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Sandeshkhali: Supreme Court stays Lok Sabha panel notice to West Bengal chief secretary, DGP on complaint of BJP MP

New Delhi, Feb 19 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the notices issued by the privileges committee of the Lok Sabha Secretariat to the West Bengal chief secretary, DGP and others over a complaint of “misconduct” filed against them by BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar. Majumdar sustained injuries last week as BJP workers clashed with police personnel after being stopped from going to violence-hit Sandeshkhali in West Bengal. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwla and Manoj Misra took note of the submissions of senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for the state

Have chronic pain? You’re more likely to be a woman and less likely to be believed by doctors

Sydney, Feb 19 (360info) If you are among the one in five adult Australians experiencing chronic pain, then you are more likely to be female. Not only that, if you’re female you’re less likely to be prescribed or recommended medication by your doctor — be they male or female. That’s because, as a recent experimental study of simulated and actual chronic pain patients showed, clinicians underestimate pain in female patients. This is not a uniquely Australian phenomenon: Gender differences in the experiences and treatment of pain holds true across many different age groups, countries, and causes of chronic pain. This

Ukraine withdraws from Avdiivka, Putin hails ‘important victory’

Why Russians still support Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine

KYIV, Feb 17 (Reuters): Russian President Vladimir Putin called the capture of Avdiivka “an important victory” after Ukraine’s military chief said on Saturday that his troops withdrew from the devastated town in the east of the country after months of intense combat. Although the Russian defence ministry said that Ukrainian units were still entrenched at the town’s coke plant, the advance on Avdiivka was Moscow’s biggest advance since it took the city of Bakhmut last May. It came days before the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion on Ukraine and amidst Ukraine’s acute shortages of ammunition with fresh U.S. military

Uniting country is true patriotism: Rahul Gandhi

Varanasi (UP), Feb 17 (PTI) Uniting the country is true patriotism, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said here on Saturday and added that the rich and the poor live in “different Indias”. Gandhi was addressing a gathering on the second day of the Uttar Pradesh leg of the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’. Gandhi, along with the party’s state president Ajay Rai and other Congress leaders, stood atop an open jeep and toured the busy Gudaulia area of the temple town. Gandhi also visited the Kashi Vishwanath temple. Addressing the people at Gudaulia intersection, Gandhi said that India is a country of

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