New Delhi: Animal-to-human infections, or zoonotic diseases, have been increasing at an “exponential rate” and in 2050, are predicted to kill 12 times as many people as they did in 2020, researchers have warned in a new British Medical Journal (BMJ) Global Health study. Animal-to-human infections, also called ‘spillover’ infections, have been the cause of…
New Delhi: India is unlikely to go in for hyperloop technology for ultra high-speed trains in the near future as the technology is at a ‘very low level’ of maturity and may not be economically viable at the current juncture, NITI Aayog Member V K Saraswat said on Sunday. Saraswat, who is heading a committee to…
Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) Working President and Minister K T Rama Rao on Sunday attacked the Congress and BJP alleging that both parties have colluded to ensure Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s defeat in the upcoming assembly polls to restrict him to just Telangana so that his party cannot spread its wings nationally….
Jerusalem: An Israeli minister from the far-right Otzma Yehudit party on Sunday said that dropping an atomic bomb on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip was “an option”, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to suspend him from government meetings indefinitely. In a radio interview, Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said that “there are no non-combatants…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday engaged in a spat over a purported letter by the Congress leader to Foxconn chairman to shift Apple AirPods manufacturing unit from Hyderabad to Karnataka. Rao alleged that Shivakumar wrote to several national and international companies in Hyderabad…
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal to grant maternity, child care and child adoption leave to women soldiers, sailors and air warriors on par with their officer counterparts. The defence ministry on Sunday said the decision is in line with Singh’s vision of “inclusive participation” of all women in the armed…
New Delhi: A parliamentary committee scrutinising three bills to replace the existing criminal laws will meet on Monday to adopt draft reports, days after some opposition members had sought an extension for the panel to go through the measures in greater detail. On October 27, the standing committee on Home could not adopt the three draft…
Chennai: With India and South Africa having already qualified for the World Cup semifinals and following Pakistan and Australia winning their respective matches in the World Cup on Saturday, here is how the qualification scenario looks like for the other teams in the competition: Australia (10 points) With two more ties to go for the Kangaroos,…
New Delhi: As the Israel-Hamas conflict intensifies, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday described the situation as “very complex”, and conveyed to his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen India’s firm commitment to countering terrorism, observance of international humanitarian law and for a two-state solution to the Palestinian issue. After a phone conversation with Jaishankar, Cohen,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said people will “break all barriers” to support the BJP in the 2024 general elections and asserted that his government has broken many real, perceived and exaggerated barriers to lay the foundation for building a developed India. He also said dynastic rule and nepotism were the “real barrier”…
