Gujarat to rebuild students’ accommodation damaged in Ahmedabad plane crash

IANS | May 26, 2026 8:27 PM

Ahmedabad, May 26 (IANS) Nearly a year after the Air India plane crash killed 260 people in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat government has approved the construction of a new super speciality hostel complex for doctors near Ahmedabad Civil Hospital after the existing accommodation blocks damaged were declared unsafe and marked for demolition.

Health Minister reviews Ebola preparedness, no case in India to date

IANS | May 25, 2026 9:55 PM

New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Amid the Ebola outbreak, Health Ministry, in close coordination with the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), DGHS, ICMR, Civil Aviation, Immigration authorities and other concerned Ministries and Departments, has strengthened surveillance and public health preparedness across the country, Health Minister JP Nadda said on Monday.

SC asks states, UTs to implement menstrual hygiene directions in schools by Aug 15

IANS | May 25, 2026 9:32 PM

New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed all states and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure implementation of its directions on menstrual hygiene management in schools by August 15, and file compliance reports, as it continued to monitor compliance of its landmark ruling recognising access to menstrual hygiene as a fundamental right.

Awami League slams Yunus govt over massive measles outbreak in Bangladesh

IANS | May 25, 2026 8:45 PM

Dhaka, May 25 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League party on Monday alleged that gross negligence and policy failures during the tenure of the former Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has triggered an escalating measles outbreak in the country that has claimed over 500 lives. The party claimed that the recent remarks by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have confirmed that this crisis was not an accident, but the result of Yunus’ “deliberate negligence and destruction”.