India

In a major breakthrough, researchers at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have re-positioned an anti-hepatitis C drug, Alisporivir, to treat malaria caused by drug-resistant strains. The research will help in formulating better strategies for the effective treatment of drug-resistant parasites. One of the most infectious diseases around the globe, malaria is mainly caused by a […]

Without naming Islamabad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said countries like Pakistan should be “penalised” for supporting and financing terrorism as part of their foreign policy. In his inaugural address at the third ‘No Money for Terror’ (NMFT) conference in New Delhi, PM Modi called for penalising the countries that provide political, ideological, and […]

A letter threatening to kill Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the country-wide Bharat Jodo Yatra, was sent to a shop in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The letter, sent via post to a sweet shop in Juni area of Indore, mentioned the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and threatened to shoot Rahul and former chief minister Kamal Nath […]

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Dr Farooq Abdullah has decided to step down as the president of his National Conference, the party announced on Friday. Fresh organisational elections to elect a new president of the party will take place on December 5. “Dr Farooq Abdullah Sahib has informed his colleagues of his decision to […]

A Muslim man, accused of killing his Hindu girlfriend, was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police following an encounter in the Dubagga area of Lucknow on Friday. According to the FIR, Sufiyan (22) pushed 19-year-old Nidhi Gupta from the fourth floor of an apartment building in Sector H of Basant Kunj in Lucknow on Tuesday, […]