Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 29 (ANI): Amid a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh, the Cabinet Division issued a circular with six points directive.

New Delhi Mar 30 PTI The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Centre to maintain status quo till Thursday in the mop-up round of NEET-PG 2021-22 counselling and asked the Director General of Health Services DGHS to reconsider the issues including the decision of adding 146 new seatsThe apex court observed that these 146 seats were not available to the candidates in the previous rounds of counselling and they had no opportunity to participate in these seatsA bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud said these seats have been allocated to students who are lower in merits than those who were allotted seats in the rounds one and two of the counsellingThe bench also comprising Justices Surya Kant and Bela M Trivedi said this is one of the aspects which needs to be revisited by the DGHSThe top court is hearing petitions filed by a group of doctors seeking to participate in mop-up round of NEET-PG 2021-22 counselling During the hearing the bench observed that the second aspect was regarding non-uniform application of the March 16 noticeIn one of the petitions the petitioners have challenged the Medical Counselling Committee notice dated March 16 which restrains the participation in the mop-up round counselling if the candidate has already picked up seats in state quotaThe bench observed that as a consequence of the March 16 notice candidates who are allotted seats in rounds one and two in the state quota are prevented from participating in the mop-up counselling for the All India quotaIt observed that prima facie the notice has not been followed uniformly and this might cast a doubt as to whether allocation of seats in the All India quota in mop-up round is fairThe bench asked the Centre to respond on these issues on Thursday and said until then status quo in the mop-up round counselling be maintainedOn March 28 the apex court had asked the DGHS to respond to a batch of petitions filed by a group of doctors seeking to participate in the mop-up round of NEET-PG 2021-22 counsellingSenior advocate Gopal Sankaranaryanan appearing for some of the petitioners had said that notices have been issued by the DGHS bringing into new seats which were not available to them and now students who were below in merit will be getting better seatsOne group of petitions before the top court filed by doctors said that they had participated in round one of the counselling and had joined one discipline but were not allowed to upgrade in round two and sought permission to appear in mop-up round PTI MNL ABA SA

Peshawar [Pakistan], January 19 (ANI): Exposing negligence, weaknesses, and lack of financial control of the health department, Pakistan authorities have found serious irregularities and anomalies amounting to Rs 1,388 million in COVID-19 funds of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

New Delhi Dec 17 PTI In a relief to a pan masala company a Delhi court has stayed a notice sent to it by the Directorate General of Health Services DGHS for allegedly indulging in surrogate or indirect advertisement of tobacco products in violation of the law While allowing the company to carry out its advertisement campaign Additional Sessions Judge Rajinder Singh said that even though the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products COTPA Act prohibits display advertisement and sale of tobacco products there is no specific prohibition regarding surrogate advertising The judge said that the sale of gutka is banned and in such circumstances there is no reason for the company to indulge in a surrogate advertisement for the promotion of a product which it cannot sell in the countryThe DGHS claimed that in 2005 rules were laid down to ban the advertisement of tobacco products but the company carried out a surrogate ad campaign whereby the product Dilbagh Pan Masala was advertised to promote tobacco products under the brand name Dilbagh The directorate had issued a notice to the company on April 25 2018 saying that it had put up a hoarding containing the indirect advertisement as brand promotion of tobacco products at Delhis Dabri Flyover in 2018 to attract youngsters to trap them in tobacco habit which is in violation of the COTP Act The health department said that Dilbagh is a registered trademark for various tobacco products This trademark is also registered for chewing tobacco zarda etc it stated adding that the brand name of a tobacco product cannot be used for other products The company engaged in the business of selling pan masala of the brand name Dilbagh however said that the advertisement is not in violation of any law It claimed that their pan masala is 100 percent tobacco-free and that only pan masala having tobacco is covered by the COTP Act It also sought damages to the tune of Rs 500000The judge while granting interim relief to the pan masala company said the DGHS nowhere claimed that Dilbagh pan masala contained any tobacco nicotine or any other banned substance It can be summarised that the product in question is not alleged to be containing any tobacco or other banned substance The sale of gutka is banned throughout the country There is no reason or occasion for the plaintiff to advertise its tobacco products through indirect advertisement Accordingly the plaintiff has a prima facie case he said The judge ordered The impugned notice dated April 25 2018 under Section 5 of the COTPA Act is stayed till the final disposal of the suit The plaintiff can carry out its advertisement campaign with regard to the product in question till the final disposal of the suit He said that if the advertisement for the product in question is stopped during the pendency of this suit it will cause a loss of revenue as well as goodwill which will be irreparable PTI AAK ANB ANB

New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): The majority of State RDA Representatives are willing to end the nationwide strike once an urgent hearing commences in the Supreme Court and early commencement of NEET PG 2021 Counselling is announced, said a joint press statement from National Action Committee and Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) on Tuesday.

Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The positivity rate for new COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh reported by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) fell to 5.98 percent on Thursday, the lowest level in more than six months.