Swarna Andhra 2047: CM unveils vision for ‘wealthy, healthy and happy’ State

Swarna Andhra 2047: CM unveils vision for ‘wealthy, healthy and happy’ State

Saturday, 14 December 2024 | PTI | Vijayawada

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday launched "Swarna Andhra-2047" (golden Andhra) vision document, aimed at achieving a 'wealthy, healthy and happy' Andhra Pradesh. The chief minister announced it during a public meeting at the Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium here, which encompasses 10 principles (padi sutralu) and one vision to accomplish...

TB continues to impose heavy economic burden on patients in India: ICMR study

Saturday, 14 December 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to impose a heavy economic burden on patients in India, with nearly 45 per cent incurring catastrophic costs due to lost productivity and hospitalization despite free diagnosis and care under the Government’s National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), a recent study by the Indian Council of Medical Research...

All Indian nationals who wished to return home from Syria evacuated: MEA

Saturday, 14 December 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

India has evacuated from Syria all its nationals who wished to return home after rebel forces overthrew President Bashar Assad's authoritarian government in the Arab nation. The Syrian government collapsed on Sunday as the rebels seized control of capital Damascus after capturing several other prominent cities and towns.  India evacuated its...

UP court summons Rahul Gandhi over remarks against Savarkar

Saturday, 14 December 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

A local court here on Friday summoned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on January 10, 2025, to face trial for allegedly promoting enmity and disturbing harmony among people by making mischievous statements about freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Alok Verma passed the order on a criminal complaint...

Indian forces going to all patrolling points in Depsang: Jaishankar

Saturday, 14 December 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday that security forces would be going to all patrolling points in Depsang in Ladakh and also to the eastward limit which are historically been India's patrolling limit.  He said in Lok Sabha that the last of the disengagement agreement with China was...

Widespread rains lash TN

Friday, 13 December 2024 | PTI | Chennai

Widespread rains lashed parts of Tamil Nadu on Thursday, prompting authorities to declare a holiday for schools in Chennai and many other districts. With the water-level fast rising in the reservoirs in the state, the Public Works Department officials opened the shutters of two dams in Chennai suburbs and another in...

Need to prepare NRC like document to differentiate Indians, infiltrators: Assam CM

Friday, 13 December 2024 | PTI | Bhubaneswar

There is a need to prepare an NRC (National Register of Citizens) like document to differentiate Indians and infiltrators, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in Puri on Thursday. Speaking to media persons after visiting Jagannath temple at Puri, Sarma said the Assam government on Wednesday decided that one should...

After ritual cancelled, bad luck follows Guruvayur temple priest

Friday, 13 December 2024 | Kumar Chellappan | KOCHI

The cancellation of Udayasthamana Pooja at the age-old Lord Krishna Temple at Guruvayur has led to strange and unfortunate happenings. The ritual  is a unique worship performed on Ekadashi Days from sunrise (Udaya) to sunset (asthamanaa) without break and hundreds of thousands of devotees throng the temple considering  it a...

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