By Dr Mandeep Singh Malhotra Cancer ranks as the second leading global cause of death, with one in six lives affected, according to the World Health Organization. In India, breast cancer, constituting 14 per cent of female cancers, poses a significant challenge. For every two women diagnosed, one sadly succumbs to the disease. In 2020, … Read more
The Animal Husbandry Department on Wednesday launched the distribution of financial assistance to dairy farmers who had lost cattle to the lumpy skin disease. Inaugurating the State-level distribution, Minister for Animal Husbandry J. Chinchurani assured the government’s full support to the farmers. Financial assistance was provided to 146 farmers on Wednesday. The distribution will be … Read more
The State government is reportedly contemplating to implement the economic support scheme for minorities envisaging a one time grant of ₹1 lakh grant each to beneficiaries in a phased manner. The government is learnt to have decided to confine the benefit to around 30,000 people during the current financial year and a budget release order … Read more
PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday said India should not provide unconditional support to Sri Lanka. In a statement, he pointed out that the motive of Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Indian visit on July 21 is to seek assistance and investments from India. Mr. Anbumani said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should urge Mr. Wickremesinghe … Read more
The High Level Committee (HLC) that met under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday, has approved additional Central assistance of ₹941.04 crore to poll-bound Karnataka under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) towards damages due to flood, landslips, and cloudburst during 2022. Karnataka is one of the five States to get … Read more
A view of vehicles under a collapsed building following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey February 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s decision to send rescue teams to help with earthquake relief is timely, much needed and a sign of “true friendship”, said envoys from Turkey and Syria, countries hit hard by Monday’s earthquake that … Read more