Centre To States On Wellness Centre

The Centre has not released its share of Rs 402 crore under the National Health Mission to Punjab due to the state's non-compliance with branding guidelines for Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres, the government told Parliament on Tuesday.

On a day that his party chose not to take part in mega meetings called by opposition parties as well as the NDA, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik hit out at the centre, saying the state is not getting the kind of support that it should.

The Union health ministry urged the states and Union territories on Thursday to expedite the operationalisation of 1.1 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs), equipped with tele-consultation services, by March 31.

The centre has asked all states to step up intensive containment and active surveillance as well as better vaccination coverage amid worries over the new coronavirus strain, 'Omicron', which was first detected in South Africa.

The tug of war between the Centre and the West Bengal government continues on the Gorkha issue as the state government failed to send any high-level representative in tripartite talks despite being informed by the union government well in advance.

To the centre's 'All is well' messaging over the coal situation in the country, several states have said that the crisis and concerns over power blackouts are real. Many Chief Ministers have written to PM Modi spotlighting the same.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will begin a five-day visit to the United States from Monday with a focus on procurement of COVID-19 vaccines from American companies as well as explore the possibility of their joint production.

Senior TMC leader and MP, Abhishek Banerjee, on Saturday criticised the BJP's slogan of "double engine government" (same party rule in centre as well as state) in poll-bound West Bengal, alleging that the BJP wants this mechanism to misappropriate public money.

The BJP under Modi and Shah has often boasted that it is well on its way to becoming India's dominant party in every state - from "Panchayat to Parliament". It certainly occupies the Number 1 position at the Centre and in many states - including at the panchayat level, as the recent results in Maharashtra have shown. However, Uddhav Thackeray has s...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought "detailed" response from the Centre as well as states on issues ranging from adhering to COVID-19 guidelines on wearing of face masks and social distancing norms to implementation of fire safety guidelines in hospitals and nursing homes across the country.

The government is holding a meeting with the protesting farmers on the contentious farm laws, which it expects will resolve the eight-day deadlock that saw thousands camping around the national capital. The farmers have demanded a special session of parliament to repeal the laws, saying this is the "last chance" for the government. After a meeting ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday asked officials to give momentum to the plan for providing employment to migrant workers as well as to encourage industrial development in the state in order to ensure restoration of the economy hit by the COVID-19 crisis.

China may be blamed for attempting to conceal news on the extent of the virus' spread in Wuhan but we were well aware of the perils by early January. One wonders why governments did not prepare for the possibility, if not the eventuality, of COVID-19 reaching our shores. India's tests and testing capabilities still remain very low. Unless we get lu...

Thirty states and Union territories declared a lockdown by late evening on Monday as the country recorded its ninth death linked to the highly contagious coronavirus. Overall, 471 people have tested positive for the virus in the country -- 75 of them in the last 24 hours. Two persons have died, one in Bengal and the other in Himachal Pradesh. As ...

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre, states and Union Territories (UTs) to respond to a plea seeking action against authorities for failing to prevent children from falling into abandoned or open bore wells and dying across the country.

The Centre has not released its share of Rs 402 crore under the National Health Mission to Punjab due to the state's non-compliance with branding guidelines for Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres, the government told Parliament on Tuesday.

On a day that his party chose not to take part in mega meetings called by opposition parties as well as the NDA, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik hit out at the centre, saying the state is not getting the kind of support that it should.

The Union health ministry urged the states and Union territories on Thursday to expedite the operationalisation of 1.1 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs), equipped with tele-consultation services, by March 31.

The centre has asked all states to step up intensive containment and active surveillance as well as better vaccination coverage amid worries over the new coronavirus strain, 'Omicron', which was first detected in South Africa.

The tug of war between the Centre and the West Bengal government continues on the Gorkha issue as the state government failed to send any high-level representative in tripartite talks despite being informed by the union government well in advance.

To the centre's 'All is well' messaging over the coal situation in the country, several states have said that the crisis and concerns over power blackouts are real. Many Chief Ministers have written to PM Modi spotlighting the same.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will begin a five-day visit to the United States from Monday with a focus on procurement of COVID-19 vaccines from American companies as well as explore the possibility of their joint production.

Senior TMC leader and MP, Abhishek Banerjee, on Saturday criticised the BJP's slogan of "double engine government" (same party rule in centre as well as state) in poll-bound West Bengal, alleging that the BJP wants this mechanism to misappropriate public money.

The BJP under Modi and Shah has often boasted that it is well on its way to becoming India's dominant party in every state - from "Panchayat to Parliament". It certainly occupies the Number 1 position at the Centre and in many states - including at the panchayat level, as the recent results in Maharashtra have shown. However, Uddhav Thackeray has s...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought "detailed" response from the Centre as well as states on issues ranging from adhering to COVID-19 guidelines on wearing of face masks and social distancing norms to implementation of fire safety guidelines in hospitals and nursing homes across the country.

The government is holding a meeting with the protesting farmers on the contentious farm laws, which it expects will resolve the eight-day deadlock that saw thousands camping around the national capital. The farmers have demanded a special session of parliament to repeal the laws, saying this is the "last chance" for the government. After a meeting ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday asked officials to give momentum to the plan for providing employment to migrant workers as well as to encourage industrial development in the state in order to ensure restoration of the economy hit by the COVID-19 crisis.

China may be blamed for attempting to conceal news on the extent of the virus' spread in Wuhan but we were well aware of the perils by early January. One wonders why governments did not prepare for the possibility, if not the eventuality, of COVID-19 reaching our shores. India's tests and testing capabilities still remain very low. Unless we get lu...

Thirty states and Union territories declared a lockdown by late evening on Monday as the country recorded its ninth death linked to the highly contagious coronavirus. Overall, 471 people have tested positive for the virus in the country -- 75 of them in the last 24 hours. Two persons have died, one in Bengal and the other in Himachal Pradesh. As ...

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre, states and Union Territories (UTs) to respond to a plea seeking action against authorities for failing to prevent children from falling into abandoned or open bore wells and dying across the country.