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Share | Leslie Ann Tripathy Founded in 1980 by Ted Turner, Cable News Network, generally referred as CNN, is now one of the major English Language Television Networks. It was the first broadcasting station to present 24-hour television news coverage. CNN launched its news website CNN.com (initially known as CNN Interactive) on August 30, 1995. In October 2009 CNN.com introduced a new website design (http://edition.cnn.com/#fbid=sF0HsV2CXdb), making number of major changes to their information-heavy layout, revamping it by adding a new "sign up" option where users can create their own user name, a new "CNN Pulse" (beta) feature along with a new elegant red color theme with the power logo of CNN standing stylishly in white along with the world map, which changes according to the edition one chooses amidst edition preferences. However, most of the news archived on the website has been deleted. The previous design was somewhat cluttered and not very inviti...

Share | Leslie Ann Tripathy Speaking on "The Future Of Journalism In The Digital Age"; a lecture organized by The Hindu and The Asian College of Journalism on October 18th, 2010, Guardian’s Alan Rusbridger, said that journalism was facing the best and worst challenge of its life. It is a catch-22 situation. It has to be participative and should aspire to achieve and reflect diversity. It was a typical Saturday evening in Chennai known for its cultural confluence and literary engagement. All roads led to the Museum Theatre in Chennai. It was an evening to remember. Everybody had a few expectations, because Alan Rusbridger, Editor of ‘The Guardian’, United Kingdom had already brought a revolution in journalism in the digital age. It is his sustained campaign that has already put ‘The Guardian’ at the top. In a 24/7 world crying for news; truthful reporting for subtraction and addition any journalist has to dip his toe in digital age. There ...

Share | By Leslie Ann Tripathy Indian sport is today dominated by small town icons that have brought laurels for the nation. Akhil Kumar is a lion-hearted boxer from Uttar Pradesh, who cannot get over his addiction to the sport despite the injuries. Akhil Kumar reminded me of the Hemingway hero who can be destroyed but not defeated. For two years, despite Kumar’s best performance, a gold medal has been eluding him. Like a Kafkaesque hero he has not been able to fight destiny. But undeterred by the setbacks like Achilles, the valiant Akhil Kumar has his eyes set on winning an Olympic Gold for India in 2012. Below are the excerpts from an interview Akhil Kumar (AK) gave to Leslie Ann Tripathy (LAT). LAT: What are the upcoming matches you are looking forward to? How is your preparation going on? AK: Well I am preparing for Asian boxing championship and World Championship that are to be held this September. Whoever wins in World Championship will be qualified to get into Olympics 2012. ...

Share | By Leslie Ann Tripathy Phoenix, is a firebird that comes from Paradise, lives five hundred years feeding on aromatic herbs and filling the air with its heavenly voice, before it perishes and burns in fire. It would then rise from the ashes to live another five hundred years. Like the Phoenix, tennis player Andre Agassi made a comeback from his all time career ranking low at 141 to being world number one. Andre Agassi is considered one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the history of tennis. Agassi has earned more than $30m in prize money during a career in which he won eight Grand Slam tournaments. At the age of 16 turned a pro in 1986. It was Agassi who was almost responsible for glamorizing tennis. With his long flowing bleached blond tresses, earrings, denim and lycra shorts, shaved torso and rebellious attitude, Agassi became the poster boy of tennis worldwide. What really mattered to him was playing the game. Winning or losing hardly made any difference to hi...

Share | Leslie Ann Tripathy Last updated on March 16th 2011 Chennai : ACJ students from health elective today had the opportunity to listen to Dr.R.Thara, Director of SCARF. She was introduced on stage by Dr. Jaya Shreedhar, physician and health expert. Dr.Thara teaches at Columbia University and a member of Mental Health Advisory Board for the Government. SCARF is the acronym for the Schizophrenia Research Foundation, a non governmental, non profit organization in Chennai in India. SCARF was founded in 1984 by a group of philanthropists and mental health professionals led by Dr. M.Sarada Menon, an internationally known psychiatrist. SCARF has established itself as a center of repute in rehabilitation and research in disorders of the mind. The present team led by the Director Dr.R.Thara has psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, rehab personnel, administrative and support staff. SCARF is also the Indian co-ordinating site for the anti-stigma programme of the World Ps...

Share | Leslie Ann Tripathy Last updated on March 17 2011 at 22:00 hrs According to latest studies consumption of omega 3 fatty acid can help menstrual pain become history. Nisha Kartik an engineering student usually ends up missing one day of college every month when she finds it difficult to move following the painful chums (read monthly periods). Nisha often resorts to painkillers like flexon and crocin to numb the pain. But what bothers her is her dependency on pain-killers and their side-effects. For many women, pain/cramps during the monthly periods is a major reason for stress. As the menstrual cramps affects many females from undertaking their regular routine. As many as half of menstruating women are affected by period pain, and of these, about 10% have severe pain, which greatly limits their activities for 1-2 days each month. Causes Also known as dysmenorrhoea, period pain is classified as either primary or secondary. Primary dysmenorrhoea is most likely to be ca...

Share | No relief for Alopecia as yet Leslie Tripathy There is no evidence that any particular treatment for alopecia can guarantee long term benefit to the patients. Alopecia areata is a condition where there is gradual hair loss in a particular area, as hair stops to re-grow there. This condition is also commonly known as baldness. Though any hair-bearing area can be affected, but it is most noticed on the scalp. This disease varies from person to person, which is why some people start balding in their early 20s. The number and size of bald patches varies from person to person. The characteristic patch of alopecia areata is usually round or oval, and is completely smooth and bald. Alopecia totalis is the loss of 100% of scalp hair. Alopecia universalis is the loss of 100% of body hair. The real reason behind the disease is not known so there is no definite cure for it yet. As baldness in men and women is on a rise, keeping an eye on the demand, supply of treatment for the...

Share | Mahatma Gandhi, vow, this bespectacled old dude with a cute childlike smile, with no hair on the head, no shirt and a loin cloth, holding a walking stick, is an image that is stamped on every Indians mind, soon after they start breathing their lives on earth.I kind of agree with what Einstein said about Gandhi, “Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.” Be my school, college books, Indian currency notes, Principals’ office, a judge’s court, statues on the roads, even my papa’s home library, he was everywhere. Vow, this guy, has lived quite a magnificent eternal life. There was this joke going on among my friends in school, one day when a ragamuffin was being bullied and made fun of for having no father, he murmured, 'My father is Mahatma Gandhi, how can you say, I don’t have a father, he is father of the nation, so my father as well." That’s the impact of Gandhi. He had the nation enthra...