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Govt will achieve goal of a tuberculosis free India by 2025: Dr Harsh Vardhan

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday expressed confidence that the government will achieve the goal of tuberculosis (TB) free India by 2025 as resource allocation for the disease has witnessed a four-fold increase in the last five years.

 

Vardhan made these remarks while virtually addressing the inaugural session of the two-day Public Health Conference by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

 

"This pandemic has given us a chance to revisit and structurally re-imagine a robust public health infrastructure for our country. The country's capacity to turn government schemes into a broader social movement that saw the complete eradication of smallpox and polio from a time when India contributed 60 per cent of the global cases of polio gives me hope that the Prime's Ministers goal of a tuberculosis free India by 2025 would be similarly achieved with the help of industry leaders and the CII," Vardhan said.

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Gold case accused travelled thrice with suspended IAS officer to Gulf nations during 2017-18: ED

Suspended IAS officer M Sivasankar travelled thrice to the Gulf countries with Swapna Suresh, a key accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case, during 2017 and 2018, the Enforcement Directorate probing the money trails of the racket informed a court on Monday.

 

The submissions were made before the special court for PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) cases, as the ED filed a petition for judicial remand of Suresh, Sarith P S and Sandeep Nair at the end of their custody with the agency. The three were in ED custody since August 5, according to a PTI report.

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15 UP districts hit by floods; CM directs officials to maintain social distancing in relief camps

With 15 districts of Uttar Pradesh hit by floods, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday directed officials to maintain social distancing in relief camps set up in the deluge-hit areas, according to a PTI report. He asked officials to segregate those who have fever, cold and headache and get them tested for COVID-19 if required.

 

The Sharda river at Palia Kalan in Lakhimpur Kheri and the Saryu and the Ghaghra at Barabanki's Elgin Bridge, Ayodhya and Ballia's Turtipar are flowing above the danger mark, relief commissioner Sanjay Goyal said.

 

The deluge has affected 788 villages in 15 districts, he said. Among the affected villages, 454 are marooned.

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ED registers money laundering case in Chinese hawala scam

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has registered a case of money laundering against Luo Sang alias Charlie Peng and others in Chinese hawala scam. A top ED official told IANS, "We have registered a case of money laundering under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) in Chinese hawala scam."

 

The financial probe agency action comes days after the Income Tax department on August 11 mounted a search at various premises of identified Chinese entities, their close confederates and couple of bank employees, according to an IANS report.

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11,962 people affected in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur and Baksa districts due to flood in Assam

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Latest News LIVE update: One detained in connection with Bengaluru violence

Central Crime Branch personnel probing the violence at Devara Jeevanahalli in the city have detained a man who was allegedly in touch with the accused in RSS worker Rudresh's murder and members of Al Hind for the last few years, Bengaluru Additional Commissioner of Police Sandeep Patil said on Monday.

 

"Relating to the DJ Halli incident, one Samiuddin has been detained," he said in a statement.

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Flood situation continues to disrupt normal life in Malkangiri and Dhenkanal districts of Odisha

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Minority Affairs Ministry to train 2,000 healthcare assistants

Considering the support being provided during the treatment of Covid-19 patients in various hospitals and healthcare centres across the country, the Minority Affairs Ministry has decided to train another 2,000 healthcare assistants by the end of this year, according to an IANS report.

 

Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi made the announcement on Monday, saying these healthcare assistants will be given one-year training through various health organisations and reputed hospitals of the country under the skill development programme of the Minority Affairs Ministry.

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Andra Pradesh Health Minister inspected banks of River Godavari's canals in the wake of flood situation

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Can block access to AIMIM supporter if govt orders: Facebook, YouTube

Social media platforms Facebook and YouTube on Monday told the Bombay High Court that they would block access of their websites to an AIMIM supporter, accused of posting inflammatory content aimed at creating communal unrest, if the Union government or the court orders.

 

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Madhav Jamdar was hearing a petition filed by Mumbai resident Imran Khan, seeking a direction to police to take action against AbuFaizalfor uploading incriminating hate speeches on social media. The petitioner's lawyer earlier said Faizal was a supporter of the Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e- Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM). READ MORE...

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Latest News LIVE: China says ready to properly address differences with India

China on Monday said it is ready to work with India to enhance political mutual trust, properly manage their differences and safeguard the long-term development of bilateral ties, according to a PTI report.

 

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said this at a regular briefing when a Western media journalist sought China's reaction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks that the Indian armed forces have given a befitting reply to those challenging the country's sovereignty.

 

Modi, in his 74th Independence Day address to the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort, said the armed forces have given a befitting reply to those challenging the country's sovereignty "from LoC to LAC", in a veiled reference to Pakistan and China.

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Government to launch Project Dolphin in 15 days: Prakash Javadekar

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) will launch Project Dolphin in 15 days for conservation and protection of the mammalian species in Indian rivers and oceans, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday, according to ANI.

 

"As announced by PM Narendra Modi on 74th Independence Day, MoEFCC will be launching a holistic Project Dolphin in another 15 days for the conservation and protection of dolphins in the rivers and in oceans of the country," Javadekar said at the meeting with forest ministers of all states and Union Territories, secretaries and other senior officials.

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Nitin Gadkari lays foundation stone of Rs 3,000-crore highway projects in Manipur

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India preparing country-wise profiles of defence products for exports: Govt

India is preparing country-wise profiles of defence products and platforms to promote their exports and the government will stand "side by side" with the domestic industry in this endeavour through diplomatic channels, a senior Defence Ministry official said Monday.

 

Raj Kumar, secretary, Department of Defence Production, said at a webinar that the domestic defence industry will hold web interactions with the representatives of friendly countries to figure out what kind of products and platforms they require, according to a PTI report.