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treat 600 patients at the start which time. The hard copy of documents will hub for healthcare professionals across
is just a fraction of the estimated also not be needed unless they are re- the world," said Naresh Trehan, Chair-
75,000 MDR-TB patients and 2,500 quired for establishing the applicant's man, HSSC.
extreme drug resistant patients that identity," the minister added.
India has. Centre mulling over mari-
Millennium city Gurgaon tal rape; may become a
Kathak dancer Soni renamed as Gurugram crime
Chaurasia breaks world
record Millennium city Gurgaon will now be In a reversal of her earlier stand, min-
called Gurugram. The corporate hub, ister of women and child development
Soni Chaurasia, a Kathak artiste, has set home to some 250 Fortune 500 com- Maneka Gandhi said the Centre was
the world record for the longest dance panies, is being renamed for its per- considering criminalising marital rape.
by performing Kathak continuously for ceived epic roots, turning on its head The issue is under consideration of the
more than 123.30 hours at Mount Lit- the very concept of a Millennium City law commission.
era Zee School. Her name will now be of the future.
registered in the Guinness Book of On March 10, Maneka had told Rajya
Records. Chaurasia broke the record of The renaming, which is likely to take Sabha that marital rape as a concept
Hemlata Kundalu of Trichur, Kerala, the sheen off Brand Gurgaon that be- was not suited for legisiation in the
who performed Mohiniattam (a classi- came a symbol of pride for Corporate Indian context, drawing criticism from
cal dance) continuously for 123.20 India over the past two decades, came rights activists.
hours. in for sharp criticism on social media.
Swamy, Sidhu, Mary Kom
Soni Chaurasia continued to perform Healthcare bodies ink deal among six nominated to
even after the record breaking feat. to execute skill develop- Rajya Sabha
She started her effort on April 4 at ment
6pm under the guidance of her The Centre has filled six of the seven
teacher Rajesh Dogra. Healthcare Sector Skill Council (HSSC) vacancies among the dozen nominated
and National Accreditation Board for members of the Rajya Sabha.
Apply for ISBN online and Hospitals and Healthcare Providers
get it within a week (NABH) have signed an agreement to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) function-
implement skill development aries Subramanian Swamy and Navjot
Publishing houses and authors will now programmes in the sector. Singh Sidhu, journalist Swapan
be able to apply for ISBN, a 13-char- Dasgupta and five-time world amateur
acter code to identify publications, According to the agreement, NABH boxing champion MC Mary Kom were
online and get it within a week. A and HSSC will work towards creating a nominated. Economist Narendra
website was launched by HRD Minis- dedicated and professionally compe- Jadhav and Malayalam actor Suresh
ter Smriti Irani which will simplify the tent set of health professionals. The Gopi was also selected.
process and shorten the time period implementation of skill development
for procuring ISBN, which normally programmes will be done through A home ministry spokesperson said
takes a few months. training, assessment and certification President Pranab Mukherjee, on the
on HSSC developed qualification packs recommendation of the government,
"Only a handful of applications received set against national occupational stan- nominated the six. A nominated mem-
(by the department) are timely pro- dards. ber is allowed six months to decide
cessed because the entire process is whether to join a political party after
tedious," Irani said. "Using this portal, "In the backdrop of transformations having taken a seat in the House.
publishers and self-publishing authors taking place in the health sector, India Nominated members can be included
will be able to get ISBN in a week's is firmly poised to be a human resource in the council of ministers.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about.
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