New Delhi: Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha said one out of eight men and one out of nine women in India have the possibility of developing cancer in their lifetime (0-74 years).
New Delhi: India’s popular actor Shah Rukh Khan was detained at the Los Angeles airport on Thursday evening for questioning by the US immigration department.
New Delhi: G Madhavan Nair, a noted rocket scientist, always stood on high moral grounds in the public. The nation chose to honour him with the second highest national civilian honour Padma Vibhushan in 2009.
He stood ground even after skeletons came tumbling out of his cupboard in the Antrix- Devas Space Deal scam. The nation was given a vague picture of his misdeeds and corruption when the Indian Government blacklisted him.
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will scale down the difficulty level of the Class 12 Maths question paper from next year, according to a circular.
New Delhi: An expert panel headed by B S Baswan has recommended reducing the upper age limit for candidates who take the civil service exams to IAS and IPS officers.
The panel has not recommended an immediate reduction. Instead, it has recommended reducing the upper age limit in a phased manner over several years.
New Delhi: Popular Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi was given a chance by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to have his moment of glory in the Rajya Sabha today.
Gopi presented the report of a Standing Committee of which he is a member.
‘Official’ Celebration of the Birthday of a Controversial ‘Public Servant’ Draws Criticism in Kerala
Kochi: Government officials are considered public servants and when such a ‘ servant’ sends out an official circular about his birthday to his subordinates in the state, it is likely to raise eye brows.
Tomin J Thachankary, a senior police officer and currently the Transport Commissioner of Kerala, is in the eye of a storm for issuing an official circular announcing his birthday and listing his achievments. The official circular ends with a gentle reminder to the 2200 officials of the transport department to savour the cake he sent to them as part of the celebration.
Kottayam: Kerala Congress(M) leader K M Mani suffered a setback today with two prominent leaders representing a decisive force in the party pointing out the political blunder committed by him.
They said that Mani’s decision to maintain an equi-distance policy from the political fronts in Kerala did not make sense in the current political scenario.
New Delhi: Visitors will not be allowed to click selfies in front of national monuments in India during Independence Day week.
The Tourism Ministry has issued an advisory to all states in this regard.
Disease-specific insurance cover is now available, much to the relief of people who longed for cancer care or cardiac care policies that address their needs.
Star Health Insurance offers a new cardiac care policy and Max Life Insurance provides a cancer insurance cover. Both policies have hit the market.