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COVID cases spike in Karnataka; govt to hold high-level meeting [details]

Considering the trend of rising COVID-19 cases in Karnataka state, Minister for Health Dr. K. Sudhakar has called for a high-level meeting on Monday here.

Mar 5, 2023

Robotic thumb, arm, wings on humans could soon be a reality

Advancements in human augmentation are likely to give humans a robotic thumb, arm or arms, wings, or tentacles in the coming decades, according to scientists.

Mar 4, 2023

Eye for an eye, wife for a wife: Man marries wife of his spouse's lover in Bihar [details]

Exactly a year after a married woman eloped with her lover, her husband in Bihar's Khagaria district married the wife of the man.

Mar 3, 2023

Half the world population to be obese by 2035, child obesity at alarming level [Report]

The report World Obesity Atlas 2023 showed that in 2020 boys had a 3 per cent obesity risk, but by 2035, the risk will likely go up by 12 per cent and for girls the risk was 2 per cent in 2020, but in 2035, it will rise to 7 per cent

Mar 3, 2023

Health Byte: Eating oily fish, flaxseed can protect you against severe Covid

They were also 26 per cent less likely to be hospitalised, and risk for hospitalisation was 11 per cent lower per increase in plasma DHA per cent.

Mar 2, 2023

Covid lab leak was not an accident, Virologist blames communist government for pandemic outbreak

It was in September 2020 that Yan initially claimed that the coronavirus originated from a government-controlled lab in Wuhan

Mar 2, 2023

World badly needs early warning system to combat virus attacks, warns Bill Gates

According to Bill Gates, an early warning system for virus outbreaks is equally important as faster diagnostics and vaccine production

Mar 1, 2023

Children greet each other as they arrive at school in New York, the United States, March 7, 2022

What is Adenovirus, virus taking alarming shape among children; symptoms, prevention tips

In the current time of season change, Adenovirus appears to be taking an alarming shape among the children in West Bengal.

Mar 1, 2023

Nithyananda's fictional nation of 'Kailasa' worms way into UN panel discussion giving false impression

Nithyananda's fictional 'Kailasa' worms way into UN panel discussion; it means nothing

Representatives of fugitive self-proclaimed godman Swami Nithyananda's fictional nation of 'Kailasa' have wormed their way into a UN committee's discussion on sustainable development in Geneva creating the false impression that the world organisation has recognised it.

Feb 28, 2023

Indore college principal set ablaze by ex-student passes away

A principal of a private pharmacy college in Indore, who was set ablaze by a former student on February 20 and had been battling for life after having suffered 80 per cent burn injuries, passed away at a hospital on Saturday.

Feb 25, 2023

'India is everything to me': Akshay Kumar says he'd to give up Canadian passport

Once I get the renounced status from Canada, I will change my passport, says Akshay Kumar

Feb 24, 2023

Amazon closes $3.9 bn acquisition of healthcare provider 'One Medical'

Amazon has closed its $3.9 billion acquisition of primary healthcare organisation One Medical, as the e-commerce giant steps up efforts to reinvent healthcare in the digital and virtual era.

Feb 23, 2023

Fact check: J&K property tax not arbitrary; follows municipal act [read facts]

While the local opposition leaders, some even elected officials, are opposing J&K government's notification to impose property tax in the UT and calling it arbitrary, the facts show how the move is well within legal course.

Feb 22, 2023

Living with chronic pain may impact your memory, learning skills

People living with chronic pain conditions in the knee, neck and back due to ailments such as arthritis or cancer may be at a higher risk of developing dementia, claimed a study.