A new strategy where patients are started on a pill containing four medicines, each at a quarter of their usual doses, has been shown to be much more effective in getting blood pressure under control, compared to the common practice of monotherapy, where treatment commences with just one drug, accordingRead More

TORONTO-Ontario health officials have reported nearly 700 new COVID-19 cases as the 7-day average continues to climb. The province confirmed 694 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday. The number of previously officially reported cases was 740 on Sunday, 835 on Saturday, and 781 on Friday. Ontario’s 7-day rollingRead More

Realme Pad, the first-ever tablet device from the brand is all set to be launched sometime soon in India. While its launch date is yet to be disclosed, we can expect the Realme Pad to arrive soon in the Indian market. Hinting at the same, the device has been spottedRead More

Tokyo: Debutant Sumit Antil smashed his own world record multiple times for the F64 class gold at the Paralympics here on Monday. Antil set a new world record on his way to a gold medal hurling the spear to 68.55 metres, improving on his old mark of 62.88 set inRead More

OTTAWA — The federal party leaders are concentrating their campaigning efforts in Central Canada today. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is in Cambridge, Ont., this morning to make an announcement after taking yesterday off. He’s returning to the campaign trail for the first time since a Friday evening event was cancelledRead More

Technology Desk: Tech giant Apple has accepted that some iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro users might face sound issues with their devices while making a call. However, the company has said that iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro models manufactured between October 2020 and April 2021 could be affectedRead More

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 29 (ANI): The United States carried out a “self-defensive” airstrike in Kabul against a suspected ISIS-K car bomb targeting the airport here, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday. Earlier today, an explosion was reported in the capital city of Afghanistan. Sputnik reported citing local sourcesRead More

Seconds after losing the women’s singles table tennis Class 4 final at the Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday, Bhavina Patel was beaming. The Indian had lost to world No. 1 Chinese Zhou Ying, now a six-time Paralympics champion, 3-0 (7-11, 5-11, 6-11), but a historic silver had been won. Patel greetedRead More

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam worsened on Sunday (August 29) with over 2.58 lakh people affected across 14 districts, an official bulletin said. According to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), more than 2,58,100 persons were affected by floods in Barpeta, Biswanath, Bongaigaon,Read More

Backtracking from its assurances to respect women’s rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban, which is set to form a new government in the war-ravaged country has announced a ban on coeducation. This comes a day after Shaikh Abdulbaqi Haqqani was appointed as the acting minister of higher education in Afghanistan. AccordingRead More