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New Delhi: Chief executives of public sector banks have asked to personally monitor top 20 cases pending for admission and top 10 accounts pending for resolution at the NCLT. This was conveyed during a review meeting undertaken by the secretary, department of financial services (DFS), M Nagaraju. The meeting was attended by senior officials of…
Sheikh Hasina (File photo) DHAKA: The verdict in three graft cases filed against 23 individuals, including former PM Sheikh Hasina, her daughter Saima Wazed Putul and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, is scheduled to be delivered on November 27. On November 17, the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentenced Hasina to death in a “crimes…
Rameez Nemat: UP man behind Lalu family’s turmoil PATNA: As RJD chief Lalu Prasad‘s daughter Rohini Acharya triggered a political storm in Patna after the party’s debacle, severing ties with the Yadav Pariwar and blaming “outsiders for misguiding and weakening the family” the spotlight was trained on Rameez Nemat Khan.The 39-year-old former first-class cricketer, Rameez,…
MUMBAI: Blame it on quick commerce that’s made Indians used to getting groceries and a host of other products including make-up, light jewellery items and occasionally even iPhones in 10 minutes, consumers now want their food to get delivered faster unless it’s a gourmet recipe or something they want to have at leisure. They would…
The government’s e-Jagriti digital consumer grievance platform has handled nearly 1.30 lakh cases since its launch in January, with more than 2 lakh users—including non-resident Indians—registering on the unified system. The consumer affairs ministry said in a statement that 1,27,058 cases had been disposed of as of 13 November, highlighting the platform’s efficiency in strengthening…
A groundbreaking study by Stanford Medicine scientists has identified the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as the culprit behind systemic lupus erythematosus. This virus, present in nearly all of us, is now believed to be directly responsible for the chronic autoimmune condition. The findings, published in Science Translational Medicine, suggest EBV’s role in 100% of lupus cases….
NEW DELHI: Even though there has been an impressive 21% decline in the number of TB cases in India, the country still accounted for 25% of all new TB cases globally in 2024, according to the WHO Global TB Report 2025.India’s TB incidence – new cases emerging each year – fell from 237 per lakh…
NEW DELHI: Surinder Koli, the accused in the 2006 Nithari serial killings and sentenced to death in 13 murder cases, is set to walk free after 19 years in prison, having narrowly escaped execution twice.Convicted by the trial court and with his appeals and review pleas dismissed by the Allahabad High Court and the Supreme…
US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog, urging him to consider granting a pardon to Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently on trial in three separate corruption cases, the Presidency of Israel said on Wednesday. In a statement, Herzog’s office said: “This morning, President Isaac Herzog received the attached…
Children have emerged as the most vulnerable group to India’s worsening air pollution, with nearly half of all pollution-related health insurance claims coming from those under the age of ten, according to a new report by Policybazaar.As cited by news agency ANI, the report revealed that 43 per cent of all pollution-linked insurance claims were…
