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Competition commission of India NEW DELHI: In a sweeping order examining pricing practices at private super-speciality hospitals in Delhi NCR, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) raised concerns over how admitted patients are routed towards in-house pharmacies, diagnostics and consumables, with the regulator observing that patients often become “locked-in” once admitted.The 32-page order relating to…

Photographed: Constable Kouser Fatima (Ladakh), Constable Munmun Ghosh (West Bengal), Constable Rabeka Singh (Uttarakhand), and Constable Tsering Chorol (Kargil) NEW DELHI: The Border Security Force’s first-ever all-women Mount Everest expedition team has successfully summited the world’s highest peak, scripting history under #MissionVandeMataram.The team comprising constable Kouser Fatima from Ladakh, constable Munmun Ghosh from West Bengal,…

Defence minister Rajnath Singh and South Korean minister of patriots & veterans affairs Kwon Oh-eul on Thursday jointly inaugurated the Indian War Memorial at Imjingak Park in Seoul. Rajnath called the memorial “a fitting tribute to Indian troops’ valour, sacrifice and humanitarian contribution during the Korean War”.Constructed as part of the commemorative events marking the…

NTA told a parliamentary committee on Thursday that it was looking at phasing out reliance on test-delivery agencies by developing in-house capabilities – covering both software and hardware – to tighten the circle with access to the question-setting process, minimising possibility of malpractices. Higher education secretary Vineet Joshi and NTA director general Abhishek Singh briefed…

NEW DELHI: Around 45 ships are under construction within the country and will be delivered in the next 3 to 4 years, Navy vice chief Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsyan has said in Kolkata during the launch of ‘Sanghamitra’, the first of four next-generation offshore patrol vessels (NGOPVs) built by defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and…

NEW DELHI: The much-delayed 4th India-Africa summit that India was to host from May 28 to 31 was postponed on Thursday on account of the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Though not yet a global pandemic, the risk posed by the virus made WHO declare a health emergency of international…

NEW DELHI: An Airbus A321 operated by Air India with about 190 people aboard suffered a tail strike while going around — aborting landing and taking off again — at Bengaluru airport on Thursday. A Boeing 747 jumbo jet had taken off before this flight from Delhi was to land. The enormous wake turbulence —…

AHMEDABAD: A murder convict who jumps parole would normally go into hiding to remain off the police radar. But Hemant Nagindas Modi, serving life term in connection with a 2005 murder case when he decamped, spent the last 12 years quite brazenly in front of the camera. The 53-year-old — known in entertainment circles as…

A record 274 people reached Mt Everest’s summit from Nepal side on Wednesday after a delayed spring season forced expeditions to fit their final attempts into a narrow spell of clear weather, making it the busiest single-day ever on the mountain’s southern route and putting fresh focus on crowding above 8,000 metres, where even brief…

NEW DELHI: The X account of the satirical Cockroach Janta Party was withheld in India on Thursday even as its Instagram following crossed 18 million — more than that of BJP or Congress — by Thursday evening, within days of its launch. CJP’s X page had amassed over 200,000 followers before being withheld due to…