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Public sector oil companies were missing a huge Rs 150 crore daily on the sale of petroleum products.

Sarthak Behuria, the IOC chairman, said Indian Oil Corporation alone lost Rs 80 crore each day.

Rejecting to mention the amount of hike hinted by the oil companies to counterbalance the loss, Mr. Behuria said it was for the Centre to resolve.

A new technology, known as “a needle-free jet injection” has been developed for treating skin cancer patients. The new way is far more effective than topical application on the skin.

The new system, which generates a high-speed liquid jet with adequate intensity to pierce the skin without using needles, has been developed by Pharmacy PhD student Desmond Morrow from Queen’s University in Belfast.

Zhengzhou: The number of HIV/AIDS cases has been surging fast in China. 18,543 new cases of HIV carriers and 4,314 cases of AIDS have been reported in China in the first six months of this year.

Han Mengjie, assistant to the director of the office with AIDS Control Work Committee of the State Council, said “2,039 people died of AIDS in first half of the year.”

Health Canada has reported that products from China could be hazardous for young children who often put things in their mouth, so these should be kept out of reach of children.