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Bengaluru: Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) has unveiled the revised BPharm syllabus, developed in line with the latest standards of Pharmacy Council of India (PCI). The new curriculum is designed to meet the changing needs of pharmacy education, said RGUHS vice-chancellor Dr Bhagavan BC.The revised BPharm curriculum has been designed to provide students with industry-relevant knowledge, practical skills, research aptitude and the ability to adapt to emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and digital healthcare, making them future-ready pharmacy professionals. Source link

Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss dubbed the Tamil Nadu govt’s decision to approach the Supreme Court over the Cauvery water-sharing dispute a “delayed but correct step”. In a statement on Saturday, he cautioned the state against engaging in bilateral negotiations with Karnataka on the river dispute or the proposed Mekedatu dam project.Anbumani noted that the decision came late, only after Karnataka ruled out bilateral talks. “Legal action remains the only viable mechanism to safeguard Tamil Nadu’s water rights,” he said. The statement follows cancellation of chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s scheduled visit to Bengaluru to meet his Karnataka counterpart, D…

Police officers take stock of the venue ahead of President Droupadi Murmu’s visit, in Cuttack Cuttack: Security has been intensified across Bhubaneswar and Cuttack with the deployment of 40 platoons of police force ahead of President Droupadi Murmu’s three-day visit to Odisha from Aug 3 to 5. Murmu is scheduled to inaugurate Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj University at Damapada in Cuttack on Aug 3, for which special traffic preparedness and routes have been charted out.Commissionerate Police, in coordination with Special Protection Group (SPG) and other central agencies, has put in place a multi-layered security arrangement for President’s engagements in Cuttack and…

RERA asked to simplify its proceduresCM at a meeting with RERA officialsRERA asked to simplify its proceduresCM at a meeting with RERA officialsRERA asked to simplify its procedures Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Saturday directed the Bihar Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) to simplify procedures, enhance transparency and accountability, and adopt greater use of technology to make services more efficient and investor-friendly.Reviewing RERA’s functioning at the Sankalp auditorium in Lok Sevak Awas, the CM said promoters and developers should be able to operate with greater ease within the regulatory framework, while ensuring full protection of homebuyers’ interests. He stressed that…

JAISALMER: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday concluded the week-long Exercise ROTOR CLAP III at the Pokhran Field Firing Range in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district. The exercise, themed “Counter-UAS” (Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems), brought together helicopter units from across the IAF to validate operational concepts against emerging aerial threats and enhance combat preparedness in a dynamic battlefield environment.The exercise focused on strengthening the operational capabilities of the IAF’s helicopter fleet in dealing with evolving threats posed by unmanned aerial systems. It also provided an opportunity to assess tactics, techniques and procedures for integrated helicopter operations in realistic combat scenarios.During the…

Traffic police have been conducting a special enforcement drive since June 1 to ease congestion and reduce accidents Ranchi: Overall traffic violations in the city declined in July compared with June, but cases of illegal parking, speeding and unauthorised entry increased as the traffic police intensified enforcement.Traffic police penalised 1,20,197 vehicles in July, down from 1,24,144 in June, according to transport department data. The penalties imposed also fell from Rs 9.5 crore in June to Rs 7.80 crore in July.However, no-parking violations rose from 50,500 in June to 56,032 in July. Speeding cases increased from 2,118 to 2,367, while no-entry…

Kerala CM V D Satheesan during a meeting with British deputy high commissioner Sutapa Choudhury in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday T’puram: UK is looking to increase imports of marine products and textiles from Kerala in the coming years, banking on the potential of Vizhinjam International Seaport, said UK deputy high commissioner Sutapa Choudhury.Choudhury said Kerala exports products worth Rs 40,000 crore annually to UK, with marine products accounting for the largest share. She said the focus was on promoting trade and investment under the free trade agreement between India and UK. Kerala has potential for cooperation in fisheries and marine products,…

The numbers are grim, and they should unsettle every conscience in Jammu and Kashmir. In five years, 4,287 lives have been lost in road accidents across the Union Territory. Of these, 1,255 deaths occurred on National Highways alone — a stark reminder that the region’s fastest roads are also among its deadliest. When nearly a third of all fatalities are concentrated on highway stretches, the debate can no longer be reduced to routine statements about “road safety” and “human error”. This is not merely a statistics problem. It is a public safety failure. Roads are meant to connect people, markets…

Authorities used water cannons, tear gas and warning shots to repel some crossings. Several migrants drowned or were killed in a stampede during the attempt Spain has sent tens of thousands of illegal migrants back to Morocco within 48 hours after an unprecedented surge of crossings into the North African enclave of Ceuta. The mass migration triggered what officials described as a humanitarian and security crisis.According to Spain’s interior ministry, around 60,000 migrants entered Ceuta on Thursday, a figure that amounted to roughly 70 per cent of the enclave’s population. By Saturday, about 48,000 had already returned to Morocco as…

Wooden gavel. LAW concept. 3D Icon isolated on white background Navi Mumbai: A 32-year-old man, Monish Ashok Gharat, residing in Ulwe, was convicted and sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for attempt to murder and fined Rs 1 lakh by the Panvel district Additional Sessions Court on July 29. The sentence followed the trial in an FIR registered against him at Nhava Sheva police station on May 31, 2023.The conviction order was pronounced by Additional Sessions Judge Santosh R. Chavan after 13 prosecution witnesses were produced before the court by Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) Yashwant Bhopi for recording their testimony.…