Punjab battles on two fronts: Drugs & HIV; shared needles a key factor in high HIV sero-positivity | Chandigarh News

Chandigarh: Alongside its continuing battle against drug abuse, Punjab is grappling with high prevalence of HIV. At nearly 1.2% it has one of the highest HIV sero-positivity rates in the country, nearly three times the national average of 0.4%.According to health ministry’s 2025-26 report, over 3.5 crore tests were conducted under National AIDS Control Programme…

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Made in Goa test may help close India’s cervical cancer screening gap: Study | Goa News

Panaji: A test for human papillomavirus (HPV) made at Verna has become the first Indian-made HPV test to meet international scientific benchmarks for cervical cancer screening.Every year, cervical cancer kills an estimated 80,000 Indian women. Globally, the disease claims more than 3,40,000 lives, with the overwhelming burden falling on countries that can least afford the…

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Tom Brady: ‘Roast of Kevin Hart’: Tom Brady drags the 2017 Las Vegas scandal; says, ‘I think I broke another rule’ |

Tom Brady, the quarterback who knows how to take down, turned the heat on at Kevin Hart’s roast. As the celebrities lined up on the panel and in the audience, the American athlete made a surprising appearance on Sunday night, dragging up the decade-old scandals onto the fresh grill. Tom Brady takes a scandalous dig…

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Delhi HC frowns on lawyers’ abstention over pecuniary jurisdiction row | Delhi News

New Delhi: A Delhi High Court judge on Monday disapproved of the Delhi High Court Bar Association’s (DHCBA) decision to abstain from work, observing that such actions ultimately harm litigants.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, while addressing a proxy counsel appearing before him, questioned how lawyers “could abstain from work” and orally remarked that advocates “have to…

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Police find 13 Bangladeshis at building sites across NCR in drive to spot illegals, to send them back | Gurgaon News

Police have detained 13 Bangladeshi nationals allegedly residing illegally here during a two-day verification drive conducted at slum settlements and construction sites across the district. Gurgaon: Thirteen Bangladeshi nationals who allegedly entered India illegally through the West Bengal border and spent the past few years working at construction sites across the NCR city have been…

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