Tamil Nadu government to give 4% reservation in promotion to its staff with benchmark disabilities

Tamil Nadu government to give 4% reservation in promotion to its staff with benchmark disabilities

The Tamil Nadu government will provide 4% reservation in promotion to its employees with benchmark disabilities. It has issued instructions in this regard. However, one of the instructions allows the government to exempt any of its establishments from provisions of Section 34 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. According to the instructions, … Read more

Maharashtra to give basic military training to students from Class 1

Maharashtra to give basic military training to students from Class 1

In a first-of-its-kind move, Maharashtra will begin providing basic military training to school students starting from Class 1, state school education minister Dada Bhuse announced on Monday. The initiative aims to foster patriotism, discipline, and physical fitness amongst children from an early age. According to Bhuse, retired army personnel will take charge of training the … Read more

Call for NHS to give women with dense breasts extra cancer scans

Call for NHS to give women with dense breasts extra cancer scans

Getty Images Women with very dense breasts should be offered additional scans as part of the UK’s NHS breast screening programme to help detect more cancers and save lives, researchers say. A Cambridge University-led study of more than 9,000 women found using different scans from traditional mammograms could treble the number of cancers detected in … Read more

For, against, undecided: Three GPs give their views on assisted dying

For, against, undecided: Three GPs give their views on assisted dying

Catherine Burns Health correspondent Vicki Loader Health producer BBC More than 1,000 GPs in England have shared their views about the assisted dying bill with BBC News If you ask these three doctors about being GPs, their answers are remarkably similar. “It can be the best job in the world,” one tells me. It’s “a … Read more

Device developed by Swindon hospital will give women more dignity

Device developed by Swindon hospital will give women more dignity

Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Staff at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon began adapting the male urinary bottle for women It is hoped a device adapted to allow immobile female hospital patients to go to the toilet more easily could be rolled out nationwide. Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Swindon, has called … Read more

Union Budget 2025-26: Himachal Pradesh and Punjab CM give a thumbs down

Union Budget 2025-26: Himachal Pradesh and Punjab CM give a thumbs down

There’s nothing for the farmers and youth of Punjab, says CM Bhagwant Mann. | Photo Credit: ANI The Chief Ministers of the Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-ruled Punjab on Saturday described the Union Budget 2025-26 as disappointing, stating that it ignores the welfare of these States. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh … Read more

Health: Mum told by 999 to give seriously ill son painkillers over ambulance delay

Health: Mum told by 999 to give seriously ill son painkillers over ambulance delay

Roisin Wilshaw Brian Rooney with his mother Isobel Benson – he collapsed at the doors of the Royal Victoria Hospital after being rushed there by his parents The mother of a Belfast man, who collapsed outside a hospital, said she was shocked when a 999 call handler told her he should take painkillers as they … Read more

NHS App upgrade to give patients more choice over treatment

NHS App upgrade to give patients more choice over treatment

BBC Plans for an upgraded NHS App to allow more patients in England to book treatments and appointments will be part of a package of measures unveiled by the government on Monday. The changes will allow patients who need non-emergency elective treatment to choose from a range of providers, including those in the private sector. … Read more

The eyes have it: Uttar Pradesh youth’s AI specs to give vision to blind – ET HealthWorld

The eyes have it: Uttar Pradesh youth’s AI specs to give vision to blind – ET HealthWorld

Lucknow: There’s a ray of light for those navigating the world in darkness. Muneer Khan, 28, from UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri, has developed a special pair of eyeglasses for the visually impaired. The AI-enabled glasses, called VisionPro, aim to give visually impaired people a sense of understanding and virtual vision. “I hope that this invention emerges … Read more