Bhubaneswar: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda Monday officially inaugurated the Liver Transplant Unit and formally launched the Advanced Robotic Surgery System at AIIMS Bhubaneswar. During the virtual launch, Nadda said these new facilities would significantly strengthen the healthcare infrastructure and elevate the quality of healthcare delivery, enabling access to advanced, world-class, life-saving treatments for...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said it would examine whether the sharp reduction in the qualifying marks for NEET-PG 2025-26 affects the standard of postgraduate medical education. A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe made the remarks while hearing a batch of petitions challenging the reduction in the percentile cut-off for the current...

Dhaka: Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin has alleged that former interim government head Muhammad Yunus attempted to remove him from office several times, days after the new Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) administration took charge. In an interview with leading Bangla newspaper Kalerkantha published Sunday, the President said during the past 18 months of interim government rule, he was...

New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra Monday said the central bank is keeping a watch on the development around Rs 590-crore alleged fraud at IDFC First Bank, and assured “it was not a systemic issue". Private sector IDFC First Bank had Sunday disclosed a Rs 590-crore fraud committed by certain employees and others at a particular...

Abuja (Nigeria): Police in Nigeria say 38 people were killed and others were abducted in an attack last week in northwestern Zamfara state. Authorities received intelligence before the attack Thursday, but a lack of road access prevented police from reaching the area in time, state police spokesperson Yazid Abubakar told The Associated Press. "By the time we...

New Delhi: The Election Commission will discuss sharing technology with state poll panels, mandated to hold municipal and panchayat elections in states, at a conference here Tuesday. The conference is being held after a gap of 27 years. The last such conference was held in 1999. State Election Commissioners of all states and Union Territories will participate...

Mumbai: Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza won the toss and decided to bowl first against West Indies in their T20 World Cup Super Eights fixture Monday. Richard Ngarava replaced Wellington Masakadza in the playing eleven, while Romario Shephard came back in place of Roston Chase in the West Indies team for this game. Teams: West Indies: Brandon King,...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday said it is too early to comment on the tariff changes announced by the United States. She added that the Commerce ministry is reviewing the situation. On Friday, the US Supreme Court gave a verdict against the sweeping import tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on trade partners. Following that,...

New Delhi: The government Monday unveiled the country's first counter-terrorism policy, ‘Prahaar’, setting out a multi-layered strategy based on "zero tolerance", intelligence-led prevention and disruption of extremist violence that aims to deny terrorists, their financiers and supporters access to funds, weapons and safe havens. The policy unveiled by the home ministry is based on seven key pillars...

New Delhi: Delhi Police has made seven arrests, including three from Gwalior, in connection with the 'shirtless' protest by the Indian Youth Congress workers at the AI Impact Summit last week, an official said Monday. Charges of promoting enmity between groups and assertions harmful to national integration were added to the FIR against them. Jitendra Yadav, Raj...