NEW DELHI: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, in its 172nd Report, has recommended increasing the insurance cover under Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) from the existing Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh, saying the current limit is inadequate to meet the cost of several life-saving procedures, including liver…
NEW DELHI: AIIMS New Delhi has filled more than 80 per cent of faculty posts advertised under one of its biggest recruitment drives in recent years, selecting 214 candidates against 265 advertised positions for its main campus and 155 against 199 posts for the AIIMS-Central Armed Police Forces Institute of Medical Sciences (CAPFIMS) campus across…
ED freezes TMC bank deposits worth Rs 440 crore in Kolkata NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate issued orders to freeze the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s bank deposits worth Rs 440 crore in Kolkata. The order came under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on Wednesday.The action follows an ongoing money laundering probe into…
NEW DELHI: Five Indonesian Air Force fighter jets escorted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s aircraft out of Indonesian airspace on Wednesday as he departed Jakarta for Australia after concluding his three-day state visit.According to visuals shared by news agency PTI, PM Modi acknowledged the fighter jets from inside the aircraft as they escorted his plane.Before his…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut on Wednesday launched a sharp attack over the assault on women doctors and nurses at Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation Hospital and asked the chief minister to “worship” the home ministry portfolio he holds.In a post on X, Raut demanded strict punishment for the “Mindhe…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday reviewed the situations in Maharashtra and Kerala during separate phone calls with chief ministers Devendra Fadnavis and V D Satheesan, assuring both states of the Centre’s full support, according to officials.Shah first spoke to Fadnavis to take stock of the flood and rain situation in Maharashtra,…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday wrote to 29 automobile manufacturers, seeking a written clarification on the impact of E20 ethanol-blended fuel on vehicle mileage and engines safety and asked them to respond within seven days.Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said he had sent separate letters to Maruti Suzuki India,…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday termed the ministry of environment as “Pravachan mantralay (ministry of sermons)” after the Centre removed four officials from environment minister Bhupender Yadav’s office.In a post on X, Congress member of Rajya Sabha and former environment minister Jairam Ramesh took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and claimed that all…
Her remarks came hours after Prabhas Mondal, one of the prime accused in the case, was shot dead NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday criticised the West Bengal Police after one of the main accused in the rape and murder of an 12-year-old girl in Baruipur was killed in a police encounter,…
Located on the island of Java, Prambanan is Indonesia’s largest Hindu temple complex and the second-largest in Southeast Asia Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited the historic Prambanan Temple complex in Indonesia alongside President Prabowo Subianto, offering prayers at the nearly 1,000-year-old Hindu shrine dedicated to the Trimurti — Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu and…