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President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Robert F Kennedy Jr, an environmental advocate and vaccine sceptic, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Mr Kennedy, who dropped his independent presidential campaign in August and endorsed Trump, has expressed his commitment to prioritising the fight against chronic diseases. His stance on vaccines, however, sets […]

A bike rider was injured after a bull ran into the bike near Supertech Oxford Square, Sector 16-B in Greater West. A video of the incident, which has now gone viral, shows a biker riding in his lane at a decent speed. Suddenly, a black bull comes in front of the bike and hits it […]

Scientists have warned that the fight against malaria in Africa may have got tougher after a new study found that a lifesaving drug was becoming less effective among children with serious infections. The study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) stated that children had developed resistance to artemisinin – a key […]

Siemens could cut up to 5,000 jobs worldwide in its struggling factory automation business, Chief Executive Roland Busch said on Thursday. “Sometimes we have to do some re-engineering because the developments weren’t as positive as we expected them to be,” said Busch after Siemens reported a 46% plunge in profit at its flagship digital industries […]

The Consortium of National Law Universities is expected to relase the admit cards for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2025) today. As per a notice released earlier, the CLAT admit cards were scheduled to be released only after November 15, 2024. Once released, candidates will be able to access the admit cards on the […]

Wrestled turned Hollywood star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is facing flak from cinephiles after claiming that it was the Oscar-winning movie Oppenheimer that motivated him to shoot his upcoming movie, Red One, in IMAX and give it a major theatrical release. Speaking ahead of his movie’s release, The Rock reflected on Christopher Nolan’s directorial masterpiece, […]

Having garnered critical acclaim for his outstanding performance as Oswald “Oz” Cobb in the first season of The Penguin, Colin Farrell has recently explained Batman’s absence in the series that takes place a week after the events of the 2022 movie, starring Robert Pattinson as the titular Dark Knight. Speaking to Collider, Farrell explained that […]

Ahead of Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh’s ‘Dil-Luminati’ concert in Hyderabad on Friday, the Telangana government has served him a legal notice, directing him not to sing any songs promoting alcohol, drugs, and violence. The notice was issued after a complaint was filed by a Chandigarh-based professor, Panditrao Dharenavar, against Dosanjh to prevent him from singing […]

Delhi continues to be wrapped in a blanket of smog, with the air quality in the “severe” category for the third consecutive day. With AQI 498, Delhi is the world’s second most polluted city, after Pakistan’s Lahore with AQI 770 recorded at 7 am. IQAir, a Swiss company, ranks major cities based on Particulate Matter […]

It was well past midnight on November 5, 2024, the election day in the United States. The results were still coming, but a jubilant Republican crowd in Florida was certain of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. They gave him and his entire entourage a hero’s welcome. Among those on stage were his wife, […]

A man in the US state of Chicago received the surprise of a lifetime when he learned that the local bakery he frequented near his home was owned by his birth mother who put him up for adoption nearly five decades ago. Vamarr Hunter, 50, of South Shore discovered that he was adopted at 35 […]

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has dismissed reports that suggested a 15 per cent syllabus reduction for board exams in 2025 for Classes 10 and 12. Noting that “no such policy decision” has been taken, the board said, it has not issued any such notice or made any changes to the evaluation system […]