A landslide hazard susceptibility map prepared by the Geological Survey of India (GSI). After a delay of over two months, the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) has issued the updated Orange Book 2025, the monsoon preparedness and disaster-response guidelines for various State and Central agencies. The major highlight of this year’s Orange Book … Read more
Philippa Roxby Health Reporter Getty Images Drug treatment can help people newly diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) to reduce their risk of substance misuse, suicidal behaviour, transport accidents and criminality, a study suggests. These issues are linked to common ADHD symptoms such as acting impulsively and becoming easily distracted. Some 5% of children … Read more
Getty Images Young people under the age of 18 are more aware of nicotine pouches, new data suggests. According to a survey commissioned by charity Action on Smoking and Health (Ash), the percentage of 11-17 year olds who said they knew of the pouches grew from 38% in 2024 to 43% this year. The survey … Read more
ADHD is not becoming more common despite the surge in people being diagnosed, research suggests. The review, led by King’s College London, looked at 40 studies in 17 countries and found no clear evidence rates of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had risen since 2020, despite rising diagnoses and longer waits for assessment. Some blame … Read more
Catherine Burns Health correspondent Harriet Agerholm Data journalist BBC GPs are deeply divided over assisted dying, with personal beliefs shaping their views Family doctors in England are deeply divided on the issue of assisted dying, BBC research on plans to legalise the practice suggests. The findings give a unique insight into how strongly many GPs … Read more
The iPhone 17 Air is rumoured to be the slimmest phone in the Apple-verse, according to several rumours and leaks. While the iPhone 17 Air is expected to hit the market a little later, the rest of the iPhone 17 series is anticipated to launch in September 2025. Before the official notification, a new leak … Read more
Cheshire Police New evidence seen by the BBC suggests more babies in Lucy Letby’s care were harmed – and in one case poisoned with insulin. The former nurse was found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others – including trying to kill two with insulin at the Countess of Chester Hospital … Read more
Being vaccinated against shingles may also help delay getting a dementia diagnosis – a study in the journal Nature Medicine suggests. The work builds on previous suggestions that a shingles jab may have this unintended benefit. Researchers compared some 100,000 people who had a new shingles jab to a similar group who had an older … Read more
Narcissistic people get more empathetic, generous and agreeable with age, according to new research into the personality trait. But although their unreasonably high sense of self-importance may mellow, they do not fully grow out of it, the study involving more than 37,000 people suggests. Those who were more narcissistic than their peers as children tended … Read more
Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot has recommended empowering officers of the rank of Assistant Traffic Inspector (ATI) of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to issue challans to buses violating lane discipline under the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988. This recommendation has been forwarded to Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena for approval. Gahlot said that empowering Assistant … Read more