Chandigarh: Nearly one out of every two adult men in Chandigarh is overweight or obese, according to the newly released National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6, 2023–24), signalling a sharp escalation in the city’s metabolic crisis and reinforcing its reputation as a diabetes hotspot.The proportion of overweight or obese men has surged from 34.4% in NFHS-5…
Premium television buyers, typically purchasing larger screens of 55 inches and above, continue to buy throughout the year, say industry representatives Pune: As India’s consumer durable sector approaches the crucial festive season, firms are actively recalibrating their strategies to counter headwinds like a patchy monsoon, rising input costs and cautious consumer spending.Instead of resorting to…
Lucknow: Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University will establish a department of physical education and introduce three new professional programmes in the 2026-27 session.“The university is set to launch the Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP). Under this, the new programmes — BA-BEd, BSc-BEd and BCom-BEd — have been approved. These courses combine two degrees into…
Accused Dheeraj Kumar in police custody Jaipur: Jaipur police Saturday arrested a Delhi-based man for allegedly assisting a woman accused in a sextortion case in which an IT company owner was allegedly blackmailed using objectionable photographs and videos, officials said.Police have identified the accused as Dheeraj Kumar (35), a resident of Dwarka in Delhi.According to…
KOLKATA: Former Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee‘s nephew and Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee faced a bruising day of political turbulence Saturday, coming under attack from protesters in Sonarpur on Kolkata’s southern edge and receiving a CID summons in a fake-signature probe as pressure mounted on him after TMC’s electoral defeat.Abhishek Banerjee, 38, was chased, abused…
Courage is rising in you today and you’ll feel like doing something different from the usual. That spark is real, thanks to Mars giving you push, but don’t let it turn into rash choices.You might go on short journeys, a quick work visit, a trip to a relative, or even a sudden plan to step…
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Mumbai: A 36-year-old businessman who allegedly renewed his arms licence from Nagaland using forged documents, including a fake Police Clearance Certificate, and submitted its copy to the city police, was arrested by the Khar police.The accused, Faiz Irfan Adenwala, was arrested by Khar Police on Friday in connection with a case registered under Arms Act,…
Bengaluru: Around 55% of students passed in SSLC-2, whose results were announced on Saturday evening. With this, the consolidated pass percentage of SSLC stood at 93.1%, as against 75% last year.The pass percentage of regular fresh students was 94.1% in SSLC-1 and 63% in SSLC-2, taking the consolidated pass percentage to 98%, creating history in…
Chennai: As part of the TVK govt’s measures to curb bribery and cut red-tapism, Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has directed its town planning department to issue planning permissions and building permits within a maximum of 27 days. It has also barred officials from summoning applicants, architects or engineers to offices during the scrutiny process. All…
