New Delhi: Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are rising at alarming rates worldwide in adults younger than 50 years, according to two studies. The first study, published in JAMA, showed that the surging cancer cases go beyond colorectal, and include gastric, oesophageal, and pancreatic.”Colorectal cancer is the most common early-onset GI cancer worldwide, accounting for more than half of…
New Delhi: Following a healthy diet to lose weight? Make sure it’s minimally processed, suggests a study, which showed that reducing processing could help to sustain a healthy weight. In a first, researchers from the University College London (UCL) nutritionally matched minimally processed (MPF) and ultra-processed (UPF) diets.The results, published in the journal Nature Medicine, showed that…
New Delhi: Are you someone who reaches for a cup of coffee every night? According to a new study, nighttime caffeine consumption can increase impulsive behaviour, potentially leading to reckless actions, especially among women. The findings could have negative implications for shift workers, health care, and military personnel who consume coffee at night, particularly females, said a team of…
Chennai, 10/8: Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi asserted that Operation Sindoor was unlike any conventional mission and that it was akin to playing a game of chess as “we did not know” what would be the enemy’s next move. In his address at a function at IIT-Madras, he recalled the intricacies of India’s decisive military…
New Delhi, 10/8: ICICI Bank has raised the minimum balance requirement for its new savings bank accounts opened on or after August 1 by five times to Rs 50,000. The minimum monthly average balance (MAB) for savings bank accounts till July 31, 2025 for ICICI Bank customers was Rs 10,000. Similarly, MAB for semi-urban locations…
Amaravati, 9/8: Andhra Pradesh has secured the overall second rank among 18 large and mid-sized states with a population of over one crore in delivering justice, according to the India Justice Report 2025. The state rose from fifth place in 2022, while Karnataka claimed the top spot in 2025. The state also ranked fourth in…
New Delhi, 9/8India’s Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Saturday revealed that the Indian Air Force (IAF) shot down six Pakistani aircraft during Operation Sindoor. Speaking at an event in Bengaluru, Singh also highlighted that one of the kills was the longest-ever recorded surface-to-air elimination by the IAF,…
Uttarkashi, 9/8: Four helicopters were pressed into service to airlift people stranded in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi after flash floods and landslides earlier this week that claimed multiple lives and left behind a trail of destruction. On the fifth day of rescue operations on Saturday, 170 people were airlifted to ITBP’s Matli helipad and 107 to the…
Nagpur, 9/8: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday called for supporting the Central government against the “pressure tactics” by US President Donald Trump amid tariff tensions in the national interest. The imposition of a 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods is a pressure tactic. We, the people of India, should support the government…
Bengaluru, 9/8: A couple of weeks ago, the country’s largest IT services firm Tata Consultancy Services, which employs over 6,13,000 people, announced job cuts that will impact 2 per cent of its global workforce or about 12,250 employees. But according to sources in the know, the actual number of layoffs are far more than 12,250…
