Chaotic Scripters

In a bid to escape, a drunk man in Bengaluru bit a Head Police Constable’s finger. Roshan Raja, a 33-year-old resident of Malleswaram and Girish, a 31-year-old resident of Kempapura caught the eye of the patrolling policemen. The duo were heavily drunk. Roshan is employed at a private firm on the Old Airport Road and Girish is a contract labourer. Roshan and Girish got into an argument with a group of people near DJ bar and restaurant in Bengaluru. The Sub Inspector Shivaraj and Head Constable Shanthalingu intervened in the fight. The Police officers asked Roshan and Girish to stop the fight and leave. But the duo along with the others began arguing with the policemen and asked them to leave instead. The verbal argument turned physical as Roshan and Girish started threatening the officers. Roshan pulled the Head Constable’s collar while he was sitting in the vehicle and managed to tear his uniform. When the officers tried to stop the duo, Roshan bit the Head Constable in a fit o...

Yesterday, at the Union Budget 2018 session the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley spoke about the world's largest Government funded National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) for India. This mega health insurance scheme for the poor is said to boost the health sector in India. The NHPS will cost the Indian Government over Rs. 1 lakh crore. It is said NHPS will provide 100 million families with medical coverage up to Rs. 5 lakh per. This will be given for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation. The existing health scheme Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) provides a cover of Rs. 30,000 for up to 5 members of a Below Poverty Line (BPL) family. Around 36 million of the 59 million BPL families across 15 states are enrolled in RSBY scheme. The allocation for RSBY increased to Rs. 2,000 crore for the Financial Year 2019 (FY 19.) Previously, for FY 18 the amount was Rs. 470.52 crore. It is said NHPS is the fourth iteration of the RSBY. In the FY 2016 to 2017 RSBY was renamed as Ras...