ru24.pro
News in English
Май
2024

Новости за 13.05.2024

Maharashtra: Government hospitals gear up to outsource critical services

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Government hospitals in Maharashtra collaborate with private firms to introduce advanced diagnostic services. District hospitals play a crucial role in providing free treatments for various ailments. Meanwhile cardiac cath labs, and 10-year agreements aim to improve healthcare accessibility. Private players to operate MRI and CT scan facilities, billing at CGHS rates.

Can Pakistan’s judiciary be truly independent?

Dawn 

Not too long ago, calls emerged from various quarters for a probe into allegations by six Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges, who decried interference in judicial affairs by the country’s intelligence apparatus. This isn’t the first time that allegations of such a nature have been aired, yet it is a good time as any to contemplate what judicial independence actually means, how it is threatened and the means to truly attain it.

Читать дальше...

Inside the fight to ban — and destroy — PFAS ‘forever chemicals’

Thenextweb.com 

For over 40 years, Ted Van der Vlies and his wife Marga grew fruits and vegetables in their backyard on the outskirts of Dordrecht, the Netherlands. Onions, potatoes, lettuce, carrots, rhubarb, cherries, you name it.  Little did they know that their homegrown produce was likely poisoning them.  Just a kilometre away from their garden sits the tangled mesh of steel pipes, giant vats, and smokestacks of the Chemours chemical plant. A recent court case found that the American conglomerate knowingly... Читать дальше...