Junior doctors’ stir over RG Kar horror to continue despite SC direction
Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal said they would continue their ‘cease work’ to demand justice for the RG Kar hospital medic who was raped and murdered, despite Supreme Court directions to resume duties by 5 pm on Tuesday. Demanding the resignation of the state’s health secretary and director of health education (DHE), the protesting medics said that they would also take out a rally to ‘Swasthya Bhavan’ – the headquarters of the health department in Salt Lake – on Tuesday noon.
Amitav Ghosh shortlisted for 2024 British Academy Book Prize
Renowned Indian author Amitav Ghosh was on Tuesday shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2024, a leading international non-fiction prize worth GBP 25,000 now in its 12th year. Ghosh’s ‘Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories’ is in the running along with five other international titles for the prize open to authors of any nationality based anywhere in the world and working in any language, provided that the nominated.
Strategies to prevent suicides should address risk factors: Researchers
National strategies aimed at preventing suicide should include measures to address social issues to prevent people from reaching “crisis point,” argue authors of a new six-paper series published in The Lancet Public Health journal. The international team of authors called for a change in the narrative around suicide — to move away from presenting it as a purely mental health issue and acknowledge the impact of social risk factors, such as poverty, domestic violence, addictions and isolation.
Assured Guterres of India’s commitment to multilateralism: UN Ambassador
India’s new Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish assured the country’s commitment to reformed “multilateralism” and “revitalisation” of the UN as he presented his credentials to UN chief Antonio Guterres here. Deeply honoured to present my letter of credence to UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres. It is a matter of great pride and immense responsibility to represent India at the United Nations, Harish said in a post on X and thanked Guterres for his friendship and support for India.
Fire in Delhi’s Madanpur Khadar shanties
A fire broke out in the Madanpur Khadar area here early on Tuesday, damaging some shanties but no loss of life was reported, officials said The Delhi Fire Services said they received a call about the blaze at 2.50 am and rushed 11 fire tenders. “The fire was extinguished and cooling operation is now underway. No one was injured in the blaze,” said an official.
Maharashtra BJP chief’s son flees after his Audi hits several vehicles in Nagpur
Sanket Bawankule, son of the Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party president Chandrashekhar Bawankule, reportedly fled the spot after an Audi owned by him hit several vehicles in Nagpur on Monday, according to news agency PTI. There were five persons in the car at the time of the accident, but three of them, including Sanket Bawankule, had fled.
