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NEW DELHI: Can organs, say a kidney or the liver, retrieved from a deceased donor with a history of diabetes or hypertension be used for transplantation?In a first of its kind factual assessment and report, the Indian Society for Organ Transplantation (ISOT) has said the benefits far outweigh the risks involved and, therefore, such donations…

CHENNAI: Pakistan’s “narrative management” during Operation Sindoor convinced its citizens they had triumphed, but “victory is in the mind”, Army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi said recently, describing how India planned and executed the cross-border strike like a high-stakes chess match.“If you ask a Pakistani whether you lost or won, he’d say my chief has become…

BENGALURU: India forced Pakistan “to its knees within hours” during Operation Sindoor in early May, PM Narendra Modi said Sunday, while calling the military success a show of “the new face” of a nation powered by technology and home-grown defence manufacturing.His remarks reinforced the nation’s position that no external party, including the US, played a…

NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Sunday informed Supreme Court that there was no provision in the Representation of the People Act or relevant rules mandating sharing details of preparation, publication or names of people deleted from the draft electoral roll with anyone, including petitioners before SC, except political parties.“The statutory framework does not require EC…

NEW DELHI: Air India’s upgrade of its legacy widebody fleet has been delayed again. The airline now hopes to complete the task by October 2028, about a year longer than the five-year plan announced earlier. Supply chain constraints since Covid have delayed Tata’s $400 million fleet retrofit programme for “delivering a world class flying experience…

KOLKATA: Police in Kolkata have opened a suo motu probe into allegations that the RG Kar medical college rape-murder victim’s mother was wounded during Saturday’s march to Bengal secretariat Nabanna, setting off a political slugfest between TMC and BJP over who was to blame.The parents have not filed a formal complaint, but BJP said the…

KOCHI: Brother of the Yemeni man for whose murder Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya has been sentenced to death has made a fresh plea for her execution.In a Facebook post on Saturday, victim Talal Abdo Mahdi’s sibling Abdul Fattah said he had met Yemen’s deputy attorney-general (AG) for the third time to demand immediate implementation of…

JAIPUR: A queen past her prime chuffed somewhere beyond the lantana. A young suitor followed. The scrub and dust of Ranthambore’s Zone 6 bore witness Saturday evening to a spectacle even veteran trackers blinked at – the national park’s oldest living tigress T-39, aka Noor, mating at an age when most big cats have long…

NEW DELHI: An Air India flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi was diverted to Chennai on Sunday after the crew detected a suspected technical fault amid adverse weather conditions en route. The airline confirmed that flight AI2455 landed safely in Chennai and that the aircraft would undergo necessary checks.“The flight crew of AI2455 operating from Thiruvananthapuram…

NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry has made frequent inspection of highway stretches mandatory for engineers and officers to ensure there is no encroachment of these corridors. Moreover, videography using drones has also been made compulsory for collecting regular updates.Encroachers will have to pay for the expenditure incurred in removal of unauthorised occupations as well…