Curated News Articles - 13-08-2018 15 hrs

PMK chief S Ramadoss says there is no proper treatment for cirrhosis and it is primarily caused by continuous drinking of alcohol.

Minister for Industries, mines and parliamentary affairs Prakash Mehta will attend the programmes regarding 26/11 on behalf of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.

The ministry of Home Affairs has invited suggestions for proposed amendments in the Prevention of Damage to Public Property (PDPP) Act, 1984. The proposed amendments seek to deter the prospective violators from vandalizing and destroying public/private property during agitations and other forms of protests.

On the day TOI highlighted the worsening state of Delhi’s air, the National Green Tribunal cited the report and issued a slew of directions to immediately address the problem.

Higher gold imports may widen the country's trade deficit and put further pressure on rupee.

Going by the draft papers, Mazagon will see sale of over 2.24 crore equity shares by the government.

A total of 51 executives at USL took home over Rs 1 crore in salary in FY18 against 56 in FY17.

Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in 2014. It emphasised on active participation by people, broom was made as an instrument to kickstart the swachh mission campaign.

"We keep watching the advertisements of famous actor Amitabh Bachchanji on TV. There are two-three of such ads -- one of the concepts being 'Darwaja band to bimari band'.

Among the winners is a Delhi-based Facebook citizen group -- 'My Delhi Keep It Clean' -- which is being awarded for promoting efforts to clean public places.