The Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh has declared the results of the Intermediate Second year on 24th April 2012. A total of a little less than 11 lakh students appeared for the examinations.

AP overall-regular
The total number of candidates appeared for the intermediate second year exam is 10,22,844 , of which only 4,84,854 that is a mere 47 percentage of candidates were declared passed. From that of overall total the number of students who appeared as regular is 7,56,459, out of which 4,41,966 were declared passed, that is only 58.43 percentage of candidates passed.

Comparison of percentages
Compared to the last year, the pass percentage of regular category has declined by 4.8. Last year it was 63.27, which now stands at 58.43.

Grades in AP
In AP the grades are in abnormal positions. In the past years, it was quite opposite compared to recent years including this year. Earlier, the percentage of students scoring A grade was as low as 30. Contrariwise, now in a scenario of quite the opposite, the corresponding number surged to a little less than 50 percent to 46.22. And the number for the B graders is a little greater than 30 percent i.e., 31.71. The B graders majored a little more in the past years compared to this year. The C grade students accounted for the percentage of 15.68, in which as we had observed, more candidates. Finally, the percentile for the D graders is a minuscule 6.40 compared to high numbers, who indeed had majority in the past years!

AP vocational
The total number of vocational general students appeared for the exam was 64,581, of which the number of candidates who passed was 34,664, which means only a little less than the 55% got passed (i.e., 53.64%).

Girls in the intermediate examination scored commanding 61.25 percent while boys scored a little less than girls and had 55.94 percent.

Government colleges in AP scored more than private colleges
The government colleges in AP showed their talent by improving the performance in Senior Intermediate exams. They scored much better than the private colleges; the pass percentage of government colleges is 62 percent. The total number of candidates who have appeared from the government colleges is 1,03,632 of which 63,791 candidates passed. The pass percentage of private colleges is only 57%.

The government colleges in Hyderabad not even touch the 50 percent mark. They performed dismally and the percentage was 49%.

Adilabad topped by scoring 78 percent and Warangal at the bottom by scoring 48 percent among the government colleges.

Likewsie, a total of 28,137 aided college students appeared for the examination, out of which a mere 47 percentage, that is 13,091 students cleared the exam.

Districts in AP
Considering performance district wise, Krishna district topped the list by scoring 74% among others and Nizamabad emerged very poor performer amongst all with a 43 percent score and stood at the last position.

Tough Physics exam
The physics-II paper was tough compared to previous years. The percentage of pass in physics is very less compared to other subjects. It is 87 percent for the both mathematics and chemistry; however, for physics-II it is only 68 percent.

Supplementary held
The Supplementary exams will be held from 23rd may and the BIE said it would not be extended at any cost.

Recent statistics presented by the doctors have revealed that the liver diseases in the state as well as in the country are rising alarmingly. Liver diseases are among the top 10 causes of the death in India. It is found that one in every five persons are suffering from one or the other liver complications and around 30,000 deaths every year that in the cities and towns of Andhra Pradesh occur due to terminal liver disease or liver cancers. And if it is to be believed, deaths due to liver complications have surpassed the number of deaths caused by cardiac arrest and diabetes.

Statistics
In the recent years, the cases of liver diseases are increasing by 20% annually. In addition to this, the cases of tumor arising in fatty liver disease are also increasing.

Moreover, lack of awareness of the symptoms and causes among the people is leading to late diagnosis of the patient (early detection of liver diseases will help in effective treatment of the condition). The statistics also support the above statement, with 70% of the patients seeking medication in the advanced stages when the chances of curing the diseases are negligible.

Further, it is surprising to know that Andhra Pradesh alone needs 1,600 liver transplants a year, of which only 100 are being done due to lack of facilities and expertise in the state hospitals.

Causes
These liver diseases are mainly due to the obesity among all age groups and uncontrolled alcohol abuse. In the recent past, there has been a lot of lifestyle changes in the people which is leading to obesity. Among the other causes are depending highly on rice, high preference for fried rice, improper lifestyle, lack of proper exercise, diabetes, hepatitis, alcohol and drug abuse, pregnancy, liver cancers and side effects due to other medications. All these causes have led to obesity related fatty liver disease, with which an estimated 20% of AP population is suffering from.

Doctors say that alcohol abuse is also one of the major reasons for causing chronic liver diseases. Daily consumption of alcohol of 60 ml or more can cause liver damage in the span of 5 years. Consumption of cheap liquor, also consumption of alcohol without diluting with water and improper intake of food lead to alcohol induced liver conditions.

The other main cause that is not letting the liver related deaths to come down is Hepatitis B and C. Moreover, the hepatitis is found to aggravate the liver diseases condition further in the patients. It is found that 60% of the liver cancer patients suffer from Hepatitis B.

Symptoms
The symptoms of advanced conditions of liver damage, cirrhosis are – jaundice or yellowing of skin due to accumulation of bilirubin in the blood, weakness, loss of appetite, easy bruising, fatigue, intestinal bleeding and swelling of feet or abdomen.

Preventive measures
Liver is the vital organ of a human body as it performs about 500 functions of the body. Hence, there is high need to protect it. Doctors suggest various measures such as active lifestyle, restricting alcohol consumption and healthy eating habits to maintain a healthy liver and thus, healthy body.

Source: Times of India

An inspection carried out by fire prevention wing of GHMC has found that, of the 556 hospitals (buildings below 15m of height and having a minimum capacity of 50 beds), only 149 hospitals have installed fire safety equipment and have obtained ‘No Objection Certificate’ from the GHMC. Whereas, the remaining 400 hospitals were found to be 100% deficient in all the four parameters of fire safety measures, thus, violating building rules.

The four parameters of fire safety measures are – means to access through approach road, open spaces, means of escape like external staircases and firefighting equipment.

Surprisingly, the above mentioned same deficiencies were found in most of the hospitals during the last inspection conducted by GHMC. In spite of the inspection wing sending repeated reminders, hospitals have taken no action to upgrade their facility with fire safety measures.

With chances of fire accidents to occur are increasing in the hospitals, GHMC has taken the issue seriously and has directed Medical Health Officers of Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts to take effective and strict measures against these hospitals.

Source: Indian Express

40,000 petrol outlets across the country and 400 petrol bunks in the city are to be remained open as usual on April 23. Federation of All India Petroleum Traders (FAIPT) earlier called for a nationwide one day strike on April 23, so as to pressurize government for accepting their demands and to implement Apoorva Chandra committee report. As the government has accepted for most of the demands, FAIPT had called off the strike.

The government had agreed to the dealers’ demand of increasing their commission and has now fixed the dealer’s commission at 1.49/litre on petrol and 0.91 paise/litre on diesel. The other demand that the IOC, BPCL and HPCL should follow ‘prescribed guidelines’ before opening new retail outlets was also agreed by the government.

The government has also accepted to implement most of the recommendations made in Apoorva Chandra committee’s report.

Source: Economic Times

20 Apr 12: The results of IPE 1st year exams conducted in March 2012 are released today. The Board of Intermediate Education (BIE), A.P, has released the Inter 1st year results of both, regular and vocational courses today, at their office at Nampally at 10.00 am.

The results can be downloaded (along with the subject wise mark sheet) from the following websites:

examresults.ap.nic.in
results.cgg.gov.in
www.apit.ap.gov.in
www.results.educationandhra.com
www.resumedropbox.com,
www.indiaresults.com
www.vidyavision.com
www.ExamResults.net
www. nettlinxresults.net
www.manabadi.com
www.manabadi.co.in
www.results.manabadi.co.in
www.schools9.com
www.exametc.com
results.webdunia.com
www.bharatstudent.com
www.kabconsultants.com
www.educationgateway.com
www.AndhraEducation.net
www.results.andhraeducation.net
www.educationandhra.com
www.betechs.com
www.koshercomm.in
www.resultsindia.in
www.educationplus.co
www.PsddOrFail.in
www.asmalldream.org
www.manachaduvu.com
www.vidyavision.co.in
www.vnssolutions.in
www.iitjeeforum.com

To know the results by phone call, you can dial the below numbers:

BSNL landline subscribers – dial 1100 or 18004251110
BSNL mobile subscribers – dial 18004251110
BSNL mobile/landline subscribers (through IVRS) from any place in AP – dial 1255225 (without STD code)
Airtel users – dial 543212222
Idea users – dial 5545678
TATA users – dial 129660
TATA GSM users – dial 54321234
Vodafone users – dial 56731
Reliance users – dial 56566
Uninor users – dial 51234; All users – dial 505101096
Aircel users – dial 52800
TATA DOCOMO – dial 54321234

Source: Deccan Chronicle

While WHO considers road accidents to be a public health issue, India has hardly taken any measures to control the road deaths. And alarmingly, India stands top in the global list of number of fatal road accidents recording 1.4 lakh deaths annually. Further, Andhra Pradesh is one of the states that has highest mortality rates among crash victims.

Among the various reasons found to have contributed to these tragic numbers, lack of proper traffic enforcement mechanism and medical attention are found to be the important reasons. City police personnel have stated that there is high need to raise the number of police patrol vehicles and ambulances on state highways, besides assuring the public that they will be saved from any kind of legal hassles if the victims are taken to the hospitals.

Even the medical experts have viewed that the late arrival of victims, inadequate infrastructure and manpower in hospitals, turning victims away and lack of defined protocol is leading to the increased mortality rates due to road accidents.

Overall, the experts say that the need of the hour is the immediate, definitive and comprehensive management of trauma cases, besides change in the public attitude towards accident victims and deaths.

Source: Deccan Chronicle

In view of the rapidly increasing illegal drug peddling in the city, the city police decided to work with other agencies such as Narcotics Control Bureau, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Enforcement Directorate and police departments of other states so as to control the drug menace. The Anti-Narcotics cell is also expected to work on a full-fledged basis soon.

City becoming the upcoming hub for the illegal drug trading, the city police is taking various crucial measures to arrest the drug peddlers. The city police personnel were also given training in Drug Law Enforcement. The police were instructed to keep tab on the movements of the foreign nationals, especially African nationals who frequently travel to Dubai and South American countries. Many of these foreign nationals were arrested in similar cases and were out on bails. They were also found to travel on fake passports; hence police department is taking measures to verify their passport as well as visa details.

Also, the police are suspecting a link between increasing online fraud cases and drug trafficking cases as African nationals were found to be involved in both these cases. The police have reported that in the period from 2009 to 2011, about 28 online fraud cases have been registered in the city, many of them having the involvement of African nationals.

Source: The New Indian Express

GHMC has directed the government hospitals as well as around 800 private nursing homes and hospitals in the city to send the data of the births and deaths registered in their hospitals to the GHMC website directly. As GHMC is going to have a section on births and deaths registration in its website, hospitals are requested to send the related data online so that the whole data can be computerized and is stored in one portal.

To make it easy for the hospitals to transmit these details online, GHMC has issued an exclusive user ID and password for the nursing homes and the hospitals. Some of the government maternity hospitals have already started sending the data, while some of the major hospitals like Gandhi hospital, Osmania general hospital and Niloufer hospital have sought some more time.

Source: Deccan Chronicle

GHMC and the traffic department are taking various measures to ease the present traffic congestion on the city roads. In this attempt, GHMC has proposed a concept of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), which will be funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). This Japan company has also prepared a master plan for the project.

GHMC has recently conducted a meeting with RTC officials, traffic department and other officials who are all related with the road and traffic problems. This meeting conducted to discuss the ITS plan and its method of implementation, also raised many issues which are to be corrected.

While discussing each departments future plans and discussions in due of implementation of ITS, GHMC said that it would take up duties such as lane marking and signages in the entire city and other road and buildings (R&B) duties. Likewise, other departments too came up with their plans to ease the present traffic congestion and to support the ITS plan. The RTC officials are planning to come up with more number of bus shelters and also to enhance the present bus shelters which lack basic facilities.

A governmental agency which participated in the meet has requested GHMC to provide pelican crossing on major roads, for which the corporation said that it will look in to the proposal.

Source: Times of India