CAG flags lapses in enforcement of food safety norms

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India flagged inordinate delay in testing samples and reporting results by Food Analysis Laboratories (FAL) in the State. Audit scrutiny of data revealed that in the six FALs, 62,170 samples (52,255 enforcement and 9,915 surveillance samples) were tested and reported during 2020-23 of which in 55,091 cases (88.61%)…

Telecobalt machines found lying idle for months: CAG

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India observed inordinate delay of 15 to 19 months in identification of sites for construction of bunkers in four government medical college hospitals (GMCH) for the purpose of installing telecobalt machines for the treatment of cancer. Inordinate delay in undertaking turnkey works resulted in non-installation of telecobalt machines…

Pahalgam attack LIVE: U.S., U.K. urge for calm amid heightened India-Pakistan tensions

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will urge his Indian and Pakistani counterparts not to escalate, his spokeswoman said Tuesday, as tensions soar between the arch-rivals after a deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir. “We are reaching out to both parties and telling, of course, them to not escalate the situation,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce…