The incidence of the Hepatitis-B virus is higher among the tribals, specially the Jarawas of the Andaman Islands and the Chakmas in Arunachal Pradesh, experts said. "Hepatitis-B is still an important cause of chronic liver disease. The ...
V. Muraleedharan was made the State Minister with the External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs portfolios on Friday. The only MP from Kerala to be inducted in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government, Muraleedharan said thanked the Prime Minister for giving him two ...
A day after being sworn in as Cabinet Minister, Piyush Goyal on Friday took charge as the Railway Minister for a second time and said that he will do more to improve passenger comfort and freight transportation. "I want to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving me the charge of the ...
Tension gripped Singhaul area in Bihar's Begusarai district on Friday after a BJP leader was shot dead by unidentified men, police said. "Gopal Singh, 42, was the President of Amraur panchayat's BJP unit. He was sleeping outside his house on Thursday night, when he was attacked with iron ...
A replica of the Rafale fighter aircraft has been put up outside the official residence of Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, which is attracting huge attention. The replica has come up right across from the Congress headquarters at 24, Akbar Road. ...
The Mumbai Court on Friday sent to judicial custody three women doctors - arrested for abetting the suicide of medico Payal Tadvi - till June 10. The three - Bhakti Meher, Hema Ahuja and Ankita Khandelwal - were produced before the court after their three-day police remand ended, said lawyer Nitin ...
West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh on Friday assured MPs of the saffron party elected from the state that not just two, but more will be inducted in the list of ministers of the central government in future. "Two MPs have been inducted (in the list of ministers) and many others would ...
Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Nitish Kumar's decision to opt out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new government has initiated a fresh debate about the changing political possibilities in Bihar. But this is not the first time the Bihar Chief Minister is seen standing against the popular verdict....
After being the second woman Defence Minister, the first being Indira Gandhi, Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday became the second woman to head the Finance Ministry, after the former Prime Minister. Sitharaman was among the three women who became part of the Union Cabinet in the ...
The top four slots in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Team 2.0 have new faces rejigging key portfolios, with Amit Shah, who crafted a Modi wave in the elections, getting charge of the Home Ministry and effectively becoming the number 2 in the cabinet. ...
