-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Come July and our babus will be back in school. The Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) will begin an e-governance training module called the e-Governance Executive Training Programme (eGEP). This is the first such national-level programme for officers at the level of under secretary, section officer, deputy director, assistant director, tehsil and block level officer or equivalent. They will be nominated by their department...
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Government ordered to disclose spend on Atal Bihari Vajpayee's treatment
-PTI New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has directed the Health Ministry to make public expenses incurred on the treatment of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee within 15 days. While hearing a petition of an Right to Information (RTI) applicant who sought details of funds spent on treatment of the 88-year-old ailing BJP leader, Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra said the cost incurred on the medical treatment of the former Prime...
More »17% of urban Indians have kidney disease: Study -Durgesh Nandan Jha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a worrying fallout of the rising diabetes and hypertension cases in urban India, a study across 12 cities found 17 out of every 100 people suffering from kidney disease. Of this, 6% had stage III kidney disease which necessitates medical attention and, in some cases, costly treatment like dialysis or transplant. The study used data from 13 hospitals, both private and government, across 12 cities...
More »Repression is no solution-Gopal Subramanium
-The Hindu Violence against the state is tragic but it contains the seeds of rejection. Only an inclusive approach that respects human rights can eliminate extremism Perhaps no other chain of events in the recent past has had a more direct and substantial impact on the life of human beings across the world than acts of terror. Terrorism has not only affected our lives directly, but has also allowed the state to...
More »Food scheme to widen net -Ambika Pandit
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Delhi's homeless may be brought under the fold of the Delhi Government's flagship Annshree Yojana as the government is having trouble finding eligible beneficiaries to meet the two lakh target set under the cash for food scheme. So far limited to vulnerable households identified by a survey of 2008-2010, the scheme will now be made "broad based". Under the scheme, a monthly subsidy of Rs 600...
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