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Maharashtra Senior Resident Doctors Flag Stipend Delays, DA Discrepancies And Policy Gaps
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (202+ words) Mumba, March 17: The Maharashtra Senior Resident Doctors Association (MSRDA) has raised serious concerns over irregular stipend disbursement and non-implementation of the revised Dearness Allowance (DA) for Senior Resident Doctors across government medical colleges in the state. In a formal representation…...
Mumbai To Install 75 Hyperlocal Air Quality Sensors Under MANAS Project, 40 To Be Operational By April-End
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (256+ words) Mumbai, March 17: By April end, Mumbai will have 40 low-cost sensors installed to monitor local sources of air pollution. The project is under BMC's hyperlocal air quality monitoring system, Mumbai Air Network for Advance Sciences (MANAS), under which 75 new sensors aimed…...
'No LPG Shortage In Maharashtra, Stocks Adequate; Govt Takes Steps To Curb Black Marketing': Minister Chhagan Bhujbal
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (324+ words) Mumbai: Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Tuesday informed the state assembly that there is no shortage of LPG in Maharashtra and that petrol and diesel stocks remain adequate. He said the government has taken multiple steps to…...
Maharashtra Makes Anomaly Scans Mandatory For Pregnant Women To Curb Infant Deaths
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (346+ words) Mumbai, March 17: In a significant move to reduce infant deaths caused by congenital abnormalities, the state government has made anomaly scans mandatory for pregnant women between 18 and 20 weeks of pregnancy. The directive, issued by the Public Health Department, aims to…...
LPG Consumption Slumps 17 Per Cent In March Amid War-Linked Supply Disruptions In West Asia
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (356+ words) New Delhi, Mar 17: Cooking gas LPG consumption in India fell by a steep 17.7 per cent in the first half of March on the back of supply disruptions due to war in West Asia, preliminary industry data showed. LPG consumption fell…...
MP News: Farmers Protest Outside Public Health Engineering Office Over Water Shortage
4+ hour, 58+ min ago (163+ words) Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Farmers under the banner of the National Kisan Organisation staged a protest on Tuesday outside the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department office in Jhabua, alleging failure of the Jal Jeevan Mission and severe water shortage in villages....
Pune: 3 Teams Deployed To Curb Black Marketing Of LPG Cylinders In City
7+ hour, 44+ min ago (242+ words) Gas supply in Pune has been affected amid the ongoing global tensions involving Iran, the United States and Israel. The situation worsened due to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, leading to shortages that are now impacting the availability of…...
Centre Cracks Down On LPG Hoarding; 15,000 Cylinders Seized Nationwide
9+ hour, 15+ min ago (327+ words) The government has conducted nearly 12,000 raids nationwide, seizing about 15,000 LPG cylinders amid rising demand linked to West Asia tensions. Inspections, arrests, and FIRs were reported across several states. Officials assured that petrol and diesel stocks remain sufficient and urged commercial…...
Oil Crisis May Push Drug Prices Higher, Supply Chain Pressure Hits Paracetamol & APIs
12+ hour, 18+ min ago (424+ words) Mumbai: Rising tensions in West Asia are not only affecting crude oil prices but could also impact the cost and supply of medicines. Common drugs like paracetamol, ibuprofen and diabetes medicine metformin are made using petrochemical-based raw materials derived from…...
Pune: PMC Approves Changes In Service Rules, Health Department Recruitment Norms
13+ hour, 38+ min ago (114+ words) The changes aim to address service-related issues of certain employees and revise recruitment and promotion conditions in the civic body's health department. The information was shared by Law Committee Chairperson Adv Swarada Bapat Pune: PMC Approves Changes In Service Rules,…...