THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL!!!

• Top MBA institutes waiting for you...
• Journey of 60 years....India...
• Earthquake in Peru...
• Flood in North Korea...
  

TOP MBA INSTITUTES IN INDIA

Name of institute	Location	Website
Indian Institute of Management	Ahmedabad	www.iimahd.ernet.in
Indian Institute of Management	Bangalore	www.iimb.ernet.in
Indian Institute of Management	Kolkata	www.iimcal.ac.in
Indian Institute of Management	Kozhikode	www.iimk.ac.in
Indian Institute of Management	Indore	www.iimidr.ac.in
Indian Institute of Management	Lucknow	www.iiml.ac.in
Xavier Labour Research Institute (XLRI)	Jamshedpur	www.xlri.edu
Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University (FMS)	New Delhi	www.fms.edu
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies	Mumbai	www.jbims.edu
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	Mumbai	www.nmims.edu
SP Jain Institute of Management & Research	Mumbai	www.spjimr.org
Institute of Management Technology	Ghaziabad	www.imt.edu
Management Development Institute	Gurgaon	www.mdi.ac.in
Xavier Institute of Management	Bhubaneshwar	www.ximb.ac.in
International Management Institute	New Delhi	www.imi.edu
FORE School of Management	New Delhi	www.fsm.ac.in
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management	Pune	www.sibm.edu
Symbiosis Centre for Management and HRD	Pune	www.scmhrd.edu
Indian Institute of Forest Management	Bhopal	www.iifm.org
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade	New Delhi	www.iift.edu
Tata Institute of Social Sciences	Mumbai	www.tiss.edu
Institute of Rural Management	Anand (Gujarat)	www.irma.ac.in
Mudra Institute of Communications	Ahmedabad	www.mica-india.net
National Institute of Fashion Technology	New Delhi	www.niftindia.com
Bharatidasan Institute of Management	Tituchirapalli	www.bim.edu
National Institute of Industrial Engineering	Mumbai	www.nitie.edu
Indian Institute of Technology - school of Management	Mumbai	www.iitb.ac.in/~som
Indian Institute of Technology department of Management Studies	New Delhi	www.iitdmba.org
Indian Institute of Technology - Vinod gupta school of Management	Kharagpur	www.som.iitkgp.ernet.in

WORLD NEWZ

INDIA......THE JOURNEY OF 60 YEARS...


1947-1951
India becomes independent on 15 August 1947; Jawaharlal Nehru is the first Prime Minister-1947
• In a shocking episode, Nathuram Godse assassinates Mahatma Gandhi at a prayer meeting in New Delhi- 1948
• Pakistani tribals invades Kashmir; Maharaja Harisingh signs a treaty with Nehru ceding Kashmir to the Indian Union- 1948
• India’s constitution promulgated on 26th January 1950; Dr. Rajendra Prasad takes as India's President
• Indian hockey team won the gold medal at the London Olympics, the first of its three consecutive win- 1948



1952-1956
• India’s first general election takes place. It was also the first country to be born with universal adult suffrage, including women, something that even countries like USA did not have then. The Congress wins the election and Jawahralal Nehru remains the Prime Minister- 1952
• India’s first five year plan is tabled at the Parliament- 1952
• Treaty of Panchsheel was signed in 1954 pledging friendly ties between India and China, under which India gave up all extra territorial rights over Tibet and recognised Tibet as a part of China- 1954
• BPCL becomes the first Indian company to market liquid gas petroleum for home use- 1955
• State Bank of India formed, becomes the first Indian bank to be nationalized- 1955
• Homi Bhabha the Cambridge educated physicist appointed as the first Chairman of India’s Atomic energy commission and the brain behind the first Atomic Reactor in Asia- 1956
• First radio telescope was installed in Calcutta.

1957-61
• The state of Bombay was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat. Bombay (now Mumbai) becomes the capital of Maharashtra- 1960
•Air India’s first international flight to New York- 1960
• ‘Mother India’ becomes the first Indian Movie to be selected nominated for the Oscars- 1957
• Doordarshan starts services with an experimental telecast in New Delhi- 1959.




1962-1966
• Indo- Sino War: China invades India along the Himalayan border- 1962
• Jawaharlal Nehru dies due to illness(1964), Lal Bahadur Shastri succeeds him as Prime Minister- 1965
• After months of border skirmishes, Pakistan’s Operation Gibraltar begins the second Indo-Pak War- 1965. The war ends with signing of a treaty at the Tashkent Summit in Kazakistan, where Lal Bahadur Shastri dies under suspicious circumstances.
• Green Revolution leads to the quantum jump in the productivity of wheat and
rice-1968
• The Indian National Committee on space research was set up by Vikram Sarabhai -1962
• National Film Archive of India was established as a media unit -1964


1967-1971
• Third Indo-Pak War takes place and Bangladesh is born, carved out of the eastern end of Pakistan. Unilateral ceasefire on December 16 -1971
• Operation flood, a rural development programme started by the national diary development board with the objective of creating a nationwide milk grid, popularly termed as the 'White Revolution'-1968
• India’s first atomic power station at Tarapur -1969

1972-1977
• Indira Gandhi declares a state of Emergency during which the press
was censored -1975. The Emergency period ended in 1977, with Janata party winning the General Elections. This was the first time a non-Congress member occupied the Prime Minister's office.
• RIL on a roll. Dhirubhai Ambani popularised the equity cult in India by taking Reliance Industries Limited public. RIL had it first public issue in 1977.
• India’s first nuclear test carried out at Pokhran, Rajasthan-1974
• Kiran Bedi becomes the first woman to join IPS-1972
• The first Indian film to be made in 70 mm and one of the biggest blockbusters in Bollywood history, G. P Sippy’s Sholay with its impressive cast and dialogues caught the fancy of a nation steeped in drama-1975


1978-82
• Indira Gandhi sweeps the polls and becomes the Prime Minister again-1980
• Infosys technologies, N R Narayan Murthy’s dream was incorporated and the IT boom began- 1982
• Bhanu Athaiya becomes the first Indian to win an Oscar, for Best costume design for the film ‘Gandhi’-1982
• India hosts the Asian Games in New Delhi-1982





1983-87
• Operation Blue Star. Indian Army storms the Golden Temple complex to flush out militants-1984
• Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her Sikh body guards in retaliation to Operation Blue Star. Anti-Sikh riots took place, with organised mass murders all over India, with worst ever violence being in Delhi-1984
• Air India flight 182 is blown up off the coast of Ireland by a Sikh terrorist-1985
• Maruti Udyog limited was established-1983
• Bofors Scandal: Swedish Radio reports that Swedish armament company paid bribes to Indian leaders and officials to win a contract-1987
• Indian cricket team won the World Cup in England-1983
• PT Usha won four gold medals at the Asian Games-1986


1988-1992
• Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber while on election campaign at Sriperambadur-1991
• Babri Masjid demolition; Riots in UP, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai and other places in the country-1992
• Manmohan Singh the then Finance Minister, opens the market and introduces liberalisation-1991


1993-1997
• Thirteen bombs explode in Mumbai killing about 300 people; worst ever terrorist attack in the country-1993
• An estimated 10,000 die when a 6.4 earthquake struck Latur, Maharashtra-1993
• PSLV launched successfully-1994
• Prasar Bharti a statutory autonomous body established-1997
• Leander Paes wins a bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics the first medal in
32 years-1996
• Kapana Chawla became the first Indian woman in space when she blasted off board NASA’s space shuttle Columbia-1997


1998-2001
• On 11-13 May 1998, India, under Atal Bihari Vajpayee with the BJP government in power, conducted its second set of nuclear tests, Pokhran II.
• Kargil War: India launches air strikes in Kargil and Drass regions of Kashmir against suspected Pakistani infiltrators-1999
• Five gunmen and a suicide bomber attack the Parliament building in New Delhi-2001
• Infosys becomes the first Indian company to be listed in NASDAQ-1999
• The country’s first ever private FM radio station-Radio City launched in Bangalore-
• Cricket match fixing: CBI names Mohd Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma and Manoj Prabhakar as the cricketers involved in match fixing-2000


2002-2006
• Godhra Riots: At least 140 people killed during the Gujarat bandh to protest the Godhra carnage. Violence against muslims continues for over three months-2002
• India’s Scientist man APJ Abdul Kalam is elected as the President-2002
• A Tsunami triggered by a massive undersea earthquake off Sumatra in India devastates coastal India-2004
• US President George W bush visits India. US signs landmark nuclear deal with India- 2006
• LN Mittal takes over Arcelor-2006
• Narain Karthikeyan becomes the first Indian to compete in Formula One racing-2005


2007-
• Now, in 2007 India got its first women president Pratibha Patil








EARTH QUAKE IN PERU... DOZENS KILLED...

A powerful 7.9 earthquake has hit the coast of Peru, killing more than 70 people and injuring 680 others.

At least 46 people were killed in the province of Ica, about 265km (165 miles) south of Lima, officials said.

In Lima, buildings shook violently during the prolonged tremors, prompting residents to take to the streets.

President Alan Garcia said Peru had been badly hit, but first signs were that the quake was not a catastrophe.

He said he was sending three cabinet members, including the health minister, to the worst affected southern coastal towns.

Low-lying coastal areas in Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Colombia were evacuated after a tsunami alert was issued. The warning was later withdrawn.

The earthquake struck coastal Peru at 1840 (2340 GMT) and lasted for

several minutes,

The US Geological Survey said its epicentre was beneath the Pacific Ocean, about 145km (90 miles) south-east of Lima.

Four strong aftershocks ranging from 5.4 to 5.9 followed, the organisatio

n said.

Rush-hour traffic in Lima came to a halt as buildings shook with the force of the powerful tremors and hundreds of people spilled onto the streets.

"I heard quite violent shaking, books falling off the bookcase, a lampshade falling over and pictures falling off the wall, and I went to the safe zone by the lift," the BBC's Dan Collyns in Lima said.

But the full devastating force of the earthquake was felt closer to the epicentre in the southern coastal province of Ica.

Deputy Health Minister Jose Calderon described the situation in Ica, where 650,000 people live, as "dramatic".

The city's mayor, Mariano Nacimiento, said hospitals in the area had reported 4

6 deaths and 350 injured, but added that the death toll was expected to rise.

The mayor said he had asked the government for medicine, blankets, tents and all help that could be given.

"We're working, visiting areas where there are dead people and for this, the government's role is very important," he told Radio Programas del Peru (RPP).

Local TV reports said many of the dead and injured in Ica had been celebrating evening mass when the church they were in collapsed.

State of emergency

Speaking on national TV and radio, President Garcia thanked God that the earthquake had not caused a catastrophe, as such events had in the past.

"It fortunately did not cause a catastrophe with an immense number of victims," he said.

"We have declared a state of emergency in the Ica province and we are going this evening to ensure that regional and local governments, civil defence institutions and ministries can spend what they need to, rapidly and immediately, in order to solve the problems that exist there."

The president also ordered police onto the streets of Lima to keep order.

Our correspondent says the feeling on the streets of Lima, a city where one third of the population lives, is that it may have narrowly avoided a major disaster.

FLOOD IN NORTH KOREA...

We went to Sogon, driving for about two hours to get there, and we saw extensive examples of flooding as we went down, with widespread inundation of arable lands which, of course, creates concerns as regards the long-term food implications.

We have been told by the government that the Kangwon province is one of the areas that is worst affected. The impression we are getting is that there is severe damage throughout the southern half of the country, across to the east.

The southern part of the country is the main food-producing area. As you go further north it is more mountainous and hence their ability to produce is limited.

The area that has been inundated is part of the 'rice bowl', hence this creates additional concerns as to what impact that may have.

We estimate that annually there is a food deficit of about a million tons of cereals - that's maize and rice. So, in the past, North Korea has relied on bilateral, from China and South Korea predominantly, and also multilateral support through the World Food Programme.

Collapsed houses

Last year, the amount of food that entered the county did not meet the food gap and hence we were concerned about the implications that was going to have for food security in the country and potentially the impact that may have on the most vulnerable.

Certainly for them to have the floods this year is only going to exacerbate the already food insecure situation in the country.

People are managing as best they can. We understand from the government that those who have lost their homes are now residing in either their place of work or some form of community shelter - either a school or nursery, we expect.

We were dealing with local officials. They tell us that the waters have inundated houses, houses have collapsed, factories have been completely inundated and roads and bridges have been washed away. Certainly the impression we are getting is that this is very severe flooding.

We saw bridges that were knocked down, we saw roads that had been washed away. The infrastructure is typically old and anything that damages it further is going to have implications.

Wiped out

The landscape in the southern area is a combination of flatlands with quite dramatic mountains, there are fields with hills and mountains shooting up.

There are small villages and co-operative farms. These are very rudimentary houses - typically handmade.

People may have a small plot in the front of the house in which they try to grow their own vegetables - potatoes, beans, carrots, tomatoes - they are then surrounded by more extensive farmlands which have been damaged by flooding.

In one area, we were looking at what we thought was a river running through a field of maize but it was in fact the offshoot of a flooded river. Crops have just been wiped out.

We also saw a lot of areas that were completely underwater, knowing that the rice would not be able to recover.

This is the period of pollination and, hence, because the rice is underwater during this period, it won't germinate and hence won't produce for the harvest due in September-October.

CHAK DEEEEE INDIAAAAA...

Guru Ma Kamala Prem has predicted very good collections for CHAK DE INDIA.

According to her, "This film will get very good collections in the first week and will receive house full at most of the cinema halls. However second week onwards, it will go down but overall this film will receive rave reviews from public and critics."

Guru Maa Prof. Kamala Prem is an eminent Astrologer who has combined ASTROLOGY, PALMISTRY, NUMEROLOGY, Chinese Science FENG SHUI, and VAASTU SHASTRA (Indian Ancient Science of Vedas for auspicious construction) to give you 90% to 95% accurate prediction.

Guru Maa Prof. Kamala Prem is recipient of "EMINENT ASTROLOGER 1996" award in New Delhi, India. She is honored by the Doctorate i.e. Ph.D. for the immense research for synthesizing all occult sciences of India with Vaastu Shastra and Feng Shui. She has predicted for many eminent personalities from politics, business, & film industry. She is the most sought after lady for Vaastu Shastra & Feng Shui.

The following predictions were published much before the incidents came true

• Predicted in Nov. 97 that for the next 6 months there will he no box office hit (the first super hit film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai came in Aug.-Sept. 1998.)

• Predicted in 1998 the murder of Bandit Queen Phoolan Devi.

• Predicted in Sept. 09 that Bill Clinton would not be removed from office following Monica Lewenski charges.

• Predicted in 1995 & reiterated in 1997, 1998 & published on 25 Aug. 1999 in Maharashtra Herald, the Sept, 11, 2001 WTO attack.

• Atal Behari Vaipayee's Prime Ministership in 1994.

• Mayawati's CMship in Sept. 1996. (she become CM in March 1991 & fall of her govt, in U.P. Pokhran Explosion of 1998 a year in advance. (Nov. 1997)

• The Iraq war a year before it happened.

• Predicted Pokhron explosion of 1998, a year before.

• Predicted in 1995 that India & Pak will go to war before the eclipse of Aug. 11,1999 & Kargil war in May to July 1999.

• The Hindustan times published in 1999 their Prediction for earthquake of Gujarat. ( 26 Jan 2001 )

• The widely publicized Doomsday on May 8th, 99 was refuted much in advance.

• Predicted & Published in leading News papers as early as 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, that there will be war between the South - West Asian Countries 7 America in 2001 (Published in Times of India Oct. 8, 2001) & the some day America attacked Afghanistan at night.

• Predicted in 1999 that India will produce another Nobel laureate before 2004-came true in Amartya Sen and Naipal.

ASH and ABHI WAZ Up!!!!

The Ash-Abhi wedding finally kicked off with the sangeet at Prateeksha on Wednesday night. And, if wedding guests are to be believed, the celebrations were in true Bollywood style!

There was dance, music and masti. Of course, no prizes for guessing who won the first prize for best dance at the sangeet. Ash-Abhi’s extremely romantic tango number ironically from the film ‘Kyun… Ho Gaya Na’ choreographed by Sandip Soparrkar was a major hit. Both Abhi and Ash were colour co-ordinated in clothes designed by Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla.

Jaya and Amitabh bagged the second prize for their dance number on the popular ‘Kajra Re’. “I have never seen Amitabh Bachchan so comfortable and happy. Everyone present there were close friends and I guess it made a huge difference,” says our source.

The mehendi yesterday was obviously no less entertaining. Forty kilos of henna was imported from Rajasthan for the ceremony. Abhishek and family apparently went to Ash’s house at La Mer in Bandra in the evening after which the wedding party moved on to Prateeksha for yet another set of song and dance session. The soon-to-be wed couple wore off-white chikan creations by Abu-Sandeep.

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HOME TIPS

• While washing silk sarees add a little lemon juice. The color wo n' t f a de and it will give a glossy finish.
• To remove the marks in furniture's, scratch with the paste made from a sh of cigar and vinegar.
• Cleaning the furniture with shoe polish will lend an excellent sheen to it
• The furniture becomes more bright and shiny if it is cleaned with the cloth dipped in strong tea.
• Apply some wax or soap on the sides of the drawer for easy movement.
• The furniture becomes shinier if it is cleaned with mixture of olive oil and vinegar.
• The gold will become brighter if it is cleaned in pumpkin juice.
• To remove the stain of wine from cloth clean that portion with the cloth dipped in soda.
• To remove the stain of henna from the cloth, dip the cloth in warm milk for half an hour and wash with soap.
• To remove ink stain from clothes, rub the area with a cotton bud soaked in eau-de-cologne.
• While mopping the floor add two teaspoons of salt to the water to keep flies at bay.
• To remove stains from utensils, add bleaching powder in a tub of water and dip the utensils before washing with detergent.
• Used mosquito mats are an excellent blotting agent.
• To keep a vacuum flask clean and odor free, fill up half the flask with vinegar, hot water and pieces of egg shell.
• If two stamps stick together, keep it in a freezer for some time and peal them out.
• Vinegar is an excellent cleanser for glassware.
• To prevent silver fish from attacking your clothes, keep a few 'kalonji' seeds tied in a muslin cloth in your cupboard.
• Soak your silver articles in tamarind water for 30 minutes and wash off with fresh water, if you want them to shine like new.
• To remove mud and mud strains from clothes rub the affected area with potato stock and wash it with water.
• To remove the tea stains from the vessels take some water and add 2 teaspoon sodium bicarbonate and boil it. After some time, wash the vessel with detergent.
• To remove lipstick stain, apply Vaseline on that portion and wash it with soap after some time.
• To sharpen a sewing machine needle, stitch through a piece of sand paper.
• Keep the water in your flower vase odorless for along time put a piece of charcoal in it.
• Rub toothpaste over the fine scratches on glassware. It acts as a slight abrasive and smoothens out the area.
• Soften hardened shoe polish with a few drops of white spirit.
• Instead of scratching off candle wax from an object, hold the object close to a flame or some source of heat for a few seconds till the wax melts away.
• Clean dust particles and dirt from your steel or iron sieve by holding it over the fire for some time. After the grime burns to soot and falls off, wash with soap and water. Your sieve will look better and shine like a new.
• To soften a tight leather shoe, apply some curd on their inner surfaces at night.
• 'Agarbatti.' ash can be used to clean silver and brass articles.
• In order to keep away the termites and insects from your bookshelves, keep few pieces of sandalwood.
• Hardened glue becomes soft and useable again if you add some glycerin and warm water to it .
• To remove the stains from white foot wear, soak a small cotton wool in nail polish remover and rub briskly on your foot wear.
• Use a few drops of after shave lotion to get rid of a stubborn dirt from shoes.
• Clean the silverware with dry ash or common salt for shiny appearance.
• To clean your diamond ornaments, soak it in water for 15 minutes, add some washing powder and boil for 7 to 8 minutes and wash it in running water.
• Put some bits of lemon peels in the pressure cooker while cooking, the cooker will remain white inside.
• To remove the chewing-gum stuck to the floor, clean it with a little kerosene.
• Nail polish remover is excellent for removing stains from bone china.
• Diamonds will regain their luster if you rub a piece of chalk over them and wipe clean with a soft dry cloth.
• Add a little water to used tea leaves and used them to clean glass and window panes for sparkling results.
• To remove stains from vessels, rub it with a wet cloth dipped in baking soda.
• To remove stains from brassware dip it in tamarind water for some time and wash it and then polish it using bras so.
• To remove tea or coffee stains from steel cups clean it with salt water.
• To clean non stick pans easily, pour some warm water into it and keep it for some time and then wash it with any detergent.
• To remove the smell of masala form mixi, put few pieces of dry bread and powder it

KITCHEN TIPS

• For soft Dosas, add some boiled rice to white gram and rice, while grinding.
• Put some neem and turmeric pieces or garlic flakes in the container where you store rice or grains, in order to keep away insects.
• To adjust salt in curries add roasted rice powder.
• If the curd is too sour, add 4 cups of water to it. After half an hour, remove the water collected on top.
• When you cook dal add some refined oil or garlic. It will reduce gas trouble.
• Keep rice flour and basin in a polythene cover in refrigerator when you want tem stored for a long time.
• Add some vinegar in the boiling water before steaming potato.
• For crispy dosas, add a teaspoon of tur dal gram) and some fenugreek seeds while soaking rice
• Add a pinch of corn flour to the jar of salt to prevent it from getting damp.
• While chopping raw bananas and potatoes, put the pieces in a bowl of water to avoid it from turning black.
• A bay leaf added to the flour container will keep the flour free from moisture.
• To peel garlic flakes easily, wash and soak them in cold water for about an hour.
• Green peas will retain their original colour, if you add a pinch of sug ar while boiling.
• Leafy vegetables will remain fresh longer, if wrapped in news papers when you are storing.
• If you don't have any cream to add in the soup or gravy, add a mixture of butter and milk.
• Apply some oil on the sides of the vessel in which you boil milk, in order to avoid it from overflowing.
• After extracting butter from milk cream, add a little milk or curd to the residue and boil. You will get soft 'Paneer'.
• For thick cream, cover the milk vessel with a thin muslin cloth an d refrigerate over night.
• Barley powder will increase the taste of meat and vegetable curries.
• You can make tasty chapattis by mix ing equal proportion of wheat flour and barley.
• While boiling eggs, put a hole with a pin on the rounded portion of the egg so that the shell won't break when boiling.
• Keep boiled eggs in cold water for 5 minutes; this will make removal of the shell easier.
• Cut boiled eggs with a knife dipped in hot water to avoid breaking.
• Boiled eggs will last longer, if you store the shelled eggs in a bowl of cold water in a refrigerator.
• If the bread is too soft to cut into pieces, hold the knife close to a fla me and then slice the bread with it.
• If you need only the egg white, for storing the remaining yolk, cover t he yolk with water or milk and keep in a cool dark place. Just drain off the liquid before using the yolk.
• Add a little powdered lemon rind to puddings or de serts to avoid the smell of egg.
• If you want to make crispy potatoes or banana chips, sprinkle salt water over them while frying.
• Soak almonds in warm water for a minute, if you need to peel them quickly.
• If a curry turns out too salty, garnish it with some grated coconut mix with cumin powder.
• Add a pinch of sugar while cooking spinach; it will retain its green color .
• Dal will cook well, if you add a little sesame oil while cooking.
• To make the 'poori' tastier, add one tablespoon semolina for each 100g wheat flour.
• Add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda while mixing the dough for 'chapattis' to make it soft.
• For making soft sauce, add some paneer.
• Adding turmeric will help pickles from getting spoilt.

HEALTH TIPS

• For tooth ache, keep a clove on the affected area.
• Have a mixture of gingerly oil and egg, for 3 days, for menstrual disorders.
• Y ou will get a great relief from menstrual pain, if you have a gooseberry daily.
• Boil the leaf of Malabar nut, squeeze its juice and add egg white. It subsides cough.
• Eat the powder of dried ginger and cumin with sugar for relief from cough.
• Have the mixture of mustard paste and honey for good relief from cou gh.
• For a good relief from cough, mix equal quantities of basil juice, honey and ajwain juice and drink on an empty stomach.
• Are you suffering from urinary infection? Drink a glassful of water with a pinch of cardamom powder.
• Chew some cumin and sugar for relief from stomach pain.
• Have a mixture of lemon juice and honey when you are suffering from cold.
• If you have bad breath, drink at least five glasses of water in the morning.
• Stop nose bleeds by putting a few drops of pomegranate juice into your nostrils.
• For nagging cough and chest congestion, boil 3 cups of water with 2 fresh betel leaves and 4 crushed peppercorns, till the water is reduced to half. Strain and drink every morning and night with a teaspoon of honey.
• For relief from toothache.. Take two basil leaves, a grain of salt and a pinch of pepper powder and press against the affected tooth.
• For minor rashes on the skin.. add few basil leaves in your bathing water before you bathe.
• To get a fair baby, Mothers can drink saffron added to milk during pregna ncy.
• For fever and cough of children, give some honey mixed with water.
• The juice of carrot and tomato, mixed with a little honey is good tonic for children.
• A teaspoon of the powdered pomegranate skin taken with water early in the morning will not only purify the blood but also will serve as a good de- worming agent
• Chewing raw guava leaves is an excellent quick fix for diarrhea
• If you are suffering from acidity, drink a glass of water with a piece of jaggery dissolved in it, after meals.
• Drink basil water everyday, it helps in keeping throat infection and cough at bay.