The Punjab government said on Tuesday it is strengthening high-risk maternal and neonatal care under the Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana, with over 5,300 high-risk caesarean deliveries and around 2,094 neonatal care cases treated cashlessly till May 25.According to the State Health Agency (SHA), total expenditure under the scheme stood at Rs 7.04 crore, covering 7,300…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Centre not to allow the construction of the Mekedatu dam by the Karnataka government.This comes days after the Congress-led Karnataka government proposed the construction of the Mekedatu dam project across the Cauvery river.In the letter, Vijay said that…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday announced a slew of welfare measures, including subsidised meals, monthly financial assistance for women, and new restrictions on liquor shops near educational and religious institutions.Addressing a public gathering, Adhikari said fish-rice meals would be made available for Rs 5 at 400 dedicated canteens across the…
NEW DELHI: BJP leader K Annamalai on Tuesday urged the Centre to withdraw its decision to implement the three-language policy in the current academic year and asked CBSE to make the policy compulsory after three years, as originally announced.In a post on X, Annamalai said that the sudden announcement by CBSE has caused great shock…
NEW DELHI: Five months after keeping in abeyance the SC judgment accepting 100-metres elevation definition for Aravali, the Supreme Court on Monday reserved its decision on composition of the High-Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) to define afresh what constituted Aravali Hills and Ranges, its extent and forest cover.Appearing for ministry of forest, environment and climate change,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday termed “very serious” the forced employment of minor girls in orchestras, mainly in Bihar and West Bengal, and massage parlours, in Delhi and Rajasthan, and their subsequent sexual exploitation and trafficking and sought comprehensive responses from the governments on steps to protect them.Appearing for NGO ‘Just Rights for…
Congress slams 4th fuel hike in 10 days, calls PM Modi ‘Inflation Man’, ‘Mehengai Manav’ NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge warned that “fuel loot” will have a cascading effect on every aspect of the economy, and will hurt the poor and the middle class. He pointed out that the Modi govt has increased petrol…
THANE: The Tieten Medicity Hospital successfully performed one of Thane’s first robotic telesurgeries for gall bladder removal (robotic cholecystectomy) using the indigenously developed Mizzo Endo 4000 robotic surgical system.The robotic procedure was performed through a secure 5G-enabled network with an ultra-low latency of less than 10 milliseconds. The surgery was remotely performed on the patient…
NEW DELHI: The government on Monday said it was now delivering more domestic LPG cylinders, meeting current demand as well as clearing backlog, indicating that panic buying had eased and availability of cooking gas had improved since March.Petroleum ministry’s joint secretary Sujata Sharma said the delivery time for cooking gas cylinders from the date of…
NEW DELHI: One in six adolescents in rural north India reported facing a major stressful event within just six months, with academic pressure, poverty, bullying, domestic violence and family conflict emerging as major triggers behind depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts among teenagers, according to an AIIMS-linked study that warns of a widening but largely invisible…