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Health department on alert after fivefold increase in Conjunctivitis or Madras Eye cases in Chennai

Tamil Nadu health department officials are on high alert after a five-fold increase in Conjunctivitis was reported in Chennai over the last week.

Nov 12, 2022

Gang of cyber cheats who duped people seeking Ayurveda treatment busted, 3 held [Check their fake websites]

With the arrest of three men, the Delhi Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a gang of cyber criminals who used to dupe patients on pretext of providing Ayurveda treatment at Patanjali Yog Gram in Haridwar.

Nov 12, 2022

Indian sailors detained in Equatorial Guinea for 3 months; send desperate cry for help [details]

The Indian embassy in Guinea recently took to Twitter to say that it has been in regular contact with the crew members over the phone.

Nov 9, 2022

Promising cholesterol drug against COVID-19 fails in human trials; doesn't reduce severe symptoms or death

A new international multi-institutional study led by scientists from Penn Medicine has found that fenofibrate was unable to reduce the severity of disease or prevent adverse outcomes such as deaths in COVID-19 patients.

Nov 9, 2022

Kanpur man brutalised, blinded to be 'suitable' for begging on streets

When his condition worsened and he could not even beg, the gang conveniently dumped him near a slum settlement

Nov 7, 2022

Hybrid variant of Covid named XBB bothers medical experts due to its contagious nature [details]

Several reports suggest that this new variant namedXBB is already present in nearly 20 countries

Nov 7, 2022

What is eRs; RBI's digital rupee explained [see how it works]

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had, last week, announced that it will commence a pilot project of digital rupee (eRs) for specific use cases in the wholesale segment from November 1.

Nov 6, 2022

Varun Dhawan battling Vestibular Hypofunction: Here's what it means, symptoms, causes

Varun Dhawan battling Vestibular Hypofunction

Nov 5, 2022

Himesh Reshammiya announces next film 'Badass Ravikumar'; pens story, composes music himself [WATCH]

Singer, actor, and music producer Himesh Reshammiya on Thursday took to his social media handle to announce his next film 'Badass Ravikumar' - an action musical entertainer and a spinoff of 'The Expose' - his 2014 film. Know more -

Nov 3, 2022

Delhi air pollution gets "severe": Why children, elderly need to be extra careful [Explained]

This comes as the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Wednesday morning rested at 364 (very poor category) at 8 am and 408 (severe) at 7 am. Owing to this, residents woke up with complaints of choking and burning eyes

Nov 3, 2022

Within a year after its creation, SIA generates fear among anti-peace elements in J&K [details]

During the last 12 months, SIA has investigated as many as 450 terror-related cases with an overall disposal rate of 65 percent.

Nov 2, 2022

Women commission's fact-finding team visits Rajasthan amid reports of girls' auction [details]

Rekha Sharma, the chairperson of the National Commission for Women, charges the Rajasthan government with not cooperating in investigating reports regarding the selling of girls to settle financial disputes.

Nov 1, 2022

Reserve Bank of India to launch digital rupee pilot project today

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will today launch the nation's first digital rupee pilot project for the wholesale segment.

Nov 1, 2022

TRS MLAs' poaching case takes too many twists, Telangana HC stays probe

The High Court directed Ramachandra Bharathi alias Satish Sharma, Kore Nanda Kumar alias Nandu and Simhayaji to surrender before Cyberabad police within 24 hours.

Oct 29, 2022

World Stroke Day 2022: Young working professionals now at high stroke risk says researchers [Details]

A team of researchers has found a sharp increase in the incidence of stroke in young adults, especially among the working professionals.