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World's first double hand transplant on child a success
London: The world's first child to receive a double hand transplant - a 10-year-old boy from the US - is now able to write, dress and even play baseball, say doctors, declaring the pioneering surgery a success. Zion Harvey was two-years-old when he had sepsis, a life-threatening infection. Doctors had to removed both his hands at the wrist, and his legs below the knee. His kidneys had also failed.
China's Communist Party asks members to give up religion
Beijing: In a controversial move, China's ruling Communist Party has directed its nearly 90 million members to shun religion for maintaining party unity, warning that religious belief is a "redline" for the cadres and those who resist would be punished. The head of China's top religious affairs regulator said that party members should not seek value and faith in religion and those who have religious beliefs should be persuaded to give them up.
Indians win 2 awards at 1st global robotics competition in US
Washington: A group of seven Indian students has bagged two awards at the first global robotics Olympiad in the US where 157 countries participated. The students, who hail from Mumbai, won gold for Zhang Heng Engineering Design Award and bronze for Global Challenge Match at the international robotics challenge organised by FIRST Global in Washington, according to a statement.
3 British Sikhs jailed for smuggling Afghans into UK
London: Three British Sikhs have been jailed for a total of 19 years for helping about 70 illegal Afghan immigrants sneak into the UK by misusing passports in a 600,000 pounds scam. Cousins Daljit Kapoor and Harmit Kapoor, and Davinder Chawla, all three in their 40s, had admitted conspiring to help foreigners get into the country illegally and were sentenced last week at Inner London Crown Court.
US House passes bill on defence co-operation with India
The US House of Representatives has passed a USD 621.5 billion defence policy bill that proposes to advance defence cooperation with India. An amendment in this regard, moved by Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera, was adopted by a voice vote by the House as part of the National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA) 2018, beginning October 1 this year
Sharif to consult Cabinet amidst calls for resignation
Amid demands for his resignation, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today convened an emergency Cabinet meeting to chalk out a strategy to counter the Panama case probe panel's damning report that recommended filing of a graft case against him and his family
Indian-origin boy dies after allergic reaction to cheese forced on him
A 13-year-old Indian-origin boy with a dairy allergy died here after suffering a severe reaction to a piece of cheese allegedly forced on him, prompting the UK police to launch a homicide probe, media reports have said
China's Nobel laureate suffers organ failure: hospital
The hospital treating China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo offered a grim update on his health today, but human rights groups cautioned that the authorities may be manipulating the medical reports. The 61-year-old democracy advocate's liver function continued to deteriorate and he suffered from "shock and organ failure", according to the First Hospital of China Medical University in the northeastern city of Shenyang
3 Sikhs smuggled 69 Afghans in turbans into UK: court told
Three British Sikhs helped about 70 Afghan illegal immigrants sneak into the UK using real passports of Sikhs in a 600,000 pounds scam, a court here has been told. Cousins Daljit Kapoor and Harmit Kapoor, and Davinder Chawla, all three in their 40s, pleaded guilty before their trial at Inner London Crown Court in March
China's ailing Nobel laureate in 'critical condition'
China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is in a critical condition, the hospital treating him said today, raising fears about his life a day after Western doctors said there was time to take him abroad