Day: September 21, 2023

India lagging massively in controlling hypertension: World Health Organization reports

Manish Kumar

The World Health Organization (WHO) released its first-ever global report on hypertension.  India would need to more than double its count of people with blood pressure under control to achieve even a 50 per cent control rate, it said.  The report said 188.3 million people in the 30-79 years age group have hypertension, of whom 37 % have been diagnosed and 32 % receive treatment, but only 15 per cent have their high blood pressure under control.  The prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension has declined slightly from 29 per cent in…

DGCA suspends Air India’s Flight Safety Chief for one month for certain lapses

Manish Kumar

Aviation watchdog DGCA has suspended Tata Group-owned Air India’s Flight Safety Chief Rajeev Gupta for one month for certain lapses.  On July 25 and 26, the regulator’s team carried out the surveillance of Air India in the areas of internal audit, accident prevention work, and availability of required technical manpower.  The surveillance found deficiencies in the accident prevention work carried out by the organization and the availability of the requisite technical manpower as required in the approved Flight Safety Manual.  In the past, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)…

India Awarded WFME Recognition: Indian Medical Graduates Can Now Practise In the US, Australia, and Canada

Manish Kumar

The National Medical Commission (NMC), India, has been being awarded the coveted World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) Recognition.  WFME recognition will enable Indian medical graduates to pursue postgraduate training and practice in other countries that require WFME recognition.  Under this accreditation all the 706 existing medical colleges become WFME accredited.  The new medical colleges that will be set up in the coming 10 years will automatically become WFME accredited.  the NMC will get the privilege of enhancing the quality and standards of medical education in India by aligning them…

Shares of Adani Total Gas Ltd are in focus as it Bags orders for 500 Tonne Per Day Bio-CNG Plant

Manish Kumar

Adani Total Gas Ltd., the joint venture of billionaire Gautam Adani’s group and French energy giant Total Energies, has received a work order for a 500-tonne-per-day bio-CNG plant in Ahmedabad.  The bio-CNG plant will be set up at Pirana or Gyaspur in Ahmedabad for a concession period of 20 years.  Adani Total Gas shares closed 1.75% higher at Rs 644.70 in the previous session against Tuesday’s close of Rs 633.60 on BSE.  Adani Total Gas stock has lost 82.50 percent in a year and fallen 82 percent in 2023.  Adani…

Gangster wanted in Punjab shot dead in Canada

Manish Kumar

Punjab-origin NIA-wanted gangster Sukhdool Singh shot dead in Canada  Sukhdool Singh, alias Duneke, was part of the Khalistan movement in Canada.  Sukhdool, an associate of the Devinder Bambiha Gang in Punjab, escaped to Canada in 2017 on forged documents.  He was booked in seven criminal cases at that time, the police allegedly mentioned only five cases and skipped the two in which he was declared a proclaimed offender.  On Wednesday, his name was found among the list of 43 gangsters released by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) which sought information…

Women’s reservation bill passed by Lok Sabha: read to know who said what

Manish Kumar

The five-day session began on Tuesday and is taking place in the new complex inaugurated this year.  The old Parliament building will now be known as ‘Samvidhan Sadan’, as announced by PM Modi during his address in the Central Hall.  The Women’s Reservation Bill was tabled by Union Law Minister Arjun Meghwal in the Lok Sabha.  Opposition parties, including Congress and Trinamool Congress, extended their support to the Bill.  Sonia Gandhi, the Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party, led her party’s debate on the Bill in the Lok Sabha.  Earlier…

Diplomatic relations between India-Canada reached a new low: ‘Anti-India activities, hate crimes, criminal violence

Manish Kumar

India issues tit-for-tat travel advisory for Canada.  Ratcheting up diplomatic tension with Ottawa, India, cited “politically condoned violence” and issued a travel advisory for all Indian nationals in Canada.   Apart from the nosediving bilateral relations Canada-India ties have also been affected by the ongoing online activities by Sikhs for Justice leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannu.  The ongoing spat began after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday made unprecedented allegations against India while speaking in the House of Commons.  Responding to that India also expelled a senior Canadian diplomat on Tuesday…

Russian peacekeepers evacuate 2,000 civilians from breakaway Armenian-controlled region

Manish Kumar

Azerbaijan began its “anti-terrorist” operation.  Russian peacekeepers have evacuated more than 2,000 civilians from Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region controlled by ethnic Armenians.  A former top official in the ethnic Armenian administration said close to 100 people had been killed and hundreds more injured in the breakaway region.  Russian losses ‘significantly increased’ in recent days  The US-based think tank said the Russian military “likely struggles with a lack of available combat effective units that the Russian command is willing to laterally redeploy to this sector of the front.”  A diesel fuel…

Turkish President Raises Kashmir Issue During UN General Assembly Address

Manish Kumar

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the issue of Kashmir during his address to world leaders at the high-level 78th session of the UN General Assembly session here.  Erdogan said it was a matter of pride that India was playing a role at the United Nations Security Council.   He said he favored making five permanent and 15 “temporary” members as permanent members of the UN Security Council.  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s comment comes weeks after he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit…

What is the Khalistan movement and why is it fuelling the India-Canada rift? 

Manish Kumar

The Khalistan movement wants an independent Sikh state carved out of India and dates back to India and Pakistan’s independence in 1947.  The Sikh religion was founded in Punjab in the late 15th century and currently has about 25 million followers worldwide.  Sikhs form a majority of Punjab’s population but are a minority in India, comprising 2% of its population of 1.4 billion.  The Khalistan movement is considered a security threat by the Indian government. The bloodiest episode in the conflict between the government and Sikh separatists occurred in 1984. …