Kota MP Om Birla to be NDA’s nominee for LS speaker
BJP MP Om Birla is the NDA nominee for the Lok Sabha Speaker’s post. Mr Birla is a two-time MP from Kota, Rajasthan. The nomination for the post will take…
New milestone for improved treatment for children with TB
TB affects over a million children every year Shobha Shukla / CNS More and more children around the world are now benefiting from fixed dose combination (FDC) of child-friendly medicines…
Centre to send another high-level team to Bihar in view of Encephalitis
AMN The Centre has decided to send another high-level multi-disciplinary team to Bihar in view of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES). The team will undertake the necessary groundwork for setting up…
SC defers hearing on plea seeking safety and security for doctors
AMN / NEW DELHI The Supreme Court today deferred the hearing on a plea seeking the protection of doctors in government hospitals. A bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Surya…
Home Ministry asks Delhi police to submit report on clash between tempo driver, policemen
AMN / NEW DELHI Home Ministry has asked Delhi police to submit a detailed report in connection with the reported clash between a tempo driver and policemen in Mukherjee Nagar…
CHINA: At least 11 dead, 122 injured in earthquake
WEB DESK At least 11 people dead and 122 others injured in a 6.0-magnitude earthquake which struck the country’s southwestern Sichuan province yesterday. State-run news agency Xinhua reported local police…
Professor Afifullah Khan is new AMU proctor
AMN / Aligarh Professor Afifullah Khan, department of wildlife sciences has been appointed as the Proctor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The order to this effect was issued here on…
J&K: Army clarifies reports of attack on Army convoy unfounded, baseless
AMN /SRINAGAR The Srinagar based Army spokesman Lt Col Rajesh Kalia in a clarification said that the reports of attack on Army convoy are “unfounded and baseless”. He said that…
Netanyahu calls for ‘snapback sanctions’ if Iran violates nuclear deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that Iran should be immediately hit with sanctions if it surpasses a uranium stockpile limit set under the 2015 nuclear deal. Speaking at…
SBI-led consortium of lenders decides to take Jet Airways to NCLT
State Bank of India-led consortium of lenders today decided to send the grounded Jet Airways to the National Company Law of Tribunal (NCLT) as they have not yet received any…