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At 26 per cent, India accounts for the highest global tuberculosis burden: WHO
30Oct By No Comments
Health

At 26 per cent, India accounts for the highest global tuberculosis burden: WHO

Even as India aims to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, five years ahead of the global target, a report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday showed that the country accounts for 26 per cent -- the highest -- global TB burden. The Global Tuberculosis Report 2024 showed that India is the highest among the 30 high-burden countries -- Indonesia (10 per cent), China (6.8 per cent), the Philippines (6.8 per cent) and Pakistan (6.3 per cent) -- which together accounted for 56 per cent of the global TB burden. Globally, TB again emerged as the leading infectious disease killer in 2023, surpassing Covid-19. It showed that about 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with TB in 2023 -- the highest number recorded since WHO began global TB monitoring in 1995. This also represe...
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Passengers ‘removed from Heathrow plane after fight over Trump MAGA cap’ | US News
30Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Passengers ‘removed from Heathrow plane after fight over Trump MAGA cap’ | US News

Two women were reportedly removed from a plane at Heathrow Airport when a fight broke out over a Make America Great Again (MAGA) cap.According to The Sun, the American passengers started arguing when one asked the other to remove the red hat - worn by supporters of Donald Trump - as they waited to board the flight in Terminal 5. The woman wearing the cap refused, at which point punches were exchanged and the pair were later escorted off the flight, the newspaper said.The Metropolitan Police told Sky News that officers at the airport were called to an incident shortly after 12.45pm on Monday."A woman in her 40s and a woman in her 60s made counter allegations of affray," the force said. ...
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Has the Trump camp’s divisive rhetoric shaved off a key demographic? Will it sway the outcome?
30Oct By No Comments
World News

Has the Trump camp’s divisive rhetoric shaved off a key demographic? Will it sway the outcome?

By Barbara Miller, ABC North America correspondent Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arriving to speak at Madison Square Garden in New York, on 27 October. Photo: ANGELA WEISS / AFP Analysis - Donald Trump's not sorry; he's apparently very, very angry. The Republican presidential candidate addressed the media at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after facing backlash over comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's racist comments at a Madison Square Garden rally two days ago. Megastars of the music industry, among them Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin, have lined up to condemn the comedian's remarks that Puerto Rico was a "floating island of garbage" and endorse Trump's opponent. Several Republicans representing areas with significant Latino populati...
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Police in New South Wales recover 40,000 stolen Bluey coins from storage unit | World News
30Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Business

Police in New South Wales recover 40,000 stolen Bluey coins from storage unit | World News

More than 40,000 stolen coins based on the hit children's TV show Bluey have been recovered by police in Australia.New South Wales Police said officers searched a self-storage facility in Wentworthville and found a haul of Royal Australian Mint bags containing the cartoon currency. Earlier this year, the mint produced coins featuring characters from the animated programme worth one Australian dollar (50p in the UK). They are considered legal tender.On 12 July, police said 63,000 of the limited edition coins had been stolen from a warehouse in Wetherill Park, New South Wales, months before they were due to enter circulation.Read more:The Bluey phenomenon Image: More than 40,000 limited edition Bluey coins were recovered by police. Pic: Rex ...
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Teen accused of girls’ murder at UK dance class faces terrorism charge
30Oct By No Comments
World News

Teen accused of girls’ murder at UK dance class faces terrorism charge

By Lauren Kent, CNN Floral tributes were left for the victims following the deadly knife attack in Southport, northwest England, on 29 July. Photo: Peter Powell/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource The teenager charged with the murder of three young girls in a July stabbing attack at a dance class in northwest England will face a terrorism charge, British prosecutors announced on Tuesday (local time). The suspect Axel Rudakubana, who was 17 at the time of the attack but is now 18, will be charged with the production of the biological toxin ricin, and possession of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing to commit an act of terrorism, the United Kingdom's Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement. The new charges he faces in relation to the attack in the ...
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U.S. election: How would Harris, Trump immigration plans impact Canada? – National
30Oct By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

U.S. election: How would Harris, Trump immigration plans impact Canada? – National

The close U.S. presidential election between Vice-President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump could be decided on the issue of immigration, and either result will have implications for Canada. While the economy has been identified as a top concern among American voters, immigration is not far behind, with more people saying they want a clampdown at the borders.Polling by Gallup has found a majority of Americans want immigration levels decreased. The number saying so — 55 per cent — is the highest since 2002. Although 64 per cent say immigration is an overall good thing for the country, that figure is the lowest in 10 years.Trump has based much of his campaign around tackling unauthorized or “illegal” immigration, with policy proposals including mass deportations and other severe crackdowns. A...
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Neena Gupta: Crossed the age and stage to be typecast I Exclusive
30Oct By No Comments
Entertainment, Movies

Neena Gupta: Crossed the age and stage to be typecast I Exclusive

Actor Neena Gupta has returned to Malayalam cinema after over 30 years. She first worked in Malayalam cinema in the early 90s in Vasthuhara and Aham, both starring superstar Mohanlal lead. However, Gupta still considers Disney plus Hotstar`s new series `1000 Babies` as her first Malayalam project. "I didn`t have much to do in Vasthuhara and Aham. They were different kind of films too. I would say that this is my first Malayalam film in a way. It`s a very prominent role for me, not only in a different language but also in my career," she shares talking to mid-day.com. Neena Gupta on playing Saramma in 1000 Babies  The theme of the series which has switching of babies in a hospital at the time of birth is such that it can leave the audience rattled. To play the role of the mysterious and l...
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Deadly Israeli strike in Gaza amid anger over UN agency ban
30Oct By No Comments
World News

Deadly Israeli strike in Gaza amid anger over UN agency ban

People walk past the damaged Gaza City headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in February 2024. Photo: AFP An Israeli air strike on a single residential block killed nearly 100 people, Gaza's civil defence agency said, leaving rescuers scrambling through rubble for survivors as Israel pressed on with its offensives in Gaza and Lebanon. The latest bombing came as Israel faced a chorus of international criticism after its parliament voted overwhelmingly to ban UNRWA, the main United Nations aid agency working with Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Palestinian rescuers and desperate family members gathered round the demolished five-storey block in Beit Lahia in the north of Gaza. A charred body with long hair hung out of an upper-st...
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Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Wednesday, October 30, 2024
30Oct By No Comments
Life Style

Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Wednesday, October 30, 2024

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‘It’s a cult’: Kiwis voting in US describe ‘nightmare’ election
30Oct By No Comments
World News

‘It’s a cult’: Kiwis voting in US describe ‘nightmare’ election

Susan Cutforth moved to US 14 years ago and voted for Harris. Photo: Nick Monro/RNZ A New Zealander who has lived in the United States for 14 years says the election campaign is a "nightmare" and Donald Trump is a "fascist". Polls were showing Kamala Harris and Donald Trump were neck and neck in the critical southwest states of Arizona and Nevada. RNZ's Corin Dann caught up with a group of New Zealanders and Australians in an Irish pub in Phoenix, Arizona. Susan Cutforth, who has lived in the US for 14 years and was based in Phoenix, said the election campaign had been a "nightmare" to live through. And she was worried what another Trump presidency might mean. "It's such polarity, the two, between them. All the things that Trump threatened that he would do, like becoming a dictator, he...
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