Jharkhand on high alert over Swine Flu; Health Minister directs hospitals to reserve beds, ramp up surveillanceJharkhand Health Department is on high alert for potential H1N1 cases. Health Minister Irfan Ansari directed enhanced surveillance and hosp...
30 Aug, 2026, 01.55 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman meets Mondelez, Hyatt executives in Chicago to deepen India presenceFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met with Mondelez International and Hyatt executives in Chicago. Discussions focused on expanding their...
29 Aug, 2026, 09.23 PM IST
Three South Indian medtech startups win HealthSprint 2026Three innovative South Indian medtech startups, BioCipher Labs, Prodancy, and Mykare.ai, have triumphed in the HealthSprint 2026 initiative...
29 Aug, 2026, 04.33 PM IST
A sick European to 7,044 deaths: How influenza became notifiable disease in Delhi over a century agoInfluenza claimed over seven thousand lives in Delhi city during the 1918 pandemic. Archival records show the disease spread rapidly after ...
29 Aug, 2026, 03.35 PM IST
US officials revise claims that government agencies were hacked by Chinese, now say they were targetsUS officials have corrected earlier claims that several government agencies were hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored group, clarifying that...
29 Aug, 2026, 06.54 AM IST
BRICS set to adopt framework for supply-chain cooperationIndia will chair the BRICS Summit, focusing on development and innovation. The summit will address resilient supply chains and promote trad...
28 Aug, 2026, 11.56 PM IST
IIT Delhi forms final panel to probe MSc student's death, Justice Mukta Gupta to head inquiryIIT Delhi has formed a five-member external inquiry committee to investigate a student's death. The committee, headed by Justice Mukta Gupt...
27 Aug, 2026, 12.28 PM IST
August Energy, Energeia form $100 million platform to finance energy-efficiency upgradesThe partnership, called August Energeia, will initially focus on cooling-as-a-service, allowing commercial and industrial customers to upgr...
27 Aug, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
In 1963, New York abandoned an island where Typhoid Mary had been quarantined; 63 years later, 25 decaying buildings remain closed to the publicNorth Brother Island ultimately stands as one of New York City’s most unusual historical landscapes because its ruins tell several stories ...
27 Aug, 2026, 01.44 AM IST
14 newborns killed in fire at Islamabad hospital, authorities sayFourteen newborns were killed in a fire at Islamabad’s largest public hospital, PIMS, on Wednesday. One baby was rescued. Authorities said ...
26 Aug, 2026, 11.20 AM IST
Delhi's LNJP Hospital readies 70-bed backup ward to handle potential surge in H1N1 casesIn response to the growing concern about H1N1, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital has launched a dedicated isolation ward for affected ...
26 Aug, 2026, 07.58 AM IST
IIT Delhi forms 5-member committee to probe MSc student's death following campus protestsIIT Delhi has formed a five-member committee to investigate a student's death. The panel includes police and psychiatry experts, and two st...
25 Aug, 2026, 08.51 PM IST
IndiGo co-founder Gangwal commits Rs 300 cr more to IIT Kanpur medical sciences schoolRakesh Gangwal has committed an additional Rs 300 crore to IIT Kanpur's medical school. This significant funding follows his previous Rs 10...
24 Aug, 2026, 04.58 PM IST
IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal pledges Rs 300 crore more to IIT KanpurIIT Kanpur alumnus and IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal has pledged an additionalRs 300 croreto the institute’s Gangwal School of Medical S...
24 Aug, 2026, 04.50 PM IST
Guwahati surgeon leads Sri Lanka's first live robotic surgery, performs country's first robot-assisted gallbladder opProf. Subhash Khanna served as international faculty for Sri Lanka's inaugural live robotic surgery workshop. He performed complex procedur...
23 Aug, 2026, 05.02 PM IST
Diagnostic centres are first line of defence in healthcare: Rajnath Singh inaugurates integrated centre in NoidaDefence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated an Integrated Diagnostic Centre in Noida. He highlighted diagnostic facilities as healthcare's c...
22 Aug, 2026, 02.02 PM IST
Discovery India presents P.C. Chandra Group - 'More Than Gold'Highlighting a remarkable legacy, Discovery India covered the P.C. Chandra Group and its 85 years of diversified business growth. Initially...
20 Aug, 2026, 04.15 PM IST