The NSW State Government has committed an extra $7 million in the 2015-16 State Budget to facilitate an integrated closed circuit TV (CCTV) network as it continues to make communities safer. Police Minister Liza Harvey said the funding would implement the State CCTV Strategy, delivering the Liberal National Government’s election commitment to pioneer an […]
New research has shown that a misunderstanding about the safety of breast screening mammograms is making women from Indian and Sri Lankan communities afraid of having lifesaving breast screens. Chief Cancer Officer and CEO of the Cancer Institute NSW, Professor David Currow explained that the small amount of radiation from screening mammograms is harmless and […]
Minister for Medical Research Pru Goward has congratulated Sydney Health Partners for its cutting edge collaboration after it was named a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Advanced Health Research Translation Centre. The winning NSW bid was one of four groups named in the first ever NHMRC Advanced Health Research and Translation Centres scheme […]
The government on Monday condoled the deaths in the devastating earthquake in Nepal that has also affected parts of India, and said it was standing by its own people as well as its neighbour in their hour of crisis. Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, meanwhile, said people should not believe in rumours being spread predicting […]
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Monday regained his position as the world’s richest Indian with a net worth of $19.6 billion, pushing Sun Pharmaceuticals founder Dilip Shanghvi back to the second place after seven weeks. With a fall of $100.1 million in his net worth, Ambani slipped from his 39th position in the Forbes […]
Be it internet space through Twitter or on the ground, a senior minister in Haryana is making all the loud noises and making sure that he is heard. No day in the life of Haryana’s Health, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij seems to be without action that evokes interest. Be it his twitter […]
The BJP on Monday called a 12-hour shutdown in West Bengal on April 30 to protest against the “violence” and “rampant unethical practices” resorted to by the ruling Trinamool Congress during the recent civic polls. The call coincides with the 12 hour statewide general strike called by the main opposition Left Front. Several trade unions, […]
The Indian government on Monday raised the limit of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the pension sector to 49 percent in line with the FDI cap raised recently in the insurance sector. “In pursuance of the enactment of Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority Act, 2013, government has decided to permit FDI in the pension sector. […]
A Delhi court on Monday dismissed the bail application of former journalist Santanu Saikia accused in connection with petroleum ministry documents leak case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Khanagwal dismissed the bail application of Saikia, who argued for his bail application himself in the documents leak case as none of the advocates are appearing due to […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi donated one month’s salary to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for assistance to those affected in India by the quake that devastated Nepal, an official statement said on Monday. The government on Sunday announced a compensation of Rs.6 lakh each for the families of the people killed in the earthquake […]