Women shell out cash for quick divorces
Wrangling over alimony and settlements has been a common phenomenon down the years but cut to 2012. Lawyers now find a new emerging trend in family courts. Instead of men paying alimony and divorce
Microsoft tie-up for pre-natal test Act
The health and family welfare department is set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft this week to develop software to streamline the Pre-Conception Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCP
Marriages break up due to giving false data
The family court is getting an increasing number of cases where marriages were conducted on the basis of false claims. In most cases, the spouses were found to be hiding facts — including marital stat
Chest Hospital building in ICU
The dilapidated condition of the Government Chest Hospital at Erragadda is jeopardising the lives of over 100 in-patients, but the government is yet to wake up from its slumber even though monsoon is
Thyroid cancer is curable if detected at early stages
With 5-10 per cent of India’s adult population carrying some kind of thyroid problems due to inadequate or over-secretion of thyroid hormones from endocrine glands, doctors on the eve of World Thyroid
Nims doctor under cloud quits after reinstatement
Dr K. Sarathchandra, a cardiologist at the Nims and one of the three doctors suspended on the allegations for sheltering double-murder suspect Jairam Reddy, resigned on Monday after being reinstated.
Divorce sought due to man’s ‘single’ FB status
Pallavi (name changed), 28, a newly-wed IT professional, has approached the family court seeking divorce from her 31-year-old businessman husband Gaurav (name changed), for not updating his Facebook p
MPS in children can diminish life-span
On MPS Awareness Day, doctors point to the need for government intervention and encouraging research, specialisation and setting up of diagnostic and treatment facilities for this rare genetic disorde
Ex-cop survives surgeries, brain stroke
With 80 per cent of his stomach removed, three major surgeries and a brain stroke could not diminish the will power of a 63-year-old retired police officer from Hyderabad city. Even though 80 per cen
Poultry products to cost 40% more
The prices of eggs and chicken are likely to go up by 30-40 per cent as the poultry industry is facing severe crisis due to abnormal increase in the price of poultry feed, especially soya meal and mai