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660 Syringes, 2700 Gloves; Parents billed Rs 16 lakh for 2 weeks in ICU for dead kid

November 21, 2017November 21, 2017 Editor

Fortis Memorial Research Institute (Gurgaon) charged the family of a seven-year-old dengue patient almost Rs 16 lakh for 15 days in the ICU, but the girl died while being shifted from Fortis to Rockland Hospital. Union health minister J P Nadda on Monday assured the bereaved family of action in the matter following an uproar on social media sites. Fortis denied any wrongdoing. It said all standard medical protocols were followed in treating Adya Singh and all clinical guidelines were adhered to. In a ” detailed clarification” submitted to the…

Javed Akhtar implies Rajputs were pawns of British, faces threats: Padmavati Row

November 21, 2017 Editor

While defending director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s controversial historical epic Padmavati on Monday, lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar made incendiary remarks against the Rajputs. While defending director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s controversial historical epic Padmavati on Monday, lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar made incendiary remarks against the Rajputs, who have been protesting the film’s release over its depiction of Queen Padmavati. Speaking to Aaj Tak, Akhtar said, “The Rajputs and the Rajwadas never fought against the British and now they are taking to the streets against a film and a filmmaker. All…

Muslim men are ‘Terrorists’ tell hindu girls, and other ‘Lessons’ from an RSS-backed ‘Hindu’ Fair

November 18, 2017 Editor

Jaipur’s district education office made it compulsory for lakhs of children from government schools to attend the event where Hindutva outfits spread propaganda about ‘love jihad’ and gau raksha. Jaipur: On paper, the five-day fair organised by the Hindu Spiritual and Service Foundation (HSSF) which got underway here on Thursday aims to “philosophically explain and practically expound how Hindu spirituality and traditional Hindu lifestyle provide a solution to contemporary challenges – family and human values, women’s honour, patriotism, environment, ecology and pollution”. Judging by some of the “solutions” on offer, however, the event seems to…

Sangh’s new game plan for Ayodhya

November 17, 2017 Editor

Will the ‘Hindu’ rulers use their newfound status to display a spirit of generosity in working towards an agreement or demand nothing less than total submission from the other side? From the time of Adityanath’s first visit to Ayodhya as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, the question doing the rounds in the state was why he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are singing such different tunes on the Ram temple controversy. Adityanath’s recent Diwali extravaganza, tom-tommed as a ‘return to treta yuga’, has triggered a fresh round of speculation – unlike in 2014,…

BJP breaks its silence, backs Padmavati stir

November 17, 2017 Editor

After a period of careful silence, senior BJP leaders have begun backing the protests against ‘ Padmavati ‘, seeing in it a fit with the party’s view that Hindu icons and traditions have been subject to selective distortion at the hands of politically coloured culture czars. Highways minister Nitin Gadkari seemed on the same page as the Karni Sena and representatives of the Rajput community who are seeing red over the film’s purported “distortion” of the legend of Padmavati, who according to lore, committed ‘jauhar’ to escape dishonour. While several…

Govt to start mapping your address digitally

November 16, 2017 Editor

The government wants to map your address — residential or professional — digitally, something done by Aadhaar for an individual’s identification . The department of posts – which is under the ministry of communications — has ordered a pilot project that will accord a six-character alphanumeric digital address for every property for three postal pin code locations. The idea is to provide e-locations (like on Google Maps) for the addresses therein and then provide possibilities to link them to other information, such as property title and ownership, property tax records,…

GST has hurt textile industry in election bound Gujarat: Traders

November 15, 2017 Editor

Thousands of textile traders in the bustling markets of Surat are disgruntled as the Goods and Services Tax has reduced their profit margins An unusual hush has fallen over the bustling textile markets of Surat. Previously, travellers would find it impossible to negotiate the maze of streets crowded with mini trucks and labourers with bundles heaped on their heads. Now, the textile hub in the heart of Gujarat’s richest city is lackluster even as markets slowly open after a Diwali break. “We used to produce four crore metres of synthetic…

NGT to decide Odd-Even fate today, raps govt on move

November 11, 2017 Editor

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) rapped the Delhi government on Friday for going ahead with odd-even traffic restrictions at a time the air quality appeared to be improving, and said it could ‘stay’ the scheme during a special hearing on Saturday if the government failed to prove that the restrictions were effective. Questioned the rationale behind the Delhi government’s move, the NGT pointed to data from the central and Delhi pollution control boards which showed that both PM 10 and PM 2.5 levels were higher after odd-even was implemented in…

One year post demonetisation, These 11 charts show it affected Indian economy

November 9, 2017 Editor

Did demonetisation convince cash-dependant India to switch to digital transactions and mobile wallets? How did it impact the banking sector? On the one year anniversary of prime minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation announcement, experts and politicians on all sides have been debating whether they risky policy was a success or a failure. The decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes was part of the government’s overarching agenda to crack down on black money and move towards a cashless economy. Did demonetisation convince cash-dependant India to switch to digital…