Women plan UK legal action over Johnson and Johnson talcum powder cancer claims

Women plan UK legal action over Johnson and Johnson talcum powder cancer claims

BBC Cassandra Wardle is one of hundreds of women part of the group action against Johnson & Johnson Hundreds of women in the UK are planning to take on one of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies over alleged links between talc and cancer. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2021, Cassandra Wardle is one of the … Read more

Coroner says action needed over contaminated baby feed deaths

Coroner says action needed over contaminated baby feed deaths

A senior coroner has warned that more babies could die unless “action is taken”, following the deaths of three infants who had received contaminated feed while being cared for in hospital. Three-month-old Aviva Otte died in January 2014 after being given contaminated feed at St Thomas’ Hospital, south London. In June that year, one-month-old Oscar … Read more

Action plan will be prepared soon to improve forest area, says APFDC Chairman

Action plan will be prepared soon to improve forest area, says APFDC Chairman

Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation (APFDC) Chairman and former Minister Sujay Krishna Rangarao said that an action plan would be prepared very soon to improve the forest cover in the State. Mr. Rangarao, who was given the post recently, said that the corporation would put special efforts to improve the income sources for the tribals … Read more

Pharmacies vote to reduce services in first protest action

Pharmacies vote to reduce services in first protest action

MARK MARLOW/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock This is the first time pharmacists have voted to take action in their history Pharmacy owners in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have voted in favour of cutting opening hours and stopping home deliveries for the first time, in a protest over government funding. The National Pharmacy Association (NPA), which ran the ballot, … Read more

Andhra Pradesh High Court strikes down PIL seeking to restrain police from taking action on ‘abusive content on social media’

Andhra Pradesh High Court strikes down PIL seeking to restrain police from taking action on ‘abusive content on social media’

The Andhra Pradesh High Court refused to issue blanket orders restraining the police from registering cases against persons posting abusive content on social media platforms, during the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a journalist on Wednesday. The judges observed that it was unfortunate that even the judiciary was not spared in … Read more

BJP assures of strict action on attack at Hindu temple in Canada

BJP assures of strict action on attack at Hindu temple in Canada

The BJP on Monday said the party and its government took strict action on any issue related to the harassment against, or the rights of, the Hindu community. When asked about the attack at a temple near Toronto, party spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said he believed that taking cognisance of the incident India would take concrete … Read more

Draft action plan prepared for a safe holy dip for eight crore devotees in Godavari Pushkarams-2027

Draft action plan prepared for a safe holy dip for eight crore devotees in Godavari Pushkarams-2027

Minister for Culture and Tourism Kandula Durgesh (centre), MP D. Purandeswari (right) East Godavari District Collector P. Prasanthi at a meeting on Godavari Pushkarams-2027 in Rajamahendravaram City on Tuesday (October 29). | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM Minister for Culture and Tourism Kandula Durgesh here on Tuesday announced that a draft action plan was prepared … Read more

Parties seek action against police for custodial death of tribal man in Tripura

Parties seek action against police for custodial death of tribal man in Tripura

Opposition parties in Tripura on Thursday (October 17, 2024) demanded a high-level investigation into the custodial death of a tribal man. The parties are alleging that police personnel are responsible and called for action against them. Badal Tripura was allegedly tortured in police custody at the Manu Bazar police station in south Tripura on October … Read more

Why no action taken against health official accused of harassing lady doctor in a Delhi govt hospital: AAP asks L-G Saxena

Why no action taken against health official accused of harassing lady doctor in a Delhi govt hospital: AAP asks L-G Saxena

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday (October 12, 2024) alleged that no action has been taken against a health official who is accused of sexually harassing a lady doctor in a Delhi Government hospital. AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, in a … Read more