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23 Apr

Doctors Send An Open Letter to Mamata Banerjee

editor0 CommentsNorth Bengal

A group of non-resident medical professionals whose roots are from Bengal and claim themselves as Bengali physicians, health scientists, and healthcare providers have said that while they have concerns about inadequate testing across India, they find the situation in West Bengal particularly "most disturbing".They have written an open letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee raising concerns over the "gross under-testing" and "misreporting of data" on the cause of death of COVID-19 patients.

22 Apr

West Bengal government bans usage of mobile phones inside hospitals

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The West Bengal government has banned the usage of mobile phones inside the hospital premises claiming that they are a risky as they could carry the coronavirus around. BJP alleges the move is a reaction to a video that has gone viral, of two bodies lying in a ward full of COVID-19 patients.Doctors, health workers and patients have been banned from using cell phones inside hospitals, the state chief secretary Rajiva Sinha said today. Landlines and intercom would be installed for the use of patients in isolation wards, he said.Union Minister Babul Supriyo, in a tweet this morning, linked the…

21 Apr

Mamata Banerjee Finally Allows COVID-19 Inspection Team to Carry Out it’s Work

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A central team sent to Bengal to investigate coronavirus lockdown violations today had to wait for several hours before being allowed by the Mamata Banerjee government to tour Kolkata. It took a home ministry warning before the state government budged after keeping the teams in Kolkata and Jalpaiguri on hold.The West Bengal government is believed to be consulting legal experts on the possibility of moving the Supreme Court over the centre's sending its team to the state.

18 Apr

India Revises FDI Policy To Shield Firms During This Pandemic

editor0 CommentsNorth Bengal, North East, Sikkim

Companies in any country that shares a border with India will have to approach the government for investing in India and not go via the automatic route, the Commerce and Industry Ministry said in a press note spelling out its new foreign direct investment or FDI policy for neighbouring states.FDI in India is allowed under two modes - either through the automatic route, for which companies don't need government approval, or through the government route, for which companies need a go-ahead from the centre.The revised FDI rule seeks to curb "opportunistic takeovers or acquisitions of Indian companies due to the…

16 Apr

Delhi Man Dies Of COVID-19, Guard Blamed For Infection Tests Negative

editor0 CommentsHealth, North Bengal, North East, Sikkim

A security guard who was accused of infecting a family of 3 with COVID-19 in Delhi's Defence Colony, got tested recently and the reports were found to be negative. The three family members were being treated in Max Hospital, Saket. An elderly man in his 80s died yesterday and his son is on the ventilator. The man's wife has recovered and has been discharged.The family had blamed their security guard, accusing him of visiting the Tablighi Jamaat gathering last month, which emerged as a major virus hotspot linked to cases across the country.

05 Apr

Modi seeks help to Manmohan, Pranab, Mamata

editor0 CommentsArunachal Pradesh, Assam, Health, Lifestyle, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, North Bengal, North East, Sikkim, Tech Byte, Travel, Tripura

The whole world is fighting with the deadly coronavirus epidemic and India so. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called two former President and two Prime Ministers of the country seeking advice on the fight against the virus. A source at the Indian Prime Minister's Office confirmed the information. Narendra Modi also spoke to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about combating Coronavirus. He also spoke to the chief ministers of several other states and heads of almost all political parties. According to a source at the Prime Minister's Office, the Indian news agency ANI said that Prime Minister Modi…

20 Feb

COMEDK- Uni-GAUGE exam to be held in May

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COMED-K UGET and Uni-GAUGE entrance examination will be held on May 10, 2020,as a combined examination. COMEDK UGET Exam will be for admissions to B.E/B. Tech, for colleges affiliated to the Karnataka Professional Colleges Foundation Trust. Uni-GAUGE is the exam for admissions to B.E/B.Tech courses at leading and reputed deemed/private universities and institutions across India. The exam will be conducted online at over 158 cities and 400 test centres across India. COMEDK- Uni-GAUGE caters to 100,000 students, 190 institutions and 31 Universities accepting scores, thereby making it the second-largest multi-university private engineering exam in India.There was an increase in the…