Beirut/Jerusalem, 19/7: Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire, the US envoy to Turkey said on Friday, after days of bloodshed in the predominantly Druze area that has killed over 300 people. On Wednesday, Israel launched airstrikes in Damascus and hit government forces in the south, demanding they withdraw and saying that Israel aimed…
Raipur , 19/8: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel’s son Chaitanya Baghel in connection with the alleged multi-crore liquor scam in the state. This comes hours after the central agency carried out search at the premises of senior Congress leader at his Bhilai residence. After the arrests, Baghel,…
Washington DC 19/7: President Donald Trump on Friday accused Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal of defaming him in an article about a lewd birthday greeting that the publication said Trump had sent to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein decades ago. In a suit filed in US District Court for the Southern District of Florida,…
New Delhi : India’s leading credit rating agencies, Crisil Ratings and ICRA have reaffirmed the Company’s credit ratings, underscoring continued confidence in Vedanta’s overall business stability, healthy financial performance and strong adherence to corporate governance. Significantly, the Crisil report notes that based on feedback from management and select lenders, the rating agency “understands that currently…
Bhubaneswar, July 18: Quality education, healthcare and focused research being its maxim, the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) here has completed 18 years of its existence while aiming to be counted as one of the country’s top notch institutions of excellence in future. Ranked 14 th in the country among institutions of…
Bangalore, 18/7: In a recent developments, Meta has apologised after an Indian chief minister’s social media post was mistranslated on some of its platforms, falsely suggesting he had died, according to Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency. On Tuesday, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah posted a condolence message in Kannada language on Facebook and…
New Delhi, 18/7: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) distanced itself from the I.N.D.I.A. bloc on Friday, saying it is not part of the opposition alliance anymore and questioning the Congress party’s role in leading it. The remarks made by Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh came ahead of an online meeting of the leaders of the…
New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday recommended countries to use the twice-a-year lenacapavir injection as an additional pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) option for global HIV prevention.The landmark policy action, aiming to reshape the global HIV response, was issued at the 13th International AIDS Society Conference (IAS 2025) on HIV Science, in Kigali, Rwanda.Lenacapavir…
New Delhi: Indians consume salt 2.2 times more than the amount recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), posing severe health risks such as hypertension, strokes, and kidney disease, among others, according to ICMR’s National Institute of Epidemiology.WHO recommends less than 5 grams per day of salt (roughly under a teaspoon) or below 2g of sodium…
New Delhi: A higher dose of rifampicin — a bactericidal antibiotic used primarily to treat tuberculosis (TB) — may be safe, and its use can potentially lead to recurrence-free survival in patients with pulmonary TB, according to a recent study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).TB is curable but still remains the most common…
