A gaggle of 300 doctors from across the planet have close to line up a free telemedicine consultation service in Jammu and Kashmir to serve non-COVID-19 patients who have suffered because the focus of the prevailing healthcare infrastructure has been on handling the pandemic. Under the ‘Dial a Doctor’ programme, quite 300 doctors across the world and from different specialties and sub-specialties provide voluntary health services to the patients. Ehsaas International and Dard Welfare Society, in association with Kashmir Health Care Support Group, have initiated this healthcare consultative service, Hakim Mohammad Ilyas, general secretary of Ehsaas International, told PTI. “Considering…
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Observing that the menace of drug trade is fast growing in West Bengal , the Calcutta supreme court has said that it can’t be tackled unless the investigating agency is diligent and is serious in taking appropriate steps against the larger players. Rapping the state police for not properly probing the cases following arrests of couriers of medicine to seek out out kingpins of the narcotics trade, a division bench comprising justices Sanjib Banerjee and Aniruddha Roy observed that it appears that gaps are deliberately left for the larger fish to slide out. The bench on Friday directed that a…
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday asserted that the BJP has no intention of joining hands with the Shiv Sena or to bring down the Uddhav Thackeray-led state government. Talking to reporters here, Fadnavis claimed people of the state are “unhappy” with the performance of the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government and it “would collapse due to its own inactions”. The senior BJP leader also said his meeting with Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday, which prompted speculation in political circles, was regarding an interview for the Sena mouthpiece Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis…
Lauding farmers for strengthening the country’s agriculture sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the farm sector is playing a serious role in efforts to create a self-reliant India. He also said if the essence of Mahatma Gandhi’s economic philosophy was followed, there wouldn’t are needing for the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ campaign as India would became self-reliant much earlier. Speaking on various issues during his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast, Modi said many farmers benefitted after fruits, vegetables were brought out of APMC Act in some states a couple of years ago. Our agriculture sector has shown its prowess during…
All three controversial farm bills became laws on Sunday with the signature of President Ram Nath Kovind. Flagging them as “historic” reforms in the agri sector, the Centre has said it would help the country’s farmers proceed into the 21st Century, helping them get better price for produce. The opposition had requested the President not to sign the bills — which would have sent them back to parliament for reconsideration — after two of the bills were passed in Rajya Sabha last week amid uproar. The opposition has alleged that the bills were pushed through voice vote in violation of…
Putting all the speculations at rest, former Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey, who recently took voluntary retirement from service (VRS), on Sunday joined JD(U) at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s residence in Patna. Notably, this comes a day after he told reporters that wasn’t planning to join the JD(U) and contesting the upcoming Bihar polls.
Director-producer Karan Johar claimed that narcotics were never consumed at any of the parties organised at the filmmaker’s home, calling the allegations false and baseless. On Friday, Johar shared a lengthy statement on Instagram saying that neither he consumes narcotics nor does he encourage people to use any such substance. The filmmaker’s response came after an old video from a star-studded July 2019 party at his residence resurfaced on social media, amid Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) drugs probe in connection with actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. In the clip, first posted by Johar on Instagram last year, actors Deepika Padukone,…
On their mom Nirmal Kapoor’s birthday, Anil, Sanjay and Boney Kapoor shared nostalgia-dipped pictures on social media. Nirmal Kapoor is the wife of late filmmaker Surinder Kapoor. Wishing his mom on Instagram, Anil Kapoor shared a bunch of throwback pictures – also featuring his brothers and sister Reena – and wrote: “Mothers always surprise us with their inner strength and selfless love they have for their children and as you become a parent yourself you realise so much more… in this lockdown my mom has been tough as a rock and she was still not thinking about herself but concerned…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFn5CdPJywE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Ajay Devgn penned a cute note for his daughter Nysa Devgan on Daughters’ Day. Sharing a photo of Nysa, the actor wrote that she is his sharpest critic. Nysa is studying at United World College of South East Asia in Singapore. Ajay and Kajol also have a 10-year-old son, Yug. Ajay Devgn wrote, “My daughter, Nysa is many things. My sharpest critic, my biggest weakness and strength as well. She’s a young adult but to Kajol and me, she will always be our baby girl. #HappyDaughtersDay (sic).” The actor is a strict but adorable father. On his son’s birthday…
Widely famous as a fashion icon, actress Sonam Kapoor Ahuja has given her fans a sneak-peek into how she puts on make-up. Sonam, regarded as a style icon by her fans, has given a step-by-step guide on Instagram of how she does make-up. She captioned the time-lapse video: “DIY (with lipstick emoji).” The actress, who has lately been posting a lot about the books on Instagram, was last seen in “The Zoya Factor”, which also featured Malayalam star Dulquer Salmaan. The film, which is an adaptation of a book of the same name by Anuja Chauhan, fared below expectations.