Tension in Chooralmala in Kerala’s Wayanad after police block landslide survivors from staging protest

Tension in Chooralmala in Kerala’s Wayanad after police block landslide survivors from staging protest

Army personnel during the construction of a bailey bridge at Chooralmala area as part of a rescue operation after a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall, in Wayanad district, on August 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI There was tension at Chooralmala in Wayanad district on Sunday morning (February 23, 2025) when the police stopped a … Read more

Residents of Edavanakad in Kerala block road protesting against flooding due to sea incursion

Residents of Edavanakad in Kerala block road protesting against flooding due to sea incursion

Heavy rains and swelling waves have flooded several houses in the region. (image for representation) | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Angry at flooding of houses in sea incursion since June 25, more than 300 residents of Edavanakad in Ernakulam district of Kerala are blockading the arterial Vypeen-Munambam road, bringing traffic to a standstill in June 27. … Read more

Pakistan telecom operators block 3,500 SIMs of non-filers after-tax body order

Pakistan telecom operators block 3,500 SIMs of non-filers after-tax body order

Pakistan Telecom operators on Saturday blocked mobile phone SIMs of over 3,500 non-filers of the 5000 cards they had promised to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) they would in line with its Income Tax General Order (ITGO) — a move aimed at compelling 506,671 individuals to place on record their returns for 2023, The … Read more

Former Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu gets Cell No 7691 in Sneha Block in Rajamundry Central Prison

Former Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu gets Cell No 7691 in Sneha Block in Rajamundry Central Prison

Former A.P. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has reportedly been allocated Cell No. 7691 on the second floor of the Sneha Block in the Rajamahendravaram Central Prison, Rajamahendravaram, East Godavari.  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Former A.P. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has reportedly been allocated Cell No. 7691 on the second floor of the … Read more

High drama at IISc Bengaluru after security personnel attempt to block entry to Teesta Setalvad

High drama at IISc Bengaluru after security personnel attempt to block entry to Teesta Setalvad

Civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad delivering a talk on “Communal Harmony and Justice”, organised by Break the Silence, a collective of IISc students in Bengaluru on August 16, 2023.   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru campus witnessed animated drama after security personnel of the premier institute blocked civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad at two … Read more

Centre issued directives to block 635 URLs since December 2021 for spreading fake news: Anurag Thakur

Centre issued directives to block 635 URLs since December 2021 for spreading fake news: Anurag Thakur

Union Minister Anurag Thakur speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament on July 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The government issued directions to block public access to 635 URLs, including 120 YouTube-based news channels, since December 2021 for publishing fake news and content not found to be in the interest … Read more

Kia India sponsors new library block at Penukonda Govt. College

Kia India sponsors new library block at Penukonda Govt. College

The Kia India officials inaugurating the Kia India Library Block at Penukonda Government Degree College in Sri Sathya Sai District. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The new library block at the Government Degree College was built with ₹ 80 lakh donation from Kia India, said college principal N. Ramesh Reddy. Kia India also donated computers, … Read more

Committed to supporting press freedom, U.S. says on Kashmiri journalist Mattoo’s travel block

Committed to supporting press freedom, U.S. says on Kashmiri journalist Mattoo’s travel block

In March, writer Rana Ayyub, who has been deeply critical of the government, was barred from boarding an international flight In March, writer Rana Ayyub, who has been deeply critical of the government, was barred from boarding an international flight The U.S. State Department has said it is tracking the story of Pulitzer Prize-winning Kashmiri … Read more

PM to open mega hospital with hi-tech centralised automated lab; to have 7-storey research block – ET HealthWorld

PM to open mega hospital with hi-tech centralised automated lab; to have 7-storey research block – ET HealthWorld

Faridabad: A 2,600-bed new private hospital equipped with cutting-edge technology, including a centralised fully automated laboratory, patient-centric wards and OPDs, and built on a sprawling 130-acre campus with sustainability in mind is all set to be opened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here next week. The state-of-the-art Amrita Hospital has a dedicated seven-storey research block … Read more

Costs Block Prescription Access for Millions: Study

Costs Block Prescription Access for Millions: Study

Dec. 3, 2021 — As Senate Democrats debate the Build Back Better Act, which includes measures that would lower prescription drug costs for consumers, a new Urban Institute study finds that 12.8 million adults delayed getting or didn’t get needed prescription drugs because of cost. The people who deferred or went without these prescription drugs … Read more