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A new blood group was discovered in India on a 38-year-old woman during surgery. The blood group is named CRIB standing for Cromer i.e. CH India Bengaluru as it was found near Bengaluru. It is one of the 47 blood groups.

“The woman’s blood group did not match any other blood group. We mixed it with other blood groups and tested it but it reacted every time,” Dr Ankit Mathur, medical director of the Rotary-TTK Blood Centre in Bengaluru told the BBC. He was the main contact person for the doctors at the RL Jalappa Hospital in Kolar. The woman was advised to undergo surgery at this hospital due to a heart problem.

It was sent to the International Blood Group Reference Laboratory (IBRGL) in Bristol, UK for study and after 10 months they approved the name ‘CRIB’. It was officially announced at the 35th ISBT conference held in Milan, Italy in June this year.

Four workers in their 50s died after falling into a manhole during a sewage inspection in Gyoda, north of Tokyo, Al Jazeera reported.

One worker reportedly slipped into the 10-metre-deep shaft, and three others fell while trying to rescue him.

Emergency crews detected toxic hydrogen sulfide gas at the scene. All four were retrieved and later pronounced dead in hospital, according to Al Jazeera.

Authorities say the cause is still under investigation.

China and Russia have launched joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan, aiming to boost military ties and counterbalance US influence. The three-day “Joint Sea-2025” exercises near Vladivostok include anti-submarine, air defense, and maritime combat operations, according to Al Jazeera.

Four Chinese warships are participating alongside Russian vessels, with joint patrols planned in the Pacific afterward. While both sides say the drills are defensive, Japan has voiced concerns over their growing military cooperation amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.

The Nepal Women Association (NWA) has drawn the attention of the government to withdraw the proposed law that would legalize polygamy in certain circumstances.    

Submitting a memorandum to Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, the Association urged the Minister to immediately take back the proposed law to that end.    

Terming the proposed legal provision as irresponsible, regressive and objectionable, the NWA said it would ruin the hard-earned achievements in the area of women rights and restore a practice of polygamy.    

"The proposal has clear intention of legalizing the criminal offenses like polygamy", reads the memo. The Association objected to the argument of a high-ranking official in the Law Ministry that 'the provision was brought to protect the rights of second woman and her children.'    

"This argument is a brazen attack on women's self-respect", argued the Association, stating that it was the responsibility of the State to protect the rights of a single woman and her children.    

The memo reads, "Restoring this provision under any pretext would be a betrayal to the long and arduous struggle launched by women for justice and equality."    

The Association also strongly demanded the government withdraw the anti-women and regressive proposal brought with ill intention without any delay. (RSS)

Over 20 African migrants died and many remain missing after a smuggling boat carrying around 150 people capsized off Yemen’s Abyan coast late Saturday due to strong winds.

Bodies were found along the shores of Shaqra and Zinjibar, while 12 survivors were taken to hospital. Most victims are believed to be Ethiopian, according to Xinhua.

Rescue teams continue searching, as authorities urge international help to address the ongoing flow of dangerous migrant crossings through Yemen.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society says Israeli forces hit its headquarters in Khan Younis, Gaza, killing one staff member and injuring three others. The strike sparked a fire and caused major damage, Al Jazeera reported.

The group called the attack “deliberate,” noting its building is clearly marked and known to Israeli forces. The IDF said it had no knowledge of any strike there.

The incident comes as Gaza’s humanitarian crisis worsens. Over 1,300 Palestinians have reportedly died seeking food since May. Aid agencies warn of famine, while Israel denies blocking supplies and blames Hamas for chaos at distribution sites, according to Al Jazeera.

A volcano in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted for the first time in over 500 years, possibly triggered by last week’s powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake. The Krasheninnikov Volcano sent ash six kilometers into the air, though no towns are at risk, officials said.

Hours later, a 7.0 quake hit the nearby Kuril Islands, prompting mild tsunami warnings. Experts say more aftershocks are likely, as the region lies in the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire, according to BBC.

Faecal coliform bacteria have been found in the sources of drinking water in Baglung every year.

Baglung Provincial Public Health Office has found coliform bacteria in 125 sources while testing water samples collected from 341 sources in all ten municipalities of the district.

The highest presence of coliform was detected in drinking water sources of Jaymini Municipality.

According to Dilli Acharya, a lab technician at the Provincial Public Health Office, coliform was found in samples of 42 out of 106 sources of drinking water tested in this municipality.

He also mentioned that 40 sources of water were found contaminated with coliform bacteria among 91 places tested in Galkot Municipality.

In Baglung Municipality, samples of four out of 24 sources tested were found with coliform, while in Kathekhola Rural Municipality, out of the 47 sources tested, the faecal coliform was detected in 27 sources.

As informed, coliform was found in 10 sources out of 68 tested in Badigaad Rural Municipality.

None of the five sources tested with coliform in Dhorpatan Municipality, he informed.

Acharya noted that sources have not been tested in Nisikhola, Tamankhola, Tarakhola, and Bareng Rural Municipality.

Last year too, coliform was found in 103 sources, which has increased to 125 this year.

"We will expand the scope of testing in all municipalities as coliform has been found in many sources”, Acharya said.

Dr. Kiran Tiwari, Medical Superintendent of Dhaulagiri Provincial Hospital, stated that drinking water contaminated with coliform can cause diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, typhoid, jaundice, hepatitis B, urinary infections, and blood infections.

Dr. Tiwari recommends the consumption of the water from coliform-affected sources only after boiling.

Harihar Sharma, the deputy mayor of Jamini Municipality, which has shown the highest level of coliform, mentioned that the municipality is engaged in the cleaning and conservation of the sources. (RSS)