Top Stories | - Part 745

Health Top Stories

Dolo-650 makers gave freebies worth Rs 1,000 crore to doctors for prescribing tablet: SC told

ION correspondentAugust 19, 2022August 19, 2022

Pharma companies giving incentives to doctors for prescribing their medicines should be held accountable, contended a petition being heard by the Supreme Court. As example, the petition cited Dolo-...

Nation Top Stories

DoT allocates spectrum to telecom operators; Asks to prepare for 5G launch likely by next month

ION correspondentAugust 19, 2022August 19, 2022

The Department of Telecommunications(DoT) has allocated spectrum to telecom operators, paving the way for launch of 5G services. Communications and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the letters for...

Sports Top Stories

India defeat Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in 1st ODI of 3-match series

ION correspondentAugust 19, 2022August 19, 2022

India defeated Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the first One Day International of the three-match series at Harare Sports Club, Harare. Replying to the target of 190, the visitors...

Business and Commerce Top Stories

Four new faces in BJP’s rejigged parliamentary board

ION correspondentAugust 18, 2022August 18, 2022

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan were dropped from the BJP’s top decision-making body on Wednesday in a shake-up in which BS Yediyurappa and...

States Top Stories

25 lakh new voters likely to be enrolled in J&K as non-locals residing in state to get voting rights

ION correspondentAugust 18, 2022August 18, 2022

As is the case in other parts of the country, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar on Wednesday said around 25 lakh new voters are expected to...

Business and Commerce Top Stories

Picked as Congress’ J&K panel head, Ghulam Nabi Azad quits within hours

ION correspondentAugust 17, 2022August 17, 2022

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad — long upset with the party — has resigned from a key party post in Jammu and Kashmir, signalling a revolt within. Made...

States Top Stories

Fresh trouble for Ashok Gehlot as 12 Cong councillors quit following Dalit boy’s death

ION correspondentAugust 17, 2022August 17, 2022

Days after the death of a nine-year-old Dalit boy who was allegedly beaten up by his schoolteacher for touching a drinking water pot in Rajasthan’s Jalore, 12 Congress councillors...

States Top Stories

Kashmir Pandit shot dead by militants in J&K’s Shopian, killing fuels fresh wave of fear among minorities in valley

ION correspondentAugust 17, 2022August 17, 2022

Militants shot dead a civilian and injured another, both members of the minority Kashmiri Pandit community, in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. According to the police, terrorists fired...

States Top Stories

RJD gets lion’s share but JD(U) keeps plum portfolios

ION correspondentAugust 17, 2022August 17, 2022

Portfolios were allocated among members of the Nitish Kumar cabinet in Bihar with the chief minister retaining key departments like home which he had held in the previous government....

Business and Commerce Top Stories

PM Modi dials Macron, discusses France’s wildfires, global food security

ION correspondentAugust 17, 2022August 17, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he spoke to President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday and conveyed India’s solidarity with France in dealing with the devastating wildfires. Both leaders also agreed...