MK Siddiqui Afnan (right) with his father MK Siddiqui A public awareness campaign on social media is credited with helping an Indian teenager survive a rare brain-eating amoeba, making him just the ninth person in the world to do so. Afnan Jasim, 14, is thought to have become infected in June after he went for … Read more
4 min read Last Updated : Jul 30 2024 | 1:37 PM IST India’s star shooter Manu Bhaker has etched her name in history by clinching her second bronze medal at the Paris Olympics 2024. With this achievement, she has become the first Indian athlete to win two medals in a single Summer Olympic … Read more
Germany’s economy shrinks unexpectedly Newsflash: Germany’s economy is back on the brink of recession. Germany’s GDP shrank by 0.1% in the second quarter of this year, new data from statistics body Destatis shows. That’s a blow to Berlin’s government, which has been hit by an ailing train network, the surge in energy prices after Russia’s … Read more
BBC Consumers are being exposed to an increased risk of food poisoning because of delays in food hygiene inspections, a BBC investigation has found. Analysis shows one in five restaurants and takeaways had not been seen by food inspectors for more than two years. Environmental health teams say a recruitment crisis and a backlog from … Read more
BBC Many of this morning’s papers lead on the attack in Southport on Monday in which two children were killed and another nine injured. The Guardian also carries the story of the government plugging a £22bn “fiscal hole” – as winter fuel payments are scrapped for millions of people. The Times’s lead story says the … Read more
Wayanad: Heavy rains triggered a series of massive landslides in the hilly areas of Kerala’s Wayanad district early on Tuesday, leaving at least 45 persons dead and sparking apprehensions of possible increase in fatalities due to many people feared trapped under the debris. Calamity struck in the early hours of Tuesday, catching the sleeping victims … Read more
BBC Joe House (left) and Jonathan Lear at Camp Lejeune – Joe’s wife and Jonathan died of cancers possibly connected to water contamination British military veterans affected by a long-running toxic water scandal in the US, say they feel let down by a lack of support from the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Between the 1950s … Read more
Catholic Medical Center, a hospital network in South Korea, has recently undergone digital health assessments to measure the baseline maturity of its hospitals. Widely adopted digital health assessment tools from HIMSS were applied, namely the Digital Health Indicator (DHI), Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM), and Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM). The DHI measures an organisation’s … Read more
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala woke up to the news of horrifying landslides in Wayanad district that killed at least 19 persons including women and children. The landslides occurred in Meppadi, Mundakkai town and Chooralmala in the wee hours of Tuesday. While the death toll is expected to rise according to reports from the district administration, over 400 … Read more
By Yoolim Lee and Ian King Samsung Electronics Co., after a series of setbacks in developing the type of memory chips crucial for the artificial intelligence market, is beginning to make progress in narrowing the gap with rival SK Hynix Inc. Samsung has made important headway in its comeback, including winning the long-awaited … Read more