Jaipur

Jaipur: Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital and the Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Jaipur, have strengthened blood donation protocols to curb illegal paid transfusions and improve transfusion safety. The hospital administration has directed its blood banks to implement stricter screening, verification, and reporting measures to prevent professional donors and middlemen from entering the system.Under the…

Jaipur: The health dept has launched evening OPD services at 669 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs in urban areas, providing free consultations and treatment from 5pm to 7pm. The move is intended to widen access to govt healthcare facilities for residents who are unable to seek medical attention during regular daytime hours. The rollout comes after SMS…

Kota: Veteran Congress functionary and Bundi MLA Harimohan Sharma said Sunday he was invited to the foundation-laying ceremony of the Kota-Bundi Greenfield Airport and his name put on the plaque only after he raised the issue in the Rajasthan Assemly with colleagues Narendra Budania and Shatrughan Gautam.Sharma said that two days before the ceremony on…

Jaipur: Some parts of Rajasthan saw heat wave-like conditions Sunday as temperatures spiked sharply across the state, with maximums in many areas running about 5–6 degrees above normal for the first half of March, the Meteorological department said.Pilani recorded the state’s highest temperature at 40.2°C, the first location in Rajasthan to cross the 40°C mark…

Kota: Rishina Sharma of Alipur village in Baran district has become the district’s first woman to be commissioned as a flying officer in the technical branch of the Indian Air Force, graduating at the passing-out parade on Saturday, coinciding with International Women’s Day celebrations.“Finally, I passed out as a flying officer and was commissioned in…