A 20-year youth from Jalgaon, who suffered from a major and extremely rare congenital heart defect, was saved after a record 16-hour plus surgery at the Asian Heart Institute (AHI) by a team led by a doctor who had performed heart bypass surgery on then prime minister Manmohan Singh a decade ago.


Maharashtra youth with major heart defect saved after marathon 16-hour surgery (Exclusive)


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At a time when digital assistants in smart devices at home or office are talking to us like never before, some users have begun to worry: Is Alexa or Google Home listening and recording personal conversations beyond the "wake" word?


Is Alexa recording your bedroom talk? (IANS Special)


Facebook-owned photo-messaging app Instagram is reportedly testing a donation sticker on its Stories feature that would offer fundraising and donation tools for charity or personal reasons.


Instagram testing donation sticker on Stories


India Inc has come together to support the families of CRPF troopers killed and injured in the Pulwama terror attack, at a time when the central government is taking stern economic measures against Pakistan.


India Inc offers support to Pulwama victims' kin


Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will announce on Tuesday a range of citizen safety initiatives, including a national emergency number and a Safe City project.


Rajnath to launch citizen safety initiatives on Tuesday


Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) chairman Hemant Contractor said here on Monday they have requested the government to raise the upper age limit for Atal Pension Yojana (APY) to 50 years from 40 years.


Hike Atal pension scheme age limit to 50 years: PFRDA Chairman


There is no assurance from the Central government about resumption of mining, banned in Goa by the Supreme Court in February last year, and a solution to the crisis has to be worked out only at the state level, Goa's Town and Country Planning Minister Vijai Sardesai said on Monday.


No assurance from Centre on mining resumption: Goa Minister


Patients receiving hormone therapy as part of their gender-transition treatment have an elevated risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including heart attacks, strokes and blood clotting, researchers say.


Hormone therapy may up heart disease risk during gender transition: Study


The mortal remains of Major Chitresh Bisht, who was killed in an IED blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir last week, were consigned to flames with full state honours on Monday.


Thousands join Major Bisht's funeral


Polyester and other synthetic fibres like nylon are major contributors of microplastics pollution in the environment, say researchers and suggest switching to biosynthetic fibres to prevent this.


Synthetic fibres contribute to plastic pollution in environment: Study


Smoking may damage the immune response against melanoma and limit patients' survival chances, according to a new study.


Smoking may damage immunity of skin cancer patients: Study


People aged 65 years and older are expected to make up for around 30 per cent of China's population in the next 30 years, authorities said on Monday.


China's elderly population to grow in 30 years


Early onset of drinking and intoxication may lead to heavy drinking and alcohol dependence among people, warn researchers from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation in the US.


Early age drinking linked to alcohol dependence: Study


Thanks to the initiative of the Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation Limited, it will not be long before 'Made in Kerala' cashew feni hits the market, said an official.


Made in Kerala cashew feni on the anvil


You can hope for better well-being if you set realistic goals for yourself as a new study suggests that the key for later satisfaction is whether the life goals are seen as attainable and what they mean to a person.


Having realistic goals may help you lead better life


One often thinks of Indian prisons as dingy, cramped cells with their mean and often dehumanised inmates waiting for redemption. So it comes as a surprise when a group of prisoners takes to stage and gets applauded for performing a play written by Rabindranath Tagore or when paintings made by inmates are appreciated by art connoisseurs and get sold at art exhibitions for thousands of rupees.


How art is reforming prisoners, giving them second chance at life (IANS Special Series)


A college teacher was suspended here for a Facebook post over the February 14 suicide attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama that claimed the lives of 49 CRPF troopers.


Guwahati teacher suspended over Facebook post on Pulwama attack


A Kenyan scientist has urged the African states to strengthen sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) processes as a means to boost food safety that is key to tackle hunger on the continent.


Africa urged to strengthen food safety processes to tackle hunger


The IPS Association of Odisha on Saturday said its members will contribute one day's salary for supporting the bereaved families of the CRPF personnel who were martyred in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on Thursday.


Terror attack: Odisha IPS Association offers to contribute one day's salary


The family of Shamima Begum, the British teenager of Bangladeshi descent who ran away from here in 2015 to become an Islamic State jihadi bride, have urged the UK government to bring back the heavily-pregnant girl "urgently".


Kin of pregnant British-Bangladeshi IS bride plead for her return


The Valentine's Day isn't a very popular event among the forces, yet for over 2,500 men of CRPF's 76th Battalion returning from leave to join duty in Srinagar, the bus ride from Jammu starting as early as 2.33 am was to be memorable --  which turned most tragic as events unfolded in a few hours.

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