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Water theft: Kerala Water Authority functioning with just one anti-theft squad for four districts despite rising cases

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Water theft: Kerala Water Authority functioning with just one anti-theft squad for four districts despite rising cases

The Kerala Water Authority has just one anti-theft squad for its entire central region covering Ernakulam, Alappuzha, Idukki and Thrissur districts. | Photo Credit: K.K.. MUSTAFAH Notwithstanding the worsening water shortage in the searing heat, the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has just one anti-theft squad for its entire central region covering Ernakulam, Alappuzha, Idukki and … Read more

Karnataka High Court changes its earlier views; now says authority can deny renewal and re-issue of already issued passport during pendency of criminal case

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Karnataka High Court changes its earlier views; now says authority can deny renewal and re-issue of already issued passport during pendency of criminal case

Changing the law interpreted in its three earlier judgments, in which it was held that pendency of a criminal case would not come in the way of renewal or re-issue of regular passport that was already issued, the High Court of Karnataka on Monday said when the law bars issuance of regular passport during pendency … Read more

Police Complaints Authority considers 50 cases

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Police Complaints Authority considers 50 cases

A district-level sitting of the Police Complaints Authority considered 50 complaints on Wednesday. The sitting chaired by former district judge Satheesh Chandrababu settled two cases. The remaining complaints will be considered at the next sitting on January 4. District Police Chief (Kozhikode City) Rajpal Meena and Police Complaints Authority secretary Babu Chanduli were present. Source … Read more

Information & Broadcasting Ministry given explicit administrative authority over online ads

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Information & Broadcasting Ministry given explicit administrative authority over online ads

The Union Cabinet has assigned the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting as the administrative authority for the regulation of online advertisements. The amendment to the Allocation of Business (AoB) Rules, 1961, dated July 28 and published on Monday, places “online advertisements” under the purview of the I&B Ministry. The I&B Ministry was already looking at … Read more

Medical watch CardiacSense gets approval from Indian regulatory authority CDSCO – ET HealthWorld

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Medical watch CardiacSense gets approval from Indian regulatory authority CDSCO – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Homegrown MedTech solutions provider Xplore Health on Thursday announced that it received approval from the Indian Regulatory Authority CDSCO (Central Drug Standard Control Organisation) under the Health Ministry of India for its aspirational medical smartwatch “CardiacSense“. The approval came ahead of its commercial launch in collaboration with Israeli Medtech company CardiacSense Ltd. The … Read more

Call to activate Kochi Metropolitan Transport Authority

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Call to activate Kochi Metropolitan Transport Authority

A memorandum has been submitted to the Chief Minister and Transport Minister in this regard A memorandum has been submitted to the Chief Minister and Transport Minister in this regard Steps should be taken to activate the Kochi Metropolitan Transport Authority (KMTA) immediately, K.N. Unnikrishnan, MLA, has said. A memorandum has been submitted to the … Read more

National Health Authority announces integration of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission with Aarogya Setu app – ET HealthWorld

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National Health Authority announces integration of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission with Aarogya Setu app – ET HealthWorld

The National Health Authority on Friday announced the integration of its flagship Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission with the Aarogya Setu app, allowing users to create the 14-digit unique Ayushman Bharat Health Account numbers from the app. According to an official statement, this integration takes the benefits of the Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) number to … Read more

National Health Authority to help in CoWIN global rollout – ET HealthWorld

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National Health Authority to help in CoWIN global rollout – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure and Trigyn Technologies have expressed interest in rolling out India’s vaccination platform Co-Win in other countries, a top government official said. Last month, the government organized a global conclave where foreign countries had expressed interest in adapting Co-Win to vaccinate their citizens. About … Read more