Government to set up panel to tackle ‘challenges’ of population growth | India Newsworld news

NEW DELHI: The government will set up a “high-powered committee” to examine the “challenges arising from fast population growth and demographic changes“.The committee will be mandated to make recommendations to address these challenges comprehensively in relation to the goal of ‘Viksit Bharat’, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Interim Budget speech. Although the composition

Read More

MCG Directive: RWAs to Consult Feeders before Designating Dog Feeding Spots | India Newsworld news

Strict action if feeders face harassment: AWBIAllaying animal lovers‘ concerns over its recent directive, Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has said that dog feeding spots should be designated inside housing societies by RWAs only in consultation with feeders.Urging RWAs to refrain from interpreting the civic body’s directive as per their convenience, MCG’s chief medical officer

Read More

Implementing WHO guidelines can cut unnecassary C-section deliveries in India: Report | India Newsworld news

NEW DELHI: A pilot study conducted in India has found that unnecessary cesarean section deliveries can be significantly reduced and women’s care can be improved by implementing World Health Organization’s guidelines.WHO data indicated that C-sections account for over 1 in 5 child births globally and they are set to rise in the coming decade to

Read More

Finance minister presents Modi govt’s last budget: Uddhav Thackeray takes dig at BJP | India Newsworld news

RAIGAD: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the Narendra Modi government’s “last” budget, said Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday, taking a swipe at the BJP-led Centre after the Union Budget was presented.Addressing party workers in Raigad district, adjoining Mumbai, Thackeray stated that Sitharaman said that the budget would focus on four “castes”,

Read More

Supreme Court to hear Hemant Soren’s plea against arrest by ED tomorrow | India Newsworld news

NEW DELHI: Jharkhand’s ex-chief minister and JMM chief Hemant Soren on Thrusday, moved Supreme Court challenging his arrest by ED in money laundering case. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra has agreed to consider the plea of the former Jharkhand chief minister on Friday.Soren expressed his concern

Read More