India needs national strategy to improve access to new cancer therapies: Experts NEW DELHI: India needs a coordinated national strategy to bridge the gap between breakthrough cancer treatments and patient access, ensuring that scientific advances benefit every eligible patient, leading oncologists, cancer survivors and public health experts said on Wednesday.Speaking at a media roundtable on…
Dipke alleged that unnamed sources within the system had informed the organisation that its internal communications were being intercepted NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Wednesday alleged that the mobile phones of protesters at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar were under surveillance, claiming that WhatsApp calls and chats were being monitored, as…
Ratna Debnath says all behind RG Kar crime and cover-up will face justice BJP MLA Ratna Debnath, the mother of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder victim, on Wednesday said she knows the identities of those involved in her daughter’s killing and the alleged cover-up, asserting that everyone responsible would be…
Meta-owned app issued key clarification amid safety & privacy concerns WhatsApp on Thursday issued clarifications on its upcoming ‘Username’ feature, addressing privacy, safety and impersonation concerns as users begin reserving usernames ahead of the wider rollout later this year. The Meta-owned messaging platform answered several frequently asked questions, including whether usernames are mandatory, how they…
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi waves upon her arrival at the airport, in New Delhi NEW DELHI: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday arrived in New Delhi for a three-day official visit in India. During her visit, Takaichi will participate in the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit.In a post on X, the ministry of external…
Over millennia, philosophers have struggled to clearly answer the question: ‘who is rich?’ A useful metric, easy to measure as well as compare, is income. The somewhat subjective factors that affect happiness (Good health? Freedom? Control of one’s time? Leisure?) also correlate well with it: People in high income countries also tend to have more…
NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu govt has moved the Supreme Court against the Madras high court order imposing a blanket ban on the slaughter of cows and calves in the state.In its plea, the Tamil Nadu govt challenged the May 27 order of the high court, which directed the chief secretary and the director general…
Marking a breakthrough in biological engineering, researchers claim to have created the world’s first synthetic cells that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell, taking a big step towards the holy grail of making a living organism out of non-living components.Developed by University of Minnesota scientists under a project called SpudCell, the work…
NEW DELHI: India and Malaysia on Wednesday reviewed the entire spectrum of bilateral military cooperation and expressed satisfaction with the steady progress achieved. The discussions, during the 12th India-Malaysia sub committee meeting on military cooperation in New Delhi, covered ongoing defence engagements, including military-to-military exchanges, bilateral exercises, training, staff talks, capacity building, maritime cooperation, and…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has issued an eviction notice to the Delhi Gymkhana Club, saying that the club is in “unauthorised occupation of public premises” since the land lease ended on May 22. The Land and Development Office (L&DO) under the housing and urban affairs ministry, in the show-cause notice to the club, has sought…
