A sunscreen scandal in Australia is continuing to grow, with 18 products now pulled from shelves in the skin cancer hotspot over safety concerns. Analysis by a consumer advocacy group in June found several popular and expensive sunscreens did not provide the protection claimed by their makers. One product, Ultra Violette’s Lean Screen Skinscreen, is … Read more
Foreign Medical Graduates staging a protest in January in Vijayawada. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO / GIRI KVS Wait for Permanent Registrations (PRs) for the pandemic-affected Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) continues even after an interim Medical Council, comprising six members, in the State has been formed. On March 24, when the State government issued a … Read more
With the previous norm of one autorickshaw stand at each junction expanding to multiple stands at different sides of the same junction, non-governmental organisations and others are urging civic and enforcement agencies to tackle the obstructive parking of autorickshaws and buses at junctions. Pointing to half-a-dozen of autorickshaw stands at junctions like Vyttila, T.N. Pratapan, … Read more
Only days since the declaration of SSLC results, apprehension over availability of Plus One higher secondary seats in Malabar is building. Students, parents, and teachers are worried if they will find admission in the school and course of their choice. As many as 4,24,772 students became eligible for higher studies in the State after appearing … Read more
Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw files his nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections, at the Odisha Assembly, in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. File | Photo Credit: ANI Amid growing signals of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) coordinating their future activities, the regional party has announced elaborate celebrations on the occasion … Read more
Pre-eclampsia affects millions of women worldwide yet is little understood, say scientists. Source link
Scale of problem revealed for first time in England with some waiting for as many as five treatments. Source link
Researchers hope it could eventually lead to new ways of treating age-related macular degeneration. Source link
File. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The country’s power consumption grew by over 16% to 151.66 billion units in August this year compared to that of the same month last year mainly due to increase usage of cooling appliances during sultry weather. In the year-ago period, power consumption stood at 130.39 billion units (BU), … Read more
Ex-Wales wing Dafydd James says he is speaking out about his “daily battle” with dementia to try to help others A group of former football, rugby league and rugby union players who are taking legal action claiming they suffered brain injuries playing their respective sports has grown to 378. The new claimants include 100 former … Read more