The West Asia conflict is driving up healthcare costs, with surgical disposables The healthcare sector is feeling the heat of the ongoing West Asia conflict, with prices of surgical disposables, pharmaceutical raw materials and medicines rising sharply over the past few months.Hospital suppliers and pharma traders in Hyderabad said prices of essential consumables such as…
Kolkata: Trinamool chairperson and former chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday exhorted all non-BJP parties in Bengal, including Left and ultra-Left, to join hands with TMC against the saffron party. Mamata said she was “personally willing” to talk to all interested parties to come up with a joint platform to defeat BJP, which was elected…
Ahmedabad: Surgeons at the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC) in Ahmedabad completed a six-day marathon medical procedure on Saturday, establishing a new Indian record for kidney swap chain transplants. The procedure involved 11 chronic kidney disease patients and 11 donors drawn from four states, surpassing IKDRC’s own previous record of 10 paired…
Ludhiana: Thousands of students across this city have begun contesting mock elections as part of a sweeping democratic initiative designed to transform govt schools into “centres of holistic development”.The “Bal Sansad” (Student Parliament) programme, which deputy commissioner Himanshu Jain laucnhed on Saturday, follows a comprehensive training session for educators aimed at bringing grassroots governance into…
Chandigarh: Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora, 62, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday in connection with a newly registered money laundering case involving him and several entities allegedly linked to him.The operation began Saturday morning when ED teams arrived at Arora’s residence in Sector 2, Chandigarh. After a daylong search, the minister…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only PUNE: Smuggling trend at Pune airport is quietly shifting, with traffickers increasingly turning to high-profit hydroponic weed.Customs officials said the trend was driven by multiple factors. “Smugglers are gravitating towards hydroponic weed because it offers substantially higher profit margins, far greater potency than traditional marijuana, and is easier to…
Surat: A 15-year-old girl was bitten by a snake on the campus of Surat International Airport on Saturday while cutting grass with some of her family members near the vehicle parking area.Airport officials said the girl had allegedly entered the open area to cut grass, possibly for cattle feed. Soon after the incident, she was…
Lucknow’s seasoned professionals, many in their fifties, are reliving their cricketing dreams on weekends. The cricket grounds of Lucknow come alive on weekends and public holidays — not with budding young players, but with seasoned professionals reclaiming their youthful passion for the sport.Doctors, govt officials, entrepreneurs, bankers, police officers, and administrators, most of them in…
Rajkot: A man accused of eloping with a 16-year-old girl from Dwarka in 1994 was detained in Kerala after 32 years, after a cold case review by Devbhumi Dwarka district police traced him to Alappuzha.Local crime branch (LCB) sleuths detained Venu D Damodharan, 59, from Cheppad village in Alappuzha district. A case under Indian Penal…
Kota: A four-member expert team, led by Dr Dhananjay Agrawal, head of the nephrology department at SMS Hospital in Jaipur, conducted an inspection of the super specialty ward at New Medical College Hospital, Kota, Saturday. The visit came in response to complications faced by women patients who were transferred here following caesarean deliveries earlier this…
