Need to re-introduce Indian Medical Services to boost public healthcare sector: Experts
New Delhi: Medical experts representing public and private sector have underscored the need to re-introduce Indian Medical Services, akin to Indian Administrative Service, to boost the public healthcare sector and address the wide gap between demand and delivery. They have submitted a five-point agenda to the government to roll-out of IMS. Think Change Forum (TCF), […]
British envoy says Israel is ‘making a decision to act’
Iran vows to respond to any incursion Jerusalem: British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Wednesday that Israel “is making a decision to act” in response to Iran’s missile and drone attack over the weekend, while Iran warned that even the “tiniest” invasion of its territory would bring a “massive and harsh” response. Israel has vowed […]
Breast cancer to cause a million deaths a year by 2040: Lancet Commission
New Delhi: Breast cancer is now the world’s most common carcinogenic disease with the ailment likely to cause a million deaths a year by 2040, according to a new Lancet Commission on breast cancer. Around 7.8 million women were diagnosed with breast cancer in the last five years until 2020 and about 685,000 women died […]
Iran upends decades of shadow warfare in direct attack on Israel
Dubai: Iran’s direct attack on Israel over the weekend upended decades of its shadowy warfare by proxy, something Tehran has used to manage international repercussions for its actions. But with both economic and political tensions at home boiling, the country’s Shiite theocracy chose a new path as changes loom for the Islamic Republic. Supreme Leader […]
Middle East crisis: Air India suspends Tel Aviv flights; airlines avoid Iranian airspace
New Delhi: With the Middle East tensions flaring up, Air India has temporarily suspended its Tel Aviv flights and airlines have charted alternative flight paths to avoid the Iranian airspace. Longer flight paths will result in increased operational costs for the carriers, and the situation could also push airfares higher. Air India, Vistara, IndiGo and […]
Low student enrolment in Govt Colleges
HED exempts 64 GDCs from making admissions through CUET score Srinagar: In wake of low CUET based admissions in many degree colleges of Jammu and Kashmir, Higher Education Department Saturday exempted 64 Government Degree Colleges from making admissions through CUET score for academic session 2024-25. The department further said that many other students did not […]
Study finds infertility in men tied to higher family cancer risk
Washington: A study has suggested that families of men with infertility may face elevated cancer risks, including colon and testicular cancers. A recent study has suggested that families of men diagnosed with infertility might face a higher risk of specific cancers, such as colon and testicular cancers. While it’s known that infertility in men often […]
India helping five nations develop early warning systems: IMD Chief
New Delhi: India is helping Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Mauritius develop early warning systems to reduce the loss of life and property due to extreme weather events, IMD chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has said. In a conversation with PTI editors, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) director general said India will play the role of […]
Shrine board inks pact to set up health ATMs on Vaishno Devi temple track
Jammu: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the installation of nine cloud-enabled health ATMs along the pilgrimage track in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Saturday. The shrine board inked the pact with Hewlett Packard Enterprise for health ATMs and one […]
Prostate cancer cases to double between 2020 and 2040: Lancet Study
Says deaths to rise by 85 per cent New Delhi: Prostate cancer cases worldwide are projected to more than double and deaths are expected to increase by 85 per cent between 2020 and 2040, with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) likely to bear the “overwhelming brunt” of this spike, according to The Lancet Commission on […]
