- Friday, April 11, 2025
A SURGING mpox outbreak in Africa was declared an emergency by the World Health Organisation thisweek and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), an EU agency, on Friday said more imported cases to Europe were "highly likely". The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)…
A NATIONAL Film Award after the immense audience love for "Gulmohar" is like the proverbial icing on the cake, veteran actor Sharmila Tagore said on Friday. The Rahul V Chittella-directed film, about a family getting ready to say goodbye to their ancestral home, has bagged the awards for best Hindi…
THE GOVERNMENT has slashed windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil by nearly 55 per cent to ₹2,100 per tonne, from ₹4,600 per tonne with effect from Saturday. The tax is levied in the form of Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED). The SAED on the export of diesel, petrol and…
A 36-YEAR-OLD Asian-origin man in the US was shot dead after a teenage boy robbed a convenience store in North Carolina, authorities said. Mainank Patel, the owner of the Tobacco House store at 2580 Airport Road, died after the shooting on Tuesday morning, the Salisbury Post reported. A juvenile male…
DONALD TRUMP has never lacked self-confidence, but his presidential campaign has been sent into a tailspin by the extraordinary events of the past month, and suddenly he appears older, more awkward and grasping for direction. An assassination attempt, the shock withdrawal of Joe Biden from the White House race and…
THE FORMER principal of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, Dr Sandip Ghosh, on Saturday appeared before the CBI for questioning for the second consecutive day in connection with the rape and murder of a doctor. On Friday, the agency escorted the former hospital principal for questioning…
CELEBRATED wrestler Vinesh Phogat received a grand welcome on her return to the country with hundreds of supporters gathering outside the IGI airport in New Delhi on Saturday. Stars such as Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and panchayat leaders received Vinesh, who endured a heartbreaking exit at the Paris Olympics where…
THE CALCUTTA High Court on Friday described the vandalism at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital as an "absolute failure of state machinery," while the doctor's parents told the CBI that more people were allegedly involved in her rape and murder Kolkata Police has arrested 25 people for their alleged…
AT LEAST three patients with mpox virus have been found so far in Pakistan, it emerged on Friday as the government decided to strengthen the screening system at the airports. The mpox detection in Pakistan is the first in Asia and it might be more easily transmitted. The World Health…
BANGLADESH interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus called up prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday, assuring protection, safety and security of Hindus and all other minorities in his country. This is the first conversation between Modi and Yunus after he assumed the responsibility following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led…
