About 400 medical officers are being recruited by the health department to overcome the shortage of doctors in the government hospitals of Punjab and to provide better health facilities to the people. After about 4 years, the government is recruiting regular doctors.

So the process has been started. This process is going on through Baba Farid University. The process of applying for these posts will start by September 4. While the computer based test process will be completed on September 8. Doctors have to click on www.bfuhs.ac.in to apply.

This decision has been taken by the health department at a time when more than half of the sanctioned posts in the hospital are lying vacant. There are total 2300 medical officer posts in the department. Out of these 1250 posts are vacant. According to sources, if we talk about specialist doctors in government hospitals, the situation becomes more alarming.

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk is now in the final year of his four-year deal with the Premier League club, which he signed back in 2021. Despite the uncertainty of where his future lies, the defender claimed he is "very calm" regarding his contract.

In his six years at Liverpool, the center back has the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and two League Cups to his name.

"I’m very calm. I want to play the best season I can, again. I want to be important and stay important for the club this year,” said Van Dijk to Sky Sports.

Liverpool signed Van Dijk in January 2018 for 75 million Pounds, a then-world-record transfer fee for a defender. He quickly went on to assert his dominance in the league and was undoubtedly one of the best defenders in the league before his Cruciate ligament tear injury in the 2020/21 season kept him out of action for 254 days.

State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) on Monday said it has received a Rs 11,000 crore order from Adani Power and its subsidiary Mahan Energen Ltd (MEL) to set up three “supercritical thermal power projects”.

Each of the three projects will be of 2x800 MW rating in Kawai, Rajasthan and in Madhya Pradesh's Mahan. In a stock exchange filing, BHEL said it needs to complete the Kawai Phase-II project in 49 months, the Kawai Phase-III project in 52 months and the Mahan Phase-III project in 55 months.

In the filing, BHEL said it will be involved in the supply of equipment and supervision of erection and commissioning for the three power projects mentioned above. The supply of equipment includes boilers, turbines, generators, and associated auxiliaries, as well as control and instrumentation.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expanding its ambit of investigation in the financial irregularities at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata by including names of three business entities in the first information report (FIR) filed in the matter.

Sources said that the three new names included in the FIR are of three business entities namely Maa Tara Traders, Ehsan Cafe and Kham Louha.

All these names were mentioned in the petition filed in the matter of irregularities at the Calcutta High Court by a whistleblower and the former deputy superintendent of R.G. Kar, Akhtar Ali, acting on which the court last week directed the CBI to take charge of the investigation.

The CBI initiated the investigation by filing FIR against the former and controversial principal of R.G. Kar Sandip Ghosh, who is already under the scanner of the central agency sleuths not only in the matter of the financial irregularities but also in the case of the rape and murder of a junior doctor within the hospital premises earlier this month.

Pearls Group's founder Nirmal Singh Bhangoo, arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a massive Rs 45,000 crore ponzi scam impacting more than five crore investors, has passed away at a hospital here, according to multiple reports.

As per reports, Bhangoo was admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital in west Delhi after his health deteriorated in the Tihar jail. An official confirmation was awaited from either the jail authorities or from the CBI.

Bhangoo and three others were arrested by the CBI in January 2016 for the alleged swindling of Rs 45,000 crore from over five crore investors through enticing land deals.

Last year, the Punjab government started the process of confiscating properties owned by Pearls Group in connection with the multi-crore chit fund case, to compensate the people by selling them.

The bugle of assembly elections has been sounded in Jammu and Kashmir. Today on Monday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its first list for Jammu and Kashmir elections. In this list, names of 15 candidates have been announced for the first phase, 10 for the second phase and 19 candidates for the third phase of voting. It is known that elections are to be held in Jammu and Kashmir in three phases.

BJP released its first list of total 44 candidates. The party has fielded Arshid Bhat from Rajpora, Javed Ahmed Qadri from Shopian, Mohammad Rafiq Wani from Anantnag West. Advocate Syed Wajahat will contest from Anantnag, Ms. Shagun Parihar from Kishtwar and Gajay Singh Rana from Doda.

The special thing about this list is that former Deputy CM and former Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Dr. Nirmal Singh has not got the ticket. Nirmal Singh had won from Bilwar assembly seat in 2014. At the same time, former Deputy CM Kavinder Gupta has also not got the ticket. However, there is speculation that Kavinder Gupta's name may be announced in the next list. The name of state BJP president Ravindra Raina has also not been announced in this list.

Time of day when medications are administered can have a significant impact on cancer treatment outcomes, claimed a study.

Researchers at Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Germany explained that it is because human bodies follow the cycle set by their internal clock, also known as circadian rhythm.

To tailor medication schedules to an individual patient’s body clock, the team developed a method for determining the optimum time of cancer treatment. The method, based on certain breast cancer cell lines, is described in the journal Nature Communications.

The internal clock in the human body sets the rhythm for different bodily functions and metabolic processes, such as sleep and digestion.

Tunisian President Kais Saied announced a sweeping reshuffle of 19 ministers, including those for foreign affairs, defence and health, ahead of the presidential election on October 6.

"This morning, August 25, 2024, the President of the Republic has decided to make a governmental change," the Tunisian Presidency said in a statement posted on its Facebook page, without providing reasons for the decision.

Saied has appointed Khaled Sehili as the new Defence Minister, succeeding Imed Memmich; Mohamed Ali Nafti as the new Foreign Minister, succeeding Nabil Ammar; and Mustapha Ferjani as the new Health Minister, succeeding Ali Mrabet, reports news agency, citing the statement.

On August 8, the President sacked Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani, replacing him with Kamel Maddouri, the Social Affairs Minister.

Indian equity indices opened in the green on Monday following US market gains after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's dovish commentary at the Jackson Hole hinted at a likely rate cut in September.

At 9.45 a.m., Sensex was up 529 points or 0.65 per cent at 81,615 and Nifty was up 146 points or 0.59 per cent at 24,969.

Broader market trends remain bullish. Nifty Midcap is up 348 points or 0.60 per cent at 58,904 and Nifty smallcap is up 105 points or 0.55 per cent at 19,184.

Among the sectoral indices, Auto, IT, PSU Bank, fin service, pharma, metal and energy are the major gainers and FMCG is the only loser in the NSE indices.

According to the market experts, "The Fed chief Powell’s clear message of the beginning of the rate cutting cycle will impart further resilience to the ongoing global rally in stock markets. Deviating from his usual cautious messaging, this time Powell unambiguously stated that “the time has come for policy to adjust” and that “the direction of travel is clear.” This will act as sort of a “Powell put” similar to the famous “Greenspan put” that supported US equity markets during the Greenspan era."

Pulwama district, a key region in the electoral landscape of Jammu and Kashmir, is ready for the upcoming Assembly elections, which will take place there during the first phase.

The district has registered a total of 4,07,637 voters, including 2,02,475 males, 2,05,141 females, and 21 transgenders across its four Assembly constituencies that is, Pampore, Tral, Pulwama, and Rajpora.

To ensure smooth and efficient voting, 481 polling stations have been established by the Election Commission of India (ECI) throughout the district, providing every registered voter the opportunity to participate in the democratic process.

Assembly Constituency (AC) 32 - Pampore has 1,00,383 registered voters, including 49,697 males, 50,680 females, and six transgender individuals. To accommodate these voters, 120 polling stations have been allocated within this constituency, underscoring its importance in the district's electoral framework.