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By Howard Levitt and Peter Carey

Kerala in a month. As per media reports, mumps cases have been reported in the Delhi-NCR region. Apart from this, the report added that some cases of mumps were also reported in Maharashtra and Telangana.

Wildfires are already burning in parts of Western Canada and with warnings of a particularly active season yet again this year, the country’s largest property and casualty insurer is testing a pilot project to help eligible Canadians protect their homes.

Proposed legislation in New York could make the state in the nation the first to block gun makers from selling pistols if they don’t take measures to prevent them from being able to be converted to fire like machine guns. The bill is set to be introduced Tuesday. It was drafted in response to the growing use of the attachments, called “pistol converters" or “Glock switches," that are placed on popular semiautomatic pistols such as those made by Glock, said the bill’s sponsor, state Sen.

₹36 crore in Ranchi, Jharkhand, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Sanjiv Lal, personal secretary to state rural development minister Alamgir Alam, and Lal's maid Jahangir Alam. They were presented before the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court, which remanded them to six days of ED custody. Also Read: ED arrests Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam's secretary On Monday, the ED raided the premises of both Sanjiv Lal and his domestic help Alamgir Alam in premises in Jharkhand's Ranchi.

Hallmarking of gold jewellery became mandatory on June 16, 2021. The government then revised hallmarking signs on July 1, 2021. Further, on April 1, 2023, it said jewellers cannot sell any gold jewellery unless it has a 6-digit Hallmark Unique Identification or HUID number. Hallmarking of gold jewellery in India is done by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The certification from the BIS confirms that the gold is of a particular purity. Hallmarking of gold ensures buyers get a proportionate content of gold in a jewellery and also saves them from unscrupulous sellers. It also acts as certification of purity of gold in a piece of jewellery. As the purity of gold is certified by the BIS, one is likely to get the appropriate rate when selling the piece of gold jewellery anywhere in the country.

After years of persistent shortages, Canadians can now access Wegovy, an on-label weight loss medication, made by the same manufacturers of Ozempic.

state-owned banks, non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and infrastructure firms plunged as much as 10% on Monday following the Reserve Bank of India's tougher draft guidelines on the financing and accounting of project loans. The proposed stricter lending criteria, with additional provisioning, are aimed at preventing accounting shocks but could potentially hurt balance sheets of these entities and exert pressure on their valuation multiples, analysts and economists said.

Israel called on Palestinians to leave eastern Rafah Monday ahead of a ground invasion of the southern Gaza city, amid increasing global alarm about the consequences of such a move. The evacuation call followed disagreement between Israel and Hamas over the Palestinian militant group's demands to end the seven-month war, during weekend negotiations in Cairo.

Indian telecom firms too want fair share of revenues from internet companies “The new law covers much more than what the earlier laws used to cover. Some licences that have been given in the last six to seven years will remain active as per rules of the older Acts. It has to be ensured that they continue and the new laws don’t create any conflict, that itself will take a lot of time.

Doctors are rallying around an audacious goal: eliminating a cancer for the first time. Cervical cancer rates in the U.S. have dropped by more than half since the 1970s.

NEW DELHI : The popularity of Indian gherkins – pickled baby cucumbers – is growing across Europe, the US, South Korea and Brazil. In Europe, imports have surged in Germany, Spain, the UK, Netherlands, France, Italy and Greece. Exports surged 10% to $218.76 million in 2022-23 from $199.38 million in 2021-22.

A spoon of ghee/butter in coffee is good for health:This is a topic of debate in the health and wellness world, says Shalini Garwin Bliss, executive dietician at Manipal Hospital in Gurugram. She notes that proponents of this argue that the healthy fats in ghee or butter can provide a slow-release source of energy and promote satiety. However, Chandni Haldurai, the head nutritionist at Cult Fit, warns against doing this, no matter how delicious it sounds.

Omicron's JN.1 lineage, is rapidly replacing the previous variant, Eris, in the US, the UK, New Zealand, and South Korea, according to experts. Variants KP.2 and KP 1.1, considered more infectious than previous Omicron variants, are causing concern. However, experts believe the symptoms remain the same. KP.2 has taken over the JN.1 variant in the US. Health authorities note that even though the cases of hospitalization are low, the number of infections is expected to rise as temperatures rise across the country. What is New Covid-19 Variant FLiRT?

marathon season brings a time of excitement and challenge for people of all levels.Marathon season offers a range of distances to run, from the quick sprint of a 5K to the ultimate endurance challenge of an ultramarathon. And the key to any race is consistency and careful planning, experts say.“Usually springtime is when people are starting to get outside and start running as it’s nice to be out in the fresh air,” said Lydia Di Francesco, a wellness specialist based in Ottawa.

NEET exam centre in Rajasthan on Sunday led to some candidates walking out with the papers, the National Testing Agency (NTA) said, claiming the integrity of the examination process was not compromised. The exam was later reconducted for the 120 affected candidates at the centre, said Sadhna Parashar, Senior Director, NTA. According to NTA sources, some candidates were distributed question papers in languages other than their choice of medium which prompted them to walk out of the centre. «During NEET-UG examination, it came to attention that at one exam centre, Girls Higher Secondary Model School, Mantown, Sawai Madhopur, there was an incident of incorrect distribution of question papers by the centre superintendent. Despite efforts by invigilators to prevent it, some candidates left the exam centre with the question papers,» Parashar said.

A federal report says safety lapses at the Oregon State Hospital contributed to recent patient-on-patient assaults

Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar stoked controversy by claiming that former ATS chief Hemant Karkare was «not killed by terrorists during the 26/11 attack but by a police official close to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh», Shiv Sena leader Milind Deora said that such remarks made by Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly are shameful and the opposition party is busy giving «clean chit to the Pakistan». «It is a very shameful statement. During the 26/11 attack. I saw the pain, suffering and terror that the people of South Mumbai, Maharashtra and India had to witness. Why are they trying to appease Pakistan and blame one community? As an Indian, a responsible leader from an Opposition party is making this statement for the second time from the same party and giving a clean chit to Pakistan,» Milind Deora told ANI. After the outrage, Vijay Wadettiwar issued a clarification, saying that these are not his words and it has been mentioned in the book authored by SM Mushrif, a former Inspector General of Police, Maharashtra.

NEW DELHI : The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday said it has seized cryptocurrency worth more than ₹130 crore and arrested a Uttarakhand-based man as part of a drugs trafficking-linked money laundering probe initiated on the request of US authorities. Parvinder Singh was taken into custody on April 27 from Haldwani in the state's Nainital district following a search of his premises. In a statement, the central probe agency said that the accused agreed to "surrender" the proceeds earned through the sale of illegal drugs through the dark web.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) and Indian National Centre for Ocean Information (INCOIS), the sea will witness a “swell of surge waves" from 11.30 am on Saturday to 11.30 pm on Sunday, the civic body said. During this time, the height of the waves will rise by 0.5 to 1.5 metres, it said.

Hamas has officially announced its intention to dispatch a delegation to Cairo in a bid to advance mediated negotiations. Leading the delegation will be Khalil al-Hayya, a prominent figure within the group, Al Jazeera reported. The statement released by Hamas reiterated the organisation's positive stance towards the proposed negotiations.