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Move to bifurcate J-K in Union Territories was 'greeted in Ladakh
Updated : 11 hours, 39 min ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): The strategy to put in place reasonable communication restrictions in Kashmir in the wake of abrogation of Article 370 "surprisingly" seems to have worked with the "volatile valley remaining relatively peaceful," suggests Olivier Guillard, a specialist on
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NHRC seeks report over plight of sex workers
Updated : 3 days, 11 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories over the plight of sex workers in India.
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8 states/UTs report 14 per cent of Covid-19 deaths, higher than na
Updated : 4 days, 16 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): At least eight states and union territories are accounting for nearly 9 per cent of India's active cases and about 14 per cent of COVID-19 deaths, even higher than national Case Fatality Rate (CFR) average, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family
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Centre releases Rs 890. 32 cr as 2nd installment of COVID-19 finan
Updated : 6 days, 18 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): The Central Government on Thursday released Rs 890.32 crores as the second installment of the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package to 22 States and Union Territories (UTs).
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NHRC seeks ATR from States, UTs over plight of transgenders
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 3 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Chief Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories of India over the plight of transgenders.
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Centre allocates 4.24 crore HCQ tablets to states and UTs, biggest
Updated : 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): The Union health ministry made the biggest allocation of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in India by distributing 4.24 crore medicines to the states and Union Territories.
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Centre releases Rs 1,65,302 cr as GST compensation to states, UTs
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): The Centre on Monday released Rs 1,65,302 crores as Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation to states/Union Territories for the financial year 2019-20 against cess collection of Rs 95,444 crores.
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NGT suggests need for preventive action to avoid massive fires at
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has suggested a need for preventive action including conducting mock-drills to avoid any incidents related to massive fires in the chemical plants and asked the Chief Secretaries of all States to hold meetings with concerned
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30 states, UTs have lower COVID-19 positivity rate than national a
Updated : 3 weeks, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said India's COVID-19 positivity rate is 8.07 per cent and there are at least 30 state and union territories (UTs) which have lower positivity rate than the national average.
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COVID-19: Union Health Secy, ICMR ask states, UTs to ramp up testi
Updated : 3 weeks, 2 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director-General, Dr Balram Bhargava, have written to all states and union territories (UTs) to ramp up COVID-19 testing capacity.
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NGT asks CPCB to ensure states, UTs ban use of petcoke, furnace oi
Updated : 3 weeks, 5 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to ensure that states and Union Territories (UTs) ban the use of petcoke and furnace oil as fuel to prevent damage to the environment and public health.
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ICMR asks states, UTs to obtain district-wise login credentials fo
Updated : 3 weeks, 6 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research has asked all States and Union Territories to apply to obtain district-wise login credentials for data entry of testing data into the ICMR portal.
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