July 28, 2026
  • July 28, 2026

Cancer patient with months to live drops ‘risky’ abortion plan

by on December 17, 2023 0

A 33-year-old cancer patient with metastatic gallbladder carcinoma decided not to proceed with her plea for medical termination of her 28-week pregnancy after a Bombay HC panel deemed it highly risky. The woman’s husband accepted the medical committee’s opinion that the procedure posed a high risk due to the terminal stage of her disease....

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PM Modi, Oman Sultan discuss Gaza, back 2-state solution

by on December 17, 2023 0

PM Narendra Modi and the visiting Oman Sultan, Haitham bin Tarik, discussed the Israel-Hamas conflict with focus on the humanitarian crisis, terrorism and the need for a two-state solution to facilitate peace. The visit by the Sultan to India, the first in 26 years, saw the countries signing six MoUs, including one for sharing...

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Arunachal Pradesh BJP leader abducted, killed by militants

by on December 17, 2023 0

Former Arunachal Pradesh legislator and BJP leader Yumsem Matey, who recently declared his candidacy for the upcoming April/May assembly polls in the easternmost hill state, was abducted and fatally shot on Saturday near the India-Myanmar border by suspected NSCN (Khaplang Yung Aung) militants. Armed men took the 54-year-old Matey from a social function around...

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Centre confirms presence of JN.1 Covid subvariant

by on December 17, 2023 0

The Centre confirms the presence of the JN.1 subvariant of Covid-19 in Kerala, the first case in India. JN.1 is closely related to the BA.2.86 variant, also known as Pirola, detected in the US and China. The patient from Thiruvananthapuram tested positive for JN.1 on December 8 and has since recovered. Kerala has seen...

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