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“Natural”, “healthy”, “organic”, “heart-friendly”, “high protein” and “zero maida” often persuades a shopper before the packet is even turned over. In a spate of notices sent in the past month, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has asked several brands whether their front-of-pack promises say more than the product can support.FSSAI has issued…
NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old girl died while being taken to hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district after the vehicle carrying her remained stuck in mud for nearly three hours. The district administration has suspended a government engineer and ordered an inquiry into the incident.The girl, a resident of remote Methyani village, had fallen seriously…
Long wait at hospital registration counters is slowly giving way to a QR code NEW DELHI: The long wait at hospital registration counters is slowly giving way to a QR code. In a sign of India’s growing digital health footprint, patients have now completed 25 crore outpatient (OPD) registrations through the ABHA-based ‘Scan and Register’…
India discarded over 17.4 lakh blood components in 2025 NEW DELHI: India discarded over 17.4 lakh blood components in 2025, even as blood collection reached a record 1.58 crore units, according to state-wise data tabled in the Rajya Sabha, highlighting continued challenges in blood inventory management despite a steady rise in donations.Available official data indicate…
A view of the swollen Ganga River as the water level rises following heavy rainfall, in Haridwar on Friday. (ANI) Uttarakhand cabinet Friday officially cleared the way for the Ganga Expressway’s extension from Meerut to Haridwar, approving an MoU with UP. Once completed, the Meerut-Haridwar travel time is expected to reduce to about 90 minutes…
Nagpur flat owner is set to face an FIR in minor rape case for not verifying his tenant Nagpur minor rape: Flat owner to face FIR The owner of a one-room flat, where a 16-year-old Class 12 student was held captive for 24 hours and subjected to brutal sexual assault by a Thane youth, is…
With Nitish Kumar stepping down as CM on April 15, the council of ministers was dissolved; Samrat Choudhary’s council, constituted on May 7, included Prakash NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought records from the Bihar government relating to the appointment of Deepak Prakash, who was not a member of the assembly, as a…
The panel, it said, shall devise suitable norms and guidelines ‘keeping in view the cultural ethos and sensitivity of the country’ NEW DELHI: The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry has told a parliamentary committee that it is mulling a comprehensive statutory framework to regulate the airing of programmes on OTT platforms, “which are offensive to…
On Friday, Delhi HC issued the consequential transfer and posting orders for judges Sunena Sharma and Dheeraj Mor NEW DELHI: Barely six months after appointing a sessions judge to exclusively hear coal scam cases in Delhi, Supreme Court has replaced her, acting on an unusual request from the Delhi high court, which said she and…
“Our top priority is pilgrims’ safety”: Uttarakhand CM Dhami on Char Dham, Kanwar Yatra Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said that the Char Dham Yatra is being stopped intermittently, keeping in mind the safety of pilgrims as the state continues to face heavy rainfall and landslides.“It has been raining in many places…
