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Earlier it was believed that to keep heart health in check, walking 10k steps was a non-negotiable. This year, the hyped benchmark of walking 10,000 steps was widely challenged by many health experts. In fact, in the middle of the year, a study published in The Lancet found that those who walked around 7000 daily…
NOIDA: A 17-year-old boy from Delhi was apprehended after he crashed a Thar he had rented to take his girlfriend around into several vehicles in Sector 22 on Thursday, leaving three persons injured.The incident occurred when the teenager, who had taken the SUV on rent from an agency in Greater Noida despite being underage and…
SHIMLA: Medical services, except for emergencies, were badly hit across several government hospitals in Himachal Pradesh on Saturday after resident doctors went on an indefinite strike to protest the termination of a doctor involved in a scuffle with a patient. Patients and their attendants, particularly those who had travelled from remote areas, faced considerable hardship…
I recently met a family friend who told me he was estranged from his adult son. Things soured after the son’s marriage, he said, which led to separate homes and, ultimately, a permanent rupture. In his voice I heard a father’s regret for the loss of the relationship, of course, but equally: relief that they…
FBI director Kash Patel announced the final shutdown of the agency’s headquarters at the J Edgar Hoover Building and touted this as an accomplishment of the agency under his leadership. “After more than 20 years of failed attempts, we finalized a plan to permanently close the FBI’s Hoover headquarters and move the workforce into a…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah hit out at Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan over his “North Indian bulldozer justice” remark in context of the eviction drive at a Bengaluru colony. Sidda called Vijayan’s remark as “politically motivated”, adding that it lacked “understanding of the factual situation.““There is a fundamental difference between ‘bulldozer justice’ and the…
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan called upon two of Silicon Valley’s most influential leaders—Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang—to vouch for him with President Donald Trump after the president publicly demanded his resignation over alleged China ties, according to Reuters. The behind-the-scenes outreach, which occurred in August 2025 following Trump’s social media attack calling Tan…
RAIPUR: A simmering villagers’ sit-in against a coal block project exploded into violence in Raigarh’s Tamnar region in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, leaving a police officer and several cops badly injured as protesters clashed with security forces, torched vehicles and forced authorities to deploy reserve units to contain the spiralling tension. The situation remained highly volatile…
The US Wall Street is hoping to mark a strong finish for the year, amid recent highs. The S&P 500 ended at a record high on Wednesday, ahead of the Christmas holiday , being just around 1 per cent short of the 7,000 mark for the first time.The S&P 500 is on track for its…
