From uranium transfer to frozen assets, US sets 5 conditions in response to Iran’s proposal

US President Donald Trump; Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian Iranian media reported on Sunday that the United States “offered no tangible concessions” in its latest response to Tehran’s proposed agenda for negotiations aimed at ending the war that began with joint US-Israeli strikes on February 28 and has remained paused since April 28.“The United States, offering…

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Yale medical school under federal fire over alleged race-based admissions

The US Justice Department has accused Yale University of illegally considering race in admissions to its medical school, escalating the Trump administration’s crackdown on affirmative action practices in higher education. In a letter sent Thursday to Yale’s legal counsel, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said a federal investigation found that Black and…

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6 years after notification, law for regulating health facilities yet to be enforced in Punjab

Chandigarh: Sixteen years after the Centre enacted the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act to regulate healthcare facilities and curb unethical medical practices, Punjab is yet to implement the law. Though Punjab notified its own Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act in Oct 2020, the state govt has still not framed the rules needed to…

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Frequent-fliers thieves’ crime trail grounded

Two members of the frequent-fliers thieves gang arrested Palanpur: For this duo, airports were merely transit points and crowded religious places their hunting grounds. On Saturday, the Banaskantha Local Crime Branch (LCB) investigating a series of break-ins from cars arrested two members of a four-member gang who also revealed their high-flying crime trail to cities…

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