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Guwahati, Aug 21 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday announced that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has formally approved Bongaigaon Medical College, allowing the institution to admit 100 MBBS students.Guwahati, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has formally approved Bongaigaon Medical College, allowing the institution to admit 100 MBBS students.With the approval, Bongaigaon Medical College has become Assam’s 15th medical college, while the total number of MBBS seats in the state has increased to 1,925, according to the Chief Minister.Sarma described the development as another…
Kareena Kapoor Khan once revisited one of her most memorable food cravings from pregnancy. The actor revealed that pizza was the dish she wanted the most during that period. She also shared a playful glimpse of her enduring love for the popular comfort food.Kareena Kapoor Khan reveals her pregnancy cravingKareena Kapoor Khan has frequently given fans glimpses of her food choices through social media. Her posts have shown her enjoying everything from elaborate meals to indulgent desserts. The actor once shared an Instagram Reels video centred around pizza. In the clip, Kareena Kapoor Khan opens a pizza box with excitement.…
BCG CEO says CEOs are adapting to geopolitical uncertainty, AI and faster-changing business environments. NEW DELHI: The element of trade and tariffs is “over-emphasised” and the current generation of CEOs have realised there are other challenges they need to overcome to survive, BCG CEO Christoph Schweizer said at the ET World Leaders Forum Friday. Business leaders are no longer of the “mindset that this too shall pass”.”The generation of CEOs today has realised that things have changed… They know there won’t be a high degree of political and geopolitical stability… You have massive changes coming from AI and technology,” he…
It was during a ceremony at a settlement in the occupied West Bank last September that Israel’s prime minister made his intentions clear. “We are going to fulfill our promise that there will be no Palestinian state,” said Benjamin Netanyahu. “This place belongs to us.”He was signing an agreement to push ahead with the expansion of a settlement in an area known as E1, just to the east of Jerusalem.In recent days, the opening up of tenders for the construction of some 1,200 settlement homes on the strategically important land has brought widespread condemnation.All settlements are illegal under international law…
Govt rules out ethanol diversion as cause of sugar price rise, cites lower output, festive demand and crop damage NEW DELHI: Sugar production during the current season (Oct-Sept) is estimated around 306 lakh tonnes, 11% lower than the initial projection of 343 lakh tonnes for the year by sugarcane-growing states, govt said Friday. It also dismissed allegations of diversion of sugar for ethanol production hitting availability of the sweetener and spike in prices, stating that smaller amount of sugar goes for ethanol production than was the case a few years ago.The lower output is expected to reduce the opening stock…
Mumbai: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the business licences of two more elite clubs in the city –The Bombay Presidency Radio Club in Colaba and the Khar Gymkhana — over alleged severe hygiene violations, including lack of pest control, improper thawing of frozen food, and spitting marks observed on the premises.Inspections at The Bombay Presidency Radio Club allegedly showed a non-compliance rate of 47% due to an “infestation of live flies in various areas of the kitchen” and “dead cockroaches”. Furthermore, washing powder and other chemicals were stored close to food items, refrigerators used for meat were…
New Delhi: With heavy pedestrian movement and a constant stream of autos, e-rickshaws and Gramin Seva vehicles choking roads around Chhattarpur Metro station, Delhi Traffic Police has stepped up measures to ease congestion at CDR Chowk and Mandir Wali Road in Mehrauli.DCP (Traffic), Southern Range, inspected the stretch recently and interacted with drivers of public transport vehicles.The inspection found that commuters use the various modes of public transport to travel to and from Chhattarpur metro station, putting pressure on the already congested stretch, particularly during peak hours. Officials also flagged haphazard stopping and parking of autos and e-rickshaws as a…
Bengaluru: Embattled Karnataka Public Service Commission chairman Shivashankarappa S Sahukar, facing allegations of helping his daughters secure govt jobs, faces suspension and a fresh probe after the Karnataka cabinet Friday made a recommendation in this regard to the governor.This comes days after his first suspension was struck down on technical grounds.Sahukar has been under a cloud over allegations that he helped get his daughters illegally appointed as industrial extension officers. Gehlot ordered his suspension in July and referred the matter to the President for a Supreme Court-led inquiry. But Karnataka high court quashed that order earlier this week, ruling that…
Hyderabad: A suspected gold courier from Kerala gave customs officials the slip during an investigation at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), escaping custody even after officers seized gold worth over Rs 90 lakh from his possession. Police have registered a case and launched efforts to trace him.The drama began on Thursday morning when Air Intelligence Unit officers of customs intercepted TP Sadakkathulla, a resident of Kannur district, after he arrived at RGIA on IndiGo flight from Thiruvananthapuram.Acting on specific intelligence, customs officials stopped Sadakkathulla at the arrival hall. Though he was carrying only a backpack, a scan of his…
Chennai: Jewellery retailers Joyalukkas and Kalyan Jewellers have been awarded the contract to supply gold rings under the ‘Thaimaman Thanga Mothiram’ scheme, under which every child born in a govt hospital will receive a 1g gold ring, a release from the state’s health department on Friday said.On July 14, Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation (TNMSC) sought bids for 4.41 lakh 1g 22-carat, gold rings, drawing bids from 11 companies through the state’s official tenders portal. Jewellery major Joyalukkas India Limited emerged as the lowest bidder for Tamil Nadu’s ₹755 crore scheme. The retail group quoted ₹0.01 as the making charge…