NEW DELHI: Even though there has been an impressive 21% decline in the number of TB cases in India, the country still accounted for 25% of all new TB cases globally in 2024, according to the WHO Global TB Report 2025.India’s TB incidence – new cases emerging each year – fell from 237 per lakh…
BJP MP Aparajita Sarangi (File photo) Most parties refused to join panelNEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday constituted a parliamentary committee to scrutinise three bills seeking removal of PM, CMs and ministers if they are under arrest for 30 consecutive days on serious criminal charges, with only three opposition members being part…
Manoj Sinha (PTI file photo) SRINAGAR: In his first statement after the Faridabad-Delhi terror module was busted, J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday said terrorism has been the biggest enemy of the youth in the state for more than three decades and it destroyed their dreams and aspirations.“Now that our youth and young professionals are…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday responded to activist Anjali Damania’s demand for his resignation over an alleged Rs 300-crore land deal in Pune, saying he would “use his conscience” before making any decision.A company linked to his son, Parth Pawar is at the centre of the controversy surrounding the purchase…
Representative image (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Indian Railways has put the onus on its zonal officials to sensitise contractual staff about the disposal of garbage, days after a video showing a staffer throwing a bag of garbage from a moving train went viral.In a circular sent out to general managers of all zones, the…
P Chidambaram (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Former home minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday slammed the Centre over its “discreet silence” on what he described as the growing threat of homegrown terrorism.His statement comes two days after the Delhi bomb blast near Lal Quila Metro station that killed 12 people and injured…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar met US secretary of state Marco Rubio (Photo credit: X/@DrSJaishankar) US secretary of state Marco Rubio expressed condolences over the Red Fort car blast in the national capital, as revealed by external affairs minister S Jaishankar, after the two officials held a meeting.In a post on X, Jaishankar said he…
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning the car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort as a “terrorist incident”.“The country has witnessed a heinous terrorist incident perpetrated by anti-national forces through a car explosion near Red Fort on 10th November,” Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said during a Cabinet briefing, which began shortly after…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his condolences to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and all Indians on Wednesday, after deadly blast near Delhi’s iconic Red Fort on Monday evening.“To our dear friend Narendra Modi and to the brave people of India: Sara and I, and the people of Israel, send our deepest condolences to the…
Air India Express flight evacuated NEW DELHI: A bomb threat email received on IndiGo’s grievance portal on Wednesday triggered a high alert at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI), before being declared a hoax by authorities. The message mentioned several airports – including those in Delhi, Chennai, and Goa – prompting precautionary checks across all…
