Pointing out that fiscal deficit was a cause of concern, C. Rangarajan, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, said on Friday that action on reducing fuel and fertilizer subsidies would be taken “as early as possible.” “I would not like to put a time frame, I can only say that action will be needed and therefore will be taken as early as possible,” he told journalists on...
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Blood sugar test for Rs 2, in 10 seconds-Kounteya Sinha
India is all set to unveil a path-breaking test for diabetes that will save both money and blood. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is almost ready with a new digital finger-pricking blood sugar machine that will not require repeated use of testing strips. Significantly, it will cost less than Rs 2 per blood sample and require 1,000 times lesser blood than what glucose meters use now. Even better, it...
More »Assam hit by worst floods in 8 years
-The Times of India The Assam government on Thursday declared the current floods in the state as the worst since 2004. So far 23 people have died in the calamity even as the army, IAF and the National Disaster Response Force of BSF have been pressed into service for rescue and relief operations. Government spokesman and agriculture minister Nilamoni Sen Deka said, "The government is making all necessary efforts to help the...
More »Army to court martial five officers in Pathribal fake encounter case-M Saleem Pandit
SRINAGAR: Court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM) in Srinagar has allowed the Indian army authorities to try its five officers for the Pathribal fake encounter case in year 2000. In March 2000, following the Chittisinghpura massacre of 36 Sikhs, according to a CBI probe, the Indian Army killed five innocent Kashmiri civilians in a fake encounter at Pathribal in Anantnag district. Rajeev Gupta, CJM in his order on Wednesday, allowed the army...
More »With toilets in place, BRIdes return home-Gaurav Saigal
No toilet at home, no marriage - this had been the position of three would-be BRIdes. Now that their demand has been accepted, and each one of them were rewarded with a cash award of Rs. 2 lakh on Wednesday by Sulabh International, an organisation in the forefront of the sanitation movement. "I was embarrassed to know women relieve themselves in the open and worried something unpleasant might happen to me. Though...
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