Metropolis Healthcare Q4 Results: Profit dips 19% to Rs 29 crore

Metropolis Healthcare Q4 Results: Profit dips 19% to Rs 29 crore

Metropolis Healthcare on Tuesday said its consolidated net profit declined 19 per cent to Rs 29 crore in the fourth quarter ended March quarter 2025. The diagnostics chain had reported a net profit of Rs 36 crore for the January-March period of FY24. Revenue from operations rose to Rs 345 crore in the period under … Read more

Breast cancer gene families given hope by drug trial

Breast cancer gene families given hope by drug trial

A new treatment approach can significantly improve survival rates for patients with aggressive, inherited breast cancer, a study suggests. The trial, led by Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, and published in Nature Communications, involved women with early-stage breast cancer who have inherited BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations. Giving them the targeted drug olaparib before surgery greatly … Read more

Zelensky vows to do everything to ensure direct talks with Putin in Turkey

Zelensky vows to do everything to ensure direct talks with Putin in Turkey

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will travel to Turkey’s capital Ankara to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and will be available for direct talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Istanbul on Thursday. “We will do everything to ensure that this meeting takes place,” he told reporters in a hastily-arranged briefing in … Read more

EPS attacks MK Stalin over law and order, Kanimozhi responds on Pollachi case

EPS attacks MK Stalin over law and order, Kanimozhi responds on Pollachi case

Following the verdict in the 2019 Pollachi sexual abuse case, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and Opposition leader Edappadi K Palanisamy clashed on social media. In a post on X, Stalin expressed his satisfaction with the verdict but also took a jibe at certain individuals allegedly attempting to protect the culprits. “Justice has been … Read more

New German Chancellor faces uphill battle amid Trump Tariffs and slowing economy

New German Chancellor faces uphill battle amid Trump Tariffs and slowing economy

On May 6, Friedrich Merz became the next Chancellor of Germany. In what was meant to be a mere formality of the Bundestag (German Parliament) members electing him to be the next Chancellor, Mr. Merz couldn’t gather enough votes in the first round to be approved by the MPs. This has never happened with any … Read more

Inquiry hears Essex mental health trusts ‘try to stop’ coroner reports

Inquiry hears Essex mental health trusts ‘try to stop’ coroner reports

Stuart Woodward BBC News, Essex Reporting fromLampard Inquiry Jamie Niblock/BBC Deborah Coles said the behaviour of some NHS trusts at inquests was “reprehensible” Health trusts have repeatedly tried to prevent coroners from issuing Prevention of Future Death reports in order to protect their reputations, an inquiry has heard. Deborah Coles, director of the charity Inquest, … Read more

Xi Woos Latin American Leaders With Promises of Cooperation on Technology

Xi Woos Latin American Leaders With Promises of Cooperation on Technology

China has long tapped Latin America to supply oil, iron ore, soybeans and other commodities, all drivers of growth for many Latin American countries. But also a source of frustration for those that hope to grow their economies and exports with more than mining and farm goods. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is trying to show … Read more