Representative image (AI-generated) NEW DELHI: The booming demand for weight-loss drugs has now caught the attention of India’s drug regulator, with a series of raids across the country revealing just how easily these prescription medicines are finding their way to consumers.In recent weeks, inspections at 49 locations—ranging from online pharmacy warehouses and wholesalers to retail…
KHDA confirms extension of Distance learning until 3 April/Representative Image Dubai’s education authorities have decided to continue remote learning across all private institutions, extending the arrangement until early April as a precautionary measure. The move places student safety at the centre, while allowing limited flexibility for institutions that can justify a return to classrooms.The Knowledge…
NEW DELHI: India may be making progress against tuberculosis, but the scale of the challenge remains stark—accounting for nearly a quarter of the world’s TB cases even as millions of infections continue to go undetected.Tuberculosis continues to be India’s biggest infectious disease challenge, according to the Tuberculosis Fact Sheet 2026 released by the Centre. India…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission Tuesday held a meeting with chief secretaries, chief electoral officers and police chiefs of poll-bound states/UT and 12 other states they share borders with, to review overall election preparedness, law and order issues and expenditure enforcement.Special focus was placed on bordering districts and the sealing of borders to maintain peace and…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Washington is “in negotiations right now” with Iran, signalling diplomatic efforts in the ongoing war. Speaking at the White House, Trump said that several top officials are involved in the negotiations. “We have a number of people doing it. And the other side, I can tell you,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the West Bengal govt how a central agency can approach a state authority headed by the CM when its complaint is against the CM herself. The court put the question to CM Mamata Banerjee‘s counsel Kapil Sibal when he argued that Enforcement Directorate cannot petition SC over alleged…
NEW DELHI: The ‘ED vs West Bengal CM’ proceedings in SC on Tuesday saw a sharp exchange between the bench and CM Mamata Banerjee‘s counsel Kapil Sibal.When the bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N V Anjaria asked how ED could file a complaint against the CM before a state authority headed by her,…
US president Donald Trump has shared a 15-point proposal with Iran aimed at ending the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, saying that it “all starts with, they cannot have a nuclear weapon,” signalling a renewed diplomatic push even as military operations continue, according to a report by the NYT citing officials privy to the…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Tuesday said five LPG tankers with nearly 2.3 lakh tonne of cooking gas are in the west of Strait of Hormuz and another tanker will get loaded in the next few days. It said the two ships, Pine Gas and Jag Vasant, will reach New Mangalore and Kandla ports this week,…
NEW DELHI: After PM Narendra Modi made a statement in both houses of Parliament on the West Asia conflict, govt has called an all-party meeting over the issue on Wednesday as it seeks to address the points raised by different parties and present a united face over the spiralling crisis.Senior govt functionaries, including defence minister…