CRPF men die more of heart attacks, suicides
Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha that Heart attacks, depression and suicides claimed lives of more Central Reserve Police Force personnel than anti-Naxal operations.
About Rs.70,000 cr. hit due to banking frauds in last 3 years
During the ongoing monsoon session, the Rajya Sabha informed that Indian banks reported a total loss of about Rs.70,000 crore due to frauds during the last three fiscals up to March 2018.
Scrub typhus is key encephalitis cause in eastern U.P
The data collected over 3 years from Gorakhpur’s Baba Raghav Das (BRD)Medical College has confirmed that the majority of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) patients admitted to the hospital between August and October each year have scrub typhus.
Most babies not breastfed in their first hour
As per the new report made public, as many as 6 out of 10 babies born in the country are not able to begin breastfeeding within one hour of birth.
SC restricts NRC coordinator from talking to media without approval
A bench of SC termed as “most unfortunate” the statements made by Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) coordinator to media on the issue of dealing with claims and objections of those who have been left out in the draft NRC.
Access to Andamans eased
Foreigners no longer need a Restricted Areas Permit to visit 29 inhabited islands in the Andaman and Nicobar chain.
Government introduces 4 GST amendment Bills
The government introduced four Bills seeking to amend the Goods and Services Tax (GST) laws that will make return forms simpler and raise the turnover threshold for availing composition scheme to ₹1.5 crore.
Three northeastern States emerge as new HIV hotspots
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare the northeastern states- Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura have emerged as the new hotspots for HIV.
RBI must resume issuing LoUs, LoCs : parliamentary panel
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce said that the RBI must resume issuance of Letters of Undertaking (LoU) and Letters of Credit (LoC) for trade credit.
‘Open to reaching a new Iran deal’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday told Iran to change its “destabilising” behaviour or risk further economic isolation, hours before the reimposition of sweeping sanctions against Tehran, though he left the door open to a new deal.