4 indian naval ships to take part in trilateral exercise
New Delhi: Four Indian naval ships including two stealth frigates will take part in a trilateral exercise next month off Japan as part of Malabar series of annual exercise. India, US and Japan will take part in this exercise for a fortnight starting mid June, officials said here on Tuesday.
over 24,000 animal cruelty cases in 3 yrs
New Delhi: Over 24,000 cases of cruelty to animals have been reported in the past three years. As many as 7853, 14235 and 2265 cases were registered under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, during 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively, said Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday.
govt mulls phaco surgery for eyes
New Delhi: The Government is seriously mulling carrying out all eye operations through phaco surgery (a modern cataract surgery) and providing only an unfolded lens to the common man, Health Minister JP Nadda to the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Phacoemulsification (phaco surgery) is a modern cataract surgery in which the eye's internal lens is emulsified with an ultrasonic handpiece and aspirated from the eye. In reply to a question on jaundice, Nadda listed the abuse of alcohol as one of the reasons for the disease, besides listing viral hepatitis, drug induced hepatitis and obstruction of bile flow (stone of cancer) as possible reasons for jaundice.
defence budget not sufficient: Kumar
New Delhi: Contrary to the claims of his Minister, Defence Secretary G Mohan Kumar has told a Parliamentary panel that the Defence Budget of `2,49,099 crore for the current fiscal is not “sufficient” for taking forward the modernisation initiatives.
The Standing Committee on Defence, which submitted its report to the lok Sabha on Tuesday, said it is evident that defence expenditure as percentage of the Central Government expenditure has “nose dived” from 15.24 per cent in 2000-2001 to 12.59 per cent in 2016-17.