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Plane carrying several Indians, detained in France over suspecting trafficking, lands in Mumbai

According to French authorities, plane had 276 passengers on board when it took off for Mumbai. 25 persons, including 2 minors, wished to apply for asylum & were still on French soil.

Majority Indians want their leaders to focus more on domestic issues than world’s, finds Pew survey

A new survey by the US think tank, however, found around 56 percent of citizens feel New Delhi should put other countries’ interests over its own when addressing international issues.

Global public opinion of India is positive, finds new Pew survey of 23 countries

Indians view US more positively than adults in most other surveyed countries, but a majority also support Putin. Surveyed countries include US, Israel, Italy, UK, South Korea.

Rich Indians turn secessionist, giving up citizenship. ‘Nationalism’ poor man’s burden

There are some obvious explanations for the rich and endowed Indians, who benefit the most from Indian democracy, leaving their own country.

Record no. of Indians applied to give up citizenship last year. Lockdown backlog, say officials

A total of 1,63,370 Indian nationals renounced their citizenship in 2021. In 2020, the number had fallen to just 85,248 from 1,44,217 in 2019, the highest until then.

Calcium Sandoz — For 90s kids, the happy-puppy bottle scored over health benefits of the pills

Calcium Sandoz's launch coincided with the rise of a new upwardly mobile middle class. With rising incomes, there was a growing emphasis on health and nutrition for the aspirational middle-class.

30% Indians have hypertension, says Lancet study tracking high blood pressure around world

The study is an international collaboration, including, among others, scientists from Imperial College London and the Indian Council of Medical Research.

How can Indians live longer? We need the Blue Zone diet

An average Indian diet is unhealthy. Even rich Indians don’t eat right.

Armed Taliban on patrol, embassy sealed, airport besieged — stranded Indian’s SOS from Kabul

Social worker who has been working on girl child education in Afghanistan for 2 years says 150-200 Indians stuck in nation. Waiting for MEA response to calls, emails, he adds.

Indian students travelling via Serbia stranded at airport after new quarantine rules

The Indian Embassy in Serbia said it is helping evacuate over 200 Indians, mostly students, stuck at Belgrade airport.

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.