Spread the love Turkey’s Erdogan, Saudi’s Salman and Pakistan’s Sharif pose after signing teh deal. The next time India faces a major security challenge from Pakistan, would the Mecca defence pact change the choices before New Delhi?The question has gained significance after Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye agreed to treat an armed attack on any one of them as an...
What happens after you apply for an organ transplant?
Spread the love Inside India’s complex journey from transplant registration to surgery For a patient facing end-stage organ failure, being told that a transplant may be required is only the beginning. The journey from a hospital referral to an actual transplant involves medical evaluation, registration, documentation, waitlist management, organ matching, allocation and, eventually, surgery and long-term follow-up.In India, the process...
Dr Shriram Nene’s health advice: Don’t rely only on ‘normal’ test results, understand your risk
Spread the love 3 min readNew DelhiAug 9, 2026 03:55 PM IST Dr Shriram Nene, cardiothoracic surgeon and husband to Bollywood icon Madhuri Dixit, believes not all normal test reports tell the whole story. “A ‘normal’ result is useful – but it is not the whole risk story. BMI, glucose, cholesterol, waist, blood pressure, family history and habits must be...
Indian national accused of strangling US girlfriend arrested in Germany
Spread the love Varun Batchigari is suspected of first-degree murder in the death of University of Arizona student Julissa Rubi Salazar. (Screengrab from YT video) An Indian man accused of killing his 19-year-old girlfriend in Tucson, Arizona, was arrested in Germany after allegedly fleeing the US.Varun Batchigari, 20, is suspected of first-degree murder in the death of University of Arizona...
Six killed In MP crash: Trailer on wrong side rams car; police launch probe
Spread the love Six men from Vadodara died and one was injured in a road accident Madhya Pradesh INDORE: At least six were killed and another critically injured after an out-of-control trailer travelling on the wrong side of the road collided head-on with their car on the Badnawar-Ujjain four-lane road near Panchkawasa village in Dhar district on Sunday afternoon.The accident...
‘Stones, shoes thrown at my car’: Mamata faces protest at TMC worker’s home
Spread the love NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that her car was pelted with stones after protesters intercepted her convoy while she was visiting the family of deceased Trinamool Congress worker Birju Keot in North 24 Parganas.According to Mamata, protesters raised “thief” slogans and threw water bottles and footwear.“Large stones were hurled at...
What is AI model distillation and why is it becoming a US-China flashpoint?
Spread the love Photo credit: Reuters For years, the US-China AI race has been fought over semiconductors, computing power and the ability to build increasingly capable AI systems. Now, the competition is moving towards access to the capabilities inside those systems, as Washington grows concerned that rivals could learn from the outputs of leading US models and use that knowledge...
Laser blinds pilot, Malaysia Airlines flight flies in circle before Kolkata landing
Spread the love Kolkata Airport (File Photo) KOLKATA: A Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur carrying 159 passengers was delayed while approaching Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata after the pilot was reportedly distracted by a laser beam, airport sources said on Sunday.Flight MH-184 was scheduled to land at 11.20 pm on Saturday, according to news agency PTI.However,...
‘Can’t go series by series’: Rahane demands clarity over Rohit Sharma’s WC spot
Spread the love India’s Rohit Sharma (ANI Photo) Rohit Sharma‘s 2027 World Cup future has become a talking point again, but former India teammate Ajinkya Rahane believes there should be no uncertainty surrounding the veteran opener’s place in the squad.Rahane, who retired from all forms of cricket last month, has called on the Indian team management to give Rohit a...
If DNA is the instruction manual, we just opened a big second volume
Spread the love A team led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine has found that several inherited traits in the mouse genome break the rules Gregor Mendel laid down in the 19th century about how genes work. This is not because the genes mutate but because of chemical modifications of the genome that can jump across generations, change...
