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In this episode of Health Wrap, senior health journalists Ramya Kannan and Zubeda Hamid discuss the week’s important developments in public health. This episode looks at the rollout of Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination across States in India to prevent cervical cancer, which continues to claim thousands of lives each year. Source link
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on the sidelines of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting in Asheville. Photo credit: @FinMinIndia X/ANI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met her Russian counterpart Anton Siluanov and discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation and establishing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Development Bank. The…
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On Tuesday (September 1, 2026) morning, the medical camp at Gollaguppa village in Yetapaka mandal of Polavaram district looked like any routine camp held across the agency areas of the undivided districts of Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam, and East and West Godavari. But a pall of gloom descended on the camp by afternoon following the death of…
Former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain. (Videograb) | Photo Credit: ANI The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (September 2, 2026) sought response of police on a plea by former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain challenging his conviction and life sentence for the murder of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma during the February 2020 riots. Justice Prathiba M….
M. Veerankutty. File | Photo Credit: S. RAMESHKURUP Senior Congress leader, former Kozhikode District Congress Committee (DCC) president, and the first chairperson of the Kerala State Minorities Commission, M. Veerankutty, 86, passed away on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) midnight. A native of Edavannappara in Malappuram district, Mr. Veerankutty began his political life as a socialist…
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A cashier holds Indian currency notes at a fuel station in Ahmedabad, India, May 20, 2026. REUTERS/Amit Dave | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee traded in a narrow range and fell 2 paise to 94.97 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Wednesday (September 2, 2026), amid renewed U.S.-Iran tensions, higher oil prices and…
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The fifth Indian aircraft carrying relief aid and rescue personnel to Nepal, on September 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar India has sent its fifth tranche of aid to flood-hit Nepal, including a 11-member rescue team and over five tonnes of essential medicine, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said on Wednesday (September 2, 2026). “The fifth…
Polavaram District Collector K. Dinesh Kumar with children under treatment at the Bhadrachalam Area Hospital on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Twenty-three Koya children below the age of ten, who fell ill hours after they were given chloroquine tablets at a medical camp, were moved from the Lakshmipuram Primary Health Centre to the Bhadrachalam…
The service weapons stolen from service from the 20 Madras Regiment premises in Bollarum, Secunderabad Cantonment, includes four AK-203 assault rifles. The image is used for representative purposes only. Malkajgiri Police have reportedly ruled out the involvement of Agniveers in the theft of service weapons and ammunition from the 20 Madras Regiment premises in Bollarum,…
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In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming’s harms. So now the world must figure out how to get temperatures below the danger zone and back to safety, officials say. Earth is soon…