British healthcare and ambulance workers belonging to the GMB trade union have voted to accept a government pay offer, the union said on Friday, hours after members of another union rejected it. The offer, agreed between the government and healthcare union leaders last month, included a one-off payment equivalent to 2% of salaries in the 2022/23…
The Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to put on hold a judge’s ruling striking down the Affordable Care Act’s mandate that insurers cover preventive care, including screenings for certain cancers and pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV (PrEP), at no extra cost to patients. In a filing Thursday evening with the New Orleans-based 5th…
Lithium prices rebounded this week for the first time in five months after tumbling from record highs, but new supply of the key mineral for electric vehicle (EV) batteries coming on stream is likely to weigh on the market next year. A decision by world No. 2 producer Chile to nationalise its lithium sector may curb long-term…
Inflation-hit Pakistan on Friday approved a rise of up to 20% in retail prices of general medicines and 14% for essential ones, prompting immediate criticism from drug manufacturers who said the increases were too small. The government decision followed a months-long stand-off with importers and manufacturers, whose associations have been demanding an across-the-board 39% rise, warning that…
Ron DeSantis met Britain’s foreign minister James Cleverly during a visit to London on Friday aimed at boosting economic ties, ahead of an expected announcement by the Florida governor that he will run for U.S. president. DeSantis has been on an international tour this week as he prepares to launch a 2024 presidential bid that…
The evacuation was done under India’s ‘Operation Kaveri’ to bring back all the stranded Indian nationals in Sudan. India has been ramping up its efforts to evacuate Indian nationals stuck in cities and border points of war-torn Sudan. Another batch of 362 Indian evacuees, who boarded a flight from Jeddah, landed in New Delhi on Friday. After…
Pakistan’s government on Friday approved an increase of up to 20% in medicine prices. Pakistan’s government on Friday approved an increase of up to 20% in medicine prices, the finance ministry said. Rises in the retail prices of essential drugs should be capped at a maximum of 14%, and 20% for all other medicines, the…
The capital Kyiv was also rocked by explosions, with officials reporting that air defence units had destroyed 11 missiles and two drones. Russia hurled missiles at cities across Ukraine as people slept early on Friday, killing at least 17 people in the first large-scale air strikes in nearly two months. Hours after the pre-dawn attacks,…
The trial, led by Dr. Catherine Mummery, has used a ‘gene silencing’ technique for the first time in treating Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. A world-first trial at UCL and UCLH has found a new gene therapy for Alzheimer’s disease that is able to safely lower levels of the harmful tau protein known to cause the disease. The trial, led…
Actor-director Ritesh Deshmukh tweeted a note of gratitude after he was humbled with the love his mother received. On Friday, actor-director Ritesh Deshmukh tweeted a note of gratitude to the Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia. The actor recently won an award called Maharashtrian of the Year. Present at the awards were popular…
