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RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case in Kolkata ended their hunger strike after a two-hour-long meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat Nabanna on Monday night. «Today at the meeting with the Chief Minister, we got the opportunity to discuss many things and she also spoke to us about many things. We have got assurance of some directives, which she said we would get by 3 pm p.m. tomorrow,» SayantGhosh Hazra, a junior doctor, told ANI after the meeting. Seventeen junior doctors participated in the meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The meeting was telecast live from the secretariat.

The Lalit will file fresh documents for its initial public offering (IPO) in the next fiscal year starting April 2025, a top company official told ET. The IPO size may be between ₹1,500 crore and ₹1,800 crore, though the final decision is still some time away and will depend on several factors, including the market situation, said another person aware of the New Delhi-based hotel chain's plans.

Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East on Monday to launch another push for an elusive ceasefire, seeking to revive negotiations to end the Gaza war and defuse the spillover conflict in Lebanon. Blinken's trip to the region is his 11th since the attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, that triggered the Gaza war. It comes as Israel intensifies its military campaign against Iran-backed militants — Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel carried out several strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday, including one near the Rafik Hariri University Hospital, the capital's main government hospital. Four people were killed, including a child, and 24 others were wounded, the health ministry said.

doctors in West Bengal have ended their 16-day hunger strike after a nearly two-hour meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday. The discussions focused on various demands from the medical community, particularly addressing the «threat culture» prevalent in hospitals following the tragic rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Hospital in August. During the meeting, streamed live from the state secretariat, Banerjee encouraged the doctors to conclude their fast, stating that most of their demands had been addressed, while rejecting the call to remove the state health secretary. While both sides acknowledged the existence of a threat culture, they disagreed on its causes and implications. Banerjee highlighted concerns about the suspension of junior doctors at RG Kar Hospital, questioning the authority of college officials to act without informing the state government. She asserted, «How can these students or resident doctors be suspended just on the basis of complaints?»

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and agitating junior doctors on Monday lasted nearly two hours, discussing various demands of the medics, including the prevailing "threat culture" in the state's hospitals, to resolve the impasse stemming from the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Hospital in August. During the talks, held on the 17th day of a fast-unto-death by some protesting doctors, which was streamed Live for the first time from the state secretariat-Nabanna, Banerjee urged the junior doctors to end their fast, stating that most of their demands had been addressed, while rejecting the one on removing the state health secretary. Although both sides agreed on the prevailing threat culture, they differed on the underlying premises, forces, and situations that promote it. «At RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, several junior doctors and medical students were suspended without following proper procedures and rules. How can these students or resident doctors be suspended just on the basis of complaints? Who gave the college authorities the right to take such a step without informing the state government? Isn't this a threat culture?» the chief minister said.

Dandwate, a consultant to sports carmakers such as McLaren at the time, decided to apply his experience with race cars to health care. He and a fellow engineer began working on a project to use the kinds of sensors used in Formula 1 cars that can monitor body’s micro-vibrations to map health metrics in non-intrusive ways at hospitals. “We use a lot of sensors, analytics, artificial intelligence to assess the health of a car.” Dandwate, 33, told Bloomberg News in an interview. “And that’s where my race car-engineering background helped, because we used some of the same methods to develop a sensor-based contactless patient monitoring system.”

West Bengal Junior Doctor's Front (WBJDF), the umbrella organization of junior doctors spearheading the RG Kar movement, decided to go to the meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna on Monday without any preconditions and decided not to withdraw the hunger strike before meeting Banerjee. Meanwhile, uncertainties prevail over the meeting as the state government has set conditions, saying the doctors must withdraw the hunger strike and come for the meeting with the CM. «We will reach Nabanna tomorrow for the meeting without any preconditions. We will go to the meeting with the Chief Minister but will not withdraw the hunger strike before that. If the resolution is not met tomorrow, the junior doctors will go for further cease work from Tuesday,» Debasish Halder, a junior doctor, who is one the leading face of the movement, said after a general body meeting held on Sunday afternoon. «We have continued the fast unto death. After continuing the hunger strike for 17-days, our co-fighters felt hurt by the telephonic conversation of the Chief Minister. However, we will rthe each Nabanna with our delegation and we don't want to follow any precondition for that. We have made it clear in our email reply to Chief Secretary,» Halder said.

RJ Sankara Eye Hospital in his Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. Reciting the Sanskrit couplet «Tamaso ma jyotirgamay (lead me from darkness to light)», Modi also said that he was feeling «blessed» to be back in Varanasi again. «For a long time, Kashi's identity has been that of a centre of religion and spirituality but now, it is also set to emerge as a big centre of healthcare with various top-of-the-line health treatment facilities now available in Varanasi,» the prime minister said.

J P Nadda on Sunday said he would not allow any dilution in the standards of teaching and faculty at the new AIIMS and would protect the brand. Addressing the BJMFCON 2024, a forum of doctors from Bihar and Jharkhand practising in Delhi and NCR, Nadda said that AIIMS-Delhi was set up in the 60s and it was only in the 80s that it became a brand name. «It takes 10 to 20 years for any institution to grow and function in full swing. I will not allow the dilution of the standards of AIIMS and will protect the brand name,» he said. No compromise will be made in the faculty recruitment, he added. Nadda said that the groundbreaking ceremony for AIIMS-Darbhanga will soon be held, and the commissioning of AIIMS-Deoghar has been done with the recruitment of staff underway.

Narendra Modi inaugurated an eye hospital in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Sunday. Run by the Kanchi Math, R J Sankara Eye Hospital will offer comprehensive consultations and treatments for various eye conditions. The hospital will benefit people of 20 districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh as well as those living in the border areas of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, according to people associated with the Kanchi Math. This is the Kanchi Math's 14th hospital in the country. The target is to conduct 30,000 free eye surgeries every year, the people cited above said.

healthcare workers who participated in a survey feel that their workplace is «unsafe», particularly in state and central government medical colleges. Led by experts from the Vardhman Mahavir Medical College (VMMC), Safdarjung Hospital and AIIMS, New Delhi, the study highlighted «significant gaps» in the security infrastructure within Indian healthcare settings. The «Workplace Safety and Security in Indian Healthcare Settings: A Cross-Sectional Survey» published in a recent issue of the journal 'Epidemiology International' underscored the urgent need for improving the prevailing safety and security measures in healthcare settings. The survey is a collaborative effort of Dr Kartik Chadhar and Dr Jugal Kishore from the VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital along with Dr Richa Mishra, Dr Semanti Das, Dr Indra Shekhar Prasad and Dr Prakalp Gupta from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.

Gaza on Saturday showing a picture of the dead Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar with the message that «Hamas will no longer rule Gaza», echoing language used by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The move came as Israeli military strikes killed at least 32 people across the Gaza Strip and tightened a siege around hospitals in Jabalia in the north of the enclave, Palestinian health officials said. «Whoever drops the weapon and hands over the hostages will be allowed to leave and live in peace,» the leaflet, written in Arabic, read, according to residents of the southern city of Khan Younis and images circulating online.

protest march on Saturday demanding justice for the woman doctor who was raped and murdered at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The protesters, including doctors and members of the civil society, took out the march from Sodepur in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district and it was scheduled to culminate at Esplanade in central Kolkata where junior doctors have been staging a fast-unto-death for the last fortnight. Participants raised slogans demanding justice for the woman doctor who was found raped and murdered in the medical college on August 9. Some junior doctors have been staging a fast-unto-death in Esplanade area for the last 15 days, demanding justice for the victim and calling for systemic changes in the state's healthcare infrastructure.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday urged the junior doctors to end their hunger strike. She added that everybody had right to protest, but it should not affect healthcare services. «Most of your demands fulfilled, give me 3-4 months more to meet the rest,» said Banerjee. She also requested the doctors to not differ with their demands, and called them to sit for talks with the government. «Please withdraw the agitation. Some of the demands need policy decisions. We will cooperate to the fullest extent possible but it is not acceptable that you will dictate to the government what should be done,» she said.

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday claimed to have solved several grenade attack cases in Poonch with the arrest of two terrorists of the Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) in the district. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu Zone, Anand Jain said the arrest of Abdul Aziz and Manwar Hussain of Hari village is a «very big achievement» for the security agencies. In a joint operation on Friday, police along with troops of 37 Rashtriya Rifles and 38th Battalion of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) nabbed Aziz and recovered two hand grenades from his possession. During investigation, one more grenade was recovered from his house and his accomplice Hussain was also arrested along with a pistol, one magazine and nine rounds, the ADGP told reporters in Poonch. «They are part of a larger conspiracy and tried to create terror in Poonch district by carrying out grenade attacks at various locations, including a temple, a gurdwara, an Army camp and a hospital, to harm brotherhood,» he said.

Robert Roberson‘s capital punishment sentence was based on junk science and a misdiagnosis of “shaken baby syndrome,” the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday night blocked his execution.The move to halt Roberson’s execution is temporary, but came less than two hours before the 57-year-old death row inmate was scheduled to die by lethal injection.According to the Washington Post, Roberson could have been the first American to receive the death penalty for a conviction related to shaken baby syndrome, a brain injury caused by forcefully shaking an infant or toddler. The condition can cause permanent brain damage or death.Roberson was put on death row when he was convicted of murdering his two-year-old daughter after he brought her to a hospital in Palestine, Texas, in 2002.

orthopaedic surgeon Sharan Shivaraj Patil, will make investments in new hospitals and an R&D centre, and is considering raising funds through equity. The hospital chain will look at an initial public offering or a sale of shares to private equity firms among other options once it completes the investments in new hospitals and R&D, Patil said in an interview to ET. «We would like to start the process for fundraising in the last quarter (January-March) of fiscal 2026.» In an industry flush with PE money, Sparsh is among a few doctor-driven regional chains that have stayed out.

Wipro GE Healthcare to procure medical technology and services of upto Rs 700 crore. The MoU will cover new products, replacements, and services for all 12 KIMS hospitals and 4 upcoming hospitals over the next 3 years. The MoU covers a full suite of medical technology products designed, developed and manufactured by Wipro GE Healthcare including PET CTs, SPEC CTs, Cath labs, MRIs, CT Scanners, ultrasounds, and critical care equipment, among others.

food poisoning. The students had consumed the midday meal served at the school before they started complaining of nausea and abdominal pain. The affected individuals were admitted to Chhattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial (CSMM) Hospital in Kalwa for treatment.

Giriraj Singh on Friday took a dig at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for his silence on the Bahraich incident, suggesting that the SP leader refrained from commenting on the matter to protect Muslim votes and claiming that his stance reflected his «anti-Hindu» DNA. Giriraj Singh claimed that Akhilesh Yadav's DNA is (Hindu Virodhi) «anti-Hindu» since his late father and former UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav had also ordered police firing at Karsevaks in 1990. «Akhilesh Yadav did not utter a single word on Bahraich incident, just for the sake of votes. His DNA is anti-Hindu. His father Mulayam Singh Yadav also ordered firing at Karsevaks,» said Giriraj Singh.

NCLAT) has closed the insolvency proceedings against Jaypee Healthcare after the financial creditors' dues were settled by Max Healthcare. The appellate tribunal's direction to close the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) against Jaypee Healthcare Ltd (JHL) came after the financial creditor submitted that they had received the amount of Rs 1,035.29 crore as part of the settlement and no claim had survived. «In view of the fact that the entire claim has now been satisfied and the amount deposited has been disbursed, we see no reason to continue the CIRP any further,» said the NCLAT order passed on Thursday. CIRP against JHL was initiated by the Allahabad bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on June 14 this year, over a petition filed by its lead creditor JC Flowers Asset Reconstruction Ltd.