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J-K Students Association writes to PM Modi, seeking safety of Indian medical students amid protests in Bangladesh Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 23 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Monday wrote to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking urgent intervention to ensure the safety and well-being of Indian medical students currently…

CHENNAI: A tiny needle system that sends cancer drugs directly into breast cancer cells, while protecting healthy ones, has been developed by researchers from IIT Madras and two Australian universities – Monash University and Deakin University. The nanotechnology injection delivery system packs the anticancer drug, doxorubicin, into special protective bubbles, then pushes it inside cells…

NEW DELHI: Disrupted sleep, rising stress levels and central obesity are emerging as major drivers of India’s growing breast cancer burden, which is projected to rise by 5.6% annually and add nearly 50,000 new cases every year, according to a major new study by the ICMR-National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research.The systematic review and…

BHOPAL: A division bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Monday kept in abeyance the Oct 8 order of a separate two-judge bench that stayed the disposal of 800 metric tons of toxic ash generated by the incineration of 337 metric tons of waste from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal at a landfill site…

Representative photo (ANI) LUCKNOW: Visibility loss caused by dense fog triggered three fatal accidents in UP, killing three people in Sultanpur district, two in Kanpur district and four in Bijnor.In Sultanpur, a speeding MUV ferrying 11 people from Lucknow to Azamgarh rammed into a cattle-loaded truck broke down on Purvanchal Expressway Monday. While Sikander Khan…

KOCHI: Kochi city police decided to close the much-discussed drug-related case involving actor Shine Tom Chacko after forensic examination reports returned negative, ruling out drug use. With this development, cops will withdraw Shine as primary accused in the case.The second accused, Ahmed Murshad of Malappuram, was also given a clean chit. Nail & hair samples…

LUCKNOW: UP CM Yogi Adityanath Monday blamed Congress and Muhammad Ali Jinnah for India’s “cultural division” and Partition, saying the compromise made over “Vande Mataram” was the first and most dangerous outcome of Congress’ appeasement politics.Initiating a discussion on Vande Mataram in the Assembly on second day of the winter session, the CM said the…

MEERUT: Calling it “one of the most heinous and inhuman crimes known to society since the victims will have to endure the pain and humiliation caused by this act at every step of their lives”, a Pocso court in Bulandshahr on Monday sentenced five men to life in jail along with a hefty fine of…

BEIJING: Chinese embassy in Delhi has launched ‘China Online Visa Application System’ for Indian passport holders to apply for visas online, a social media report said on Monday.The process is easier than the previous one, where applicants were required to present many paper documents in person, Shenzhen-based Chinese portal Greater Bay Area reported.Earlier, Chinese embassy…

LUCKNOW: A three-year-old boy was killed in another wolf attack in UP’s Bahraich district Monday, intensifying fear across rural areas where such fatalities have continued unabated for months. At least 13 people, including 12 children, died and 42 were injured in wolf attacks in the district in the past three months.Police identified the boy as…