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Early detection is single way to end tuberculosis : Balbir Sidhu

Early detection is single way to end tuberculosis : Balbir Sidhu

Chandigarh, Oct 17 (UNI) Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Thursday said early detention is the single way to end tuberculosis and to accelerate the testing procedure of the disease across the state, the health department had installed the 29 CB-NAAT machines at high workload district hospitals and government medical colleges.
Stating this in a communique here on Thursday, Mr Sidhu said this hi-tech machine has the capacity to detect TB in just two hours and also detect resistant to anti-TB drug rifampicin.
Giving details, he said that the Punjab government had set the target to make Punjab TB-free State by 2025.

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Ashish Sharma, an Independent MLA appears before the SIT

29 Mar 2024 | 4:58 PM

Shimla, Mar 28(UNI) Ashish Sharma, an Independent MLA of Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Friday appeared before the SIT probing the alleged horse-trading in the Rajya Sabha election on February 27 and got his statement recorded before the investigation officer Boileauganj.

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Mirwaiz urges JK govt to desist from pursuing a 'cycle of unexplained detentions'

29 Mar 2024 | 4:50 PM

Srinagar, Mar 29 (UNI) A day after placing him under the ‘house arrest’, Hurriyat Chairman and Kashmir’s Chief Cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday urged the Jammu and Kashmir government to desist from pursuing a "cycle of unexplained detentions".

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Massive snow avalanche strikes Srinagar-Leh highway at Sonamarg, no one injured

29 Mar 2024 | 4:24 PM

Srinagar, Mar 29 (UNI) A massive snow avalanche struck along the Srinagar Leh highway at the Hung area of Sonamarg in Jammu Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Friday, officials said.

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UP: Govt orders judicial probe into Mukhtar's death, seeks report in one month

UP: Govt orders judicial probe into Mukhtar's death, seeks report in one month

29 Mar 2024 | 4:20 PM

Banda (UP), Mar 29 (UNI) A judicial inquiry has been ordered by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Banda district in the death of mafia-turned-politician and former MLA Mukhtar Ansari on Friday, official sources said here.

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Anger brews after the proposed railway line alignment marking in Baramulla college

29 Mar 2024 | 4:13 PM

Srinagar, Mar 29 (UNI) Anger is brewing in north Kashmir’s Baramulla town, a day after the proposed railway line alignment was marked in one of the oldest college grounds.

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