AI generated image used for representative purpose NEW DELHI: A Punjab district consumer commission, in an order dated July 22, directed Star Health and Allied Insurance to reimburse a woman’s medical claim after it rejected expenses incurred on her son’s dengue treatment, citing alleged discrepancies in hospital records. The commission held that the insurer failed…
NEW DELHI: A commonly used spinal anaesthesia drug has come under scrutiny after the Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA) advised doctors across the country to immediately stop using Themis-manufactured bupivacaine following reports of serious adverse events.In an urgent advisory issued on Monday, the ISA asked anaesthesiologists nationwide not to use bupivacaine manufactured by Themis for…
NEW DELHI: The French Revolution, the Russian Revolution and Nazism will no longer be part of the Class IX history syllabus. NCERT officials said these modern world history themes will be taken up in Class X as part of secondary-stage progression, while the new Class IX textbook will chart the story of early humans, the…
According to the National Centre for Seismology, the tremor, which occurred at 7.52 pm at a depth of 10 km, had its epicentre in the Denkanikottai–Hosur region near the Tamil Nadu–Karnataka border. CHENNAI: A mild tremor measuring 3.0 struck on the Richter scale rocked Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday night. According to the…
Muzafar Ahmed named key accused in Red Fort blast case (ANI) NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has named Muzafar Ahmed, an absconding paediatrician from Jammu and Kashmir, as one of the key conspirators behind the deadly vehicle-borne bomb blast near Delhi’s Red Fort in November 2025 that killed 11 people.In a supplementary chargesheet…
With several months still left in the year, many of us are already thinking about what we want to change, improve, or leave behind. The goals we set at the beginning of the year may have shifted, some plans may not have worked out, and some experiences may have left us carrying more than we…
KASOL: The police have arrested four tourists from Punjab and launched a search for a fifth accused after a local youth was shot in the leg during a violent altercation in Kasol, in the Parvati Valley of Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, on Saturday evening.The incident occurred around 6 pm near a hotel in Kasol, where…
The Union Cabinet has approved amendments to the MSME Development Act to improve liquidity, strengthen the Udyam portal, decriminalise minor offences, and speed up payment resolution for small businesses. (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Small businesses supplying goods and services to central public sector undertakings (CPSUs) will get their dues cleared faster under proposed amendments to…
Property disputes between family members, spouses, siblings or business partners are among the most common legal conflicts in the country. A question that frequently arises in such disputes is whether one co-owner can sell jointly held property without informing or obtaining consent from the others. Many people assume that their name on the property documents…
Pawan Khera takes a jab at PM Modi over his G7 meeting with Congress NEW DELHI: Congress leader Pawan Khera has on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi failed to raise key issues during his meeting with US President Donald Trump at the G7 summit, including the deaths of Indian sailors, the one-sided US…