Expo 2005 -- India's largest apparel technology fair -- at Pragati Maidan here on Thursday.

The Expo is witnessing an increased participation from international companies in the area of sewing technology, accessories and support services. The four-day exhibition ends on July 10.

Coffee cure

NEW DELHI: Coffee consumption might lower the risk of developing Type II diabetes, said Dr. K.K. Aggarwal, president of the Delhi Medical Association, here on Thursday quoting a meta-analysis published by Dutch doctors in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Dr. Aggarwal said cohort studies had shown that the more coffee the participants drank, the lower was their risk to Type II diabetes.

In the study, more than six or seven cups a day were associated with a 35 per cent lower risk of the disease and between four and six cups with a 28 per cent lower risk compared to those who drank less than two cups a day.

However, Dr. Aggarwal cautioned that it was premature to recommend increasing coffee consumption as a public health strategy.

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