Hospitals awaiting rebuilds face sewage leaks and delayed ops

Hospitals awaiting rebuilds face sewage leaks and delayed ops

BBC Flooding in the basement is one of many incidents at the Princess Alexandra Hospital The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex has been plagued by problems with its ageing buildings and equipment in recent years. It has regular difficulties with floods and sewage leaks across its site, which dates back to the 1960s. There have … Read more

Bharathidasan University’s administrative staff protest over delayed audit certificates

Bharathidasan University’s administrative staff protest over delayed audit certificates

Over 300 administrative staff of the Bharathidasan University (BDU) are on a sit-in protest on the varsity campus in Tiruchi since Thursday condemning non-issuance of audit certificates to retired employees. According to a statement on Friday by Bharathidasan University Staff Welfare Association (BUSWA) since 2022, 33 outgoing administrative workers of the institution had not been … Read more

Covid inquiry: Top civil servant Simon Case giving evidence after delayed appearance – BBC News

Covid inquiry: Top civil servant Simon Case giving evidence after delayed appearance – BBC News

Simon Case is the head of the civil service, which makes him probably the most important unelected person in politics. The cabinet secretary’s role is to advise the prime minister, lead implementation of the government’s policies and manage other high-level civil servants. Born in Bristol in 1978, he first joined the civil service as a … Read more

AI Express flight from Kozhikode to Bahrain delayed by over eight hours

AI Express flight from Kozhikode to Bahrain delayed by over eight hours

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: REUTERS An Air India Express flight from the Calicut International Airport to Bahrain was delayed by over eight hours owing to technical issues. The flight, with over 150 passengers, which was scheduled to depart from Kozhikode around 10 a.m. finally took off after 6 p.m., airport … Read more

Palaniswami condemns levy of 1% penalty on delayed payment of property tax in T.N.

Palaniswami condemns levy of 1% penalty on delayed payment of property tax in T.N.

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Friday condemned the DMK government’s move to levy a penalty for delayed payments of property tax, for those living in municipal corporations.   In a statement, Mr. Palaniswami recalled that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, while in … Read more

Delayed monsoon hits cotton, pulses’ cultivation

Delayed monsoon hits cotton, pulses’ cultivation

A farmer prepares his farms near IITH at Kandi in Sangareddy district. | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF The delayed onset of monsoon, which was 26% deficient till July 15, in the State this season, has badly impacted the cultivation of major crops such as cotton and redgram, along with other pulses. However, the extent of … Read more

Indigo flight to Delhi delayed for 1.45 hours

Indigo flight to Delhi delayed for 1.45 hours

An Indigo flight bound for Delhi on Sunday morning was delayed owing to technical reasons for about one hour and forty-five minutes. Flight 6E 5021, which was scheduled to take off from the Kempegowda International Airport at 5.35 a.m. had to roll back to the parking bay just before its scheduled take-off. Technical reasons were cited … Read more