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Jaipur: With onion prices plummeting by nearly 50% in September — the sharpest decline since Feb 2019 — distressed farmers in Rajasthan have petitioned the govt for urgent intervention to help them tide over the agrarian distress. Government estimates place the production cost of onions between Rs 8 to Rs 10 per kilo, but farmers…

Jaipur: The health department of Rajasthan will use Ferric Carboxymaltose (FCM) injection to curb anaemia among pregnant women in the state. The department will organise an FCM Pink Drive fortnight from Nov 17-Nov 10 with the aim of controlling and treating anaemia, one of the major causes of maternal deaths.According to the health department, FCM…

Jaipur: As part of its crackdown on gangsters and organised crime, Rajasthan Police has decided to write to the appropriate courts seeking permission for the trial in absentia of proclaimed offenders under Section 356 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).DGP Rajeev Kumar Sharma said new criminal laws under BNSS allow inquiry, trial, and judgments…

Jaipur: A Rajasthan high court single bench of Justice Anand Sharma has upheld a lower court decision to take cognizance against a doctor of a private hospital in a case involving the death of a newborn during delivery.Sodala police had initially filed a final report (FR) in the case on Dec 27, which a lower…

Ajmer: Angry over the absence of adequate facilities at a new court building, lawyers in Ajmer set fire to decorations put up for its inauguration Wednesday even as acting Rajasthan HC Chief Justice (CJ) Sanjeev Prakash Sharma was on the premises. They damaged decorations for the inauguration and blocked Jaipur-Ajmer Road, resulting in long traffic…