Amid the growing concerns over digital data security following revelation of how third party apps collected user data from Facebook, the Indian government has introduced a draft policy to safeguard health related data of individuals. The draft Digital Information in Healthcare Security Act (DISHA) prepared by the Union Health Ministry aims to ensure privacy and …
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Marvia Malik, a 21-year-old transgender woman, is Pakistan’s first TV news anchor. Not only she is proud to be at the forefront of the changing attitude of the society, especially in Pakistan, but also acknowledges that there is a long way to go. Her first appearance on local channel Kohenoor TV went viral on social media. This followed right after …
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Entry tickets for visiting the World Heritage monument, Taj Mahal, will be valid only for three hours from April 1 and if tourists exceed the time limit, they would have to pay an extra fee that will be equivalent to the cost of a ticket. At present, a ticket for an Indian national costs Rs 40 and for a foreign …
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The aerated drinks are known to deteriorate one’s health if consumed consistently. However, sometimes, even consuming it once is enough to fall sick. In a recent report by India Today, the Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has awarded Rs 24,606 to a doctor from Delhi who was diagnosed with food poisoning after consuming Coca Cola from a bottle containing …
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Lance Naik Devendranath Rai was 33 years old when he was convicted and sentenced to death for murdering two colleagues while posted in Mathura in 1991. Today, as a 60-year-old, he is still lodged in Naini Jail in Allahabad. In the last 27 years, he did not get a single day’s parole to visit his family. Rai’s wife, through senior …
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Initially it was a strange sight for people in Thiruvananthapuram, a foreigner walking around sticking bills all over the place. But when they got to know his story, many joined him, in his search and to spread the word across. Andrew Jordan, an Irish national has been frantically searching for his wife Liga Skromane, 33, who went missing in Kerala’s …
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When Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik recently announced the names of the five new members of the state planning board, no one was surprised after seeing Kamala Pujari’s name on the list. Pujari, a tribal woman from Koraput district had become famous by preserving hundreds of local varieties of paddy and promoting organic farming. She is also known for having …
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Barely 50 yards from the site where three All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) doctors lost their lives last Sunday, another crash involving a pile-up of a truck and four cars took place early Tuesday. The same night TOI drove down the Yamuna Expressway from 12 am to 1 am and again from 3.30 to 4.30 am. Here’s what …
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BCCL Even as Telangana government tried hard to hide the when Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, was scheduled to visit Hyderabad in November last year, false reality will remain false. Read more Here are more top news of the day: 1) Legendary Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking’s Ashes To Rest Near Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin Representational Image Legendary British …
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A serving Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel identified as Senthil Kumar has been arrested by Tamil Nadu Police for vandalising a statue of Dravidian icon EV Ramaswami, popularly known as Periyar in Pudukkottai. Kumar was arrested on Wednesday from his home, based on CCTV visuals from nearby. Police said the 35 year-old climbed the platform, smashed the statue’s head …
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