-TheCitizens.in NEW DELHI: The struggle of the debt and drought trapped farmers of Tamil Nadu has entered its 107th day. The farmers, facing an acute agrarian crisis during which many committed suicide, travelled to Delhi on March 14, optimistic that their voice would be heard. After 41 days they returned to Tamil Nadu on April 23 after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palanisamy met and assured them that their grievances would...
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Govt to set up 49 cancer centres in 3 yrs -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: With cancer cases on the rise in the country, the government plans to set up 49 cancer centres in the next three years. The centres will be in addition to 31 already functioning and upgraded since 2014-15, when the government floated the scheme. The health ministry has drawn up a detailed project plan which will be reviewed by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) at a high-level...
More »Shortage of specialist doctors in rural areas: Guj govt to HC
-PTI Ahmedabad: The state government today told the Gujarat High Court that there was a shortage of specialist doctors at community health centres as they were generally unwilling to work in rural areas and small towns. In an affidavit filed in response to a PIL seeking the courts direction to the state to provide better diagnosis and treatment facilities to control vector-borne diseases, the government said that it was fully equipped to...
More »DeMo was ethically flawed -A Srinivas & Sandhya Rao
-The Hindu Business Line The possible gain arising out of tax compliance has come at too high a human cost ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’ – Benjamin Disraeli After the RBI’s latest revelations — of 99 per cent of the extinguished currency having returned to the banks — media pundits and economists have wasted no time in saying that efforts to obliterate black money have failed. However,...
More »Country's lowest infant mortality rate recorded in Manipur -K Sarojkumar Sharma
-The Times of India IMPHAL: It is hard to believe that the state, mostly in the news for reports of armed conflicts, has been achieving the country's lowest infant mortality rate (IMR) consecutively for the last three years — standing tall amidst other conventionally well-equipped states. According to the health ministry report, Manipur's IMR stands at nine deaths per 1000 live births. The national IMR, according to the latest available data,...
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