Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha took to her social media handle and shared a vibrant set of pictures with her better half Zaheer Iqbal as she updated the current status of her heart.

Taking to her Instagram, Sonakshi dropped pictures with her husband in which the duo was seen delving into each other surrounded by the color of love.

The ‘Rowdy Rathore’ actress wrote, “Laal hai mere dil ka haal"

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi (AIIMS), New Delhi and Intuitive on Tuesday signed an MoU to establish an innovative new training centre for robotic-assisted surgery at the hospital.

The AIIMS da Vinci RAS training centre will focus on equipping surgeons and care teams with the skills and technology training necessary to perform robotic-assisted surgery across specialities including urology, gynaecology, general surgery and more.

This industry-academia collaboration will advance the adoption of robotic-assisted surgery in India by providing state-of-the-art technology training for more surgeons.

Maharashtra Crime Investigation Department (CID) has taken over the probe into the sensational ‘encounter killing’ of Akshay A. Shinde, the prime accused in the Badlapur rape of two nursery girls, officials said here on Tuesday.

As per protocols in such cases, a CID team went to the Mumbra Police Station, Thane, where the formal cases have been filed pertaining to Akshay Shinde’s death in police firing after a gun-fight with a police escort team when he was being shifted from Taloja Jail in Raigad to Badlapur town here Monday (September 23).

Officials indicated that the new special probe team formed by the Thane Police Commissioner on Monday would hand over the relevant papers to the CID for further investigations.

Meanwhile, Akshay Shinde’s autopsy was conducted this afternoon with a medical team comprising three doctors at the Sir J. J. Hospital in Mumbai and later taken back to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwe (Thane).

After completing the relevant formalities, it would be handed over for the last rites to the family, said an official.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and senior spokesperson Neel Garg praised the achievements of the Mann government, stating that March 16, 2022—the day Bhagwant Mann took office as Chief Minister—marked a turning point for Punjab.

Addressing the media at the Chandigarh party office on Tuesday, Neel Garg highlighted that since Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann assumed power, young people are receiving appointment letters for government jobs almost every day. He noted that common citizens are benefiting from free electricity, and farmers are getting canal water for their fields.

At the same time, a health revolution has emerged in Punjab through the Aam Aadmi Clinics. A total of 872 clinics have been established across the state, serving approximately 60,000 patients daily. Just yesterday, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann dedicated 30 Aam Aadmi Clinics to the public, emphasizing that the previous dispensaries existed only in name and lacked proper treatment facilities.

In an effort to address challenges in the repair and reuse of devices, the Centre on Tuesday constituted a committee to formulate framework on ‘Repairability Index’ in the mobile and electronics sector.

The Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA), constituted a panel of experts under the chairmanship of additional secretary Bharat Khera to recommend a robust framework for Repairability Index and to empower consumers and promote sustainable practices within the tech industry.

According to the government, the Repairability Index will be a consumer-focused indexing that enables consumers to take a product-related decision, based on its repairability.

Eastern Railway (ER) is all set to celebrate 162 years of operations between the Sealdah station in Kolkata and Ranaghat (Ranaghat Jn today) as the first milestone towards establishing a rail link to Dhaka, the capital of modern-day Bangladesh, from the British capital of India at that time.

The Maitree Express between the Kolkata Station (Chitpur) and Dhaka - which started running in 2008 - continued to take this route till July this year before the train was repeatedly cancelled as per requests from railway authorities in Bangladesh.

"The inaugural train service on the Sealdah-Ranaghat section ran on 29th September 1862. The Sealdah-Ranaghat train services have a rich history dating back to 1857 when Eastern Bengal Railway (EBR) was formed to construct a new rail line from Kolkata to Dhaka,” said Kausik Mitra, CPRO, ER.

He said that at the outset, the line was built to serve the flourishing jute industry of Bengal. At that time, it became a hub for jute production with 38 jute mills producing approximately 31,000 looms.

Social media influencer Sara Tendulkar is celebrating the birthday of her brother Arjun Tendulkar.

On Tuesday, Sara took to the Stories section of her Instagram, and shared a picture and a video. The first picture in the Story is from their childhood, Sara wrote on the picture, “Happy birthday to my biggest headache”.

The video in her Instagram Story is from Rakhi celebrations as Sara can be seen trying a rakhi on Arjun’s wrists as she playfully sings, “Bhaiya Mere Rakhi Ke Bandhan Ko Nibhana”.

She wrote on the video, “Celebrating 25 years of pissing you off, and a lifetime to go”.

Two sisters, both of them Indian citizens, managed to catch a last glimpse of their deceased father - a resident of Bangladesh - due to the joint efforts by the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).

The sombre event that took highlighted the relationship that continues to exist between people living on both sides of the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB) and the humane response of border guarding forces from both countries.

The event took place under the jurisdiction of the Alipur Border Outpost in the Malda district of West Bengal which has troops of the 12 Bn BSF.

The company commander of the BOP was contacted by the BGB and informed about the death of one Mohtar Ali at Chamusa village in the Chapainawabganj district of Bangladesh.

Chairperson of Women’s Selection Committee Neetu David said that the Indian team's preparatory camp for the upcoming T20 World Cup involved a sports psychologist to focus on mental strength. India, who last featured in the Women's Asia Cup (played in T20 format), will play two warm-up matches against West Indies and South Africa before starting their World Cup campaign in the UAE against New Zealand on October 4.

The Harmanpreet Kaur-led India lost to Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final in July earlier this year. The eight-wicket defeat brought a lot of flak for the team as they missed their eighth Asian title.

"During the Asia Cup 2024 final, we sat together and decided on that. We had a camp dedicated to fitness and fielding. We didn't touch the skill. So in that camp, we involved the psychologist. I am pretty happy with the camp by the end of that," said Neetu in the pre-departure press conference.

The biopharma sector has emerged as a critical component of the country's bioeconomy, contributing to 49 per cent of India's biotechnology output, according to a report on Tuesday.

The report offers a comprehensive analysis of India's biopharma sector, showcasing its exponential growth and emergence as a major global player in bioeconomy.

"India's biopharma sector is uniquely positioned to address global health challenges, from pandemic preparedness to developing advanced biotherapeutics and vaccines," said H. S. Sudhira, Director of Gubbi Labs and lead author of the report.