New Delhi: Nearly 17 per cent or one in six people worldwide is affected by loneliness, and the condition was linked to an estimated 100 deaths every hour — more than 8,71,000 deaths annually between 2014 and 2023, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.The report showed that while loneliness…
New Delhi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have identified a previously unknown trigger of diabetes in collagen — the most abundant protein in the human body — that is also worsening the blood sugar condition.The study, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, showed how collagen accelerates the clumping of…
New Delhi: IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has undertaken a key experiment to decode muscle health in space — crucial for astronauts undertaking long space missions as well as for people with muscle loss on Earth.Shukla last week scripted history by becoming the first Indian to reach the International Space Station (ISS), aboard the Axiom Space’s…
Dubai: India’s stand-in skipper Smriti Mandhana has registered a huge gain in the latest ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings as she surged to a new career-best rating following her century against England.Mandhana smashed an electrifying 62-ball 112 runs to set up an emphatic 97-run victory, which saw her rise one slot to third place and a…
Shubman Gill has become the captain of India’s Test team, replacing Rohit Sharma in a reshuffled team after the retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit. Although the Indian team lost the first Test against England, former Indian cricket team team chief Ravi Shastri is impressed with Gill and feels he must get an opportunity to…
Paris: The eighth edition of the Indo-French Joint Military Exercise ‘Shakti’ concluded on Tuesday after two weeks of intensive training and cooperation between the Indian and French armed forces.Held from June 18 to July 1 in France, the exercise was hosted by the 13th French Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade (13 DBLE) and involved more than 500 personnel…
Kolkata, 1/7: The authorities of South Calcutta Law College have expelled three accused in the alleged gang-rape of a 24-year-old student from the institute, an official said on Tuesday. Prime accused Monojit Mishra, who was a contractual employee at the college, was among those expelled from the institute. Mishra, along with co-accused Zaib Ahmed and…
Raipur: Three persons, including a woman, were killed after a passenger bus collided with a truck in Raipur on Monday morning, police said.The incident in which six persons were also injured took place on Raipur-Jagdalpur National Highway near village Kendri under Abhanpur Police station limits, police saidFurther probe into the case is underway.In a similardevelopment, at…
New Delhi: Air Marshal S. Sivakumar VSM took charge as Air Officer-in-Charge Administration (AOA) at Indian Air Force Headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday, an official said. The Air Marshal was commissioned in the Administration branch of the IAF in June 1990.He holds an MBA in HRM from Pondicherry University and an MPhil degree in…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has sent two officers to Telangana to coordinate the rescue operation for the Odia workers working in the Sigachi pharma company’s factory, where an explosion has killed at least 36 people and left many injured, including several from Odisha.The two officers are Pritish Panda, OSD, Directorate of Odisha Paribar and Dr. Chandra…
