Kochi Water Metro ferries to link four more terminals from March 14

Kochi Water Metro ferries to link four more terminals from March 14

A view of the South Chittoor terminal of the Kochi Water Metro. | Photo Credit: H. VIBHU With Kochi Water Metro ferries set to call at South Chittoor, Eloor, Cheranalloor and North Mulavukad terminals from March 14 (Thursday) evening, more islanders would get direct waterway connectivity to mainland Kochi. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will … Read more

Emotive issue of Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal takes political centre stage again in Punjab, Haryana

Emotive issue of Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal takes political centre stage again in Punjab, Haryana

A view of the SYL (Sutlej-Yamuna Link) canal in Punjab. The Centrally-funded canal links Sutlej with the Yamuna. It is to carry Haryana’s share (3.5 million acre feet) of Sutlej waters. The Centre has spent about Rs. 450 crores on the canal. The construction was abandoned in 1990 at the height of militancy in Punjab. … Read more

Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case: SC says keeping Navlakha under house arrest will set “wrong precedent”

Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case: SC says keeping Navlakha under house arrest will set “wrong precedent”

A view of rights activist Gautam Navlakha’s residence, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court said on September 1 keeping activist Gautam Navlakha under house arrest in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case further will set a “wrong precedent” and directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to apprise it of his current … Read more

Soon, digital link for govt health centres to boost tele-medicine in Gurgaon – ET HealthWorld

Soon, digital link for govt health centres to boost tele-medicine in Gurgaon – ET HealthWorld

Gurgaon: The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has started working on establishing digital connectivity for government hospitals, primary health centres, and community health centres in the city. The metropolitan development authority has floated the tender for connecting optical fibre network to various government healthcare buildings and providing integrated healthcare services. Under this, the CHCs and … Read more

Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case: Navlakha seeks address change from SC for house arrest

Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case: Navlakha seeks address change from SC for house arrest

Activist Gautam Navlakha. File | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Activist Gautam Navlakha, who was ordered to be kept under house arrest at a public library in Mumbai with regards to the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case, on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking change of address. A Bench of Justices K.M. Joseph and B.V. Nagarathna … Read more

EPFO portal offers link to opt for higher pension

EPFO portal offers link to opt for higher pension

Employees Providend Fund Organisation building at Bandra. | Photo Credit: Surpreet Sapkal Implementing the recent Supreme Court order on higher provident fund pensions, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has made a provision in the member’s portal so that retired workers can opt for higher pension. The EPFO has started taking registration requests from employees … Read more

DigiLocker integrates storing digital health records, link them with ABHA – ET HealthWorld

DigiLocker integrates storing digital health records, link them with ABHA – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: DigiLocker, the authentic documents exchange platform under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has successfully completed its second level of integration with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). The secure cloud-based storage platform of DigiLocker can be used now as a health locker for storing and accessing health records such as vaccination records, … Read more

Chandigarh: App to link district hospitals with PGI for stroke treatment – ET HealthWorld

Chandigarh: App to link district hospitals with PGI for stroke treatment – ET HealthWorld

Chandigarh: In a major help for stroke patients, Chandigarh is likely to become the first city in the country to have a system where a tertiary hospital will be connected to district and sub-district hospitals with a communication application ‘Strokenet Chandigarh’, doctors from PGI have claimed. The mobile-based application will manage stroke treatment in hospitals … Read more

Plugging policy gaps, Andhra to link all digital health cards with hospital networks – ET HealthWorld

Plugging policy gaps, Andhra to link all digital health cards with hospital networks – ET HealthWorld

Plugging the policy gaps digitally, the Andhra Pradesh government is set to synchronise the network of state hospitals with digital health cards that are already issued to about 70% of the state population. According to the state government, the move will be among the firsts to improve healthcare services in the state. At present AP … Read more