Resident doctors fume as BMC cuts TDS

TNN | Mumbai | Feb 11, 2018 | 01.07 AM IST. MUMBAI: Around 2,000 resident doctors attached to civic-run public hospitals got a shock on receiving their monthly stipend on Friday: over half the sum had been, for the first time ever, deducted in taxes.

Stricter BMC norms for restaurant licences

TNN | Mumbai | Feb 11, 2018 | 07.45 IST MUMBAI: In the aftermath of the Kamala Mills fire that left 14 dead, the BMC has finalized tougher guidelines for granting licences to eateries and asked its buildings and factory (B&F) department engineers to examine the legality of a structure before granting an NOC. Till the fire, engineers issued […]

Govt to contribute 12% of wages in EPF for new employees in all sectors

The Hindu | February 01, 2018 12:08 IST Contributions from women employees reduced to eight per cent. Government will pay the 12 per cent of wages to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contribution on behalf of new employees in all sections for the next three years. The decision was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during […]

Kerala Assembly passes clinical establishment bill

Deccan Chronicle |Kerala |Feb 2, 2018, 1:44 am IST Under the new law, clinics will have to be registered with the district registration authorities. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state assembly on Thursday passed the Clinical Establishment Bill which empowers the government to monitor, assess and regulate health clinics, clinical establishments including laboratories in the state. The government believes […]

TN hospital sealed for carrying out illegal abortions

The Times of India | Chennai | TNN | Feb 1, 2018, 20:50 IST CHENNAI: The Tamil Naduhealth department has sealed a hospital in Tiruvanamalai where more than 500 abortions, suspected to be sex-selective abortions, were performed. Also, the hospital did not have licence to conduct abortions under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.

EPFO makes new company registration paperless

Live mint.com | Tue, Jan 30 2018. 10 03 PM IST EPFO had 921,000 registered organizations in 2015-16 and that number grew to 1.02 million in 2016-17 EPFO says employers can update Form 5A online and submit with e-signatures.

Defective wiring could have caused S. Korea hospital fire

THE HINDU | SEOUL, JANUARY 28, 2018 22:41 IST Preliminary inspection suggests glitches in first-floor ceiling Defective wiring is suspected to have caused the deadly South Korean hospital fire that killed dozens and injured more than 150, police said, as public anger swelled over the country’s worst fire disaster in a decade. The huge blaze that erupted at the […]

Mumbai Man Gets Sucked Into MRI Machine At Hospital, Killed

Outlook India | 28 JANUARY 2018|Updated at 2:15 PM|NATIONAL Maru’s brother-in-law, Harish Solanki, told ANI that his mother was admitted in the hospital and the deceased went to visit her. The three accused in the death of a man at Nair Hospital here have been arrested. The three were detained earlier this morning. 32-year-old Rajesh Maru lost his […]

Govt. hikes charges for registration of births, deaths

THE HINDU | Tamil nadu | Chennai, January 27, 2018 23:48 IST Presently, the Corporation is offering several services free of charge A Government Order amending the Tamil Nadu Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 2000 has led to a sudden increase in charges for services related to birth and death registration. City residents, who had been […]