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PCS officer of Punjab posted as Nangal SDM suspended for dereliction of duty

Rupnagar, Aug 29 (PTI): PCS officer OF Punjab on Tuesday suspended from sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Nangal for alleged dereliction of duty during the recent floods. Punjab Civil Service (PCS) officer Udaydeep Singh Sidhu has been suspended, according to an order issued by Punjab Chief Secretary Anurag Verma. Several areas, including Nangal in Rupnagar district, were inundated this month after excess water was released from the Bhakra dam, leading to the rise in the water level in the Sutlej river. According to the order, the SDM has been suspended on the recommendations of the Rupnagar deputy commissioner. The action was

Impotence in younger men often a sign of diabetes

Aug 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It’s known that older men with type 2 diabetes have higher odds for erectile dysfunction, or ED. Now, new research suggests problems in the bedroom for younger men may signal undiagnosed prediabetes or diabetes. Researchers found that men 40 and younger with ED have about a one-third increased risk for prediabetes or full-blown type 2 diabetes compared to men without impotence. The results indicate younger patients with ED should be screened for diabetes, they say. “This indicates a remarkable ability to predict the potential onset of illness and treat it early with lifestyle or

ED to probe own officials on money laundering charges in Delhi liquor policy ‘bribery’ case

New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is expected to press money laundering charges against its two officers and some private individuals who were recently booked by the CBI in a bribery case linked to an accused arrested in the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam, official sources said Tuesday. ED officials Pawan Khatri and Nitesh Kohar, chartered accountant (CA) Praveen Kumar Vats, Air India assistant general manager (AGM) Deepak Sangwan, CEO of Claridges Hotels and Resorts Vikramaditya, Amandeep Dhall, owner of liquor company Brindco Sales who was arrested in the Delhi liquor policy case, and his father Birender

India cuts prices of cooking gas by 200 rupees per cylinder

A man carries an LPG cylinder on his shoulder at a wholesale market in the old quarters of Delhi, India, June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

India on Tuesday cut the price of cooking gas for households by about 18% to rein in inflation ahead of crucial state and general elections. The government has decided to cut prices by 200 rupees ($2.42) on a 14.2-kilogram (33 pounds) cooking gas cylinder sold to 330 million households, Information Minister Anurag Thakur told reporters. The latest reduction will double the subsidy support provided to the 960 million poor under a welfare programme. This will double the subsidy to 400 rupees per 14.2 kilogram cylinder of cooking gas sold to the poor under a federal welfare programme called the “Ujjwala

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