It has for long been conjectured to be a malnutrition-related form of diabetes, but has only now been officially recognized as “Type 5” diabetes at the World Diabetes Congress in Bangkok last week. This comes 70 years after this type of diabetes was first reported. One of the lead authors of the path-breaking physiological study…
The mystery of Jack the Ripper, one of history’s most infamous and elusive serial killers who killed five women in London’s Whitechapel district between 1888 and 1891, has been finally solved as after 137 years, his true identity has been revealed. Jack the Ripper, whose true identity was never really known, was back in the…
NEW YORK: The woman who died after being set on fire in a New York subway train earlier this month was a 57-year-old from New Jersey, New York City police announced Tuesday. The woman, Debrina Kawam, was from Toms River, a township on the Jersey Shore, according to the NYPD. New York City Mayor Eric…
NEW DELHI: Schools in Delhi have been ordered to identify illegal Bangladeshi migrant children and mandated that birth certificates not be issued to such individuals. The MCD instructed all zones to take necessary steps to remove encroachments made by illegal Bangladeshi migrants. These directives were discussed during a virtual meeting chaired by the principal secretary…
After weeks of fear and bewilderment about the drones buzzing over parts of New York and New Jersey, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer is urging the federal government to deploy better drone-tracking technology to identify and ultimately stop the airborne pests. The New York Democrat is calling on the Department of Homeland Security to immediately deploy…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday asked jail superintendents to identify all undertrial prisoners, including women undertrials, who have undergone incarceration for one-third or half of the maximum punishment prescribed for offences they are accused of and send their cases to concerned courts for grant of bail.A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and S V…