Author: Anil Malik

On this first Wednesday of Sep 2018, few items which are worth mentioning in today’s blog. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) yesterday issued a statement that they are directing Johnson & Johnson (J&J ) company that they should offer immediate relief of Rs 20 lakhs, to all the patients in India who are affected…

Few news items which caught my attention on this first Tuesday of Sept 2018. Generally during monsoon season there is a tendency of petrol and diesel consumption to drop. But as per statistics this year drop in fuel consumption during months of  June and July is less compared to drop in last year. ( The…

In the recently concluded Asian Games in Jakarta, the overall performance of Indian Athletes have been good, as they have bagged the highest numbers of medals in one edition of games, total medals won were 69, in which 15 were Gold, 24 Silver and 30 Bronze. If we consider  this as an achievement, then we are…

On this weekend, the hatke topic is about a Bollywood movie, which was considered as the best movie ever made in the history of of Hindi(Bollywood) Cinema. This movie was released in 1975, and in the first week , it was termed flop by critics. But after that the movie picked up and did the…

Today also , I am going back in a recent history and writing briefly on  Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, our 11th President from July 2002 to July 2007. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam He was 11th President from July 2002 to July 2007. He was a scientist who worked for more than four decades with Defence…

I read a news item today about a Professor, who is teaching Mechanical Engineering subjects at IIT Bombay, has launched a unique initiative- an annual Medical Devices and Innovation Camp (MEDIC), that brings Doctors, Engineers and Designers together to brainstorm on ideas and develop ingenious medical devices. Biomedical Engineering and Technology Incubation Centre (BETIC) founded…

Some interesting briefs on this last Tuesday  of Aug 2018. I read an interesting news item, which says air pollution can affect even brain, along with harming Lungs and hearts. It affects the brain so much that elderly people could struggle for the words or to complete simple math calculations. This is the outcome of…

Some interesting stories on this Monday of Aug 2018. Those who are living in Maharashtra are aware that the old housing societies can go in for the redevelopment of their buildings provided certain conditions are met by the members of the housing society. Generally most of the members agree for the redevelopment but in every…

Today being the weekend, and my hatke topic is about a sport person, who brought the glory to the country and he was the first Indian to become world no. 1 singles player in Badminton. He is none other than Prakash Padukone. Prakash was born in 1955 in Bangalore. His father Ramesh Padukone initiated him…

In Mumbai, fire in high rise building has become a regular affair. Yesterday also there was again a fire in high rise building, where 4 people lost their lives. It has been reported that, this 5 years old building did not have Occupation Certificate (OC) from Municipal Corporation (BMC), and the fire fighting system was…