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Medical interns in Telangana colleges face stipend delays and unlawful cuts, plea tells high court
Hyderabad: A plea in the Telangana High Court alleged that medical interns across Telangana are facing hardships allegedly due to non-payment and unlawful deduction of stipends. The Telangana HC, acting on a series of e-mails addressed to the Chief Justice, has converted the correspondence into a Public Interest Litigation and taken up the matter suo motu. The Division Bench, comprising…
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Clinton deposition; Paramount-Warner Bros.; Trump : NPR
Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified for more than six hours yesterday in a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee. The Republican-led committee subpoenaed Hillary…
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Telangana Education Commission recommends abolishing Class 10 boards, EAPCET
Hyderabad: The Education Commission on Thursday, February 26, submitted its report to Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, recommending major reforms, from government teachers’ promotions to the abolishment of Class 10 boards and EAPCET. The commission proposed that existing automatic promotions to government teachers should be replaced with the performance based promotions. Additionally, the performance of teachers should be assessed every…
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0 — Why This Franchise Needs a Final Chapter
As any fan of the Scream franchise will tell you, it’s a tradition to kick each movie off with a self-contained preamble. Scream 7 is no different. Really, why would it be? Horror-movie series thrive on familiarity, tweaked just enough to stave off contempt but similar enough to push the same thrill-seeking buttons. The only thing that’s changed is we’re…
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A 20-Year Cosmic Quest Ends, but the Universe Just Got More Mysterious
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope’s final data release confirms a major cosmic discrepancy and rules out many attempted solutions. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Three papers in JCAP report the final data release from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, unveiling a new map of the early “infant” Universe, confirming the “Hubble tension,” and ruling out several extended cosmological models. There is often a sense of…
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To avoid care disruptions, know when the clock runs out on your prior authorization
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: A woman with multiple sclerosis wanted to be able to walk up the stairs at home without losing her balance. Her doctor prescribed medicine that helped, but then approval from her insurance plan for the drug…
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Deepinder Goyal’s health startup hiring based on body fat sparks debate
New Delhi: Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal’s unconventional recruitment post for his health-tech startup Temple on Friday, February 27, seeking “athletes who are also engineers and scientists” and specifying an eligibility criterion of less than 16 per cent body fat for men and less than 26 per cent for women, created a buzz online and left netizens amused. Goyal resigned as…
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Trump’s takeover of the GOP upends Texas Senate race and threatens John Cornyn’s seat
MAGNOLIA, Texas — Unlike many of the Texans packed into the Angry Elephant last week, Phillip Mori wasn’t completely sold on Senate candidate and state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Mori, a 64-year-old mortgage banker and ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, came to the Republican-themed bar hoping to hear Paxton talk about how he would address border security. Paxton laid…
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What to talk with your doctor about besides weight : NPR
Sunnu Rebecca Choi for NPR Are you looking for an honest answer to a medical question? Dr. Mara Gordon, a family physician in Camden, N.J., answers reader health questions monthly. Write us at: thrive@npr.org. Question: I’m sick of hearing about my weight when I go to the doctor. I’ve heard that body mass index isn’t even that helpful in determining…
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The Taliban’s new penal code: Two weeks in jail for breaking a woman’s arm and five months for mistreating a camel | International
An Afghan man can spend 15 days in jail for breaking his wife’s arm, or five months if he mistreats a camel. This is the law that judges in Afghanistan have been required to apply since the beginning of the year, under a new penal code approved quietly, without political debate or public announcements, and which has generated little international…
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