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st, 2021, from 8:00AM - 9:30AM EDT, the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) and Viatris (NASDAQ: VTRS) will co-host a virtual dialogue following the 2021 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, on the need for sustainable global health treatment and financing for at-risk populations, and other lessons learned, at the one-year mark of COVID-19.
The dialogue, titled, Investing in the Patient Journey: NCDs and COVID-19 beyond the Pandemic, will feature remarks from both public and private sector stakeholders and global health leaders, to highlight the fact that health systems have been strained by COVID-19, and patients with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have faced a double burden of care and treatment for their underlying conditions while being most at-risk for COVID-19 related complications. The session will be moderated by journalist Michelle Kosinsk
Mumbai: BMC Oppn moves motion to change name of SoBo street
Ravi Raja, senior Congress corporator and Leader of Opposition in the BMC has said that BMC s move to rename the road contradicts its own policies
Leaders of the Opposition in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) moved a resolution in the house of the corporation, demanding that the south Mumbai road, named after former president of Israel Shimon Peres should be changed.
On February 12, the FPJ had reported that a junction between Kala Ghoda Chowk and Sai Baba Marg in South Mumbai has been named, Shimon Pares Chowk , in honour of the former Israeli president and Nobel peace prize laureate. Following which, group leaders of the opposition party expressed their displeasure on the issue and demanded that the chowk should be renamed after an Indian national.
Back in 2008, when people still did brunches and struck deals while hobnobbing in business class, artist Sudarshan Shetty bumped into real estate tycoon Manish Maker on a flight. The young Maker who well understands.
The government on Wednesday approved a commission under National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB), also known as ‘Mission Karmayogi’, to train civil servants at all levels. The approved Capacity Building Commission will coordinate with and supervise all the government offices, training institutes to monitor and evaluate the implementation of plans and create shared resources. The Commission will comprise of a Chairperson and two Members, a government notification read. According to a Personnel Ministry order issued on Thursday, former Quality Council of India (QCI) chief Adil Zainulbhai has been appointed as the chairperson of this Commission, while Ramaswami Balasubramaniam has been appointed as member (HR) and Praveen Pardeshi as a member (administration).
Shop owners inspect the damage caused by the fatal fire at Dreams Mall
MUMBAI: Opposition corporators in BMC’s standing committee on Wednesday hit out at former municipal commissioner Praveen Pardeshi for granting a provisional Occupation Certificate (OC) to Bhandup’s Sunrise Hospital in Dreams Mall and incumbent chief Iqbal Chahal for ignoring the building proposal (BP) department’s report to review the provisional OC.
They demanded a judicial probe by a principal secretary rank officer, instead of deputy municipal commissioner Prabhat Rahangdale, into the fire that broke out in the mall on March 26. The hospital is located on the third floor of the mall.