In an important step towards strengthening specialized health services for women and children in Bengaluru, Rainbow Children’s Hospital and Birthright by Rainbow Hospitals has launched its state-of-the-art healthcare facility at HRBR Layout, Kalyan Nagar. The new center is designed to provide integrated and advanced tertiary care for women, newborns, infants, children and adolescents under one roof.With over 26 years of experience in women’s and children’s healthcare, Rainbow Children’s Medicare Limited has expanded its presence with the launch of a new facility at HRBR, Bengaluru, as part of its broader focus on specialized and patient-centric healthcare services. Located in the rapidly developing HRBR Layout area of ​​North Bengaluru, the 60-bed facility aims to meet the growing demand for specialized women’s and pediatric health care in the area. Along with state-of-the-art medical infrastructure, the hospital provides family-centric care based on safety, comfort and positive clinical outcomes.A highlight of the facility is the Birthright Women’s Health Care Division, dedicated to providing a comprehensive support system to women at all stages of life. The Obstetrics Department provides complete maternal care from conception to delivery and postnatal recovery. It is fully equipped to manage routine and high-risk pregnancies with dedicated maternal intensive care services, painless deliveries, minimally invasive options and tailored postnatal care plans.Specialized care for women of all age groups is offered through the Department of Gynecology, covering areas such as adolescent gynecology, reproductive health, menopause, hormonal disorders and gynecological surgeries. The department also focuses on breast health, urology, wellness, physiotherapy, nutrition counseling and preventive health care. The primary objective is to provide personalized care tailored to a woman’s changing health care needs.

The hospital has an advanced fetal medicine unit that supports mothers experiencing high-risk pregnancies or complex fetal conditions by offering specialized monitoring and treatment. Services include prenatal diagnosis, screening, pre-conception genetic counseling and advanced procedures, ensuring early diagnosis and timely intervention.The hospital’s new fertility division, Birthright Fertility, provides comprehensive support to individuals and couples experiencing infertility. Advanced treatment options available at the center include intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), laser-assisted hatching, blastocyst culture and embryo freezing. Patients benefit from an integrated care model, allowing seamless transitions between reproductive, maternity, neonatal and pediatric services under one roof.In addition to comprehensive women’s health services, the hospital provides a full range of neonatal and pediatric care through an established network of specialists. The general pediatric service covers all areas of children’s health from birth to 18 years of age, promoting preventive care, routine immunization schedules, diagnosis of acute and chronic disease, and developmental assessment.Additionally, the hospital provides specialized pediatric services including pediatric surgery, ENT services, pediatric cardiology, pediatric neurology, pediatric orthopedics and pediatric endocrinology. It also provides care in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Pediatric Nephrology, Pediatric Pulmonology, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, and Pediatric Dermatology. This multidisciplinary approach ensures accurate diagnosis and comprehensive treatment for a wide variety of conditions.

The hospital has a fully equipped Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), which provides specialized critical care services for infants, children and adolescents requiring intensive monitoring and treatment. Supported by expert pediatric intensivists and advanced life-support systems available 24/7, the PICU is designed to provide timely intervention and high-quality critical care.A key feature of the facility is its advanced Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), which provides around-the-clock expert care for critically ill newborns, premature infants and low birth weight infants. Equipped with advanced neonatal technology and supported by experienced neonatologists, the NICU is capable of managing complex neonatal conditions and surgical cases.With 24/7 emergency and critical care services, the hospital ensures continuous medical support and timely intervention. The integrated healthcare model enables experts from all departments to work closely together, ensuring a seamless patient experience and coordinated care delivery at every stage of treatment.Rainbow Group is one of the largest and most preferred healthcare groups for women and children in India, operating 24 hospitals and 6 clinics in 9 cities across the country. Established in 1999, the Group has consistently focused on improving health care delivery through innovation, clinical excellence and compassionate care. The launch at HRBR Layout reflects their vision of bringing world-class healthcare closer to families in North Bengaluru, creating a brighter future for families and a brighter start for their children.Disclaimer – The above content is non-editorial, and TIL disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, relating to it, and does not guarantee, endorse or necessarily endorse any content.

Valluvan (58), a farmer in Pollachi district, said he is spending Rs 500 per tree annually, while the earning is only Rs 300.

New Delhi: A Tamil Nadu farmer, who once lost Rs 200 on growing each coconut tree, has transformed his 11-hectare holding into a Rs 2.5-3 lakh per acre enterprise through multi-crop, tree-based farming – earning him recognition as a UN FAO Soil Farmer Hero. Valluvan (58), a farmer in Pollachi district, said he was spending Rs 500 per tree annually while earning just Rs 300, leaving him stuck in a cycle of losses before he changed his approach in 2009. “I was losing money on every coconut tree I owned. I knew I had to find a solution,” he told reporters in New Delhi. The change came after the emergence of Isha Foundation’s The Save Soil – Cauvery Calling programme, promoted by spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, which advised a shift to multi-crop, multi-tier tree-based agriculture.

From three crop varieties, Valluvan now cultivates more than 14 varieties on the same land – coconut, nutmeg, black pepper, seven banana varieties, turmeric, elephant yam, curry leaves and 30 tree varieties. Income steadily increased from Rs 30,000 to Rs 2.5-3 lakh per acre, while the organic carbon content of the soil increased from 0.5 per cent in the first year to 1.56 per cent in the seventh year. The farm also faced two severe droughts, including a 2017 crisis when groundwater levels dropped more than 1,000 feet and there was no rain for two consecutive years – a period when many neighboring farmers cut down their coconut trees. Through mulching and rainwater harvesting pits, the field maintained adequate moisture without additional irrigation. It now uses one-tenth the water it once required, and Valluvan hopes to eliminate irrigation needs altogether within a few years.

“Even sensitive crops like nutmeg and pepper, which farmers say require a lot of water, survived without additional irrigation,” he said. The farm’s multi-crop model also acts as an economic hedge, said Anand Ethirajalu, project director of Save Soil – Cauvery Calling. “If coconut prices fall, his nutmeg saves him. If nutmeg also falls, his banana saves him. He has a range of crops,” Ethirajalu said, comparing the strategy to that of a cricket team with equally capable options. Since its 2019 expansion, Cauvery Calling has planted 13.4 crore trees on private agricultural lands in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka – about 10 per cent of the 242 crore trees targeted to restore year-round flow in the Cauvery river basin. However, Ethirajalu identified scaling, funding and policy barriers as major obstacles to widespread adoption, calling for drip-irrigation support for wood crops, removal of restrictive state-level timber-sale regulations, and insurance and subsidy schemes for tree-based agriculture. “The only solution to global warming and the climate crisis looming over the entire world is tree-based agriculture,” Valluvan said.

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party chairman Arvind Kejriwal Hailed the party’s victory on Friday after securing majority in urban local bodies in Punjab.In a post on Twitter, Kejriwal took a sharp dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party and said that people have taken revenge on him. He termed BJP as ‘ED party’ and accused it of harassing people by raiding small traders in Punjab.“Hearty thanks to the people of Punjab for the landslide victory of Aam Aadmi Party in the urban areas of Punjab. Congratulations to all. People have appreciated the work of the public by casting this historic vote.” Bhagwant Maan Government. Kejriwal said, we will continue to do good work like this in future also.He said, “The ED party has been wiped out. The ED party which had troubled the people of Punjab by conducting so many raids on small traders, today people have taken revenge from it.”Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann also expressed happiness over AAP winning ‘a large number of wards’ in the municipal elections and leading in several other wards, saying people have defeated the ‘opposition’s politics of hate’ and supported the ruling party’s developmental politics.“The people of Punjab have defeated the politics of hatred and supported developmental politics. They have rejected parties pursuing divisive politics,” Mann said.“People came to vote in hot weather, standing in queues,” he said.AAP scored an impressive victory in 102 municipal bodies, winning 862 out of 1,765 wards counted so far. Voting took place in a total of 1,977 wards on 26 May.Congress stood second by winning 348 seats. Independents finished third with 242 wards, more than Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which won 169 wards. Meanwhile, BJP and BSP won 138 and six wards respectively.These elections are being seen as a litmus test for the ruling party before the assembly elections to be held in early 2027.Elections to 102 municipal bodies comprising 1,897 wards of eight municipal corporations—Mohali, Bathinda, Abohar, Barnala, Kapurthala, Moga, Batala and Pathankot—as well as 75 municipal councils and 19 nagar panchayats were held on May 26 using ballot papers, recording 63.94 per cent voter turnout.A total of 7,554 candidates were in the fray in the local body elections. Candidates were elected unopposed in 80 wards out of 1,977 wards.

An illegal immigrant from India has been jailed for 10 years in the US after paying human traffickers to abuse minor girls in a hotel in Nebraska.Kavankumar Patel, a 27-year-old citizen of Gujarat, India, who is living in the US illegally, was sentenced this week in a federal court in Omaha, Nebraska. Patel was given a decade-long prison sentence after being convicted of two counts of sex trafficking of a minor.Upon his release, he will be sentenced to five years of supervised release, in addition, he will face deportation back to India due to his illegal immigration status.The sex trafficking ring was busted on January 6, 2025, after Omaha police officers responded to a routine theft complaint. While investigating the case, officials observed clear signs of possible human trafficking at the location.The Homeland Security Task Force and local police launched a rescue operation, rescuing two underage girls, ages 15 and 16, from the AmericanInn Hotel in Omaha. The victims were at times transported across state lines between Denver and Omaha to be sold for commercial sex. Following their rescue, both teenagers were taken to Project Harmony for expert interviews.During their interviews, both victims revealed that their traffickers had forced them to comply with an ultimatum. The girls were told that they had to perform sexual acts with hotel staff to gain a discounted room rate, otherwise they would be thrown out onto the street. Hotel staff actively enabled the abuse. Two employees paid traffickers to abuse one girl, while a third employee had sex with another minor. Patel worked at the AmericanInn and admitted that she stole money directly from the hotel cash to pay traffickers to have sex with one of the underage victims.In exchange for these sexual relations, the hotel staff allowed the traffickers and two minors to stay on the premises for several days. During this time, traffickers posted commercial sex advertisements online and coordinated appointments for clients. The victims later reported that they were given very little food and were trapped. They thought they had no choice but to follow the smugglers’ orders.After sentencing, United States Attorney Leslie A. Woods praised the multi-agency rescue operation.“The United States Attorney’s Office and our law enforcement partners will never tire of working as hard as we need to protect the most vulnerable victims in our communities,” Woods said.

HBSE reschedules HTET exam due to administrative reasons

HTET 2025 postponed: : The Haryana Board of School Education (HBSE) has announced the postponement of the Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET) 2025, which was earlier scheduled for June 13 and 14, 2026. Board Chairman Shankar Lal Dhupar informed about this decision in an official press statement issued here today.Chairman Shankar Lal Dhupar said that the HTET 2025 exam, which was originally scheduled for June 13 and 14, 2026, has been postponed due to administrative reasons. The Board has taken this decision keeping in mind the operational requirements and logistical considerations to ensure smooth conduct of the examination in a fair and transparent manner. In this regard, a second revised press note including photo has also been issued by the board. HTET is a state level eligibility test conducted for recruitment and eligibility certification of teachers for primary, secondary and senior secondary levels in government schools across Haryana. It is considered an important qualifying examination for teaching candidates in the state education system.This decision was taken by the Board after an internal review and coordination with the district administration to ensure that the examination infrastructure, manpower deployment and security arrangements are completely in place ahead of the revised schedule.Revised exam dates announcedThe board has now rescheduled the HTET 2025 exam to July 4 and 5, 2026. Candidates appearing for the eligibility test will now have additional time to prepare. The examination will be conducted under the strict guidelines and supervision of the board officials at various centers in the state of Haryana. The officials have assured that all necessary arrangements will be made to ensure smooth conduct of the examination on the revised dates.Candidates are advised to visit the official websiteChairman Dhupar further said that candidates seeking more information regarding HTET examination are advised to regularly visit the official website of Haryana Board of School Education www.bseh.org.in. All updates, notifications and important instructions related to the examination will be made available on the website from time to time. Candidates have been urged to rely only on official sources for authentic information and avoid misinformation being spread on social media platforms. The move is aimed at ensuring that candidates receive timely and verified information and are able to plan their preparation and exam strategy without confusion or misinformation.Officials reiterated that there have been no changes in the exam structure and syllabus other than the revised dates. The Board has appealed to the candidates to maintain patience and continue their preparation with full focus, as the revised schedule is final until the same is informed on the official website. Candidates should regularly monitor the updates to avoid any official notification released.

A Canadian man accused of supplying deadly substances linked to the deaths of more than 100 people in Britain will not be extradited to face prosecution in Britain.Kenneth Law, 60, is currently facing criminal proceedings in Canada and is expected to appear in court in Ontario on Friday. He is accused of inciting suicide after allegedly delivering packages containing deadly substances to customers in dozens of countries.The National Crime Agency linked Law’s alleged operation to 112 deaths in the UK after finding 286 people had received packages from websites selling substances linked to assisted suicide, Sky News reports.Investigators found that 330 products were sent to the UK. Law is accused of sending approximately 1,200 packages to customers in 40 countries.The NCA and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) informed the families this week that they will not seek Law’s extradition after the Canadian proceedings conclude.In a letter sent to the families of those killed, the agencies said they agreed that the full scale of the alleged crime should be punished through the same legal process as in Canada. “After careful assessment, we agreed that Mr. Law should be sentenced for the full extent of his crime under the same sentencing process in Canada,” the letter said.Officials acknowledged that some families had expected a separate prosecution in England and Wales, but said the decision was taken after detailed consideration of all available options.The move prompted renewed calls for a public inquiry from relatives of those who died.Adele Zeynep Walton, whose sister Amy Walton died aged 21 in Southampton in 2022, said the family were still waiting for answers about how the substance was able to reach vulnerable people in Britain.“Foreign sentencing hearings cannot answer this. Only a statutory public inquiry can answer this,” he said, as quoted by Sky News.The law has also been investigated by authorities in the United States, Italy, Australia and New Zealand as law enforcement agencies investigate the international reach of the alleged scheme.

New Delhi: Outgoing Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah Met top Congress leaders in Delhi on Friday, a day after stepping down from the state’s top post.During his meeting with Rahul Gandhi at 10 Janpath, Siddaramaiah reportedly told him that he had fulfilled his promise of resigning as chief minister, paving the way for change in Karnataka.“He thanked Rahul Gandhi for giving him the opportunity to serve the state and informed him that he has resigned from the post of chief minister,” sources told PTI.A day earlier, Siddaramaiah had claimed that he was offered a Rajya Sabha seat and a national role in the party, but he “politely” declined.“I will continue to be in active politics. I have no interest in national politics,” Siddaramaiah said soon after stepping down on Thursday.He said, “I was also asked about Rajya Sabha. I rejected it. I want to stay in Karnataka politics.”PTI quoted sources as saying that during the meeting, Siddaramaiah presented a new list of demands.Sidda’s wish listEven though Siddaramaiah has resigned from the post of Chief Minister due to the agreement reached with the party high command and Deputy DK Shivakumar, his hold on the state politics and party remains intact.During the meeting with Rahul Gandhi, he discussed his future plans and the formation of a new government in Karnataka.According to PTI, Siddaramaiah has sought a place in the cabinet and an important ministry for his son Yatindra. It is understood that he has also submitted a list of his loyalists whom he wants to include in the new cabinet.Sources further told PTI that the Congress may restructure the party structure in the state, a process in which Siddaramaiah, considered the party’s tallest leader in Karnataka, is expected to play a major role.After meeting Rahul Gandhi, Siddaramaiah also met Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and discussed the formation of the new government in Karnataka and his future role in the party.“Shri Siddaramaiah’s public life has consistently reflected a deep commitment to dignity, compassion and social justice. From humble beginnings to serving as Chief Minister of Karnataka twice, he remained steadfast in his commitment to equality, harmony and the welfare of the marginalized.“Karnataka and Congress are grateful for his contribution to public life. Best wishes for his good health and continued service to the people,” Kharge said in a post on X while sharing pictures with Siddaramaiah.Shivakumar held separate meetings with Kharge and Venugopal during the day and later told the media that the Congress Legislature Party meeting would be held after confirming the timing with the party high command.Congress leader Salim Ahmed said a CLP meeting has been scheduled for 4 pm on Saturday in Bengaluru, which will be attended by Venugopal and Surjewala.Ahmed said, the name of the new chief minister will be announced in the meeting, after which the schedule of the swearing-in ceremony will be finalised.He said, “As far as the Cabinet composition is concerned, the decision on it will be taken by the party high command and the Chief Minister. Everything is going smoothly. The BJP may be surprised by the disciplined manner in which the Congress is handling the situation. They were predicting that the Congress would split or face disruption, but this process has sent a clear message.”

Paraguay player Adolfo Vallejo has found himself at the center of a major controversy at the French Open 2026 after making controversial comments about female chair umpire Ana Carvalho following his dramatic second round defeat at Roland Garros.

Vallejo drew a backlash after suggesting his five-set tie against French teenager Moise Koume needed to be officiated by a man. Vallejo’s comments came after an emotionally charged match on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, where the 22-year-old surrendered a two-set lead. Before eventually losing 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (8) In a marathon lasting about five hours.

The atmosphere inside the stadium was tense throughout the match, with the Paris crowd loudly supporting home favorites Koume. Vallejo was clearly frustrated with what he believed to be excessive time being allowed between points and criticized Carvalho’s way of handling the noisy crowd.

Speaking to Clay Magazine after the match, Vallejo said: “A match like this has to be umpired by a man, it’s very difficult for a woman to do that. It has to be refereed by a man, because it’s a very demanding crowd and you need a lot of strength to go against the crowd.”

“The crowd was out of line, but I understand they are supporting their compatriots. It’s a pretty intense crowd and so I was prepared. I already knew it was going to be like that and to be honest, it didn’t hurt me at all, it strengthened them,” said Vallejo.

Adolfo Vallejo was criticized

The comment immediately sparked criticism from the tennis world and social media, with many fans labeling the comments sexist and outdated. Many supporters pointed out that both male and female umpires regularly face criticism from players, arguing that gender has nothing to do with crowd management.

Despite the controversy, the match was one of the most extraordinary contests of the tournament so far. Just 17 years old and making his Grand Slam debut, Koume made a spectacular comeback from two sets down and later going down 5-2 in the deciding set. The French teenager, fed by the electric home support, eventually prevailed in a final set super tie-break to complete one of the biggest wins of his young career.

The crow keeps rising

Kouame has emerged as one of the biggest breakout stars of the French Open 2026 with a sensational performance at Roland Garros. The 17-year-old wildcard has captured the attention of the tennis world with fearless performances, spectacular comebacks and remarkable composure under pressure.

Koume made his presence felt in the opening round by defeating former US Open champion Marin Cilic 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-1 in his Grand Slam debut. The victory made him the youngest male player to win a Grand Slam main-draw match since 2009 and the youngest French player to accomplish the feat at Roland Garros in decades.

The teenager then achieved an even more dramatic win over Paraguayan Vallejo in the second round. Kouame will face Chile’s Alejandro Tabillo in the third round.

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