For decades, Huntington’s disease has been one of the most feared genetic disorders in medicine. Unlike conditions where lifestyle or environment play a role, Huntington’s is unforgiving: if you inherit the faulty gene, the disease will eventually manifest. Families live with the certainty of its shadow, often across generations.The condition typically strikes in the 30s…
Lucknow: ‘Pankhia sem’ or winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus L.) has four edges on the pod. Because all edges have leaflets resembling wings, it is called a winged bean. It is also known as a ‘wonder legume’ because every part of it is edible and has a high nutritional value. Despite its peculiar physical features and…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra police on Saturday arrested Prashant Bankar, one of two individuals accused in connection with the suicide of a woman doctor in Phaltan taluka, Satara district.According to news agency ANI, Bankar will be produced in court today. The other accused sub-inspector Gopal Badne, is still absconding. A doctor posted at Phaltan subdistrict hospital…
CHENNAI: Madras HC quashed an FIR against five men accused of creating public disturbance in Coimbatore while watching live telecast of the Ram Lalla consecration event at the Ayodhya temple last year, ruling that gathering for a religious event cannot be treated as an unlawful assembly, reports Sureshkumar K. Justice N Sathish Kumar said the…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has registered the highest incidents of stubble burning as compared to other states in north India this season, though the number has dropped as compared to the previous year. The figures raise a concern since stubble burning — mostly done at the onset of winter — increases air pollution. According to Consortium…
Just hours after the news of Satish Shah’s passing sent shockwaves through the industry, his closest friends and colleagues, Anupam Kher and Rakesh Bedi, shared emotional tributes remembering the late actor. Shah, who passed away on October 25 at the age of 74 due to kidney failure in Mumbai, was one of Indian cinema’s most…
CHANDIGARH: Justice Surya Kant, the most senior Supreme Court judge, is poised to assume the office of Chief Justice of India (CJI) next month. Few are aware of the extraordinary journey that brought him to the nation’s highest judicial position. Unlike many who come from families with strong legal background, Justice Kant’s journey began in…
Lucknow: If you are even a casual consumer of entertainment staples — movies, TV, OTT, commercials — you must have noticed the conspicuous presence of this tiny wonder. While he has played the face of commercials for washing powder, dairy products, hotels, paints or even promo for the singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh, he has also shared…
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court has said that judges yielding to intimidation or pressure from lawyers and recusing themselves from cases only fuels “browbeating, forum shopping, and attempts to influence the bench”. Justice Niral Mehta made the remark while quashing two recusals by Ahmedabad benches of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and two subsequent transfer…
Mehmood M AbdiAcross the road from Farangi Mahal on Victoria Street, there is a lane called Gali Shah Chada which has a poignant story about the person after whom the lane is named.During the reign of Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula, a man lived with his wife in the locality. Drawn to Sufi mysticism, the man was a…
