Squatters get away with religious licence
LUCKNOW: The state government may claim to act tough on encroachments on ponds, water bodies, grazing lands and graveyards, but it has kept its eyes shut on encroachment of public spaces by religious...
View ArticleJaipur Municipal Corporation demolishes more houses in nullah ahead of HC...
JAIPUR: A day before the hearing in Rajasthan High court, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) razed more than two dozen illegally constructed houses in AmanishahNullah on Wednesday. A JMC...
View ArticleReconciling livelihoods, walkability
It is not surprising if freedom is the last thing on the minds of pedestrians who use Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Road, earlier known as China Bazaar Road. Hundreds of hawkers ply their trade on the...
View ArticleBrachy therapy unit to restart in KGH by year-end
VISAKHAPATNAM: The King George Hospital's oncology department is set to acquire high-end equipment by this year-end, which includes a HDR (high dose rate) Brachy Therapy or internal radiotherapy unit...
View ArticlePhilips announces FDA clearance for its AlluraClarity interventional X-ray...
(Source: Royal Philips Electronics NV) Philips' AlluraClarity system with ClarityIQ technology provides high quality imaging for a comprehensive range of clinical procedures Low X-ray dose settings...
View ArticleHospitals block patient complaints on legal grounds
Hospitals are routinely using the threat of legal action to block investigations into medical blunders, patient safety campaigners have claimed, as they threaten a legal challenge against the Health...
View ArticleAccess to road register can be a tool for better footpaths
Residents can use the data in some of the 21 registers maintained at each ward office by the junior engineers of Chennai Corporation to work towards restoring footpaths. However, visits to a number of...
View ArticleNewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Is One of First Hospitals in U.S. to Offer...
(Source: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital) NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Is One of First Hospitals in U.S. to Offer Computer-Assisted Colonoscopy Remote-controlled system transmits less force on the...
View ArticleCerner® Research Shows How APACHE® Outcomes Properly Analyzes ICU...
(Source: Cerner Corporation) Cerner® Research Shows How APACHE® Outcomes Properly Analyzes ICU Performance for Benchmarking July 02, 2013 Study reveals perils of comparison without adjusting for...
View ArticlePhilips announces FDA clearance for its AlluraClarity interventional X-ray...
- Philips' AlluraClarity system with ClarityIQ technology provides high quality imaging for a comprehensive range of clinical procedures - Low X-ray dose settings help clinicians to manage radiation...
View ArticleNashik Municipal Corporation to auction 96 shops at three palika bazaars
NASHIK: The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) will auction 96 shops at the palika bazaars in three divisions of the city and has issued a public notice to invite interested bidders. Sources said the...
View ArticleReligious leaders swat shrines that encroach public space
LUCKNOW: Endorsing observations made by Supreme Court pertaining to encroachment of public space by religious structures, administrators of places of worship and religious leaders in Lucknow have...
View ArticleChief minister's new office plan faces a religious hurdle
LUCKNOW: Chief minister AkhileshYadav will have to sort out a tricky issue before the construction of a new Secretariat building on VidhanSabhaMarg begins. This pertains to the mazaar of Pehelwaan...
View ArticleJinzhou improves EP "positive energy" (Dalian Municipal Government)
(Source: Dalian Municipal Government) Since 2013, Jinzhou New Area has, focusing on the optimization of its economic development environment, highlighted 3 key points for environmental protection...
View ArticleUrine Biomarker Test Can Diagnose as well as Predict Rejection of...
(Source: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital) Urine Biomarker Test Can Diagnose as well as Predict Rejection of Transplanted Kidneys National Clinical Trial Demonstrates the Three-Gene Signature Test,...
View ArticleGovt dissolves education board; schools now under Pune Municipal...
PUNE: Municipal schools will now be governed by the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), after a recent ordinance dissolved the school education board. Municipal commissioner Mahesh Pathak said the state...
View ArticleCivic body's good Samaritan act fails to yield desired result this year
VISAKHAPATNAM: The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) seems to have bitten off more than it can chew yet again. Only this time it's the Vidya Sri Scheme (VSS) that appears to be the...
View ArticleGreater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation eyes defence tech to build green...
VISAKHAPATNAM: The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) proposes to adopt the eco-friendly bio-toilets developed by the Defence Research and Development Organization's (DRDO) to check...
View Article17 school bus drivers get RTO notices
MUMBAI: RTO officials inspected nearly 50 school buses in the city and issued show-cause notices to drivers of at least 17 for not complying with norms of the new school bus policy. A major drive...
View ArticleMove to regularise illegal structures
The government is planning to let builders across the State right a wrong — for a fee. The government is likely to offer blanket regularisation to most of the buildings that have flouted the Kerala...
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