Cabinet approves health plan for urban poor
byNew Delhi: The cabinet Wednesday approved a scheme to provide healthcare to the urban poor under the over-arching National Health Mission (NHM), official sources…
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Over 600 pigs die of swine fever in Mizoram
byAizawl, May 1 (IANS) Over 600 pigs have died from swine fever and about 12,200 have been infected in the past two months in…
Nine injured as quake rocks J&K
byJammu, May 1 (IANS) At least nine people – seven children and two teachers – were injured when a 5.8-intensity quake rocked Jammu and…
Clean energy fund underutilised, lacks of focus: Experts
byNew Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The national clean energy fund, which was launched in 2010 and has in its kitty over Rs.8,000 crore, is…
Himachal to seek release of Rs.277 crore afforestation fund
byShimla, May 1 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has said the state government would seek early release of Rs.277 crore for afforestation,…
Three tiger cubs born in Bihar reserve
byPatna, May 1 (IANS) A tigress gave birth to three cubs in Bihar’s only tiger reserve — the second such development in the area…
Now, a lush green tea garden in Kolkata
byKolkata, May 1 (IANS) City revellers may no longer need to travel to Darjeeling or the Western Ghats hills to see beautiful tea gardens,…
Row over Singapore varsity’s denial of tenure to professor
bySingapore, May 1 (IANS) One of Singapore’s largest public universities has rejected an appeal by an Indian-origin associate professor of journalism for tenure, triggering…
Nigerian girl undergoes rare limb-salvage surgery
byNew Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Doctors in a city hospital claim to have performed a rare “limb-salvage” surgery to avoid amputating the left leg…
Bird flu toll in China rises to 24
byShanghai, May 1 (IANS/EFE) An 89-year-old man has died in Shanghai from bird flu, raising the toll from the outbreak of the H7N9 strain…