Bengaluru: When Dr Prabha S Chandra took over as director of National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Nimhans) a few weeks ago, she stepped into a system grappling with a stark imbalance: a rapidly rising burden of mental health patients and an overstretched care infrastructure. In a conversation with TOI, Dr Chandra spoke of…
Hyderabad: SC and ST welfare minister Adluri Laxman Kumar on Sunday urged Union minister for social justice and empowerment Virendra Kumar to extend financial assistance to various self-employment schemes being implemented by the Telangana govt for youth from SC, ST communities, persons with disabilities, senior citizens and transgender persons.Telangana’s comprehensive and forward-looking welfare model has…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee KOLKATA: Referring to the power outage while votes were being counted in Nandigram during the 2021 assembly polls, CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday put her workers on alert, asking why complaints of power-cuts were pouring in from EVM strongrooms after the first phase of the assembly elections.“Look at EC! It…
Panaji: As rising temperatures mount pressure on traditional farming systems, a growing number of farmers in Goa are turning to climate-resilient fodder crops to boost livestock productivity and reduce input costs.Among them is progressive farmer Prashant Rane from Keri, who adopted organic methods to cultivate Super Napier grass. Rane grows fodder on 1.5 acres of…
Voter turnout in elections to 15 municipal corporations across Gujarat touched 50% on Sunday, as citizens braved intense heatwave conditions with temperatures nearing 45°C. Polling was largely peaceful across the state, barring minor skirmishes, while repolling was ordered at one booth in Surendranagar following an EVM malfunction.The elections covered 15 municipal corporations, including Ahmedabad, Surat,…
Chandigarh: A team of health officials from Panipat on Sunday unearthed a racket involved in sex determination tests running under the guise of a private clinic from a house in Karnal. The raiding party also recovered a hand-held ultrasound machine from the person apprehended from the spot.The operation was carried out by PNDT prevention team…
The Talegaon-Dabhade police on Saturday arrested a 40-year-old brick-kiln worker on the charge of bludgeoning his son-in-law, 30, to death. The murder happened on Friday at Parandwadi in Maval taluka, when the victim, Laxman Mukane, was quarrelling with his wife. The accused, Santosh Waghmare, initially tried to intervene between the couple, but when Mukane would…
Lucknow: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi all set to dedicate the Ganga Expressway in Hardoi on April 29, spotlight has been focused on the project, which is being projected as an “expressway-cum-industrial corridor” model by the Yogi Adityanath govt in UP.By linking infrastructure with industrial growth, the expressway is being developed as an Integrated Manufacturing…
Jaipur: HPV vaccination campaign has picked up sharply in the state, with doses administered rising from 7,000 to 27,712 within seven days as the health department intensified its rollout for girls aged 14-15.Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ajmer on Feb 28, the campaign targets 8.3 lakh eligible girls. So far, it has covered…
NEW DELHI: For thousands of Indians living with heart failure, the biggest strain is not just the disease, but the cost of surviving it. A nationwide study has found that seven out of 10 patients have no financial protection, forcing families to pay almost entirely from their own pockets.Published in the journal Global Heart, the…
