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New Delhi: Preventive health check up for adults has been introduced in CGHS within primary health care level. The introduction is designed to conduct a periodic examination, which can detect disease early and can help in preventive diseases. Such a preventive check up is a health appraisal specially related to age, risk factors and lifestyle.

New Delhi: The quantum of revenue likely to be generated during the Commonwealth Games till December 2010 is expected to be of Rs. 1708.00 Crore from (i) International / Domestic Broadcasting : Rs. 298.70 Crore; (ii) Sponsorship : Rs. 960.00 Crore; (iii) Ticketing : Rs. 100.00 Crore; (iv) Licensed Merchandise : Rs. 50.00 Crore; and (v) Donations : Rs. 300.00 Crore.

New Delhi: The Government of India has now decided to make a provision of maintaining database of armed licence holders in the country.

New Delhi: The preparations for the ensuing Population Census 2011 has commenced with the formal notification of the intent of the Government of India to conduct Census of India in 2011 with the reference date as March 1, 2011.

New Delhi: Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Murli Deora has said that OMCs have reported that based on the established complaints for various irregularities, action has been taken in 2547 cases including termination of 74 distributors in the country during the year 2008-2009 and between April and December, 2009 under the provisions of MDG/Distributorship Agreement. An amount of Rs. 1727.17 lacs has been imposed as penalty on the erring LPG distributors under the provision of MDG during the same period.

New Delhi: The Minister of State for Rural Development Shri Pradeep Jain “Aditya” today informed the Rajya Sabha that the Ministry of Rural Development has commissioned 20 studies in January 2010 to assess the success in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA after completion of four years of its launch.

New York: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has approved a nearly $5 million internal loan to bridge an acute funding gap so that it can continue providing life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands of people uprooted by clashes between Government forces and rebels in northern Yemen.

India has done something unusual in defying the long-established trend of capitulating to corporate power. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh must be complimented for imposing a moratorium on the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) brinjal (baigan, aubergine, eggplant) developed by Mahyco-Monsanto in collaboration with two Indian agricultural universities.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Five Philippine banks today signed the country's first trade finance agreements with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), a move that will provide more support to Philippine companies engaged in international trade.

A drop in temperature in Indore which forced the BJP members to call for more quilts and blankets in their tents may have had a symbolic importance. Not only did it suggest that the party is yet to come out of the cold, but also that it may have to endure chilly political weather in the foreseeable future.