Health Minister Jillian Skinner has urged families to share their wishes regarding organ donation and register to become donors to boost the state’s transplantation rate. Mrs Skinner visited Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA) to launch the Sydney Local Health District plan to boost organ donation and announced NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant would […]
Bangalore, Aug 16 (IANS) The Pakistan Under-23 football team, here for a two-match tour, expressed confidence of putting on a good show as the visitors were accorded a warm welcome on their arrival here Saturday. The Pakistani side is scheduled to play two friendly games against an India Under-23 team Sunday and Wednesday as part of […]
Ranchi, Aug 16 (IANS) Six Maoist guerillas, including three section commanders, were arrested in Jharkhand Saturday, police said. The guerillas were arrested from a jungle situated near Lapunga village of West Singhbhum district, which is around 170 km from here. Police had information that a top Maoist guerrilla was hiding in the jungle. Police and para […]
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The national capital saw a humid Saturday. The Met department has forecast a cloudy Sunday. The maximum temperature was recorded one notch above the season’s average at 34.5 degrees Celsius, while the humidity rose to a high of 81 percent. The minimum temperature was 26.2 degrees Celsius, average for this time […]
Mumbai, Aug 16 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said that high inflationary pressure needs to be reined-in, while the slow economic growth needs to be arrested and subsequently reversed. “If inflation is high then you begin at a point where growth is low,” Jaitley said at a BJP forum meeting. “We need to change this […]
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The government Saturday said it has taken up a series of measures to improve ease of doing business in India that emphasised on simplification and rationalisation of the existing rules, timeline for clearance of applications and delicensing manufacturing of many defence products. “The emphasis has been on simplification and rationalisation of […]
Baghdad, Aug 16 (IANS) At least 15 Sunni militants were killed in a US air strike near Iraq’s largest dam in Mosul, media reports said Saturday. US fighter jets hit the Islamic State (IS) militants as part of a military operation to help the Kurdish forces to regain control of the Mosul dam from jihadis, who […]
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Delhi High court has sought a response from the central government on a plea seeking directions to prosecute parents who force their minor child into the labour market. A division bench of Justice G. Rohini and Rajiv Shah Endlaw issued notice to the labour ministry and ministry of woman and […]
Thimphu, Aug 16 (IANS) Bhutan’s first nationwide tiger survey that began in February has identified 20 animals in the Himalayan nation’s southern region. Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay launched the preliminary report submitted by the country’s wildlife conservation division for the southern belt recently at the wildlife conference in Thimphu. The report further states that 543 pictures […]
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Indian embassy in Tripoli has helped evacuate more than 100 Nepalese nationals who were stranded in the country. Nepal’s Embassy in Cairo formally contacted the Indian Embassy in Tripoli seeking assistance in evacuation of 126 Nepalese nationals from Sirte, Libya, official sources said. The Nepalese nationals were working there with […]