NEW DELHI: Even though there has been an impressive 21% decline in the number of TB cases in India, the country still accounted for 25% of all new TB cases globally in 2024, according to the WHO Global TB Report 2025.India’s TB incidence – new cases emerging each year – fell from 237 per lakh…
Lucknow: Promoting intellectual and creative growth of students, the basic education department is organising the Shri Aurobindo National History Essay Competition 2025 for students enrolled in state-run schools and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs).This competition will be held from Nov 10 to Dec 15, with support from the Union Ministry of Culture and the Foundation…
The University of California, Berkeley, finds itself under federal scrutiny after a campus event hosted by Turning Point USA drew significant protests, leading the Department of Justice to announce an investigation. The conservative organisation, founded by Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated in September, was the focus of demonstrations that raised questions about campus security and…
BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi (File photo) Most parties refused to join panelNEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday constituted a parliamentary committee to scrutinise three bills seeking removal of PM, CMs and ministers if they are under arrest for 30 consecutive days on serious criminal charges, with only three opposition members being part…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has set Nov 15 deadline for the completion of the first phase of the Zero Poverty programme, under which all focus families should be covered under seven priority schemes. The verification of families for the second phase is to be completed by Nov 30.A govt spokesperson said the first phase…
Ekta Nagar (Gujarat): At the Statue of Unity to attend the Bharat Parv, an ongoing programme to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said that Gujarat is a sacred land before which every Indian bows.“Gujarat has always shown the path to the nation. Lord Shrikrishna came…
Poster To plot: Srinagar SSP cracks Jaish network Of radicalised doctorsSRINAGAR: It took a doctor-cop to catch a “white-collar” terrorist network of doctors. When Jaish-e-Mohammed posters appeared overnight on Oct 19 across Nowgam-Bunpora in Srinagar, warning security forces of “dire consequences”, most residents brushed it off as a ghost from Kashmir’s violent past. For Srinagar…
SRINAGAR: J&K police intensified their sweeping operation to dismantle terrorist support networks and the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), searching over 200 locations in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district and questioning more than 500 people, including a doctor, as the crackdown entered its fifth day Tuesday.The campaign across Kashmir valley has gathered pace after the unearthing of a…
Lucknow: UP deputy CM and BJP’s co-incharge (election) Keshav Prasad Maurya on Wednesday said Bihar elections results would surpass Exit polls predictions and the return of BJP ally and incumbent CM Nitish Kumar was now a formality.There was no confusion at all about Nitish being appointed as the next CM, Maurya told TOI. “The election…
NEET PG counselling 2025: Thousands of doctors remain without work as the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET PG) 2025 counselling for All-India Quota seats has been indefinitely postponed. Across hospitals and medical colleges that rely on postgraduate students as part of their clinical workforce, the delay has created a vacuum that administrators…
