-Down to Earth 216 people across the country died of the disease Dengue cases reported this year across the country were on the higher side. Data presented in Rajya Sabha on November 27 has put the total number of dengue cases in the country at 35,066. The number of people who died of the disease totalled 216. This is provisional data for the year till November 15. These figures are the highest...
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Bad air quality in Delhi a health risk: Government
-PTI Deteriorating air quality in the national capital could be a reason for serious health risk, government today said but maintained that there is no conclusive data to establish it. Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan also informed the Rajya Sabha that the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is monitoring air quality in Delhi and steps have been taken to control environmental pollution. Noting that health effects, such as manifestation of respiratory ailments, could be...
More »House panel rejects contentious health Bill
-The Indian Express The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare has summarily rejected the proposed National Commission for Human Resources in Health Bill (NCHRH) 2011, asking the Health Ministry to draft a fresh Bill giving more space to views of state governments and various stakeholders given that reforms in the sector are “long overdue”. The committee also wants the ministry to include medical research (currently covered by the Higher Education...
More »“Government to bring amendments into atrocities Act in Budget session” -Mohammad Ali
-The Hindu Act needs urgent amendments in order to plug loopholes in implementation: Union Minister The Union Government will bring in amendments to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, during the Budget session of Parliament next year. Addressing a National Dalit Adivasi Sammelan at Ramlila Maidan here on Friday, Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Kumari Selja said the Act needed urgent amendments in order to plug loopholes in...
More »Select committee report on lokpal to be tabled in RS by Cong, BJP
-PTI In an apparent show of unanimity, the report of the select committee on Lokpal Bill, which has recommended delinking creation of Lokayuktas in states from the central bill, is scheduled to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha today by Congress and BJP. According to the revised list of business of Rajya Sabha, Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley will table the report along with Shantaram Naik of Congress who is...
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