Panel pitches cross-subsidy: Corporate hospitals urged to use rich-patient revenue to fund poorer patients’ care NEW DELHI: Revenue earned from foreign patients and affluent Indians should help fund the treatment of poorer patients, the parliamentary standing committee on health and family welfare has recommended, proposing that corporate hospitals adopt a cross-subsidisation model to make advanced…
One of CARA’s key focus areas is stepping up adoption of children with special needs NEW DELHI: Central Adoption Resource Authority announced Thursday that it was undertaking a review of the adoption regulations notified in 2022 in order to strengthen the regulatory framework and address “emerging legal, procedural and implementation-related issues”.The 2022 regulations had marked…
SC asks CBSE to consider one-year reprieve on 3-language policy; bench debates whether English is ‘indigenous’ NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday asked Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to consider a reprieve to Class VI students by deferring implementation of the three-language policy to next year, by which time it should shore up infrastructure and…
Former SC judge R Subhash Reddy to head 5-member panel to probe Jantar Mantar clashes NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday appointed a five-member high-powered enquiry committee (HPEC) led by former SC judge R Subhash Reddy to probe alleged police excesses on students marching to Parliament on July 20 during the CJP-led protest against NEET leak,…
US ambassador Sergio Gor in Leh SRINAGAR: A day after meeting Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar, US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, arrived in Ladakh Thursday on his maiden visit to the Union Territory, where he went sightseeing and rafting. There were also reports that he was likely to meet the…
Parliamentary panel flags NGT staff shortages, case backlogs, weak digital infra, recommends urgent reforms. NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has identified critical operational gaps at the National Green Tribunal (NGT), including severe staffing shortage and reliance on contractual workers, inadequate digital infrastructure, prolonged pendency of cases across benches and weak enforcement mechanism, and recommended various…
2.44 lakh URLs flagged by states for takedown between March and July Nearly 3 lakh URLs were sent to social media platforms for takedown by government departments between March and July 2026, with states accounting for 82% of the requests, the PIB Fact Check unit said. The figures come after articles claiming that Meta had…
NEW DELHI: Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma on Thursday spoke to his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma over the violence reported in Shillong after attacks on people from Assam during a students’ rally.In a social media post, Sangma said that they had agreed to work together to normalise the situation. He said designated cabinet ministers…
Union home minister Amit Shah chaired the 31st meeting of the Southern Zonal Council near Mamallapuram. NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday hailed the development journey of the southern states, saying “high literacy rate, trained manpower and technical expertise in the utilisation of deep seas” have been the three pillars behind the…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday decided to set up a bench of high court of Jammu and Kashmir in Ladakh.In a post on X, Union home minister Amit Shah said the government is “fully committed” to the all-round development of Ladakh and claimed that the decision will enhance access to justice to citizens living…
