Reliance solely on HbA1c is constrained by several clinical and biological factors in India, say experts. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Standard diabetes test glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) commonly used to diagnose and monitor type-2 diabetes (T2D) may mislead diagnosis and monitoring in South Asia — particularly India’s population, with the high prevalence of anaemia, haemoglobinopathies...

This comes as the deadly conflict between Iran and Israel entered its fourth day, fuelling fresh concerns over global trade, especially oil flows (Representative image/Suez Canal Authority) Oil prices rose more than 1% on Monday after the U.S. Department of Transportation issued an advisory to U.S.-flagged vessels to stay as far as possible from Iranian...

Terrorist Abdul Rahman, lodged in Faridabad’s Neemka Jail, was found murdered late Sunday night after sustaining a fatal head injury, with a fellow inmate linked to the Rohit Godara gang emerging as the prime accused, police said. The accused has been identified as Arun Chaudhary, who was recently transferred to the jail from Jammu and...

Bad Bunny (Image Via Getty) The biggest moment of the Super Bowl 2026 did not come from a touchdown or a last-second play. It came during halftime. This year, the Super Bowl halftime show made history, and it did so in a way no one had seen before. Bad Bunny delivered a performance that pulled...

The Kerala Academy for Skills Excellence (KASE) will implement 25 programmes to modernise the skill development sector to make it suitable for the job market, Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty has said. At a press conference here on Monday to explain some of the programmes, the Minister said a ‘Skill Secretariat’ would be set...

Iran could agree to dilute its most highly enriched uranium in exchange for all financial sanctions being lifted, its atomic chief said on Monday, one of the most direct indications so far of its position at talks with Washington. US and Iranian diplomats held talks through Omani mediators in Oman last week in an effort...

The Delhi Police has registered an FIR over the alleged circulation of an unpublished book authored by former Chief of Army Staff MM Naravane on social media, an official statement said on Monday. “The Delhi Police has taken cognisance of information circulating on social media platforms and online news forums claiming that a pre-print copy...

A Lamborghini Revuelto has been seized by police following a crash in Kanpur, with the matter currently under investigation. While details related to the incident are still being looked, the car involved has drawn attention for a different reason altogether. The Revuelto is one of the most exclusive supercars ever sold by Lamborghini, and only...

The Kozhikode sessions court on Monday deferred its order on the bail plea moved by Shimjitha Musthafa, the accused in abetting the unnatural death of Govindapuram native U. Deepak, to Tuesday. The order was deferred as the judge was on leave. Shimjitha’s bail application plea had earlier been rejected by the Kunnamangalam Judicial First Class Magistrate...

3 min readFeb 9, 2026 04:38 PM IST Bengal batter Sudip Gharami had built a marathon innings of a lifetime in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 quarter-final against Andhra, breaking records along the innings before falling one short of a landmark figure on Monday. Batting on during the fourth day of the clash at the Bengal...