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Topic: Doctors strike

Goa health minister’s outburst at doctor adds to CM Sawant’s troubles amid power tussles in state BJP

Since assuming office for his second term, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has been facing the heat from what his ministers have been voicing & infighting.

Round 1 goes to Mamata in face-off with doctors. And it’s not over yet

Master politician Mamata Banerjee has outmanoeuvred agitating doctors, leaving them stunned, dumbfounded, and looking somewhat foolish. While she emerged practically smelling of roses.

No duty room for 45% doctors on night shifts, safety measures worse in govt hospitals, says IMA survey

Survey sought responses by 3,885 doctors—both from public & private hospitals—from 22 states & UTs. Nearly 80% of those surveyed were junior doctors, who are mostly on night duties.

Booted out twice over ‘fund misuse’, Sandip Ghosh returned due to ‘clout’. Murky story of RG Kar ex-chief

Accused of trying to cover up brutal rape-murder of a doctor, Ghosh is being investigated by CBI, which is also set to take over probe into alleged financial bungling under his watch.

No central law in pipeline for protection of healthcare personnel, says health ministry

Health ministry has issued order to increase security by 25% in all central govt medical hospitals. States have laws to protect healthcare workers, says a senior health official.

Resident doctors across India threaten shutdown of services after police ‘crackdown’ in Delhi

RDAs say the protest will continue until the Delhi Police apologises for its alleged crackdown on resident doctors Monday, and the counselling for NEET PG begins.

‘Had to borrow money for Diwali’, say Hindu Rao doctors on their threat of indefinite strike

Resident doctors currently not working for 3 hours a day say they are 'tired of strikes', but have no other option but to go on 'indefinite strike' from Monday if they aren't paid.

Delhi’s Kasturba Hospital resident doctors to go on strike from tomorrow over no salaries

Around 40 doctors will take part in this strike, which will go on till 20 October. The doctors have also threatened mass resignation if their salaries are not paid.

Karnataka govt agrees to hike salary of doctors after they threaten to go on strike

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.

Karnataka to make striking contracted doctors permanent, but with a performance rider

State Health Minister Sriramulu says contracted doctors’ other demand for a salary hike has already been met, and urges them to get back to fighting Covid-19.

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Centre invokes Essential Commodities Act to regulate gas supply as Iran and US-Israel conflict rages on

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SMPP secures order for additional 10,000 bulletproof jackets for paramilitary forces

SMPP Limited gets order for additional 10,000 bulletproof jackets for BSF, CISF & SSB. This is over & above the existing order for 40,000 jackets, taking the total to 50,000.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.