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Filmmaker Kumar Ramsay dies of cardiac arrest at 85

Kumar was the eldest of the seven Ramsay brothers, who were famous for their horror films and low-budget cult movies in the 70s and 80s.

‘Tragedy King’ Dilip Kumar dies at 98 after prolonged illness

The actor had been admitted to the intensive care unit of the Hinduja Hospital since Tuesday and had been in and out of hospitals in the last one month.

Charred body of project staff found at hockey stadium inside IIT-Madras campus

IIT-Madras said the temporary project staff had joined the institute in April. Officials said it appeared to be a case of suicide and police have registered a case of suspicious death.

Body of Shopian militant found in Srinagar lake

Militant Amir Ahmad Malik was reported missing in October 2020 and had joined terror outfit the Resistance Front, a shadow outfit of LeT, the officials said.

5 dead and 22 hospitalised as hooch tragedy strikes UP’s Aligarh again

Aligarh: Five people died and 22 more were hospitalised after consuming spurious liquor in a village here, days after another hooch tragedy resulted in the...

Most countries used ‘Swiss cheese’ model to reduce Covid. In India, the holes were too big

An infectious disease expert writes India’s second wave is the result of the failure of 3 basic measures.

2 Delhi civic bodies give nod to use cow dung for cremation as Covid deaths surge

With surge in Covid deaths leading to shortage of wood at crematoriums, NDMC Mayor asks cow sheds to install machines that convert dung into cakes that can be used on funeral pyres.

Tobacco killed 500,000 Americans in 2020 — same as the pandemic

A potential solution to tobacco-related deaths is a corporate ‘death penalty’.

Do people die when the heart stops? There’s a gap in what we know

We still don’t know how long to wait after a heart stops to determine death.

61% Indians know one or more people in their social circles who died of Covid, survey says

Survey by LocalCircles also found that deaths before Covid results and patients who have comorbidities are not included in the official toll in many cases.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.