NEW DELHI: Amid widespread protests over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, the health ministry on Friday said the heads of institutions will be responsible for filing an ‘institutional FIR’ within six hours of any incident of violence against any healthcare worker on duty.In an office memorandum issued to directors and…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh will head for Washington later this month, in the first high-level visit to the US after PM Modi’s recent trip to Russia led to some diplomatic ripples and at a time when there has been considerable delay in supply of American jet engines for the indigenous Tejas fighters.Singh is…
NEW DELHI: The stage is set for the first big electoral faceoff between the BJP-led NDA and the Congress-led INDIA bloc after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with the Election Commission on Friday announcing dates for assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.The BJP has a lot at stake, especially in Haryana, where it…
NEW DELHI: Faculty association of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (FAIM) announced on Friday that its OPD and OT services would remain suspended on August 17. This came in solidarity with the Indian Medical Association on Thursday declaring a nationwide strike on the same day after the rape and murder of a doctor in…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday announced significant developments in India’s transportation infrastructure, following a Cabinet meeting that approved multiple metro projects and airport facilities worth nearly Rs 34,000 crore.Three metro projects received the green light: Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase-3: This includes two corridors: Corridor-1 will stretch 32.15 km from JP Nagar…
NEW DELHI: The Union government announced a significant reshuffle of top-level bureaucrats on Friday. As part of this reshuffle, Punya Salila Srivastava, currently serving as special secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, has been appointed as the new Health Secretary. Initially, she will assume the role of Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Department…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday announced that it has decided to hold assembly elections together in only two states – Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir – and not all the four where polls are due by the end of this year. Ironically, this comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s strong pitch…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday took out a protest march demanding death penalty for the accused of the Kolkata doctor rape and murder case Sanjay Ray. She further blamed the BJP, CPM and Congress for vandalising RG Kar College & Hospital during a midnight protest on Wednesday.Meanwhile, Kolkata CP Vineet…
NEW DELHI: Indian Medical Association (IMA) put forward five demands including a central law for doctors’ safety after the brutal rape and murder of PG student at RG KAR Medical college and hospital.IMA’s demandsThe demands are as follows: At policy level the reluctance to acknowledge the violence on doctors and hospitals has to change. A…
NEW DELHI: Isro aims to launch the first mission of the ambitious Gaganyaan project by December, Isro chairman S Somanath announced on Friday in Sriharikota. His statement came after the successful launch of the third and final developmental flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), which placed the Earth Observation Satellite into orbit earlier…
