Move comes amid call by doctors across India to bring in central legislation to protect healthcare personnel. Govt says ordinance strengthens definition of violence, upgrades punishment.
Agitating doctors believe intention of bringing Bill is not just to provide free healthcare but also to reap political dividends in poll year. Govt firm on its decision to go ahead.
Manish Nigam, who is leading the protest in Delhi, says doctors are 'dissatisfied with response' of Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya after their meeting, want 'immediate action'.
Even after raising objections to statements by Ramdev, no action has been taken yet, the Federation of Resident Doctors Associations (FORDA) said in a statement on Saturday.
Dismissing Ayurveda as jugaad and quackery is the worst kind of disinformation campaign against one of the ancient indigenous forms of healthcare systems.
Over 5,000 govt doctors began an indefinite strike, threatening to shut OPDs & not release daily Covid data. But they budged after intervention by senior ministers.
While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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