India

A research team at Tel Aviv University (TAU) has developed a genetic screen to identify genes that shield us from infection. 

Keshoraipatan Station House Officer Abhishek Pareek said that the bodies of Sultan Gujjar and the woman, both aged 35, were found in the morning outside their native village of Tirath.

The girl hanged herself on Saturday in the bathroom of a hotel room where she was staying after appearing before members of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.

Manmohan Singh said that Modi government’s policies are resulting in massive job-less growth and more than 3.5 lakh jobs have been lost in the automobile sector alone.

Six more people in Lucknow tested positive for dengue on Friday, the highest in a day since the onset of monsoon this year.

Mukadam said that Asian patients were disadvantaged as they had to wait a prolonged period, or even die, due to unavailability of matched or suitable donor organs.

Hartalika Teej Vrat is observed during the shukla paksha tritiya or the third day of the waxing moon of the Bhadrapada month.

While complimenting PV Sindhu for following a strict diet and rigorous practice regimen to achieve her goals, Naidu said that the ‘Fit India’ call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi should become a national movement.

DGCA probe found that Atul Yadav, who was first officer on Surat-Mumbai flight on July 5, told the PIC that their plane was cleared by ATC to cross runway 14. However, the clearance was given to the IndiGo plane that was ahead of his plane.

Following the swearing-in of the BMC chairperson and MMiCs, BMC mayor Krishna Chakraborty said that the drones will be used in dengue-prone areas like Duttabad and Saradapalli.

The final NRC list, which will identify bonafid citizens of Assam, is set to be published on August 31. The exercise of updating the NRC is being conducted under the supervision of the Supreme Court.

Even NRIs, who have income that exceeds Rs. 2.5 lakh (for FY 2018-19) which is earned or accrued in India, are required to file an income tax return in India.

The state police have been deployed, along with the central paramilitary forces, and all measures are in place to ensure peace and harmony in the state, said a senior police official.

Bihar Food Safety Commissioner said that a total of 12 companies in the state have been totally barred from production, storage, transportation, exhibition and sale of 'pan masala' either in packed or loose form till next year.

The villagers mistook the Delhi Police personnel as "child lifters" and surrounded their vehicles, the police said.

While Chikungunya is not fatal, it can be debilitating as it can cause arthritis-like symptoms or pain in the joints with swelling and sometimes the symptoms could last for an entire year.