Barely 4% of Indians have access to palliative care On the eve of World Palliative Day, palliative care experts have drawn attention to “passive violence” implicit in the dismal access that Indians have to basic pain relief. Forty years after palliative care came to India, it is estimated that barely 4% of citizens have access,…
Kanpur: On the third death anniversary of Samajwadi Party founder and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, party chief Akhilesh Yadav pledged to fight for the honour and dignity of the PDAThe entire Yadav family gathered at Mulayam Singh’s Samadhi in Saifai on Friday to pay tributes to the veteran socialist leader who passed away on…
BHOPAL/NAGPUR: Locals and lawyers Friday angered by the deaths of 23 children in Madhya Pradesh screamed and lunged at Ranganathan Govindan and demanded death penalty for the 75-year-old as the owner of Tamil Nadu-based Sresan Pharmaceuticals was brought to court in Chhindwara. Ranganathan has been arrested over the deaths, 20 of them in Chhindwara alone,…
The health ministry recently told Parliament that the National Medical Commision (NMC) data shows there are 13,86,157 registered doctors in India, a number that is almost identical to the 13,86,136 it cited in the Lok Sabha in Aug last year. So, how could India have added just 21 doctors over the past year despite about…
NEW DELHI: On June 20, after protests from lawyers representing several bar associations, ED was forced to withdraw summons issued to senior advocate Pratap Venugopal in connection with a money laundering probe against Religare’s former chairperson Rashmi Saluja.Four months later, the agency has named Venugopal as one of the accused, along with Saluja, in its…
Lucknow: The festive mood has gripped the city, with traders expecting a 20–25% rise in sales of home appliances this Diwali. The new GST tax structure has made major electronic items like refrigerators, washing machines, and dishwashers more affordable for buyers.Under the revised GST system announced in Sept , tax slabs have been simplified to…
Pune: State ATS and Pune Police on Thursday jointly conducted searches at multiple locations in the city’s Kondhwa, Khadak, Khadki, Wanowrie and Bhosari areas following intelligence inputs about “anti-national activity”. In Kondhwa alone, 19 houses were searched in the pre-dawn coordinated exercise involving a large number of security personnel.The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) subsequently released a…
Haryana ADG Y Puran Kumar CHANDIGARH: Shock and anguish over the alleged suicide of Haryana ADG Y Puran Kumar has triggered calls for strict action from sections of IAS and IPS officers, reports Pawan Tiwari. Haryana IAS officer D Suresh, along with others, met Chandigarh DGP Sagar Preet Hooda at police headquarters and demanded the…
Kanpur: A fire broke out on the screen during the night show at the cinema hall located at Shastri Chauraha in Etawah causing panic and chaos. The entire hall filled with smoke, but the cinema hall employees began controlling the fire using fire safety cylinders. Their swift action prevented spread of the fire despite the…
KOLKATA: Pregnant Bengal resident Sunali Khatun, disowned as an “illegal immigrant” in India and incarcerated in Bangladesh for unlawful entry after being identified as an Indian by her Aadhaar card, could be returning soon to where she and her unborn child belong.A judicial magistrate’s court in Bangladesh has asked the Indian high commission in Dhaka…