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The liver is one of the body’s most important organs, responsible for several essential physiological functions, including detoxification, metabolism, bile production and protein synthesis. Therefore, liver damage can affect the entire body and disrupt the processes that keep it functioning properly.Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease is also known as the silent liver disease. (Picture credit: Unsplash)ALSO READ: Gastroenterologist shares 3 everyday habits that could be silently harming liver: ‘If you are drinking alcohol every…’However, the worry is that most liver diseases do not have obvious warning signs and may progress for years before noticeable symptoms emerge. This is why awareness…
The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, has conferred 3104 degrees to students during its 59th Convocation Ceremony. The graduating batch included students from UG, PG and eMasters programs.IIT Kanpur Convocation 2026: 3104 degrees offered to UG, PG students, Sagar K. V. receives gold medalAccording to the institute, the graduating cohort comprised 1,325 postgraduate students, 1,247 undergraduate students and 532 students from the eMasters outreach degree programmes.Rajasthan teacher suspended for making girl students remove clothes for searchThis year’s graduating class included 390 PhD scholars, 852 BTech graduates, 212 BS graduates, 502 MTech graduates, 186 MSc graduates, 59 MBA graduates, 36 MDes…
Artist earns $1,250 by selling cigarette butts, bottle caps and an AirPod collected outside Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding; 50 collectibles sell out in 24 hours While thousands of Swifties gathered outside Madison Square Garden hoping to catch a glimpse of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce on their wedding day, one man saw an entirely different opportunity.New York artist Justin Gignac spent the evening collecting discarded litter left behind by fans. Within a day, he had transformed the trash into collectible art pieces that sold out online, earning him $1,250.According to Fast Company, Gignac collected litter left behind by…
Uber agreed on Thursday to buy Germany’s Delivery Hero at an equity value of $14.8 billion to create the largest food-delivery group outside China and stave off intensifying competition from US and European rivals.The acquisition advances the US ride-hailing firm’s efforts to build a global food-delivery business that can better compete with Just Eat, owned by Dutch group Prosus, and US rival DoorDash. “Together, we’ll nearly double the number of markets where we offer both mobility and delivery services,” Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said. Uber has made the acquisition conditional on a minimum acceptance threshold of 50% plus one share.…
Tehran on Thursday (July 16, 2026) accused the United States of carrying out a “barbaric attack” after a cancer hospital in Iran’s southwest was forced to evacuate due to nearby strikes.”This barbaric attack, reminiscent of Israel’s atrocities against healthcare facilities, caused severe suffering and anxiety upon the hospitalised children,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei posted on X, saying “211 patients undergoing chemotherapy” were evacuated.At the heart of the fighting is the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway crucial to global oil and gas flows.Iran blockaded Hormuz after the war erupted on February 28, using the waterway for leverage against its foes…
NEW DELHI: Army chief General Dhiraj Seth, who is on a visit to the Eastern Command, reviewed the operational preparedness of the Tezpur-based IV Corps, also known as the Gajraj Corps, on Thursday. In two days, he visited the headquarters of the XXXIII Corps or Trishakti Corps, in Sukna and the III Corps (Spear Corps) in Dimapur.On Wednesday, the Army chief went to Bengdubi military station, which holds immense strategic value as it stands at the northern entrance of the crucial Siliguri Corridor (also referred to as ‘Chicken’s Neck’). The vital strip of land separates Nepal from Bangladesh and is…
Mumbai: High drama was witnessed in the BMC general body on Thursday after the BJP-led house sought to accord urgent status to a proposal to widen a road in Ghatkopar (West), triggering a confrontation over voting procedure that ended with the opposition staging a walkout.The urgent proposal pertained to revising the regular road line of Khot Lane in Ghatkopar (West) from 6 metres to 9 metres under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, and the Development Control and Promotion Regulations, 2034. The proposal covers multiple land parcels in Ghatkopar-Kirol village.Before the proposal could be taken up, however, opposition members demanded…
New Delhi: The city saw the warmest July day and night in two years. The maximum temperature rose to 39.2 degrees celsius, four degrees above normal, while the minimum temperature settled at 30.2 degrees, three notches above normal Thursday. The heat index or the ‘feels-like’ temperature stood at 48 degrees celsius at 2.30 pm.Higher maximum and minimum temperatures in July were last recorded in 2024 at 39.3 degrees celsius and 30.4 degrees celsius, respectively, according to IMD. Hot and humid conditions are likely to continue till Saturday. There are chances of rain from Saturday evening to July 22. IMD explains…
Volunteers painted Judicial Layout railway underpass in various shades of green to reflect the character of the area Bengaluru: Around 150 employees of a multinational company, collaborating with the Bengaluru North City Corporation, spent Thursday afternoon cleaning and painting the walls of the Judicial Layout railway underpass in north Bengaluru as part of a special beautification drive under the corporation’s Safe Footpaths campaign.Led by Arun Pai of Project Walkaluru, the volunteers painted the underpass in various shades of green to reflect the character of the area, which is surrounded by the GKVK campus and greenery off Airport Road.“We had great…
Hyd man critically injured in targetting stabbing at Utah mall Hyderabad: A Hyderabad man was critically injured after he was allegedly attacked for his religion, and stabbed 15 times at a shoppig mall in the US on July 13. According to local media reports, Syed Sohail Uddin was attacked while working at a kiosk in the Valley Fair Mall in Utah and suffered grave injuries all over his body. A GoFudme page set up by his cowoker to raise funds for his treatment stated that Sohail has undergone multiple surgeries on his hands, heart and lungs and continues to be…