NEW DELHI: Nearly four out of every 10 diabetics in India are unaware they have the disease, a new study published in Lancet Global Health has claimed.The study is based on an analysis of a survey carried out among 57,810 adults aged 45 years and older from 2017 to 2019. It found that 20% of…
Lucknow: To dispel myths around organ donation and urge people to pledge their organs for those in need, Aastha Centre for Geriatric Medicine, Palliative Care Hospital, Hospice & Social Welfare Society organised an awareness drive to mark Organ Donation Day on Wednesday.Doctors, healthcare professionals, social activists and community members highlighted the importance of organ donation….
NEW DELHI: The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) has suggested prioritising women in allocation of deceased donor organs.In a letter to the states/UTs, the apex authority for regulating organ donations and transplants in the country, has said a provision should be made to mark additional points for women recipients of donor organs, to…
Lucknow: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday carried out searches at eight premises — six in Lucknow and two in Delhi — in connection with the multi-crore Rohtas Projects fraud.The searches continued until the last reports came in. The ED also seized documents and papers, for which a forensic audit will be conducted. The probe…
NEW DELHI: Bringing down the curtain on the proceedings initiated against misleading advertisements for medicinal products, the Supreme Court has closed the case filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) against Patanjali Ayurved and its founders.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan said no further hearing was needed as the court…
Prashant KumarFor crores of devotees, Maha Kumbh 2025 was a festival of faith but for Uttar Pradesh Police, it was more than an operational challenge. Maha Kumbh was a living, breathing test of how far our state had come — not just in technology or policing, but in the way governance could embrace faith without…
NEW DELHI: An advisory panel of the environment ministry has given in-principle approval for diversion/de-notification of protected forest land for multiple projects in different states. These include the diversion of more than 109 hectares of forest land in West Bengal for a coal mine and de-notification of over 1,501 hectares of reserve forest land for…
Lucknow: The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) suffered revenue losses to the tune of Rs 19,500 crore due to defaults in land premium, lease rent and interest mainly against allotments made since inception (1991) till 2017-18, the period covered in an audit, a CAG report said. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General…
AGRA: A 12-year-old girl suffered permanent vision loss in one eye after her aunt allegedly attacked her with a steel hairband in a fit of rage after the former accidentally dropped the latter’s infant daughter on the ground while playing. The girl, a Class 8 student, is undergoing treatment at All India Institute of Medical…
NEW DELHI: International military aviation analysts and historians have backed Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh’s recent assertion that during Operation Sindoor the IAF shot down at least five Pakistani air force jets and one big airborne early warning aircraft.Amid denials by Pakistan, Tom Cooper, renowned Austria-based aerial warfare expert has said that what ACM…
