A FIGHT FOR THE VULTURES.

Vultures are on the brink of extinction. So what do you do about it? A couple is doing what it can bring the species of scavenging birds back from the edge.
Mayur Mistry and wife Ulupi Patel have taken up the initiative of creating awareness among rurual folk of the ill effects of Diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used on cattle. The drug behind the sharp decline in vulture population across the country.
The couple has called its team the Jatayu Sarankshak Samiti, which became active two months ago. The Samiti members visit a village every Sunday or on holidays to hold awareness camps.
Death is imminent for vultures feeding on livestock carcasses which have traces of Diclofenac.
Too much human interference too has compounded the problem. Vultures’ roosting areas are not protected as trees are being chopped down. Their feeding places need to be protected.
The Samiti is distributing Meloxicam, an alternative drug for Diclofenac to at subsidized rates for cattle rearers.
The population at large internationally is appealed to save VULTURES , they are natural scavengers , we need them to keep the dead animal dispose.

WINEHOURSE SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF TB

British singer Amy Winehouse is showing symptoms of tuberculosis as she coughs up blood and has a chest infection. The sun.co.uk reports that Winehouse also has has a irregular heartbeat and doctors have put her on a drip as they try to get her off her drug addiction.
A close friend of Winehouse said: “Amy is in a bad way. The doctors are still struggling to control her heartbeat but the chest condition has been really worrying them.
She’d been suffering horrible coughing fits and hurling up blood for a while but refused to be examined. Doctors now believe it is tuberculosis and are doing more tests to be certain. Things sound really bad, but at least now they have found something specific it will be easier to keep her in hospital and free from drugs. The word tuberculosis might frighten her into getting herself well. It certainly should do.

BEGGARS ARE THE CHOOSERS

Beggars of Guwahati have realized nothing is as permanent or profitable as loose change. The enterprising bunch has set up a co-operative society through which they trade coins for 100-rupee notes—those hard up for change essential for the bus conductors of municipal bus service operators.
The bus conductor, of course, has to pay some premium for the change.
Nearly one hundred beggars have now joined this co-operative which was launched by beggars who earned in the region of Rs 20 to Rs 30 per day.
The king pin, of this beggars’ co-operative society, an elderly beggar lady, operating this lucrative business operates form the railway station, collects the coins from small beggars at discount and exchanges them with the bus conductor for a premium.
Now, another great news, she has stopped begging, this exchange business is making enough money for her to leave her old profession of begging.
In fact, if one needs a huge amount of change, one has to request her to reserve the quantity, paying some advance.