Health

Court upholds Thailand’s ban on toxic farm chemicals

The Central Administrative Court has upheld the Thai government's ban on the toxic agricultural chemicals paraquat and chlorpyrifos, ruling the measure is lawful because it protects public health and the environment.

Kerala woman says hospital did colonoscopy without her consent, gets Rs 1.03 lakh payout

'Many messages of support': Injured cop in alleged stabbing out of hospital

A police officer who was injured in an alleged stabbing in Adelaide's northern suburbs this week has been discharged from hospital.

BUDGET season is behind us — and with it the opportunity for productive conversations and comparisons centring on…

BUDGET season is behind us — and with it the opportunity for productive conversations and comparisons centring on inter-governmental development priorities and structural reforms. In recent memory, the only time such conversations flooded…

'Same people who litter here, use dustbin abroad': Bombay HC on civic sense

A bench of Justices G S Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe made the observations while hearing a batch of petitions over pollution, foul odour, gas emissions and health hazards linked to the Kanjurmarg dumping ground in Mumbai. The judges said…

Situationer: How the US stabilisation fund could help Pakistan

PAKISTAN’S request for a $10 billion Exchange Stabilisation Support Facility from the US Treasury involves one of Washington’s most powerful, but least understood financial tools. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb requested the facility…

J&K terror attack on migrants: Two Chhattisgarh labourers die after being shot

One of the labourers, identified as Deepak Ratray, died before he could be shifted to a hospital. The second victim, Bopinder, was initially admitted to Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag before being referred to SKIMS Hospital in…

Two Mumbai women have rare stomach cancer that mimics ovarian tumour: What not to miss

Vietnamese surgeons perform first penis transplant, among 6 ever documented worldwide

Doctors at Viet Duc University Hospital have carried out Vietnam's first penis transplant from a brain-dead donor, marking an advance in the country's reconstructive surgery and highlighting growing capabilities in complex transplant…

America’s tariff state is expanding. India must be patient

French hitchhikers put faith in fellow travellers in Top End journey

After hitchhiking more than 5,000 kilometres from Queensland to the Kimberley, William Pertek and Manek Miquel say it has made for the trip of a lifetime.

Should Hong Kong regulate loot boxes as addiction issues arise in mobile gaming?

Playing strategic and role-playing mobile games has been a major leisure activity for Peter Lee* since he graduated in 2020, when social distancing measures during the Covid-19 pandemic left him with little to do outside working hours…