Pankaj Solanki, doctor who runs the 50-bed Dharamveer Solanki Hospital in Rohini, spent Rs 5 lakh to create a separate entrance for the COVID patients, installed monitors, jumbo oxygen cylinders, air conditioners, and a host of other structural changes to comply with COVID treatment norms. Another 100-bed nursing home on the Najafgarh road built an […]
The Indian government has decided to induct members of transgender community in the country’s elite paramilitary forces ending discrimination against the marginalised section. Working upon the modalities in that direction, the Ministry of Home Affairs has sought suggestions and comments from the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) on the matter. The ministry is working on […]
Gold hit an all-time high on Wednesday with futures trading at Rs 48,871 per 10 gm as the demand for the safe haven asset continued to soar with the Covid-19 global shocks and economic uncertainty hammering down business sentiments. “Gold surged to its highest in nearly 8 years on Tuesday as mounting fears of a […]
Even as Indian and Chinese militaries talk to de-escalate and disengage at borders in eastern Ladakh, Indian intelligence agencies said on Wednesday that Chinese People’s Liberation Army has brought in troops of two more divisions across Line of Actual Control at disputed areas. This will escalate the matter even though South Xinjiang military chief Major-General […]
The Bangladesh Parliament on Tuesday passed the 568,000 crore Bangladeshi taka (BDT) budget for fiscal year 2020-21, with the slogan ‘Economic Transition and Pathway to Progress’. To fulfil emergency requirements, a lump sum of BDT 10,000 crore has been allotted to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The government has allocated 95,574 crore takas for the social […]
With the Indian government announcing to ban 59 Chinese apps, millions of users were in a flux on Tuesday as some of those popular apps were still there on their smartphones and available for downloads, barring TikTok and Helo which disappeared from both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The next step for the […]
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at three places in Uttar Pradesh connected to a youth who allegedly passed on vital and sensitive information about Indian Army to his ISI handlers in Pakistan. In January this year, Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) along with Military Intelligence (MI) arrested Mohammad Rashid, 23, a resident of […]
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in its report submitted to the Delhi government after its visit to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital, suggested that services of final year MBBS students can be availed if there is shortage of hands. “For augmenting manpower, services of final year MBBS students can also be availed appropriately. […]
Expressing concern over the strained ties with Nepal, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has said that if Nepal does not come out of the clutches of China soon, then its situation will also be like that of Tibet. RSS sources have asked the current government of Nepal to be cautious of China’s expansionist policies. The […]
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to extend the World Test Championship cycle as it does not see the team playing its eight recently-cancelled matches because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bangladesh were supposed to play one away match against Pakistan in April, a two-match series against Australia in June, […]