Kochi: Replacing a tablespoon of rice or wheat flour in daily meals with green jackfruit flour is significantly effective at lowering the plasma glucose level in patients with Type 2 diabetes, a new study has said. The study published in reputed “Nature” Journal found that the mean reduction in glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) at week 12 […]
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday said the ongoing global debate on ‘vaccine passports’ for international travel needs to be linked to the issue of vaccine equity as many developing countries have not been able to vaccinate a large percentage of their population against COVID. The assertion by India comes after Japanese government announced that it […]
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said rebuilding India will begin once Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledges his mistakes and seeks help from experts as living in denial will not solve anything. He said this while citing a report quoting World Bank’s data on poverty where India has a share of 57.3 per […]
NEW DELHI: The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Friday demanded that the FIR lodged by the Uttar Pradesh Police against a news portal and some journalists for circulating a video clip of an elderly Muslim man on social media be withdrawn immediately. It said “this wanton use of the law” to criminalise reporting and […]
NEW DELHI: A single day rise of 67,208 new coronavirus infections were recorded taking India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,97,00,313, while the active cases declined to 8,26,740, the lowest after 71 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 3,81,903 with 2,330 fresh fatalities, […]
ARUNACHAL PRADESH: In a statement seen as an implicit message to Beijing, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that though India is a peace loving country, it has the capability to reply to aggression. Dedicating 12 strategic roads constructed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to the nation here, Singh described India as a […]
NEW DELHI: IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday slammed Twitter for deliberate defiance and failure to comply with the country’s new IT rules, which has led to the US giant losing its intermediary status in India and becoming liable for users posting any unlawful content. Twitter has allegedly not fully complied with the new […]
New Delhi: A single-day rise of 62,224 new coronavirus infections were reported taking India’s total tally of Covid-19 cases to 2,96,33,105, while the active cases were recorded below nine lakh after 70 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The Covid-19 death toll climbed to 3,79,573 with 2,542 fresh fatalities, the […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said India needs quick and complete vaccination and not the BJP’s “brand of lies and rhyming slogans” to cover up the vaccine shortage caused by the government’s inaction. He also alleged that the government was trying to save the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, attempts that […]
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Wednesday began virtually questioning actor-turned-BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty in connection with a complaint accusing him of inciting post-poll violence in West Bengal through his speeches. Officers of the Manicktala police station in north Kolkata began questioning the actor, who is currently in Pune, at 10.20 am. “Till the last information […]