Category: STATES

By: Dr. Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh) NEW DELHI: In a proud moment for the state of Arunachal Pradesh, the Measles Rubella Vaccination Campaign and  Chief Minister’s Free Cancer Chemotherapy Scheme bagged the ‘SKOCH-Order-of Merit’ Award in public health service at the 52nd SKOCH summit held at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi, on Friday last. The award given in recognition of the services provided to the people in the country was received by  Special Secretary Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Tapasya Raghav, NHM nodal officer, Dr. Dimong Padung, and State nodal officer Cancer…

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh)  ITANAGAR,  Jun 15: Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu, on his maiden two-day tour to Arunachal Pradesh arrived at Itanagar on 15th June 2018. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu’s two-day Sikkim visit was cancelled on Friday due to inclement weather, officials said. Governor Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) received the Vice President at Raj Bhavan. Chief Minister Pema Khandu, Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein, Cabinet ministers and State senior officers were present on the occasion. A ceremonial Guard of Honour…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group Shimla though inching towards normalcy continues to reel under an unprecedented water shortage, which has adversely affected its tourist industry for this season. The blame games apart none of the previous governments have ever tried to take the issue seriously. The burgeoning population of over two lac is made to fend with the age old water supply schemes being given a cosmetic touch now and then. May and June are the months when tourists arrive in this hill town to escape the scorching summer…

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh)  ITANAGAR: Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) programme was launched across the state on May 28 lastdr under the theme ‘Zero child death due to diarrhoea’ to make the state free from diarrhoea death. The programme consist a set of activities to be implemented in an intensified manner for prevention and control of deaths due to dehydration from diarrhoea across all States & UTs. These activities mainly include- intensification of advocacy & awareness generation activities for diarrhoea management, strengthening service provision…

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KOZHIKODE: 2 more people have died in Kerala of Nipah virus, taking the total number of deaths to 16. Both the cases have been reported from Kozhikode.The symptoms of the infection include fever, headache, drowsiness, breathing trouble, disorientation and delusions. The virus causes severe brain swelling called encephalitis, and in some cases respiratory disease, and typically kills three-quarters of the people infected. The first known Nipah outbreak was in 1998 on a pig farm in Malaysia, which inspired the plot for the 2011 movie Contagion. According to the World Health Organisation…

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The LDF government in Kerala has decided to cut petrol and diesel prices by Re 1, with effect from Friday, June 1, Chief Minister Pinarayai Vijayan announced Wednesday. There were indications, over the past few days, that the state government will make an announcement to send a message to the BJP-led Centre. Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) reduced fuel prices by 1 paisa hours after erroneously announcing a cut of 60 paise. Price of petrol in state capital Thiruvananthapuram today was Rs 82.61 while diesel was retailing at Rs 75.19.With…

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse (Deputy Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Arunachal Pradesh)  NEW DELHI: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has welcomed the recent decision of the Advertisement Standards Council of India (ASCI) which has said the poultry industry advertisement featuring tennis legend Sania Mirza was misleading by facts, exaggeration and ambiguity. CSE has once again called on Mirza to distance herself from the advertisement in the interest of public health. It may be noted here that the All India Poultry Development and Services Private Limited (AIPDSPL) had issued an advertisement on…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Tracking in the forests and road side slopes we often come across pine needles strewn on the paths under tall pine trees. When these needles dry up the paths become slippery and they also add to the occasional forest fires that destroy forest wealth, the trees. Some time back one would wonder if these very unwanted pine needles could be put to some use and utilised for  made profitable ventures. Ancestors reveal that these very needles were at one time being used as…

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By: Dr. Samayug Bhowmik, Bureau Chief, ICN-West Bengal               PART-3 KOLKATA: Herein, I will highlight three Indian daughters who became doctors and made their presence in other fields also.They are Kadambini Ganguly, Anandi Gopal Joshi and Rukhmabai. Dr.Rukhmabai, born on 22 November 1864  was an Indian physician and feminist. She was also a practicing doctor  involved in a landmark case involving her marriage as a child bride. The case raised significant public debate across several topics, which most prominently included law/ social reform vs tradition/ conservatism, in the then British-ruled India which ultimately manifested into the Age of Consent…

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By: Dr.Samayug Bhowmik, Bureau Chief, ICN-West Bengal               PART-2 KOLKATA: Herein, I will highlight three Indian daughters who became doctors and made their presence in other fields also.They are Kadambini Ganguly, Anandi Gopal Joshi and Rukhmabai. Dr. Anandi Gopal Joshi (popularly known as Anandibai), another Indian, graduated as a physician in 1886 from the United States. Originally she was named Yamuna’. She was born on  31 March 1865 at Poona( now Pune).You might have seen her in Google Doodle this year on March 31. As…

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