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Emotional response to murderous apathy?
Jarnail Singh, a Sikh journalist who acquired a celebrity status after the shoe-throwing incident at a press conference addressed by Home Minister P Chidambaram on April 7, 2009, has exercised unusual caution while narrating the incident that made him a hero for large sections of the Sikh community. It is ironic because the “heroism” for which he was hailed by many Sikh bodies, including the Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee, was clearly missing when it came to narrating the events that led to the infamous shoe-throwing incident.

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Hyderabad-based vaccines and biotherapeutics manufacturer Bharat Biotech International announced on Wednesday that its anti-staphylococcal molecule Lysostaphin had secured patent rights in US, Europe, China, Australia and other nations.

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ED conducts search ops at Emmar-MGF offices
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today conducted search operations at offices of real estate company Emaar-MGF, a joint venture between MGF India and the Dubai-based Emaar. These operations were of a routine nature and were not linked to the investigation into the dealings of the former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, the company said in a statement. Some news reports said the search operations were triggered by the directorate finding documents that showed Koda’s associates on the boards of some Emaar group companies.
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Smoke billowed from Taj due to short circuit; no fire

Fire tenders were rushed to the iconic Taj Hotel and guests evacuated from its tower wing after smoke billowed from the building following a short-circuit today. - Fire at Taj Mumbai; no casualties so far - JLR pulls Tata Motors" net into the red - Tata Docomo invests Rs 350 crore in state GSM operations - Slowdown drives Tata Motors to net loss at Rs 2,505cr - MMRDA relaxes norms for bidders of iconic building - Tata Steel sheds on 60% drop in FY09 net "There was a short-circuit in one of the offices in the basement. There is no fire. Everything is under control now. There are no casualties," Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) Vice-Chairman R K Krishna Kumar said. Eight fire tenders and eight water tankers were rushed to the luxury hotel in South Mumbai after a short-circuit was detected near the staff locker room of the basement of the new building at noon between 1200 and 1215 hrs. Abdullah Mohammed, a guest from Dubai staying at the hotel, said he received a call in his room saying there was a fire and asking to evacuate immediately. "We were given surgical masks and sent down," he added. "There was lot of smoke, but no fire. We called the fire brigade for assistance. We have evacuated all the guests and sent them to nearby sister hotels," company"s Senior Vice- President, Sales and Marketing, Ajay Mishra said. Kumar explained wiring problems may have caused the short-circuit. "There is a big function planned tomorrow in the hotel and we expect to be ready for it," Kumar said. Taj will tomorrow host the launch of its sister company Tata Motors" Jaguar Land Rover in which Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata will also be present.


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