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Winter likely to be harsh for orthopaedic patients

Bhubaneswar: With the onset of winter, the woes of people suffering from joint issues are likely to spike as the seasonal transformation is expected to trigger changes in the body which can exaggerate the suffering of the patients, say doctors. Doctors dealing with bones and...

Govt to miss fiscal deficit target: Debroy

New Delhi: Bibek Debroy, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, has said in an interview that the government will miss the fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent set in the Union Budget. Debroy said it's hard to say by how much it...

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System to protect common man’s savings needed

Mumbai: Amid the crisis at Punjab & Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC), HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh said it was “brutally unfair” that there were regular loan waivers and corporate loan write-offs but no financial system to protect the common man’s savings. The scam at PMC Bank...

US aviation body faces flak over 737 MAX issue

Washington: US aviation regulators were slammed Friday for allowing design changes to Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft that have been implicated in two horrific crashes causing the deaths of more than 300 people. The Federal Aviation Administration failed to stick to its own rules, followed out-of-date...

Hingorani visits Srimandir ahead of SC hearing

Puri: Senior Supreme Court (SC) advocate Priya Hingorani, who has been appointed by the apex court to assist amicus curiae Ranjit Kumar on a case pertaining to Srimandir reforms, visited the 12th century shrine here, Friday. Hingorani’s visit to Srimandir assumes significance as the next...

3 held with 36gm brown sugar

Khurda: Excise sleuths and Model Police officials here, Friday, claimed to have recovered 36.07 gram of brown sugar and arrested three persons on charges of possessing the contraband. “Apin Das of Angul and Basanta Jena of Keonjhar have been arrested during a raid at Saguan...

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RTOs to work longer hours, accept digitised documents  

Bhubaneswar: In an aim to facilitate citizens, state Transport Commissioner Sanjeeb Panda Thursday directed all Regional Transport Officers (RTOs) to extend the working hours in the offices. “Facilitation for citizen centric service in RTO offices and considering the present scenario, you are directed to extend...

Panel set up to boost GST revenue after collection dips

New Delhi: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council Thursday constituted a committee of officers to improve revenue after the September (GST) collection dropped sharply to a 19-month low of `91,916 crore, reflecting weak consumer demand. The second straight month of decline in the GST...

 

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