Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Friday laid the foundation stone for a super speciality wing and an emergency block at the Safdarjung Hospital here as part of its redevelopment project. One of Delhi’s oldest and among the first hospitals, it is visited by hundreds of patients every day. The infrastructure upgradation of the hospital is […]
A new vaccine has been included under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) in the past three years, parliament was informed Friday. “Based on the recommendation of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), one new vaccine – haemohilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine as Pentavalent vaccine combination (DPT+Hib+Hepatitis B) has been included under UIP […]
Over 400 students in Chinese province of Zhejiang have been infected with norovirus, a common cause of viral gastroenteritis, authorities said Wednesday. The students belonging to several schools in Haining City and Haiyan County, including Kindergartens and middle schools, are receiving treatment in local hospitals, Xinhua quoted the municipal government of Jiaxing City, which administers […]
West Bengal Friday observed ‘Language Martyrs Day’ and paid homage to those who had laid down their lives for the cause of Bengali language in Dhaka in 1952. The day is now celebrated as International Mother Language Day the world over. The day began with ‘prabhat pheri’ (morning choir) as employees of the Bangladesh Deputy […]
Enthusiasts can now explore 360 degree online imagery of 30 Indian heritage sites, including the Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar and Red Fort, which were released by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Google. The launch was the result of Google and ASI’s joint initiative to make 100 of India’s most important heritage sites more […]
Shyam Yadav, a 17-year-old from Mumbai, walked away with the “Sunehri Taqdeer Ki Topi” as the winner of reality show “Dance India Dance Season 4” Saturday. As the winner, he also won the key to a brand new car, a Maruti Celerio. He has also signed a three-year contract with Zee TV, which airs the […]
Following his visit to the Philippines earlier this month, former football star David Beckham has launched a global appeal to help children caught up in disaster zones. The retired soccer ace headed to the Southeast Asian country recently in his role as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) to chat with […]
Singer Christina Aguilera was not expecting to get pregnant for the second anytime soon, but now that she is pregnant, she is happy about it. The singer is expecting her first child with new fiance Matt Rutler. She already has Max, 6, with ex-husband Jordan Bratman, reports shownizspy.com. Sources say the new pregnancy “wasn’t expected”, […]
Singer Lorde says she looks up to the likes of Grace Jones and David Bowie for style. “People like Grace Jones and David Bowie, who have such a sense of themselves… The kind of clothes that I’ve found I like to wear over the past year and six months have all been things that make […]
Actress Emma Stone, who is dating actor Andrew Garfield, was left mortified earlier this week when a series of naked photographs of her were leaked online. In the photos, Stone is seen standing fully naked in front of a bathroom mirror, taking a selfie with a cell phone. The actress isn’t amused, reports showbizspy.com. “To […]