Shimla: The APG Shimla University was recently conferred with the “The Best University in the Hills”- Awarded by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham). The award presented by Dr. M.M.Pallam Raju, Hon’ble Minister of HRD, Government of India, was received by Ms. Priyanka Goyal, Executive Director of [...]

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) It was a warm Tuesday for the capital with the maximum temperature recorded at 39.2 degrees Celsius, one notch above average. The met department has forecast similar weather conditions Wednesday. While the minimum temperature settled at 24.3 degrees, average for this time of the season, [...]

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Fortis Healthcare Limited, a chain of private healthcare providers, Tuesday launched its flagship “next-generation” hospital, the Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) in Gurgaon, an official said here Tuesday. The multi-speciality quaternary care hospital will have a capacity of 1,000 beds. In the first phase, the [...]

New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) There is no proposal to introduce TB drug Bedaquiline in the Indian market, parliament was told Tuesday. “No application under the Drugs and Cosmetic Rules has been received by the Drug Controller General (of India) for the grant of permission to market the drug,” Health [...]

Mumbai, April 30 (IANS) Lyricist-writer Gulzar has been appointed the new chancellor of Assam University. The 78-year-old Padma Bhushan awardee’s name features besides ‘Chancellor’ on the University’s official website. Gulzar’s secretary also confirmed to IANS: “Yes, it is true. He will be the new chancellor of the Assam University. We [...]

Amritsar/Lahore, April 30 (IANS) The distraught family of Sarabjit Singh, the Indian prisoner on death row in Pakistan who was brutally assaulted last week, is likely to return home after doctors have reportedly indicated that he was “clinically dead”. Sarabjit’s lawyer Awais Shiekh told a news channel that Sarabjit’s sister, [...]

Agartala, April 30 (IANS) Ninety-five people were taken ill and admitted to various hospitals after eating at a wedding feast in Tripura Monday night. The condition of 24 people is stated to be critical, an official said here Tuesday. “A total of 95 people, including the bridegroom, were taken ill [...]

Patna, April 30 (IANS) With this year’s first death suspected to be caused by Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) reported in Bihar, the fear of an outbreak of the deadly mosquito-borne disease has returned to haunt the state, an official said Tuesday. One-year-old Sapna Khatoon died Monday of suspected AES at [...]

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh’s forest department is engaged in a massive project to remove lantana, an exotic flowering shrub that threatens the state’s biodiversity, and re-greening the hills with fast-growing native flora, foresters said. Lantana’s tentacles are threatening the natural regeneration of native species. It is estimated to be spread over 1,850 [...]

Addis Ababa, April 30 (IANS) Ethiopia, with one of the highest blindness prevalence rates in the world, will soon get a major boost in medical treatment facilities with the opening of a state-of-the-art ophthalmology centre initiated by the wife of a former Indian ambassador to this East African nation. The [...]