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New Evidence Supports HIV Screening In Young Adulthood
A new study suggests that the most beneficial age for a one-time screening HIV test of the general population would be age 25. The report led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) working with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health will be published in
Challenges Galore At Tapovan
With the new BJP government having taken over the reins in Himachal, challenges galore before different departments to take the state on the path of development and economic prosperity. Major focus will be on seven departments including PWD, health, excise
Congress Must Clear Confusion Of Opposition Leader
Political Analysis Himachal This Week It has become order of the day in Congress party that matters continue to hang fire and delays are often taking away the opportunity to move ahead. Leader of Opposition normally should be the legislature who has majority support. But it is not clear if it will be followed as
Himachal Congress Can Reform After Defeat
Prof N.K. Singh Former Chairman International Airports Authority of India Last elections concluded with victory for Virbhadra Singh and his sonwhen the Congress party went down the hill to its rock bottom. Belatedly the party in Himachal had introspection meeting to find reasons for going downso badly in the assembly elections. The newly appointed national
Himachal Ki Awaz Season 6 : Passion For Title
800 Aspirants turn up for auditions held at 11 venues across Himachal Himachal This Week Auditions for Divya Himachal’s mega event Himachal Ki Awaz Season 6 concluded with the last edition organised in industrial belt at Nalagarh. About 100 aspirants turned up for auditions in the BBN area. The upcoming singers were judged by a
Monsoon’s Role In Collapse Of Indus Valley Civilisation
Y.S. Rana The writer is a Hamirpur based Himachali settled in Chandigarh It is time to rewrite history text books as a new research study has revealed that weak summer monsoon had played a key role in the collapse of Indus Valley civilisation and warned now modern India should fear the great droughts. The study
Trumping Up A New Warning
Kuldeep Nayar (The writer is a veteran Indian journalist, author and noted columnist.) However, former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, has welcomed Trump’s outburst, while calling for establishing a joint US-regional coalition to pressure the Pakistani military establishment to bring peace to not just Afghanistan but the entire region. Afghanistan, too, had accused Pakistan of
From the Editor’s Desk
Hitting Tourism The police resorting to caning at McLeodganj was not an effort to contain law and order situation but was a strict action without giving it a thought. Tourists who faced lathi charge will find difficult to forget Himachal’s this gift. The administration has enhanced problems of police whose working is already under scanner.
Policy Makers Should Understand Aspirations of Young Minds
Anuj Kumar Acharya (The writer is based at Baijnath) Much has changed in the country in last two decades. The new trend on economic fronts and a wave of brand culture has its affects on middle class Indian mind too adding wings to their desires and expectations. Today a large number of our young force
