Pakistan to host SCO coordinators’ meet from Sept 28-30 India will participate in a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) national coordinators that Pakistan will host on September 28-30, official sources said. The meeting is expected to approve the calendar of events under Pakistan’s presidency, leading up to the Council of Heads of State…
Health Ministry warns against misuse of painkillers, antibiotics over kidney disease risk. NEW DELHI: Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has issued a fresh advisory on rational consumption of painkillers and antibiotics, in view of their repeated use, without proper medical advice, putting people at the risk of kidney complications and other adverse effects.The drug…
CBI arrests two in a digital arrest scam that allegedly duped a Gujarat victim of Rs 11.4 crore over three months. NEW DELHI: Following Supreme Court’s directions to investigate major ‘digital arrest scam‘ cases, CBI has arrested two individuals connected to a massive cyber fraud network that siphoned off Rs 11.4 crore from a Gujarat…
Bank unions withdraw three-day strike after late-night agreement with IBA on key demands. NEW DELHI: Bank unions called off their proposed three-day strike just before midnight after the Indian Banks Association agreed to look into their demands.“A high-level committee of IBA and UFBU (United Forum of Bank Unions) will be formed immediately to deliberate on…
Students protesting outside Lovely Professional University clashed with police and set vehicles on fire, in Phagwara on Sunday. NEW DELHI: Punjab Police deployed more than 2,000 personnel at Lovely Professional University (LPU) after student protests over an alleged rape case turned violent on Sunday, with senior officers saying the situation had been brought under control.ADGP…
SIR row escalates: Jairam Ramesh calls EC press note ‘desperate damage control’ NEW DELHI: Congress Sunday continued with its protest against EC, saying the proposed measures related to special intensive revision of electoral rolls were an admission that the exercise had been a “disaster”. It added the “piecemeal measures” for deleted or at-risk voters would…
Highlighting the parallels between resilience and heroism, the Iranian Embassy in Hyderabad unveiled a video featuring President Masoud Pezeshkian’s UNGA address likened to the epic tale of Baahubali. The embassy conveyed Iran’s steadfastness against external pressures, as exemplified in Dr. Pezeshkian’s rejection of U.S. sanctions. He asserted Iran’s commitment to dialogue while maintaining a robust…
(Representative Image): IndiGo spokesperson said 6E 6542 “experienced an ‘abnormal runway contact’ while landing during gusty weather at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru. All customers and crew are safe and have disembarked safely. NEW DELHI: In yet another instance of an IndiGo Airbus A321 tail strike, an aircraft (VT-NHP) operating a Guwahati-Bengaluru flight on Sunday suffered…
Concerns have been raised over critical-care medicines, oncology medicine, high-value injectables, implants and surgical supplies, besides diagnostic-linked consumables and disposable devices. BENGALURU: Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration commissioner K Srinivas has sought urgent regulatory intervention over the pricing of medicines, medical devices and consumables supplied to hospitals at discounted institutional prices but billed to…
Gor said he looked forward to see American firth-generation fighters planes flying alongside the Indian jets (Photo: AP). Six American F-35 fighter jets, along with more than 200 US airmen touched down in Jodhpur on Saturday to take part in the second edition of multinational air exercise, Tarang Shakti.US Ambassador Sergio Gor announced their arrival…
