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Why India Should Use Private Pharmacies In Its War On TB
India has over 850,000 private pharmacies or chemists nationwide; yet, only nine per cent of them have been engaged in efforts to control tuberculosis (TB), according to a January 2017 paper published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice and Policy.....
Railways On Path To Modernise 1,253 Stations
A total of 1,253 stations have been identified for modernisation out of which 1,022 railway stations have been upgraded so far, Parliament was told on Wednesday.....
Rural Jobs Scheme: 3 Northeastern States On Top, Two At The Bottom
Three northeastern states -- Mizoram, Tripura and Sikkim -- topped the country in the just-concluded 2016-17 fiscal in providing work under a flagship rural jobs scheme while two others -- Manipur and Assam -- are at the very bottom in its execution, an official report has revealed.....
Google.org Announces $8.4 Mn Grant To Four Indian NGOs
Google's philanthropic arm Google.org on Thursday announced grants of $8.4 million to four Indian NGOs over the next two years to expand their efforts to enhance the learning experience for students in the classroom.....
Counting Of Old Notes To Still Take A Few Months: Shaktikanta
It will still be a few months before the total amount of old currency notes deposited with banks post-demonetisation is known since the RBI is doing a thorough physical verfication, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said on Thursday.....
Tamil Nadu Farmer Tried To Commit Suicide In Delhi
Tamil Nadu farmers protesting here on Monday one of them tried to commit suicide by consuming 10 sleeping pills apparently because of depression.....
Delhi Government Orders Probe Into Bawana Warehouse Fire, Announces Ex-gratia
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday ordered a thorough probe into the Bawana plastic factory fire incident that claimed at least 17 lives and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the next of the kin of the deceased.....
Congress Promises To Impose 5 Per Cent Cess On One Per Cent Richest Indians
The Congress on Saturday said it would impose a five per cent cess on the incomes of the top one per cent richest Indians, when it comes to power.....
Tharoor Taunts BJP Over Horse-trading In Karnataka
Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor here on Tuesday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the horse-trading saying the party that banned cattle auctions had conducted one successfully in Karnataka.....
Aussie Media Self-censors To Protest Govt, Secrecy Laws
Australia's leading newspapers and internet portals have self-censored their publications on Monday to protest laws that mandate prison sentences for journalists and informants for revealing secret documents.....
