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Over 2,300 H1N1 Cases Among 3,000 Influenza Infections ; CM Calls For Emergency Meeting

NEW DELHI, Aug 25: Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh on Tuesday said that Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has called for an emergency review meeting amid a rise in influenza cases in the national capital. Asserting that the situation was under control with adequate doctors and medicines, Singh said Delhi has reported around 3,000 influenza…

Over 2,300 H1N1 Cases Among 3,000 Influenza Infections ; CM Calls For Emergency Meeting
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Govt Restricts Fixed Dose Combinations Containing 2 Chemical Compounds For Young Children
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Govt Restricts Fixed Dose Combinations Containing 2 Chemical Compounds For Young Children

NEW DELHI, Aug 22: In a significant step to safeguard the health and safety of young children, the Government has imposed restrictions on the manufacture, sale and distribution of all fixed dose combinations containing Chlorpheniramine Maleate and Phenylephrine Hydrochloride, mandating a clear warning that these medicines shall not be used in children below four years…

Enrolment In Govt Schools Fell By Nearly 86 Lakh Between 2023-24 And 2025-26: MoE Report

New Delhi, Jul 7: Enrolment in government schools fell by nearly 86 lakh between 2023-24 and 2025-26 while private unaided recognised schools added more than 88 lakh students during the same period, according to the UDISE 2025-26 report released by the Ministry of Education. UDISE+ (Unified District Information System for Education Plus) is the Centre’s…

Enrolment In Govt Schools Fell By Nearly 86 Lakh Between 2023-24 And 2025-26: MoE Report
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Jaishankar Meets Chinese VP; Says Normalisation Of Ties Can Produce Mutually Beneficial Outcomes
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Jaishankar Meets Chinese VP; Says Normalisation Of Ties Can Produce Mutually Beneficial Outcomes

Beijing, Jul 14: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday conveyed to Chinese Vice President Han Zheng that continued normalisation of India-China ties can produce mutually beneficial outcomes and an open exchange of views between the two sides is “very important” considering the “complex” global scenario. The external affairs minister held talks with Zheng shortly…

HC Collegiums Yet To Send Recommendations For 201 Judges’ Vacancies: Govt

New Delhi, Dec 15: Parliament was informed on Friday that eighty-one out of the 123 proposals submitted by high court collegiums for judge appointments are being processed by the government at different stages. In a written response to a question in the Lok Sabha, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal stated that the Supreme Court Collegium is currently reviewing the remaining 42 proposals. He added that recommendations from the high court collegiums regarding the remaining 201 vacancies have not yet been received."As of December 12, 123 proposals were being processed in different ways. Of these 123 proposals, 81 are being processed by the government at different stages. The SC Collegium is now debating 42 proposals, according to Meghwal. On December 1, there were 324 vacancies out of the 1,114 sanctioned judges for the 25 high courts, according to the law ministry's website. The chief justice of a high court starts the process of proposing candidates to fill judge vacancies, in accordance with the established procedure. The opinions of the federal government are sent to the Supreme Court Collegium along with all of the names that the high court collegiums have recommended.Certain names are recommended by the apex court collegium, and the remaining names are returned to the hugh court collegiums. The president then appoints judges as the government implements the recommendations. The Supreme Court Collegium receives some recommendations back for further consideration. Only individuals who have been recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium are appointed by the government. [caption id="attachment_7267" align="alignnone" width="300"] HC Collegiums Yet To Send Recommendations For 201 Judges’ Vacancies: Govt[/caption]    

Bhajan Lal Sharma Takes Over As Rajasthan CM On His Birthday, BJP Top Brass Attend Oath Ceremony

Jaipur, Dec 15: Twelve days after the BJP defeated the Congress in the assembly elections, Bhajan Lal Sharma, a first-time MLA, took the oath of office as chief minister of Rajasthan on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the top BJP officials were present at the ceremony. On his 57th birthday, Sharma, a BJP state general secretary, assumed leadership of the state. Governor Kalraj Mishra also swore in Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa as his deputy chief ministers. The oath was taken in Hindi by all three.Ashok Gehlot, the departing chief minister, was present at the event in front of this location's historic Albert Hall. It was witnessed by a sizable contingent of BJP MLAs and employees from all over the state. On December 12, Sharma, a leader backed by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, was named leader of the BJP legislature party. PM Modi, President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, and a number of other senior party leaders were present at the swearing-in ceremony.Attendees included the recently appointed chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Mohan Yadav; the chief ministers of Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Goa; and the deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Keshav Prasad Maurya. Mahants and seers from various locations also attended the ceremony. "Jai Shri Ram" and "Modi-Modi" were yelled by BJP supporters as Sharma, Diya Kumari, and Bairwa took the oath. One of the leaders who arrived early for the programme was Ashok Gehlot, who was seated next to “rival” Gajendra Singh Shekhwat and was observed conversing with him. Gehlot has been smearing Union minister Shekhawat with accusations of his involvement in the "scam" involving the Sanjivani Credit Co-operative Society on a regular basis. In response, Shekhawat has brought a defamation lawsuit in Delhi against Gehlot. There was a brief disturbance at the Ramniwas Garden entry point just before the oath ceremony, where people were being forced into the venue. Before the police could stop them, a number of people leaped over the barricades.After winning the assembly elections, the BJP chose Bhajan Lal Sharma, a first-time MLA, to be Rajasthan's new chief minister on December 12, putting an end to days of speculation. After BJP MLAs convened here and chose the 56-year-old Sanganer legislator to lead their legislature party, the unexpected selection was made public. Prior to the legislature party meeting, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Vasundhara Raje were also considered the front-runners for the position of chief minister. With a margin of 48,081 votes, Sharma, the party's Brahmin face, emerged victorious in the Bharatpur district of Jaipur's Sanganer constituency. He graduated with a master's in political science.Following the recent assembly elections, the BJP promoted a number of lesser-known MLAs to the position of chief minister, and he is the third in line. The other two are Mohan Yadav, who was recently sworn in as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, and Vishnu Deo Sai, the chief minister of Chhattisgarh. In the November 25 assembly elections, the Congress received 69 seats in Rajasthan, while the BJP secured 115 seats. In the state, 199 out of 200 seats had polling. [caption id="attachment_7258" align="alignnone" width="300"] Bhajan Lal Sharma Takes Over As Rajasthan…

ED Conducts Searches In Delhi-NCR, Punjab Against Chandigarh-Based Pharma Company

CHANDIGARH, Dec 15: As part of a money laundering investigation against a pharmaceutical company based in Chandigarh and its promoters connected to a purported bank fraud, the Enforcement Directorate carried out additional searches at approximately twelve locations in the Delhi-NCR and Punjab on Friday, according to official sources. October saw the completion of the initial round of searches in this case against the business, Parabolic Drugs. Under the terms of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the central agency had previously detained Vineet Gupta (54), Pranav Gupta (56), who is also a co-founder of Ashoka University in Sonepat, and CA Surjeet Kumar Bansal (74).Following the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filing a case against them and the company in 2021 for their suspected involvement in a bank loan fraud of ₹1,626 crore, the Guptas resigned from their positions at Ashoka University in 2022. In January of last year, the ED brought a money laundering charge against them. The two company directors who were detained were "actively involved in defrauding the banks by availing loans or financial facilities based upon forged and fabricated documents," the agency informed the court in October.By means of convoluted transactions utilising the platforms of their group companies that they controlled, it was claimed that the two "intentionally changed the colour of the loan funds from liabilities to assets and layered, diverted, and syphoned off the said funds." According to the agency, the two "illegally inflated the value of primary security against which drawings were allowed by the bank" and used "shell companies" as their services. The agency asserted that Parabolic Drugs Ltd. "raised fake and unrelated goods invoices and illegally received entries from shell companies" while operating under their direction and control. According to the report, Bansal gave “false certificates to Parabolic Drugs Ltd. which were used for availing loans from consortium of banks” through his chartered accountancy firm, S.K. Bansal and Company.The ED told the court that the Central Bank of India and other consortium banks suffered an unjust loss of ₹1,626.7 crore due to their illicit activities and misappropriation of loan funds, as per the CBI FIR. The ED was requesting the remand of the three. [caption id="attachment_7252" align="alignnone" width="300"] ED Conducts Searches In Delhi-NCR, Punjab Against Chandigarh-Based Pharma Company[/caption]