Nigerian health authorities confirmed an outbreak of diphtheria Friday and reported that 25 people, most of them children, have died so far in one of the worst-hit states in the country’s north. The total number of confirmed cases and deaths is not yet known.
Indian medicines saving Chinese lives amid Covid crisis: Report
After nearly three years of the strictest anti-Covid policy, China suddenly lifted the restrictions after numerous protests by Chinese citizens. However, the abrupt relaxation of the ‘zero-Covid’ policy has exposed its 1.4 billion people to the virus, leaving hospitals overwhelmed and morgues overrun by corpses.
Indian-American Nikki Haley hints presidential run
Prominent Indian-American Republican leader Nikki Haley has said that she thinks she can be the “new leader” who can take the country in a new direction and the United States cannot have a second term under Joe Biden as president.
Interim bail granted to Videocon’s Venugopal Dhoot
The Bombay High Court on Friday granted interim bail to Videocon Chairman Venugopal Dhoot who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the ICICI bank fraud case. A division bench of justices Revati Mohite Dere and P.K. Chavan directed Mr Dhoot
AI: Taking steps to address gaps after DGCA action in urination row
After aviation regulator DGCA initiated enforcement actions, Air India on Friday said it respectfully acknowledges the gaps in reporting with respect to the urination incident onboard a New York-Delhi flight last year and that relevant steps are being taken to address the issues
Kerala law student, who misbehaved with actress Aparna, suspended
Ernakulam Law College student, who had misbehaved with National Award-winning actress Aparna Balamurali during her campus visit to promote her upcoming film, was suspended for a week on Friday. Early this week, the second year student Vishnu,
Prostitute remark row: K’taka Cong leader takes U-turn
Under fire over his “prostitute” remark, senior Karnataka Congress leader B.K. Hariprasad on Friday made a U-turn denying that he had used the word in a political context.
Mahua Moitra slams BJP govt over inaction against WFI chief
TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Friday came out in support of wrestlers protesting at Jantar Mantar demanding the ouster of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur
Move ahead with your proletarian struggle: Aleida Guevera in Kolkata
At a time when the CPI-M, reduced to a zero in terms of assembly presence after the 2021 West Bengal polls, is struggling hard to regain its mass base in the state, a message from Dr Aleida Guevera, daughter of legendary Argentine Marxist revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara, in Kolkata
Welcome move
The Kerala government has decided to grant menstrual leave to students in all state-run higher education institutions.The state Higher Education Department, in an order issued, stated that girl students can now appear for their semester exams with 73 per cent attendance instead of the 75 per cent
