Viral video shows children sitting in car boot as vehicle speeds past 100 kmph in Hyderabad

Spread the love       HYDERABAD: A video from Hyderabad’s Outer Ring Road (ORR) has triggered massive outrage on social media after a family was allegedly seen travelling at high speed with children sitting inside the boot of the car. The clip, which is being widely circulated online, reportedly shows the vehicle moving at over 100 kmph on the high-speed expressway.At least...

‘Home Alone’ at White House: Vance jokes as Trump visits China for key talks

Spread the love       JD Vance on Trump’s visit to China Holding fort at the White House, vice president J D Vance compared his situation to Macaulay Culkin in the 1990 film Home Alone.US secret service rules do not allow the president and vice president to travel abroad together, in order to protect the line of succession.US President Donald Trump is...

Pentagon announces tie-up with Palmer Luckey’s Anduril & three other defence tech startups

Spread the love       The Department of War or Pentagon has reached new framework agreements with a slate of disruptive new entrants and commercial innovators to aggressively expand the United States military’s strike capabilities. Agreements with Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos, and Zone 5 will launch the Low-Cost Containerized Missiles (LCCM) program, while a parallel agreement with Castelion advances an initiative to scale...

75 days of Hormuz chaos: Oil prices remain high as Trump-Xi talks near

Spread the love       Oil prices edged higher on Thursday as traders remained cautious ahead of US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Oil markets have stayed elevated since the outbreak of the Middle East conflict, with disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil transit route, continuing for 75 days.By 7:05 am, WTI...

Nicobarese oppose proposal for three wildlife sanctuaries

Spread the love      Even as the Calcutta High Court is set to hear challenges to the Centre’s Great Nicobar Island (GNI) project over allegations that the Forest Rights Act was violated while obtaining locals’ consent for it, the tribal council in Nicobar has now flagged further violations of the law in the government’s notification of three wildlife sanctuaries in the Little...

‘One of the longest barrages in four years’: Russia launches massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv

Spread the love       Ukraine’s capital Kyiv came under a major aerial assault early on Thursday, with explosions ringing out across the city as Russia launched drones and ballistic missiles in what officials described as a “heavy enemy attack”.Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said Russian forces were targeting the capital with unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles, warning residents that the city remained...

India bans sugar exports until September 2026 amid supply concerns: Report

Spread the love       Centre on Wednesday banned sugar exports with immediate effect until September 30, 2026, or until further notice, in a move aimed at controlling domestic prices, as per a report by Reuters.India, the world’s second-largest sugar producer and a major exporter, had earlier allowed mills to ship 1.59 million tonnes, but weaker cane yields are now expected to...

‘What is the reason for giving Metformin to pre-diabetic patients? Can I stop taking it when my glucose levels are normal?’

‘What is the reason for giving Metformin to pre-diabetic patients? Can I stop taking it when my glucose levels are normal?’

Spread the love       3 min readNew DelhiMay 14, 2026 06:00 AM IST Why is metformin given to pre-diabetic patients? Answering this Quora query, Dr Pranav Ghody, a consultant endocrinologist and diabetologist at Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central, explained that pre-diabetes indicates that blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough to be classified as diabetes. “At this stage,...

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