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Kolkata: Bengal Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee, after meeting with the protesting junior doctors, has announced that she had agreed to three of the five demands of the protesting doctors — the removal of two top officials of the health department and the Chief of Kolkata police. Along with it, the police chief of the city’s north zone — where RG Kar Medical College, the hospital where the rape-murder of a young doctor took place, is located — will also be removed. Though the impasse is solved, the protest and the ceasework is expected to continue till the formal orders are…

New Delhi: India has said Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments on Indian Muslims are “unacceptable”. Posting on X on the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed, the Iranian leader had clubbed Indian Muslims with those in Gaza, talking about their sufferings. “We strongly deplore the comments made regarding minorities in India by the Supreme Leader of Iran,” the foreign ministry has said in a statement. “These are misinformed and unacceptable. Countries commenting on minorities are advised to look at their own record before making any observations about others,” New Delhi has added. In his post on X, formerly Twitter,…

Washington: Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has said he would give India “an A” for its focus on solving the problem of malnutrition. “Well, India, for its income level, acknowledges that some of these nutritional indicators are weaker than it would like. That kind of frankness and focus on it, I think is very impressive,” Gates told PTI in an interview. He said India is more focused on the issue than any other government, Gates said. “It’s using the public feeding system and the Midday Meal System to try and get fortified foods out, but it’s still a…

Kolkata: Bengal Chief Minster Mamata Banerjee, after meeting with the protesting junior doctors, has announced that she had agreed to three of the five demands of the protesting doctors — the removal of two top officials of the health department and the Chief of Kolkata police.  Along with it, the police chief of the city’s north zone — where RG Kar Medical College, the hospital where the rape-murder of a young doctor took place, is located — will also be removed.  Though the impasse is solved, the protest and the ceasework is expected to continue till the formal orders are…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has been appointed as a member of the group of ministers (GoM) on life and health insurance, which has been constituted by the GST Council. The GoM will submit its report by October 30, 2024. The GoM’s convenor is Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, while its members are ministers from various states. The current GST tax system on life and health insurance will be scrutinized and evaluated by the ministerial committee. It will recommend GST rates for various categories, such as middle-class individuals, elderly people, people with mental illnesses, and others, on…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: 11 people involved in a fight were taken into custody by Mormugao Police after they filed an offence under sections 194(2) BNS. According to sources, there was a violent conflict on Sunday night at around 8:45 PM at three different locations: the Mormugao Police Station grounds, Baina Beach, and the area outside Ali Scrapyard. Joshua Rajesh Passi of Mangoor Hill, Mainuddin Irfan Shaikh of Baina, Vishnu Anil Kumar Gaud of the Club Mansion Building, Yeshu Harijan of Baina, Ajay Jallem Chavan of Baina, Sameer Shaikh of Baina, Kutbuddin Shaikh of Mangoor Hill, Anish Yadav of Baina, Ratan…

Goemkarponn desk SANCOALE: Piedade Andrade Dourado, 45, was sadly killed in an afternoon accident when her Activa scooter, which she was travelling pillion on with her husband and 12-year-old son, collided with a private bus. The incident happened close to Sancoale’s Upasnagar. The rider Antonio Dourado (54), his wife Piedade, and their son Joy Dourado (12) were identified as the Dourado family, who lived in Shindolem, Sancoale. The family was turning towards Shindolem when they were hit from behind by a private bus (GA06 T 4162), driven by Ramchandra Shinde (40) of Chicalim, as they were riding their Activa scooter…