World Breast Cancer Awareness Day will be observed in the city with a ‘Walk of Hope’ on Manaveeyam Veedhi at 5 p.m. on Sunday. Asraya, a women’s voluntary organisation that has been working at the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) for the past 30 years to provide support to cancer patients and their families, will organise … Read more
Mualkhang is one of the intermediary stations, 38.2 km from Bairabi and 13.18 km from Sairang on the Bairabi-Sairang 51.38 km new line built by Northeast Frontier Railway and under its Lumding Division in Mizoram. | Photo Credit: Anil Kumar Sastry Residents of Mizoram, particularly its capital Aizawl, hope that the 51.38 km Bairabi-Sairang (near … Read more
Philippa Roxby Health Reporter Charlie Beattie Charlie Beattie holds her nine-week-old baby in her arms after many years of miscarriages UK scientists say they have developed a test which can help identify women with an abnormal womb lining that increases their risk of miscarriage. They say their work could pave the way for new treatments … Read more
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh pointed out important sectors in India like telecom, pharmaceuticals, and electronics, are critically dependent on Chinese imports. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Congress on Thursday (June 19, 2025) said it has been calling for a detailed debate on China for the last five years and hopes that Prime Minister … Read more
Joanne Writtle Health correspondent, BBC Midlands BBC Paramedic Jacob Hoy said he believed many attacks on ambulance workers went unreported Last summer, as people watched England in the Euro 2024 final, paramedic Jacob Hoy was on a night shift. He was called to a football fan in Birmingham, reportedly in cardiac arrest – but the … Read more
A new treatment approach can significantly improve survival rates for patients with aggressive, inherited breast cancer, a study suggests. The trial, led by Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, and published in Nature Communications, involved women with early-stage breast cancer who have inherited BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations. Giving them the targeted drug olaparib before surgery greatly … Read more
EPA On Friday, after weeks of fierce and passionate debate, MPs began their formal scrutiny of the bill that would allow terminally ill adults expected to die within six months to seek help to end their own life. It was a day of tears, hope, relief and fear. This is the story of how it … Read more
BBC Jan Butterworth: “We should make it right for people, give them the opportunity to have a smooth passing” For the first time in almost a decade, MPs will on Friday debate and vote on whether terminally ill people should have the right to end their lives. If MPs vote in favour of assisted dying, … Read more
For the poor, she was a beacon of hope and bouquet of bliss. She was with them in their best as well as worst of times. The very sight of ‘Missiyamma’ (mother in Tamil) driving her jeep into their villages, they believed, would drive away the evil spirits that brought upon them disease and death. … Read more
Referring to Rahul Gandhi’s recent four-day visit to the United States, Mr. Gehlot said the BJP has completely “panicked” due to the success of Mr. Gandhi’s U.S. visit and has started spreading rumours about it. | Photo Credit: ANI Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Friday (September 13, 2024) that the ruling BJP … Read more