Lucknow: The paediatric surgery department of SGPGIMS earned major national recognition at IAPSCON 2025 for excellence in research and surgical innovation on Sunday.Dr Pooja Prajapati won the KK Sharma Award and a second prize in the GI category, while Dr Tarun Kumar secured first prize in minimally invasive surgery. Dr Rahul Goyal presented notable work…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that foreign historians deliberately omitted India’s glorious past which is still being kept alive by folk arts and music.Addressing the 10-day Uttarakhand Mahotsav-2025, Yogi said that such festivals played a vital role in keeping the country’s folk traditions and culture vibrant.“If such events are not celebrated, many…
Lucknow: To mark National Newborn Week, the neonatal department at SGPGIMS held a ‘Cyclo-walkathon’ on Sunday morning. The event, flagged off at 7 am, aimed to raise awareness of newborn health and early care.Dr Kirti Naranje, department head, delivered the welcome address, while senior faculty, including medical superintendent Dr R Harshvardhan, Prof Rajneesh Kumar Singh…
Lucknow: From indoor games like ludo, snakes & ladders, or Indian puzzles in Braille style to decor items, jewellery, and others made by differently-abled individuals were up for display and sale at the Divya Kala Mela organised by the department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD), ministry of social justice and empowerment at Lucknow…
Ayodhya: Two people were killed and three others were injured when a speeding container truck rammed into a stationary pickup vehicle on Sunday.The pickup vehicle, which was travelling from Ayodhya to Lucknow had broken down on the overbridge and driver had stopped to inspect the fault and requested assistance from a DCM driver who had…
Lucknow: Nearly half of preterm infants discharged from KGMU’s intensive care unit are shifted to formula milk by parents rather than continuing with mother’s milk.The situation is even more alarming among babies visiting KGMU’s OPD after treatment in other hospitals where 70% to 80% are no longer being breastfed.Doctors describe this as a silent but…
Lucknow: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the contribution of Pasi community and other marginalised groups to India’s freedom struggle has not received the place it deserves in mainstream history, and blamed “Leftist historians” and past govts for ignoring their sacrifices.“Contributions of Pasi rulers and warriors have been largely ignored by historians and previous…
Lucknow: A 26-year-old resident of Mayapuri Colony in Gudamba, Satyavan, committed suicide by hanging himself in his room on Sunday. The deceased’s mother accused her daughter-in-law and an acquaintance of inciting him to commit suicide. The deceased’s mother filed a case against both of them at the Gudamba police station.According to the complainant, Geeta Devi,…
Lucknow: Accusing the BJP-led govt at the Centre of dividing the society and families, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said that “our ‘Hindustaniyat’ (Indianness) which thrives on unity in diversity is in crisis”.“There is an emergency-like atmosphere in the country,” Akhilesh said, adding that there was an attempt to forcibly impose a…
Lucknow: In a significant step towards promoting financial independence and inclusive entrepreneurship, loans amounting to Rs 1.76 crore were sanctioned to 216 differently abled beneficiaries during the inauguration of the Divya Kala Mela at the Lucknow University campus on Sunday.While inaugurating the event, union minister of state for social justice and empowerment, BL Verma said…
