Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday thanked Union Minister Piyush Goyal for fully accepting his demands by banning single-use plastic cigarette lighters under ₹20 and now restricting the import of parts for cigarette lighters. In a social media post, Mr. Stalin said: “This welcome move strengthens Tamil Nadu’s matchbox manufacturers, safeguarding over a … Read more
In this combo of file photos of (L-R) former Prime Ministers P.V. Narasimha Rao and Charan Singh, and agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan, who will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna – country’s highest civilian award. | Photo Credit: PTI Samyukt Kisan Morcha on February 10 welcomed the conferring of Bharat Ratna on Chaudhary Charan Singh … Read more
Dr Bikram Choudhary, one of the GPs involved in identifying patients eligible for the pilot, said: “We’ve traditionally had a high number of smokers, there’s also been industrial exposure with coal mining and other dust generating industries where people have inhaled particulates and that can lead to lung disease. In this area in particular we … Read more
Photo used for representative purpose only. File | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bandi Sanjay Kumar and other leaders welcomed the High Court ruling making a single judge oversee the functioning of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Telangana Government to probe the TRS MLAs alleged poaching … Read more
Writer Wayne Brown welcomes the change after he was turned away from donating last year. Source link
The health secretary hails a ‘milestone’ as data shows a further 12m people have received both doses. Source link
The body which advises the government on Covid-19 vaccines says everyone registered as having a learning disability is now eligible to get a jab. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation made the change after pressure from a number of public figures, including the Radio 2 presenter, Jo Whiley. Her disabled sister had to go … Read more
A care home in Teignmouth is one of the first in England to pilot a new testing system to allow visitors in. The lateral flow tests provide results in 30 minutes. For those taking part in the pilot it has meant physical contact with loved ones for the first time in many months. Source link
Meghana Raj welcomed a baby boy on Thursday (October 22) at 11.07 am. She was admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru yesterday and delivered a baby boy today. According to multiple reports, both Meghana and the baby are doing fine. Soon, their family members reached the hospital to get a glimpse of the newborn … Read more
Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) has paused the measurement of television viewership ratings of news channels for a period of twelve weeks. This would cover all Hindi, Regional, English News and Business News channels with immediate effect. BARC will not publish the weekly individual ratings for all news channels during this period. This exercise is … Read more