Houston: An Indian-origin laboratory owner from the US state of Georgia was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his involvement in a USD 463 million genetic testing scam spanning over three years to defraud Medicare. Minal Patel, who owned LabSolutions LLC, was sentenced on Friday to 27 years in prison for his role in…
Mumbai: Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata was on Saturday conferred the first ever ‘Udyog Ratna’ award instituted by the Maharashtra government. The award was presented to the 85-year-old chairman emeritus of Tata Sons by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar at the industrialist’s home in Colaba, south Mumbai. The honour comprised…
Lahore: Imran Khan’s life is still in danger and he can be poisoned in Attock jail, his wife Bushra Bibi has said as she demanded better prison facilities for the incarcerated former Pakistan prime minister. In her letter to the Punjab home secretary on Saturday, the 49-year-old wife of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman wrote that…
Imphal: More than 200 Meiteis who had crossed over to neighbouring Myanmar to escape the ethnic violence in Manipur have safely returned to the state after more than three months, Chief Minister N Biren Singh said, while lauding the role of the Army in bringing them back. More than 160 people have been killed and several…
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday referred the three proposed laws that will replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act to the Standing Committee on Home Affairs for examination and asked it to submit its report within three months. The bills — the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the…
The Supreme Court’s refusal to stay the uploading of data collected in the recently-concluded Bihar caste-based survey by the Nitish Kumar government is welcome. Those who are opposing it argue that it violates the fundamental right to privacy, by compelling people to reveal their caste, which indeed sounds stupid and also ridiculous. The reason is…
New Delhi: The total number of Jan Dhan accounts in the country has crossed 50 crore-mark, with 56 per cent of the accounts belonging to women, the finance ministry said on Friday. About 67 per cent of these accounts have been opened in rural and semi-urban areas, it said in a statement. The total deposits in…
Mumbai: India’s foreign exchange reserves jumped USD 708 million to USD 602.161 billion for the week ended August 11, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday. This is the first increase in the kitty after declining for three consecutive weeks. In the previous reporting week, the overall reserves had declined USD 2.417 billion to…
Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged the G20 nations to facilitate “equitable availability” of technology and “open innovations” for public good. Addressing the G20 Health Ministers’ meet in Gujarat capital Gandhinagar via video link, he also said the global community must be ready to prevent and respond to the next health emergency. India…
Bengaluru: India received a boost ahead of the Asia Cup and the ODI World Cup as KL Rahul on Friday underlined his readiness to return to international cricket while batting and wicketkeeping for an extended period during the match simulation at the NCA. In this scenario, Rahul will, in all probability, travel to Sri Lanka for…
