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New Delhi: After the success of Sitaare Zameen Par, Aamir Khan has opened up about his upcoming collaboration with director Rajkumar Hirani for a biopic on the legendary filmmaker Dadasaheb Phalke. Following the historic success of 3 Idiots and PK, this marks the third collaboration between Aamir and Hirani. Both previous films were widely praised for their clever humor, emotional storytelling, and strong narratives hallmarks of the Aamir-Hirani combo. In a recent interview, when asked whether ...Read More >
India's Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) has emerged as a global model in public health, as confirmed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) 2024 report. With zero-dose children reducing from 0.11% in 2023 to just 0.06% in 2024, India has demonstrated an unparalleled commitment to inclusive and last-mile healthcare delivery. The country's maternal and child health indicators have also seen remarkable improvements. As per the UN Maternal Mortality Estimation ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as the latest Lancet paper marked India among eight countries with a high burden of zero-dose children, those who had never received a routine childhood vaccine, the Union government on Saturday said that the country's large population size, and high vaccination coverage rate must be considered when making such comparisons. The government noted that "India's antigen-wise immunisation coverage surpasses global averages across all antigens". In other word ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Often, Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with women and cervical cancers but medical experts opine that men too are affected by HPV, which can lead to various cancers among men. In the 2025-26 budget, the State government had announced free HPV vaccines for girls aged 14 for Rs 36 crore, and had floated tenders for procurement, which would be available in another few months. HPV is not limited to cervical cancer. It's also associated with cancers of the vulva, vagina, anus, pen ...Read More >
New Delhi: Alleging "blatant misuse" of agencies to defame its leaders, AAP on Thursday questioned why the first information report filed against former Delhi ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Satyendar Jain was being kept under wraps and "selective" press notes were being leaked to the media.Bharadwaj, who is Delhi AAP convener, alleged that only two former ministers were named in the case without any reasonable cause while all the officers of the health and public works departments, who were act ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: At a time when Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is in space as part of the Axiom-4 mission, India's first spaceman Rakesh Sharma, who went there as part of the Indo-Soviet space programme in 1984, has said that space travel alters the mindset of humans and makes them see the world from a perspective that "this planet belongs to everyone" and is "not the sole preserve" of anyone."We really need to preserve what we have, which means we need to end conflicts, we need to forget about ou ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: A survey conducted by Association of Medical and Paediatric Oncologists of Kerala (AMPOK) revealed a nuanced picture of cancer awareness in Kerala. A significant 90% of respondents reported some level of awareness about common cancer symptoms and approximately 80% felt confident in identifying early signs. Furthermore, 84% expressed concern about their personal risk of developing cancer. Survey was conducted among 2,443 people above the age of 18 years across the state.Nearly ...Read More >
Srinagar, June 7: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, on Saturday, congratulated the University of Kashmir for getting an A++ grade in the NAAC inspection. The Lt Governor extended his heartiest congratulations to the Vice Chancellor, faculty, staff, and students of the University of Kashmir for attaining the prestigious A++ Grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), and securing an outstanding Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.68 on a seven-point ...Read More >
New Delhi: India registered 8.6 million deaths in 2022, the least deadly year of the Covid-19 pandemic. This represents a 15% decline from 2021, the deadliest pandemic year, with the death rate likely returning to pre-pandemic levels. This suggests mortality was normalising as Covid-19 infections became less severe and vaccines were deployed. However, signs of health system stress persisted due to the virus. Excess deaths, or the surplus over the number of deaths that would have happened at the ...Read More >
MUMBAI: RBI on Friday issued revised norms for loans backed by gold and silver, aimed at widening credit access for small borrowers and standardising regulations across banks and NBFCs. The new rules will come into force from April 1, 2026.Under the revised framework, loan-to-value (LTV) ratio for smaller consumption loans has been increased. Borrowers can now avail loans up to Rs 2.5 lakh with an LTV of 85%, up from 75%. For loans above Rs 2.5 lakh and up to Rs 5 lakh, the LTV is capped at 80%, ...Read More >
Coimbatore: There is an alarming rise in breast and cervical cancer cases in the district. If the data available with the 13 govt hospitals that screen for breast and cervical cancers in Coimbatore is anything to go by, the test positivity rate is steadily increasing by 2% to 4% every year. "Nowadays, women, irrespective of their age group, are vulnerable for breast and cervical cancers. Early menstruation, late menopause and obesity are major reasons for breast cancer. Women consuming excessive ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Ahead of the monsoon in Hyderabad and recent cases of COVID-19 in other Indian districts, many residents of the city are concerned about the virus. Though all experts are asking individuals to stay alert and exercise precautions, doctors are saying that there is no need to panic. Speaking to Siasat.com, Dr. Sri Karan Uddesh Tanugula, Consultant General Physician at Yashoda Hospital, said that there is no direct link between COVID and monsoon. He said that although monsoon season br ...Read More >
New Delhi: With 104 active cases of Covid-19 reported in Delhi, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta convened a meeting at Raj Niwas on Tuesday to chalk out plans to combat the threat. According to the Covid-19 dashboard of the central government, Delhi is in third place in the country in new Coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, the Chief Secretary of the Delhi government instructed hospitals and Covid-19 sample collection centres to go for genome sequencing of all cases. ...Read More >
New Delhi: Covid cases are rising rapidly in India. Bihar on Monday registered the state's first Covid-19 case of the current wave. A 31-year-old man from Patna tested positive for the infection. The patient, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital, has "no history" of travelling outside the state recently. "A man from Patna with no history of travelling outside the state recently has tested positive for Covid-19. The level of infection is very mild. The case is being monitored closel ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India plans to roll out the HPV vaccine in the national immunization programme for school girls to protect them from cervical cancer "in a few months" time, top health ministry officials said Tuesday. "The HPV vaccine will be rolled out in a few months but we will have to wait for the TB vaccine," said Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava at a press conference held by Union Health Minister J P Nadda. Without giving any more details, she said, the ministry is strategizing t ...Read More >
New Delhi: In response to CEO Mark Zuckerberg's comments regarding the 2024 Indian general election, the Indian government is taking firm action against Meta and calling for an explanation. The parliamentary committee on communications and information technology, led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey, will be issuing the summons to X and said the committee would hold Meta responsible for disseminating false information. According to Dubey, spreading misleading information damag ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw criticised Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and called him "factually incorrect" over his remark that most incumbent governments, including India in 2024 elections, lost post-COVID. He added that the people of India have reaffirmed their trust in the NDA led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "As the world's largest democracy, India conducted the 2024 elections with over 640 million voters. People of India reaffirmed their trust in the ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Class 10 student, Samudra Laxmi Bhavani Keerthi, who was bitten by rats 15 times, at the state-run BC Welfare Hostel, in Danavaigudem, Khammam, has been partially paralysed in an arm and a leg after an alleged overdose of rabies vaccine. Keerthi was administered the vaccine every time she was bitten by a rat during March and November. Keerthi's mother, Samudra Bindu said that when the girl was first bitten in February she was taken to the hospital and given the vaccine, without her k ...Read More >
Punjab: The Minister of Social Security, Women and Child Development (WCD), Baljeet Kaur, today (December 11) announced a new set of standards that will ensure the health, safety, and well-being of children between the ages of three and six who attend private play schools and nurseries in Punjab. The Department of WCD will compel all such schools to register following these rules, which will be put into effect over the course of the next six months. The goal of this action is to control and enha ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) The BJP on Thursday claimed a link between Rahul Gandhi and international forces, including an investigative media platform, trying to destabilise India and that the Congress leader was a "traitor of the highest order". BJP MPs K Laxman and Sambit Patra cited a report in the French media outlet 'Mediapart' to target Gandhi after the ruling party raised the issue in the Lok Sabha, which was adjourned amid noisy interventions by both sides. Patra claimed that billionaire i ...Read More >
While the presence of residual viral fragments is well-documented, it remains uncertain whether live virus continues to exist in some individuals and whether this contributes to long COVID. Approximately 5-10% of individuals infected with COVID-19 experience lingering symptoms for three months or more, a condition known as long COVID. Researchers have explored various biological mechanisms behind this phenomenon, but a perspective article in the Medical Journal of Australia argues that the vir ...Read More >
Bill Gates' comments on India's potential as a 'laboratory to try things' during a podcast have sparked backlash among Indian social media users, who felt the remark was disrespectful. While some saw it as reducing India to a testing ground, others defended Gates, claiming his statement was misinterpreted. Bill Gates' latest comments on a podcast with Reid Hoffman have set off a firestorm of controversy among Indian commentators. In a discussion, he referred to India as a "kind of laboratory to ...Read More >
The United States congressional subcommittee's final report on the Covid-19 pandemic has pointed to the "lab leak" theory, making it the latest US report pinning the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to the Wuhan lab in China. "Four years after the onset of the worst pandemic in 100 years, the weight of the evidence increasingly supports the lab leak hypothesis," the 500-plus page report said, adding that since they began their work in February 2023, more senior intelligence officials, politician ...Read More >
Doha: Qatar's Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has announced updated health requirements for individuals travelling to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to perform Umrah or visiting the Prophet's Mosque. This is in accordance with the guidelines and requirements set by the Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia. In a statement, the ministry has confirmed that all travellers, including children aged one year and older, must receive the meningococcal (quadrivalent ACYW-135) vaccine at least 10 d ...Read More >
AstraZeneca is benefiting from surging demand for cancer treatments like Imfinzi and Calquence, and has a robust pipeline expected to deliver two dozen new products by 2030. Leading vaccine makers like Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY), Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), and AstraZeneca NASDAQ:AZN) may have faded from the spotlight since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, but now there is reason to expect renewed interest. As investors look ahead to the second Trump administration, the incoming president's nomination of ...Read More >
Shocked Otters Club members claimed this was a familiar monkey and a friendly one. A member recalled seeing the monkey at a breakfast table, where he was sitting days ago Renowned writer Sarayu Ahuja was bitten on her left arm by a langur at the upscale Otters Club in Bandra West on Wednesday morning when she was having coffee with friends. Sarayu Ahuja said that she was having coffee with some friends at the club, when the monkey came and sat on the table. "Sighting the monkey was not a s ...Read More >
Biopharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has launched a next generation poultry vaccine for Marek's disease in the country. The product represents a breakthrough in vaccine engineering and recommended for in-ovo vaccination of 18 to 19-day-old embryonated chicken eggs and one-day old chickens to protect against the virulent Marek's disease, the company said in a release on Tuesday (November 26, 2024). The vaccine offers enhanced protection through an innovative controlled attenuation pro ...Read More >
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