London hospitals write off £112m in unpaid foreign patient bills

London hospitals write off £112m in unpaid foreign patient bills

PA Media London NHS trusts write off £112m in overseas patient bills as they balance care with cost recovery London hospitals have written off more than £112m in unpaid treatment bills from overseas patients between 2018 and 2023, according to figures obtained by the BBC. Under current NHS regulations, hospital trusts in England must charge … Read more

Karnataka: Civic groups write to CM and Chief Secretary recommending blanket ban on crackers 

Karnataka: Civic groups write to CM and Chief Secretary recommending blanket ban on crackers 

Civic groups have said it is appalling to see the sheer number of stores selling non-green crackers. | Photo Credit: File photo Drawing the attention of the Chief Minister, Chief Secretary, Pollution Control Board, and other allied departments to the online sale of non-green crackers in Karnataka, like-minded civic groups have recommended a blanket ban … Read more

T.N. activists write to all newly-elected MPs urging them to enact a new, comprehensive child labour law

T.N. activists write to all newly-elected MPs urging them to enact a new, comprehensive child labour law

Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: RAO GN Child rights activists in Tamil Nadu have written to all newly-elected MPs, demanding the repeal of the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 and its amendments. Calling for the immediate eradication of child labour in all its forms across the country, … Read more

Karnataka to write to Centre to confer Bharat Ratna on late seer of Siddaganga Mutt Shivakumara Swami

Karnataka to write to Centre to confer Bharat Ratna on late seer of Siddaganga Mutt Shivakumara Swami

Shivakumara Swami passed away in 2019. | Photo Credit: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said the State government would write to the Centre to confer the Bharat Ratna on the late seer of Siddaganga Mutt Shivakumara Swami. He was speaking in Tumakuru after inaugurating the Smruthi Vana, laid out in the memory of Shivakumara Swami, … Read more

Karnataka Rajyotsava 2023 | CM Siddaramaiah reiterates that Kannada be made administrative language across State, to write to PM Modi

Karnataka Rajyotsava 2023 | CM Siddaramaiah reiterates that Kannada be made administrative language across State, to write to PM Modi

An performer waves the Karnataka flag during the Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations, at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on November 01, 2023. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K Reiterating that Kannada should be the administrative language to take the administration and government programmes to the majority of Kannada people across the State, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on … Read more

Morning Digest | 10 civilians dead, 22 army men still missing in Sikkim, rescue operations on; Media bodies write to CJI, call for norms on interrogation of journalists and more

Morning Digest | 10 civilians dead, 22 army men still missing in Sikkim, rescue operations on; Media bodies write to CJI, call for norms on interrogation of journalists and more

A flood affected locality at Singtam, in Gangtok district, Wednesday, October. 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI 10 dead, 22 army men among 82 missing as flash flood wreaks havoc in Sikkim; PM Modi dials CM At least ten people died and 80 others, including 22 army personnel, went missing on Wednesday after a cloudburst … Read more

Video-gaming firms write to PMO seeking distinction from real-money gaming industry

Video-gaming firms write to PMO seeking distinction from real-money gaming industry

The video gaming industry has said the term ‘online gaming’ is a broad and ambiguous term that is causing confusion among gamers, games publishers, international investors and media amid the GST row. Image used for representational purposes only. 45 video game companies in India on Tuesday wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office and to the … Read more

Telangana High Court permits SSC student to write supplementary exams

Telangana High Court permits SSC student to write supplementary exams

An SSC student from Warangal who was prevented from sitting for two Class X board exams over a suspected question paper leak case was on Thursday granted relief by the Telangana High Court which permitted him to appear for the supplementary exams to be held in June. Justice Mummineni Sudheer Kumar of the High Court … Read more