On Elephanta Island, archaeologists race to unearth ancient waterworks before the onset of the rains. “The water must be sweet, right?” a man in a pink jersey calls out from the stone steps. “It is,” replies the young man in a Dragon Ball Z T-shirt below, without looking up from his pickaxe.On a rocky island…
Bengaluru: Mental health experts emphasised the need for a full-fledged department or centre for applied research on digital mental health applications at a three-day meeting that was convened at Nimhans and concluded Friday.The meeting on Digital Technologies for Mental Health: Evolving Policy and Regulatory Recommendations for Safe Use, was convened by Nimhans-ICMR Centre for Advanced…
Hyderabad: The Telangana health department has approved the establishment of 79 new dialysis centres comprising 416 beds (GO 115) across govt hospitals to ensure dialysis services are available within a 25-km radius, particularly benefiting patients in rural, tribal and remote areas. This also includes the addition of 155 beds to 67 existing centres.New dialysis centres…
IMD has forecast a rise of 3-5 degrees Celsius in maximum temperatures during the next 5-6 days Gurgaon: After a brief spell of light rainfall on Friday evening, the city is set to get warmer again as IMD has forecast a rise of 3-5 degrees Celsius in maximum temperatures during the next 5-6 days.On Saturday,…
Kolkata: Calcutta University syndicate, the highest decision-making body, has approved a new postgraduate academic calendar—July to June—aligning it with the national academic schedule. The new schedule will be implemented from the upcoming session.CU has never had an academic calendar for PG courses, as a result of which there has been no structured beginning of an…
DM Medha Roopam at a meeting with health department officials and hospital representatives on Saturday Hospitals have been asked to deploy mobile medical vans in industrial clusters, conduct eye examinations, distribute spectacles to those in need, and facilitate treatment for conditions such as cataract DM Medha Roopam at a meeting with health department officials and…
Panaji: The town and country planning (TCP) department has granted final approval for 20 land conversion proposals under Section 39A of the Town and Country Planning Act, converting 31,718sqm of land to settlement zones.Simultaneously, the department has opened a second set of 10 proposals for public objections, revealing a continuous pipeline of land use change…
Ahmedabad: Between April 12 and 18, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s health department collected 250 food samples from units across the city for laboratory testing, including 60 samples of paneer and other dairy products. During inspections, officials found that 11 food units were using analogue paneer instead of milk paneer without informing customers. Legal action will…
Bathinda: Punjab’s crop residue burning count remains nearly 1,700 times lower than the state with the highest number of cases, even as two fresh incidents were reported on Saturday, taking its total to just 10 — a figure officials attribute to slower wheat harvesting in the state.Across five states, 1,311 cases were recorded on Saturday,…
Surat: Two girls who were allegedly made to drink poison by their mother in the Singanpor area are now out of danger, while police have registered an attempted murder case against the deceased woman as required by law.The accused in the case, Mittal Kharak (35), died after allegedly drinking the same poisoned drink on April…
