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Mar 24 96
Alarming predictions by some scientists that a million or so British people who have eaten beef products from infected cows might be at risk of getting mad cow disease - mediated by a prion an infectious protein containing no genetic material.
Other items in the medicine page are about a new strain of TB which may kill ten times as many people as Aids ; a cure for broken bones enabling people to walk a few hours after a fracture of the leg , new tissue culture of cartilage cells eliminating the need for hip operations and the deformities of rheumatoid arthritis.
Vitamin supplements which can cut the risk of heart disease (an epidemic in Asians ) by an incredible 80% . 3 units of alcohol a day being protective to the heart.In the tech page news of a plane heavier than water. And a new column -inventions wanted- for you to contribute.
In the science page news of red bananas and vaccines by plants.
Rakesh Mathur writes about a dazzling show about South Indian arts in London and about coming BBC world programs from Pakistan and other Asian countries.
A get together is tentatively planned for August near the University city of Cambridge. More details on the web page. zip files will be placed in the relatively empty news groups uk.religion.islam and uk.religion.hindu you candownload all the current files in less than two minutes. Unzip them with winzip from http://www.winzip.com/cnet/download.htm.
If your server does not carry these groups please request them to do so.
Mar 17 96

This week news of smart water which traps criminals and Pippin which plays CD Roms on TV on the tech page, secret agent on the computer page and news that stonehenge is 5000 years old on the science page.On the medical page news of superglue for stitching in surgery , vitamin C preventing dementia and why the Aids virus variant in India is extremely dangerous. Please mail us your comments especially if you found the zip files on the newgroups useful. These may be posted once a month .


Mar 10 96

ukindia are delighted to announce that Saba Ansari who has written for many magazines and newspapers in Pakistan now has her own regular column on ukindia.
Her first article called 'Life in the Slow Lane' written in her own intimate , funny way dealing with family life can be read on the ukindia page.
Please note that like Rakesh - his new articles are on Religious discrimination and on the fantastic 3D exhibition in London later this month - she retains copyright of her materials and her permission should be sought before publication elsewhere.
In the exports section a company from India is looking for customers for its chemical exports . In the services offered astrology consultation is being offered.
On the science page details of why British people are almost in a panic about the loss of the ozone layer over Britain and in uknews report of a highly paid manager who lost his job when he took out a contract on a stray cat ! Also news of the discovery of a highly effective virus killer chemical by an Iraqi scientist who decided to investigfat pomergranates because they are mentioned as a healing fruit in the Quran.
The computer page has news of the postage stamp size IBM 64 Mbyte chip and 1 gbyte removable devices from syquest. The medical page about a new discovery in Friedrich's ataxia from Oxford University.
Links will be added to a usenet page where you can reread all artilces posted in last months usenet groups to catch up with the flame wars you may have missed and to CNN for latest news.


Mar 3 96
The net can be slow at times . New cdroms such as insta access compile pages from thousands of sites. ukindia is considering one for the South Asian community.
The cost to advertisers would be about $10 , plus $10 per half megabyte - information can be taken directly from your site. The cd should sell for $7 or so. If you are interested contact us on ukindia@innots.co.uk.
Web pages can take a long time to download while quad speed cd roms do it in an instant and the graphics are there too !- its an ideal advertising medium. You can also have links to your page. Apart from the months articles from soc.indian , soc.pakistani , rec.movies .indian it could have pages from Pakistani and Indian newspapers , learning to read Urdu , Hindi and other languages , travel agents etc.
On the tech page you can read about a new magnetic train travelling at 200mph on normal tracks and that the origins of music may not be human.The male matrimonial page has been updated.
This week there is exciting news of a revoltuionary new contraceptive which may help third world countries control their populations -see Medicine page, also why smoking is so hard to give up. Internet by radio delivering live video and audio and radio by internet . Links have been added to Bangladesh and Ecology pages. And there is one to the beauty section . Rakesh writes on radio talk shows and enterprise India
Feb 18 96
In the technology section there is news of a land based British telescope with a resolving power five times that of Hubble ! (see Times link on the front page-Feb 15 ) and a very light digital camcorder.And of a Professor who says he has proof Einstein was wrong.

The medical page has news of a cancer vaccine , finding of brain clocks , cure/treatment for diabetes and a theory of why China gives rise to so many flu viruses . Links have been added to Bangladesh sites , to the Ecology and the Beauty page.

Rakesh writes on a talented lady Sitar player and on thoughts on Indian democracy and secularism.

There are some ideas about setting up a singles get together weekends in prominent hotels.

You may save the ukindia page as a bookmark or open it as a local file and then clicking on the links you can go directly to other sites without having to go through ukindia. You can also download all ukindia articles in less than 2 minutes by clicking on the download zip file.

Please note there is free advertising with a payment by results if you are satisfied.


Fe 11 96
Mirror web site has been set up at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/arun for US readers . Dr Haq has sent in a few 'shers' for the Urdu Shairi page. Links made to the Recipes section of Sainsbury and Home Arts (and DIY) -be warned the mere sight of all those superb pictures will make you put on weight !

Help is wanted to set up a software company in a Techno park in India (see exports page) and it is hoped soon to set up a History page . The History of Muslims in India may be the first topic, to be followed by Hindus , Sikhs and others.

Science page with a snippet on the discovery of particles smaller than quarks and technology pages have been updated.In the technology section there is mention of the new Indian satellite the IRS2 now operational with resolution twice as good as US ones and mention also of using software to phone India/Pakistan at local call rates

Link also to Chitralekha the excellent India world movie site.


Feb 4 96
New color scheme for the front page for those with advanced browser. Tell us if its yuck. Letters page has started. Links to British Museum and soccer . To all the quality papers -Guardian , Times , Telegraph , Economist . Ideas , medicine , science and India pages updated . New hindi lesson 8.
Jan 26 96

New letters page set up as well as an Urdu Shairi page. Please contribute to ' Your ideas'. Links to kids pages and to Gopher at Library of Congress have been set up. IRC channels for live talk are being looked at -probably by next week

Jan 22 96

Rakesh Mathur writes on Anwar Sheikh the controversial Pakistani writer, on South Indian Arts and on Asianet. Links added to science magazines and medicine page updated.

Jan 15th 96

Advts have gone in to Asian Times and Eastern Eye to inform people about this internet publication.
Mr Shamsunder has kicked off the ideas database with some suggestions on Kashmir.
The manufactureres of the famous Eclipse fashion streetware are advertising for distributors in Australia. More details on the web. page.There is a another one for exporters of Jewellery.
Please remember most of the current files can be downloaded as one zip file saving you a lot of money in phone charges.
We accept small photos in gif format for the friends/matrimonial section.
A new jokes secion for adults to complement the one for children will be started as well as a glamour photo of the week.
Most important of all Saba Ansari who won the essay prize will be publishing a regular soap opera - a kind of diary of incidents in the family and life.


Jan 8th 1996.

We are pioneering a new -Pay by Results form of advertising. You can send your ad in and if satisified by the result pay what you think is the appropriate sum.

You can now download all the current files on ukindia-approx 200k- by clicking on the zip file button. Make a new directory on your hard disk called ukindia and save it there as uki.zip . You can then disconnect from the phone and read all the pages at your leisure.The zipped uki.zip file can be unzipped by associating it with pkunzip or winzip (free shareware from most online services -compuserve , america on line etc.) from the file menu. Then open the index file from this directory by file open from the browser file menu .Delete the old directory each week to make room for the new one.

All the 20 Hindi lessons are available on floppy disk for purchase at just £8 plus postage of £2 making a total of £10 ( $15 ) . This will help us to develop this site further.Please look at the web page in the next month for details .
The friends column has started to add photographs . Please scan and keep them under 2k and send via email as gif file. It is proposed to add a glamour photograph of the week . If you want to make a career in the modelling or fashion field send us a gif photograph.

A link has been added to the Pakistani Dawn paper . Weekly updates can be downloaded. There is another link to India world with top 25 songs and reviews of forthcoming movies.
The essay comptetion was won by Saba Ansari with a first prize worth £30 and the second prize of £20 by B.Prabakharan . Congratulations ! Their essays can be read in the web page A new essay writing competition has started - the topic is:

'What I like about my home country ( Pakistan , India ,Bangladesh , Sri Lanka , Kenya , UK etc. ) ie the one you left or feel a special affinity for..

Similar prizes as the last one and entries of 200-400 words to be in by April 30th 1996. In addition there will be special book token prizes for high school students.
Rakesh Mathur has penned many new and very interesting articles dealing with Asiaventures set up to help businesess , headhunting for Asian managers , the asylum bill , threat to ancient Indian buildings from a Times excerpt and on Ravi Shankar.
Science and Medicine columns have been updated and a new one -Computers/Technology started. A medical advice column with the topics ranging from -'Losing weight' to information on heart disease , diabetes and others affecting Asians in particular will start shortly.
The female matrimonial column has more ads and it is hoped to publish colour pictures very soon. Porsche cars from Kuwait are being advertised and a 500 year Jantri from the year 1469-1969 is being offered

Happy New Year to all.


Dec 24th 1995

Rakesh Mathur has started his India Monitor column and writes about the Indian Arts market in the Uk and on Ravi Shankar. 6 Learn to Read Hindi Lessons have been completed. ~Suman Marriage Bureau is advertising female matrimonial ads. Property in India is being advertised.Links have been added to the very popular Indian movie page on Mayajaal and the latest news from India -just 12 hours old can be read on India.net. Weekly hits have reached a record high. Final week for the essay competition . There will be a new essay competition in the New Year. Topic .What I miss about ...(India, Pakistan , Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) . Closing date end of April 96. Max 400 words. Most will be published.Merry Xmas to everybody.Dec 17th 1995

Learn to read Hindi lessons have started and will be continued if they prove to be popular. Please write and tell us. Dr Maharaj has written a very informative article on Hindu Astrology. Rakesh Mathur the noted journalist will be writing a regular arts column. The female matrimonial and jobs wanted pages have started . More businesses for sale. Science and Medicine pages have been updated .Cinema reviews have been extended. If you have a talent for writing do take part in the Essay competition. Closing date is Dec 31 1995 and there is a top prize of £30.

Dec 10th 1995

Cinema listings for more London areas have been added . The India news page has started. 5% discount is offered to Ukindia readers by the Blue Nile Egyptian restaurant.
There are reviews on more movies. There are new science and medical items . Links to the Balti cooking page and to Recipes on Hello India. For medical workers a very useful link is to the virtual hospital with thousands of photographs, movies and text pages which can be downloaded.

Each time a file reaches more than 10k a new one will be started but the previous file , science , medicine , movie reviews etc. will still be accessible until you reach the last page.

There are only 2 weeks left for the essay competition. Send your article -max 400 words now. Ukindia is now averaging well over 1000 hits a week with many editiors reading the page.


Dec 3rd 1995

This week we have updated science and medicine sections. Some important news about diabetes , so prevalent in Asians . Sheena has more jokes.A Doctors page with ads is being started.


Next week

We hope to start a medical advice column . A legal column with advice about bankruptcy and its alternatives should be published. We are looking for somebody to start a woman's page . Any volunteers? If you can write it in htm format -just click on source in your browser to see how easy it is , we could publish it just the way you want it to look.Pictures should be in the gif format in a separate file.
A prize for the best designed web page will soon be offered . Its theme should be relevant to ukindia matters. If you want to send you entry early mail it now. Remember htm format with pictures or cartoons in separate files in gif.