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ITBP Raising Day awards

NEW DELHI: Two days before its 44th Raising Day, Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) V.K. Joshi on Sunday decorated the officers and jawans with Director General's insignia and commendation letters in recognition of their exceptional service and outstanding performance in different fields. Mr. Joshi felicitated 30 officers, subordinate officers and jawans on the occasion.

Earlier, the Director General took the salute of the parade in which contingents from Garhwal, Kumaon, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, North-East, Logistic and Communication Sectors, Dog Squad and Mounted Squad took part in their full attire.

Mr. Joshi also paid homage to the martyrs of the force who laid their lives in the service of the nation in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country.

Alarm for diabetics

NEW DELHI: Diabetics are 27 per cent more likely to develop cancer of the pancreas and liver than normal people, a large Japanese adult study involving 98,000 people has revealed, Heart Care Foundation of India president K.K. Aggarwal said here.

Speaking about the study, Dr. Aggarwal said this may be due to excess production of insulin in diabetics which may promote cancer cell growth in liver and pancreas Another reason may be the link of obesity with diabetes, he said

Quoting another study, he said diabetes creates a greater risk of death than obesity A study by Atlanta doctors has shown that in presence of diabetes obese people have a greater risk of suffering from acute organ failure or dying from acute organ failure than people who are not obese. On the other hand, people with diabetes, regardless of their body mass index, are three times more likely to become critically ill.

Water supply to be affected

NEW DELHI: The supply of water to large parts of south and east Delhi will remain adversely affected for at least two days, Monday and Tuesday, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has said. Spokesperson DJB S.Cheema said on Sunday that this situation has arisen because supply of raw water from Uttar Pradesh has been stopped due to cleaning of the upper Ganga canal.

She said in the meantime Haryana has been requested to release additional water in the Yamuna, but the process would take sometime and the water supply will remain adversely hit during the next two days.

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