Bhubaneswar, April 23 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said his government would distribute free medicines for all diseases, including cancer, at state-run health facilities soon. The state government would distribute quality essential medicines through its procurement agency Odisha State Medical Corporation. Taking a review meeting with district collectors through video conferencing, Patnaik […]
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The All India Football Federation (AIFF) would appoint chief executive officers in five state associations at its own cost, federation president Praful Patel announced here on Thursday. “AIFF, in an effort to further promote the sport in various states, would be appointing CEOs in five state associations at AIFF’s cost,” […]
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized 21 rare Indian star tortoise valued in excess of Rs.12 lakh from West Bengal while they were being smuggled into Bangladesh, an officer said on Thursday. The seizure was made on Wednesday night from Kalanchi border outpost in North 24-Parganas district. “Challenged by a […]
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Slamming Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao over the killing of five undertrials in a “staged police shootout”, city rights groups on Thursday demanded a judicial probe into the incident. City-based rights groups Bandi Mukti Committee (BMC), Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, Association for Protection of Democratic Rights and Association […]
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The proposed merger of commodity market regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC) with capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) will boost agricultural insurances for farmers that can help them adapt to climate change, an expert said here on Thursday. “Many of the developed nations are thinking of these […]
A 15-year-old girl is in a serious condition in a hospital after she was stabbed 50 times with a scissors early on Thursday morning by an unidentified assailant, police said. The incident took place around 2 a.m. on Thursday when the girl was sleeping in her home in Dhaurera village in Addha region near Vrindavan. […]
Taking advantage of weak global crude prices, down 42.5 percent since July 2014, the government is spending Rs.4,948 crore ($800 million) to shore up strategic oil reserves in the first phase of such a project, which can be used during emergencies to power India for around a fortnight. Two giant, rock-cut caverns will soon be […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday directed banks to include ‘third gender’ in all forms and applications enabling transgenders to avail banking services. Citing the Supreme Court judgment in the National Legal Services Authority vs Union of India, the central bank said all transgender people were to be treated as ‘third gender’. “The […]
A report entitled ‘The Making of Good Men and Women’ that responds to youth violence in the home was presented today to Child Protection Minister Helen Morton and Mining and Pastoral Region MLC Stephen Dawson on the steps of State Parliament. “I share the concerns of Womens Health and Family Services and the need […]
Sydney will welcome the biggest national synchronised swimming championships ever held in Australia this weekend at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. The 2015 Synchronised Swimming Australia Open and Age Group Championships will be held from Friday 24 until Sunday 26 Aprilfeaturing teams from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand and Malaysia. Minister […]