FNCCI, TiT-GLOBAL MoU Kathmandu, 30 April: FNCCI and TiE-Global signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) Sunday to enhance bilateral cooperation for better access to technology, networking to tap into ideas and create employment and access to capital. FNCCI and TiE –Global will work together for economic development y and the partnership will help Nepal create employment. FNCCI Chief Suraj Baidya member of TiE-Global and managing director of APCA Nikesh Sinha signed the MoU.. TiE-Global has a global network with more than 57 branch offices and 600 members, said Sinha. Visiting US State Department special representative for commercial and business affairs Lorraine Hariton attended the function. “The time is perfect as the peace process is coming to its logical conclusion,” she said. Hariton is leading a US State Department team on a five-day long visit to hold discussions with the government and private sector for the development of entrepreneurship and business. nnnn LALITPUR MURDER Kathmandu, Parshuram Tamang , a owner of a motorcycle workshop, was apparently murdered at Ekantakuna in Lalitpur. Police Sunday broke into the workshop after residents complained of foul smell and found Tamang’s decomposed body. Tamang,30, hialed from of Kavre. Nnnn PAROPAKAR MATERNITY HOPITL TO START IN-VITRO FERTLITY SERVICE Kathmandu, 30 April: Paropakar Maternity Hospital will formally launch its In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) service from tomorrow [Tuesday], the hospital said, reports The Himalayan Times.. The hospital has screened seven suitable women, aged 30 to 41, from 22 patients to undergo the procedure to give birth to ‘test-tube baby’. Dr Ashwini Trikha, an expert on IVF service, informed that the hospital has prepared the women for the procedure. “The hospital carried out ovum pick-up on Friday and will perform embryo transfer tomorrow,” said Trikha. In-vitro fertilisation is a process in which egg cells are fertilised by sperm outside the womb. It is what doctors resort to when other methods of assisted reproduction fail. The process involves hormonally controlling the ovulatory process, removing ova (eggs) from the woman’s ovaries and allowing sperms to fertilise them in a fluid medium. The resulting fertilised egg is placed into the woman’s uterus for further development of the foetus. Former Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal had inaugurated the IVF centre in August 2011. “The hospital is now ready to provide full-fledged IVF service,” said Dr Shila Verma, director at the hospital. She informed that it took about a month of preparation. She informed that the hospital sent four doctors and two nurses to learn the process in India. Dr Verma added that the government is providing the service at a reasonable price for people with low income. The price for the service is Rs 1.6 lakh at the hospital. So far, the facility is not available at any other government hospital. While Om Mani Tamang, born on March 3, 2005 at Om Hospital and Research Centre Pvt Ltd, was Nepal’s first test tube baby. The world’s first IVF baby, Louise Brown, was born on July 25, 1978, in England. There have been over a million children born through the process since then. According to the Health Ministry, around 20 per cent of Nepali couples have fertility-related ailments. Nnnn MEDIA GOOGLE “… we’ll expose conspiracy to weaken Madesh by creating more Madesh provinces.” (NSP Chairman Rajendra opposing Mithila Rajya in Janakpur Sunday, Naya Patrika, 30 April) nnnnl