Health

KATHMANDU: The water levels in the Bhotekoshi River rose again on Sunday, days after a devastating flash flood struck Nepal, authorities warned, as they urged residents and rescue personnel in flood-hit districts to remain alert. The death toll from the...

NEW DELHI: The country's premier institute, AIIMS-Delhi, has performed its second dual kidney transplant using organs from a marginal donor, a 70-year-old woman who was declared brain dead, for a single recipient, doctors said. The surgery underscores efforts to expand...

With the aim of promoting menstrual health and hygiene awareness, Sanskar Ujjawal Foundation successfully organized a special awareness campaign under its Early Menstruation Awareness Programme (EMAP) at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Naraina. The initiative reached more than 1,000 adolescent girls,...

Millions of girls still miss school, face stigma, and lack access to safe menstrual hygiene products. Together, we can change this. Sanskar Ujjawal Foundation is inviting partners, corporates, foundations, NGOs, educational institutions, and individual donors to support our EMAP –...

A man was arrested for allegedly attempting to cause ‘mass harm’ by distributing rat poison-filled capsules disguised as painkillers during a Muharram procession in Mumbai. The Mumbai Police said  the accused was distributing capsules containing zinc phosphide, a rodenticide, a type...

NEW DELHI: Amid multiple fire accidents in the city in recent weeks, Delhi Fire Service (DFS) has asked owners or occupants of various types of buildings, and basements with two or more levels, to mandatorily have a fire safety...

NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Sunday issued notices to eight food business operators for using misleading brand names, trade names and product claims in violation of the Food Safety and Standards Act,...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the country has worked to make quality healthcare more affordable and accessible in the past 12 years, and the government will keep working on all such initiatives to build a...

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and her cabinet colleagues on Sunday undertook a cleanliness drive at the 28 ghats of the Yamuna river here. Gupta, who participated in the drive at the riverfront in Geeta Colony, said public participation...

LUCKNOW: The Meteorological Centre here has issued a red alert for 10 districts in the state for Friday, warning of "severe" to "very severe" heatwave conditions. The alert has been issued for Banda, Chitrakoot, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Pratapgarh, Mirzapur, Varanasi,...