PACS as Jan Aushadhi Kendras will ensure rural poor to have access to drugs at cheaper rates, says Shah
Jan Aushadhi Kendras selling generic medicines at affordable rates have helped the urban poor to save approximately Rs 26,000 crores in the last nine years, now rural poor and farmers too can avail such benefits as around 241 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) have already been permitted to open such...
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Tourists disappointed at lack of snow at hill stations
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Covid subvariant JN.1 cases rise to 682 since January 7
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Winter chill continues to numb northern India
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ED: PDS scam in Bengal likely Rs 10,000 crore
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Attempts at defaming Bengal, says Mamata
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India summons Maldives envoy, condemns barb
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Uttar Purvi Mahotsav in Delhi from January 13
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Come clean on MVA LS seat sharing: Ambedkar to Uddhav
Miffed by the delay in the finalising the seat-adjustments by the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar on Monday asked his party’s ally Shiv Sena (UBT) to “come clean” on the electoral understanding it had reached with two...
CAPF to take precaution after attack
Following the Friday’s attack o the ED officials and Central forces at Sandeshkhali when they went to raid the house of a TMC leader Shahjehan Sheikh the administrative authorities have mandatorily directed the central forces personnel to take certain precautionary measures before conducting such raids. Accordingly the central forces would...
SPEAKER MEETS SHINDE, SPARKS ROW
A fierce controversy has erupted here over a move by Maharashtra Speaker Rahul Narwekar to have a closed door meeting with Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, ahead of his impending ruling seeking disqualification of 16 Shiv Sena MLAs, including Shinde himself, Narwekar — who has been directed by the Supreme...
Voters will not fall for Congress carrots: BJP
Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra on Monday said there is a pro-BJP wave in the country and the party will win all 28 seats from the state in the coming Lok Sabha elections. Addressing a BJP Lok Sabha poll planning meeting here, he said intelligent people of the country will...
Sensex, Nifty tumble nearly 1 per cent on global weakness
Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty surrendered early gains to close with deep losses on Monday, snapping their two-day winning streak as investors pared exposure to banking, metal and FMCG stocks amid a weak trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 670.93 points or 0.93 per cent to settle at...
DGCA revises duty time limitations norms for flight crew, raises weekly rest periods to 48 hrs
Aviation safety regulator DGCA on Monday came out with revised Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) norms for flight crew, entailing increased weekly rest periods to 48 hours, extension of night hours, and limiting the number of night landings to only two as against six earlier. These regulations have been instrumental in...
K-shaped recovery narrative flawed and prejudiced: SBI report
The repeated argument that India witnessed a K-shaped recovery post-pandemic is “flawed, prejudiced, and ill-concocted”, said a research report by SBI on Monday. According to the report, post-pandemic, households are reconfiguring their savings towards physical assets, including real estate, it said. "The oft-repeated conundrum debating a K-shaped recovery post-pandemic seems at best...
