Suva,  The Fiji Meteorological Office on Friday warned residents living along coastal areas to expect flooding as a coastal inundation alert is still in force for parts of the island nation.

The Office said an intensifying high-pressure system to the south of Fiji is expected to generate and direct moder

New Delhi,  The Union Health Ministry on Friday dismissed media reports suggesting inaccuracies in National Health Accounts (NHA) especially the out-of-pocket expenditure reduction claim as "misleading and incorrect".

"The recent NHA estimates (2018-19) show a substantial reduction in out-

Canberra,  The Australian Medical Association (AMA) on Friday said it was "too early" to end the mandatory Covid-19 isolation periods, warning that it would trigger another wave of the pandemic.

Federal, state and territory leaders late in September agreed to end mandatory isolation requirement

Sydney,  Three Indian-origin doctors were recently felicitated by the South Australian Indian Medical Association (SAIMA) in recognition of their contributions to the field of medicine.

Associate professor Anupam Datta Gupta received SAIMA's President's award in recognition of his research in reh

Bhubaneswar,  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said that the traditional knowledge of Ayurveda along with modern healthcare system has been helpful in making our healthcare system more effective.

Patnaik said this during an induction programme of 143 Ayurvedic medical officers here.

Astana (Kazakhstan),  World No.6 Stefanos Tsitsipas registered a 6-3, 6-2 win over Hubert Hurkacz to reach the semifinal of the Astana Open, here on Friday.

The Greek rallied to win a gripping first set, then broke late in the second for the victory. With this, Tsitsipas powered into his ninth semifinal this

Panchkula,  Chandigarh golfer Yuvraj Singh Sandhu continued his hot streak by securing his fourth win of the season at the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship 2022 here on Friday.

Yuvraj (68-68-65-68) carded 4-under 68 in round four to finish on top with an overall score of 19-under 269 to bag his seven

Rajkot,  Maharashtra's Medhali Redkar on Friday won a gold medal in the women's 1M Springboard Diving competition at the 36th National Games Aquatics Competitions here.

The 24-year-old won the gold medal with a total of 171.50 points, finishing ahead of statemate Hrutika Shriram. The gold was a b

Surat,  B Sai Praneeth, who won the men's badminton title in the 36th National Games here on Thursday, wants to break into the top 25 again in the world rankings.

After consistently beating some of the big names in the game since 2017, he topped it off by winning the Singapore Super Series crown 2017 and a Wor

Tokyo,  The fourth-seeded American Frances Tiafoe raced to the semifinals of Japan Open Tennis Championships with an impressive 6-0, 6-4 victory against Miomir Kecmanovic, here on Friday.

"I was really solid from the start. I was moving really well, I hit the ball well from the back of the court. I