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…
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…
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…
NEW DELHI: In his first visit to the national capital after taking oath last month for the 10th time, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar met PM Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday.Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary, who is from BJP, accompanied Nitish along with Union minister Lalan Singh, of JDU, and later described…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that the authority vested in a criminal court to impose the condition of ‘deposit of passport’ ought not to be exercised in a “rote or automatic manner”, and such bail conditions must not unduly curtail personal liberty.HC was of the view that the condition for depositing one’s…
BOKARO: In a shocking incident, two men allegedly poured hot oil over a woman when she resisted their attempt to molest her at Ledha village in Jharkhand’s Giridih district Sunday. The woman suffered severe injuries and has been admitted to sadar hospitals.“One accused, Uday Choudhary, has been arrested, and efforts are on to arrest the…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Monday dismissed Sonia Gandhi’s criticism of MGNREGA’s rollback as a flight of her “political fancy”, asserting that the VB-G RAM G law is not a demolition of the UPA-era Act but a repair job aimed at renewal and expansion of social protection in an India in the throes of change.BJP’s IT…
KOLKATA: A day after a group of minority community members in Bangladesh met the family of Dipu Chandra Das – a Hindu man who was lynched by a mob at Mymensingh – and posted about their plight on social media, donations from India and other countries, including US and Singapore, poured in for his impoverished…
KULLU: A doctor at Shimla’s Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC) was suspended on Monday after he brutally assaulted a patient, who protested at being called ‘tu’ and asked for some politeness. A video of the incident, shot by an attendant, shows a doctor in surgical mask repeatedly punching the patient, Arjun Panwar, 36,…
NEW DELHI: SC on Monday expressed concern over forest land being grabbed by private individuals in Uttarakhand and said it was shocking that the state govt remained a silent spectator over the years.While hearing an appeal on a litigation over a disputed parcel of forest land, a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya…
