Study shows when and why people divulge other people's secrets

BEING ABLE TO CONFIDE SECRETS IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE’S RELATIONSHIPS AND MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO CHOOSE THOSE CONFIDANTS WISELY — Jessica Salerno, study author

Social isolation, loneliness may increase heart disease risk

Amid the pandemic, many people are experiencing social isolation and loneliness, which may spiral into chronic states

Malad & Dahisar jumbo hosps alt admissions as cases drop

Mumbai: With daily Covid admissions reducing to a trickle, at least two jumbo field hospitals have stopped admissions at the moment. The third wave arrived and peaked before several jumbos could even finish recruiting the manpower, forcing them to curtail operations once again within a month of activating them.

Locked winter Olympics opens

Beijing Becomes First City To Host Both The Games

Putin & Xi vow ‘no limits' to Russia and China ties

Oppose Nato Expansion, Affirm Taiwan Part Of China

Kangana Ranaut gets ready to crack the whip for Lock Upp

MX Player, one of India’s leading entertainment apps, has joined handswith ALTBalaji for a first-of-its-kind captive reality show, Lock Upp, hosted by the fiery Kangana Ranaut.

Johnson hit by staff exodus as aides quit

London: This was the week British PM Boris Johnson hoped to get a grip on his government after weeks of scandal. By Friday, he was struggling to hang on after a scathing report on lockdown-breaching parties and the departure of several top aides.

HC judges: Will come to site to supervise work

Mumbai: The HC directed BMC to provide a water connection to a rehab building. On Thursday, the developer’s advocate Cherag Balsara said the developer had used water from a borewell. He said despite paying all charges, BMC was not providing drinking water. BMC’s advocate Sagar Patil said the developer must get an NOC from the assessment department showing payment of arrears of property tax.

Don't Be Cryptic

GoI should quickly decide on legality of crypto assets as India chalks out its China strategy.

Go Cold On China

India right to diplomatically boycott Winter Games  

Despite SC push, 5k cases are pending against netas

UP Tops With 1.4k, Bihar 2nd With 571

Days before Cong to name Punjab CM face, ED arrests Channi's kin

Ludhiana: The ED’s zonal office in Jalandhar arrested the nephew of Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday night in an illegal sand mining case. He was produced before a court in Jalandhar on Friday and remanded to ED’s custody till February 8.

Soon, audio-visual tech inside crew cabin of locals, CCTV cams outside

Taking a cue from the aviation industry’s black-box technology, Indian Railways have decided to install an audio-visual recording system inside the motorman and guard cabins and CCTV cameras on the exterior of suburban trains to aid investigations into the cause of accidents as well as for crew performance assessment.

BMC hopes to have ₹2,764-cr Covid bill reimbursed by govt

In the nearly two years since the pandemic hit the city, the effects, both financial and societal, have been tremendous.

Sops to builders set to bring ̀ ₹15k cr, revive up to 600 projects: Chahal

By March 31, the BMC expects a windfall of Rs 14,750 crore from the 50% concession it has offered in premiums for construction projects in the city, said municipal commissioner Iqbal Chahal on Thursday.

WHO sees pause, even end of pandemic for Europe

Germany’s independent vaccination advisory panel said on Thursday it is recommending a second vaccine booster shot for people aged 70 and above, among others particularly at risk from Covid-19

Karnataka hijab row grows, matter in HC

Students in hijab were stopped at Government Junior College at Kundapur in Udupi on Thursday

PMC Bank director held trying to flee to Nepal

Daljit Singh Bal was absconding

Garuda and Riddhi-Siddhi accompany the lord at Maghi Ganpati celebration

Children create awareness about Covid vaccination at a pandal during Maghi Ganeshotsav celebration in Pratiksha Nagar, Sion, on Thursday

Dapoli resort owner appeals against permit cancellation

The resort owner has also obtained a stay on demolition

BMC gives space to Aaditya's urban upgrade, climate ideas

While some key Shiv Sena poll promises such as creating a Central Park in the Mahalaxmi racecourse were missing, it was a Budget day out for environment minister Aaditya Thackeray.

Be alert, avoid ‘secret' meets, Deshmukh's cop escorts told

To avoid any ‘secret’ meetings between the witnesses, the Arthur Road jail administration on Thursday issued a letter of caution to the police teams escorting former state home minister Anil Deshmukh and his former private secretary Sanjeev Palande to the Chandiwal commission’s office in south Mumbai.

Daily Cases Rise Against Trend, But Positivity Rate Falling Across State

As vaccination rises, cases are dipping across most districts in the state

Zydus Cadila Starts Supply Of Its Needle-free 3-Dose Vax To Govt

‘Delay Caused By Teething Troubles In Equipment’

Mamata summoned over alleged insult to national anthem

A metropolitan magistrate in Mumbai on Tuesday issued summons to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on a complaint filed by BJP’s Mumbai unit secretary who alleged she disrespected the national anthem last December.

Nitesh Rane surrenders, gets 2 days' cop custody

BJP MLA Nitesh Rane, accused in an attempt to murder case, was remanded to two days’ police custody on Wednesday after he surrendered before the invesgtigation officer in Kankavli as directed by the Supreme Court. Earlier in the day, he withdrew his bail application in the Bombay high court.

Court route in faceless scheme gets more taxing

Legal Redressals Tougher For Non-Compliant Orders

‘Antiviral in transplant case harms if mutation in gene'

Amidst discussions on the effectiveness of antivirals against Covid-19, a city hospital has found that an antiviral prescribed to organ transplant patients in the usual doses could harm them if they carry a particular genetic variation.

‘Anand' doc Ramesh Deo passes away at 93

Actor Ramesh Deo, who enjoyed a popular and prolific career in Marathi and Hindi films over a staggering seven decades, died of heart attack at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday. He was 93.

Man killed, girlfriend hurt in attack on Mahim beach

The tetrapod area on Mahim beach is frequented by drug addicts