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SC says it will rule on plight of patients who can’t afford life-saving drugs & judicial expediency in such cases | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: Pained by the unfortunate demise of a cancer patient awaiting Kerala HC’s order on her plea questioning exorbitant cost of life-saving medicines, the Supreme Court Friday took suo motu cognisance of both issues impacting right to life – plight of patients who cannot afford essential life-saving drugs and the judicial expediency in such…
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Build toilets for women in courts in 6 weeks: Supreme Court | India News | ACTPnews
NEW DELHI: After 75 years of being a Republic and a decade of Swachh Bharat Mission, absence of toilets in courts hauntingly impedes women lawyers from practicing, lamented Supreme Court Friday and drew a six-week deadline for states to construct washrooms for women advocates in all court complexes.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices…
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Net shut, Doda on edge after man shot dead by cops in cattle smuggling stakeout | India News | ACTPnews
JAMMU: The J&K administration Friday suspended mobile internet services in Doda district till further orders and deployed a large security contingent in Bhaderwah town, where tensions flared up after a 30-year-old man was shot dead around Thursday midnight following a run-in with the state police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) in a cattle smuggling stakeout.Three SOG…
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Department of Space vacancy rate at 25-year high; nearly 3 in 10 posts lie vacant | India News | ACTPnews
BENGALURU: The Department of Space (DoS), which has tightened exit rules to stem a “spate of voluntary retirements and resignations” from scientists working on flagship missions, is grappling with a bigger challenge quietly building inside India’s space establishment: a growing manpower crunch.DoS employment data analysed by TOI shows nearly three out of every 10 sanctioned…
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Congress to join NC’s Jantar Mantar protest on Monday, BJP plans secretariat gherao | India News | ACTPnews
SRINAGAR: Politics is heating up in J&K ahead of NC’s proposed protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 20 over restoration of statehood, with Congress Friday announcing it would join the sit-in.BJP has planned a gherao of the secretariat in Srinagar on the same day to protest the NC govt’s “corruption, arbitrary governance,…
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Watch: Shashi Tharoor rescued after Kerala hotel lift gets stuck | India News | ACTPnews
The incident occured at a hotel in Thiruvananthapuram NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was briefly trapped in a lift at a private hotel in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday before being rescued along with others after the elevator got stuck.Visuals showed a smiling Tharoor walking out of the lift after authorities managed to open its doors.“The…
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‘7.5 crore students affected in 10 years’: Rahul Gandhi calls paper leaks the ‘norm’ at Chhatron Ki Goonj programme in Dehradun | India News | ACTPnews
Rahul Gandhi addresses the gathering during the ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ programme, in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said India’s education system has reached a stage where paper leaks have become “the norm”, alleging that the issue affects millions of students and requires a political consensus to resolve.Addressing a…
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‘Losing consciousness’: AISA activists’ health worsens on Day 20 of hunger strike at Jantar Mantar | India News | ACTPnews
Pawan Khera at Jantar Mantar with AISA activists NEW DELHI: Three activists on an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar have seen their health deteriorate further on the 20th day of their protest. Doctors have also advised immediate hospitalisation for one of them due to severe hypoglycaemia.In a statement, AISA said Neha’s blood sugar level…
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Hydrogen train successful example of Make in India campaign: PM Modi | India News | ACTPnews
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off India’s first hydrogen-powered train connecting Jind to Sonipat in Haryana from here, calling it a successful example of the ‘Make in India’ campaign. With this, India has joined a select group of countries that have operational hydrogen-powered trains and marks an important step towards the…
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UP tops Maharashtra to become India’s No 2 in rooftop solar installations | India News | ACTPnews
Taking a major leap in lighting homes with solar energy, Uttar Pradesh has become the second-largest state in the country in rooftop solar installations. More than 85,000 people have found employment so far through over 7,000 solar companies operating in the state. Under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, Uttar Pradesh…
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