BBC Dame Ruth May was England’s chief nurse from 2019 until she retired in July 2024 Nurses bore the brunt of the pandemic, with low staffing levels and difficulties accessing protective equipment, according to England’s former chief nurse. Dame Ruth May told the Covid inquiry the NHS had been understaffed in 2020, in part because … Read more
Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam has directed officials to deploy teams of the State disaster response force to areas vulnerable to flooding before the onset of the northeast monsoon. The Chief Secretary, who chaired a meeting on Saturday to prepare the State machinery for the monsoon, stressed the need to issue area-wise weather reports. “Equipment, water … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin is received at the San Francisco Airport by Indian Deputy Consul General in San Francisco Sreekar Reddy, State Industries Minister T.R.P. Raja, and others | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin arrived at the San Francisco airport in the United States on Wednesday (Thursday morning … Read more
General Upendra Dwivedi. File | Photo Credit: ANI “Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi reviewed the security situation along the international border in Manipur,” an Army statement said. Gen Dwivedi is on a two-day visit to Manipur. “The Army chief along with the Eastern Army Commander reviewed the security situation along the border and the internal … Read more
Vishwa Hindi Parishad president Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad. President of Vishwa Hindi Parishad Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad on August 11 (Sunday) hailed the State government’s decision to sanction ₹50 crore for establishment of Telugu University in Rajamahendravaram. He appealed to the government to name the institution after former Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh Nandamuri Taraka Rama … Read more
BSP supremo Mayawati addresses during a press conference at the party office in Lucknow on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday (August 11, 2024) said the Congress, which won Lok Sabha seats by promising to protect reservation, seems to be in favour of sub-classification within SCs and STs and is yet … Read more
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday asked the advocates to shed away paternalistic approach towards junior lawyers and said paying them pretty low amounts leads to ‘gatekeeping’ of the profession. After inaugurating celebrations here to mark the 20th anniversary of the setting up of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, the … Read more
Indian Air Force Vice Chief Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh addresses the Air and Missile Defence India 2024 Seminar, at Air Force Auditorium, in New Delhi on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI Aatmanirbharta (self-reliance) is what we are riding on, but this self-reliance cannot be at the cost of the nation’s defence, Vice Chief of … Read more
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath | Photo Credit: ANI Emphasising that there cannot be any justification for putting red marks on houses in areas adjoining Kukrail river revival project, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on July 16 assured residents that those involved in such an act will be held accountable. Mr. Adityanath met … Read more
40 minutes ago By by Guy Lynn and Stephen Menon, guy_lynn, BBC Investigations, London Blavatnik School of Government Ciaran Martin, former head of the National Cyber Security Centre said hack was “one of the most serious cyber incidents in British history” A leading cybersecurity expert has warned that the NHS remains vulnerable to further cyber-attacks unless it updates … Read more