Month: May 2026

Doctors express concern over rising childhood myopia

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(from right to left) Vaishnavi J, Head, paediatric ophthalmology and myopia clinic, Rajan Eye Care Hospital; Mohan Rajan, Chairman & Medical Director; Sujatha Mohan, Executive Medical Director, Rajan Eye Care Hospital Pvt, Ltd; Rema Chandramohan, Deputy CEO, Centre of Excellence for Autism, Chennai, and former Director, Institute of Child Health, Chennai; Pravin Tellakula, President, Rotary…

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PM’s silence on CBSE OSM controversy shows he cares more about his govt’s survival than students’ future: Rahul Gandhi

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PM’s silence on CBSE OSM controversy shows he cares more about his govt’s survival than students’ future: Rahul Gandhi

The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi. File | Photo Credit: ANI New Delhi The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday (May 29, 2026) questioned how Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), one of India’s largest IT services companies, lost the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE)…

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DDMA to prepare data-based action plan to prevent drowning incidents in Ernakulam

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DDMA to prepare data-based action plan to prevent drowning incidents in Ernakulam

The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has initiated steps to prepare a data-based action plan to prevent drowning accidents in the district in the wake of repeated incidents reported from different parts of Ernakulam. The ongoing efforts assume added significance as the district has witnessed a series of drowning incidents recently, the latest being the…

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Athletes hit hard as sports medicine institute remains shut

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Athletes hit hard as sports medicine institute remains shut

The State’s first Institute of Sports Medicine at Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, has remained closed for over a year. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh Athletes and sports students seeking specialised treatment for injuries are in a predicament as the State’s first Institute of Sports Medicine at Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Kozhikode, has remained…

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New complaint from reinstated employee adds to AMMA row

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A woman employee of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) on Friday (May 29, 2026) said she has filed a fresh complaint against three office-bearers of the film forum, alleging workplace harassment, conspiracy, and character assassination. Athulya P., a resident of Aluva, said she filed the complaint against AMMA general secretary Cuckoo Parameswaran, treasurer…

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Another compound collapse in the city kills 52-year-old man

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In a tragic turn of events, a 52-year-old man died after a compound wall collapsed on him following heavy rain in west Bengaluru’s Vijayanagar on Friday, police said. The deceased has been identified as Shivaboraiah, a resident of Attiguppe, who made a living by driving an autorickshaw. A preliminary probe revealed that Shivaboraiah had brought…

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Kerala’s Pariyathukavu residents hope government intervention will put an end to eviction threat

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On a cloudy evening early in the third week of May, a police officer from the Special Branch of the Ernakulam police reached out to some residents of Pariyathukavu, a Dalit settlement close to Malayidamthuruth, around 10 km from Perumbavoor. He had an unpleasant message to deliver. “We need to implement the court order without…

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CCMB scientists identify rare gene behind Indian girl’s red hair

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CCMB scientists identify rare gene behind Indian girl’s red hair

Indians typically have black hair, with grey appearing as a natural part of ageing. But red hair? The colour more commonly associated with Europeans has now been identified in a rare case in India, intriguing scientists at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad. Their study was prompted by a striking case…

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Centre should adhere to Constitutional spirit in the appointment of nominated legislators, urges former MP

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Former MP and president of Puducherry Maanila Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam M. Ramadass urged the Union Government to stick to the Constitutional spirit in the appointment of three nominated legislators to Puducherry Assembly. In a statement, he said the Union Territories Act, 1963 allows the Centre to nominate three members to the Assembly. The Lok Sabha…

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YSRCP seeks CBI probe into DSC ‘irregularities’, demands Lokesh’s dismissal

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YSRCP seeks CBI probe into DSC ‘irregularities’, demands Lokesh’s dismissal

YSRCP leaders and activists stage a protest near the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar statue at Daba Gardens in Visakhapatnam on Friday. | Photo Credit: V RAJU The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Friday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the District Selection Committee (DSC) recruitment process and sought the…

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