India Ratings cuts India’s growth forecast to 7-7.2 per cent

Friday April 1, 2022

India’s economic growth prospects may continue to feel the heat of Ukraine-Russia tensions and its aftermath as more and more analysts keep revising downward India’s GDP growth forecast in 2022-23.

Government amends Mega Power Policy to give more time limits to 10 projects

Friday April 1, 2022

The government on March 30 approved an amendment in the Mega Power Policy 2009 to give more time limits for 10 power projects for furnishing the final mega certificates to the tax authorities. The extension, the government said, will enable developers to competitively bid for future PPAs (Power purchase agreements) and get tax exemptions as per Policy terms.

Las Vegas Strip to host Formula One night race in 2023

Friday April 1, 2022

Formula One is all-in on the United States with a race on the Las Vegas Strip added to the 2023 calendar as the most glamorous motorsports series in the world continues to expand its North American footprint.

World Cup qualifiers: Iran again bans women from football stadium

Friday April 1, 2022

Iran has once again denied women entry to a football stadium to watch an international match, leaving hundreds of ticketed fans locked out, Iranian media said on March 30 . The World Cup qualifier against Lebanon won 2-0 by Iran, was played at the Imam Reza stadium in the northeastern city of Mashhad.

Delhi records highest TB cases, Kerala the lowest: National survey

Monday March 28, 2022

Delhi recorded the highest incidents of pulmonary tuberculosis cases in India, according to a survey report released on March 24. The National TB Prevalence Survey 2019-2021 mentioned that cases the lowest in Kerala.

Delhi records highest TB cases, Kerala the lowest: National survey

Delhi recorded the highest incidents of pulmonary tuberculosis cases in India, according to a survey report released on March 24. The National TB Prevalence Survey 2019-2021 mentioned that cases the lowest in Kerala.
The survey conducted after six decades and released to mark World TB Day by the Union Health Ministry also found that 64% of India’s TB symptomatic population was not able to seek healthcare services between 2019-2021.
The first of its kind nationwide study since 1955-58 conducted to know the actual disease burden at a national level found that the prevalence of TB among Indians aged above 15 is 312 cases per one lakh, more than double the global average of approximately 127.
It found that the prevalence of TB among the population aged 15 and above is 31.7%. It also showed that pulmonary TB prevalence in women is lower (154 per lakh) than men (472 per lakh).
The survey said 64% of the symptomatic population did not seek healthcare between 2019-21.
The survey also revealed that the prevalence of microbiologically confirmed pulmonary TB (PTB) among those aged 15 years and above in India was 316 per lakh population, with the highest PTB prevalence of 534 per lakh in Delhi and the lowest prevalence of 115 per lakh in Kerala.
The prevalence of PTB infection among the surveyed in India was 21.7 per cent, the report pointed out.
According to the survey, the prevalence of all forms of TB for all ages in India was 312 per lakh population for the year 2021.
The highest prevalence for all forms of TB was 747 per lakh in Delhi and the lowest was 137 in Gujarat.
The prevalence of all forms of TB among population aged 15 years and above was 31.4 per cent.
The survey found that COVID-19 has impacted the community level chest X-ray abnormality in general and would have impacted the TB prevalence.
The survey enumerated 4,85,010 people and assessed them for eligibility for participation in the survey, of which 3,54,541 (73.1 per cent) were found eligible.
Of those eligible, 3,22,480 (90.9 per cent) participants consented for the survey and were screened by at least one method.
The survey also found that the prevalence-to-notification ratio of pulmonary TB for people aged 15 years and above in India and the state groups is about 2.84.
The highest ratio was observed in Chhattisgarh and the lowest was observed in Gujarat.

SC allows ex-Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra's wife to attend grandmother's funeral ceremony

Monday March 28, 2022

The Supreme Court has allowed ex-Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra's wife Preeti Chandra, lodged in Tihar Jail in a money laundering case, to attend her maternal grandmother's funeral ceremony for a day between 10 am and 3 pm with conditions.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar assaulted by a man in his hometown Bakhtiyarpur

Monday March 28, 2022

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was on Mar 27 assaulted by an unidentified person near Patna, in an incident that has sent shock waves across Bihar.

Andhra leads in eSanjeevani telemedicine drive

Monday March 28, 2022

Andhra Pradesh topped the list of States in using the Centre’s integrated telemedicine service, eSanjeevani, recording 1.3 crore teleconsultations—which is 43.7% of the total three crore consultations in the country. Karnataka, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu followed Andhra Pradesh in the ranking.

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