NEW DELHI: India is ahead of neighbouring countries in the implementation of food environment policies, but needs stronger policies and infrastructure to enable healthier food choices to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like obesity, diabetes, and heart diseases, according to an expert on Sunday. In a recent study, an international team of researchers, including scientists from […]
NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the seventh Apex Level Meeting of the Narco-Coordination Centre (NCORD) here on Thursday. He will launch on the occasion the National Narcotics Helpline ‘MANAS’ (Madak padarth Nisedh Asuchna Kendra) and inaugurate the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Zonal Office at Srinagar. Mr Shah will also release NCB […]
NEW DELHI: Differently abled and derision have often gone hand in hand in mainstream Hindi cinema with numerous instances of impairments, visual, speech, physical and others, being used to get laughs – mostly unkind. A trend activists and lawyers hope will end with the Supreme Court’s recent “game changing” verdict. Stereotyping differently abled persons in […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday slammed the BJP for its allegation that Rahul Gandhi encouraged violence against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying “cheap politics” should not be played on the issue of security of leaders. The BJP on Sunday had targeted the Leader of Opposition following the assassination attempt on former US president Donald […]
NEW DELHI: Setting another milestone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the most followed world leader on the social media platform X with over 100 million followers. Expressing happiness after crossing 100 million followers on social media platform X, PM Modi said he is happy to engage with the people on this “vibrant medium.” In […]
LUCKNOW: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has cautioned the people that if Congress comes to power, it might clamp a ban on uttering the word “Hindu”. Calling Congress “Bhashmasura” (a mythological character with the power to burn up anyone and reduce to ashes), the saffron party warned its ally Samajwadi Party that it would soon […]
NEW DELHI: A day after INDIA bloc secured 10 of the 13 seats in the recently held Assembly bypolls across seven states, the Opposition Congress on Sunday predicted a BJP downfall, claiming the saffron party “has a multiple organ failure and it is headed to an ICU”. “Right after the Lok Sabha elections, we have […]
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday condemned the attack on former US President Donald Trump, and said such violence has no place in any democracy and civilised society. Trump was injured after being shot in the ear during the apparent assassination attempt at an election rally in Pennsylvania after which a male attacker […]
NEW DELHI: Keeping in view the growing ambit of the market including both offline and online platforms, the Department of Consumer Affairs is considering an amendment in the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 to establish uniformity for packaged commodities. The revised provision will provide that these Rules shall apply to all packaged commodities sold […]
LUCKNOW: Six districts of Uttar Pradesh are in the grip of floods, where rivers are flowing above the danger mark. More than 12,000 people have been evacuated to safe places in the flood affected areas in the past 10 days. Around 12 companies NDRF, 9 companies SDRF, 23 companies PAC and 1 company SSB have […]