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Bangladesh Unrest Hits India's Medical Tourism

Revenues from Bangladeshi patients have declined by 30% to 35% in 2024-2025.Bangladesh typically accounts for 70% to 75% of all medical visas issued by India. Kindly note the image has been posted......

Private hospitals to boost cancer care, beds count

'Cancer incidence is projected to increase by 12.8 per cent by 2025 compared with 2020, necessitating more dedicated cancer treatment centres and specialised beds.' IMAGE: The Apollo hospital......

Get ready for Zubin Mehta at NCPA Mumbai on Aug 19, 21

Zubin Mehta, the globally-acclaimed Parsi conductor from Mumbai, music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is all......

Meet Capt Shiva Chouhan: 1st woman officer deployed in Siachen

When Captain Shiva Chouhan became the first woman army officer to be operationally deployed in Siachen -- the world's highest battlefield -- she broke the glass ceiling, and two months into her......

Unique experiment: Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module moved to orbit Earth

The Propulsion Module (PM) of Chandrayaan-3 has been moved from an orbit around the Moon to an orbit around Earth, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said, terming the operation a......

Private Hospitals to Add 34,000 Beds by FY29

Leading chains plan Rs 40K crore infra revival to close capacity gap over next 3-5 years Kindly note the image has only been published for representational purposes. Photograph: ANI Photo India's......

'Google 'polluted Internet' with classified material'

After registering a Preliminary Enquiry against Google for alleged mapping of classified areas, CBI has sought help of Survey of India which has alleged that the Internet giant continued to......

Poor monsoon likely to push food prices further

The El Nino risks for this year is rising in India and it could result in sub-par rains, hurting rural demand and food inflation in the country, says a report. According to the Japanese brokerage......

Govt banks: Higher NPAs to pinch senior management's pocket

The senior management of state-owned banks might get less of performance-linked pay this year than in the past, if they fail to bring down bad loans and high-cost deposits. To improve the asset......

Economy doesn't seem water-proof, yet

In the first 20 days of June, cumulative rains have been 26 per cent below normal. Deficient rainfall is the last thing India needs at this point in time, as it would not only hit economic growth......

Hong Kong film fails to impress at Locarno

Ankur Pathak captures the essence of the Locarno International Film Festival, live from Locarno! After including films as linguistically diverse as one can accomodate, the eighth day at the......

Deepika Padukone to lead India Day parade in NY

Deepika Padukone, who made her Bollywood debut with Om Shanti Om last year, will lead the annual India Day parade in New York on August 17. The parade, which has showcased India's culture on......

'The Invaders is very much on'

Ajey Jhankar is a man with a dream. His $42 million project The Invaders -- which stars Vivek Oberoi and possibly Aishwarya Rai andwill be directed by Roland Joffe --has been in the eye of a......

15 BEAUTIFUL stories, told on screen

Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale. I usually spend 10 days of February in Berlin attending the Berlinale, the most exciting international film festival in Europe, in the early......

New Zealand snatch first Test win in Australia after 26 years

New Zealand paceman Doug Bracewell took six wickets in a devastating spell around lunch on the fourth day of the second Test on Monday to fire his country to a dramatic first victory over......

Spotted: Imran Khan in LA

Reader Tony Parakka sent us this picture from Los Angeles. 'I spotted Imran Khan at Los Angeles airport in April 2005. It was a great honour to speak with him and also know abouthis fund-raising......

IOC is intimidating Kenyan athletes, says former champion

By forcing Kenyan athletes to undergo additional drugs tests before allowing them to compete in Rio, the International Olympic Committee is trying to intimidate his countrymen, a former running......

Kenya says undecided over Olympics threat posed by Zika virus

- Sports authorities across the world are scrambling to find out more about the mosquito-borne virus as they make plans for the games in August. IMAGE: Rio Olympics 2016's organizing committee......

Farah makes winning return; allegedly tells team-mate to 'f*** off

'This victory is a way to answer some of the critics' Britain's Mo Farah celebrates. Photograph: Pierre Albouy/Reuters Double Olympic champion Mo Farah won the 5,000 metres at the Diamond League......

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