Kolkata: Several hospitals are apprehending a staff shortage as hundreds of employees plan to leave for their home towns for the first-phase elections on April 23. At many facilities, OPD appointments and planned surgeries are being deferred or scheduled earlier while election rosters have been created to serve patients and keep operations running with local…
Premature To Say Anything For Sure: Experts NEW DELHI: Latest update from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on the possibility of El Nino episode later this year may be bad news for India’s monsoon. Though, experts said, it would be premature to say anything definitely at this juncture, an El Nino year usually negatively impacts…
Kolkata: Running from the pillar to post to know about the status of their appeals made after deletion of names, many ‘deleted’ voters, including advocates, knocked on the door of justice at Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee-National Institute of Water and Sanitation (SPM-NIWAS), Joka, on Saturday, but they could neither walk into the “prohibited zone” nor…
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi is racing against time to expand the waste-to-energy plant at Tehkhand, as it is yet to secure environmental clearance from the expert committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC).The proposal to increase the plant’s intake capacity from 2,000 metric tonnes to 3,000 metric tonnes per…
US President Donald Trump has reportedly suggested that diet soda may help fight cancer, based on the idea that it can kill grass when poured on it, according to comments made by Dr. Mehmet Oz. Oz serves as Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.Oz shared the claim during an appearance on Donald…
A long-pending demand of EPFO pensioners may finally move forward, with the labour ministry reportedly examining a revision in the minimum monthly pension under the Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS-95). The present guaranteed pension stands at Rs 1,000 a month, and any upward revision could bring relief to lakhs of retirees receiving low payouts.No official figure…
Students looking to build a career in healthcare and allied medical sciences now have more options at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU). The university has introduced seven new paramedical and healthcare programmes for the 2026 academic session and has started the online admission process for the same.The newly launched courses focus on areas that…
PBKS jersey in 2013 (l) and 2026 (r) IPL franchise Punjab Kings’ co-owner Preity Zinta on Monday revealed that why her team no longer has the silver colour in their jersey.“Punjab should try to bring back its Red and silver jersey. Still remember Gilchrist taking his only wicket in that. Best jersey hands down,” a…
Times News NetworkLudhiana: Two unidentified men fired at least seven gunshots at a house in Roomi village, Jagraon in the early hours of Tuesday. A woman who lives in the house noticed the bullet marks on the main gate in the morning and alerted the police.Complainant Paramjit Kaur’s husband has been living in Canada for…
Planning a road trip this summer? Good idea. But before you hit the highway, spend a few minutes checking your car. Indian summers can be harsh, and a small issue can quickly turn into a big headache on the road. Instead of learning this the hard way once, stuck on the side of a highway…
