A visit to the Sector 6 Civil Hospital in Panchkula on Sunday revealed deplorable conditions, highlighting the hospital’s struggles with overcrowding and maintenance. As The Indian Express correspondents entered the hospital, an unpleasant odour filled the air. Scores of patients, including men, women, and children, were seen lying on the floor, awaiting treatment. Long queues snaked through the corridors, with many patients forced to wait for hours. Some blocks were air-conditioned, while others had to endure the intense heat of summer with only fans offering some relief. As some time…
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Revamp in store for Civil Lines to Kashmere Gate Ring Road stretch | Delhi News
A key section of the Ring Road, stretching from Civil Lines-Metcalf Road to Kashmere Gate ISBT, is all set to undergo a revamp, officials said. Besides, beautification of sidewalks on both sides of the road would be carried out, they added. The stretch, which is about 4.5-km long, connects North Delhi with Central Delhi starting from Chandgi Ram Akhara to Nigambodh Ghat, near Kashmere Gate ISBT. According to senior Public Works Department (PWD) officials, the stretch is due for repair and strengthening. “It is one of the key Ring Road…
Weekly Horoscope, 22-July to 28-July-2024: Explore our weekly horoscope and navigate the week ahead with confidence | Horoscope Today
This week is likely to bring gradual improvement in your career. But, there will be some stiff challenges and resistance in your way due to the impact of Saturn. The latter part of week is likely to give you some scopes for your career progression. You need to execute due caution while extending credit or making any important financial deals. Some new opportunity seems to be in offing for you during the latter part of week. Mars indicates that this can be a good period to try out new mediums…
General insurers report lower growth in premium underwritten in first quarter | Business News
The overall growth in premium underwritten by general insurance companies declined during the quarter ended June of FY25 in the wake of the lower growth rate in the motor and health segments. The growth in premium underwritten declined to 13.33 per cent at Rs 72,758 crore in the June quarter of FY25 as against a growth of 17.88 per cent (Rs 64,198 crore) in June quarter of FY23 and 22.15 per cent growth in the same period of FY22, according to data from the General Insurance Council, the apex body…
F&Os surge hurt capital formation, growth; a major concern: SEBI, RBI | Business News
FINANCIAL MARKET regulators Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are worried that the surging volumes in futures and options have started impinging on capital formation and thus pose a systemic risk to India’s economic growth. “Two years ago, when retail investors flooded the F&O segment, we worried about losses to them, and restricted our action to educating them, warning them. Indeed, nine out of 10 investors were losing money as we subsequently found out. From a micro concern of retail investor losses,…
Gujarat confidential: On Public Demand | Ahmedabad News
As the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is all set to conduct Swachcha Sarvekshan – 2024, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) earlier this month invited written suggestions from people and various organisations through newspaper advertisements to achieve “7-star rating” for the city during the assessment. A few Ahmedabad-based voluntary organisations had recently assembled to hold discussions on the issue. Among their suggestions, the organisations have also written to AMC demanding to hold a general public meeting on the issue after the advertisement inviting people’s suggestions was “not widely…
Biden endorses Kamala Harris for Democratic presidential nominee after quitting the race | World News
President Joe Biden has officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee for the upcoming November’s general elections. This announcement follows Biden’s decision not to seek re-election. Biden, 81, expressed his support for Harris, 59, in a tweet on Sunday afternoon, shortly after publishing an open letter to Americans explaining his decision. “Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this,” Biden…
On his last day as Governor, Devvrat attends Gujarat Vidyapith convocation | Ahmedabad News
Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat urged graduating students of Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad to embrace Mahatma Gandhi’s values of truth and kindness as he presided over their convocation on the last day of his five-year term Sunday. The governor, who assumed office on July 22, 2019, is also the Chancellor of the 103-year-old university established by Mahatma Gandhi on October 18, 1920. “Gandhiji always insisted on bringing the benefits to the marginalised people of the society. Every student should help the society with his knowledge wherever it is needed,” he said. An…
Chandigarh metro: 3,376 trees to be axed for two-coach tricity metro project | Chandigarh News
Around 3,376 trees will be axed for the two-coach metro project in the Tricity. This has been submitted in the Alternative Analysis Report (AAR) submitted for the metro project. According to the details of the 165-page report, accessed by The Indian Express, trees along the project corridors are to be removed during implementation of the project and “the number of trees to be removed for Metro system is 3,376”. This has been mentioned while analysing environmental effects. These trees will be pulled down across three corridors as planned. A senior…
Kanwar Yatra eateries row: TMC MP Mahua Moitra moves SC | India News
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has moved the Supreme Court against the directives by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments that eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route must display the names of their owners. In her plea before the top court, Moitra has sought a stay on the orders passed by the two state governments saying such directives aggravate discord between communities. The plea is yet to be listed for hearing. The TMC leader said by forcing the disclosure of the names of proprietors and even those of their staff,…