NEW DELHI: By 2040, cases of prostate cancer are likely to double worldwide to 2.9 million per year, from 1.4 million per year in 2020, according to a new analysis published in the Lancet Commission.

MUMBAI: The teaser of the upcoming film 'Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2' ('LSD 2') was unveiled on Monday, and while the first part of the franchise told the story around a sting operation, honour killing and MMS scandal, this time around, it taps into the intriguing subject of love in the times of the Internet.

AHEMDABAD: Even as mercury has approached 40 degrees Celsius mark, Ahmedabad has witnessed a rise in swine flu, diarrhea, vomiting, and typhoid cases in March.

NEW DELHI: While coughing is a major symptom of tuberculosis (TB), experts on Sunday said that it is important for people to recognise that many cases manifest without this symptom.

BENGALURU: Karnataka BJP on Friday attacked the state government alleging that it is trying to hush up the female foeticide case.

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has recorded two more cases of mpox, also known as monkeypox, raising the total number of infections in the country to 14 so far, said the Ministry of Health in a statement.

NEW DELHI: Artificial intelligence (AI) has opened new doors for Indian startups and young entrepreneurs who have raised just $1-2 million are way ahead of deep-pocketed startups from the US and Europe when it comes to creating world-class products, Kunal Bahl, Co-founder of Snapdeal and early-stage VC firm Titan Capital, said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: In a first, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Thursday shared a video clip where a person was seen playing video games just by thinking, courtesy the Neuralink brain chip.

MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Huma Qureshi gave a glimpse of her "cheeky morning", which was "wrapped in sunshine".

NEW DELHI: Glaucoma, the third most common cause of blindness in India is rising significantly, especially among young adults, said doctors here on Saturday.

AGARTALA: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday expressed concern over the alarming rise in HIV/AIDS cases in the state with 150 to 200 persons being infected by the contagious disease per month and also red-flagged the growing use of intravenous drug injections or "IV drug use" among students and youths.

GURUGRAM: Following a recommendation by the Municipal Corporation Gurugram (MCG) advertisement wing officials, 46 notices have been issued for recovery of advertisement fees and a FIR has been registered against 36 violators over non-payment of the fees, officials said.

NEW DELHI: The Income Tax Department has identified some persons and entities whose payment of taxes for financial year 2023-24 is not commensurate with the financial transactions made by them during this period, the Finance Ministry said on Sunday.

SRINAGAR: As many as 1.43 lakh cases were settled during the day-long National Lok Adalat across Jammu and Kashmir which was inaugurated by Chief Justice N. Kotiswar Singh in Srinagar, an official spokesperson said on Saturday.

CHANDIGARH: Under the visionary leadership of Hon'ble Mr. Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia, Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court, and Executive Chairman of Punjab State Legal Services Authority, the National Lok Adalat was organized on March 9, 2024, throughout the State of Punjab.

SYDNEY: The health authority in the Australian state of Victoria issued a public warning on Friday after five cases of measles were identified in the state capital Melbourne.

NEW DELHI: A team of Indian-origin researchers has found an increasing link between Covid infection and people presenting eye problems like dryness, redness and itchy eyes.

BENGALURU: Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly R. Ashoka on Monday alleged that the Congress government has directed the police to hush up cases against the minorities.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has seen a rise in dengue cases over the past week with a total of 3,572, the Health Ministry said.

MUMBAI: Actor Vijay Varma, who was last seen in the streaming film 'Jaane Jaan', has spilled beans on his character in the upcoming OTT offering 'Murder Mubarak'.

GANDHINAGAR: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for increasing the number of medical colleges across the country to 706 as well as for his efforts to dissolve the linguistic inferiority complex among India's youth, heralding a new era of linguistic pride.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has lamented the prevalent issue of concealing income in matrimonial disputes, noting the common practice of parties withholding their true earnings to evade maintenance payments.

CHANDIGARH: To boost exports and explore cutting-edge food processing technologies, a delegation led by Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian showcased the state's vast potential in the sector at Gulfood 2024 in Dubai, a premier global food and beverage sourcing event.

PANAJI: AAP Velim MLA Cruz Silva on Friday called upon Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and demanded the withdrawal of cases registered against ‘mob’ involved in attacking a BJP minister.

GABORONE: Botswana has recorded an increase in the number of people with influenza-like illness and Covid-19 in its facilities, a government official said in a statement.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has voiced grave concerns regarding the increasing incidents of sexual harassment perpetrated by teachers and professors against students while denouncing the offences as an abuse of power.

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court here on Thursday extended bail plea of PTI founder Imran Khan till February 19 in four cases related to May 9 violence.

JALANDHAR: The Mahila Kisan Union, a member of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), has urged Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to register criminal cases against the Haryana police for firing shots at farmers proceeding peacefully towards Delhi within the borders of Punjab.

NEW DELHI: India on Saturday reported a marginal increase of 3,688 new Covid cases, against the 3,377 infections reported the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said.

CHANDIGARH/JALANDHAR/LUDHIANA: Taxation Commissioner Punjab Mr Kamal Kishor Yadav today directed the Taxation officers to refund all the pending cases of VAT and GST by end of June.

NEW DELHI: India on Friday 3,377 new Covid cases, an increase against the 3,303 infections registered the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said.

NEW DELHI: India reported 2,483 fresh Covid cases in the past 24 hours, a marginal decline against previous day's 2,541 infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

GURDASPUR: The Punjab Home Department has issued advisory on 'Mask Wearing' in view of recurring cases of corona in some states and Union Territories of the country. Therefore, under the direction of Principal Secretary, Department of Home and Justice, Government of Punjab, District Magistrate, Gurdaspur, Mr. Mohammad Ishfaq issued the following orders under section 144 CRPC, 1973 and Disaster Management Act, 2005 within the district.

GURDASPUR: The Punjab Home Department has issued advisory on 'Mask Wearing' in view of recurring cases of corona in some states and Union Territories of the country. Therefore, under the direction of Principal Secretary, Department of Home and Justice, Government of Punjab, District Magistrate, Gurdaspur, Mr. Mohammad Ishfaq issued the following orders under section 144 CRPC, 1973 and Disaster Management Act, 2005 within the district.

NAWANSHAHR: As many as 29 pensioners of the state government on Wednesday took part in the pension adalat organized by the district administration at the administrative complex.

ULAN BATOR: At least 40 cases of human tick-borne diseases have been reported in Mongolia, the National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said on Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES: Covid-19 cases are rising in more than half of all US states due to the new coronavirus subvariant, said a report of the US business magazine Forbes.

SHANGHAI: China's economic hub Shanghai has reported 2,417 confirmed locally transmitted Covid cases and 19,831 local asymptomatic carriers, the municipal health commission said on Monday.

NEW DELHI: Amidst the rising Covid cases in the city, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Saturday that there is "no need to worry at present" and the government is monitoring the situation.

SHANGHAI: China's economic hub Shanghai has reported 3,590 confirmed locally transmitted Covid cases and 19,923 local asymptomatic carriers, the municipal health commission said on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Delhi government will issue Covid guidelines for schools amid steady rise in the fresh Covid infections, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday

NEW DELHI: In a span of 24 hours, India reported a marginal decline at 1,007 new Covid cases from the previous day's count of 1,088.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 62 new Covid-19 cases and one more death, the country's Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: India recorded 796 Covid cases in the last 24 hours, a marginal decline against 861 infections recorded the previous day, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: India reported a marginal decline at 861 Covid cases in a span of 24 hours, and six deaths were also recorded, said the Union health ministry on Monday morning.

KOLKATA: Uncertainty over the hearing on the cases related to irregularities in recruitment by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) continued on Tuesday after another judge of the Calcutta High court recused himself from cases.

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel and Tech Mahindra on Thursday announced a strategic partnership to co-develop and market 5G use cases in India.

SYDNEY:: NEW reported 25,235 new cases on Wednesday, its second highest daily increase in the month of March, the first highest being a result of a backlog of cases earlier in the month, Xinhua news agency reported.

MUMBAI: The Indian women's hockey team's upcoming FIH Hockey Pro League matches against England have been postponed due to the high number of Covid-19 positive cases in the English team.

BHUBANESWAR: As many as 11,763 rape cases were registered in Odisha during last four years (2018 to 2021), Minister of State (MoS) for Home Dibya Shankar Mishra told Assembly on Monday.

NEW DELHI:While the world is still reeling with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, India's fight against tuberculosis (TB) has encountered setbacks after decades of gains.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala on Saturday recorded 496 new Covid cases while the test positivity rate was 2.94 per cent, said Health Minister Veena George.

NAWANSHAHR:Deputy Commissioner (DC) Vishesh Sarangal reviewed the disposal of old pending cases in various courts of the district and instructed the heads of all departments to maintain proper records of cases for speedy disposal.

NEW DELHI: India reported 1,660 fresh Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours, a marginal decline from 1,685 cases reported on the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Kerala on Friday logged 543 new Covid cases while the test positivity rate was 3.05 per cent, Health Minister Veena George said in a statement.

NAWANSHAHR:Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal said that Sakhi-one stop centre operational in the local District Civil Hospital has been proving a boon for the needy women by solving 93 percent cases received so far.Presiding over a meeting, Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal said that the one stop centre in the district has so far received 346 cases filed by victims of domestic violence, physical and mental harassment out of which 321 cases have been resolved.

NAWANSHAHR: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Vishesh Sarangal reviewed the disposal of old pending cases in various courts of the district and instructed the heads of all departments to maintain proper records of cases for speedy disposal.

NEW DELHI:The government on Thursday said that around 128 requests are pending in connection with bank fraud cases of Rs 21,074.43 cr for grant of consent by states.

NEW DELHI: Terming the legal clash between former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh and former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh as "battle royale", the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into all cases lodged against Singh by the Maharashtra Police.

CHANDIGARH: Seven of the 11 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ministers in Punjab have been facing criminal cases, four of them serious charges, while two of them are doctors and two advocates, an analysis by a poll rights group has said.

NEW DELHI: India recorded 1,761 fresh Covid infections and 127 deaths in a span of 24 hours, said the Union Health ministry on Sunday morning. With the number of new deaths, the total count has reached 5,16,479.

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 10,244 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 1,007,158.
Of the new cases, 2,241 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 8,003 through ART (antigen rapid test) tests, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the statistics released by the Ministry of Health.

NEW DELHI: The three judges of the Delhi High Court will review the cases of National Security Act under a recent advisory of the Ministry of Home Affairs.The Act allows to detain a person by an investigating agency for up to one year on the basis of suspicion.

HAVANA:Cuba registered a new record of daily Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, with 3,664 cases, for a total of 214,577, along with 18 more deaths to total 1,405.

PATIALA: Following the directions of the District and Sessions Judge, Rajinder Aggarwal, the Panel Advocates attached with various Courts,in wake of the upcoming National Lok Adalat on July 10 have started to identify the cases in which compromise can be effected.

BEIJING:China's Yunnan province reported three locally transmitted Covid-19 confirmed cases in the city of Ruili, health authorities said on Tuesday.

YANGON: Myanmar reported 2,969 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the tally in the country to 168,374, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports.

NEW DELHI: With 34,703 fresh Covid cases, India on Tuesday recorded lowest spike since March 17, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, as only 553 deaths were reported in the biggest relief since April 6.

WINDHOEK:Namibia's Health Ministry announced that the latest genome sequencing exercises covering the months of May and June have revealed that in 17 out of 18 samples tested, the Delta Covid-19 variant was identified.

NEW DELHI: AAP leader Raghav Chadha on Monday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party wants to replace the Delhi government's public prosecutors with its own lawyers in cases pertaining to the farmers' protests.

NEW DELHI: As many as 36 cases of dengue have been reported in the national capital so far this year, a report by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) said on Monday.

CHENNAI: The opposition AIADMK in Tamil Nadu is planning massive campaigns against the government over foisting "false" cases against the party cadres. The IT cell of the party has already come up with several campaign strategies against the government which it says is unnecessarily targeting its cadres.

LONDON: Britain has reported another 24,248 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,903,434, according to official figures released on Sunday.

MOSCOW:Russia logged 25,142 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 5,610,941, the official monitoring and response centre said on Sunday.

HAVANA: Cuba on Sunday broke another record for daily cases of Covid-19, with 3,519 new infections and 14 deaths, the Ministry of Public Health reported.
The ministry's director of hygiene and epidemiology Francisco Duran said that with these figures, the number of total cases rose to 204,247 and deaths to 1,351, Xinhua reported.

SYDNEY: Australia's most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) saw another new high in daily increase of Covid-19 cases, but authorities said "green shoots are there" in the latest outbreak.

LONDON:Britain has reported another 27,125 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,855,169, according to official figures released on Friday.

BERLIN: The Delta variant is expected to become the dominant Covid-19 strain in Germany with its share of positive cases approaching 80 per cent, Health Minister Jens Spahn said.

MOSCOW: Russia recorded 23,543 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 5,538,142, the official monitoring and response centre said on Thursday.

BENGALURU: As evidence of the curve flattening, with 14,302 patients discharged, recoveries were four times the 3,203 new Covid cases in Karnataka in a day, said the state health bulletin on Thursday.

MEXICO CITY: Mexico is seeing an increase in Covid-19 infections, but the trend has not carried over to a rise in deaths or severe cases, a health official said on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI:India reported 37,566 new Covid-19 cases and 907 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Tuesday. This is lowest fresh cases of Covid since March 18.

LUCKNOW:Nearly 57 of the 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh now have less than 50 active Covid cases, while one district, Mahoba, has become corona-free.This indicates the continuing decline in the Covid cases and the surge in recoveries

HAVANA: Cuba has registered 2,698 new cases of Covid-19 in the past day, the highest daily figure since March of last year, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Sunday.

TEHRAN:The Iranian health ministry reported on Sunday 9,758 new Covid-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 3,167,741.The pandemic has so far claimed 83,845 lives in Iran, up by 134 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education said in a briefing published on the ministry's official website, the Xinhua news agency reported.

SRINAGAR: Recoveries continued to outnumber new Covid cases in J&K on Sunday as 745 patients recovered while 415 new cases and eight deaths were reported during the last 24 hours.

LONDON: Britain has reported another 18,270 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, the highest since early February, according to official figures released on Saturday.

NEW DELHI:India reported 50,040 new Covid-19 cases, slightly higher than Saturday and 1,258 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Sunday.

HANOI: Vietnam has reported the highest-ever spike in the number of single-day Covid-19 cases, majority of them detected in Ho Chi Minh City, since the onset of the pandemic in the country early last year, according to the Health Ministry.

LONDON: With 35,204 new cases of the Delta Covid-19 variant getting reported last week, the UK has seen a 46 per cent increase in the variant of concern, the Public Health England (PHE) said on Friday.

BENGALURU: With 6,524 patients discharged in a day, recoveries continued to outnumber 3,310 new Covid cases across Karnataka, while 114 succumbed to the infection, said the state health bulletin on Friday.

GANDHINAGAR: Two patients, infected with cpronavirus' Delta Plus variant - listed as 'a variant of concern', have been detected in Gujarat, as per data disclosed by the Union Health Ministry.

AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh on Friday reported 4,458 new Covid cases, pushing the tally to over 18.7 lakh, even as the state's active caseload dropped to 47,790.As many as 6,313 more persons have recovered in the past 24 hours, raising the total recoveries to over 18.1 lakh, health officials said.

SUVA:Fiji recorded 308 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, setting a new record for daily infections, according to the Ministry of Health.
Fijian Permanent Secretary for Health James Fong said that a 63-year-old who was positive for Covid-19 had died and doctors were investigating whether this is related to the virus, the Xinhua news agency reported.

NEW DELHI:India recorded 51,667 new Covid-19 cases and 1,329 deaths in the last 24 hours taking the country's total caseload to 3,01,34,445, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Friday.

WASHINGTON: The Delta variant has emerged as the greatest threat to the efforts of combatting the coronavirus pandemic in the US as it now accounts for more than 20 per cent of cases in the country, top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has said.

DELHI: India recorded 42,640 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest since March 23, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Tuesday.

MUMBAI: Sounding fresh alarm bells, at least 21 cases of the dreaded Delta Plus variant of Covid-19 have been reported in Maharashtra, Health Minister Rakesh Tope has said.