Canberra, Nov 25:  Researchers in Australia have found that Parkinson’s disease causes significant and progressive changes in the brain’s blood vessels, changing the understanding of the disease, which may open up new treatment avenues. While Parkinson’s disease is characterised by alpha-synuclein protein deposits, this research has shifted understanding of the disease, demonstrating that region-specific changes … Read more

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Guwahati, Nov 25: The five-day winter session of the Assam Assembly opened on Tuesday under tense circumstances, as Opposition parties mounted protests over eviction drives and demanded justice in the death of cultural icon Zubeen Garg before the day’s proceedings began. Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia and Sivsagar MLA Akhil Gogoi, rose immediately after … Read more

Guwahati, Nov 25: Citing cultural icon Zubeen Garg’s death as an “irreparable loss” for Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Tuesday, declared that the artiste’s death was a case of murder, as the Assembly took up the adjournment motion on the opening day of the five-day winter session. Speaking in the House, Sarma said … Read more

New Delhi, Nov 25:  Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal concluded a productive visit to Israel during which he held a series of high-level engagements aimed at strengthening the India–Israel strategic and economic partnership, according to an official statement issued on Tuesday. The visit reaffirmed the strong commitment of both countries to deepen economic ties, … Read more

New Delhi, Nov 25:  The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Centre and several state governments over their continued non-compliance with its directions mandating functional CCTV cameras in all police stations. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, hearing the suo motu case titled ‘In Re: Lack of Functional CCTVs in Police … Read more

Itanagar, Nov 25: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Tuesday denounced Chinese immigration authorities for what he termed “unacceptable and appalling” treatment of a woman from the state, who was detained for nearly 18 hours at Shanghai Pudong Airport after officials allegedly refused to recognise her Indian passport. Khandu said he was “deeply shocked” … Read more

Gwalior, Nov 25:  In a heart-stopping incident that could have turned catastrophic, a passenger bus ferrying 45 people from Gurugram to Panna in Madhya Pradesh, burst into flames late on Monday night on the Mumbai Highway in Gwalior’s Old Cantonment police station area. The video coach, registered as UP93 CT-6747, was reduced to a charred … Read more

Guwahati, Nov 25: A day after the surrender of United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent (ULFA-I)’s self-styled general Arunoday Dahotia along the Indo-Myanmar border, three youth were detained in Arunachal Pradesh while allegedly attempting to join the banned outfit. The three, identified as Nabottam Bowlari, Jayanta Konwar and Manjit Neog, were held at Kharsang, Changlang district, … Read more

Hanoi, Nov 25:  India’s Ambassador-designate Tshering Wangchuk Sherpa called on Vietnam’s Politburo member and President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMNAP) Nguyen Xuan Thang besides meeting other senior office bearers of HCMNAP in Hanoi, on Tuesday. Ambassador Sherpa, a 2002 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, was appointed as the next Ambassador … Read more