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NEET-PG 2021 counselling: Protesting doctors 'return' flowers, 'taali-thaali'
In a novel way to register their protest over the delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling, several resident doctors in Delhi on Tuesday threw flowers on security barricades, and clanged utensils and clapped in front of the Nirman Bhawan here, saying they were symbolically "returning" the adulation showered on them for being Covid warriors.
As the stir led by the Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA), resumed after a week-long hiatus, entered into its fifth day in Tuesday, patient care remained affected at three Centre-run facilities -- Safdarjung, RML and Lady Hardinge hospitals -- and some of the Delhi government-run hospitals.
Meanwhile, the IMA's Junior Doctors Network has written to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya demanding fast-tracking of the court hearing to expedite NEET-PG 2021 counselling, while extending solidarity with resident doctors protesting outside Nirman Bhawan, which houses the health ministry office, for the second consecutive day.
Indigenously developed next-generation AERVs inducted into Army
The first set of indigenously developed next-generation Armoured Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle (AERV) was inducted into the Corps of Engineers of the Army on Tuesday, a defense release said.
Army chief General M M Naravane inducted the vehicles and flagged them off in a ceremony at the Bombay Engineer Group (BEG) at Khadki near here.
The system has been designed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and manufactured by Ordnance Factory Medak & Bharat Electronics Limited, Pune.
Senior journalist quits Rajya Sabha media advisory panel
Senior journalist Anant Bagaitkar has resigned as secretary of the Rajya Sabha Media Advisory Committee, alleging restrictions on mediapersons' access to Parliament.
In his letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, he said that due to Covid-19, the entry of mediapersons into Parliament Complex was restricted since early 2020.
"When the restrictions all over have been either withdrawn or largely relaxed, the media is still facing restrictions in covering Parliament which is the supreme - highest representative body of the people of India,” he said.