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The Kerala government on Wednesday announced relaxations in working hours for its employees who have children suffering from autistic disorders, cerebral palsy, multiple disabilities, and mental retardation. One of the government employees who is a parent of children with 40 per cent or more such disabilities will be given relaxation in working hours, the government said in a statement here. A maximum of 16 hours of total working hours in a month will be allowed to one of such employees, it said. This is in addition to the concessions currently granted to government staff. The decision was taken by the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/xqvLkyZ via IFTTT

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday slammed the state government and the police for their inability to protect a 23-year-old doctor who was killed at a taluk hospital in Kottarakkara area of Kollam district by a man she was treating, saying it was a "complete breakdown of the protectional system". A special bench of Justices Devan Ramachandran and Kauser Edappagath directed that the CCTV footage of the rooms or places in the taluk hospital where the incident took place be preserved. It made the superintendent of the hospital personally responsible for the task. The court also directed the First Class Judicial Magistrate of Kottarakkara to visit the hospital and carry out a physical inspection of the crime scene and submit a report by Thursday. It also held that all of its past orders and the provisions of the Kerala Healthcare Service Persons and Healthcare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act, 2012 shall apply in full force to every medi...

केरल के कोल्लम जिले में कोट्टारक्कारा के एक तालुक अस्पताल में इलाज के लिए लाए गए एक निलंबित स्कूल शिक्षक ने बुधवार को उसके घाव की मरहम-पट्टी कर रही 23 वर्षीय एक महिला डॉक्टर पर कथित रूप से सर्जरी में इस्तेमाल होने वाले ब्लेड से हमला कर उसकी हत्या कर दी. आरोपी व्यक्ति को परिवार के सदस्यों के साथ मारपीट में घायल होने के बाद पुलिस अस्पताल ले कर आई थी. युवा डॉक्टर की हत्या से निराश केरल उच्च न्यायालय ने कहा कि यह घटना पुलिस और सरकार की विफलता का परिणाम है. सरकार और पुलिस के प्रति नाराजगी जाहिर करते हुए उच्च न्यायालय की पीठ ने कहा कि यह डॉक्टरों की सुरक्षा को लेकर उनकी 'नाकामी' को दर्शाता है.  कोट्टारक्कारा पुलिस के एक अधिकारी ने बताया कि आरोपी की पहचान संदीप के रूप में हुई है. उन्होंने बताया कि अस्पताल में जब डॉक्टर वंदना दास, आरोपी के पैर के घाव की मरहम-पट्टी कर रही थीं तभी वह अचानक हिंसक हो गया और कैंची तथा सर्जरी में इस्तेमाल होने वाले ब्लेड से वहां खड़े सभी लोगों पर हमला कर दिया.  अधिकारी ने बताया कि यह घटना बुधवार तड़के की है. हमले में बुरी तरह घायल डॉक्टर को तिरुवनंतप...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the country's health service is undergoing a "rapid transformation", asserting that in the last nine years the poor have realized that medical facilities are easily accessible to them. He said that the Ayushman Bharat scheme has played an important role in it and opened the door to not only government hospitals but also private medical facilities for the poor. The scheme has saved crores of rupees of poor people required for health treatment and medicines, he said, while laying the foundation of Super Speciality Charitable Global Hospital and other projects by Brahma Kumaris at Abu Road of Sirohi district. The Super Speciality Charitable Global Hospital will be spread across an area of 50 acres. It will offer world-class medical facilities and prove especially beneficial for the poor and the tribal people in the region. Underlining the development in the health infrastructure in the country, Prime Minister Modi said that ...

A court in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Wednesday fixed May 30 as the next date of hearing on Visva-Bharati's notice to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen asking him to vacate 0.13 acre (5,500 square feet) of land which the central university claims he is illegally occupying. Visva-Bharati had sent the eviction notice to the economist on April 19, asking him to vacate 0.13 acre of the total 1.38 acres of land of his ancestral residence 'Pratichi' in the university's Santiniketan campus within May 6. The Calcutta High Court has put an interim stay on that order and asked the Birbhum district judge to hear the matter on at 2 pm on May 10. As the district judge Sudeshna De (Chatterjee) is on leave, the matter was heard by district judge in-charge Sarajit Majumder. Since the morning court's timings end before 2 pm, judge Majumdar opined the matter will be heard again on May 30. The stay on the eviction order would be effective till the date of disposal of the case...

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday snubbed Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) over an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamana and said leaders groomed by him had already proved their mettle in state politics and that everybody in NCP knows how to take the party forward. Mr Pawar's comments came a day after an editorial in the Marathi publication said the veteran leader has failed to create a successor who could take his party forward. The editorial was based on Mr Pawar's recent decision to step down as NCP president, which he withdrew after three days after it caused consternation among party leaders and workers. Notably, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) is one of the three constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) along with the NCP and Congress. "We do not attach any importance if someone is writing about whether we create new leadership or not. It is their prerogative (to write), but we ignore it. We know what we are doing, and we are satisfied with it...

देश के कई इलाकों में चक्रवाती तूफान ' मोका' (Cyclone Mocha) विकराल रूप दिखा सकता है. 'मोका' के कारण आंधी के साथ बारिश होने की आशंका है. इस बीच भारतीय मौसम विभाग (IMD) ने देश कई इलाकों में तेज बारिश की चेतावनी जारी कर दी है. आईएमडी के डीजी मृत्युंजय महापात्र ने बताया कि बंगाल की खाड़ी और इससे सटे दक्षिण अंडमान सागर के ऊपर एक कम दबाव क्षेत्र बना हुआ है. 9 मई को यह डिप्रेशन में बदल सकता है. 10 मई को चक्रवाती तूफान 'मोका' दक्षिण पूर्व बंगाल की खाड़ी और बंगाल की पूर्व मध्य खाड़ी, अंडमान सागर के आसपास के इलाकों में कहर ढा सकता है.  IMD के अनुसार, 'मोका' के चलते तटवर्ती इलाकों में बहुत तेज हवाएं चल सकती हैं. बेहद भारी बारिश होने की आशंका जताई गई है. छोटी नावों और मछुआरों के लिए चेतावनी जारी की जा चुकी है.  लैंडफॉल कब और कहां? मौसम विभाग का अनुमान है कि चक्रवात 'मोका' का लैंडफॉल 14 मई को होगा. लैंडफॉल का एरिया बांग्‍लादेश-म्‍यांमार तटों के ऊपर रहेगा. आईपीएम के अनुसार, बुधवार को भी अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीप समूह में बहुत भारी बारिश होने की आशंका है. आ...