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10 facts you should know about HPV
New Delhi, Jan 22 Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer of women in India, despite being largely preventable. India accounts for the highest number of cervical cancer cases as every year approximately 1.25 lakh women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, and over 75 thousand die from the disease ...A look at the first Indian model in history to open the Versace runway
New Delhi, Jan 17 The first Indian model in history to open the Versace runway, beating out the likes of Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski, Avanti Nagrath makes her Vogue India cover debut with its Jan/Feb 2023 issue. Divya Bala meets the girl of the moment blazing a trail through ...Bridge collapses in Bihar’s Darbhanga as overloaded truck passes
Patna, Jan 16 An iron bridge in Bihar's Darbhanga district collapsed on Monday due to an overloaded truck, officials said. The incident occurred at Sabohar Ghat under Kusheshwar Asthan block in Darbhanga. The bridge, over the Kamla Balan river, connected Darbhanga with Madhubani, Saharsa, and Samastipur districts. With the sand-laden ...Air India ‘pee gate’: ‘Unzipping wasn’t for sexual desire’, accused tells court
New Delhi, Jan 11 Shankar Mishra, who is accused of urinating on an elderly female co-passenger in a drunken state on a New York-New Delhi Air India flight in November last year, told a Delhi court on Wednesday through his lawyer that 'unzipping' his pants was not for the purpose ...PM Modi performs the last rites of his mother, Heeraben, in Gandhinagar.
Gandhinagar, Dec 30 The last rites of Heeraben Modi, mother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were performed at a crematorium in Gandhinagar on Friday morning. Heeraben passed away at the U.N. Mehta hospital in Ahmedabad, where she was admitted on Wednesday for some heart-related problems. Narendra Modi and his elder ...Indian-origin pharmacist jailed in UK for drug offences
London, Dec 30 An Indian-origin pharmacist in the UK has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for supplying 'under the counter drugs' leading to the death of a woman in 2020. Dushyant Patel, 67, a London pharmacist with more than 40 years of experience, had supplied class C drugs ...Mathura court orders survey of Shahi Idgah from Jan 2
Mathura (UP), Dec 24 A Mathura district court on Saturday ordered the survey of the Shahi Idgah mosque, which is said to be built on the birthplace of Lord Krishna, by the Archaeological Survey of India from January 2. The court passed the order on a lawsuit filed by Vishnu ...After 2 years, random Covid tests on international fliers start at Mumbai, Nagpur airports.
Mumbai/Nagpur, Dec 24 After over two years, free random Covid-19 tests for incoming passengers have been launched again at the Mumbai and Nagpur international airports from Saturday, officials said here. At the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport, two per cent of all international arrivals ...Mumbai police arrests man who issued rape, death threats to Uorfi Javed
Mumbai, Dec 22 Social media influencer Uorfi Javed, who is currently in Dubai, was recently threatened by a person online as he issued death and rape threats to the social media personality. Uorfi is known for her off-beat sartorial choices that often don't sit well with the hardliners. According to ...Rape victim attacked in Rajkot threatened to withdraw the complaint
Rajkot, Dec 17 A day after a 37-year-old rape victim was allegedly attacked with a knife in Rajkot, the police on Saturday asked her to lodge a complaint against the three miscreants after the CCTV footage of the incident was circulated on social media. According to the victim, her husband ...