The government has paid Rs 71,500 crore towards the three major direct benefit transfer (DBT) schemes - Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), National Health Mission (NHM) and food subsidy schemes up to February 2019, according to a Finance Ministry data.


Government expenditure for top 3 DBT schemes at Rs 71,500 cr till Feb-end


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A patient was killed after a massive blaze broke out at the Sawai Man Singh Hospital here on Friday, her family said.


Patient killed in Jaipur hospital blaze: Family


As many as 24,570 runners, including international track and field athletes, have registered to run in the 12th edition of the TCS World 10K marathon here on May 19, said an official of the Indian IT bellwether on Thursday.


24,570 to run in TCS 10K marathon in Bengaluru


Rome, May 8 (IANS/AKI) A total 52 million people are chronically undernourished and hunger is on the rise in the Near East and North Africa region, driven by its worsening conflicts, a new United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation report said on Wednesday.


52 mn people going hungry in Mideast, North Africa: UN


Coca-Cola supports research in the fields of nutrition, physical inactivity and energy balance, but a contract mechanism could allow the American soft drink giant to "quash" findings from some of the health research it funds, reveals a new study from University of Cambridge.


How Coca-Cola retains power to kill some health research


Young girls are more often bullied than boys and are more likely to consider, plan or attempt suicide, new research has found.


Teenage girls more often bullied than boys


Biotech major Biocon drug Hulio's commercialisation rights have been extended to global markets from Europe, said the biotech major on Wednesday.


Biocon drug gets commercial rights to global markets


The Health Ministry in consultation with the Board of Governors, Medical Council of India (MCI) has decided to reduce the qualifying percentile in respect of NEET-PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) for the year 2019-20 by 6 percentile, an official release said on Tuesday.


NEET-PG cut offs reduced


Amid the controversy over restrictions on the popular mobile game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) in Gujarat, a new study has found that about 40 per cent of Indians want a complete ban on cigarettes, marijuana, e-cigarettes, violent video games and online betting.


4 in 10 Indians want ban on tobacco, PUBG: Study


Mitigating the use of household fuels could reduce air pollution-related deaths in India by approximately 13 per cent, which is equivalent to saving about 270,000 lives a year, an India-US joint study has stressed.


Reducing dirty fuels can help India curb air pollution


Actress Sonali Bendre says she spent an entire night crying when she was diagnosed with cancer, and her husband and director Goldie Behl helped her cope up with the news.


Sonali wept for an entire night after cancer diagnosis


Even as the CRPF has suffered several casualties in its fight against Maoists, factors such as heart attack, depression and mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue are much bigger cause of deaths in the paramilitary force, according to official data.


CRPF loses 15 times more personnel for non-combat reasons (IANS Exclusive)


Suicide attempts by poisoning among youngsters have more than doubled, and more than tripled for girls and young women in the last one decade in the US, says a study.


Suicide attempts by poisoning on rise among US youth


A visibly jittery BJP government in Himachal Pradesh has gone back on its statement on legalising cannabis cultivation, a major election issue in the hill state.


Himachal goes back on cannabis cultivation decision


General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces has praised India's war on plastic pollution.


UNGA president praises India's war on plastic pollution


Faced with severe liquidity crisis, grounded Jet Airways has informed employees that it will not be able to fund the premium of Group Mediclaim Policy and advised them to take medical cover of their choice.


Jet tells staff it can not provide Mediclaim


HLL Lifecare Ltd (HLL), a central government enterprise, has entered into manufacturing and global marketing partnership with IXu LLC of the US for the VA "Worn-of-Women" brand line of female condoms, a HLL official told IANS.


HLL, US firm in pact for VA brand of female condoms


Education Secretary Damian Hinds demanded that technology giants must 'get serious' about their responsibility and protect their young users, The Sun reported on Monday.


'Social media fuelling eating disorders in teens'


Council of Scientific and Industrial Research's constituent laboratory, the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), Hyderabad, and the Indian Pharmacopeia Commission (IPC), Ghaziabad, have joined hands to facilitate the regulatory process for biosimilars and herbal drugs, as per a statement here on Sunday.


MoU to facilitate regulatory process for biosimilars


The National Health Authority (NHA) may remove procedures like cataract operations from the 'Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)' as talks are on to do away with procedures already covered under existing national programmes.


PMJAY may not cover cataract operations: Official


Nearly 300 students and employees at two Los Angeles universities have been quarantined after possible exposure to measles, the schools said.

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