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The man, who suffered from kidney failure, has received an organ transplant from his mother.The successful transplant was performed at the Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology (AINU) in Hyderabad.The patient, a native of Alwal in Hyderabad, began experiencing symptoms of kidney failure in July. He had severe headaches and high blood pressure, and he was losing weight rapidly. He was diagnosed with kidney failure and referred to AINU for treatment.His mother, aged 42, volunteered to donate her kidney. The transplant was performed on August second week successfully.The patient is now recovering well and is expected to make a full…

Was Jammu & Kashmir’s last Pandit prime minister only doing the bidding of a ‘moody maharaja’, as has been argued by Siddharth Kak and Lily Bhan Kak, or was he in cahoots, alternately, with the Political Department of the dying British Raj and Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan?In his book, ‘Gilded Cage: Years That Made and Unmade Kashmir’, also published by Rupa, Sandeep Bamzai, Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director, IANS, argues that Ram Chandra Kak was anything but a pliant prime minister following the orders of his royal boss. Excerpts:If Sheikh Abdullah was the protagonist of what eventually became…

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) aims to achieve a lightweight probe system on a small scale and use the pinpoint landing technology necessary for future lunar probes.If successful, Japan will become just the fifth country to successfully soft-land on the moon, after Russia, US, China and India. The mission will also place the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) in a satellite that will help scientists observe plasma in stars and galaxies.The mission, originally scheduled to take off on Saturday, was postponed to Monday due to bad weather. It will now launch to…

In a statement, the commerce ministry said it has directed trade promotion body APEDA not to register contracts below $1,200 per tonne.Existing contracts below $1,200 per tonne have been kept in abeyance.A committee under the chairman of APEDA will be set up to evaluate future course of action.India had banned the export of non-basmati white rice on July 20 this year.The statement read, “The Government has received credible field reports regarding misclassification and illegal export of non-basmati white rice, export of which has been prohibited with effect from 20 July 2023. It has been reported that non-basmati white rice is…

The graffiti appeared at more than seven stations and near a government school as well.The police have removed all the graffiti ahead of the G20 Summit in the national capital.The derogatory graffiti slogans challenging the sovereignty of India appeared at following metro stations: ShivaJi Park, MadiPur, Paschim Vihar, Udyog Nagar, and Maharaja Surajmal Stadium; Punjabi Bagh and Nangloi Metro Stations. Graffiti had also appeared at government Sarvodya Bal Vidyalya Nangloi.A police source said that pro-Khalistani supporters may be behind these graffiti. Name of Sikh for Justice (SFJ) was also mentioned in graffiti.“Modi India’s committed genocide of Sikhs, Khalistan Referundum Jindabad,…

Navneet will be soon seen playing the negative lead in the thriller series ‘The Freelancer’.Speaking to IANS, the actor who is known for his role in ‘Heropanti 2’, said: “What I like about this industry right now is people are not bounding any actor into certain roles, whether it’s positive or negative. They accept them in different roles and characters. That’s the good part of this industry.”He further shared: “I dislike that whatever roles that are coming in the industry are not reaching to the potential people, like there are thousands of deserving and experienced people.”“So, there should be some…

A senior official of the metro railways said that the automatic platform screen doors will open automatically after the train reaches and halts at a station and will automatically close after the process of entry and exit of the passengers is completed.“This will make the rail tracks totally inaccessible and invisible to the passengers all the time and hence there will be absolutely no chance for suicide attempts by jumping on the tracks. Hence the delay in schedule following such suicides or suicide attempts will also be ruled out,” the official explained.This system will be installed in all the stations…

A senior police officer said the accused. identified as Vikram, was wanted in two cases, and was making plans to extort money from local businessmen.”The team of AATS, Dwarka got a tip off about the accused. The information was developed and it was learned that the accused was carrying a Germany made sophisticated weapon. The team learned that he was active near Tajpur Enclave, Qutub Vihar,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Dwarka M. Harshavardhan.The police conducted a raid and arrested the accused. A case under sections 25, 54, 59 of the Arms Act was registered in this respect at…

Sarika Bansal, who, if elected, would be the first Indian-American and second woman of color to serve on the Cary Town council, was attending a meeting when a friend texted her about the sign, The Herald-Sun daily reported on Friday.Bansal said the sign was found in the Highcroft Village neighbourhood in west Cary in District D — the place from where she is running for a council seat.She told the daily that her head on the sign was scratched off and a photo of a Black person was superimposed over her face.”This was shocking. .. Even after the meeting, I…

With the addition of the 44 new cases, the total tally of Covid-19 reported so far in the country stood at 4,49,96,963.According to the Ministry’s data, 45 people recuperated from the disease, taking the tally to 4,44,63,533. The recovery rate stands at 98.91 per cent.The active caseload stands at 1,502, and death toll remains at 5,31,928.As per the data, over 220.67 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered so far.–IANSstd/uk