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March 6, 2016 4:54 PM

Indigenous, cheaper test to diagnose TB likely to be available in a year

An indigenous and cheaper test to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) can be made available in a year. It was stated by Indian Council of Medical Research or ICMR's Director General Soumya Swaminathan on the sidelines of 17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases in Hyderabad.<br/><br/&...

March 6, 2016 2:27 PM

Govt committed to to double income of farmers by 2022: Rajnath Singh

Government is committed to double the income of all farmers by 2022, much ahead of time frame set by the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. <br/><br/>Home Minister Rajnath Singh said this today in his valedictory address on the concluding day of the international conference on Rule of L...

March 6, 2016 2:24 PM

Sri Lanka arrests 29 Indian fishermen for poaching

Twenty nine Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan Navy last night in two separate actions.<br/> <br/>According to the officials of the Indian Consulate in Jaffna, 20 fishermen and their three boats were held by the Island Navy near Puttalam in Palk Bay late last night on charges o...

March 6, 2016 2:23 PM

FM to respond on EPF withdrawals issue in Parliament: Labour Minister

Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya has said he is holding discussions on the Budget proposal to tax EPF withdrawals with the Finance Ministry. Mr Dattatreya yesterday said the the Government will reveal final details on the issue during the debate on the Budget. He said as the Labour and Employment ...

March 6, 2016 2:23 PM

Arun Jaitley asks banks not to write off bad loans

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said there are enough steps that banks can take to recover bad loans under existing norms and asked banks not to write off bad loans. He said in the current global scenario, bankers have to take all the measures to clean up the books by effective recovery.<...

March 6, 2016 1:10 PM

Four more foreign banks, including SBI, get Myanmar licence

In Myanmar, four more foreign banks, including State Bank of India, have been given preliminary approval to operate in the country, state media reported today. Myanmar's banking system was closed for decades to outside competition under junta rule. <br/><br/>A total of 13 foreign ba...

March 6, 2016 1:06 PM

100 bed burns, plastic surgery block to come up at AIIMS

A 100 bed Burns and Plastic Surgery Block will come up at the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. It will provide state of the art primary and tertiary care for burn patients. The proposal has been approved by the Union Health Ministry .<br/><br/>The...

March 6, 2016 9:31 AM

LS passes 1 Bill, RS 3 in ongoing Budget session

The Lok Sabha has passed one Bill and the Rajya Sabha cleared three Bills during the first two weeks of the. Parliamentary Affairs Ministry in a release said, both the Houses passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016 giving voting rights to the people who became Indian Citizens following the e...

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