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India registered 9.3 lakh cancer deaths, 2nd highest in Asia

India registered about 12 lakh new cancer cases and 9.3 lakh deaths in 2019, becoming the second highest contributor to the disease burden in Asia for that year, according to a new study published......

'Make caste discrimination in schools and colleges a crime'

'The government should immediately enact an Act to make caste discrimination a criminal offence and lay down a procedure similar to that of the Anti-Ragging Act.' 'Ragging has nearly been......

Modern women remark taken out of context: Karnataka minister

Karnataka health minister Dr K Sudhakar on Monday said his statement on modern women unwilling to marry and bear children at an event in NIMHANS was taken out of context and that he had no......

Wanted! A National Security Strategy

India's national security strategy needs to be revised periodically since the global and regional geopolitical situation is dynamic, points out Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd). IMAGE: Indian and......

COVID-19: 'There will be some spikes'

'It is absolutely important for us to continue to message to people that they must wear masks, keep physical distancing, as much as is practically possible, at work or at home.' IMAGE: Graffiti on......

Modi reconstitutes Niti Aayog; Shah ex-officio member

Rajiv Kumar will continue as vice-chairman of the body, along with other full-time members V K Saraswat, Ramesh Chand and V K Paul. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday approved reconstitution......

Markets end flat amid rangebound trade; Midcaps outperform

Benchmark indices ended flat, amid lacklustre trades, as investors maintained a cautious stance ahead of the expiry of December F&O contracts on Thursday. Further, selling by foreign funds......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

India Inc finds stem cells a healthy business

In March this year, Bangalore-based Stempeutics Research received clearance from the Drug Controller General of India to conduct human clinical trials to develop drugs using stem cells. With this,......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

Rattled by level 1 cancer, Dutee living and training in fear

Photograph: Kind courtesy Dutee Chand/Twitter India's fastest woman runner Dutee Chand experienced the shock of her life when she was told by a doctor in November 2021 that level 1 cancer has......

Ex-champion boxer Dingko Singh tests positive for COVID-19

IMAGE: Dingko Singh won the gold medal in bantemweight boxing at the 1998 Asian Games. Photograph: Boxing Federation of India/Twitter Already battling liver cancer, former Asian Games gold......

Ailing Dingko to be flown to Delhi for cancer treatment

'His condition is stable but yes, he needs the radiation therapy. That's very important.' IMAGE: Dingko Singh gets a hero's welcome on his return to India after winning the gold medal in boxing at......

Hockey legend Mohammed Shahid passes away

India’s former hockey captain Mohammed Shahid, a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, passed away at a Gurgaon hospital following multiple organ failure......

SAG: Mary Kom leads charge as India eye perfect 10 in boxing

IMAGE: India’s MC Mary Kom, left, punches her opponent. Photograph: Twitter London Olympics bronze-medallist MC Mary Kom led the charge as six Indian boxers stormed into the final with......

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