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THE WORLDS LARGEST BLOOD DONATION

ANANDPUR SAHIB: More than three hundred years after the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh ji, founded the Khalsa amid the hilly terrains of Sri Anandpur Sahib, this holy town once again gift wrapped another great gift to the humanity from the Sikh community -- the world's largest ever blood donation camp.

As long serpentine queues of hundreds of donors on Hola Mohalla continued till late Tuesday night, each one enthusiastic to stress Sikhism's message of universal brotherhood and welfare of all (Sarbat Da Bhala), blood unit count crossed the figure of 20,000 and could well have touched 25,000, shattering the earlier Guinness Book record of 13,000 plus units collected in a single day.

Backed by Sri Akal Takht Sahib and other Sikh temporal seats, and enjoying patronage of more than a hundred Sikh organisations, the blood donation drive broke all barriers of age, gender, caste and economic status as young and old, poor and rich, men and women awaited patiently their turn to make a statement with blood at a time when much of it is being shed across the world in the name of religion.

"It is remarkable that the Sikh community thought of such a grand sweeping idea that not only sends a powerful message but also underlines how at the end of the day human beings are equal. A unit of blood can save the life of a child, an elderly, a low caste or a high caste," said Suzzane Able, an American photographer visiting India as a tourist who had come to the camp to witness history in the making. She was surprised to know that Sikhism does not recognize any caste. "You have told me the best thing about the community. Now I know the real significance of your motto of universal brotherhood," she said.

At a time when rest of India was busy playing Holi with colors or cow dung, the Sikh community was making a statement with this drive. 25,000 units of blood in flat 24 hours was the target, and the organizers, led from the front by Akal Purakh Ki Fauj outfit, had made sure that all mandatory requirements of the administrators of Guinness Records are fulfilled and cameras keep a record of all donors, quality checks are stringent, medical care at its best and safe blood keeping practices are followed.

With this blood donation drive, the Sikhs beat the Sirsa dera's earlier effort to collect 13,000 plus units on one day.

The sheer scale of logistics was mind boggling as the camp spilled over on to two lakh square feet of makeshift tents, 700 beds divided in 14 blocks of 50 beds each, and averaging 2,500 donations in one hour. All this effort was possible, thanks to an army of 8,000 volunteers, 3000 paramedical staff and 100 doctors deployed for the camp. Army personnel from Jalandhar and Chandi Mandir were among the teams collecting units.

Kiranjit Kaur had not heard of the camp and had come visiting the Takht Sahib with her parents. "I never attend the political rallies that happen at the sidelines but I was mesmerized by the idea of the camp. Me and my sister insisted about donating blood and our parents finally agreed to stay over for the night. We have waited for six hours and hopefully our turn will come," she said.

Baljinder Singh Maur said the camp has inspired him to become Amritdhari. "May be it needed this camp to bring me the Guru's blessings," he said.

The Holla Mohalla festival attracts lakhs of pilgrims from all over Punjab and the rest of the country and is the festival of truth, courage, bravery and service. The milling crowds of Sikhs who came to know of the camp added largely to the success of the effort, monitored for Guinness record purposes.

Sikh enthusiasts had come from, thanks to the massive mobilization campaign to ply blood donors, as far as Maharashtra, UP, Uttarkhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana.

Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Giani Gurbachan Singh, and Damdami Taksal's Harnam Singh Dhumma were among the first few to donate blood to inaugurate this mega blood donation camp at the Guru Teg Bahadur college grounds that ended at 7 am Wednesd

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PPP OFFERS A MEETING with OPPOSITION

The PPP made the offer after party leaders and federal ministers took stock of the political situation in the country during a meeting jointly presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar said the meeting "reiterated the offer to the political forces in the country to negotiate with the Government on how best to implement the provisions of the Charter of Democracy in letter and in spirit and to restore political normalcy".

ASSAMESE SIKHS IN SEARCH OF ROOTS

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PEOPLE PROTEST SHAKE ZARDARI

Long march shakes Pak, hurts Zardari
While crackdown on protesters continued on Thursday, the Army and Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Reza Gilani appeared to have jointly advised President Zardari to give in to the demands. Hundreds of protesters, chanting ‘Go, Zardari, go”, hit the streets in Lahore, Karachi, Multan and other cities across Pakistan.

HOLI GIFT OF INDIAN CRICKET TEAM

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THE CRICES OF GIRLS IN INDIA

THE COUNTRY HAS witnessed advancements in all fields but bias against girl child is still prevailing in THE country .The nation of mother still follows a culture where people idolizes son UN figures shows that 750000 girls are aborted ev ery year in INDIA if this practise goes on one day will come when mother INDIA will have no mothers At every stage of life she is discriminated and neglected for basic nutrition, education and living standard. When she was in the womb, she was forced to miss the moment when she was supposed to enter the world. At the time of birth her relatives pulled her back and wrung her neck. After killing her she was thrown into a trash can.

During childhood, her brother was loaded with new shoes, dresses and books to learn while she was gifted a broom, a wiper and lots of tears. In her teenage, she missed tasty delicious food to eat and got only the crumbs. During her college days, she was forced to get married, a stage where illiteracy, lack of education resulted in high fertility rate, aggravating the condition of females in the country. Again if this female gives birth to a girl child, the journey begins once again. She missed all roses of life .

NANO FIND DIFFICULT TO ENTER EUROPE

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The BLACKBERRY

BLACKBERRY services in PUNJAB will soon be launched by IDEA CELLULAR। The ADITYA BIRLA Group company which made its entery into the state by acquiring spice telecom will also be launching its data card.

THE FOX SQUIRREL

FOXSQUIRRELS are three species of squirrel in NORTH AMERICA। it has a pretty face। Its eyes are large and appealing। it likes to eat seeds which makes them THE bane of bird feeders.They also eat insects bird eggs flowers and buds.

THE RABBITS

RABBITS are suitable pets in most living situtions. they are small quiet andclean live comfortably in cages in houses. RABBITS are well known for their ability to produce large number of babies। RABBITS are very popular with children । they must also be picked up and handled carefully to avoid injury.

tigers in the park

ABOUT DOGS

ABOUT DOGS

DOGS are known as the best friends of human beingsthey are faithfull to people Dogs have been domesticated for most of human history and have thus endeared themselves to many over the years. Stories have been told about brave dogs that served admirably in war or that risked their lives to save persons in danger. When Pompeii--the Roman community destroyed by Mount Vesuvius -was finally excavated, searchers found evidence of a dog lying across a child, apparently trying to protect the youngster. Perhaps few of the millions of dogs in the world may be so heroic, but they are still a source of genuine delight to their owners.most of the even in cities as well as in villages are like it as apet.

A dog fits easily into family life. It thrives on praise and affection. When a master tells a dog that it is good, the animal happily wags its tail. But when a master scolds a dog, it skulks away with a sheepish look and with its tail tucked between its legs.

People in the city as well as those in other areas can enjoy a dog. Medium-size or small dogs are best suited for the confines of the city. Large dogs need considerable exercise over a large area.CHildern also like the company of dog। they like to play with it.

ENJOY NATURE

GIRAFFES are very cute in looking They live in groups but do not form permanent herds। Bulls (adult males) have an identifiable pecking order, which is established through the ritual of neck wrestling. A strange bull entering an area will be challenged by the dominant male. They will proceed to butt heads (their skulls are particularly strong) until one of them retreats.

When a giraffe cow (or female) is ready to mate, she attracts all the mature bulls in the area. The dominant bull wins her by driving off all the other males.

The young are born fifteen months later at a calving ground where they remain for the early part of their lives. The same calving grounds are used time after time by many females. That way, when the mothers go off to feed during the day, the calves are left to protect one another. Even so, half of the calves die in the first 6 months from attacks by hyenas, leopards, and wild dogs.as the calf grows they used tolive with their mother. .

ABOUT PANDA

PANDAS are very soft in nature। During pregence she eats lots of bamboos for nutrition.SHE breeds the premature cub in the cave of delivery, only walking out occasionally for evacuation. Only when the cub reaches the age of one month will the mother walk out for food and drink---but it soon returns to the cave. The panda mother almost always has the baby in her arms, warming it with her body, kissing and licking it until it can walk by itself.

The weight of a panda cub reaches one kilogram and hairs grow out when it is around one month old. However, it still cannot walk and see things. When the cub reaches three month of age, the young cub can walk and has normal eyesight. In the spring, the weight of a half-year cub has reached to about 13 kilograms. At this period, the cub begins to learn how to eat bamboos and how to live alone in the wild. The cub also drinks milk for nutrition sometimes. The weight of a panda cub reaches over 50kg

ASIAN ELEPHANT

ASIAN ELEPHANTS are social animals। they oftenlly like to live in groups। they are wise animals.they walk a very long distance । But it is sorry to say that their ratio is decressing day by day.

it is social , having a wide complex of community laws, rules, and regulations, a marked discipline and many well-established customs. Their large brains are needed to store information; it allows them to differentiate between individuals, record memories, and store experiences such as droughts, floods, dangerous places and where the best feeding places are. Many experts also believe that they are capable of imagining what other elephants are feeling. A matriarch must be able to make good decisions that will ensure the survival of the herd. Interestingly, elephants tend to venture into dangerous feeding zones, such as farmlands at night under the cover of darkness। Some are able to learn where the boundary lies between a safe feeding area and one that is dangerous.