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Amity award for Mauritius Minister

NEW DELHI: Ashok. K. Chauhan, Founder President - Ritnand Balved Education Foundation, conferred the Amity Golden Award Of The Century on the Foreign Minister of Mauritius, Madan Murlidhar Dulloo, during his visit to the Amity Campus in Noida this past week.

The award was presented to Mr. Dulloo for his extraordinary achievements for the development of Mauritius by initiating and cultivating good relationship with other countries.

Accepting the award Mr. Dulloo said: "Mauritius is on the development path. The country would look forward to students of India to work with them and make them developed financially and culturally enriched."

Also present on the occasion was Ms. Usha Dwarika, High Commissioner of Mauritius to India, who congratulated Amity for providing quality education to the students of India.

Delhi to be gems, jewellery hub

NEW DELHI: Delhi will be developed as the largest centre of the gems jewellery industry in northern India in a bid to expand the trade in the city to 20 per cent of the national volume. The Delhi State Industrial Development Corporation (DSIDC) has drawn up an ambitious plan to this effect. The plan is to develop a special economic zone (SEZ) with "front end" components for sales and marketing and "back end" components for manufacturing units. The "front end" components would also include identification, grading and certification of diamonds, a world-class gem and jewellery training institute, a gem testing lab, an assaying and hallmarking centre as well as government offices to facilitate trade.The DSIDC spokesman, Jagjiwan Bakhshi, said a National Institute of Jewellery Design and Technology would come up at Okhla Phase II in October this year.

Gall bladder stones

NEW DELHI: "Unless necessary, gall bladder stones should not be removed in asymtomatic patients. Gall bladder removal or "cholecystectomy" can raise the risk of colon, but not rectal cancer,'' said Dr. K K Aggarwal, President, Delhi Medical Association, in a ststment.

Quoting a UK study published in American Journal of Gastroenterology, Dr. Aggarwal said the risk is only slightly increased and, therefore, should not influence the decision to undergo this procedure if it's necessary.

Stone-forming bile could be the underlying mechanism. Increased exposure of the colon lining to bile acids and undigested fat following cholecystectomy may lead to damage that ultimately results in cancer, he said.

Mr. Aggarwal said gall stones should be operated only when there is a danger of cancer as seen in a calcified gall bladder or the person has develped an attack of gall bladder colic or inflammation.

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