Author: Aruna Sharma

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, vide letter No. Z-28016/37/2018/PMSSY-1 dated 14th June, 2018, has issued the timelines for completion of the upgradation projects under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) along with guidelines on the role and responsibilities of the Executing Agency (EA), Procurement Support Agency (PSA) of the projects and Government Medical Colleges concerned, in the procurement, installation and commissioning of medical equipment for the upgradation projects. Construction of Super Speciality Block (SSB) at Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior, under Phase-III upgradation programme of PMSSY, has been completed. Works of Modular Operation Theatres (MOT), Medical Gas Pipeline System…

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(PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived here on Friday on a two-day visit to review the party’s preparations after a new team was appointed for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. The Congress general secretary arrived at the Chowdhury Charan Singh Airport in the morning and was welcomed by senior party leaders. From the airport, she went to the party headquarters at Mall Avenue. This is Priyanka Gandhi’s first visit to Uttar Pradesh after a new team headed by state Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu was given the responsibility of the state.Besides taking part in organisational meetings, she will also…

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(LiveMint) The 17th edition of the two-day Hindustan Times Leadership Summit (HTLS) began today in New Delhi with Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivering the inaugural address. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla and Netflix’s founder and CEO Reed Hastings will among the other key speakers during the event. Swimming champion Michael Phelps, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, actors Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, among others, will also speak their minds during the summit. The theme for this year’s summit is ‘Conversations for a Better Tomorrow’. There are a lot of…

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(ET) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who arrived on a three-day tour of his Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency on Thursday, will join the protest by the party against disinvestment in the public sector oil company BPCL on Saturday in front of the Cochin refinery gate. According to Chalakudy Congress Lok Sabha member Benny Behanan, Gandhi will arrive in front of the refinery gate and take part in the protest around 7 p.m on Saturday. The Congress party has already termed this disinvestment as “killing the golden goose”.The Cochin refineries is part of BPCL and was set up by Kerala. When it was taken over by BPCL, the…

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(360 Degree) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has recorded more than 36% jump in sales during the month of November 2019 on year on year basis. The Company’s sales during November 2019 stood at 1.409 Million Tonnes. The sales figure for November is also one of the industry’s best, reflecting the Company’s renewed thrust on marketing strategy to seize the market opportunity. Shri Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Chairman, SAIL commented, “SAIL has recorded a handsome jump in sales for November’19 and with the promising future outlook, the Company expects a positive consumption sentiment. While focusing on ramping up its production…

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Uttar Prasesh has been adjudged as “best buyer state” on Government E-marketplace known as gem and national award for the same has been conferred to UP. During the 3rd Edition of National Public Procurement Conclave organised by ministry of commerce and industries, in New Delhi, today the award was received by senior IAS and Principal Secretary, government of UP Shri. Navneet Sehgal from Shri. Piyush Goel, Minister of Railways and Commerce and Industries. “This is result of the commitment of the State Government under the leadership of CM Shri. Yogi Adityanathji to ensure transparency and to remove corruption in public…

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(PTI) Voting is underway in fifteen assembly constituencies of Karnataka on Thursday, the results of which would determine the fate of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa-led BJP government in the state. The polling that began at 7 am is scheduled to conclude at 6 pm, the results of which will be declared on December 9. People were seen standing in queues to cast their votes at various polling booths in different parts of the state. The by-elections are being held to fill the vacancies caused by the disqualification of 17 rebel Congress and JD(S) MLAs, whose rebellion led to the collapse…

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(AU) विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले दिल्ली सरकार लोगों को मुफ्त वाई-फाई सुविधा देने जा रही है। 16 दिसंबर को दिल्ली के अलग-अलग इलाकों में 100 हॉट स्पॉट काम करने लगेंगे। इसके बाद हर हफ्ते पांच-पांच सौ हॉट स्पॉट लगाए जाएंगे।  छह महीने के भीतर पूरी दिल्ली में करीब 11 हजार हॉट स्पॉट लगाने का काम पूरा कर लिया जाएगा। इसके बाद एक बार में एक साथ करीब 22 लाख यूजर फ्री वाई-फाई की सुविधा का फायदा उठा सकेंगे। मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल ने बुधवार को इसकी जानकारी देते हुए कहा कि टेंडर प्रक्रिया पूरी कर ली गई है। 16 दिसंबर से दिल्ली…

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(ET) Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation fuel has said that it has completed the supply of 50 tons of uranium fuel pellets for India’s boiling water reactors (BWR). The Corporation’s fuel division, TVEL, said in a statement that it has shipped to India the final consignment of uranium fuel pellets for BWRs and thereby fulfilled the contract with the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India. In India, the pellets will be used for fabrication of nuclear fuel assemblies for the Tarapur Nuclear Power Plant at the National Fuel Complex in Hyderabad.”The total volume of the supplied fuel pellets exceeded 50 tons, all shipments…

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(ET) The government is working on a scheme to salvage 24,000 MW of stressed gas-based power plants, built at an investment of over Rs 1 lakh crore, by importing natural gas and bundling the output with cheaper solar energy. The power and petroleum ministries are working on the new proposal. The earlier scheme entailing subsidy has been shelved. The proposed new scheme will offer no subsidy and hopes to help operate the power stations at 90% capacity by selling the bundled power. A senior government official said the earlier proposed e-regasified liquid natural gas scheme (e-RLNG), which involved an e-auction, was successful when there was electricity…

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