India’s huge burden of dog bites, uneven implementation of dog vaccination and population management programmes, and gaps in surveillance have been cited as key challenges in meeting its 2030 rabies elimination target. (Photo: IANS) NEW DELHI: While Chile and Bhutan have recently demonstrated that dog-mediated human rabies can be eliminated as a public health threat,…
Drug regulator alerts on unauthorised Pakistani whitening creams sale in India. (Photo: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has warned consumers against using two imported cosmetic creams after testing found them to be unauthorised for sale in India and containing excessive levels of heavy metals that may pose health risks.The cosmetics…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s public event outside London’s iconic Shard skyscraper after the Metropolitan Police raised concerns over crowd safety.Hundreds of fans had gathered at the venue, with several waiting for hours to see the actor-turned-politician. Vijay’s team announced the cancellation over a loudspeaker, citing the lack of police permission…
PM Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi raised Indian concerns in ties with China with President Xi Jinping when the two met last week on the sidelines of the Brics summit, saying both sides need to show sensitivity to each other’s core concerns, according to the Indian government.The MEA assertion…
NEW DELHI: IPS officer Sanjukta Parashar, called the ‘Iron Lady of Assam’, has become the first woman officer to lead CRPF’s jungle warfare commando unit, CoBRA.Parashar, a 2006-batch officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, earned the moniker of Iron Lady after leading the crackdown against militant outfit National Democratic Front of Bodoland in 2013-14 as the…
Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi New Delhi: Assailing govt over its decision to start charging for UPI transactions, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said, “Just like with the US trade deal, compromised PM Modi is once again surrendering to American pressure.“Rahul said, “American payment companies have long opposed India’s zero-MDR policy. Now, Modi govt has…
NEW DELHI: For 15 days, Sunaina Devi (55) survived on river water and the fragile shelter of a half-submerged thatched hut, after being swept 50km downstream by the monsoon-swollen Ganga. She was found alive Monday by fishermen who heard her cries.Devi, from Kapurpatti village in Bihar’s Buxar district, had gone to bathe on Aug 30…
New Delhi: More than a decade after govt mandated installation of speed limiting devices or speed limiting functions in all public transport vehicles, enforcement remains lax, and Supreme Court Tuesday directed Centre, states and UTs to ensure compliance.Rule 118 of Central Motor Vehicles Rules provides for speed governors, and SC had passed various orders for…
NEW DELHI: A single bad day should not decide a student’s future – and a poorly equipped examination centre should not ruin it. These concerns feature in thousands of suggestions received by the high-powered task force set up to overhaul India’s examination system.The panel, led by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, has been consulting stakeholders ahead…
NEW DELHI: Govt reiterated Tuesday that it had invited Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman for both Brics and a bilateral visit. In a letter dated July 14, accessed by TOI, PM Narendra Modi had invited Rahman for the Brics summit in his capacity as Bimstec chair and said his participation would “greatly enrich the deliberations”.After Rahman’s…