Day: August 29, 2020

Brain dead man breathes new life into COVID-19 patient with severe lung infection

7:21 pm August 29, 2020

Chennai: A brain dead man has breathed new life into a COVID-19 patient with severe lung infection and given hope to a young Mumbai woman as his lungs and hands were transplanted to the respective recipients. The wife of the 34-year-old man from the city agreed to donate his heart, liver and skin also for […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Census, like Post Office, politicised in election year

7:18 pm August 29, 2020

Orlando: The postal service isn’t the only staid federal agency to be drawn into a political battle in 2020. Unlike the department charged with delivering mail, however, the U.S. Census Bureau has been here before. It has found itself targeted by politicians repeatedly since it conducted its first nationwide head count in 1790. The reason […]

Men have 30 pc higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women: Study

College students’ mental health worst-hit by COVID lockdown: Study

7:14 pm August 29, 2020

New Delhi: A mental health study done on over 8,000 individuals found that college students were the most affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown. Conducted by YourDost, an online mental health platform, the study found that the second worst-affected segment of people was working professionals. They were not affected at the beginning […]

Cricketer Suresh Raina’s uncle killed by robbers in Punjab’s Pathankot

7:11 pm August 29, 2020

Chandigarh: A 58-year-old uncle of cricketer Suresh Raina died while four members of his family sustained injuries allegedly in an attack by robbers in Punjab’s Pathankot district. The deceased has been identified as Ashok Kumar, a government contractor. According to police, the incident took place at Thariyal village in Punjab’s Pathankot on the night intervening […]

Man commits suicide in UP’s Bhadohi

7:03 pm August 29, 2020

Bhadohi (UP): Saddened over a case registered against him, a 25-year-old man allegedly hanged himself here, police said on Saturday. The incident took place in Hardevpur area under Gopiganj police station limits on Friday night, they said. According to circle officer Kalu Singh, a trader was beaten up allegedly by Sandeep Shukla alias Pintu and […]