Zero casualties as fire services respond to 33 cracker-related distress calls on Diwali in Telangana

Zero casualties as fire services respond to 33 cracker-related distress calls on Diwali in Telangana

Motorists make their way through an air-polluted street during the festival of lights Deepavali by lighting fire crackers in Hyderabad on Thursday night (October 31, 2024). | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal “The Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services received a total of 33 fire-cracker-related distress calls on Deepavali, including three major ones,” said the … Read more

Delhi court asks NIA to respond to Engineer Rashid’s interim bail plea by July 1

Delhi court asks NIA to respond to Engineer Rashid’s interim bail plea by July 1

Engineer Rashid. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A Delhi court on June 21 asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to respond by July 1 to an application filed by Engineer Rashid, arrested in a 2017 Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case, seeking interim bail to take oath as an MP. Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known … Read more

Explained | How One Health can help India respond better to health crises

Explained | How One Health can help India respond better to health crises

The concept of ‘One Health’ is currently gaining popularity worldwide; India has of late been taking significant strides to deploy concepts and strategies rooted in this idea to bolster the way it responds to health crises. However, One Health is not a new concept. One Health is a holistic approach to problems that recognises the … Read more

Morning Digest | Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings; INDIA MPs to visit Manipur, and more

Morning Digest | Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings; INDIA MPs to visit Manipur, and more

The National Federation of Indian Women highlighted how the 2018 judgment of the apex court in Tehseen Poonawala case had foretold that lynchings and mob violence were “creeping threats” and need to be nipped in the bud. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings … Read more

Health Ministry yet to respond to massive CoWIN data breach

Health Ministry yet to respond to massive CoWIN data breach

Details from the CoWIN portal, including Aadhaar, passport, gender, date of birth, were leaked online following a data breach. Image for representational purpose only. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Health Ministry is yet to respond to the massive CoWIN (Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network), data breach which allows access to all personal details that … Read more

Mehrauli killing | Court gives ‘last opportunity’ to Poonawala’s advocate to respond to arguments on charges

Mehrauli killing | Court gives ‘last opportunity’ to Poonawala’s advocate to respond to arguments on charges

Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused to have murdered his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar | File photo | Photo Credit: PTI A court here on Saturday provided the last opportunity to Aaftab Amin Poonawala’s advocate to respond to the Delhi Police’s arguments on charges against him. Mr. Poonawala is accused of strangling his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and … Read more

Weight Bias, Weight Stigma, and Fat Phobia: How to Respond

Weight Bias, Weight Stigma, and Fat Phobia: How to Respond

Laken Brooks, 27, thinks weight bias might be why no one noticed her depression. At one point in college, the PhD student and freelance health writer couldn’t sleep. She’d forget to eat. Then she dropped nearly 30 pounds in a single semester. Fast, unexplained weight loss is often a sign of another health problem, but … Read more