New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a letter dated June 21, has reached out to all central ministries and departments, proposing the display of information boards highlighting the sugar and fat content in commonly consumed foods across public offices, schools and institutional spaces. The initiative is spearheaded by Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava.

Thiruvananthapuram: The ongoing efforts to secure the release of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya from death row in Yemen have sparked a wave of reactions in Kerala, particularly against the involvement of prominent Islamic cleric Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar.

The recently released NCERT Class 8 Social Science textbook has stirred controversy for reportedly omitting events from India’s colonial period and key historical figures, including Tipu Sultan, Haidar Ali, and the four Anglo-Mysore Wars of 1700s, which once featured prominently in earlier editions.

The Uttarakhand government has made the recitation of Shrimad Bhagavad Gita shlokas compulsory in morning assemblies across all government schools in the state.

The PIB Fact Check recently debunked misleading media reports claiming that the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had directed central government institutions to issue warning labels on popular Indian snacks like samosas, jalebis, and laddoos. The ministry clarified that its advisory only recommended displaying “Oil and Sugar Boards” in workplaces to promote healthier dietary habits, not warning labels on food products.

 A 13-year-old boy died after suffering an electric shock on his school premises in this district on Thursday, police said.

A truck loaded with mangoes overturned on Rispana Bridge in Uttarakhand's Dehradun, triggering a chaotic scene as locals rushed to collect the spilled fruit, reported India Today on Thursday.

Abdul Fattah Mahdi, the brother of Talal, the Yemeni national allegedly murdered by Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, has strongly refuted media reports claiming that Talal destroyed Priya’s passport. Terming the claim as “baseless slander,” he wrote on social media that Indian media is attempting to distort facts and portray a convicted criminal as a victim.