WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, although older people are at a higher risk of severe disease, younger people are at risk too. One of the challenges we face is convincing younger people of this risk, he added. Saying that young people can be infected and can transmit …
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We may hear others’ footsteps, but how do we ignore our own?
A team of scientists has uncovered the neural processes mice use to ignore their own footsteps, a discovery that offers new insights into how we learn to speak and play music. The research is reported in the journal Nature. “The ability to ignore one’s own footsteps requires the brain to …
Read More »Taliban kill candidate, 19 others in attack on Peshawar poll rally
ANP candidate Haroom Bilour, who was due to contest the July 25 general election, was targeted for his party’s “anti-Islam policies”, said Pakistani Taliban (TPP) spokesman Mohammad Khurasani in a statement following the Tuesday night attack. The ANP is a secular and leftist party that represents the Pashtuns, who form …
Read More »4 killed, others hurt in fire at two Lucknow hotels
Around 50 people were rescued from the building. According to the police, the death toll might rise. The fire broke out at the two hotels in Charbagh’s Doodh Mandi area around 6 am. SP Lucknow Vikas Tripathi said cause of fire is being ascertained as investigation continues.
Read More »J Dey murder: Chhota Rajan, 8 others sentenced to life imprisonment
Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Adkar had on April 3 fixed May 2 for the verdict. Several high-profile accused in Dey’s murder include Rajendra S Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan, currently lodged in Tihar Central Jail in New Delhi, and former Mumbai journalist Jigna Vora. The final arguments in the Special Maharashtra Control …
Read More »J Dey murder: Chhota Rajan, 8 others convicted; 2 journos acquitted
Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Adkar had on April 3 fixed May 2 for the verdict. Several high-profile accused in Dey’s murder include Rajendra S Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan, currently lodged in Tihar Central Jail in New Delhi, and former Mumbai journalist Jigna Vora. The final arguments in the Special Maharashtra Control …
Read More »Blackbuck poaching case: Verdict on Salman, Saif and others on Thursday
Jodhpur: A Jodhpur court will pronounce its verdict in the 1998 black buck poaching case against actor Salman Khan and others, on Thursday. Final arguments of the case were completed in the trial court on March 28, after which Chief Judicial Magistrate Dev Kumar Khatri had reserved the judgment. All …
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