Pacemaker under health schemes Kolkata: Within one and a half months of Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY (ABPMJAY) roll-out in Bengal, pacemaker surgery under the health scheme has hit a roadblock, with most private hospitals asking for a revised rate for the device and procedure.Cardiologists across various private hospitals in Kolkata have approached the state health department…
Villagers in Pali near Dongurli in Sattari found a king cobra in a coconut plantation Panaji: For more than a decade, king cobras have been spotted venturing into areas near human settlements, mostly during summer. However, this year, two such incidents have been reported as the monsoon began to retreat.During Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, residents of…
Ahmedabad: As many as 2,742 seats in undergraduate ayurveda and homeopathy courses remain vacant in Gujarat after the completion of Round 1 reporting for BAMS and BHMS admissions for the academic year 2026-27.The reporting process for the first round was conducted from Sept 23 to Oct 1. According to the admission committee, 828 state quota…
Speaking after inaugurating the two-day Rabi Agriculture Fair at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (HAU), Saini said sustainable cotton cultivation, crop diversification, and water conservation were crucial to the state’s agricultural future Hisar: Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday called for a shift towards resource-efficient farming that uses less water while delivering…
RTI activist Vihar Durve has urged govt to establish a time-bound mechanism to recover the amount, particularly when the state was facing financial demands arising from drought relief Pune: RTI activist Vihar Durve has urged the state to immediately recover nearly Rs24 crore allegedly paid to 12,757 male beneficiaries under the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin…
Lucknow: A court in Barabanki on Wednesday sentenced a 30-year-old man to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life for raping a five-year-old girl in 2025.Additional district judge Gyan Prakash Shukla also imposed a fine of Rs 1.10 lakh on Deshraj Dhiman, a resident of Barabanki. The court directed that Rs 50,000 from the…
Jaipur: Rajasthan Medical College Teachers Association (RMCTA), Jaipur, has urged the state govt to immediately halt tenure extensions on administrative posts at SMS Medical College and appoint senior, eligible faculty members to vacant positions.In a representation submitted to govt, the association said five Additional Principals are currently posted at SMS Medical College, Jaipur. Among them,…
The five-member collegium on Sept 28 recommended the repatriation of Justice T Vinod Kumar from Madras HC to his parent HC in Telangana ‘in view of his ensuing retirement on Nov 16’ NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court collegium’s decisions to transfer judges from one HC to another are explained as being meant “for the better…
US President Donald Trump. US President Donald Trump said he would consider pre-emptively pardoning members of his administration before the end of his second term, telling Time magazine that he would have no issue granting clemency to officials who could face investigations or prosecution after he leaves office.“Yeah, sure I’d do that,” Trump said in…
Bagchi has spent most of his career inside the ICICI group. A chemical engineer from IIT Kanpur, he joined ICICI after an MBA in finance from IIM Bangalore. MUMBAI: For a bank that has long been a training ground for financial-sector talent, there is a certain symmetry in Anup Bagchi becoming the first outsider to…
