Sikkim recorded the highest incidence among Northeast states, with 374 dengue cases in 2024. Using the state’s revised population estimate, the dengue incidence was 57.9 per lakh. NEW DELHI: Climate change, deforestation, unplanned urbanisation and poor drainage are creating conditions for mosquitoes and other disease-carrying vectors to spread into new areas of the Northeast, a…
Tamil Nadu CM C Joseph Vijay NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Congress MLA Tharahai Cuthbert on Wednesday dismissed ally TVK’s projection of its leader, C Joseph Vijay, as the prime ministerial candidate for the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, saying TVK leaders were making the claim as “fans” of the chief minister, a reference to Vijay’s past…
Modi said countries that use terrorism as an instrument of state policy must be sent a strong message Framing security as a non-negotiable prerequisite for regional progress, PM Narendra Modi delivered a thinly veiled warning to Pakistan over state-sponsored terrorism at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. With Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif in attendance, Modi…
The procedure, however, clearly reduces AF. Seven-day heart monitoring detected AF in 21% of patients after ablation, compared with 41% after the dummy procedure. NEW DELHI: A procedure widely used to treat atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular heartbeat, cuts abnormal heart-rhythm episodes but may not itself be responsible for the improvement in patients’ quality of…
Ramabai ran 3km with the indomitable spirit of a mother competing for a cash prize PUNE: Ramabai Ranvir had no idea what running a race meant. All she had heard was there was Rs 3,000 to be won if she finished first.So, the 47-year-old widow hopped onto the pickup with a group of police aspirants…
Abhishek Upadhyay on Tuesday sought Supreme Court’s intervention Abhishek Upadhyay, the journalist who reported embezzlement of donations at Ayodhya’s Ram temple, on Tuesday sought Supreme Court’s intervention saying that Ghaziabad police have, in connection with a case of road rage against him, sought his digital footprints from social media platform X since June 1, which…
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board will launch a movement on Sept 17 NEW DELHI: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board will launch a movement on Sept 17 to mobilise public opinion for protection of the Constitution and ‘Sharia’, religious freedom and rights and dignity of citizens. The Board plans to start the…
Muzaffar Ahmed Sheikh (35) from Ganderbal district in Jammu & Kashmir. NEW DELHI: Challenging the Centre’s claim made in Parliament in the monsoon session that a survey conducted in all districts of the country during the year 2024-25 found no person engaged as a manual scavenger, Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA) on Tuesday brought together women…
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PM Modi on Tuesday lauded Indian economy’s resilience during a period of global crises NEW DELHI: Buoyed by the better-than-expected GDP growth, PM Modi on Tuesday lauded Indian economy’s resilience during a period of global crises. He again pushed for swadeshi goods and urged citizens to shun overseas weddings, foreign vacations and avoid unnecessary gold…
