Military Diet, a three-day diet programme, helps to lose up to four to five kgs of weight within a week, say experts. But watch out for the myths.


Five Military Diet myths busted


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Ever wondered how your wife or partner is able to read your thoughts and emotions just by looking at your eyes? Her ability to interpret may be the result of a gene influence, say researchers, one of Indian-origin.


Know why women are better at reading mind


Telangana Medical Devices Park, a dedicated ecosystem for MedTech innovation and manufacturing will be launched on June 17, state Industries Minister K. T. Rama Rao announced on Wednesday.


Telangana Medical Devices Park to be launched on June 17


The Supreme Court on Wednesday restored the 50 per cent in-house institutional preference seats in postgraduate medical courses at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and other government medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh.


SC restores institutional quota in BHU, AMU


Eight persons, four of them children, were killed and over a dozen others were injured early on Wednesday when a 60-foot high boundary wall of a sick industrial unit collapsed on adjoining makeshift hutments in Himachal Pradesh's Baddi town, officials said.


Eight killed as factory wall collapses in Himachal's Baddi


The story of "Phullu" which revolves around making affordable sanitary napkin for financially poor women, has a similarity with Akshay Kumar's next film "Padman". But director Abhishek Saxena says his film is different, barring the sanitary pads element.


'Phullu' is different from 'Padman': Director Abhishek Saxena


Mizoram remained cut off from the rest of the country by road as NGOs and student bodies continued a road blockade on a key highway protesting against the transfer of a doctor from a hospital, officials said on Wednesday.


Indefinite highway blockade in Mizoram


Sri Lanka and China have signed a MoU to construct a hospital for kidney patients in the island nation's North Central province.


Sri Lanka, China sign MoU on kidney hospital


With an aim to equip people to deal with medical emergencies better, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare J.P. Nadda on Tuesday launched a "First Responder Course", which will train professionals as well as members of the general public in first aid across the country.


Government starts course to better deal with medical emergencies


The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce on Wednesday its order on petitions by Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and other seeking the restoration of 50 per cent institutional preference quota in post graduate medical courses.


SC order on institutional reservation in AMU and BHU on Wednesday


Police on Tuesday appealed for calm as alleged incidents of sale of plastic rice and plastic eggs were reported in Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district.


Complaints of plastic rice being sold in Hyderabad, police call for calm


A person was arrested in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Tuesday with a car full of fake medicines, police said.


Car full of fake medicine seized in Bengal, one arrested


The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) has urged the government to allow commercial use of Dhara Mustard Hybrid-11 (DMH-11), a Genetically Modified (GM) Mustard variety, from this year and to support scientists to develop such hybrids in future.


Agri scientists bat for GM Mustard


An Indian origin charitable organization, Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF), has provided public healthcare to over three million disadvantaged children and adults in Nigeria.


Indian origin charity gives healthcare to 3 million Nigerians


Doctors of private hospitals in Uttarakhand on Tuesday went on a four-hour token strike to protest growing incidents of violence against them, an Indian Medical Association (IMA) official said.


Uttarakhand private doctors on token strike, demand security


Amid a constant stream of arrest of "fake doctors" in West Bengal, the state medical council on Monday pleaded helplessness, saying it neither had judicial powers nor could act like police, but claimed that the racket had come to the fore after it asked for medical registration of doctors in the state.


Bengal medical council pleads helplessness on fake doctors


The West Bengal Police's CID on Monday arrested another fake doctor from the state's Howrah district, and said over 500 medical practitioners were under the scanner over their credentials.


Another fake doctor arrested in Bengal, over 500 under scanner: CID


Girl child activists on Monday accused the Indian Medical Association (IMA) of trying to "decriminalise" sex determination through its 'Dilli Chalo' protest here on Tuesday.


IMA trying to 'decriminalise' sex determination: Activists


At least half of India's under-18 population lives in acute poverty, reveals a "deeply disturbing" study from Oxford University.


Half of India's under-18 population lives in poverty: Study


Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers, including one of Indian origin, have devised a new surgical technique that could allow prosthetic limbs to feel much more like natural limbs.


New technique to make prosthetic limbs feel more natural


The probe into the sensational fake doctor cases in West Bengal has taken a fresh twist with the CID arresting a "gastroenterologist" who has been treating patients in a renowned corporate hospital for over two decades by submitting an allegedly bogus registration number and MBBS degree, an official said on Sunday.

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