Spain to make some train journeys free from September

Spain to make some train journeys free from September

(CNN) — Public transport prices on state-owned service across Spain have already been slashed in half in response to rapidly rising energy and inflation rates. Now the government has announced further 100% discounts. As of September, passengers will be able to travel across various trains operated by public train network Renfe for absolutely nothing. Spain’s … Read more

Criminal Investigation Department interrogates 2 BJP MLAs’ kin in AIIMS job case

Criminal Investigation Department interrogates 2 BJP MLAs’ kin in AIIMS job case

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials on Wednesday interrogated BJP Chakdaha MLA Bankim Ghosh’s daughter-in-law and BJP Bankura MLA Niladri Sekhar Dana’s daughter for irregularities in recruitment in AIIMS Kalyani at their residences. It is alleged that both were recruited at AIIMs Kalyani on contractual basis. Four CID officials visited MLA Bankim Ghosh’s residence today morning … Read more

Apple Said to Hover Above Competition Even as Smartphone Market Stumbles

Apple Said to Hover Above Competition Even as Smartphone Market Stumbles

The global smartphone market may be tumbling, but the iPhone 13 continues to sell well, and Apple is expecting its upcoming iPhone 14 to do even better at launch. Apple‘s slightly higher expectations for the forthcoming iPhone 14 underscore a growing belief among Wall Street analysts that the Cupertino-based company’s sales are likely to hold … Read more

COVID Boosters Can Help People With Lupus

COVID Boosters Can Help People With Lupus

By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — People with lupus benefit from a COVID-19 booster shot after full vaccination, with a new study showing they are half as likely to experience a COVID infection afterward. “Our study results offer people living with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) clinical confirmation … Read more

Coronaviruses Can Survive on Frozen Meat for a Month

Coronaviruses Can Survive on Frozen Meat for a Month

WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Had COVID? You might want to clean your freezer out. A new study suggests that cousins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can survive on frozen meat and fish for up to 30 days. The research — prompted by COVID outbreaks in Asia in which packaged meat … Read more

Opinion | The Humbug Economy

Opinion | The Humbug Economy

There’s an old story about Charles Darwin, which may or may not be true but seems appropriate to our current economic moment. According to the tale, two boys glued together pieces of various insects — a centipede’s body, a butterfly’s wings, a beetle’s head and so on — then, as a gag, presented their creation … Read more

Situation in India similar to what it was in Sri Lanka few years ago, Centre needs to act: Maharashtra Congress

Situation in India similar to what it was in Sri Lanka few years ago, Centre needs to act: Maharashtra Congress

The Maharashtra Congress on Wednesday claimed that the current economic situation in India is similar to what it was in Sri Lanka three years ago and if corrective steps are not taken by the Centre in time it may become explosive. The Congress accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government of not resolving the … Read more