Accidental’ F.B.I. Chief Builds a Following as Agency’s Defender

Accidental’ F.B.I. Chief Builds a Following as Agency’s Defender

Brian Driscoll, the acting director of the F.B.I., has become an improbable symbol of quiet resistance toward the Justice Department’s campaign to single out F.B.I. employees who investigated the Jan. 6 riot. To start, Mr. Driscoll’s appointment was an accident. Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration, the White House identified the wrong agent as acting director … Read more

What to Know About Trump’s Broad Grant of Clemency to Jan. 6 Rioters

What to Know About Trump’s Broad Grant of Clemency to Jan. 6 Rioters

President Trump granted three different types of reprieve on Monday to all of the nearly 1,600 people who faced prosecution for the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He issued formal pardons to hundreds of rioters convicted of any crimes connected to Jan. 6, starting at the low end with offenses like trespassing … Read more

Kamala Harris Shares a Trump-less Photo of Presidents at Jimmy Carter’s Funeral

Kamala Harris Shares a Trump-less Photo of Presidents at Jimmy Carter’s Funeral

Former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral on Thursday brought together five current and former presidents. But photos of the group later shared to social media by Vice President Kamala Harris and the Carter Center left one of them out of frame: President-elect Donald J. Trump. Ms. Harris, who lost a bitterly fought campaign to Mr. Trump, … Read more

Opinion | Can the Justice Department Survive a Trump Wrecking Ball?

Opinion | Can the Justice Department Survive a Trump Wrecking Ball?

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday delivered remarks for a grim anniversary: the fourth year since the assault on the Capitol. “The public servants of the Justice Department have sought to hold accountable those criminally responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on our democracy with unrelenting integrity,” he said. What went unspoken was the obvious … Read more

Jaipur institute identified as the first centre for earthquake safety of dams

Jaipur institute identified as the first centre for earthquake safety of dams

The number of specified dams in the country is over 5,500 and about 70 of them are those of national importance. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) in Jaipur has been identified as the National Centre for Earthquake Safety of Dams, the first centre of its kind in the … Read more

Video: How the Proud Boys Breached the Capitol on Jan. 6: Rile Up the Normies

Video: How the Proud Boys Breached the Capitol on Jan. 6: Rile Up the Normies

new video loaded: How the Proud Boys Breached the Capitol on Jan. 6: Rile Up the Normies Recent episodes in Visual Investigations Using evidence that’s hidden in plain sight, our investigative journalists present a definitive account of the news — from the Las Vegas massacre to a chemical attack in Syria. Using evidence that’s hidden … Read more

First day of FE Healthcare Summit began with deliberations on digital health, vaccine accessibility

First day of FE Healthcare Summit began with deliberations on digital health, vaccine accessibility

Healthcare has today become more accessible and affordable with the use of modern technological interventions like artificial intelligence (AI), nano-technology, data analytics The first day of FE Healthcare Summit which began on August 18, 2021 concluded with deliberations and panel discussions on subjects ranging from digital health,  India’s massive COVID-19 vaccine program: the accessibility strategy, … Read more

Health ministry issues draft notification on NDCT Rules to substitute word “CLA” with “DRA” towards regulation

Health ministry issues draft notification on NDCT Rules to substitute word “CLA” with “DRA” towards regulation

The NDCT Rules are today applicable to all new drugs, investigational new drugs for human use, clinical trial, BE study and Ethics Committee. The Union health ministry has issued draft notification on New Drugs and Clinical Trials (NDCT) Amendment Rules, 2021 for inclusion of  word Designated RegistrationAuthority (DRA)” in place of “Central Licensing Authority (CLA)” … Read more

Regulating Healthcare – a Covid Reaction – ET HealthWorld

Regulating Healthcare – a Covid Reaction – ET HealthWorld

By Vikram Raghani India has faced criticism for not having nurtured its’ healthcare industry in the past. With this backdrop, a new law to regulate the “standards of education and services by allied and healthcare professionals” (namely the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act, 2021) has been finalised. The law seeks to regulate … Read more