Altogether 40 lakh people were treated during the month-long health awareness campaign throughout Bihar that concluded here on Sunday. State Health Minister Ashwani Chaube said this while releasing a report card of the initiate launched by the State Government last month to take medical facilities to the doorsteps of the people. The doctors also operated upon 22,000 patients and another 2200 people underwent eye operation, Mr. Chaube said. The health department organised medical...
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Maternal deaths: hospital employee, drug inspector suspended
The Rajasthan government on Sunday suspended a drug inspector and an employee of the government Umaid Hospital in Jodhpur, where 13 women have died of excessive bleeding during childbirth in the past two weeks. It announced an ex gratia of Rs.5 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased, besides blacklisting two pharmaceutical and surgical equipment firms. The decisions were taken at a high-level meeting convened at Chief Minister Ashok...
More »Jaitapur project affected to meet CM by Meena Menon
In a last-minute change of plans, protesters opposed to the Jaitapur nuclear power project will now meet Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Saturday and address the public meeting. Till Friday evening, they had decided to boycott the Chief Minister's meeting to show their staunch opposition to nuclear energy.However, at a meeting in Madban near the project site, Pravin Gavankar from the Janhit Seva Samiti and members of various anti-nuclear...
More »Per capita income up, dependence on agriculture down by Santosh Singh
Good news for Bihar on the economic front. According to the Economic Survey 2010-11, tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, the state’s annual per capita income doubled in five years, gross domestic product (GDP) saw a steady growth and the number of vehicles increased three fold. The annual per capita income went up to Rs 17,590 in 2009-10 against Rs 8,528 in 2004-05. The average GDP growth for the period...
More »Haryana FM reiterates support for farmers on land acquisition in Rewari
Refusing to budge from his stand in the face of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda`s "varying views" on the land acquisition policy, Haryana finance minister Ajay Singh, on Thursday reiterated that he would continue to support the farmers on the matter of land acquisition in district Rewari. "Let either the farmers be 25% stakeholders in the industries coming up at the proposed land or let the entire 464 acres of...
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