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Mangaluru: Five second-year Pre-University students of St Aloysius PU College have launched an initiative to raise awareness about endometriosis, an often overlooked condition that affects millions of women worldwide. A group of students comprising Melisa Jessica Aranha, Diya Melita Pinto, Jean D’Souza, Aaditri H Bekal and Cera Oreva Furtado has launched an awareness campaign on endometriosis, aiming to encourage women to seek timely medical attention for persistent menstrual and pelvic pain.Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition in which tissue similar to the uterine lining grows outside the uterus. The disease can cause severe pelvic pain, menstrual complications and fertility-related issues.…

Hyderabad: After BRS announced `Janata Garage’ asking people to bring their problems to its notices, several colonies’ residents and representatives thronged Telangana Bhavan, BRS headquarters on Wednesday. The BRS has set up a legal cell to provide legal assistance to victims affected by 22-A restrictions.Former ministers T Harish Rao and P Sabita Indra Reddy, MLAs Kaleru Venkatesh, Mutta Gopal and Devireddy Sudheer Reddy, among others, interacted with the affected persons. The leaders assured them that the BRS would stand firmly by them and fight until justice was delivered.He demanded that the Government order a CID inquiry into the 22A issue…

Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay handed over appointment orders to 80 candidates selected through the TNPSC for various roles in the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department at the Secretariat on Tuesday. Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Tuesday inaugurated facilities built at a cost of ₹23.67 crore at the Arulmigu Mariamman Temple in Irukkankudi, Virudhunagar district, aimed at improving amenities for devotees.The newly opened facilities include a tonsure hall, an Annadhanam hall, 24 dining halls and 235 shops selling puja articles. The Annadhanam hall can accommodate 125 devotees at a time, while each dining hall…

Cuttack: Orissa high court has sought the state govt’s response to a PIL alleging prolonged inaction in implementing the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA), which seeks to empower tribal gram sabhas in Scheduled Areas.A division bench of Chief Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Chittaranjan Dash granted two weeks to the state to file its affidavit.The PIL, filed by villagers Purushottam Hikaka and three others from Rayagada, Kandhamal and Koraput through advocate Anup Kumar Mohapatra, has sought directions to the state to frame and enforce PESA rules within a stipulated timeframe.The petitioners, who depend primarily on agriculture and…

Image for representation only Mysuru: After weeks of uncertainty, the state govt has decided to organise kambala during the Mysuru Dasara celebrations and has set up a sub-committee headed by the ZP CEO to host the event.Sources said the kambala event is scheduled for Oct 18 and 19, and around 130 pairs of buffaloes have been registered for the slush race competition. Work on the slush track at the proposed venue in east Mysuru is also under way.The event was initially proposed, but after a section of society opposed organising the rural sport popular in the coastal region, the issue…

Farmers protesting at the Haryana-Punjab border have decided to halt their agitation CHANDIGARH: Khanauri Farmer outfits protesting on the Haryana-Punjab border announced the suspension of their agitation on Wednesday after Haryana officials offered them a meeting with Union Minister Manohar Lal on September 4 to discuss their demands.The development followed a meeting between representatives of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), which is leading the protest, and Haryana government officials.The farmers had been camping at the Khanauri-Data Singh Wala border after Haryana Police stopped a group of 51 farmers from proceeding to Delhi as part of their 228-km “Kisan Bachao Padyatra”…

Patna: Bihar’s scientific future received a major push on Wednesday as the Indian Institute of Technology-Patna (IIT-P) hosted the state-level celebration of National Space Day in collaboration with the U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), ISRO, bringing nearly 600 school students face-to-face with India’s space scientists and the country’s growing technological ambitions.The event, held against the backdrop of Chandrayaan-3’s historic success, went beyond celebration to send a pointed message: Bihar’s children must not remain spectators in India’s space journey—they must become its future engineers, scientists and innovators.The programme drew students from Kendriya Vidyalayas, govt schools and institutions including Foundation Academy,…

Ranchi: Around 4,000 people from tribal communities in Jharkhand have refused to participate in Special Intensive Revision (SIR). However, EC is listing their names and details to keep a record though they have neither filled the enumeration forms nor come forward to participate in the claims and objections phase that is under way, sources said.The number was lower when the SIR exercise in the state began on June 30, and the figure has reached 4,000 now.Speaking to TOI, Jharkhand chief electoral officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar said, “The details of indigenous tribal communities were collected in the enumeration phase. The…

Female polar bear near Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska. Image Credit: Alan Wilson/Wikipedia A single polar bear destroyed 89% of an entire ‘eider bird colony’ on an Alaskan barrier island in less than a day, giving scientists a striking example of how a changing Arctic is altering relationships between predators and seabirds. The incident, recorded on Spy Island in July 2024, was part of a wider pattern described in a 2026 study published in ‘Norwegian Polar Institute.’ Researchers found that polar bear attacks on bird colonies have become more noticeable as summer sea ice declines, leaving bears with less access to…

Police added that officers have trawled hours of public and private CCTV footage as part of the investigation, while door-to-door enquiries are also continuing. The last sighting of either man had been on Friday morning.Police also said the Chancellor Street property where the bodies were found was the home of one of the victims, and that the two men knew each other.Det Supt Cheryl Kelly, of the force’s Major Investigations Team, said: “I am appealing directly to anyone with any information, no matter how small or insignificant they feel it may be, to come forward and speak to us. “Please…