Security personnel after an encounter with Maoists, in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh,on January 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The Chhattisgarh police on Saturday (January 18, 2025) said that 18 Maoists — not 12, as initially announced — were killed in the South Bastar operation earlier this week, attributing the update to a press release in which … Read more
Getty Images The proportion of patients diagnosed with cancer at an early stage has risen to its highest level on record, NHS figures in England show. Data for the 13 most common cancers show 58.7% of those diagnosed between September 2023 and August 2024 were identified at stages one and two, which increases the chances … Read more
BBC An NHS mobile lung-cancer screening clinic in Gorton, Manchester. A lung-cancer screening programme that sees mobile clinics visit local communities in England has detected the disease earlier in more than 5,000 people. Specially adapted lorries have been visiting supermarkets, football grounds and town centres in areas with the highest rates of the disease, as … Read more
In yet another controversy, Elon Musk’s social media platform X is now asking some former employees in Australia to pay back overpaid severance. The platform which laid off around 80 per cent of employees since Musk’s acquisition had reportedly made a mistake while offering severance pay to these employees and now the platform is threatening … Read more
Gething is asked about local lockdowns – which began in Caerphilly in early September 2020, following local rises in infections. He says they led to an immediate impact “but didn’t mark a decisive turning back”. Most of country ended up in a local lockdown at some stage. “It was the right thing to try to … Read more
Clinical Professor of Radiology at the College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Mukkamala Apparao, speaking at the national conference of Indian Radiologists and Imaging Association in Mangalagiri on Thursday. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao Application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in radiology will help in faster, better and more accurate detection of certain types of … Read more
The former PM tells the pandemic inquiry he initially underestimated the challenge posed by the virus. Source link
Changing the law interpreted in its three earlier judgments, in which it was held that pendency of a criminal case would not come in the way of renewal or re-issue of regular passport that was already issued, the High Court of Karnataka on Monday said when the law bars issuance of regular passport during pendency … Read more
The ex-health secretary also said a “toxic culture”, driven by Dominic Cummings, hindered the Covid response. Source link
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai arriving at a public meeting at the PDA Engineering College auditorium in Kalaburagi on Tuesday, after launching the mega textile park allocated under PM-MITRA Scheme. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Recalling the time when cotton mills in Davangere, Hubballi, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Belagavi and other places in the State were processing raw … Read more