Jaipur: The health department has ordered strict monitoring of assisted reproductive technology (ART) banks, ART clinics and surrogacy clinics across the state after concerns over poor enforcement and unregistered IVF-related practices.District reproductive and child health officers (RCHOs) have been made responsible for ensuring compliance with the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act and the Surrogacy (Regulation)…

Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday arrested a Regional Forest Officer (RFO) posted in Raisinghnagar range of Sriganganagar district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000, officials said.The accused, identified as Ashok Singh, had allegedly demanded Rs 1 lakh from a contractor in exchange for issuing a No Objection Certificate (NOC) required for…

Jaipur: Rajasthan’s Food Safety Commissionerate has intensified its crackdown on food products making misleading health and promotional claims. It is targeting labels that carry unsupported terms such as ‘sports drink’ and ‘energy drink’, which have no prescribed standards under the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) regulations .Following recent FSSAI directions against deceptive…

Jaipur: Congress councillors staged a sit-in protest at the Jaipur Municipal Corporation Greater (JMC-G) headquarters Thursday, accusing the civic body of poor planning and tokenism amid the ongoing monsoon. The trigger was the late distribution of bird water pots to all 150 wards—two days after rains had already begun—an act councillors called “symbolic” and “pointless.”Protesting…

Jaipur: The state energy department has finally issued standard operating procedures (SOPs) for integrating Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) with solar power projects, but developers say projects totalling nearly 500 MW remain stalled because authorities have not yet clarified whether solar plants can be commissioned before batteries are installed within the 15-month grace window allowed…