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Delhi may get another AIIMS-like medical institute, govt mulling integrating 4 big hospitals | Delhi News

Delhi may get another AIIMS-like medical institute, govt mulling integrating 4 big hospitals | Delhi News

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In a significant move aiming to enhance the healthcare facilities in the Trans-Yamuna area and develop the Capital as the hub of medical excellence, the Delhi government is mulling the integration of four big hospitals — Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI), Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) and the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) — and set up an autonomous multispeciality advanced facility similar to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), The Indian Express has learnt. The proposal — prepared by an expert committee under the Delhi Health department — has suggested naming the advanced healthcare facility as the Delhi Institute of Medical Sciences, and bringing RGSSH, IHBAS and the DSCI under GTB Hospital as the leading institution. The four hospitals are located close to each other in Northeast Delhi’s Dilshad Garden area. Strengthening mental health services at IHBAS —  emulating the standards set by National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) — has also been proposed. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta recently held …

Kochi college introduces novel initiative of integrating WhatsApp with its automated library management system

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Sacred Heart College, Thevara, has come up with arguably a first of its kind initiative by any educational institution in the country of integrating WhatsApp instant messaging service into its library management system thus making the library services more easy to access for its student members. The college had automated its library by customising Koha, a free and open source library system, back in 2013. But that automated system was largely restricted to basic services like checking the availability of books, date of return etc. The seamless integration of WhatsApp APIs with Koha has taken the automation to the next level facilitating automated notifications, due date reminders, and real-time updates on book availability, reservation notification all underpinned by a robust user authentication system to prioritize data security. Mahesh Palamuttath, the librarian of the college’s east campus library, had written the code for the integration of WhatsApp into the library management system. The college has been conducting a trial run of the new improved system for the last few months before it was inaugurated on Thursday. …

Agniveers Integrating Well In Indian Army, Says General Manoj Pande

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Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande was addressing a press conference New Delhi: The integration of Agniveers into the Army is moving forward well and there has been positive feedback about them from the field units, Chief of Army Staff Gen. Manoj Pande said on Thursday. Asked at a press conference about reservations against the Agnipath scheme, Gen. Pande said the final structure of the scheme took shape following a consultative process. In June 2022, the government rolled out the Agnipath recruitment scheme for short-term induction of defence personnel with an aim to bring down the age profile of the three services. It provides for recruiting those in the age bracket of 17-and-a-half years and 21 years for a four-year period, with a provision to retain 25 per cent of them for 15 more years. On his predecessor Gen. MM Naravane’s account on the evolution of the Agnipath scheme that he penned down in an upcoming book, the Army chief chose not to give a direct comment. “In terms of the comments by my …