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Junior doctors hold a banner to protest the alleged sexual assault and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. | Photo credit: PTI
RG Kar hostels are lying vacant; mob violence has created fear in us: MBBS students
On the day the Supreme Court ordered deployment of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here, where a doctor was raped and murdered on August 9, the college hostels wore a deserted look as the girl students and doctors had left the campus after the midnight violence on August 15.
Despite the Union Health Ministry directing their institutions to take additional measures to provide safety to healthcare workers at the workplace, resident doctors in several parts of the country on Tuesday (August 20, 2024) said they will continue to suspend services from all elective areas, including OPDs, elective OTs, ward services and lab services on Wednesday.
Meghalaya polio cases vaccine-induced: Centre
A case of vaccine-induced polio has been confirmed in a two-year-old child in Tikrikilla, Meghalaya. A senior Union Health Ministry official on Tuesday (August 20, 2024) stressed that this is not a case of wild polio but an infection that occurs in some people with low immunity.
West Bengal government to hire retired police, army officers to guard health facilities
Following the Supreme Court’s direction to deploy Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) to provide security to doctors at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the West Bengal government on Tuesday (August 20, 2024) issued an order to induct retired police and army officers as security guards at state-run healthcare facilities.
Mallikarjun Kharge calls Modi government a ‘minority’, calls BJP ‘venomous’
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, saying the present dispensation was a “minority” government which was heavily dependent on the support of allies, especially the TDP led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar’s JD(U).
Design of Chandrayaan 4 and 5 complete; 70 satellites likely to be launched in 5 years: ISRO chief
ISRO Chairman S Somnath said the space agency has completed the design for the next phase of lunar missions – Chandrayaan 4 and 5 – and is in the process of getting government approval for it.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced nine candidates for the Rajya Sabha by-elections to be held on September 3, fielding Union ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu and George Kurien from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh respectively, and former Congress leader Kiran Choudhary from Haryana.
Two candidates in Sri Lanka promise to end executive presidency
Ahead of Sri Lanka’s presidential election on September 21, the two main candidates have promised to abolish the executive presidency, a familiar pre-election promise made by many political leaders in the past but none fulfilled.
India, Japan hold ‘2+2’ talks focused on Indo-Pacific
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said the India-Japan partnership is anchored in the larger context of a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific and will continue to grow as the two sides held a new edition of the “2+2” dialogue amid China’s growing military muscle in the region.
Blinken visits Egypt, Qatar in search of Gaza ceasefire deal, but Hamas and Israel signal challenges
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday visited fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar, pushing forward the latest diplomatic mission to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, while Hamas and Israel signaled that challenges remain.
ICC shifts Women’s T20 World Cup from conflict-hit Bangladesh to UAE
The ICC has shifted the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup from Bangladesh to the UAE, saying it is “not viable” to hold the tournament there after governments of several participating nations advised against travelling to the unrest-hit country.
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