US Fed slashes interest rates by 50 bps for the first time since 2020.
The swine flu cases are at peak in Delhi, NCR; OPD's are flooded with swine flu; viral infections, cholera and dengue cases are also rising, according to Dr S Chatterjee, Senior Consultant, Department of Internal Medicine at Apollo Hospital. "There are lots of infections that are happening at this moment. So it's obviously a challenge to diagnose them, and at the right time, we are having simple viral infections like the viral respiratory tract infections. We are having a lot of swine flu, which was unexpected, but we are having a lot of swine flu, a few Covid cases. We are also having dengue, typhoid, a very few cases of cholera as well, and routine gastroenteritis," Chatterjee said. "So it is a spectrum of cases that we are seeing, and so it is important for us and for the public to report to the treating doctors early, so that we can diagnose them on time and we can save them of complications," he said. Over the last couple of weeks, we have seen so many that we have started suspecting quite frequently, and whenever somebody is coming with an upper respiratory tract or a lower respiratory tract symptom, we are definitely doing tests to establish that we are not missing swine flu or Covid," he added.
38-yr-old undergoing treatment in Kerala's Malappuram confirmed with Mpox infection, says State health department.
A large number of Delhi Congress workers today gathered at the state headquarters and held a demonstration against objectionable remarks allegedly made by some BJP leaders against Rahul Gandhi, party officials said. The protest was held against BJP leaders, including Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday afternoon gave its nod for the proposal for 'One Nation, One Election.' 'One Nation, One Election' is one of the key promises made by the BJP in its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls. In his Independence Day address in August, PM Modi made a strong pitch for 'One Nation, One Election', contending that frequent polls were creating hurdles in the country's progress. "The nation has to come forward for 'one nation, one election'," Modi had said in his address.
Congress leader Ajay Maken filed a police complaint against Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu for allegedly calling Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi the “number one terrorist of the country".
Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court today issued summons to former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav, and other accused in the job for land money laundering case.
Former President Donald Trump has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet him next week during his upcoming three-day visit to the US. PM Modi will be visiting the US from September 21 to 23, beginning his trip with the Quad Leaders' Summit being hosted by President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware. The summit will be attended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan. PM Modi will then travel to New York and address a mega community event in Long Island on September 22. He will address world leaders at the landmark Summit of the Future event at the UN headquarters the next day. Trump, speaking at a town hall meeting in Flint, Michigan, said that Modi will meet him next week when he is in the US. The Republican presidential candidate revealed the information as he spoke about trade and tariffs while responding to a question. "He (Modi) happens to be coming to meet me next week, and Modi, he's fantastic. I mean, fantastic man. A lot of these leaders are fantastic, Trump said.
Over the next two decades, India will contribute to 35 per cent of the global increase in energy demand, Indian Minister Hardeep Puri said here on Tuesday at a multinational conference held to deliberate on the world's energy needs.
The 52nd Gastech Exhibition & Conference kicked off Tuesday with strategic insights from the world's five leading energy ministers, including India's, at the George R Brown Convention Center. The event, themed 'Transforming Energy Through Vision, Innovation, and Action,' brought into focus a need for global energy stability and rapid decarbonisation.
Junior doctors agitating over RG Kar murder early Wednesday said they will continue their sit-in and not join duty, despite the state appointing Manoj Kumar Verma as the new Kolkata Police chief, replacing Vineet Goyal, and removing two senior health department officials, giving in to the medics' earlier demands.
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