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All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, Director M Srinivas on Sunday said cases of obesity are on the rise in rural areas, as much as they are in urban areas, and stressed the need to battle the disease, soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the pressing concern and urged people to adopt a healthy lifestyle.  In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Mr Srinivas said the biggest challenge is that obesity is a "risk factor associated with everything". "The most common thing we understand is the disease of the heart," he said. "Even in the rural areas, we are seeing more cases of obesity. It's not just the urban, but also rural pockets facing such problems," he added. He also highlighted the importance of leading a good lifestyle and exercising, and developing good food habits. "We need to have a balanced diet. The focus should be on proteins because they build the body. The easiest way to control oil intake is also by con...

प्रधानमंत्री किसान सम्मान निधि योजना (PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana) के कारण किसानों के चेहरे चमक रहे हैं. इस योजना के कारण किसानों को संबल मिला है और योजना की राशि के सीधे बैंक में आने से किसानों को सरकारी दफ्तरों में भटकने की परेशानी से भी निजात मिली है. यही कारण है कि किसानों को यह योजना काफी पसंद आ रही है. छत्तीसगढ़ के बालोद जिले के किसानों ने इस योजना के तहत मिलने वाली आर्थिक सहायता के लिए प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी का आभार जताया है. किसान बताते हैं कि इस योजना के तहत सालाना 6 हजार रुपये की मदद न सिर्फ उनकी खेती की जरूरतों को पूरा करने में सहायक सिद्ध हुई है, बल्कि डीबीटी (डायरेक्ट बेनिफिट ट्रांसफर) के जरिए सीधे बैंक खातों में पहुंचने से उन्‍हें सरकारी दफ्तरों में चक्कर भी नहीं काटना पड़ रहा है. मोदी सरकार की यह पहल किसानों के जीवन में समृद्धि ला रही है.  किसान सम्मान निधि योजना के लाभार्थियों का मानना है कि यह योजना प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी द्वारा किसानों को समृद्ध बनाने की दिशा में एक महत्वपूर्ण कदम है. इस योजना के तहत किसानों को हर साल 6 हजार रुपये मिलते हैं, जो विशेष रूप स...

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Friday said his government was planning to amend the liquor prohibition law, which has been in force since May 2019, to allow the sale of wine and beer in the state. During a discussion on the motion of thanks on the governor's address in the assembly, Lalduhoma said his government had no intention of lifting the ban on hard liquor but was planning to regulate the sale of wine and beer. He said that a bill to amend the prohibition law will be introduced in the assembly during the ongoing budget session. "Our excise and narcotics minister will introduce an amendment bill to the existing prohibition law to regulate the sale of beer and wine, during this ongoing budget session," he said. The Mizoram Liquor (Prohibition) Act was enacted by the previous MNF government in 2019, which replaced the Mizoram Liquor (Prohibition & Control) Act, 2014, brought by the then Congress government, allowing the sale of wine in the state. The Mizo...

Activist Umar Khalid on Thursday argued in the Delhi High Court that his mere presence in WhatsApp groups was not enough to attribute any criminality to him and the police equated staging protests and attending meetings with terror. Senior advocate Trideep Pais, while representing Khalid, argued before a bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur and sought bail for his client in an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case related to the February 2020 riots. Pais opposed the prosecution's claim that Khalid created "communal" groups on WhatsApp to mobilise and instigate students and to plan a "disruptive" chakka jam (blockades), saying he was not even an active member of these groups. "I have been added to the groups. I have not posted a single message. I am not even chatting. I have been roped in by somebody. Merely being in a group is not an indicator of any criminal wrong," argued Pais, responding to the police's submissions. ...

Uddhav Thackeray had planned to make Eknath Shinde the Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the 2019 election, but he was foiled - first by ally BJP and then the allies of Maha Vikas Aghadi, senior Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut has said.  Among then MVA, he especially named veteran leader Sharad Pawar, saying he had objected to Mr Shinde. "Shinde wanted to become CM, but top leaders of the MVA refused to work under him as he was junior to them," Mr Raut was quoted as saying by news agency Press Trust of India. "It was Sharad Pawar, then president of the Nationalist Congress Party, and Ajit Pawar who opposed the plan to make Shinde chief minister," he added. As for the BJP, "The BJP did not fulfil the promise of sharing the CM's post with the Shiv Sena, that was why Shinde lost the chance to head the government," Mr Raut said. The BJP's refusal led to a massive political churning. Mr Thackeray broke off the party's decades-old alliance with...

Ride-hailing platform Uber has moved to a zero-commission model for its autorickshaw drivers in India and will instead charge them a subscription fee, mirroring a strategy followed by local rivals as competition intensifies. Uber said it will now only connect users with nearby drivers and will suggest a fare but the final amount would be decided by the driver and the rider, the company said in a blog post. A company spokesperson said the company made the shift as it did not want "to be at a competitive disadvantage". News publication Inc42 was the first to report the development earlier on Tuesday. High commissions charged by ride-hailing applications Ola Consumer and Uber have been a pain point for their network of drivers, with many holding protests in recent years. Uber's move also follows newer but smaller rivals Rapido and Namma Yatri, who do not charge their three-wheeler rickshaw drivers any commission and instead take a daily or weekly subscription fee. It a...

The disposal of hazardous waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy has come under the Supreme Court's scanner following a petition about the health risk to residents of Pithampur, where it has been shifted. The petition also pointed to the risks to the people of Indore, which is just 30 km away.  Today, a bench of Justices BR Gavai and Augustine George Masih agreed to hear a petition challenging the orders of the Madhya Pradesh High Court that triggered the transfer. The top court has sought responses from the Centre, Madhya Pradesh and its pollution control board. Around 377 tonnes of waste from the now defunct Union Carbide factory was shifted to Pithampur industrial area in Dhar district, 250 km away from Bhopal, recently. The petition said at least four-five villages lie within the one km radius from the disposal site, saying the life and health of the residents are at "extreme risk," the petition alleged. It also pointed out that the Gambhir river flows besides the...