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Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha: New CIC meets Union Minister

Ecostar Editor MagNovember 17, 20202509 Views0

The government has taken many new initiatives to improve the functioning of the CIC and to ensure prompt disposal of RTI appeals. Now an India citizen can file an RTI application online anytime from any part of the world. J&K also has come under the CIC purview. Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha, 62, has been appointed Chief Information Commissioner of India. Son of late Lieutenant General S K Sinha, former Governor of Jammu & Kashmir and Assam and former Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Yashvardhan Sinha was High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, before being appointed CIC. In his half an hour meeting with Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh, CIC gave a brief about the progressively improving disposal rate of the RTI applications. In June, in spite of COVID pandemic, t...

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Ayurveda Day: This Time, Something Great To Be Proud Of

Ecostar Editor MagNovember 13, 20203512 Views0

Antagonists want Ayurvedic medicines to be known as preventive, even if it can give curative solutions. Calling it curative is good. If a vaccine gives a preventive cover against infection, can what is known as preventive be less equal than the vaccine? Ayurveda shows a long-drawn observational result of a formulation’s use, which underlines the prospects of an infallible clinical success. A sustainable result of a test on many generations throws more solid proof of the efficacy of a drug than clinical evidence that any drug dosage can render. Interestingly, some of the protagonists want to call the medicines quackeries owing to their ignorance. Some people reluctantly accepted it and used it openly or secretly, as a trial that is not so harmful to health. The result was fabulous, truly

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Mega GST fraud caught

Ecostar Editor MagNovember 12, 20201926 Views0

Delhi based Baan Ganga Impex is found to Have invoices from non-existing 48 entities creating a web of suppliers among themselves and passing on ITC to each other. It availed invoices worth Rs 685 crore from fake entities and managed to get refund of Rs 35 crore. On the basis of specific intelligence as well as further data mining and analysis on GSTN and E-way bill portals, the officers of CGST Delhi South Commissionerate, have busted a syndicate of firms involved in availing invoices/E-way bills issued on the GSTIN of fake/dummy firms and getting Refund of IGST on the strength of such fake Invoices. A case was booked against Baan Ganga Impex, New Delhi (GSTIN 07AAMFB0425A1Z4). From preliminary scrutiny of the seized documents, the data/information available on E-way Portal/GSTN portal...

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Hospitality set to lose Rs 90k crore: Over-capacity to put pressure on price realisation

Ecostar Editor MagNovember 11, 20202686 Views0

The prospects of the industry depend on vaccine supply, which is expected to cover the entire population by the end of 2021 or 2022 The Indian hospitality sector fears a revenue loss of nearly Rs 90,000 crore in 2020 Hotel occupancy improved from 10% in April to almost 26% in September. Pre-COVID-19, over 11,500 rooms were to be added in 2020 and 202. At present, only 15-20% of the anticipated 2020 supply is expected The hotel industry currently survives on domestic leisure travel and outbound luxury travel. COVID-19 has left an unprecedented impact on the hotel sector in India. HVS ANAROCK anticipates the overall Indian hospitality sector, including organized, unorganized and semi-organized operators, to incur an estimated revenue loss of nearly Rs 90,000 crore in 2020. Occ

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Medical equipment innovation: Path-breaking diagnostic devices

Ecostar Editor MagNovember 11, 20202327 Views0

Stethoscope that doctors can use without touching patients; oxygen concentrators that can help hospitals generate in-house oxygen as well as portable and app-controlled IoT (Internet of Things) based ventilator system….yes; that is a reality Doctors have limitations to maintain social distancing since they cannot diagnose a patient without touching. Indian start-ups have found a way out from this challenge that can keep doctors away from the patient to a great extent. Stethoscopes that doctors can use without touching patients; oxygen concentrator that can help hospitals generate in-house oxygen as well as portable and app-controlled IoT (Internet of Things) based ventilator system! Wonderful! Some Indian start-ups supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DS...

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Book Review

Ecostar Editor MagNovember 9, 20206407 Views0

Preview Nature creates nothing that is of no use, be it a material, cyclical change of climate, or thinking power of human beings. All human affairs are connected with nature in one or the other ways. Human beings produced nothing on the earth that is not an extraction from nature. The brainiest animals on the planet misconstrued nature either as a swathe of green bed or a rich orchard that fascinated their eyes. They forgot nature as an eternal source for everything for a sustainable life of every animal, plants, flora and fauna. As the so-called social animal learned crosscuts the law of nature was infringed and harnessed for undue benefit. The self-curtailment thinking power ultimately made each human being imperfect, which we finally call as the law of nature. Nature is an inexhaustib

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Kerala`s socio-political crisis

Ecostar Editor MagNovember 5, 20203951 Views0

Save God’s Own Country Udaykumar K.V. Too many concerns about the future and the natives’ disappointment over every news that the media reports everyday cast a shadow over the “God's own Country”. Gold smuggling, political killing, rising crime rates, presence of terrorists as intelligence’ warning indicated, etc. may stain the image of the tiny, but naturally beautiful State.The geographic size of Kerala State is just one-tenth of India's largest State. The State, with hills covered by dense plantations and backwaters to storm the minds of tourists, is one of the most densely populated regions in the country. Bushy green villages have enviable cottages with a four-wheeler parked at the porch of each one. Backwaters, silent high-range plains, lon

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Post Covid-19: New worldwide interest in Ayurveda

Ecostar Editor MagOctober 31, 20203618 Views0

According to the Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, who is also a professor of diabetes and endocrinology, the western world has turned to India to explore the best practices of alternate medicine. The period ahead is for Ayurveda, the safest healthcare system in the world. The pandemic has made people all over the world think of a system that harnesses the strength nature for taking care of human health. The COVID-19 has evoked worldwide interest in India’s traditional healthcare systems like Ayurveda, naturopathy and Yoga to build immunity and search for a healthy lifestyle, says Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh. In the last four-five months the western world has turned to India to explore the best practices of alternate medicine. New India will become AtmaNirbhar in hea...

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eSanjeevani: Online teleconsultations soar

Ecostar Editor MagOctober 29, 20203077 Views0

At present, eSanjeevani records over 8500 consultations a day. States are extending the reach of specialised health services to the people in smaller towns and rural areas. The platform is operational at 4000 centres linked with over 175 hubs. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s telemedicine initiative, eSanjeevani, has crossed six lakh teleconsultations. It took only 15 days to complete the last one lakh consultations. The eSanjeevani digital platform has proved its usefulness and easy access for the caregivers and the medical community, and those seeking healthcare services in the times of COVID. States like Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Gujarat run eSanjeevani OPD for 12 hours a day and seven days a week. eSanjeevani is accessible to people in 27 Stat...

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Aarogya Setu App: Controversy has no meaning

Ecostar Editor MagOctober 29, 20202351 Views0

Despite adequate information about AarogyaSetu App available and as Press Releases and Social Media posts on 2nd April 2020 at the time of its launch clarified, the App was developed in a public-private partnership. On every occasion, it was mentioned that the AarogyaSetu App was developed by NIC in collaboration with volunteers from industry and academia. However, someone’s passion for creating controversy never ends. The officers responsible for providing information also must have acted responsibly without passing the buck on to other offices and officers to respond to an RTI demand. After the orders passed by the Central Information Commission (CIC) on an RTI query about AarogyaSetu App, the government noted the issue. As per the orders, CIC, the Central Public Information Officer ...