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Aug 4 96

One can now by linking a laptop with a mobile phone surf the net or collect email while lying on the beach. On other pages a new treatment for motor neurone disease , a special paint to catch criminals and why most of us are Ukranians. We welcome your comments .

Antimatter electrons called positrons are being used to identify psychopaths. On other pages a new inernet phone from intel , a migraine cure in less than 5 mines and cheap spectacles for less than 2 dollars. Dr Maharaj tells you what to look out for next week ( in a lighthearted manner) . The female ads page has been updated. July 21 96

Computers which use Darwinian rules to get smart . Why South Asian men have higher death rates than smokers. Why sparing the rod leads to spoilt children especially if you are an elephant and a revolution in Sanitation in India. Dr Maharaj writes about the recent pilgrim festivals in India and the personal ad pages have been updated. We welcome your comments.

July 14 96

An immigrant from Pakistan has developed innovative new techniques to make Indian food in bulk and is now supplying 100,000 meals enough to feed a small city a day. More details on the tech page. Also a combination fax , scanner , copier , phone.. for less than $500 . Healing bone fractures in days and mosquitoes which immunise against malaria ! Rakesh writes on hope for Jaislmer , a win for the Krishna temple and swirling blades -an exhibition by Sunil Gawde. There is a picture of him on his page. Dr Maharaj predicts for the coming week. The female matrimonial page has been updated.We welcome your comments.

July 7 96

Incredible news that the government is paying a patient to sue his doctors for making him better!. Other items on the news from uk page include police winning big damages for post traumatic stress , a woman who won $160,000 for one night in prison and the politically incorrect cult medical drama series 'Cardiac Arrest'.Dr Maharaj predicts for the coming week.A criminal caught from licking the stamp , fake fat crisps on sale , a mobile phone with battteries that last a week and a new Apple notbook twice as fast as a pentium pro 200Mhz desktop computer ! Hotel for sale near London. Links have been aded to business sites in Singapore and Mauritius amd the excellent FT where all the share prices for UK and US stocks can be read.We welcome your comments.

June 30 96

News that German scientists have developed a fish cartilage lotion that grows hair in almost all bald men . On other ukindia pages why men should marry bright women rather than pretty bimbos , a stone plane that flies underwater and an online service offering backup to small businesses which could save many from bankrupticies due to computer disc failiures.

Dr Maharaj predicts for the coming week and his scholarly work on Indian Vedic Astrology has been put in html format.

Rakesh has been very prolific writing on the new Hinduja bank for NRIs , on successful South Asain businesswomen in Britain , on a charity to save Jaislmer , on Tanjore and SarbaniSen paintings on exhibitions, and on Shyam Benegal's film on Ghandi. A couple of new Yogi jokes. We welcome your comments .

This week we have life saving news for Asian males - the discovery that the biggest killer of this group could be due to a bug called Chlamydia which is destroyed by a common antibiotic. A new kind of radio with a screen which can decode info sent over FM waves . Houses built from plastic and how one can get all female chicks. Rakesh writes on saving the tiger , Ramchandran art display, A just society in Britain , Vrindavan and on the fountain of peace.The female matrimonial page is updated. We welcome your comments .

June 16 96

Sorry there was no update last week . We also apologise to all who have sent personal ads . These will be put on in the next couple of weeks.
This week how dinosaurs could be recreated , a drug which works within minutes in topical hay fever , one million TV channels on a single optic fibre and digital VHS which will bring perfect Indian and Pakistani movies for long suffering NRIs ! We welcome your comments.

June 2 96

Even advanced cervical cancer has been successfuly treated with women in remission over two years in Cambridge England. More details on ukindia pages this week as well as vaccine for melanoma . A device to surf the internet on TV which could to a revolution in home education.Tomatoes which dont rot in the open for 50 days ! How you could help save the planet by controlling a robot telescope in Yorkshire.
The legal page has some improtant information about post traumatic stress (shock )compensation.
On the exprots/imports page an American firm is looking to import the best quality granite from India and other pages including male matrimonial have been updated. Please let us know if you find ukindia pages helpful. For those without access to the web a zip file has been placed in uk.religion.hindu and uk.religion.islam


May 26 96

Sorry there was no update last week. This week we have incredible news that an asteroid came close to hitting our planet last Xmas ! News of a discovery which means you can eat all the cholestrol you want without getting heart disease ! End of bandwidth probles on the internet ! and a 24000 sq foot hall without a single pillar !. Now that NRIs are allowed to own two residencies in India , Rakesh writes about an exciting development near New Delhi. We welcome your comments.

This week news of viruses -bacteriophages which kill bacteria and can cure previously untreatable diseases.An Indian scientists discovery of a new class of insect repellants . Shoppers who dont need to queue at check out counters in Britain and news of Navigator 3.0 and of new 5 Gbyte Jazz drives.

Also on the technology page how you can dial the USA even during business hours for less than 14p a minute.

BG Mahesh's impressions of India on his recent trip will be in in the India page in the coming weeks.. We welcome your comments . Safeen's comments together with a reply have been put in the letters page.

Cheap phone to USA and other countries

A new company which can be contacted at 08003760800 if offering cheap prepaid phone service to USA and other countries at 10-14 p per minute compared to three times as much charged by BT. The phone call is routed through the USA. Mention ukindia if you contact them.

May 5 96

Digital video discs ( DVD) are going to lead to a new revolution in education making accesible the worlds libraries to all. They cost so little to stamp out $2 that the third world should benefit immensly. .News of 10 speed cd Rom deviceMore details on the computer page.

Rakesh writes on Early Indian Restaurants and your chance to contribute to an upcoming TV documentary. . Also of new cures for cocaine and alcoholism . On the science page bad news about mites carrying mad cow disease ; and of tripling yields by growing seeds in weedkiller solution. On the tech page news of electric bicycles and of cars that can do 7500 miles per gallon and of a new car you wont hear because it will be travelling faster than the speed of sound 750mph !!.

For those without access to the web the zip file is in uk.religion.islam and hindu.

April 28 96


News of how the crippled HIV virus the cause of so much human misery might help us to become immortal. Also on the medical page why humans get mad cow but not mad sheep disease and news that a further three young adults including a girl of 15 have come down with it just this week raising fears of an epidemic; and another item about kids at risk of getting fat watching TV.

On the science page discovery of tiny monkeys in China long thought to be extinct and the decoding of the complete genome of a life form higher than a bacterium.The computer section disccuses GPS. The letters page has a delightful letter from a young Chinese who found the Hindi lessons easy to follow . Links have been added to an excellent Jainism page and to the new uk asian internet groups Sakti and Khazana. We welcome all comments and remember to download all pages at once by clicking on the zip file


April 21 96
This week there is news on the computer page of a 31 inch monitor and of tagging humans and a new system of image encoding. The science page has news of salty wheat and the tech page of solar plane and of the worlds tallest building.The medical page has news of nerves being glued back , of cancer cells being neutralised and of glass coating for teeth. The joke and film pages have been updated. Remember to download all the pages by clicking on download uki.zip.
April 14 96

On the medicine page news of genetic discoveries which should let us live to 150 or more , a new limb with on board computer invented by Dr Saeed Zahedi , antiviral sugaoids which can kill the Aids virus and protein coats on cells which will enable animals to provide all the organs -hearts , kidneys etc. we may need. Genes which cause osteoarthritis and obesity and studies which show tha overwork can kill. Criminals may lack zinc in their diets
The science page has news of an energy source for fusion on the moon enough for hundreds of years, buckyballs found in comet impacts and the creation of a non DNA lifeform by British scientists.
The computer page has news of a removable cartridge which can pack a whole library on one small disk, the new 64 MB mini card to make match box size 'tape' recorders , software this summer to play full screen movies on the computer without the need of new hardware and the new DVD Rom.
Rakesh writes on Guru Dutt - the brilliant but troubled Indian actor. There is a new Hindi lesson and a flat for sale is offered in London. We welcome your comments

April 7 96

Sensational news that British astronomers have managed to photograph the Big Bang the creation of the Universe !! - more details on the science page. In the medical section news of a man who cant catch aids and of a new light treatment which kills cancer cells.The tech page mentions the manufacture of a 50m superconducting cable and the computer page of a 340 Mb PC card which could make pocket computers possible.
Rakesh writes on a futurist film inspired by Indian ideas. Land is being offered in Delhi and a link has been added to the Pacific gift service to send gifts to the subcontinent. Zip files will be placed in uk.religion islam and hindu for those who dont have access to the web. We welcome negative comments to improve the design of the pages.


March 31 96

On the science page a new method invented by Pravin Mistry from Penns State Uni of coating materials cheaply with a diamond film. This could lead to evelasting razor and surgical blades and car engines.
Also how India and Pakistan with their huge coal reserves could soon become oil powers with a new technique of converting coal into oil as cheap as drilling.
In the computer section a newly discovered method of fractal compression which could deliver video conferencing for the PC.
The medical page has news of British trials of a 6 hour permanent cure for heroin addiction .
Rakesh writes on Rohinton Mistry's new novel which was shortlisted for the Booker prize.
Safeen Din has sent in some excellent Shers with an English translation which can be read on the Urdu Shairi page.
You will have noticed different colored backgrounds on the pages . On some advanced browers you can force the background color and text to be in the mode you want by selecting under the preferences menu. If anyone finds the zip files put every now and then on uk.religion.islam and hindu helpful please let us know . They contain most of the current files.


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