Approximately 40 infants under the age of one die every day in Maharashtra, with two-thirds of these deaths occurring in newborns less than a month old. Prematurity, low birth weight, and respiratory distress are the leading causes of neonatal death. The rise in hospital deliveries, without a proportional increase in healthcare workforce and infrastructure,...
Read MoreDeputy CM Ajit Pawar has been appointed as the guardian minister for Pune, replacing BJP leader Chandrakant Patil. This follows Pawar’s absence from a state Cabinet meeting and his meeting with NCP ministers at his residence, indicating his dissatisfaction with the delay in appointing guardian ministers for various districts. The CM announced a new...
Read MoreAAP’s Rajya Sabha MP, Sanjay Singh, has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate as part of its investigation into the Delhi excise policy. Singh is accused of being involved in the alleged corruption in the distribution of liquor vends by the Arvind Kejriwal government. The arrest comes after searches were conducted at Singh’s residence...
Read MoreWithin a week of its installation, a Rs 10 lakh stainless-steel bus shelter on Cunnigham Road in Bengaluru has been stolen by miscreants. A complaint was filed a month after the theft, and the police have registered a case. The missing bus shelter was used by hundreds of commuters, and now only a small...
Read MoreA flash flood in North Sikkim caused by a glacial lake outburst flood has resulted in at least 10 deaths and 82 people missing. The flood has caused extensive damage, washing away bridges and roads and cutting off communication lines. Army personnel and vehicles have also been affected, and search operations are currently underway....
Read MoreThe decision to segregate vegetarian students in an IIT-Bombay mess and impose a fine on a student protesting against it has received backlash from teachers. They believe that the fine is disgraceful and that the idea of purity and segregation based on food is a social illness. One professor also argued that government spaces...
Read MoreA group claiming to be associates of a local MLA in Shahjahanpur, India, dug up and destroyed a 7km road after the contractor refused to pay a “goonda tax.” The contractor said that the MLA’s representative obstructed the construction and damaged public property. An inquiry has been initiated by the district magistrate. The local...
Read MoreThe Allahabad High Court has ruled that a Hindu marriage is not valid without the ‘saptapadi’ ceremony, which involves taking seven rounds around the sacred fire. The court quashed the proceedings of a complaint case where a husband accused his estranged wife of solemnizing her second marriage without obtaining a divorce. The court stated...
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