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Time of India
10-07-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Speed up work on GMCs in Washim, Bhandara, Ambernath, Palghar: Fadnavis
Nagpur: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed all departments to coordinate and prioritise making land available for the construction of proposed govt medical colleges (GMCHs) at Washim, Bhandara, Ambernath, and Palghar. He spoke at a review meeting held at Vidhan Bhavan to assess the progress of land availability and construction for these medical colleges and hospitals on Wednesday. Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, medical education minister Hasan Mushrif, food and civil supplies minister Chhagan Bhujbal, health minister Prakash Abitkar, minister of state Meghana Bordikar, and chief secretary Rajesh Kumar were present. Fadnavis said that the govt had approved the construction of new medical colleges in Washim, Bhandara, Ambernath, and Palghar. He instructed local representatives and district administrations to inspect and finalise suitable land for these projects. He emphasised the need for time-bound planning, including the appointment of consultant agencies and the completion of related tasks, to avoid delays. Local administrations were directed to ensure no work is delayed. Fadnavis further noted that GMCHs with a capacity of 100 students and hospitals with 430 beds are under construction in Sindhudurg, Jalna, Amravati, Washim, Wardha, Buldhana, Gadchiroli, Parbhani, and Hingoli. Additional funding is required to provide facilities at these colleges. He directed the PWD to prepare a revised comprehensive proposal for all works, in accordance with the National Medical Commission's regulations, and present it to the high-level committee. In October 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated two new GMCs in Bhandara and Washim, Maharashtra, each offering 100 MBBS seats for the 2024–25 academic year. Affiliated with Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), both colleges received National Medical Commission approval. Bhandara's GMC will operate on a 25-acre campus at Paladi village, while Washim will utilise the district hospital. Each has 448 sanctioned posts, with 197 to be filled this year, supported by Rs34.7 crore in funding. Plans for 400–450-bed hospitals are set for completion within 2–3 years. BOX Fadnavis urges online expansion of health services Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis directed guardian secretaries to devise planned programmes for urban health projects, emphasising the online delivery of public health department services via the Aaple Sarkar portal. Speaking at a Vidhan Bhavan review meeting, Fadnavis stressed strengthening primary health centres, estimating Rs5,983 crore for modernising 398 centres and 2,806 sub-centres. He called for effective implementation of health schemes, simplified procurement, and AI integration. Fadnavis also urged for updation of the department's website, decentralising services, and drafting a state health policy.
TimesLIVE
02-07-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Ferrari unveils new Amalfi as Roma replacement
The starting price for the new model is set at €240,000 (R4,983,081), with first deliveries to clients scheduled in the first quarter of next year, starting from Europe. Deliveries to US clients are expected to start three to six months later, at a higher price due to import tariffs. Orders for the Amalfi are being opened on Tuesday but Ferrari's dealers received lots of expressions of interest from clients, Galliera said. The Roma coupé has gone out of production while its retractable-top version, introduced in 2023, remains in Ferrari's range.
New Straits Times
26-06-2025
- Business
- New Straits Times
Palm rises on expectations of lower output, strong demand
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures inched higher on Thursday, as anticipation of lower output and strong demand from key destinations supported the market. The benchmark palm oil contract for September delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained RM18, or 0.45 per cent, to RM3,983 (US$943.39) a metric ton at the midday break. The contract fell 3.9 per cent in the previous two sessions. Crude palm oil futures traded higher on the expectation that production and export would remain bullish in the coming weeks, said David Ng, a proprietary trader at Kuala Lumpur-based trading firm Iceberg X Sdn Bhd. "We see production pace slowing down and robust demand going forward," he added. The Malaysian Palm Oil Board is expected to release its June supply and demand data on July 10. Dalian's most-active soyoil contract rose 0.38 per cent, while its palm oil contract added 0.1 per cent. Soyoil prices on the Chicago Board of Trade were down 0.27 per cent. Palm oil tracks the price movements of rival edible oils, as it competes for a share of the global vegetable oils market. The Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange palm oil contract will be closed on Friday for a public holiday. Crude oil prices inched higher, extending gains from the previous day as a larger-than-expected draw in U.S. crude stocks signalled firm demand, while investors remained cautious about the Iran-Israel ceasefire and stability in the Middle East. Stronger crude oil futures make palm a more attractive option for biodiesel feedstock. The ringgit, palm's currency of trade, strengthened 0.31 per cent against the dollar, making the commodity more expensive for buyers holding foreign currencies. Cargo surveyors estimated that exports of Malaysian palm oil products for June 1-25 rose between 6.6 per cent and 6.8 per cent, compared with the same period a month ago. Malaysia has lowered its July crude palm oil reference price, a change that decreases the export duty to 8.5 per cent, a circular on the Malaysian Palm Oil Board website showed. Palm oil may retest support of RM3,978 per ton, with a good chance of breaking it and falling towards RM3,938, Reuters technical analyst Wang Tao said.
TimesLIVE
09-05-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Nissan abandons plan for $1.1bn EV battery plant in southern Japan
Nissan Motor said on Friday it would abandon a plan to build a $1.1bn (R20,069,224,230) factory for electric vehicle batteries on Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu, marking the latest change of plans for the troubled carmaker. Japan's third-biggest carmaker had announced in January the plan for a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plant in the city of Kitakyushu that was set to create about 500 jobs with an investment of ¥153.3bn (R19,153,837,500). "Nissan is taking immediate turnaround actions and exploring all options to recover its performance," the company said about the decision, indicating a willingness at Nissan to scale back its domestic market ambitions. "After careful consideration of the investment efficiency, we have decided to cancel the construction of a new LFP battery plant in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture." The Japanese government had earmarked a subsidy of up to ¥55.7bn (R6,983,632,580) for the project. The plant was supposed to start supply in July 2028 or later and have an annual production capacity of 5GWh, materials posted on Japan's industry ministry's website showed. New CEO Ivan Espinosa, who took over from Makoto Uchida last month, is restructuring Nissan's operations. The company is shedding employees, reducing production capacity and closing plants. Nissan said last month it expects a record net loss of ¥700bn (R12,764,640,000,000) to ¥750bn (R94,042,200,000) for the financial year that ended in March due to impairment charges. The company is set to provide its outlook for the financial year and update on its recovery actions when it announces full-year financial results on Tuesday.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
It's past time to officially end state-sanctioned violence in schools
April 30 is International Day to End Corporal Punishment, and this year's theme is 'End State-Sanctioned Violence in Schools.' This is especially timely in North Carolina, since there are two bills (Senate Bill 714 and House Bill 983) in the legislature aimed at deleting the current statute that allows and provides immunity for public school personnel who 'intentionally inflict pain upon the body of a student as a form of punishment' up to the point that 'a student requires care beyond first aid'. (Yes, that's right, this grisly statute is still in place and yes, this is the twenty-first century.) Despite no organized opposition, neither bill is likely to get even a hearing in the legislature. If you'd like the back story, please read on. Virtually all developed countries (and a host of developing countries) prohibit the use of corporal punishment in the public schools. An exception is the United States, which leaves the issue to the states. Currently, 33 states have statutes prohibiting the practice. You already know that North Carolina, along with the entire south, still sanctions violence against public school students. Happily, there is a Tar Heel State anomaly: Taking advantage of permission granted by the state, all 115 local school districts prohibit the use of corporal punishment, and no student has been subject to the practice since 2018! This is essentially because more than 80 studies confirm that corporal punishment does not improve academic outcomes, but IS associated with negative effects on student educational and psychological development. Given this situation, the logical question is why is the state legislature reluctant to even consider honoring local decision-making by prohibiting corporal punishment by statute? The reason is embedded in the legislative process. While surveys of legislators indicate overwhelming support for prohibiting the practice, the process allows just a few legislators to block any bill. For example, the House and Senate Rules Committees, through which all bills must go, each has hundreds of bills waiting for a hearing. By rule, a bill must pass at least one chamber by the self-imposed deadline of May 8. This means most bills will die on that day, simply because the committee chair refused to give a bill a hearing. This will almost certainly be the case with the corporal punishment bills. It is generally thought that laws reflect the norms of a society. With regard to corporal punishment in the public schools of North Carolina, this is clearly not the case. It is comforting that all local school boards and administrations have taken steps to protect students. It is disconcerting, however, that the state legislature continues to tarnish our reputation by declining to remove a statute that no longer reflects who we are.
