Supreme Court on June 17 has instructed the Centre to issue a direction to states for timely payment of salaries to doctors and healthcare workers treating Covid-19 patients. It has warned that non-compliance of the order would be viewed seriously. Centre will file a report within a month. SC also said healthcare staff should not be denied quarantine facilities.
As a testimony of the abysmal healthcare system, Jharkhand’s Giridih district’s Surja Marandi died with her newborn outside a Community Health Centre due to absence of doctors and transportation. The 20-year-old woman reportedly went into labor… read-more
TAGS: Jharkhand, Giridih, Bardauni Village, Gawan Block, Community Health Centre
Sharjah-Lucknow Indigo flight made an emergency landing in Pakistan's Karachi on March 2 after a 67-year-old passenger Habib ur Rehman fell sick. Reportedly, the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority had granted landing permission to the captain on… read-more
TAGS: IndiGo, IndiGo Airlines, Sharjah, Karachi, Pakistan , Lucknow, 6e1412, medical emergency
The new National Educational Policy aims at providing opportunities to youth in several sectors including space, atomic energy, and agriculture stated Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a webinar, the PM urged academicians to create the… read-more
TAGS: New Education Policy, PM Modi, Youth, Space, job opportunities
IT giant Infosys and consulting company Accenture PLC have announced to bear the cost of COVID-19 vaccination to be provided to their India-based employees. Infosys' COO Pravin Rao stated to inoculate employees’ immediate families as well.… read-more
TAGS: Infosys, Accenture, Covid Vaccine, IT sector, Covid-19
The Odisha government on March 5 deployed five teams from the Jashipur Fire Station after destructive fires embroil the Simlipal Forest of the Mayurbhanj district. Reportedly, ten locations in the four ranges of the forest have been severely… read-more
TAGS: Odisha, Simplipal forest, Forest Fires, Mayurbhanj, Fire Department, State goverment
Addressing an event organised by the Entrepreneur's Organisation, Union Minister Anurag Thakur reiterated the Centre's willingness to improve governance by evaluating and using cryptocurrencies. Besides, Anurag welcomed innovation mentioning… read-more
TAGS: RBI, Anurag Thakur, Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin