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A broken test tube inside a laboratory is at the centre of a disturbing medical mystery in Siberia.A 28-year-old laboratory worker in Russia’s Irkutsk region has died after reportedly being exposed to live plague bacteria, with local reports saying the exposure may have happened when a test tube broke while she was handling samples. Nearly…

West Indies’ captain Shai Hope celebrates his century (AP Photo) Shai Hope turned to advice from former India captain MS Dhoni to pace his innings as West Indies chased down their highest-ever ODI target against India and signed off the series with a five-wicket win on Saturday.Hope produced an unbeaten 162 off 143 balls, his…

The pilot also recalled trying to open the cockpit door once, but said the co-pilot shut it again. He later found himself lying on the cockpit floor as he heard the aircraft moving rapidly and passengers screaming. Flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu where he described the incidents that…

Strada said his resignation was ‘in the best interest of Tennesseans’ while the review is conducted and defended the state’s execution process Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada will resign this month following the failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike, Governor Bill Lee announced Saturday, as the state faces growing calls for…

Ukrainian intelligence has obtained documents showing that Russian leader Vladimir Putin had issued a “new doctrine” of military attacks on a much broader range of civilian targets ahead of this winter, Zelensky said. Russia said on Saturday it would continue to carry out targeted retaliatory strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities and urged foreign…

TOI Correspondent from Dhaka: Former PM Sheikh Hasina was not brought to India by the Indian air force or army, but arrived on a Bangladeshi military aircraft, and “we hardly had any choice other than accepting her as she was still Bangladesh’s PM”, India’s high commissioner in Dhaka, Dinesh Trivedi, said Saturday.On Bangladesh’s request for…

The proposal, being considered by the General Insurance Council, would pair the change with common hospital empanelment and a formal mechanism for settling disputes between insurers and hospitals. MUMBAI: Non-life insurers are considering a 10% co-payment by policyholders on retail health policies from Jan 1, 2027, with the patient’s contribution capped at Rs 5 lakh…

‘Insulting people’s mandate is an old characteristic of Congress. Whenever people reject Congress, it begins to discredit constitutional institutions and the mandate,’ Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said. NEW DELHI: Hitting back at Congress president Kharge for his “illegal” jibe at PM Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah, BJP said Saturday that it is…

Malhotra cautioned against stressed valuations, especially those related to AI, elevated debt levels globally, elevated leverage that could spill over to banks and markets in case of tightening of financial conditions, private credit, and cyber risks that have been compounded by AI. NEW DELHI: RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra on Saturday said the Indian financial system…

The logic behind the measure is that hospitals may order additional diagnostic tests, recommend procedures and extend hospital stays when patients have comprehensive insurance cover. NEW DELHI: Indians can expect to live longer than their counterparts in Pakistan, but have shorter lives than people in Bangladesh, the US and Canada, according to the latest World…