Margao: Nearly half of Goa’s population is now overweight or obese, a sharp rise that underscores the state’s deepening lifestyle disease burden. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) 2023-24, released by the Union ministry of health and family welfare, states that 43.6% of men and 45.1% of women in Goa have a body mass index…
Gorakhpur: Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (MMMUT) has strengthened its standing among the country’s leading higher educational institutions by securing notable positions in the International Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) Rankings 2026. The university secured 51st rank nationally in the Engineering category and 66th rank in the Management category. It also emerged as 9th-ranked institution…
Ahmedabad: More Gujarati women are stepping into paid work, managing their own finances, and taking a larger role in household decisions than ever before, according to the latest National Family Health Survey. Data from the recently published National Family Health Survey, (NFHS)-6, shows improvements across several indicators linked to women’s empowerment between 2019-21 and 2023-24….
Hisar: In a dramatic protest against delayed crop compensation and insurance claims, farmers from Daiyar village in Fatehabad district on Monday marched 37 km to the district headquarters in a half-clad state, alleging official apathy despite severe crop losses.The farmers, who have been protesting in their village for the past five days, said the symbolic…
Pune: The Pimpri police on Saturday booked three engineers for allegedly assaulting and abusing a building contractor after a dispute erupted when water from the accuseds’ car splashed onto the contractor’s vehicle on a flooded road.The incident took place at the Pimpri grade separator in the early hours of Saturday. Police registered a case under…
Surat: Continuing Gujarat’s strong showing in competitive exams, Shaurya Khemka from the city secured all-India rank (AIR) 43 in JEE Advanced 2026, emerging as the city topper and joining a host of local students who placed within the top 1,000 nationally.Shaurya scored 289 out of 360 in JEE Advanced and plans to pursue a BTech…
Agartala: A Bengali woman from Tripura, who has been living and working in Kolkata for the past five years, was harassed and labelled a ‘Bangladeshi’ while travelling on a bus in the West Bengal capital.The incident triggered strong reactions in Tripura. The All India Bengali Association here condemned the incident and demanded an apology from…
Lucknow: Beaming with joy for being felicitated by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, students and parents thanked him for his words of encouragement for children.“I am overwhelmed to be honoured by the CM sir. I am very happy to receive a tablet,” said Tanu Jaiswal, who secured 96.8% marks.Sarvesh Mishra, who secured 96.5% marks, said that…
Two Arrested, Third Named In FIR Rajkot: Acting on a social media tip-off, the state monitoring cell (SMC) arrested two young men and seized illegal firearms worth over Rs 3 lakh from an office near Nana Kopaya village in Mundra taluka of Kutch, exposing an alleged gun-running racket stretching to Rajasthan.The SMC arrested Ramesh Gadhvi,…
Jaipur: Five students in the top 10 of the JEE Advanced 2026 results declared Monday attended coaching institutes in Rajasthan – four of them in Kota and one in Sikar.Shubham Kumar (AIR 1, from Gaya in Bihar), Kabeer Chhillar (AIR 2, from Gurgaon), Arnav Gautam (AIR 7, from Kota) and Kanishk Jain (AIR 8, from…
