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                       Even before Samsung had officially launched the Samsung Galaxy S4, there had been rumours that the company is working on a miniature version of this smartphone. The specifications and alleged pictures of Samsung Galaxy S4 mini have already leaked online.
                     
                       The existence of this smartphone has now been 'confirmed' via a listing on the Samsung Apps website. The listing has now been removed and did not divulge any information regarding the specification of Samsung Galaxy S4 mini.
         As per the past rumours, the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini will supposedly have a 4.3-inch qHD display. The smartphone is said to pack in an 8-megapixel camera and run on Android 4.2.2 out of the box along with a layer of Samsung's own Touch Wiz Nature UX. Connectivity options reportedly include 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and AGPS.
It is being touted that Samsung will launch Galaxy S4 mini in four variants. The first will be a single SIM phone that has the model number GT-I9190, which will come with a quad-core processor and support HSPA+. Samsung Galaxy S4 mini GT-I9192, on the other hand, is a dual-SIM variant which has a dual-core processor and also supports HSPA+. The Korean smartphone-maker will also be releasing Samsung Galaxy S4 mini GT-I9195, which will support LTE. Lastly, the model number GT-I9198 is for the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini that will be launched in China. This model is unlikely to be launched in other markets.
               Some news reports have suggested that Samsung will be launching the Galaxy S4 mini in the week starting July 15, 2013.

                So far there is no word on what will be the price of Samsung Galaxy S4 mini and whether it will be launched in India in the near future.
               
              It is noteworthy, that Samsung has announced that the company has managed to ship over 10 million units of its Samsung Galaxy S4 flagship smartphone. Apart from the mini version, there are already rumours floating around Samsung planning to launch a rugged version of Samsung Galaxy S4 that will allegedly be dubbed Samsung Galaxy S4 Active.

               The campaign song NaMo NaMo, essentially positioning Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 elections, is a fusion of metal, rock and folk music. The concert will be held in Constitution Club on May 31.

              "Only those who are seriously interested in politics listen to political speeches. We have decided to take the campaign to the people through other things that touch their lives," said Tejendar Singh Bagga, a former BJP activist and founder of the community page Modi-Fying India, which is organising the event.

              The group had recently launched Modi T-shirts and is doing brisk business.


           "We are organising the rock concert to campaign for Narendra Modi's prime ministership," Bagga told Mail Today, adding that while the first song will be in Hindi, the group intends to subsequently launch one song each month in other vernacular languages, including Bhojpuri, Tamil and Bengali.

             Panchtarni Music in Exile, a Kashmiri rock band, will perform at the event, and two Kashmiri Pandit singers Rahul Tikoo and Ashish Bhat will launch the song, he said.

                   "This is a piece of fusion music, encompassing all these elements from metal, rock and folk, and is a very catchy one," said Rahul from Panchtarni that has already recorded the song at a studio in Gurgaon.

                    The group also has plans to launch the cover page of the comic on Modi as well as stickers saying, "I support Members of Kashmiri rock band Panchtarni Music."

              
          After the rocking Balam Pichkaari and Badtameez Dil, here's another sizzling number from Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone starrer Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. The song is called Dilliwali Girlfriend and it brings in true Delhi flavour.

           Ranbir Kapoor is proving to be an awesome
          dancer with two back-to-back fast numbers from the upcoming romantic film. Whereas Deepika is looking glamorous as ever.
         
          
The film which mark the ex-couples' comeback is set to release on May 31.

     
                    An estimated one million fresh cases of the disease - which causes body ache and fever - are reported in India each year. About 95 percent of the country's population resides in malaria endemic areas.

                    According to the World Malaria Report 2011, over 70 percent of the country's 1.2 billion population faces the risk of malaria infection, with an estimated 310 million people - one-third of the total - facing the "highest risk".

                    "The situation is very bad and it is an epidemic sort of issue. Malaria is quite rampant across the country, particularly in rural areas," S. Chatterjee, senior consultant, internal medicine, at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, told IANS.

                  Sandeep Budhiaraja, director (internal medicine) at Max Hospital, added: "The problem very much exists, and not just in the rural areas but also in major cities like Delhi. The situation is certainly very bad."

                  He said though the country has been effective in treating the disease with new medicine, the threat of plasmodium which causes the disease becoming resistant to new drugs remains.

                 "Even though the plasmodium became resistant to old conventional treatment, new drugs have been effective for now. But, we have seen in countries like Cambodia and Thailand, it has developed resistance. Though the type is different, threat remains that it may also develop some resistance," Budhiaraja said.

                   Echoing similar views, Chatterjee said most physicians no longer administer Chloroquine to patients as the plasmodium - P. falciparum - that causes the severe type of malaria has more or less developed resistance to the drug. He said the drug has only been effective in controlling the milder from of malaria.

                 The main vector of the disease in India is the female Anopheles Culicifacies, which is a small to medium sized mosquito. They usually breed in rainwater pools and puddles, burrow-pits, irrigation channels, seepages and sluggish streams. Extensive breeding is generally encountered following the monsoon.

                  Some experts, however, also say that investments in malaria control have yielded good returns in the past years.

               Manish Mohil, consultant (internal medicine) at Saket City Hospital, said even though the situation is not good, most hospitals and doctors are usually well equipped to handle malaria cases and only severe cases are reffered to speciality hospitals.

              "People are as much responsible as the government for not being able to curb the disease. The issue is that citizens don't take proper precautions even when they are more or less aware," Mohil told IANS.

               "In last five years, there has been a constant reduction in the number of malaria cases in the country. The number of cases has gradually come down from 2 million in 2001 to about 1.2 million in 2011," said a senior scientist at the National Institute of Malaria Research.

               Recent government data also shows a decline both in the number of malaria cases and related deaths.

              According to National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), over 1.5 million cases of malaria were reported in the country in 2009 and 2010. The figure fell to 1.3 million in 2011 and to 1 million in 2012. Till March 25 this year, 72,327 cases have been reported.

               Likewise, the number of malaria related deaths in the country in 2009 were 1,144 and came down to 1,018 in 2010. In 2011, the number further came down to 754, and to 506 in 2012. This year, till March 25, the number of deaths are only 18.

              However, in a clear contradiction to the government data, a 2011 study by Lancet stated that malaria actually killed an estimated 46,800 Indians in 2010. The country had over 10 crore suspected malaria cases but only 15.9 lakh could be confirmed in 2010, according to World Malaria Report 2011.

             Experts, however, say more needs to be done to completely check the disease.

             Towards this, the World Malaria Day celebrated on April 25, instituted by WHO during the 2007 World Health Assembly of 2007, aims to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control.

               According to the World Malaria Report 2011, malaria is prevalent in 106 countries of the tropical and semi-tropical world, with 35 countries in central Africa bearing the highest burden of cases and deaths. Compared to a century earlier, the area of malaria risk has reduced from 53 percent to 27 percent of the earth's land surface, while the number of countries exposed to some level of malaria risk has fallen from 140 to 106.
     The number of deaths from malaria might be steadily declining, but health experts believe the mosquito sting continues to pose a grave threat to millions in the country.