Use of Ringer Lactate in Karnataka government hospitals stopped
Amid concerns that recent maternal deaths in Ballari district could be linked to substandard intravenous fluids solution, the use of Ringer Lactate has been suspended in all government hospitals as a precautionary measure, Dinesh Gundu Rao, health minister announced on Saturday. Officials said that Ringer Lactate solution is "typically administered intravenously...
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Punjab MPs protest slow paddy procurement in state
Congress MPs from Punjab on Friday staged a protest in the Parliament complex against alleged delay in paddy procurement and fertiliser shortage, and demanded that the government compensate the farmers who were forced to sell their produce below the minimum support price (MSP). Congress MP from Ludhiana and the party's Punjab...
Adjournment notices being used to disrupt proceedings: RS Chairperson
Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said adjournment notices under Rule 267 of the House are being weaponised as a mechanism of disruption before adjourning the proceedings till Monday amid Opposition parties protest over corruption allegations against the Adani Group, and other issues. Like in the previous sittings of the...
Nearly 42 petitions filed in SC, various HCs on EVMs: Govt tells LS
Nearly 42 petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court and various high courts questioning the electronic voting machines (EVMs), with the higher judiciary repeatedly holding that the machines are credible, reliable and tamper-proof, the government said in Lok Sabha on Friday. Responding to a question on safeguards to prevent tampering...
Doctor-population ratio is 1:811 in India: Nadda informs LS
The doctor-population ratio is 1:811 in the country which is better than the WHO standard of 1:1000, Union Health Minister J P Nadda informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. As per information provided by the National Medical Commission (NMC), there are 13,86,145 allopathic doctors registered with the State Medical Councils and...
Health Ministry declares snakebite cases as ‘notifiable disease’
Amid the ongoing public health concerns raised by snakebites across the States, the Union Ministry of Health has declared snakebite cases and fatalities as a "notifiable disease" in India. According to Ministry data, approximately 50,000 deaths occur annually in India due to an estimated 3-4 million snakebites. This accounts for half...
Interim Govt responsible for protecting minorities in Bangladesh: MEA
External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday said the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government is responsible for protecting Bangladesh citizens, including its minorities. He made this assertion in a statement in response to a question in the Lok Sabha about violence against minorities, including Hindus, in Bangladesh. Jaishankar said the government has seen...
Congress takes Maharashtra poll complaints to EC
The Congress on Friday raised with the Election Commission "serious and grave inconsistencies" which it said were being revealed in the data relating to the polling and counting processes for the recently-concluded Maharashtra Assembly polls and sought an in-person hearing to present relevant evidence. In a memorandum to the poll panel,...
