Wildlife task force identifies illegal aquaculture ponds in 1,700-acre stretch of Kolleru Lake in Andhra Pradesh

Wildlife task force identifies illegal aquaculture ponds in 1,700-acre stretch of Kolleru Lake in Andhra Pradesh

The wildlife task force during the raid on illegal aquaculture ponds in the 5th contour of Kolleru Lake in Eluru district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Andhra Pradesh State Wildlife Management authorities have identified that illegal aquaculture activities are going on in a stretch of more than 1,700 acres falling under the … Read more

Getting certificates in home deaths taxing task for grieving kin in Hyderabad

Getting certificates in home deaths taxing task for grieving kin in Hyderabad

Obtaining death certificates in cases of home deaths has become quite taxing for the kin of the deceased. They are often made to wait unendingly in order to go through the urgent and unavoidable processes for transfer of pensions and assets. There is high pendency of death certificates pertaining to home deaths in the city … Read more

Yatnal has made our task easy, says Home Minister

Yatnal has made our task easy, says Home Minister

Home Minister G. Parameshwara speaking to media representatives in Kalaburagi on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Referring to BJP leader and Vijayapura MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal’s bitter attack on his party leader and former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, Congress leader and Home Minister G. Parameshwar has said that Mr. Yatnal has made this party’s … Read more

Special Task Force arrests two Maoists in West Bengal

Special Task Force arrests two Maoists in West Bengal

The Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police has arrested two members of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) from Suti in Murshidabad district. Arrested on Saturday, the two were produced before a city court on Sunday and sent to police custody till November 30. Those arrested were identified as Mantu Mallick and … Read more

1,417 personnel recruited for special task force in Tripura, says CM Manik Saha

1,417 personnel recruited for special task force in Tripura, says CM Manik Saha

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha, | Photo Credit: ANI The Tripura government will soon set up a Special Task Force to tackle crime and mafia syndicates, said Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday. He was speaking after paying homage at the Martyrs Memorial. As many as 1,417 personnel from two India Reserve (IR) battalions of … Read more

Challenging task for BRS leadership as ticket aspirants step up efforts in key constituencies

Challenging task for BRS leadership as ticket aspirants step up efforts in key constituencies

With the Assembly elections due towards the year-end, aspirants for BRS ticket from various key constituencies have intensified their efforts to impress upon the party leadership to consider their candidature, sending the sitting MLAs of the ruling party into a tizzy. Public Health and Family Welfare Director Gadala Srinivas Rao has been nurturing ambitions to … Read more

Guardians of the Ganga: task force keeps a watchful eye on the river

Guardians of the Ganga: task force keeps a watchful eye on the river

Omveer Kumar, 41, picks up plastic bottles, pouches and food packets as he walks on the wet sand on the banks of the Ganga. As he nears a heap of garbage, Mr. Kumar sees an overturned turtle, its neck wounded. He rushes it to a nearby rescue centre for treatment. Mr. Kumar, a resident of … Read more

CM to strengthen Elephant Task Forces

CM to strengthen Elephant Task Forces

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has announced that the Elephant Task Forces, which were formed to deal with human-elephant conflict in Hassan and other districts, will be strengthened, and he has also promised a rail barricade, an elephant-proof trench, and a solar power fence to deal with the conflict. Following multiple human deaths in Hassan and … Read more

Task Force: Screen for Colon Cancer at Age 45

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Oct. 27, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Average folks should start being screened at age 45 to prevent colon cancer, five years earlier than is now recommended, the nation’s top preventive medicine panel says. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force currently recommends that people aged 50 … Read more

Officials Begin Task of Tracing Trump’s Contacts

White House news conference, Oct. 2, 2020. Georges Benjamin, MD, executive director, American Public Health Association. Amesh Adalja, MD, senior scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Baltimore, MD. Twitter: @ashishkjha, Oct. 2, 2020. Statement, Cleveland Clinic. Statement, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Statement, National Coalition of STD … Read more