‘Nishad dedicated his life to welfare of poor’
New Delhi: Expressing grief over the death of former Union Minister Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad, BJP president Amit Shah on Monday described him as a grassroots politician who dedicated his life to the welfare of the poor and deprived. He was an excellent politician, dynamic social worker and committed worker, Shah said, noting that he was BJP MP in the Lok Sabha as well as the Rajya Sabha.
2 nurses from GB Pant hospital bag awards
New Delhi: Nurses Rekha Joshi and Neeraj Raj, both from Department of Neurosurgery, GB Pant Hospital, have bagged the first and second prize respectively in the Annual Meeting of Neurological Society of India held in Jaipur recently. Trained under the guidance of Sister Binu Malhotra, while Rekha got the award for her presentation on assessment of behaviour of surgical team in the operation theatre, Neeraj was recognised for her paper on brain tumor in children, said Dr Daljit Singh, Head (Neurosurgery Dept) of Hospital.
Bhutan PM to visit India from Dec 27-29
New Delhi: Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering will be on a three-day visit to India from Thursday, during which he will hold talks with counterpart Narendra Modi, the officials said on Monday.