Chennai: The proportion of schoolchildren in the city with impaired fasting glucose — a measure used to identify prediabetes — rose to 28.1% from 3.1% among girls and to 26.4% from 3.5% among boys over 17 years, a new study found.The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews,…
Ahmedabad: A special Pocso court on Friday sentenced two persons to 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment for trafficking and sexually exploiting two minor girls who were brought from Bangladesh and forced into prostitution.The convicts were identified as Sagar Mandal from West Bengal and Mohammed Faruq Mandal from Bangladesh. The court convicted both accused under the BNS…
Kolkata: Narkeldanga Police on Friday has arrested two men, one of them a key accused from Bantra in Howrah, for stealing a bag containing Rs 20 lakh from a vehicle on Wednesday. Cops recovered more than Rs 1.1 lakh in cash from the accused.The arrests followed a complaint lodged by a city-based printing press owner,…
The deadline for SIR exercise in Maharashtra ends on Aug 8 Pune: The district continues to trail the state average in both distribution and digitisation of forms, according to the latest daily bulletin issued by Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Maharashtra, on Friday.So far, BLOs have distributed 68.9 lakh (75.8%) enumeration forms to Pune’s 90.8 lakh…
The unit will function from the VSESA wing at Van Bhawan, Panaji Panaji: Govt has established a dedicated project management unit (PMU) at the forest department head office, Van Bhawan, Altinho, to streamline compensatory afforestation processes and assist agencies seeking forest land diversion for non-forestry projects. The decision follows a communication from the forest conservation…
The time-sensitive journey took about 3 hours and 45 minutes Surat: Amid heavy rain and a flood-like situation, multiple teams pulled off a challenging operation to transport a live human heart by train from Surat to Ahmedabad on a Vande Bharat Express, in what authorities and medical teams described as the first such rail transfer…
MUMBAI: Bloomberg Index Services has delayed the inclusion of India’s sovereign bonds in its global bond indices, saying recent market reforms need more time to be tested in practice before a decision can be taken.The index provider said that while India has made meaningful progress in improving access for foreign investors, the changes are still…
Yashvir Singh (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: Yashvir Singh had one thought in his mind before stepping up for his final throw at Scotstoun Stadium. The bronze medal mark was just beyond 82 metres, and he reminded himself that he had already crossed that distance before. With that belief, the 24-year-old gave everything on his…
The music icon believes dwelling on “what if” holds people back, while asking “what’s next” opens the door to new opportunities.Image credit (Instagram) Elton John said goodbye. And then he came back. Three years after concluding his record-breaking 330-show Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which grossed nearly 940 million dollars and ranked among the most…
YouTuber and science educator Hank Green is facing criticism after admitting he used AI to help research a recent episode of his Ask Hank Anything series. The debate started after viewers shared a clip from the episode online and claimed one part sounded like it came from an AI chatbot. Green denied that AI wrote…
