DAINIK NATION BUREAU Health insurance in India is a growing segment, yet it hasn’t taken off fully and several measures are needed to improve and expand insurance coverage, according to the National Health Profile 2018 released today. Out of 4,37,457 persons covered under insurance, 79 per cent were covered by public insurance companies, with the remaining being covered by private ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The growing resentment in the party cadre and its traditional voters in Jammu & Kashmir and elsewhere is the key reason for the party’s decision to pull out of the coalition government in the state, sources said. The party’s core support was unhappy and the cadre dispirited over the PDP-BJP government’s inability to deliver on its agenda ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU The three-year Jammu and Kashmir government, wracked by bitter political feuds and worsening security challenges, collapsed today with the BJP pulling out of its alliance with the PDP setting the stage for yet another round of governor’s rule. BJP general secretary Ram Madhav made the surprise announcement after the party high command summoned its Jammu and Kashmir ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Police have announced a route diversion plan for the city in view of the International Yoga Day programme slated at FRI campus on Thursday where the Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be present along with over 50,000 participants. The route diversion would be effected from 3 am to 10am on Thursday. This was disclosed by the ADGP ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Secretary Dr. Bhupinder Kaur Aulakh inaugurated the 15th Edition of the annual ‘Project Abhilasha’ at UPES today. In her inaugural address, Dr. Aulakh advised the participating students to let go of everything for the next two weeks and only focus on the opportunity provided to them by UPES. Dr. Aulakh applauded the University for discharging its social ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has said that nature has bestowed immense beauty on Uttarakhand and lakhs of tourists visit the state to have its’ glimpse. Encouraging the youth to adopt homestay schemes to start self-employment, he said that the state government has been trying hard to improve tourist facilities. This was said by Chief Minister ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU If you are planning to build or repair your house, road etc then complete it by June 24 because weather department has forecast that monsoon is most likely to hit Uttarakhand by June 25. Bikram Singh, the Met office director, said, “There have been no sign of monsoon activity for nearly a week. With no deviation of ...

DAINIK NATION BUREAU Dr. Radha Binod Barman, Chairperson of the National Statistical Commission, Government of India, reviewed the statistics work conducted in the main departments of the State Government during the 101st meeting of the Commission at Chief Secretary Auditorium, Secretariat on Tuesday. Under the Animal Husbandry Department, the status of implementation of recommendations of the Rangarajan Commission was reviewed. Discussions were ...

Automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) India today launched a limited edition variant of its SUV Jeep Compass priced at Rs 17.53 lakh (exshowroom-Delhi) to mark 25,000 sales milestone of the model in the country. The limited edition variant — Jeep Compass Bedrock — comes with diesel engine mated with six-speed manual transmission. “With the Jeep Compass, FCA India has secured ...

After waiting for 18 years, a team of Uttarakhand will  finally get to play Ranji Trophy. In the coming season, the BCCI has decided to set up a nine-member ‘Coordination Committee’ to monitor the debut of domestic cricket in the state. Following a meeting today, the Administrator’s Committee chairman Vinod Rai said that Uttarakhand will make a debut in the ...