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PUNE: In a stunning victory for veterinary medicine, a heavily pregnant Marwari mare has defied the odds to survive a double strike from a Russell’s viper. The 5.5-year-old mare, from Junnar taluka, required an unusually high dose of 60 vials of antivenom to neutralise the lethal toxins.The life-saving effort was spearheaded by toxinologist Dr Sadanand Dagadu Raut of Vighnahar Nursing Home (Narayangaon), alongside Dr Phiroz Khambatta of Raintree Veterinary Clinic (Pune), Dr Pallavi Raut, and Dr Sandesh Raut. The researchers have published the details in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, claiming this is the…
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh BJP on Wednesday constituted two state-level panels — a chargesheet committee and a mass agitation committee — to highlight the alleged failures of the Congress govt and spearhead a statewide campaign against the party, accusing it of failing to deliver on its promises after three-and-a-half years in office.BJP state president Dr Rajeev Bindal alleged the govt had stalled development and pushed the state into economic and administrative difficulties.The chargesheet committee, comprising leader of opposition Jairam Thakur and MPs Anurag Thakur, Sikander Kumar, and Harsh Mahajan besides other party leaders, will prepare a detailed report on the govt’s…
Lucknow: The Bahraich Police and district administration were honoured by governor Anandiben Patel for achieving the highest number of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations in UP, a campaign aimed at protecting adolescent girls from cervical cancer.The honour was conferred at a state-level function in Lucknow on Tuesday, where the governor presented a citation to the Bahraich district and police administration for their contribution to the HPV vaccination programme. The district vaccinated 1,000 girls aged 14-15 years, the highest figure recorded among participating districts in UP.The campaign was run under Bahraich superintendent of police Vishwajeet Srivastava through Vama Sarathi, a police welfare…
Nagpur: An accused wanted in a cheque bounce case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act managed to escape from police custody from a city hotel on Tuesday evening, prompting a frantic search by Gujarat Police personnel.The cops had successfully rounded up Ameet Das Bakimadas, 46, a native of Cuttack, Odisha.The incident occurred at a hotel located near Bhavsar Chowk on Central Avenue. The complainant, police sub-inspector Himmatbhai Jinjala, 57, attached to Rajkot City police, Gujarat, was escorting the accused along with two constables.According to the complaint, PSI Jinjala and his team were transporting the accused back to…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC) has asked schools across the state to submit details of students who secured the top three positions in the Class X and Class XII board examinations of the JAC, CBSE, and ICSE for this year’s Pratibha Samman Samaroh. The meritorious students will be felicitated during the Independence Day celebrations on August 15.The selected students will receive cash prizes, laptops, mobile phones and study materials as part of the recognition.Officer in-charge of the JEPC, Manoj Kumar, said, “The Pratibha Samman Samaroh is meant to honour students who have secured the first, second, and third…
Kolkata: Kolkata Metropolitan Area recorded a moderation in home registration activity in June 2026 and across the first half of the year, with real estate consultancy firm Knight Frank India attributing the slowdown partly to cautious market behaviour during the West Bengal Assembly election period and the high base of last year.According to Knight Frank India, 26,207 apartments were registered in KMA during H1 2026, a 14% year-on-year decline from 30,582 registrations in H1 2025. Despite the fall, the consultancy noted that transaction volumes remained healthy by historical standards. June 2026 saw 3,669 home registrations, also down 14% YoY from…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has said its Harlingen, Texas, field office arrested 238 illegal immigrants during a single-day enforcement operation in the Rio Grande Valley, describing it as the highest number of targeted arrests carried out by its Enforcement and Removal Operations unit in the region.ICE said the June 18 operation was conducted with help from multiple law enforcement agencies and targeted individuals with prior criminal convictions, including attempted kidnapping, sexual battery and drug-related offences, Fox News reported.”The ICE mission continues to focus on enhancing public safety and restoring integrity to our nation’s…
Two men who carried out a cyber-attack which crippled Transport For London (TfL) when they were teenagers have both been sentenced to five years and six months in prison. Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, and Thalha Jubair, 20, from east London, pleaded guilty in June to carrying out the hack in 2024.They were described as computer-obsessed loners who carried out the hack as part of the cyber crime collective known as Scattered Spider.The cyber-attack disrupted TfL’s online services for months, stole the personal data of millions of people and left all 27,000 TfL employees needing to reset their passwords in…
The former head of Italy’s motorway operator has been given a 12-year prison sentence over the collapse of Genoa’s Morandi bridge in August 2018.Prosecutors had asked for a far longer jail term for ex-Autostrade per l’Italia chief Giovanni Castellucci.Forty-three people died when the motorway bridge running through the city came down in a rain storm at the height of the holiday season, sending cars and lorries plummeting to the ground.Castellucci, who is already serving a six-year jail term for a 2013 road disaster, was one of 57 defendants on trial in Genoa. Another top motorway official, Michele Donferri Mitelli, has…
The attendance set a new record for a women’s Test match and the MCC pulling out all stops to market the historic contest reflected the stunning evolution of the game Source link