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Blog: Traveling In The Time Of Coronavirus - Some Hits, Some Misses
While India has shut down its borders, put in mandatory screening at ports of entry and curtailed non-essential travel, countries like the US with over 1,000 positive cases appear to be taking things lightly.
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PM Modi, Saudi Prince Condemn Pulwama Attack In Joint Statement: 10 Facts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in a joint statement on Wednesday, condemned "in the strongest terms" the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad. Both sides agree on the need to create "conditions necessary for resumption of ...
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Congress@100 In Rajasthan After Win, BJP Wins In Haryana Seat: 10 Points
The ruling BJP and the Congress scored a victory each today in the last polls before the national election, due by May. The BJP won by-polls in Haryana's Jind, where the counting of votes was briefly stalled over protests and allegations of EVM or vote machine tampering. The Congress won the Ramgarh election in Rajasthan, adding one more seat to it...
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PM Modi Writes To You. Controversy Over Centre's Rs 15 Crore Outreach
In election season, crores of households across India are receiving a personalised letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi as his flagship health insurance plan under the Ayushman Bharat - PM Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), the largest government-funded healthcare programme, touches the 100-day mark.
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Climate Change, Heat Exposure Reducing India's Labour Force By 7%: Report
Climate change is making more people vulnerable to heat exposure and air pollution in India leading to one lakh premature deaths and 7 per cent reduction in country's labour force, the researchers said in an analysis in The Lancet medical journal.
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8-Year-Old Madrasa Student Killed In South Delhi In Brawl Over Playground
A scuffle over the right to play in a playground turned fatal for 8-year-old Aseem, a student of the Darul Uloom Faridiya madrasa in South Delhi's Malviya Nagar. On Thursday, Aseem and his friends, all of them students, were playing in the madrasa premises when a group of neighbourhood children aged 10-12 years, attacked them. Soon a scuffle broke ...
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#MeToo Singes Journalists. Twitter Thread Provokes Stories, Allegations
India's media was thwacked by a stunning #MeToo moment that uncoiled in a Twitter thread on men who had misbehaved on a cruise liner in Australia. It began with ex-AIB comic Utsav Chakraborty being called out for sexual harassment after he derided the men who had partied on the cruise ship.
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After Polio Vaccine Scare, Questions On Quality Checks
India's anti-polio programme got a jolt recently after it was found that some vaccines made by a Ghaziabad-based firm were found to contain the P2 virus strain. The company, BioMed, is one of the four domestic suppliers of polio vaccines to the government-run polio immunisation programme.
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Nearly Rs 50 Lakh Raised Online For Family Of Delhi Man Who Died In Sewer
The wife of the Delhi sewage worker urged she wants to educate her three children. As of 10 AM on September 19, over Rs 48 lakh had been crowdfunded for Anil's family.
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Navjot Sidhu Rebuked For "Messing Up" In Pak, Says Minister. His Rebuttal
Navjot Singh Sidhu's gesture of hugging Pakistan's army chief during his visit to Islamabad for Imran Khan's oath ceremony impacted soldiers and "demoralises people", Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today, commenting that the Punjab minister "could have avoided it".
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Manohar Parrikar In Delhi For Treatment, BJP "Explores Options" In Goa
Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will be admitted to the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi today for treatment at a time when the BJP is exploring options in the state. Mr Parrikar, who returned from the US after a medical check-up last week, was admitted to a hospital in Goa Thursday evening. Mr Parrikar re...
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Saridon Among Over 300 Combination Drugs Banned By Government: 10 Points
Painkiller Saridon and skin cream Panderm are among 328 fixed-dose combination or FDC drugs banned by the government to stop their "irrational use". The health ministry says the ingredients in these medicines do not markedly add to the benefits that people can get from taking them. The order immediately bans the manufacture, marketing and sale of s...
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"Not Just Pizza...": Arvind Kejriwal Launches Doorstep Delivery Service
Not just pizza, it's the government, home-delivered, Arvind Kejriwal said today as he launched the doorstep delivery of 40 services in Delhi, including marriage certificates, driving licenses and water connection documents. "We always heard of pizza being home-delivered, but now one can dial the government and the government will come home," tweete...
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Delhi Cancer Institute To Keep 80% Of Free Treatment For City Residents
The Delhi State Cancer Institute - the only government-run cancer hospital in the state - will reserve 80 per cent of free services for people from the state, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced. At present, only 40 per cent of the people getting treated at the hospital are Delhi residents.
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Amid Row Over 'Rs 700 Crore' Kerala Aid, UAE Says Yet To Make Any Offer
The United Arab Emirates today said it has not fixed any specific amount to be given as financial aid to help Kerala recover from the devastating floods, amid the war of words between top ministers in the southern state and the centre over not accepting requests by foreign governments willing to offer financial help.
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Blog: Traveling In The Time Of Coronavirus - Some Hits, Some Misses
While India has shut down its borders, put in mandatory screening at ports of entry and curtailed non-essential travel, countries like the US with over 1,000 positive cases appear to be taking things lightly.
-
PM Modi, Saudi Prince Condemn Pulwama Attack In Joint Statement: 10 Facts
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in a joint statement on Wednesday, condemned "in the strongest terms" the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad. Both sides agree on the need to create "conditions necessary for resumption of ...
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Congress@100 In Rajasthan After Win, BJP Wins In Haryana Seat: 10 Points
The ruling BJP and the Congress scored a victory each today in the last polls before the national election, due by May. The BJP won by-polls in Haryana's Jind, where the counting of votes was briefly stalled over protests and allegations of EVM or vote machine tampering. The Congress won the Ramgarh election in Rajasthan, adding one more seat to it...
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PM Modi Writes To You. Controversy Over Centre's Rs 15 Crore Outreach
In election season, crores of households across India are receiving a personalised letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi as his flagship health insurance plan under the Ayushman Bharat - PM Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), the largest government-funded healthcare programme, touches the 100-day mark.
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Climate Change, Heat Exposure Reducing India's Labour Force By 7%: Report
Climate change is making more people vulnerable to heat exposure and air pollution in India leading to one lakh premature deaths and 7 per cent reduction in country's labour force, the researchers said in an analysis in The Lancet medical journal.
-
8-Year-Old Madrasa Student Killed In South Delhi In Brawl Over Playground
A scuffle over the right to play in a playground turned fatal for 8-year-old Aseem, a student of the Darul Uloom Faridiya madrasa in South Delhi's Malviya Nagar. On Thursday, Aseem and his friends, all of them students, were playing in the madrasa premises when a group of neighbourhood children aged 10-12 years, attacked them. Soon a scuffle broke ...
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#MeToo Singes Journalists. Twitter Thread Provokes Stories, Allegations
India's media was thwacked by a stunning #MeToo moment that uncoiled in a Twitter thread on men who had misbehaved on a cruise liner in Australia. It began with ex-AIB comic Utsav Chakraborty being called out for sexual harassment after he derided the men who had partied on the cruise ship.
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After Polio Vaccine Scare, Questions On Quality Checks
India's anti-polio programme got a jolt recently after it was found that some vaccines made by a Ghaziabad-based firm were found to contain the P2 virus strain. The company, BioMed, is one of the four domestic suppliers of polio vaccines to the government-run polio immunisation programme.
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Nearly Rs 50 Lakh Raised Online For Family Of Delhi Man Who Died In Sewer
The wife of the Delhi sewage worker urged she wants to educate her three children. As of 10 AM on September 19, over Rs 48 lakh had been crowdfunded for Anil's family.
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Navjot Sidhu Rebuked For "Messing Up" In Pak, Says Minister. His Rebuttal
Navjot Singh Sidhu's gesture of hugging Pakistan's army chief during his visit to Islamabad for Imran Khan's oath ceremony impacted soldiers and "demoralises people", Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today, commenting that the Punjab minister "could have avoided it".
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Manohar Parrikar In Delhi For Treatment, BJP "Explores Options" In Goa
Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will be admitted to the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi today for treatment at a time when the BJP is exploring options in the state. Mr Parrikar, who returned from the US after a medical check-up last week, was admitted to a hospital in Goa Thursday evening. Mr Parrikar re...
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Saridon Among Over 300 Combination Drugs Banned By Government: 10 Points
Painkiller Saridon and skin cream Panderm are among 328 fixed-dose combination or FDC drugs banned by the government to stop their "irrational use". The health ministry says the ingredients in these medicines do not markedly add to the benefits that people can get from taking them. The order immediately bans the manufacture, marketing and sale of s...
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"Not Just Pizza...": Arvind Kejriwal Launches Doorstep Delivery Service
Not just pizza, it's the government, home-delivered, Arvind Kejriwal said today as he launched the doorstep delivery of 40 services in Delhi, including marriage certificates, driving licenses and water connection documents. "We always heard of pizza being home-delivered, but now one can dial the government and the government will come home," tweete...
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Delhi Cancer Institute To Keep 80% Of Free Treatment For City Residents
The Delhi State Cancer Institute - the only government-run cancer hospital in the state - will reserve 80 per cent of free services for people from the state, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced. At present, only 40 per cent of the people getting treated at the hospital are Delhi residents.
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Amid Row Over 'Rs 700 Crore' Kerala Aid, UAE Says Yet To Make Any Offer
The United Arab Emirates today said it has not fixed any specific amount to be given as financial aid to help Kerala recover from the devastating floods, amid the war of words between top ministers in the southern state and the centre over not accepting requests by foreign governments willing to offer financial help.