New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI) A study that tracked people for 10 years in Japan has found that those who quit alcohol had higher levels of LDL or bad cholesterol and lower levels of HDL or good cholesterol, compared to those who continued drinking. Experts, however, sounded caution regarding the studys methodology. Researchers from Japan, including those from the Institute of Science Tokyo, and the US Harvard Medical School, looked at over 3.2 lakh yearly health check-ups to a centre for preventive me

New Delhi, Mar 6 (PTI) More than 2.5 crore people in the world could be living with Parkinsons disease by 2050, largely driven by an ageing population, according to a study. Researchers, including those from the Capital Medical University, China, said the projected numbers are a 112 per cent increase from cases in 2021. Further, cases of the neurological disorder from South Asia are predicted to be the second highest at 68 lakh, following East Asia (over 1 crore), the findings, published in The

42 million people in India have thyroid disorders and hypothyroidism is the most common of thyroid disorders in India, affecting one in ten adults. In hypothyroidism, your thyroid gland doesnt produce enough of certain important hormones. Think of thyroid as the furnace of the body you need it to break down food, maintain metabolism. What happens when the furnace cant function properly? Obesity, joint pain, infertility and heart disease. But these develop later as in the early stages there are

New Delhi, Feb 11 (PTI) Five hundred crore people, which is nearly two-thirds of the worlds population, lack access to medical oxygen, with the highest inequities in low-and middle-income countries, estimated a new Lancet Commission report. Medical oxygen is essential in a healthcare system for treating patients, including those with surgery, asthma, trauma and maternal and child care. It is also critical to a countrys pandemic preparedness by helping prevent a repeat of the COVID-19 oxygen shor

Imphal, Feb 9 (PTI) Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday tendered his resignation to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at the Raj Bhavan in Imphal, officials said. In a letter to the governor, Singh said, It has been an honour to serve the people of Manipur thus far. I am extremely grateful to the central government for time actions, interventions, developmental work, and implementation of various projects for safeguarding the interests of every single Manipuri. My sincere request to the Cent

New Delhi: The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a hike in tax rebate under Section 87A for resident individuals having net taxable income up to Rs 12 lakh will pay zero tax For Financial Year 2025-26 (Assessment year 2026-27) under the new tax regime. The Current resident individual taxpayer allowed zero tax on income up to Rs 7 lakh in the new tax regime under the Section 87A of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Salaried people having standard deduction benefit of Rs 75,000 under the n

PRAYAGRAJ, India, January 29, 2025 (AP) Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede early Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take ritual baths in sacred rivers at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in northern India. Several pilgrims were injured, some seriously, in the stampede between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. as they tried to jump barricades erected for the movement of religious saints, Uttar Pradesh states top elected official, Yogi Adityanath, said in a televis

Srinagar, Jan 26 (PTI) National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said peoples aspirations should be respected and statehood restored to Jammu and Kashmir. The former chief minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state attended a Republic Day function in Srinagar. It is an auspicious day India is a republic. We hope that the Constitution will be protected and the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir respected Statehood should be restored, Abdullah told reporters at Baks

Jaipur, Jan 14 (PTI) Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday said instead of a discussion on inflation and unemployment, the Delhi assembly poll campaigns has remained limited to allegations and counter-allegations between the AAP and BJP. The Congress, however, has focussed on giving a roadmap to the people and has launched new guarantees if elected to power, the former Rajasthan deputy chief minister said. BJP and Aam Aadmi Party are making allegations against each other. BJP is alleging that

New Delhi, Dec 24 (PTI) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the people are struggling with rising prices and are forced to compromise on small things of daily needs while the government is sleeping like Kumbhakaran. Gandhi shared a video on his social media handles on his recent visit to a vegetable market in Giri Nagar here and interaction with housewives who narrated their ordeal due to rising prices of food items. A few days ago, I went to a local vegetable