NEW DELHI: Nearly six crore people in West Bengal will now be covered under Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) after the state on Monday became the 36th State/UT to implement the Centre’s flagship health insurance scheme, completing its nationwide rollout.The move comes barely a month after the BJP government took office in the…
The latest round of fighting between Israel and Iran appears to have eased, but reports suggest tensions between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have intensified in recent days.However, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, has played down claims of a rift, saying the two leaders share a decades-long…
NEW DELHI: A new experimental diabetes jab tested at centres in India, the United States and Mexico helped people with type 2 diabetes lose up to 15% of their body weight while significantly improving blood sugar control, according to Phase-3 trial results published in The Lancet.The study evaluated retatrutide, a once-weekly injectable medicine that targets…
The Bengal Special Task Force (STF) and Darjeeling Police caught Trinamool neta Jahangir Khan, who was the party’s Falta candidate, from Panitanki Bazar on the India-Nepal border around 2.30 pm on Sunday. KOLKATA/SILIGURI: The Bengal Special Task Force (STF) and Darjeeling Police caught Trinamool neta Jahangir Khan, who was the party’s Falta candidate, from Panitanki…
A federal judge has blocked a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications imposed by the Trump administration in September 2025. The US District Judge Leo Sorokin in Massachusetts sided with California and 19 other states that sued to block the fee. An appointee of former President Obama, Sorkin agreed with the group of Democratic-led states…
Star batter Virat Kohli once again proved why he remains the heart of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), leading the team to a second straight IPL title and then celebrating the achievement with an emotional message that quickly went viral.Almost a week after RCB’s five-wicket win over Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026 final, the former…
NEW DELHI: Noida International Airport (NIA) will now begin operations next Monday with one fewer launch airline as Air India Express has indefinitely postponed its plans to have flights from there. The new airport will come to life with IndiGo flights, followed by Akasa from the next day. IndiGo will be the biggest operator at…
US President Donald Trump became the first sitting American president to attend an NBA Finals game on Monday, but his historic appearance at New York’s Madison Square Garden was met with loud boos from sections of the crowd as he watched Game 3 between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs.Trump, attending as…
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has closed the application process for Class 12 verification of marks and re-evaluation. The application window remained open from June 2 to June 7.“During the above application period, more than 1.6 lakh candidates successfully submitted requests pertaining to over 3.8 lakh answer books… ,” CBSE said.Only those candidates…
A United States military helicopter gunship went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday amid heightened tensions between Iran and Washington. The incident comes as military hostilities continue after the launch of MAGA supremo Donald Trump‘s major military campaign against the Iranian regime on February 28.However, both the crews in chopper were rescued safely,…