The Jharkhand government has put its hospitals on alert, asking them for surveillance, preventive measures and testing of respiratory illness cases in the backdrop of a mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China, officials said on Saturday.
In a letter to the district administrations, Additional Chief Secretary for Health Arun Kumar Singh directed them to remain prepared and keep a constant vigil on the situation.
"In view of the recently reported surge in respiratory illness, especially in children in Northern China, in the recent weeks, this is to bring to your kind notice that there is an urgent need to keep a constant vigil, monitor trends of cases and quickly respond to any emerging public health," Singh said in the letter.
In view of the ongoing influenza, there might be an increase in respiratory illness cases, he said.
"This is predominantly attributed to usual causes like Influenza strain (H1N1/H3N2/H5N1/H9N2 etc.), mycoplasma pneumonia, SARS-CoV-2, etc," Singh said.
"In orde

china, clinics, pneumonia

Press Trust of India

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday lamented that retired judges have kept the arbitral system of the country in a "tight fist grip", denying chance to other qualified minds.
He suggested that the time has come when we need to introspect and move forward by bringing about necessary changes, including, if required, by legislation.
"Nowhere on the planet, in no other country, in no other system, there is such tight fist grip on the arbitral system by retired judges. In our country, this is at large," he said.
He also lauded the "bold" remarks of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud -- a person, he said, is changing the landscape of judiciary in the country -- on the arbitral system in India.
Dhankhar said the CJI reflected on the lack of diversity in appointing arbitrators. Chandrachud, Dhankhar quoted, had said retired judges dominate the field.
"He goes on to add, and I salute him for this, he said while other qualified candidates are overlooked, he implied this reflects

Jagdeep Dhankhar

Gujarat Giants, runner-ups of the 2017 and 2018 seasons and playoff entrants of the 2021-22 season will be eying their first-ever title in the 2023-24 season

Gujarat Giants

Business Standard

New Delhi [India], December 2: Intelli360 Asset Pvt Ltd proudly announces receiving the esteemed National Association for Personal Finance Professionals (NAPFP) Inspiring Leader Award. This accolade, presented annually, celebrates NAPFP members who have demonstrated exceptional commitment and dedication to nurturing, motivating, and guiding others toward their full professional potential within the financial services industry. The Inspiring Leader Award recognizes Wealth Management Firms with a remarkable track record of fostering growth and development primarily through investor education/awareness, or coaching, while significantly contributing to NAPFA's mission.

Intelli360 Asset Pvt Ltd Receives Prestigious National Association for Personal Finance Professionals (NAPFP) Inspiring Leader Award

ANI Press Release

New Delhi [India], December 2: To address the critical issue of girls dropping out of public schools due to menstrual hygiene challenges, Aashraya Seth, a visionary from Lucknow, has unveiled an ingenious solution -- India's most affordable non-electric sanitary pad vending machine priced at just Rs 2500.

Lucknow Innovator Introduces Affordable Solution to Combat Period Poverty in India

Even if no statistical jugglery is afoot, the "noise" in India's GDP numbers should be eliminated in order to hear the underlying music without distortion, writes T N Ninan

Economic growth, GDP

November was a blockbuster month for the Nifty index, which rose 5.5 per cent, the most since July 2022

Sensex, Nifty, stock market, BSE, NSE

The 15 per cent Y-o-Y growth in November came despite weak external conditions

Shares of Dixon Technologies sprinted 9.5 per cent and hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 6,034.75 apiece on the BSE

Dixon Technologies

These are tactics used by online platforms to manipulate or heavily influence customers to make certain choices

digital business

Spot gold rose 0.2% to $2,044.69 per ounce by 0632 GMT, after hitting its highest since May 5. U.S. gold futures for December delivery rose 0.3% to $2,045.30 per ounce

gold, gold prices

Reuters

India experienced extreme weather events almost every day in the first nine months of this year which led to nearly 3,000 deaths, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Published by the independent think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the report said the climate-vulnerable country had extreme weather on 86 per cent of days from January to September 2023.
The CSE said 2,923 people died, almost two million hectares of crops were ruined, 80,000 homes were destroyed and more than 92,000 animals were killed. But these numbers might be even higher because not all the data is collected, it said.
"'India 2023: An assessment of extreme weather events' attempts to build an evidence base on the frequency and expanding geography of extreme weather events in the country. As this assessment clearly shows, what the country has witnessed so far in 2023 is the new 'abnormal' in a warming world," said the CSE director general Sunita Narain.
Madhya Pradesh reported the highest .

CDP, which gathered the data on behalf of 515 investors with $106 trillion in assets, said it received responses from 220 small and large Indian companies

Extreme weather condition

Amid indications that Rahul Gandhi may contest again from Kerala's Wayanad constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the former Congress chief said on Wednesday that the southern state and the hill constituency were like a home to him.
With less than six months remaining before the Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to take place, Gandhi said that coming to Kerala and Wayanad is not work for him.
"I consider it like coming back to my family and meeting my friends. The more I come to Kerala and Wayanad, the more I feel that it is my home," the Congress MP from Wayanad stated.
He made these remarks after releasing a book on the late Muslim League Leader P Seethi Haji here.

Rahul Gandhi

The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money will soon submit its eighth interim report to the apex court, the panel's vice-chairman Justice (Retired) Arijit Pasayat said here.
After coming to power in May 2014, the Narendra Modi government, in its first cabinet meeting, approved the appointment of the SIT as directed by the Supreme Court. In the last nine years, the SIT has submitted seven interim reports to the apex court.
Justice Pasayat held a meeting at his residence here on Tuesday with officers of both central and state governments in connection with the detection and curbing of black money generation in the country.
"A meeting of officers from Income Tax, Enforcement Directorate, Customs and Excise and Central Board of Indirect Tax departments was held for over two hours in which participants discussed the methods to be applied for detection and curbing of generation of black money in India and abroad," Justice Pasayat told reporters.

Supreme Court, Manipur violence

Shares of IREDA, which were listed at 50 rupees, climbed to a high of 57.75 rupees, well above their initial public offer (IPO) price of 32 rupees

IREDA

Adani is now the 19th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $66.7 billion

Gautam Adani, Adani

Axis Mutual Fund on Wednesday launched a manufacturing fund and has set a target of collecting at least Rs 2,500 crore during the offer period.
The Axis Bank subsidiary which competes with 44 other players, is also eyeing around Rs 3 lakh AUM by the end of this fiscal, given the market rally.
The fund house opened the year with an AUM (assets under management) over Rs 2.25 lakh crore.
The open-ended equity scheme represents the manufacturing theme and opens for subscription from December 1 and closes on December 15.
The fund will track Nifty manufacturing index and will be managed by Shreyash Devalkar and Nitin Arora, the company announced here.
If 10 per cent of the investment is redeemed/switched within 12 months from the date of allotment there will be no exit load, while for the remaining investment there will be a 1 per cent charge, B Gop Kumar, managing director & chief executive of the fund house said.
On the overall AUM target for the year, Kumar said the growth has been

mutual funds, MFs

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) and state drug inspectors have been conducting inspections as part of a massive nationwide crackdown on spurious and substandard medicines

pharma, medicine, drugs

Murthy said that over the years, he has transformed from a 'confused leftist' to a 'determined compassionate capitalist'

Narayan Murthy

At a cabinet briefing, Anurag Thakur said that the extension will cost the exchequer Rs 11.8 trillion

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