Highlights In a rare development, a private hospital in Jharkhand came across a case – where a 21-day-old infant was found carrying eight foetuses in her womb. Fetus-in-fetu (FIF) is a rare medical condition – where one malformed vertebrae foetus is enclosed within the body of its twin. The baby […]
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Highlights Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also announced that outdoor sports activities for classes above the fifth standard have been suspended. Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday said that 50 percent of the Delhi government staff will work from home. In a bid to ramp up public transport, the government […]
Highlights About a week ago, SBI had clarified that it has not been identified as a nodal bank for handling Russia-related transactions In April-July 2022 quarter, exports to Russia declined by around 30% to $714 millio Uco Bank and Yes Bank have put in place arrangements with two Russian banks […]
Highlights The government has defended India’s purchase of Russian oil on multiple occasions in the past Some analysts feel India’s imports from Russia could slow down from December onward due to shipping constraints Russia accounted for 22% of India’s total crude imports in October Amidst its ongoing war with Ukraine, […]
Highlights In the first nine months of 2020, India recorded at least one extreme weather event in 241 days, a new report has said. These disasters claimed 2,775 lives, affected 1.8 million hectares (ha) of crop area, destroyed over 4,16,667 houses and killed close to 70,000 livestock The central region […]
Highlights When several attempts to go to her native place failed, the police sent her to a women’s shelter home in Allahabad. In March this year, a speech-impaired 12-year-old girl was reunited with her parents after a gap of two years, with the help of her fingerprints on an Aadhar […]
Highlights The detailed examination of the baggage and personal search of the passengers resulted in the recovery of seven rectangular-shaped pouches containing the chemical paste, appearing to be gold and weighing 7.763 kg in total, it said. Earlier in October, the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Customs at the Cochin […]
Highlights According to Additional Public Prosecutor, Advocate HS Panchal, Parekh made the claim in the court on Wednesday. Panchal also said that during the hearing it was revealed that the cable wires of the bridge were not in the ideal condition to be opened for the general masses Oreva Group […]
Highlights The air quality in Anand Vihar was recorded in the “severe” category throughout Friday. On Saturday morning too, Anand Vihar remained the most polluted part of Delhi with an AQI of 454. Monitoring stations at Wazirpur (439), Narela (423), Ashok Vihar (428), Vivek Vihar (427) and Jahangirpuri (438) also […]
Highlights In 1995, the VMS founded a special school for the rehabilitation of children challenged with metal, orthopaedic, speech and hearing problems. As per doctors at rehab, the centre attends at least 70 patients in a day. On 27th June this year, 17-year-old Syed Aleen suffered Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS)- a […]