Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto While there has been a marginal drop in the crime against women in the State, West Bengal continues to record highest incidents of acid attacks in the country, as per the Crime in India 2023 published on September 29. 2025. While the country recorded … Read more
Joanne WrittleHealth correspondent, BBC West Midlands Family picture Thomas and Ewa Hender have two children, with the younger receiving the middle name Aubrey, in memory of his late brother A couple whose son was stillborn have criticised health bosses for taking a year and a half to release a report about stillbirth rates in the … Read more
Hugh PymHealth editor BBC “It was really bad – we had patients dying on the waiting lists – politicians were getting desperate.” Jesper Fisker, chief executive of the Danish Cancer Society, is looking back 25 years – to the moment Denmark decided to transform its approach to treating cancer. At that point, he says, the … Read more
According to the International Institute for Population Sciences, India’s population clocked 1,45,48,50,455, some time around the afternoon on July 11, World Population Day. These masses of people go to work squeezing themselves inside packed suburban trains, celebrate festivals as a community, elect governments by the sheer might of their mandate, and carry their heroes on … Read more
Telangana government’s proposed Future City would anchored by AI (artificial intelligence) city, Pharma and manufacturing clusters along with multimodal mobility and metro access. Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma has asserted that the Future City, the first net zero city proposed by the Telangana Government, will become a model for next generation urban development in the … Read more
In an increasingly interconnected world, ‘Golden Visa’ programs have emerged as pathways for affluent individuals to obtain residency or citizenship in foreign countries through substantial financial investments. ‘Golden Visa’ programs present unique opportunities for investors seeking global mobility and for countries aiming to attract foreign capital. While the financial thresholds vary significantly, the mutual benefits … Read more
“India will need to grow at an average of 7.8% to become a high-income country by 2047,” a World Bank report said on Friday (February 28, 2025.) To achieve this goal, India would require reforms in the financial sector as well as in land and labour market, the World Bank said in its India Country … Read more
Union Minister J.P. Nadda speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, on November 29, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The doctor-population ratio is 1:811 in the country which is better than the WHO standard of 1:1000, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda informed the Lok Sabha on Friday (November … Read more
From Ayodhya lighting up with 28 lakh diyas and setting a Guinness World Record to the skies of Mumbai illuminated with firecrackers, India welcomed Goddess Laxmi into their homes on Deepavali with fervour. Here’s a collection of pictures from across the country of the Diwali celebrations: Photo: PTI Fireworks illuminate the sky above the banks … Read more
Cathlin Marie Jeesan and Clare Rose Jeesan, who will participate in the World Robotics Olympiad in Turkey. | Photo Credit: SPL Cathlin Marie Jeesan and Clare Rose Jeesan, students of Holy Grace Academy, Mala, Thrissur, won gold medal at the National Robotics Olympiad 2024 held in Ahmedabad recently. The event was organised by the Union … Read more