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The  temporary burial of Interest rate in the world  has again CAME  back to life. Is it  ridiculous, well Australian Government has come out and declared that  the  interest rate will be  increased to  3.25%  from  3%.

Australia who avoided   the Recession last year was  a lone nation to survive from the wrath of  Economy downfall when the entire  world was crying with  financial loss.

The central bank  of Australia is the first  to come out and announce the increase in  interest  since  the beginning of  2008.  Adding  if  all goes  well, then the interest  rate will be back to the normal one   5%.

Now, this is   the toughest thing to cope  up seeing there is no  jobs at all.

India in Swine Flu Fear

A Series of Swine Flu death in India has made the country in grave Panic.The Sub Continent now has 4 confirmed deaths due to Swine Flu.

The first death due to Swine Flu was reported in Pune.  Rida Sheik, aged 14, a girl studying school was the first victim. After the media aired the report, panic struked India as forest fire leading all the parents with their children storm the local hospitals. Government of India cleared the air urging the nation not to panic. But the words from Health Ministry was not able to console the public.

The second death due to swine flu was reported in Mumbai following Pune death that made the panic in real tragedy. Public went real mad after hearing the series of death taking the matter very serious.

The third death again was reported in Pune last night, August 8. A teacher of 43 years was the third Indian victim to Swine Flu.

The death is the mere case. The testing that the public in Pune undertook with panic was also a blessing in disguise. The testing done on the people help the medical officials confirm of more swine flu positive people.

The sad part here is, many school students are the victim of Swine Flu.

This morning August 9, the fourth death and the first from Gujarat was reported. Pravin Patel, an NRI, aged 40 is reported to be death. The news is currently hot topic in media. Pravin Patel was tested positive for Swine Flu just a day ago.

Following the situation, Health Minister Gulam Nabi Azad is trying to clear the panic but always quoting “We have sent the medicines to eight major cities of India .NO NEED TO PANIC”. But he is unaware that the situation is changed from mere panic to a grave tension and real unease in public.

The UK research institute at the centre of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak two years ago has been given £100m to build new laboratories.

The head of the Institute for Animal Health (IAH) at Pirbright in Surrey, said that the state-of-the-art facilities are as safe as they can be.

Research at the new laboratory will focus on controlling the spread of diseases as a result of climate change.

Scientists will also combat the spread of diseases from animals to humans.

The episode two years ago drew attention to the state of the facilities at the site – which one report described as “shabby and dilapidated”.

According to the institute’s director, Martin Shirley, the new investment will enable him to build laboratories that are world class and meet the highest standards of biosecurity.

“What I hope is that it will give confidence to all our stakeholders that here at Pirbright we have the world’s leading experts. That it will be state-of-the-art and it will be as safe as it can possibly be.”

Research at the new laboratory will focus on controlling the spread of diseases as a result of climate change, dealing with the growing threat to food security and combating diseases that spread from animals to humans such as swine flu and bird flu.

“There is an increasing recognition that diseases won’t go away,” says Professor Shirley.

Globally, a new animal disease is said to appear roughly every two years. Three quarters of these are viral or have some potential to spread to humans.

“I think there is a recognition that research in this area is important for the wellbeing of the UK”.

News Article published on:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8170406.stm

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