Thirty doctors who accepted foreign travel and hospitality worth Rs 1.9 crore from pharma company AbbVie in Feb-March 2024 have faced no action from NMC because the department of pharmaceuticals (DoP) has refused to make their names public and is yet to forward the names to the commission.The Uniform Code for Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP)…
DEHRADUN: A 45-year-old man from Kerala’s Kottayam, wanted for allegedly murdering his second wife, was found dead near the Kedarnath shrine. Police said that KK Premkumar was in jail for the murder of his first wife in 2019 and he was released from the jail on bail before remarrying about five months ago. KK Premkumar…
Bengaluru: For the first time ever, a painting attributed to the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio has arrived in Bengaluru, offering the city’s art enthusiasts a rare chance to witness the dramatic intensity and emotional realism that reshaped Western art. The painting, which is 419 years old, is a $50 million masterpiece.The work — Maddalena in…
The rupee plunged 55 paise to close at 86.07 against the US dollar on Friday, its sharpest single-day fall in over three months, as a surge in global crude oil prices and heightened geopolitical tensions rattled investor sentiment.The currency, which opened weaker at 86.25, briefly recovered to an intraday high of 85.92 but ended the…
We all need privacy – to misspeak, to err, to be intimate To hold one opinion but voice another, is this inauthentic? To conduct oneself as if one is being permanently surveilled, does that help democratic life? In her book Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life, British sociologist Tiffany Jenkins traverses…
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda said all work under his department should be done in Hindi as a majority of the state’s population speaks the language and it was the “national language”. Speaking to reporters in Kurukshetra on Wednesday, Dhanda said people will benefit if government correspondence was done in Hindi. India does not…
Justin Bieber just had a heated run-in with paparazzi outside Malibu’s Soho House — and it’s all on tape. Visibly frustrated, the pop star told the shutterbugs to back off, declaring he’s “a real dad” and not their story to twist. His message was loud, clear, and unfiltered. Why did he react this way? What…
Supreme Court (Photo: ANI) NEW DELHI: Putting a premium on the right to free speech and expression, Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of Sakshi TV anchor K Srinivasa Rao, who was held by Andhra police for abetting alleged derogatory and defamatory statements by a panelist on his live show on Amaravati. Justices Mishra…
A dramatic and dangerous escalation unfolded across the Middle East overnight, as Iran launched a barrage of retaliatory missile strikes at Israel late Friday and early Saturday, in response to what it called Israel’s “criminal aggression” on Iranian soil a day earlier.The confrontation began with Israel’s “greatest military operations in history,” against Iran. In a…
Bengaluru: Five persons, including two children, were killed in an accident, involving an Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) bus and a truck around 2am on Friday near Gottipura Gate in Hoskote taluk in Bengaluru Rural. At least 16 passengers were injured, and two among them are critical.Based on primary investigation, police said the…
