Health officials have issued a warning over an “ extremely antibiotic-resistant ” infection mainly affectinggay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. The UK Health Security Agency( UKHSA) said there has been an increase in cases of Shigella sonnei, which is highly infectious. Some 47 cases were reported in the four-month period between September 2021 and January 2022, compared with just 16 cases in the previous 17 months( April 2020 to August 2021). The organisation said it has been fol

However, the mosque committee had challenged the district court’s survey order in the Allahabad High Court.... What happened in December 1992, that raises suspicion and distrust at every step, ” the mosque committee’s lawyer Huzefa Ahmadi said.... “ The ASI survey intends to go into the history as to what happened 500 years ago....

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Ram Singh Karki escaped the first wave of India’s pandemic by boarding a crowded bus and crossing the border home to Nepal.... Months later, as the rate of new infections fell, he returned to his job at a printing press in New Delhi, which had sustained his family for two decades and helped pay the school fees of his three children. Then India was swept by a second wave, and Mr.... When his oxygen level dropped, his manager arranged for an ambulance to take him back to the b

An incredible carnival is playing out in Panjim, the tiny riverside capital of Goa.... Every morning, the main thoroughfares are festooned anew with banners, placards and flags to herald the arrival of some fresh political bigwig.... Soon afterwards, I was startled to recognize Rahul Gandhi of the Indian National Congress outside my window....

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