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Ahmadabad Following Bangalore, Ahmadabad became the next target of serial bomb blasts planted by the militants.  These twin strikes by militants at  weekend took the whole nation by surprise. 17 bomb blasts rocked the Ahmadabad on Saturday. Numbers of dead kept on rising as there were many critically wounded people who succumbed to their injuries lator on. But the worst attack was waiting for the innocent people in the government civil hospital. When the injured were being brought to the hospital and there was a huge rush, the bomb went of that was planted in a car inside the hospital. According to the witnesses more than 25 people died in the blast.

Indian Mujahidin Militants had used the same technique as they had used the previous day. Bombs were planted at the most populous places and were timed to blast at the rush hours to maximize the death toll. A group that has named itself ‘ Indian Mujahidin’ has taken the responsibility of triggering the bomb blasts. But intelligence sources say that it is the changed name of SIMI. Militants had planted and timed the bombs in such a manner that the damage could be maximized. At some places there were two bombs planted with separate timings. When people rushed to help the injured people the second bomb used to  blast.

Lessons This was the second major terrorist strike after the Jaipur blasts. It also indicated the failure of state and central secret agencies to track the culprits in advance. Bur what surprised the nation most was that on the next day two abandoned cars full of bombs and about nine live bombs planted at separate places were found in the Surat city. It was the timely information that prevented the major catastrophe. But it could become possible only because of the active support of the local public to the police. Militants used every means to rise tensions between the two communities. But public has shown maturity and have understood the motifs of the militants. It has also shook the intelligence agencies to change according to the time and not to act according to their perceptions. It has also forced the government to think seriously about how to increase co-operation between all the investigation agencies. Shurly, public, intelligence agencies and the government have learnt some lessons to avoid the disaster in future.

Patients In a shocking incident in Lucknow, a 45 years old farmer, his wife and son were killed by their relatives when they came to know that  they are infected with HIV positive. The farmer named, Jilajeet and his wife had tested HIV positive and regularly visited Baba Raghav Das Medical College (BRDMC) in Gorakhpur as out patients. But it added more to their woes when their only son Kallu  too was found HIV positive some time ago after he fell ill. They were left with no  money for their treatment. They were under debt and were without any source of income.

Cremation There family had excommunicated them fearing that they too will become infected if they interacted them. According to ToI they were murdered by their family members and were cremated without informing their relatives. When some of the villagers came to know the truth they informed the police who could do nothing as the bodied had been cremated and there was not anything else on the basis of which investigation can be started. Police said that during the investigation the accused has told the police that Jilajeet and his family had suicided and they cremated the bodied to avoid police investigation.

Cremation There family had excommunicated them fearing that they too will become infected if they interacted them. According to ToI they were murdered by their family members and were cremated without informing their relatives. When some of the villagers came to know the truth they informed the police who could do nothing as the bodied had been cremated and there was not anything else on the basis of which investigation can be started. Police said that during the investigation the accused has told the police that Jilajeet and his family had suicided and they cremated the bodied to avoid police investigation.

Society There are thousands of AIDS patients who have not been recognized and listed. Though government has done many efforts to give knowledge to the people about the causes and avoidance of AIDS but has not succeeded fully in its mission. On the other hand numbers of HIV patients is increasing exponentially and people don,t follow the guidelines to avoid the infection. Only well educated people have understood to avoid HIV.  Uneducated and ignorant people of remote village treat HIV patients as if they are patients of Plague. HIV patients are treated very badly in the uneducated and ignorant society. Lack of health facilities and social discrimination further increase their problems.

Medicines for the HIV are very costly and most of the people are unable to buy them. Except it people have not understood that AIDS patients can live a long life if they are treated properly. It is not the infection but the social discrimination that becomes the reason of the early end of life of HIV patients in most of the cases in India.

Barcelona It was in the first time in the three decades’ history of Olympic games that the event was held without a boycott and a record 172 nations took part in the Barcelona games in Spain. It was first time that Germany took part under the one flag. It was first time after the suspension of 28 years that South Africa was allowed to take part in the games. After the dissolve of USSR all the Soviet republics took part in the games some with their own team and some as the unified team. It was first time that professional athletes were allowed to take part in the games.

Indian Hockey But for India, nothing different happened as compared to the previous Olympic games. Indians could not won even a single medal in any of the game they participated. They once again disappointed the nation with their performance even in the national game hockey. The ended with the 7^th position that was worst as compared to the previous games. They lost their first match to Germany with the margin of 0 to 3 goals. They won the second match against Argentina with the margin of 1-0 goals. They lost both of the next matched against Great Britain and Australia and won the last against Egypt. In the nest match they slipped to the 8^th place as Spain defeated them. In their last match they defeated New Zealand with the margin of 3-2 goals and thus could get only the 7^th position.

Other Games In archery none of the three Indians could perform well whether it were the individual or team competitions. In athletics Bahadur Prasad could not advance the first round in the men’s 5,000 meter race. And same was the fate of Shiny Wilson who took part in women’s 800 meter race. In boxing Rajendra Prasad won his first match against Poland’s Anderzej Rzani but lost the second to Roel Velasco. In tennis both the Indians Leander Paes and Ramesh Krishnan could not survive the first round as both the individuals lost their matches. But in Men’s doubles competition they won both the matches against the the dues of Slovenia and Australia. But hopes of winning a medal dashed as they lost in the quarterfinals to the the Croatian due of Goran Ivanišević and Goran Prpic. Indians once again returned to their country medal less.