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United News of India
30-07-2025
- Health
- United News of India
LS attention drawn towards rising cancer cases across India
New Delhi, July 30 (UNI) The issue of cancer and the plight of patients suffering from the disease was raised in the Lok Sabha today with members urging the government to take steps to enhance public awareness about the growing health threat. They also demanded an increase in the Ayushman Bharat health scheme's coverage amount from Rs 5 lakh to at least Rs 25 lakh. Ujjwal Raman Singh of the Congress party brought up the matter during Zero Hour, highlighting the rapid rise in cancer cases and the growing number of affected patients. He said that changes in diet and lifestyle have made cancer a serious threat, with the number of patients afflicted by this deadly disease continuously increasing. He called upon the government to launch special awareness programs and take necessary measures to support cancer patients. Singh also warned that cancer is fast becoming a pandemic and could soon take the form of a tsunami. Citing a World Health Organization (WHO) report, he said that cases of many types of cancer are on the rise, including among children. He expressed concern that by 2050, cancer could claim the lives of 85 percent of those diagnosed. India is witnessing a large number of fatalities due to this complex illness, and there is an urgent need to increase awareness among the public. He also called for government assistance to institutions such as the Cancer Institute in Lucknow and the Kamala Nehru Cancer Institute in Prayagraj. According to the Government report, in India, around 100 out of every 1 lakh people are diagnosed with cancer. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) notes that the estimated number of incidences of cancer cases was more than 14 lakhs in 2023 in India. Regarding the Ayushman Bharat scheme, Singh noted that medical assistance of up to Rs 5 lakh is provided to the poor. Given the increasing burden of cancer cases, he argued that this amount is insufficient and must be raised to Rs 25 lakh. He emphasized that since the scheme aims to benefit the poor, its coverage should be enhanced specifically for treating life-threatening diseases like cancer, to ensure every economically weaker patient can avail the benefits. UNI AJ RN
Hindustan Times
29-06-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Is BJP being unfairly blamed for Congress-created disaster? The big question while 'Ganga' dries up
Published on Jun 29, 2025 11:10 AM IST Ganga's pain runs deeper than headlines. As the river of faith is bleeding, BJP and Congress trade blame. The river doesn't care who's in power, it just wants to live. In this explosive interview, Congress MP Ujjwal Raman Singh holds nothing back as he calls out BJP's decades-long neglect of Allahabad. From broken promises to damning silence on Ganga, in the race for power, did BJP ignore the lifeline of Prayagraj? Or did Congress set up Ganga's slow death decades ago? Watch brutally honest and emotionally charged 'The Interview' with Hindustan Times' Kumkum Chadha.
Indian Express
24-04-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
Lucknow's Motilal Memorial Society gets notice for alleged violation of 1940 lease
The Lucknow Development Authority has issued a notice to the Motilal Memorial Society, founded in 1935 by former Chief Minister CB Gupta and currently led by Congress MP Ujjwal Raman Singh, over alleged violations of the lease terms for a 10-acre plot in Charbagh, Lucknow, rented to the society in 1940 for just `1 annually. According to officials, the matter came to light as during a survey that is being conducted for maintenance and digitization of Nazul land records and files in Lucknow, where it was found that against its memorandum of using the land for 'non-profit', not just a Children museum, an Auditorium, a school or a homeopathic hospital is being run but also a Tata Motors Showroom, TVS service center, a liquor shop as well as Kashmiri wool fair. 'The notice has been received in the office and we are preparing the reply, which will be given in the stipulated time. Hardly anything has been charged for the services provided to the poorest of poor at hospitals and other facilities for decades. Funds are used for the management and paying of salaries,' said Singh, adding, 'We would give proper reply to the notice.' The notice, which has been served based on the survey and inspection of the leased land done on 26 December 2024, states, 'The entire Part of Nazul land… were originally leased from 03.01.1940 at the rate of Re 1/- annual rent in favour of Motilal Memorial Society for building purpose. It is mentioned in the lease that The lease for such time as the same is used by the said Motilal memorial society for any of the objects mentioned in the memorandum of association of the society from the third day January 1940. On the said leased Nazul land, temporary shops like Children's Museum, Ravindralay, Bal Vidya Mandir School, Harbilas & Homeopathic Hospital, Tata Motors showroom, TVS Service Centre, liquor shop, Kashmiri Wool Fair, warm clothes/quilts-mattresses etc. are being run, which is a violation of the conditions of the lease,' Officials informed that the notice dated April 16 was served few days back. While officials at the Trust expressed fear of 'vested interest' as the land in question is at the prime location, LDA officials said that it is part of the usual exercise as the survey of Nazul land across the state capital is being conducted. 'There is no attempt to vacate any land. It is just that a survey of the Nazul land is being done and some violations regarding this land as well as others across the district came out. The notice has been served as part of the routine exercise and we would wait for the reply and further steps would be taken accordingly,' Prathmesh Kumar, Vice Chancellor of Lucknow Development Authority told The Indian Express. He informed that Nazul land records, which is 'actually Government land' and the records are based on two registers i.e. 1862 and 1880 made during the British era. Officials informed that while in other districts, the Nazul land comes under the monitoring of District Magistrates, in Lucknow it comes under Lucknow Development Authority, which is undertaking the digitization of Nazul land records. This land is estimated to be in lakhs of sq feet across the city and in prime locations.
