05-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: A coalition led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party could win nearly three-fourths of the parliamentary seats in elections starting this month, according to a survey, opens new tab, while the main opposition Congress could hit a record low. The immensely popular …

05-04-2024 BOSTON: The first man to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig has been discharged from hospital. The 62-year-old was sent home on Wednesday, two weeks after the ground-breaking surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Organ transplants from genetically modified pigs have failed in the past but …

05-04-2024 GAZA CITY: World Central Kitchen (WCK) founder Jose Andres has accused Israeli forces in Gaza of targeting his aid workers “systematically, car by car”. Monday’s strike which killed seven members of his staff was not a mistake, he said, repeating that Israeli forces had been told of their movements. …

05-04-2024 TAIPEI CITY: The people of Taiwan have woken up to the aftermath of its worst earthquake in a quarter of a century. Rescue efforts continued on Thursday after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the island’s eastern coast on Wednesday at 07:58 local time 23:58 (GMT). At least nine people …

05-04-2024 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA: Google, the search engine used by more than a billion people around the world, is reported to be considering charging for premium content generated by artificial intelligence (AI). The company, owned by Alphabet Inc, is said to be revamping its business model and looking at putting …

HYDERABAD”4 April 2024: Retired Superintendent of Police and formerly DCP, OSD of Taskforce, Hyderabad City Police P Radha Kishan Rao who was arrested on March 29 has been taken into police custody from Thursday up to April 10, 2024, for further questioning in connection with the alleged phone tapping case. …

NEW DELHI’ 4 April 2024: Special CBI Judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Court here on Thursday reserved verdict on the interim bail plea of jailed BRS MLC K Kavitha till April 8. The verdict would be delivered at 10.30 am on Monday. Counsel for Kavitha, senior advocate Abhishek Manu …

HYDERABAD’4 April 2024: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached various immovable properties amounting to Rs. 94.44 lakh and movable properties amounting to Rs. 23.20 lakh (in form of bank balances) with a combined total of Rs. 1.17 crore belonging to Molugu Vijai Kumar, Joint Director Boilers Department, Government of Telangana …

04-04-2024 GAZA CITY: There is growing outrage around the world after Israeli air strikes killed seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity, as the country faces increased scrutiny over its conduct in the war on Gaza. WCK, one of two NGOs spearheading efforts to distribute aid brought …

04-04-2024 BEIJING/ SHANGHAI: A Chinese drug-maker has developed a biosimilar version of Novo Nordisk’s (NOVOb.CO), opens new tab popular diabetes drug Ozempic and applied for its approval. Hangzhou Jiuyuan Gene Engineering said on Wednesday in a post, opens new tab on its official social media account that the application for …