Govt notifies SOPs to check radioactive contamination in metal scrap imports

Govt notifies SOPs to check radioactive contamination in metal scrap imports

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade has notified the Standard Operating Procedures for random checking of imported consignments of metal scrap with respect to radioactive contamination as per which, no container without a certificate issued by a Pre-Shipment Inspection Agency should be allowed to be unloaded and must be sent back to country of origin. … Read more

Supreme Court directs private hospitals to give priority in treatment to elderly amid pandemic

Supreme Court directs private hospitals to give priority in treatment to elderly amid pandemic

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed that elderly people be given priority in admission and treatment at private hospitals besides at government medical institutions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan and R S Reddy modified its earlier order of August 4, 2020, by which it had directed only government hospitals to … Read more