A top doctor has warned about seven facial signs that could signal blood sugar woes. Taking to YouTube, Dr Eric Berg, DC, told his 12.6 million followers to watch out for these indicators. The keto and fasting expert, who is the author of the bestselling book The Healthy Keto Plan, insists your face might just be the map to your internal health. Looking at a persons face can give you so many clues about whats going on inside, he explained at the start of the clip. Dr Berg then reflected on his t

NEW DELHI, Oct 24 (Reuters) Agriculture is the most problematic area in talks to secure a free trade deal between India and the European Union, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Thursday, suggesting that it would be better to focus on the industrial sector first. Habeck is in India for a regional business conference and is part of a high-level delegation that aims to build better trade and business relations between two of the worlds biggest economies. Agriculture is a problematic a

SRINAGAR, India, October 16, 2024 (AP) Leaders of the biggest political party of Kashmir were sworn into office Wednesday to run a largely powerless government after the first local election since India stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago. National Conference leader Omar Abdullah will be the regions chief minister after his party won the most seats in the three-phased election. It has support from Indias main opposition Congress party, although Congress decided not

New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): In a thinly veiled attack at the BJP-led Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that government formation without statehood felt incomplete today. The reaction of the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha came hours after attending the oath taking ceremony of Omar Abdullah in Srinagar. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Saxena administered the oath of office to Omar Abdullah and his council of ministers at the Sher-i-Kashmir Inter

NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (Reuters) Indias retail inflation in September accelerated to its highest in nine months, due to higher food prices, according to government data released on Monday. Annual retail inflation, opens new tab was at 5.49% in September, higher than 3.65% in August, and economists forecast of 5.04%. The print was the highest since December 2023, when retail inflation was at 5.69%. The Reserve Bank of India sees inflation easing after a few months of higher readings and expects it to

Kalaburagi (Karnataka), Oct 13 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said the assassination of Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddique shows the poor law and order situation prevailing in Maharashtra. The people will teach a lesson to the ruling coalition government in the state in the upcoming election, he said. NCP leader and former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddique was shot by three men in Mumbai on Saturday, following which two of the assailants were arrested. It is

NEW DELHI, Oct 10 (Reuters) Indias main opposition Congress party has complained to the election panel about concerns regarding the counting of votes in state elections in Haryana won by Prime Minister Narendra Modis Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), it said. The partial rejection of the outcome, opens new tab, which gave the BJP 48 state constituencies against 37 for the Congress, was unusual in the worlds most populous democracy, where the credibility of elections has rarely been questioned in re

New Delhi, Oct 10, 2024: The Congress on Wednesday demanded a thorough probe into discrepancies found in some electronic voting machines (EVMs) during the counting of votes of the Haryana Assembly polls and demanded that such EVMs should be sealed and secured pending the inquiry. A delegation of top Congress leaders comprising former CMs Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ashok Gehlot and AICC leaders KC Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, Ajay Maken and Pawan Khera, besides Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan, met w

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Mumbai, Oct 10 (Reuters) Ratan Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who put a staid and sprawling Indian conglomerate on the global stage with a string of high-profile acquisitions, has died, the Tata Group said in a statement late on Wednesday. He was 86. Tata, who ran the conglomerate for more than 20 years as chairman, had been undergoing intensive care in a Mumbai hospital, two sources with direct knowledge of his medical situation told Reuters earlier on Wednesday. It is with a profound se

SRINAGAR, India, October 8, 2024 (AP) Kashmirs biggest political party opposed to Indias stripping of the regions semi-autonomy won the most seats in a local election, official data showed Tuesday, in a vote seen as a referendum against the move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi s government five years ago. National Conference, or NC, won 42 seats, mainly from the Kashmir Valley, the heartland of the anti-India rebellion, according to the data. Modis Bharatiya Janata Party secured 29 seats, all f

Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], October 7 (ANI): The counting of votes for the Haryana Assembly General Elections 2024 will begin at 8 AM on Tuesday, according to Chief Electoral Officer Pankaj Agarwal. Agarwal announced that 93 counting centres have been set up across the states 22 districts for the 90 assembly constituencies. Badshahpur, Gurugram, and Pataudi will each have two counting centres, while the remaining 87 constituencies will each have one, the Election Commission of India said in a

Jammu, Oct 7 (PTI) On the eve of the counting of votes for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, top leaders of the Congress-NC alliance, the BJP and the PDP have expressed confidence in forming the next government in the Union Territory. While the Congress and the National Conference, who formed a pre-poll alliance, claimed they would cross the magical figure of 46 in the 90-member House on their own, the BJP was relying on independent candidates and the PDP said no secular government was possi

DHAKA, Oct 6 (Reuters) At least five people have died and more than 100,000 remain stranded as devastating floods, triggered by heavy rains and upstream torrents, continue to ravage northern Bangladesh, officials said on Sunday. In Sherpur, one of the hardest-hit northern districts, the water levels of major rivers have surged, submerging new areas and displacing thousands of families. Local authorities fear widespread damage to agriculture, with crops and farmlands, particularly rice fields, f

New Delhi, Oct 6 (PTI) Supporters of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who were detained on September 30 at the Delhi border, said on Sunday the detention was a huge disappointment for them and alleged that they were treated like terrorists upon reaching the national capital. Led by Wangchuk, around 150 padyatris from Ladakh started a Delhi Chalo Padyatra from Leh on September 1, and were detained upon reaching Delhi on the night of September 30 for violating prohibitory orders and were taken to

Kolkata, Oct 6 Academics and Bengali identity advocacy groups have hailed the decision of the Centre to accord classical language status to Bengali language expressing hope that it will facilitate in greater use of the language in official communication and examinations. Eminent indologist and linguist Nrisingo Prasad Bhaduri said he hoped that after the honour, at all India level, there will be greater use of the language in competitive examinations, more use of synonyms of familiar English ter

New Delhi, Oct 3, 2024: Railway employees will receive a bonus equivalent to their 78 days salaries ahead of festive season, a move that will benefit more than 11,72,240 non-gazetted staff of the national transporter, the government announced on Thursday. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB), equivalent to 78 days wages, for the financial year 2023-24 for all eligible non-gazetted railway employees, Union Minister Ashwini Vais

New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI): In a setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party days before the Haryana Assembly polls, former Lok Sabha MP Ashok Tanwar joined the Congress on Thursday. Tanwar, who joined the BJP before the Lok Sabha elections 2024, joined the Congress in the presence of Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi at Mahendargarh. Ashok Tanwar was the Congress MP from Sirsa after he won in the 2009 general elections. He was appointed as Haryana Congress Chief from 2014 to 2019,

Mumbai, Oct 3 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said his party has yet to get justice despite approaching courts, so it has decided to turn to people, referring to their petitions demanding disqualification of rebel Shiv Sena MLAs. Thackeray also launched his partys theme song mashaal geet, ahead of the Maharashtra assembly polls, on the first day of Navaratra. In the song, an appeal is made to Jagadamba (Goddess Durga) to give mashaal (flaming torch which is also the part

Faridabad (Haryana) [India], October 3 (ANI): AAP candidate from Haryanas Nilokheri Assembly constituency, Amar Singh, and others on Wednesday joined Congress in the presence of Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa. Speaking to reporters Punjab Leader of the Opposition and Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa expressed gratitude to Amar Singh and his supporters for supporting the Congress candidate in the Nilokheri Assembly constituency. The BJP will get a huge benefit if the votes get divided in Ha

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Oct 2 (Reuters): Hezbollah said its fighters were engaging Israeli forces inside Lebanon on Wednesday, reporting ground clashes for the first time since Israel began pushing into its northern neighbour in a campaign to hammer the Iran-backed armed group. The Israeli military said regular infantry and armoured units were joining its ground operations in Lebanon, a day after Israel was attacked by Iran in a strike that raised fears the oil-producing Middle East could be engulfed

NEW DELHI, Oct 1 (Reuters): Junior doctors in Indias West Bengal state resumed their full strike on Tuesday, complaining that the countrys judiciary has not made adequate efforts to restore justice after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in August. Doctors from the West Bengal Junior Doctors Front, which represents about 7,000 physicians in the state, reinstated partial services last month, citing the flood situation in parts of the state. The rape and murder of the 31-year-old female doct

New Delhi, September 29: Doctors observed that India is now the chronic heart disease capital of the world.The most common causes of CHD are pollution, depression, increased screen time, high sugar intake and lack of exercise. Did you know that India has witnessed a staggering 12.5% increase in heart attack cases in 2022 alone? The latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in its study Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India paints a grim picture, indicating that 32,457 in

NEW DELHI, Sept 23 (Reuters) Thousands of Indian workers marched through several towns and cities including New Delhi, Lucknow and Kolkata on Monday to protest and demand the repeal of four labour codes which they say favour multinational corporations. The protesters waved banners and placards, chanting slogans against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they marched through industrial towns. The labour laws were introduced by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019, despite uni

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, September 23, 2024 (AP) Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lankas president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into economic crisis. Dissanayake, 55, who ran as head of the Marxist-leaning National Peoples Power coalition, defeated President Ranil Wickremesinghe, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and 35 other candidates in Saturdays election. The election came as the country seeks to re

NEW DELHI, Sept 23 (Reuters) India said on Monday that an mpox case involving a traveller in the southern state of Kerala was from the fast-spreading clade 1b variety, marking the countrys first recorded case from the new strain. Manisha Verma, a spokesperson for the health ministry, confirmed the strain after news agency ANI cited official sources as saying that the mpox case reported in Keralas Malappuram district last week belonged to clade 1. The patient is a 38-year-old man who had travell

Imphal, India, Sept 21 (Reuters): Indias northeastern state of Manipur has been placed on high alert after intelligence reports of a potential influx of 900 suspected Kuki militants from Myanmar, a senior security official said on Friday. An organisation that represents the Kuki community, however, denied the security officials allegations and called for his resignation. Kuldiep Singh, Manipurs security adviser, told reporters the information regarding the militants had been shared with various

MUMBAI, Aug 29 (Reuters) Indias monsoon rains are likely to be prolonged into late September this year due to the development of a low-pressure system in the middle of the month, two weather department officials told Reuters. Above-normal rainfall due to the delayed withdrawal of the monsoon could damage Indias summer-sown crops like rice, cotton, soybean, corn, and pulses, which are typically harvested from mid-September. The crop damage could lead to food inflation, but the rains may also res

New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday slammed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his will not let Miya Muslims take over the state remark, saying his comment was pure communal venom and silence was not the answer to such a statement. Asserting that he would take sides, Sarma on Tuesday said he would not let Miya Muslims take over Assam. Sarma was speaking in the assembly on the admissibility of adjournment motions moved by the opposition parties to discuss the

DHARAMSHALA, August 28, 2024 (AP) The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, returned to the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile in northern India on Wednesday after undergoing a knee replacement surgery in New York. Hundreds of followers in colorful, flowing robes, waving scarves and flowers, cheered the Dalai Lama at the airport and his residence. Several of them beat drums and performed traditional dances. Tibetan and Buddhist flags adorned poles and railings. The Dalai Lama,

OTTAWA, Aug 28 (Reuters) Canadian police have warned an aide to a Sikh leader who was assassinated in British Columbia last year, of an increased threat to his life, a prominent Sikh separatist said on Tuesday. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said police in the province of Ontario, working with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, had issued a so-called duty to warn notice to Inderjeet Singh Gosal this week. Gosal worked as an aide to Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was gunned down in Ju

Srinagar, Aug 27 (PTI) National Conference leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said the seat-sharing arrangement with the Congress was done with the aim of taking on the BJP as a consolidated front, and form a government which will try to address problems of the people. A day after the National Conference and the Congress agreed to contest 51 and 32 seats respectively for the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, NC president Farooq Abdullah said in a coalition, the constituents

New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to BRS leader K Kavitha in the excise policy irregularities cases being probed by the CBI and the ED. A bench of justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan directed to release K Kavitha immediately. The top court also imposed various conditions against Kavitha including not to tamper with evidence or influence witnesses in the matter. The top court directed her to furnish a bail bond of Rs 10 lakh each in both CBI and ED cas

New Delhi, August 27, 2024: Experts warn of an unusual symptom of high blood pressure that concerned patients may want to get checked out if they are experiencing it. Both the NHS and the British Heath Foundation (BHF) said nosebleeds is among a number of symptoms that could indicate high blood pressure. The charity also said blurred vision, shortness of breath, chest pain, dizziness and headaches can be a sign. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is known as a silent killer because

New Delhi, Aug 24 (PTI) The Delhi High Court has upheld the reinstatement of former additional director general of police of Chhattisgarh Gurjinder Pal Singh, who was compulsorily retired by authorities following FIRs against him for alleged corruption, extortion and sedition. A bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait dismissed a challenge by the Centre against the order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on a plea moved by the 1994-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, w

New Delhi, Aug 24: Union Cabinet on Saturday approved an assured 50 per cent of salary as pension for 23 lakh government employees who joined service under the National Pension System (NPS). The National Pension System is applicable for government employees joining the service after April 1, 2004. It was based on the premise of contribution rather than defined benefit applicable for employees prior to the NPS. Announcing Cabinet decisions, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw s

Chennai, Aug 24 (PTI) Amazon India on Saturday announced an up to 12 per cent reduction in selling fees across multiple product categories on the marketplace ahead of the festive season. The reductions in fees, which is effective from September 9, will enable sellers to expand their product portfolio on the platform besides providing a boost to growth, Amazon India said. With the changes, sellers on Amazon India will benefit from a drop in selling fees, ranging from 3-12 per cent, across various

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 24 (ANI): Aspirants arrived on Saturday at exam centres in Uttar Pradesh amid tight security for the police constable recruitment exam 2024 being held for over 60,000 vacancies. Candidates were seen standing in long queues outside the exam centres in Moradabad and Kanpur, where the exam is being held. The Uttar Pradesh Police Constable Recruitment Exam 2024 is being held on August 23, 24, 25, 30, and 31 at 67 exam centres across the state. It will be conduc

Chennai, Aug 23 (PTI) Women police in the state force will be entitled to one years maternity leave, and upon resuming work they will be posted at a place of their choice for a three-year period to nurture their children, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Friday. It may be recalled that after capturing power in 2021, the DMK government enhanced the period of maternity leave for its employees from nine months to one year. Women police will be given one-year maternity leave and after re

MUMBAI, Aug 23 (Reuters) Headline inflation impacts Indians directly and should be retained as the target for monetary policy rather than switching to core inflation, external members of the RBIs rate panel told Reuters. A suggestion was made in the governments official annual economic report last month to target inflation excluding volatile food prices, which are driven more by supply shortages. The idea has ignited a debate in India over the appropriate target for monetary policy. India adopt

Dhaka, Aug 23 (PTI) A top BNP leader here said Bangladeshis are not angry but hurt over deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasinas stay in India, even as he urged politicians and security strategists in New Delhi to rethink their policy given the ground reality here. In an exclusive interview with PTI at his residence in Dhaka, Abdul Moyeen Khan, a former Cabinet minister of Bangladesh, also said his country shares a border with India on three sides and it is a big neighbour, so there is no reason wh

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 23 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh Police Constable Recruitment Exam 2024 commenced on Friday amid tight security arrangements. The examination will be conducted over five days from August 23 to 31 across the state. The examination will be conducted in two shifts each day. Uttar Pradesh Police have made extensive security and support measures to ensure the smooth conduct of the police recruitment examination. DIG Moradabad Range, Muniraj G. said, There are a tota

New Delhi, Aug 22: Not getting enough sleep isnt just about feeling groggy experts warn that a shoddy sleep pattern can wreak havoc on your health, hit your daytime energy and mental sharpness and leave you in a foul mood. But fear not, theres a fruity fix for those desperate for some decent sleep. The sleep experts have dished out the lowdown on why munching on kiwi fruit might just be the ticket to a blissful nights rest, promising a brighter morning after. They revealed: Kiwi fruit has been

MUMBAI, Aug 22 (Reuters) Rising food prices have prevented Indias headline inflation from hitting the central banks 4% target, requiring the monetary policy committee (MPC) to stick to its restrictive stance, minutes of the Reserve Bank of Indias August meeting showed. Persistent food inflation is imparting stickiness to headline inflation, Governor Shaktikanta Das said in the minutes released on Thursday. Durable alignment of inflation to the target of 4% is still some distance away. Indias re

New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) The Supreme Court passed a slew of directions on Thursday while hearing a suo-motu case related to the rape and killing of a post-graduate medic at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud perused a status report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and an affidavit submitted by the West Bengal government. Here are some of the directions given by the apex court in the matter: * SC directs t

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) More than 1,000 Congress (opposition party) supporters demonstrated in New Delhi, Mumbai and other state capitals on Thursday, demanding a probe into the market regulator chiefs alleged conflict of interest in investigating the Adani Group. The regulator is investigating allegations by U.S.-based short-seller Hindenburg Research, made in 2023, that the Adani Group used tax havens to sidestep local market regulations. In a report earlier this month, Hindenburg alleged

Pune, Aug 22 (PTI) NCP (SP) Chief Sharad Pawar has sided with the candidates agitating in Pune demanding postponement of the MPSC prelims exam, scheduled for August 25, warning that he would join the protest if the government doesnt clarify its stand. Many job-seekers, preparing for the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) preliminary exam, have been protesting since Tuesday night demanding a different date as it clashes with a banking exam on the same day. NCP (SP) legislator Rohit Pawa

CHICAGO, Aug 22 (Reuters) Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz led fellow Democrats in a political pep rally on Wednesday night, vowing that he and presidential running mate Kamala Harris would triumph over Republican Donald Trump in Novembers U.S. election. The Minnesota governor, who was little known in America 15 days ago, acknowledged he had never given such a big speech but said that as a former high school football coach, I have given a lot of pep talks. The crowd responded with chants of

New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) The Congress on Thursday suggested that the government can collect caste-wise data of the OBC population in the next Census by just adding an extra column as every such exercise since 1951 has been collecting data on the population of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. The opposition party said such a move will give more solid foundation to affirmative action programmes. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh shared on X a report in The Hind

HYDERABAD, Aug 22 (Reuters) Indias southern state of Andhra Pradesh wrapped up rescue efforts on Thursday at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant where an explosion the previous day killed 17 people and injured nearly 40, a senior state official said. The states worst such incident in recent years, Wednesdays blast took place at the 40-acre (16-hectare) unit of privately held Escientia Advanced Sciences in the Anakapalli district. Nearly 40 people were injured and rescue operations had been com