‘Ganga Vilas’: World’s longest river cruise costing Rs 50-55 lakh/person flagged off

Varanasi: Vegetarian Indian cuisine, assorted non-alcoholic beverages, a spa and doctors on call are some of the features of the world’s longest luxury river cruise MV Ganga Vilas, which was flagged off on Friday for its 3,200 km maiden journey from this ancient city to Dibrugarh in Assam. The 51-day luxury journey covering five Indian […]

Hajj pilgrimage returning to pre-COVID levels: Saudi Arabia

Dubai: Islam’s annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia will return to pre-pandemic levels this year after restrictions saw the annual religious commemoration curtailed over concerns about the coronavirus, authorities say. The hajj, required of all able-bodied Muslims once in their life, represents one of the world’s largest gatherings of people. Before the pandemic, the pilgrimage […]

War against drugs ; 1685 drug peddlers arrested, 1021 NDPS cases registered in 2022: Police

Says 138 drug peddlers detained under PIT NDPS Act

Srinagar: Police across Kashmir have registered 1021 NDPS cases during the last year, a police spokesman said, He said 1685 drug peddlers including 138 notorious drug peddlers were detained under PIT NDPS Act during the previous year as well. “Huge quantity of different types of contraband and psychotropic substances were recovered,” he said. He said […]

Covid may change body’s response to other threats in men: Study

Washington: COVID-19 can trigger stronger inflammatory responses in males, resulting in changes to their functional immunity long after recovery, a study has found. The findings may also help create better vaccines against diverse threats by, for instance, mimicking how mild COVID-19 changes the male immune system, the researchers said. Scientists have long believed that the […]

Covid infection may impact semen quality in men: AIIMS Study

Corona fallout

New Delhi: Infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus may negatively impact semen quality, according to a study on 30 males conducted by researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The team led by researchers at AIIMS Patna noted that COVID-19 can lead to multiorgan damage through the angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 receptor (ACE2), abundant in testicular […]

Lower influenza prevalence linked with Covid public health measures: Study

Beijing: Decreased influenza prevalence may be associated with long-term public health measures against COVID-19 in China, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Health Data Science, provides preliminary evidence of the long-term relationship between prevention and control measures and influenza transmission in China during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Since December 2019, various nonpharmaceutical […]

CB seeks courts permission to probe ‘appointment’ of Forest Inspector in 1997

Srinagar: The J&K Crime Branch has appealed the Court for allowing them to probe an appointment made by the then Director Forest department in 1997 when Farooq Abdullah led National Conference (NC), ruled the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the official documents available with ‘Kashmir Vision’, Mohammad Afzal Mir was appointed as […]

India administered 220 Cr doses of Covid vaccine in 2022

New Delhi: After two years of the worst phase of Covid pandemic, 2022 saw a new wave of infections driven by the Omicron variant of coronavirus which ultimately subsided, putting India along with the world on the route to normalcy before fresh concerns arose amid rise in cases globally at the fag end of the […]

EC develops remote voting machine prototype for domestic migrant voters

Invites parties for demo

New Delhi: In a major move to increase voter participation, the Election Commission on Thursday said it has developed a prototype of a remote electronic voting machine (RVM) for domestic migrant voters and has invited political parties for a demonstration on January 16. If implemented after stakeholder consultations, migrant voters do not need to travel […]