Reimbursements to empanelled private hospitals have gone up from 24% of expenditure on Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) in 2019-20 to almost 60% in 2023-24. This emerges from data revealed by the health ministry in response to a question in Parliament.Data from an earlier response in Parliament and the CGHS website show that the number…
NEW DELHI: In a major breakthrough in the Indo-US nuclear deal that was signed nearly two decades ago, the US Department of Energy (DoE) has provided regulatory clearance to an American company to build and design nuclear reactors in India.On March 26, 2025, DoE granted Holtec International a critical regulatory approval, allowing the company to…
KOLKATA: Public interest outweighs the right to reputation when mass complaints are filed against a person in private, Calcutta high court has said.The HC, in a March 28 order, also quashed a defamation case against about 287 people who sent a mass complaint to the chief minister against the superintendent of Burdwan-based Satish Chandra Shilpa…
RUDRAPUR: The annual ‘Nakhasa Bazaar,’ a 170-year-old tradition of the Chaiti fair in Udham Singh Nagar’s Kashipur, which is held during the Navratras, has been cancelled this year due to unavailability of land. Known for rare horse breeds, the market once drew traders from across India. According to local lore, even bandits like Sultana Daku…
MUMBAI: Khar police on Monday visited stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra‘s Mahim home to find out if he was present there, to which he responded by posting a message on X saying it was a waste of time.Meanwhile, police have begun recording statements of some of the people who attended Kamra’s show ‘Naya Bharat‘ on Feb…
NEW DELHI: Nidhi Tewari, a 2014-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, has been appointed as private secretary to PM Narendra Modi, becoming the first woman to get such a posting in recent history. Incidentally, she is from Mehmurganj in UP’s Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency Modi has been representing in Lok Sabha since 2014.At present, Tewari is…
White House spokesperson showing to reporters the amount of tariffs each country imposes on US products. Amid much suspense over what is going to unfold on April 2, the big Liberation Day for the United States, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt Monday shed some light as she confirmed that there will be no exemption on…
NEW DELHI: The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is looking to increase the limit for auto settlement option for its subscribers from the current Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.While the move has been endorsed by the executive committee, it will need a green light from the central board of trustees. A govt source…
Ashley St Clair who claims to be the mother of Elon Musk’s newborn sells her Tesla. MAGA influencer Ashley St Clair who claims to be the mother of Elon Musk’s newborn son appeared in front of cameras recently to show that she was selling her $100k Tesla — a day before the global Tesla Takedown…
NEW DELHI: At least seven people, including four children and two women, were killed in a gas cylinder explosion on Monday in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district.According to police officials, a women also suffered injuries in the explosion that took place at a house in Dholaghat village of Pathar Pratima block around 9 pm.“All…
