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Bhubaneswar: AIIMS Bhubaneswar has been recognised as the top govt healthcare facility in the ‘Linking Health Records’ category under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), securing the all-India rank 1 for health record linkage.The award was presented during the two-day ‘chintan shivir’ in Bhubaneswar, organised by the National Health Authority (NHA) under the ministry of health and family welfare.AIIMS Bhubaneswar executive director Dr Ashutosh Biswas said the recognition reflects the institute’s leadership in advancing digital health initiatives aimed at seamless, citizen-centric healthcare delivery.He said the institute recorded 42 lakh health record linkages and generated 19 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health Account…

Headmaster N D Ajjaiah said a survey by the teachers revealed these challenges, prompting them to turn the campus into a safe learning spaceMangaluru: At Govt High School, Baikampady, Meenakaliya, in Karnataka the school bell does not mark the end of learning. For the second year in a row, teachers have extended their working hours, holding night classes till 9pm to prepare students for the SSLC examinations.Most students come from families of daily wage earners, where homes lack space or a quiet environment to study. Many parents leave for work as early as 4am and return only by 9pm or…

Amitabh Bachchan is a huge sports fan and the actor is one of the biggest cheerleaders for team India every time we play any sport, especially cricket. Big B recently expressed his joy and pride over India’s commanding triumph at the U19 Cricket World Cup, where the Ayush Mhatre-led team secured a record sixth title. India outplayed England by a huge 100-run margin at the Harare Sports Club in Zimbabwe, marking the largest victory by runs in an U19 World Cup final. The win led the legendary actor to reflect on how India’s standing on the global stage has transformed,…

Last Updated:January 28, 2026, 13:38 ISTGmail helps people filter out the spam emails from their main inbox but something caused a glitch in the feature.Gmail users were seeing all their spam emails in the main inboxIn the last few days, many users have complained about their Gmail inbox looking rather confused with some spam mails misclassified. The company also confirmed the issues with a report on its status dashboard, which highlighted this exact inbox issue. Gmail has been separating promotional emails and spams into a different section but this problem meant users were seeing all the emails in the primary…

Science quiz: on palaeoclimatology 1 / 6 | What’s the general name for formations like stalactites and stalagmites, which are formed when minerals slowly deposit at one location over a long period? 2 / 6 | An ___ ____ is a cylinder of ice that’s been drilled out of a larger mass. These objects have trapped small bubbles of air from an atmosphere that existed when the ice froze. By analysing this air, scientists can study the atmosphere from centuries or even millennia ago. Fill in the blanks. 3 / 6 | Water molecules contain different isotopes of oxygen. Two…

NEW DELHI: Keen for a bigger pie of the world’s fastest growing aviation market, the biggest sectoral original equipment manufacturers’ legal teams are poring over the fine print of the landmark Indo-US trade deal.A zero-duty access to components exported from India to the US will give India parity with other aerospace supply chains such as Europe, Japan and Korea.While clarity is expected in a week or so, zero duty will mean an “exponential” increase in aerospace exports from India, which is currently pegged at $1.5 billion annually for Airbus and $1.25 billion for Boeing. Officials said Boeing has indicated it…

Social media emerges as the primary source of misinformation (77.4 per cent) compared to mainstream media (23 per cent). Among social media platforms, X (formerly Twitter) is the leading platform for spreading fake news (61 per cent), followed closely by Facebook (34 per cent), according to the study Fact-Checking India: Identifying the Spread of Fake News and Policy Recommendations for Combatting Misinformation.The study was jointly conducted by the Institute of Data Science at the Indian School of Business (ISB) and CyberPeace Foundation.The sample size for the content analysis was 500 fake news items collected from fact-checking site AltNews during 2022-2024.…

Last Updated:January 30, 2026, 09:16 ISTAs per the revised orders, the voting for the 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis will now be held on February 7, instead of February 5.The voting for the 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis will now be held on February 7. (PTI File image used for representation)In Maharashtra, the remaining phases of the general elections for 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis have been rescheduled to February 7. Initially set for February 5, the polling date was shifted due to the passing of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and the subsequent…

Mumbai: Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel registered a first information report (FIR) after a male commuter dressed in a burqa was spotted travelling in the ladies’ compartment of a Central Railway local train on Friday. A video of the incident went viral on social media. The accused is on the run.On Friday afternoon, female commuters travelling in the second-class ladies’ coach of a CSMT-bound fast local sensed something amiss about a co-traveller in a burqa. When confronted, the co-traveller turned out to be a man. The women enquired why he boarded the ladies’ compartment and why he was in a…

Bengaluru: Wildlife rescue — particularly snake rescue — in the city increasingly slipped into an unregulated, profit-driven activity, triggering growing demands to recognise snake rescue as a free public service. Several self-proclaimed rescuers allegedly charge panic-stricken families between Rs 1,000 and Rs 5,000 per call.With no official registry of rescuers, no verified data on snake rescue or relocation, and the absence of a transparent, govt-run mechanism, conservationists warn both human safety and wildlife are being put at risk. In response, a group of conservationists and citizens launched a campaign urging GBA or the forest department to formally declare snake rescue…