Sukkur (Pakistan), Nov 6: If figures released by a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Pakistan are to be believed, child abuse, both physical and sexual, was rampant in the country, and it was on a constant rise. According to it, everyday nearly five children were subjected to sexual abuse.

In a report, SAHIL, the only organization in Pakistan that works exclusively on the issue of child sexual abuse and exploitation, said that incidents of child abuse were on constant rise in Pakistan and 992 children including 304 boys and 688 girls were subjected to sexual abuse during the first six months of the current year.

Jnana Sanjeevani Medical Centre at Marenahalli in Bangalore will provide medical care and insulin injection to 100 children, from below poverty line families till they complete schooling, under a free diabetic treatment programme.

This programme is supported by Sarojini Damodaran Charitable Trust.

Dr Srikanta, diabetologist and member of the Trust, said that the Centre mainly caters to children with type-1 diabetes, in which insulin shots form their lifeline.

Islamabad, Nov 6: US ambassador in Islamabad Anne Patterson has reportedly said that the new US President-elect Barack Obama was “deeply interested” in promoting bilateral socio-economic relations with Pakistan.

After winning the Nov 4 presidential election, Obama was in a “better position” to support the country, the Daily Times quoted her as saying.

She also called the nomination and election of a young African-American as US president “the beauty of a transparent democratic process”.

Bharti Teletech, one of India's leading manufacturers and distributors of telecom & allied products, has signed up a strategic pact with Transcend Information Inc., a leading global player in the Memory accessories business.

Under the deal, Bharti Teletech will sell and distribute the complete range of Transcend products in the Indian market.

Transcend will be able to leverage Bharti Teletech’s wide retail network of more than 36000 retailers spread across 3600 Towns in the country.

Washington, November 6: American scientists have discovered proteins that point to “cross-talk” between the body’s immune system and the self-cleaning system, by which biological cells rid themselves of obsolete or toxic parts.

The finding by researchers from the U. S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) attain significance as it has long been though that a link between the two systems may yield new weapons in the fight against tuberculosis and other deadly infectious diseases.

Islamabad, Nov 6 : New US President-elect Barack Obama has hinted at appointing his partyman and former president Bill Clinton as a special envoy on Jammu and Kashmir, saying he had an experience of dealing with the problems in the Indian subcontinent.

Obama reportedly said this in an interview with Time magazine.

Clinton had played a role in ending the Kargil crisis in Kashmir in 1999.