A banner hung by junior medical doctors on the RG Kar Medical School and Hospital in protest towards the alleged sexual assault and homicide of a postgraduate junior physician on the hospital in Kolkata. | Photograph Credit score: PTI
RG Kar hostels are abandoned; mob violence has instilled concern in us, say MBBS college students
On the day the Supreme Courtroom ordered the deployment of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) on the RG Kar Medical School and Hospital, the place a lady physician was raped and murdered on August 9, the school’s hostels had a abandoned look, with college students and medical doctors having vacated the premises after the midnight violence on August 15.
Ministry of Well being declares collection of measures to supply extra safety for well being employees within the office
Regardless of orders from the Union Well being Ministry directing its institutes to implement extra measures to supply security to healthcare workers at office, resident medical doctors from numerous components of the nation on Tuesday (August 20, 2024) maintained that they’ll proceed with the suspension of companies of all elective areas together with OPD, elective OT, ward companies and laboratory companies on Wednesday.
Centre says Meghalaya polio case is because of vaccine
A case of vaccine-derived polio has been confirmed in a two-year-old little one from Tikrikilla in Meghalaya. A senior Union Well being Ministry official on Tuesday (August 20, 2024) pressured that it’s not a case of untamed polio however an an infection that happens in some individuals with low immunity.
West Bengal authorities to rent retired police and military officers to protect well being services
With the Supreme Courtroom ordering the deployment of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to supply safety to medical doctors on the RG Kar Medical School and Hospital, the West Bengal authorities on Tuesday (August 20, 2024) issued an order to interact retired police and military officers as safety officers at state-run well being services.
Mallikarjun Kharge calls Modi authorities ‘minority’, BJP ‘toxic’
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has launched a scathing assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his authorities, claiming that the current authorities is a “minority” authorities that’s closely depending on the assist of allies, notably the TDP led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and the JD(U) led by his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar.
Design of Chandrayaan 4 and 5 full; 70 satellites more likely to be launched in 5 years, says ISRO chief
ISRO Chairman S Somanath mentioned the area company has accomplished the design for the following spherical of moon missions (Chandrayaan 4 and 5) and is within the strategy of in search of authorities approval for a similar.
Ravneet Singh Bittu from Rajasthan and Kiran Choudhary from Haryana amongst 9 BJP candidates for Rajya Sabha by-elections
The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) has introduced 9 candidates for the Rajya Sabha by-elections to be held on September 3, fielding Union ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu and George Kurian from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh respectively, and former Congress chief Kiran Choudhary from Haryana.
In Sri Lanka, two candidates promise to abolish the chief presidency
Forward of Sri Lanka’s September 21 presidential election, two main candidates have vowed to abolish the chief presidency, reviving a pre-election pledge that many political leaders have made up to now however none have saved.
India, Japan maintain ‘2+2’ dialogue specializing in Indo-Pacific
The India-Japan partnership is within the broader context of a free, open and rules-based Indo-Pacific and can proceed to develop, Exterior Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar mentioned on Tuesday as the 2 sides held a brand new version of the “2+2” dialogue amid China’s rising navy would possibly within the area.
Blinken visits Egypt and Qatar in quest of Gaza ceasefire deal, however Hamas and Israel pose challenges
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday visited fellow mediators Egypt and Qatar as he pushed forward with the newest diplomatic mission to safe a ceasefire in Gaza at the same time as Hamas and Israel mentioned challenges remained.
ICC strikes Girls’s T20 World Cup from conflict-affected Bangladesh to UAE
The ICC has moved the upcoming Girls’s T20 World Cup from Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates, saying it was “not possible” to carry the occasion there after governments of a number of collaborating international locations suggested towards journey to the unrest-hit nation.
