31st July

Completed morning program. Visited CGHS (Ayurvedic ) and SBI PBB. In the Supreme Court and chamber from 1 to 4 pm. Retired to sleep at 10.30 pm.

30th July

Completed morning program. Visited Safdarjung hospital. In the Supreme Court and chamber from 1 to 5.45 pm. Retired to sleep at 10.30 pm. 

29th July

Completed morning program. In the Supreme Court and chamber from 1 to 4.15 pm. On check i find that Venita's name is not there in Delhi electoral rolls. My name is there. During last elections Venita's name was there. My name was not there.  We have initiated action for inclusion of her name in the Electoral rolls.
Retired to sleep at 10.30 pm.

28th July

Went for about one hour brisk morning walk. Venita attended religious discourse at a Chinmoya Mission centre, Rohini along with another lady of the Society from 11 am to 1 pm. Spent the day reading newspapers and magazines. Brooding over our stay in London from 26th May to 30th June, 2013, we felt that it was quite a relaxed period of our life . It was comparable, if at all, to 6 month stay at Mussoorie for the Foundational Course in the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration from July to Dec.1964. I enjoyed every moment of it in the company of the batchmates (about 750 ) of All India Services, be it in the lecture hall, mess, extra-curricular activities, syndicates or restaurants. Late in the evening, we talked to twinkling lights of Dehradun from the 'Whispering Windows'. They replied us by twinkling more. There was hardly any pollution in the air.  In London, Venita was also there. In Mussoorie i was alone. I did not know then where she was. I was about 25. She was sixteen. We got married on 14 March 1967. We saw each other after marriage.
 Retired to sleep at 10.30  pm.

News of the day : "Despite Hepatitis being the second biggest preventable cause of cancer after tobacco, every one in 12 persons worldwide suffer from either chronic Hepatitis B or chronic Hepatitis C.

While the treatment for hepatitis has advanced tremendously in last few years, it remains one of the major cause of high mortality rate in India due to lack of awareness about this killer disease. Much has been done and written about HIV andAIDS being one of the most brutal diseases to grip a person, but less is known about the fact that Hepatitis C is 100 times more deadly than HIV infection for a human body.

Symptoms of Hepatitis: 
In many cases, hepatitis causes no noticeable symptoms, so when hepatitis is caused many people are unaware that they are infected. However the symptoms may include:

- Sickness
- Muscle and joint pain
- Fever 
- Headache
- Occasionally yellowing of the eyes and skin (jaundice)

Types of Hepatitis 
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A, caused by the hepatitis A virus, is the most common type of viral hepatitis. It is usually caused by infected food and/or water. There is no specific treatment other than using medication, such as painkillers to relieve symptoms. A vaccination can protect you against hepatitis A.

Hepatitis B
It is caused by the hepatitis B virus. The virus can be transmitted through blood and body fluids, such as semen and vaginal fluids. Unprotected sex, needle sharing, sharing razors, toothbrushes or any other material which might have visible or invisible blood on it can act as potential source of transmission of the virus. A vaccination is available for hepatitis B, which is recommended for people in high-risk groups, such as injecting drug users.

Hepatitis C
It is caused by the hepatitis C virus. This can be found in the blood and to a much lesser extent in the saliva and semen or vaginal fluid of an infected person. It is usually transmitted through blood-to-blood contact. There is currently no vaccination for hepatitis C.
Hepatitis D
It is caused by the hepatitis D virus and is present only in people already infected with hepatitis B as it cannot survive in the absence of hepatitis B virus.

Hepatitis E
This is caused by the hepatitis E virus and is generally a mild and short-term infection. It is spreadin a similar way as hepatitis A i.e. contaminated food and water. Person-to-person transmission is rare.

(Dr Mohinish Chhabra, Senior Consultant, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, Punjab" Taken from TOI,dt,28.08.2013 on line from Google News.

27th July (Saturday)

Attended a Customer-interaction program at Local Head Office (LHO) of SBI, Parliament Street from 10.45 am to 12.30 pm. Spent the day reading newspapers and magazines. Went for one hour leisurely walk in the evening. Retired to sleep at 10.45 pm.

26th July

Due to a conference on financial frauds in Sangrila hotel starting 10 am, could not stick to morning program. Had to leave home at 8.30 am for the venue. The conference was organized by the Association of chambers of commerce and industry (Assocham). The subjects were : 1.Emerging Financial fraud risk - areas, legislation, policy and governance. 2. Steps taken by regulators and new directives issued to counter the increasing risks. 3. Fraud detection using forensic and other analytics etc. It was quite refreshing to know the new techniques used in detection of frauds. Shri K. C. Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor Reserve Bank of India, the Chief guest, narrated some of the frauds of the 40, enumerated by Kautilya in his Arthsastra in 300 BC. Some pithy sayings, heard during the conference, are given below :
1. No fraud without involvement of money.2. When times are good people steal. When times are bad people steal more. 3. When times are good rich people steal more. When times are bad poor people steal more.4. 65% frauds are advance related. 5.There were no frauds in 44 banks. 6. Low value frauds under control. No control over high value frauds.
In the Supreme Court and chamber from 2.30 to 5.30 pm. Retired to sleep at 10 pm.

25th July

Completed morning program. In the Supreme Court of India and chamber from 11.30 am to 4.30 pm. Participated in a discussion in the Arsispso office on Inclusive Development from 5 to 6 pm. It was opined that systems should be in place so that fruits of growth reach all sections of the society. Retired to sleep at 10 pm.

 News of the day :"Scientists say that the release of large amounts of methane from thawing permafrost in the Arctic could have huge economic impacts for the world.

The researchers estimate that the climate effects of the release of this gas could cost $60 trillion (£39 trillion), roughly the size of the global economy in 2012.

The impacts are most likely to be felt in developing countries they say.

The research has been published in the journal Nature.

Scientists have had concerns about the impact of rising temperatures on permafrost for many years. Large amounts of methane are concentrated in the frozen Arctic tundra but are also found as semi-solid gas hydrates under the sea.

Price of gas : Previous work has shown that the diminishing ice cover in the East Siberian sea is allowing the waters to warm and the methane to leach out. Scientists have found plumes of the gas up to a kilometre in diameter rising from these waters.

In this study, the researchers have attempted to put an economic price on the climate damage that these emissions of methane could cause. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, even though it lasts less than a decade in the atmosphere."BBC News, dt.25.07.2013 on line from Google..

24th July

Completed morning program. Visited CGHS (Aurvedic ). In the Supreme Court of India and chamber from 12.30 to 4 pm. Retired to sleep at 10.15 pm.

News of the day : "Jagdish Bhagwati and Amartya Sen are the two Indian economists who are most respected for their work. Both have worked on a broad spectrum of issues, though Sen is best known for his work on public choice and development and Bhagwati for his work on trade. They are both liberal, neoclassical economists, who support deregulation and disapprove of existing subsidies.

Yet their minor disagreements have become amplified into a shouting match – well, a one-way shouting match, with Bhagwati repeatedly attacking Sen in public and in print, and Sen expounding on his point through interviews and op-eds largely without mentioning Bhagwati or his views." Business Standard, dt.24.07.2013 on line in Google News.

23rd July

Completed morning program. Visited the dentist and Safdarjung hospital. In the Supreme Court and chamber from 1 to 4 pm. Attended a conference in The Oberoi hotel along with Advocate Atiar Singh Dey. Retired to sleep at 10.30 pm.
News of the day : "Referring to the writings of Rabindrabath Thakur, the RSS chief said that the Hindus and Muslims in this country will find a way to stay together in this country “and that path will certainly be the Hindu path.” The Hindu,dt.23.07.2013 on line

22nd July

Completed morning program. Visited CGHS. In the Supreme Court and chamber from 1 to 5 pm. Retired to sleep at 10 pm.
News of the day : "Severe Respiratory Illness Associated With Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

India has been named as among the countries that face the highest risk of importing the deadly MERS coronavirus. International scientists on Saturday warned India that the new SARS-like virus that has emerged in the Middle East could spread .".Medscape Today News, dt 22.07.2013 online