London sees surge in 999 ambulance calls as flu season takes hold

London sees surge in 999 ambulance calls as flu season takes hold

Getty Images Fewer than half of eligible people in London have take up the free flu vaccine so far The number of 999 calls in London has risen over the past week, with London Ambulance Service (LAS) reporting its three busiest days of 2025 in a row. The service said the 20% increase included more … Read more

Pine Labs shares list at 10% premium: Should you hold or book profit now?

Pine Labs shares list at 10% premium: Should you hold or book profit now?

Pine Labs made a strong stock market debut on Friday, listing at Rs 242 per share on the BSE and NSE—a 9.5% premium over its issue price of Rs 221. The listing was slightly better than grey market expectations and signalled a steady start for one of India’s leading digital payments and merchant-commerce companies. The … Read more

‘She doesn’t get another childhood’: The lives on hold waiting for wheelchairs

‘She doesn’t get another childhood’: The lives on hold waiting for wheelchairs

Munaza RafiqDisability producer Family handout Wren waited more than a year to receive her NHS manual wheelchair, which she has nearly grown out of More than a thousand disabled children across the UK are waiting for wheelchairs and mobility equipment that could transform their lives, Whizz Kidz say. The charity, which helps wheelchair users up … Read more

AIIMS Raipur, IIT Indore hold health tech masterclass; focus on AI, future innovations

AIIMS Raipur, IIT Indore hold health tech masterclass; focus on AI, future innovations

RAIPUR: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur hosted a masterclass on Technology Interventions in Healthcare, in collaboration with the DRISHTI CPS Foundation, an initiative by IIT Indore. The event focused on how technology and artificial intelligence (AI) can be integrated into healthcare services. A team from the Foundation visited AIIMS Raipur and … Read more

INDIA bloc parties to hold key online meet on July 19 to discuss prevailing political situation

INDIA bloc parties to hold key online meet on July 19 to discuss prevailing political situation

INDIA bloc parties will hold an online meeting on Saturday (July 19, 2025) to reach a consensus on issues that they would raise to corner the government during Parliament’s Monsoon Session and convey a message of unity, but AAP has distanced itself from the opposition grouping. The TMC, which was earlier said to be skipping … Read more

India, EU to hold next round of FTA talks from May 12

India, EU to hold next round of FTA talks from May 12

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal during a discussion with EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic on the India-EU FTA and the progress of the Trade and Technology Council, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI The two sides have agreed to conclude the agreement in two phases on account of the uncertain … Read more

Pahalgam terror attack LIVE updates: Government to hold all-party meet today

Pahalgam terror attack LIVE updates: Government to hold all-party meet today

India will hold the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan “in abeyance with immediate effect”, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri announced on Wednesday (April 23, 2025). It is part of the five-pronged response that was decided upon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in the aftermath of … Read more

India, Pakistan Armies hold brigade commander-level flag meeting in Poonch to discuss border management

India, Pakistan Armies hold brigade commander-level flag meeting in Poonch to discuss border management

This is the second such meeting between the India and Pakistan sides this month. File (Image used for representation purpose only) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Armies of India and Pakistan on Thursday (April 10, 2025) held a brigade commander-level flag meeting along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’‘s Poonch district … Read more