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Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees

WASHINGTON, March 9, 2025 (AP) — Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices of the Health and Human Services Department were emailed an offer to leave their job for as much as a $25,000 payment as part of President Donald Trump’s government cuts. The workers have until 5 p.m. on Friday to submit a response for the so-called voluntary separation offer. The email was sent to staff across the department, which includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and the National Institutes of Health

India cannot allow obesity, diabetes to weaken youth: Jitendra Singh

Hyderabad, Mar 9 (PTI) At a time when India aspires to be a developed nation by 2047, the country cannot allow the energy of its younger generation to go waste due to diabetes, obesity and others which are spreading in epidemic proportions, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual conference of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group of India (DIPSI) here, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the menace of obesity more than once. “The relevance of today’s subject is that type-2 diabetes mellitus in India is spreading like an

Cong’s Kharge accuses PM Modi of “telling 11 big lies” in 11 years, slams unkept promises

Kalaburagi( Karnataka), Mar 8 (PTI) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “lying” to the country, alleging that he has told eleven significant lies during his eleven years in power. Speaking at an event to launch the Kalyana Patha project in Jewargi, aimed at laying 1,166 km of roads across 38 rural constituencies in Kalyan Karnataka, Kharge criticised Modi’s promises. The project, which is modeled after the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, will be implemented at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore. “In eleven years Modi has said eleven big lies, not small ones. First

Delhi govt approves Mahila Samriddhi Yojana to provide Rs 2,500 a month to women from poor families

New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) The BJP government in Delhi approved the Mahila Samriddhi Yojana on Saturday to provide a monthly assistance of Rs 2,500 each to women from poor families in the city and allocated Rs 5,100 crore for the scheme. Addressing a party programme on International Women’s Day at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here, BJP president J P Nadda said the Delhi Cabinet has approved an allocation of Rs 5,100 crore for implementing the Mahila Samriddhi Yojana and congratulated Chief Minister Rekha Gupta for it. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the programme, the chief minister said

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