The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has hailed the landmark of 10 crore tele-consultations on eSanjeevani app. Sharing a tweet by Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, the Prime Minister tweeted; “10,00,00,000 tele-consultations is a remarkable feat. I laud all those doctors who are at the forefront of building a strong digital health eco-system in India.” Source
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India saw over 5,000 producers, importers and brand owners (PIBOs) registering for extended producer responsibility (EPR) in the last one year, the Union Environment Ministry said on Friday. Extended producer responsibility is a mechanism where companies have to ensure that their products are collected and recycled at the end of their useful life, rather than being disposed of in a landfill or incinerated. The ministry also said 2.26 million tonnes of plastic packaging has been covered under EPR for the year 2022-23. India generated a total of around 3.4 million tonnes of…
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· Oct-Dec 2022 quarter witnessed a QoQ growth of 0.8% in new flexi jobs · Growth of 16.2% observed in Oct-Dec 2022 as compared to same quarter in 2021 · ISF member companies represent over 13.8 lakh flexi staffing workers, including East India · Indian Staffing Federation unveils Flexi Staffing Employment Report for Oct-Dec 2022 The latest Flexi Staffing Employment Growth report from the Indian Staffing Federation has revealed that in 2022 its member companies contributed an impressive 1.92 lakh new flexi jobs to India's formal employment sector. It's…
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“eSanjeevani is a revolution in the health sector of the country. India has crossed a landmark milestone in its eHealth journey. The Government of India’s national telemedicine platform – eSanjeevani- registered another landmark by providing teleconsultation services to 10 crore beneficiaries.” This was stated by Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare. Further appreciating the healthcare services being provided through the digital platform of tele-consultation, Dr Mandaviya noted that 100.11 million patients were served at 115,234 Health & Wellness Centres (as spokes) through 15,731 hubs…
Read MoreInternovo Ventures Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture between the family office of financial services veteran Karan Desai and Akshay Srivastava, Founder, DSFX Technologies, has acquired the rights to Mera Cashier, a technology platform offering “khata” solutions to small merchants across India. Mera Cashier was conceptualised and launched by three entrepreneurs, Suneel Kumar, Sucharita Reddy and Gaurav Tomar in 2019, to help small merchants digitise their daily transaction records and help monitor their credit sales more efficiently. The platform eliminates the manual registers maintained by the merchants and keeps a…
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Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated the 24-hour telecast service of Doordarshan Kendra, Shimla yesterday. With that the Himachal Doordarshan Kendra Shimla will now provide services to the people of Himachal Pradesh 24/7 from today. The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Shri Sukhwinder Singh was the Guest of Honour on the occasion while Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Mukesh Agnihotri, Member Parliament, Shimla Shri Suresh Kashyap and CEO, Prasar Bharati , Shri Gaurav Dwivedi were also present there. While addressing the gathering the Shri…
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85 electric locomotives produced in this FY 2022-23 up to 31st January 4,175 LHB coaches produced in this FY 2022-23 up to 31st January Indian Railways’ Production Units are on fast track to achieve record production in 2022-23. Indian Railways’ Production Units i.e. Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) at Chittaranjan, Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) at Varanasi, Patiala Locomotive Works (PLW) at Patiala, have produced 785 electric locomotives in FY 2022-23 till 31st January. Indian Railways' Coach production units have ramped up LHB coach production by manufacturing 4,175 LHB coaches in FY…
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A newly developed nanocomposite coating can inhibit biofilm formation and also kill attached bacteria, thereby helping tackle growing post-operative infections, a common occurrence these days due to antibiotic resistance in bacteria, These post-operative surgical site infections (SSIs), which according to WHO, affect 11 percent of patients in low and middle-income countries, are caused by the development of biofilms (groups of bacteria growing in formation that are highly resistant to antibiotics) on the incision site or in the soft tissue inside the site. The biofilm matrix, which may come from…
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has appreciated the doctors of Army Institute of Cardio Thoracic Sciences (AICTS, Pune) on performing second heart transplant in two weeks. In response to a tweet by Southern Command INDIAN ARMY, the Prime Minister said; “Commendable effort. I appreciate all those involved in this.” Source
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Race Walkers, Akshdeep Singh and Priyanka Goswami on winning National Race Walking Championships. Shri Modi also extended best wishes to them for their upcoming endeavours. In reply to a tweet by SAI Media, the Prime Minister said; “Congratulations Akshdeep and @Priyanka_Goswam. Best wishes for your upcoming endeavours.” Source
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