Women’s mental health has higher association with dietary factors: Study

Women’s mental health likely has a higher association with dietary factors than men’s, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York. The paper, ‘Customization of Diet May Promote Exercise and Improve Mental Wellbeing in Mature Adults: The Role of Exercise as a Mediator,’ was published in the Journal of Personalized Medicine. […]

74 pc of Indian workers keen on flexible remote work options: Microsoft

Nearly three-fourths (74 percent) of Indian employees say they want more flexible remote work options while at the same time 73 percent of them are also craving more in-person time with their teams, according to findings of Microsoft’s first annual work trend index released on Thursday. To prepare, 73 percent of business decision makers are […]

India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 24-crore mark

The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered under the nationwide vaccination drive has exceeded 24 crores, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Thursday. According to an official release, 33,79,261 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours. “A total of 24,27,26,693 vaccine doses have been administered through […]

India reports 94,052 new Covid cases, registers highest-ever 6,148 deaths as Bihar audits toll

India’s daily spike of coronavirus cases remained below the 1 lakh mark for the third consecutive day as only 94,052 new infections were recorded during a 24-hour period, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday. Meanwhile, India recorded the highest single-day COVID-19 fatalities with 6,148 new deaths in the last 24 […]

Mumbai innovator develops 3 robots to assist healthcare workers, patients amid Covid

A Mumbai-based innovator Santosh Hulawale has developed three robots to assist healthcare workers and patients amid the ongoing pandemic. Santosh, with the help of his eight-member team, has developed a Multiple Service Robot (MSR), a Service Humanoid Robot (SHR), and a Disaster Management robot (DMR). According to the innovator, the robots have been […]

Axis Bank makes banking conversational; enables secured communication over WhatsApp

Karix Mobile, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tanla Platforms, India’s largest CPaaS provider, announced the deployment of a conversational banking solution- WhatsApp Business- for India’s third-largest private sector bank, Axis Bank. Using the solution, Axis Bank customers can now start a WhatsApp chat with the bank to conduct frequent banking activities on the […]

Delhi Police safely rescues 16 year old kidnapped girl from Gujarat

A 16-year-old girl was safely rescued from Vapi in Gujarat after she was kidnapped from the national capital, said the Delhi Police on Thursday. However, the accused is absconding, police added. A complaint was received by Rajouri Garden police station on June 4 that a teenager Sabana Khatun, was kidnapped by an unidentified person. Thereafter, an FIR was filed under […]

Andhra Pradesh CM to meet Union Ministers, discuss Polavaram project, other issues

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy is scheduled to visit Delhi on Thursday to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, and other Union Ministers and is likely to discuss Polavaram project among other issues. According to official information from the Chief Minister’s Office, Reddy will leave from his […]

UNGA President-elect appoints Indian diplomat Nagaraj Naidu as Chef du Cabinet

Maldives Foreign Minister and President-elect of the 76th United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid has appointed India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu, as his Chef du Cabinet. Besides Ambassador Naidu, Shahid has appointed Maldives diplomat Thilmeeza Hussain as Special Envoy of the President of the General Assembly (PGA). “Today, I have appointed Ambassador […]

Nigeria says Twitter seeking dialogue over ban

The Nigerian government on Wednesday said Twitter has made an approach for dialogue in a bid to resolve the issues leading to the suspension of its activities in the West African country. Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed told reporters at a press conference in Abuja that he got a message from the micro-blogging platform on Wednesday […]

Global parliamentary alliance calls for reform of supply chains over

Amid the ongoing Group of Seven (G7) summit in UK, a cross-party Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) has called on G7 leaders to reform global supply chains in light of widespread forced labour abuses in Xinjiang region. Parliamentarians from Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States call for supply chain transparency and bans […]