Kamla Yadav and her son Ajaash outside the PMAY scheme house allotted to her. Authorities say how the houses, over 25 according to the villagers, were allotted will be probed. | Photo Credit: Shubhomoy Sikdar For the past ten days, residents of Nakta village, located approximately 15 kilometres from Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur, have been staging … Read more
In a stark and symbolic moment that has gone viral, Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi, a controversial cleric of Islamabad’s Lal Masjid, faced an unexpected silence when he asked his audience whether they would stand with Pakistan in the event of a war with India. Not a single hand was raised. This incident came nearly two … Read more
A pet German shepherd died fighting off a tiger to protect its owner, forcing the big cat to retreat into the forest in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district. The incident happened on February 26 near the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. Shivam Badgaiya was outside his house with his pet German Shepherd when a tiger strayed from the … Read more
Federal and state officials spoke out quickly about what protections are still in place for access to abortion, and some governors have taken new actions to expand that protection. Source link
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) — An immunotherapy drug is the first to significantly reduce the risk of cancer recurrence or death in people with early-stage lung cancer, researchers report. Atezolizumab reduced by 34% the risk of disease recurrence or death in a certain group of people with stage … Read more
Feb. 3, 2021 — As health care providers work against the clock to administer as many COVID-19 vaccine doses as soon as possible, logistics aren’t the only thing standing in their way. Misinformation — which has hampered the nation’s coronavirus response — is now hurting vaccination efforts, too. About 1 in … Read more
Hospital staff in Portsmouth have described the “relentless” pressure of dealing with rising numbers of coronavirus patients. The Queen Alexandra Hospital is currently treating more than 400 Covid patients – more than the previous peak of 185 in the spring. BBC South Health Correspondent Alastair Fee spent a day at the hospital’s ICU. Cameraman: Ian … Read more
Seven-year-old Alfie, who has Down’s syndrome, was diagnosed with leukaemia nine months ago and his family had to completely isolate themselves to protect him. Help was, however, at hand. This is how his family say donations from BBC Children in Need made a difference. Source link
Fifty-seven-year-old Parveen Kausar curses the day her youngest daughter Oniba and her husband stepped out of the country. Tears roll down Kausar’s cheeks as she looks at a fancy mug that has Oniba’s photographs on it. She wades through the piles of papers that have become part of her and her 70-year-old husband Shakeel Ahmad … Read more