India needs more PhDs. Here's why!

Today I read an interesting article titled "With more PhDs, India can be a superpower" in rediff.
In this article, author talked about education, more specifically technical education (undergraduate and post graduate), which is the driving force behind all advanced economies. Its worth reading.

http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/mar/10iit.htm

Sabeer launches Blogeverywhere Toolbar

Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia has floated a new venture Blogeverywhere.com that enhances the speed and functionality of e-mail browsing and allows users to post their comments on any website in the world.

"In the last 10 years, there has been no significant development of technology in Hotmail. Since the last one year, we were thinking of how to increase its speed. The tool we have come up with adresses that problem," he said at a press conference.

Blogeverywhere is an Internet-based toolbar that makes the functionalities possible.

BlogEverywhere is a simple way for you to log your thoughts and comments on any web page "without leaving it" . It enables you to have a conversation with other readers of that page.

allergic reaction to a medication!

A true allergic reaction to medication occurs when the immune system is activated in response to a drug. The medication can be taken by mouth, injected into the body or rubbed on the skin. The symptoms from an allergic reaction vary from a mild skin rash to sudden swelling of many body parts with a life-threatening fall in blood pressure.

Most people with a drug allergy have been exposed to that drug or a similar drug before. During the earlier exposure, immune cells formed antibodies against the drug. Antibodies are proteins created by the immune system to battle foreign invaders such as bacteria and viruses. When a person is exposed to the drug again, the antibodies go into action, setting off the allergic response. The symptoms of drug allergy may happen immediately or after taking the drug for a week or more.

Health CheckUp

Yesterday i went to hospital as i was feeling sick. Dr. gave some medicines. Unfortunately those medicines gave reaction on my body. last night i could't sleep as my whole body got rashes and started burning and itching. last night was the most horrible night in my life . Morning i went to hospital Dr. gave me another set of tablets, still my body itching horribly , Dr. didn't gave me quick relief medicenes. Dr. also asked to take some tests(X-ray, blood test) and asked to meet General Surgeon tommorow. still some parts of my body burning like any thing.

GTC meeting!!

General Test committee(GTC) for me scheduled on 13th MARCH 2006. I need to prepare slides for that meeting and also prepare for that meeting.This is my first Annunal Review after coming to IIT. Still I have not started any research.