PM Modi to roll out SEHAT scheme in JK next week
Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will roll out the Social Endeavour for Health and Telemedicine (SEHAT) scheme in Jammu and Kashmir on December 26, an official spokesperson said here on Saturday. He said Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo chaired a review meeting here to ensure smooth implementation of the scheme. At the […]
Ladakh standoff: Want peace, but won’t tolerate any harm to India’s self respect, says Rajnath Singh
Hyderabad: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said India’s handling of the border standoff with China showed that the country was not weak and could give a befitting reply to any kind of transgression, aggression or unilateral acts. With the two countries having held several rounds of talks to resolve the issue, Singh said India […]
Farmers’ agitation: Will decide next course of action in 2-3 days: Protesting unions
New Delhi: Farmer unions protesting against the three agri laws on Saturday said they will decide their next course of action in the next two-three days, after the Supreme Court earlier this week pointed out it was thinking of setting up an “impartial and independent” panel of agriculture experts and peasants’ unions to resolve the […]
Fire audit of hospitals
Thought the issue of ensuring fire safety measures in hospitals is of utmost importance it was the apex court that had to issue directions to all the states and UT’s to constitute a committee in each district to conduct fire audit of COVID-19 hospitals at least once a month. The committees have been tasked to […]
Human Development Index (HDI) and India’s rank
Fahid Fayaz Darangay The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic developed and compiled by the United Nations to measure and various countries’ levels of social and economic development. It is composed of four principal areas of interest: mean years of schooling expected years of schooling, life expectancy at birth, and gross national income per […]
DDC’s will dis-empower Panchayats
Mir Iqbal Ahmad Since last few years many steps were taken to strengthen Panchayat Raj act 1989 at grass root level and powers were delegated to panchayats, be it 14th FC payments, MG NEREGA payments, planning of panchayat through Gram Sabha’s, supervisions to Mid-day meals, or direct control over Government departments in respective panchayats. The […]
The true concept of happiness
Eijaz Mir Scientifically, the concept of happiness can be defined as the well being of a person in terms of his physical, mental, social, emotional, psychological and spiritual existence. Since from the existence of human beings, the concept of happiness has been related to different themes and dimensions of living. Different people have different opinions […]
