Hyd institute launches study on rare brain disorder Medical x-ray illustration of a brain tumor – brain cancer Hyderabad: A Hyderabad-based research institute has launched a study to investigate subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), a rare and fatal neurological disorder that can emerge years after a child recovers from measles. The research aims to understand why…
Bengaluru: lokayukta lokayukta Bengaluru: In the backdrop of innumerable complaints on garbage being unscientifically dumped across five city corporations, Lokayukta BS Patil Friday visited several places and directed Greater Bengaluru Authoirty (GBA) officials and others to address the issue at the earliest.According to a Lokayukta press note, five teams have been formed to study the…
The Netherlands has spent much of its history trying to keep rivers under control with higher dikes and stronger flood barriers. But repeated flooding in the 1990s revealed that simply building bigger walls was no longer enough. Rising river levels, heavier rainfall and the growing impacts of climate change continued to threaten towns, farmland and…
Vibha SharmaNew Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has said the integration of property tax with the general trade licence (GTL) will become fully operational digitally by Monday, after facing criticism over failing to do this for nearly six months.A senior official said some software modifications were pending. “It will take one to two days…
Hisar: A bomb threat email claiming that the Fatehabad court complex, along with courts across Haryana and Delhi and even the Parliament would be blown up, triggered a major security alert on Friday. The threat prompted the evacuation of the court complex, deployment of additional police personnel and a thorough search by bomb disposal and…
The shops mainly sells shawarma, pizza and falooda Pradeep Gupta Bhiwandi: A suspected food poisoning incident in Bhiwandi has left 88 people, including 33 women and 14 children, ill after they allegedly consumed food from a shawarma and pizza outlet on Khandu Pada Road. The number of affected persons rose sharply from 11 on Thursday…
Rescue efforts in Ektanagari on Wednesday (July 8). Photo by Shyam Sonar Pune: The last time residents of Ektanagari were alerted of serious flooding was in 2024, when Khadakwasla dam released water at 35,000 cusec, overnight.This year, it took discharge at just 27,000 cusec to inundate the area’s homes and parking lots. On Wednesday, nearly…
Monty Nath recalls how he met Manoj Kumar for the first time while he was working with his father, Prem Nath. (YouTube: Vicky Lalwani) Veteran actor Monty Kumar has been quite vocal about his love and admiration for Manoj Kumar. He has also often called him his mentor, as he worked under the actor and…
In Botoșani County, Romania, a team of archaeologists uncovered a monumental mega-structure dating back 6,000 years. This discovery challenges our basic ideas about how human societies developed. According to a study published on PLOS One, the structure, associated with the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture from around 4000 to 3900 BC, covers about 350 square meters. That’s almost…
A 20-year-old man, Mohammed Sameer, reportedly died of sunstroke in Bidar district while on his way to a market (Image used for representational purpose only) BIDAR: A 20-year-old man who went out to a neighbourhood market to bring vegetables suddenly collapsed to his death in Bidar district’s Kamalanagar taluk Sunday, reportedly due to sunstroke.Mohammed Sameer,…
