File report on unregulated sale of MTP kits, Telangana HC directs health & medical dept | Hyderabad News

HYDERABAD: Telangana high court on Tuesday directed the health and medical department to file a detailed affidavit on the action taken against the alleged indiscriminate sale of medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) kits without prescriptions or the supervision of registered medical practitioners.The division bench passed the direction while hearing a PIL filed by a registered…

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City logs 94 mm rain, highest 24-hour spell this monsoon | Kolkata News

Kolkata: A stationary low-pressure area over Gangetic Bengal and the adjoining regions triggered a relentless downpour on Tuesday, with Alipore Met office recording 93.6 mm till 11:30 am. Along with the low-pressure area that has refused to move away, meteorologists attributed the deluge to strong low-level southerly winds pushing massive moisture convergence from the Bay.The…

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ADGP Piyush Patel gets additional charge of armed units | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: Senior cop Piyush Patel was given additional charge of director general of police (armed units), Gandhinagar, following the retirement of IPS officer Raju Bhargav on Monday.Patel, a 1998-batch IPS officer of ADGP rank, will hold the additional charge alongside his existing responsibility as director of state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The order was issued by…

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Heart ablation cuts irregular beats, but may not make patients feel better | India News

The procedure, however, clearly reduces AF. Seven-day heart monitoring detected AF in 21% of patients after ablation, compared with 41% after the dummy procedure. NEW DELHI: A procedure widely used to treat atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular heartbeat, cuts abnormal heart-rhythm episodes but may not itself be responsible for the improvement in patients’ quality of…

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