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NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled the Hindi edition of ‘The Red Book of Emergency – Life Saving Tips’, a book aimed at improving public awareness about medical emergencies and life-saving interventions.The book, authored by Dr Lokendra Gupta and co-authored by Dr Utsav Anand Mani, seeks to help people recognise warning signs…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge NEW DELHI: As Congress leader DK Shivakumar prepares to take oath as Karnataka chief minister on June 3, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said the party is still searching for the right person to replace him as the next Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president.Speaking to reporters at Kalaburagi airport,…
134th episode of Mann Ki Baat (Image credit: ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday touched upon a wide range of subjects during the 134th episode of Mann Ki Baat, highlighting inspiring stories of social service, water conservation, sports achievements, summer health precautions and India’s love for mangoes.The Prime Minister used the monthly radio programme…
Prayagraj: Allahabad HC has held that a person’s conviction as a minor cannot be treated as a legal impediment to the issuance of a passport, emphasising that the ‘right to be forgotten’ – through removal or destruction of records of delinquency – enables juveniles to make a fresh start in life, reports Rajesh Kumar Pandey.A…
NEW DELHI: Exclusive breastfeeding among infants under six months has declined sharply in India, according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) 2023-24, raising concerns among child health experts despite significant improvements in child nutrition and maternal health indicators.The survey found that the proportion of infants under six months who were fed only breastmilk fell…
NEW DELHI: Indians spent more than Rs 1.6 lakh crore on medicines, making drugs one of the largest components of healthcare expenditure in the country, a National Health Accounts (NHA) 2022-23 report released by the Union health ministry read.The report showed that expenditure on prescribed medicines alone crossed Rs 1.3 lakh crore, while another Rs…
NEW DELHI: Holding that liberty of an individual is not a trivial matter which could be sacrificed at the altar of bureaucratic lethargy even in case of a prisoner, Supreme Court has awarded Rs 11 lakh compensation to a convict who had to spend 24 days in custody even after the court granted him parole,…
Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee and Rahul Gandhi (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee claimed that Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had personally reached out to her following the alleged attack on TMC national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee in West Bengal.Addressing reporters late on…
General Dwivedi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday said future conflicts would extend beyond conventional battlefields and be fought across multiple domains, including cyber, space and cognitive warfare, and also said that the armed forces are fully prepared for ‘Operation Sindoor 2.0’ if the need arises.Speaking at a press conference…
The proportion of babies being exclusively breastfed for the first six months has dropped from 64% in 2019-21 to about 56% in 2023-24, reversing the rising trend of the decade and more before that. This fact, revealed by National Family Health Survey-6 has alarmed public health and nutrition experts who point out that exclusive breastfeeding…
