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IIT-incubated start-up develops portable hospitals

11:34 pm June 13, 2021

New Delhi: A start-up incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) has developed portable hospitals, the office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government said on Sunday. This technology enables building a 100-bed extension facility in three weeks. “MediCAB hospitals are designed with a dedicated zone of Intensive Care Units (ICUs) that […]

PM Modi praises UP govt’s initiative for senior citizens

11:29 pm June 13, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised an initiative of the Uttar Pradesh government to offer helpline facility to extend healthcare and legal aids among other services to senior citizens. He was responding to a news report about Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government’s project receiving a good response from the elderly. “Very good […]

No cyber breach into NIC email system: Govt

11:23 pm June 13, 2021

New Delhi: There has been no cyber breach into the email system of the government, maintained by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), an official release said on Sunday. The email system is “totally safe and secure”, the Ministry of Electronics and IT said while dismissing a report claiming that data breaches in organisations such as […]

India natural ally of G7: PM Modi

11:14 pm June 13, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India is a natural ally for the G7 countries in defending the shared values from a host of threats stemming from authoritarianism, terrorism and violent extremism, disinformation and economic coercion. In a virtual address at a session on ‘open societies and open economies’ at the G7 […]

Harassed by financiers, woman ends life in Punjab

11:10 pm June 13, 2021

Hoshiarpur (Pb): A 22-year-old woman committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at Mohalla Bhagat Nagar area here over alleged harassment by two financiers demanding return of their money, police said on Sunday. The incident took place Saturday evening. The victim, Manisha Kumari, had allegedly borrowed Rs 70,000 at an interest rate of 10 per […]