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Tobacco Still Leading Cause of Cancer, say Experts

3:46 pm October 18, 2020

By Aditya Vikram Singh: Tobacco smoking is the practice of burning tobacco and inhaling the smoke (consisting of particle and gaseous phases). A more broad definition may include simply taking tobacco smoke into the mouth, and then releasing it, as is done by some with tobacco pipes and cigars. The practice was believed to have […]

Thailand closes Myanmar border crossings

3:25 pm October 18, 2020

Bangkok: Thailand has closed all border crossings between its northern province of Tak and Myanmar after five people in the Thai border town of Mae Sot tested positive for the coronavirus. The five, none of whom exhibited symptoms, are the first locally transmitted cases confirmed in Thailand since early September, when a prison inmate tested positive. All five are […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

Melbourne eases lockdown as cases decline

3:14 pm October 18, 2020

Melbourne, Australia: Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, has loosened lockdown restrictions as new and active COVID-19 continue to decline. From midnight Sunday, Melbourne residents will no longer face limits on the time they can spend away from their homes for education or recreation. Previous restrictions allowing Melburnians to travel only 5 kilometers (3 miles) from home […]

Mar Thoma church head Joseph Mar Thoma is dead

12:37 pm October 18, 2020

Thiruvalla: Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan, the primate of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, died early Sunday at a private hospital here after battling cancer, church sources said. The 90-year old head of the Marthoma community was under treatment for pancreatic cancer and breathed his last around 2.30 AM, hospital sources said. Prime Minister Narendra […]

Japan’s populist, pragmatic new PM Suga pushes Abe’s vision

8:33 pm October 17, 2020

Tokyo: Japan’s new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, leaves Sunday on his first overseas foray since taking over from his former boss Shinzo Abe last month, heading to Vietnam and Indonesia. The choice to visit Southeast Asia underscores Japan’s efforts to counter Chinese influence and build stronger economic and defense ties in the region, much in […]