Summit calls for health measures to combat anemia MUMBAI: A group of healthcare experts, policy makers, jurists and other stakeholders have called for stronger public health measures to combat anemia, especially among girl children, female adolescents and women.Held by city-based Human Social Care Foundation (HSCF), an NGO holding Special Consultative Status with the United Nations…
NEW DELHI: The pavements are full of cars, hatchbacks to sedans to SUVs, parked bumper-tobumper, leaving barely enough room for pedestrians to squeeze through. On one side of the road are towering billboards and rows of used car dealers competing for attention; on the other are accessory shops promising everything from customised interiors to fancy…
CHENNAI: The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Saturday announced its withdrawal from the DMK-led alliance, ending a long-standing partnership that had endured through multiple elections in Tamil Nadu.The decision was taken at the party’s general council meeting held in Chennai. IUML said decision on alliance will be taken during the local body election.The move…
Ahmedabad: Three persons were injured and at least six vehicles were damaged after an LPG cylinder blast at a gas agency triggered a major fire near Geeta Mandir on Friday evening. Fire control officials received a distress call at 4.41pm, , prompting a massive emergency response from the fire brigade and police.Multiple fire tenders, ambulances…
Kolkata: After a prolonged and sluggish start to monsoon, Kolkata was lashed by a torrential downpour on Friday, which ended a week-long dry spell and plunged temperatures. However, it left several city pockets waterlogged, resulting in slow traffic.According to Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Alipore, the city recorded approximately 53 mm of rainfall in the…
Students undergo pre-exam checks in the previous NEET exam Pune: Aditi Kulkarni, a NEET candidate from Pune, will appear for the re-test on Sunday. “I have stopped looking at social media discussions and am focusing only on revision. Biology and chemistry are my priority areas this week,” she said.Students across Maharashtra were spending the last…
Bicholim: Water supply to parts of Bicholim was disrupted for two days after the main water pipeline at Muslimwada burst twice, on Thursday and on Friday.An official of the drinking water department said the pipeline, which supplies water to a large part of Bicholim, ruptured on Thursday morning, resulting in the wastage of lakhs of…
Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Algeria’s Rayan Ait-Nouri battle for the ball during the World Cup Group J football match between Argentina and Algeria in Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo) Algeria have filed a complaint with FIFA over what they described as “refereeing injustice” during their opening FIFA World Cup defeat to…
Ameesha Patel says being part of ‘Gadar’ has defined her career forever, with audiences always seeing her as Sakina. She believes iconic films set impossible benchmarks, adding that even Shah Rukh, Kajol and Madhuri face the same. “Not every film can be a colossal, iconic, blockbuster, path-breaking film,” she said. Twenty-five years after ‘Gadar’ first…
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the highest honour over the controversial naming of an army unit Polish President Karol Nawrocki has stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest honour, over Kyiv’s decision to name a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army…
