-The Hindu “I am happy that the accused will now be facing murder charges. We will not let anyone off the hook,” Ansari’s wife Sahista Pervez said. Ranchi: Making a U-turn in the Tabrez Ansari lynching case after allegations of attempts to weaken the case, the Jharkhand police submitted a supplementary charge sheet on Wednesday, seeking punishment under Section 302 of the IPC (murder) against 11 of the accused. Another two accused, who...

-The Times of India GHAZIABAD: As many as 15 private Hospitals in the Ghaziabad district of UP have agreed to provide free treatment and food to 2,425 children suffering from acute malnutrition, officials said. The administration has set a target to pull out the children from acute malnutrition (red category) by September 30. A private Hospital has already agreed to work. Now, 14 more Hospitals have been roped in. Gaurav Pandey, spokesperson,...

-Livemint.com * The population explosion has major impacts on the country ranging from health, social, environmental and economic * Gender preferences are also contributing to the population explosion in India New Delhi: Pointing out population growth as a major concern in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech called for a deeper thought towards the issue. Apparently, the mention was an indication that the government is devising a policy or...

-The Indian Express The Indian Express checked one of the websites, which was found to be active hours after the arrests. Investigation into two women arrested for allegedly duping more than 350 people on the pretext of providing health insurance at a low premium has revealed they were procuring database of customers from employees of call centres after paying 5 paise to 50 paise per contact. Last week, two women identified as...

-The Economic Times Private Hospitals have been accused of siphoning almost Rs 1.20 crore in just a few months. About a year after introduction of the Ayushman Bharat scheme — the Union government’s programme for providing health protection cover to around 10 crore vulnerable families — truant doctors and Hospitals in the tiny Himalayan state of Uttarakhand have come up with some of the most innovative ways of scamming the ambitious plan...