The story of cholera anchors the first episode of Scrolls & Leaves, a new podcast co-hosted by Mary-Rose Abraham and Gayathri Vaidyanathan. HEALTH HISTORY THE SCIENCES WORLD In August 1817, Robert Tytler, a British surgeon, enters a hut in the Jessore bazaar and encounters a man with diarrhoea and vomiting. Tytler is shaken. This seems […]
The COVID-19 death toll in India jumped by 948 to 63,498, the federal health ministry data showed. NEW DELHI – India on Sunday reported the biggest single-day jump in coronavirus infections of any nation in the COVID-19 pandemic, as the epicentre shifts to the south Asian giant. India’s 78,761 cases exceeded the 77,299 recorded in […]
The IPL ― to be played in Sharjah, Dubai and Abu Dhabi ― will conclude on November 10. The BCCI has not unveiled the tournament schedule till now. Press Trust of India – VIA GETTY IMAGES Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C) arrives along with his teammates at the airport to take a […]
Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India reported 76,472 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, slightly lower than the record breaking numbers of the past couple of days, but extending a run that has made the country’s outbreak currently the world’s worst. India has reported a total of 3.46 million cases during the pandemic, a tally […]
Dear friends Journalist Association of India fully support the cause and Movement. Please come forward and join the event for the success. Regards H K Sethi Secretary General Journalist Association of India Mobile No. +919899462353 www.jaoi.org Hello friends The NUJ-DJA plans to run from the Press Club tomorrow at 3 pm against the killings, harassment […]
Delhi riots Indian police “committed serious human rights violations” during deadly religious riots in Delhi earlier this year, Amnesty International alleges. It said police beat protesters, tortured detainees and at times took part in riots with Hindu mobs. More than 40 people died when clashes broke out between Hindus and Muslims over a controversial citizenship […]
Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The government on Thursday asked state administrations to raise $32 billion in loans, as part of a proposal to cover a shortfall in fiscal receipts that could see a surcharge on the country’s luxury goods tax extended beyond 2022. The surcharge on luxury goods such as cars and tobacco […]
The lawyer had refused to offer an apology to the court for his two tweets and said that what he expressed represented his bona fide belief which he continued to hold. By Akshita Jain The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on the quantum of sentence in the contempt case against lawyer Prashant Bhushan. The […]
This is the second such incident in Uttar Pradesh in a month. By Rohini Chatterji In yet another attack on a journalist in Uttar Pradesh, a television journalist was shot dead on Monday in the state. While the police have claimed this was over a property dispute with his neighbours, his family had denied the […]
LAW The petition claimed that a majority of the country’s population belong to financially weaker sections, wherein only one person is an earning member and others in the family are solely depend on that income for their sustenance. PTI GOVERNMENT HEALTH LAW New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking formulation […]
