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NEW DELHI: Over 55 lakh ex-servicemen and their eligible dependents benefitted from the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) that provides cashless and capless medical benefits, the ministry of defence told in Lok Sabha. Apart from a vast network of 427 ECHS polyclinics and 30 ECHS Regional Centres and Empanelled Health Care Organizations in India, the […]

NEW DELHI: The revision of pension under the One Rank One Pension (OROP) is in process, the Union ministry of defence informed Lok Sabha on Friday. In a written reply, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt cited an order of the Supreme Court dated March 16 this year, saying, “Revision of pension under OROP […]

NEW DELHI: To understand the development model in the education sector, the teachers and educators from Punjab visited Delhi schools. The teachers from Punjab will also participate in Happiness Utsav on Friday. A total of 170 Punjab Government school teachers and educators visited Delhi government schools and took lessons on improving pedagogy, the Delhi government […]

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand state health department will start a drive soon to bring down the infant mortality rate from 27 per 1000 to below 10. Dhan Singh Rawat, the state health minister, said, “The awareness drive will start soon in which ASHA workers and state health department officials will be participating to spread awareness among the […]

DEHRADUN: Top Hindu seers from Haridwar have condemned remarks of AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, saying that “such comments create schism” between Hindus and Muslims. In a tweet, the Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP had alleged partiality in the government’s approach towards Muslims. “We have no objection that the government is using taxpayers money to shower flower […]